Summit of the Old Gods

"Lu Tianjiao..."

"Call me Lu Ran." Lu Ran stood at the edge of the cliff, gazing at the distant battlefield, "Should I call you Longxiang?"

Actually, the two were not familiar.

They knew each other's famous names and had seen each other's enchanting presence on the fifteenth night, but until now, it was only their second meeting.

Even so, meeting someone with the same Da Xia's genius title in a place like Holy Spirit Mountain already felt like "meeting an old friend in a distant land."

"Alright, Lu Ran." Wang Longxiang looked at the back of the youth in the straw raincoat, "Your Divine Technique and Evil Technique..."

"I stole some power from the God Demon."

"Stole some power?"

"Yeah." Lu Ran turned his head, looking at the female general behind him, whose eyes were filled with astonishment, his lips subtly curved.

This appearance and aura, truly too "Nu Ying-like."

Watching, Lu Ran felt a bit as though he were in a daze.

Deng Yuxiang saw Lu Ran momentarily lost, snorting coldly in her heart.

She immediately spoke up, changing the subject: "Wang Tianjiao, our scout saw a squad with a male Nu Ying disciple leading it."

"Yes, that's Yue Hall Master from my Longxiang Valley, he's already led the team into the sanctuary." Wang Longxiang returned to his senses.

Lu Ran also came back: "I originally wanted to make the acquaintance of this male Nu Ying disciple, but unexpectedly, I met you instead."

"He's called Yue Yi, a loyal and righteous person."

"You're not bad either, staying here in the rear." Lu Ran looked back towards the battlefield, opening a pair of Pupil of the Dead World, "How long have you been in the mountain?"

Wang Longxiang was silent for a moment, lightly sighing: "I can't remember, perhaps... a long, long time."

Lu Ran said: "How long could it possibly be? We met at the award ceremony, remember?"

"I entered Holy Spirit Mountain the day after the award ceremony."

"Huh?" Lu Ran was shocked.

His mountain entry time was early enough, he arrived on the nineteenth of the first lunar month in 2020.

Turns out this grand Nu Ying entered the mountain around New Year's Eve?

Deng Yuxiang: "It is now early December in 2021."

"2021, December." Wang Longxiang slowly raised her head, looking at the gray fog enveloping the mountains, "Not even two years?"

But why does it feel like,

I have already gone through several cycles of reincarnation?

Wang Longxiang silently grasped the Blood Crystal knife, if it hadn't become a Divine Weapon, it would have been chipped and shattered amid endless slaughter.

"Wang Tianjiao is very excellent." Deng Yuxiang rarely recognized others, "She is already Middle Sea Realm."

Recognition is one thing, but there's more confusion.

The infamous He Qifeng is a First-class God's disciple, grinding Dao Heart with the grandeur of Forbidden City, yet he is only Sea Realm·Third Rank!

This heroine can actually rival the second genius?

"I don't deserve it." Wang Longxiang wasn't being modest, she felt this unfamiliar woman in the straw raincoat should be her peer.

Evidently, the straw raincoat woman is High-level Sea Realm!

In front of such Great Power, Wang Longxiang indeed had nothing to be proud of.

She was merely puzzled why this dragon amongst humans wasn't selected for "Heavenly Pride?"

"Sea Realm Third Rank!" Lu Ran clicked his tongue in wonder, teasing, "Indeed amazing, does Soul-locking Mountain train people like that?"

Soul-locking Mountain?

Truly a fitting name.

Wang Longxiang laughed freely: "The closer to Evil Nest, the more the energy is abundant. My Longxiang Valley is situated at the junction of three Evil Nests."

Lu Ran: "..."

No wonder you became a Nu Ying disciple!

Even more reckless than me?!

Deng Yuxiang pondered: "Advancing in such a place, it must be very dangerous, right?"

Wang Longxiang shook her head: "Evil Demons are no match for the Human Clan, with limited intelligence."

If it were Human Clan compatriots, in the wilds, discovering a fog-shrouded location, they'd dig three feet deep to find it!

But in Soul-locking Mountain?

As long as you dig deeply enough and hide well.

From the sky, white fog shrouds a region, the various Evil Demon races gathered on the surface, slaughtering each other.

Wang Longxiang explained a few sentences, hearing Deng Yuxiang silently nod and sighed:

"Indeed, Evil Demons are not as cruel as humans."

As Deng Yuxiang sighed, Lu Ran concealed his presence, flew a lap in the sky.

All kinds of creatures, and furious Prison Sky Demons, all taken into his pupils.

Really made Lu Ran enjoy it~

Watching Lu Ran disappear and reappear, Wang Longxiang's emotions surged.

He said...he stole some power from the God Demon?

Said so casually.

Just like the techniques he displayed, seemed commonplace.

"So, you're stationed in Soul-locking Mountain for power?" Lu Ran took his place at the cliff edge, asking.

Wang Longxiang shook her head again: "I came to this place the day I entered the mountain."

"Huh?" Lu Ran's heart was instantly shocked, "At that time, you were only Early-stage River Realm?"

Thinking of Wang Longxiang's predicament, and his own and Deng Yuxiang's entry, where Lord Immortal Sheep transported them to a peaceful cliff...

I really cried to death!

"Uncle Yue...Yue Yi saved me." Wang Longxiang projected her gaze into the distance towards Longxiang Valley, "Afterwards, I stayed here."

"Two years, you haven't been out?" Lu Ran turned, facing the black armor and red silk female general.

"I've seen a bit of the world outside the mountain." Wang Longxiang still gazes towards the south.

Though she had only been out once or twice and hadn't stayed long outside, it sufficed her to understand the true essence of Holy Spirit Mountain.

Soul-locking Mountain,

Year-round gray fog, dreary cold and damp, like a sinister ghost land.

But better than the sunlit world outside.

"Why don't you move outside?" Lu Ran asked in confusion, "It's so dark…dangerous here?"

Wang Longxiang looked at Lu Ran: "There are always people like me thrown into this world, if no one comes to meet and protect them, they might not survive."

When someone dies in Soul-locking Mountain, waiting for them is extreme torture!

The demonic tribes in the mountains, every single one of them, are masters in torturing dead souls.

Wang Longxiang continued, "Yue Yi mentioned that when we were in the Human World, our Nu Ying sect stationed ourselves in the deepest part of the Demon Cave, fighting on the front lines.

Therefore, within this Holy Spirit Mountain, our Nu Ying sect is stationed in this Grey Fog Mountain."

The Grey Fog Mountain she mentioned is what Lu Ran referred to as the Soul-locking Mountain.

"Brother Yue is indeed noble, worthy of being a male disciple of Nu Ying!" Lu Ran remarked.

Wang Longxiang: "..."

I call him Uncle Yue, and you call him Brother Yue?

You little rascal...

The valiant female general shook her head with a smile, not taking these matters too seriously, and continued, "Moreover, our Longxiang Valley has few strong individuals, and it's hard to survive in the world outside the mountains."

"I can help you with that," Lu Ran suddenly offered.

"Hm?" Wang Longxiang was somewhat surprised.

"Do you know the Pear Garden Sect? It's the closest major sect to the Soul-locking Mountain, about five to six hundred kilometers away in a straight line."

Wang Longxiang shook her head, she had never gone that far.

Lu Ran said, "It's the gathering place of the Wusheng Sect."

"So?"

"I've taken over the Pear Garden Sect."

"Taken over?" Wang Longxiang was a bit shocked.

What do you mean taken over?

Lu Ran shrugged, mimicking her, "The sect master of the Pear Garden Sect is under my command."

Wang Longxiang looked at Lu Ran in a daze.

She didn't know what the Pear Garden Sect was, but she believed Lu Ran wouldn't lie to her.

A sect created by a first-class Divine disciple, its sect master must be at least at the peak of Sea Realm...

Possibly even higher!

"Under your command," Wang Longxiang murmured.

Lu Ran pictured Wu Xiao's face, nodded with a smile, "Yes, he said his life is worthless; if it's not valued, he might as well give it to me."

Wang Longxiang: ?

Do you hear yourself?

Does this make any sense?

"I ordered him to build an ancient city at the foot of the Pear Garden Sect Mountain to receive refugees and protect all beings." Lu Ran looked directly at Wang Longxiang.

The female general in black armor and red silk had eyes that sparkled slightly.

Enchanting.

Lu Ran could understand her gaze, nodding, "Yes, we have the same history, the same goals.

And it's not just the two of us, do you remember He Qifeng?"

"Qifeng is also in the mountains?"

"She is at the very center of the Holy Spirit Mountain's territory. She has also built an ancient city, rectifying the atmosphere of the Holy Spirit Mountain and protecting the Weak God Disciples."

Wang Longxiang clenched the Blood Crystal Knife, her beautiful eyes growing even more heated.

Lu Ran smiled at the red silk female general, sensing a burning heart in her eyes.

He said softly, "Am I not alone on this path?"

Wang Longxiang was silent for a while, then said softly, "I dare not say so, you two have done much better than me."

Lu Ran turned to look at the still chaotic battlefield, listening to the faint roars, "You humble yourself, you had it harder than us.

You built a sanctuary amidst the encirclement of numerous Evil Nests, in the cracks."

With those words, Lu Ran's figure disappeared again.

Wang Longxiang watched the direction Lu Ran had vanished, her mind full of questions increasingly hard to suppress.

Beside her came the voice of Deng Yuxiang: "He Qifeng is now also under Lu Ran's command."

Wang Longxiang was startled, turning her head to look at the woman in the straw raincoat.

Would someone like He Qifeng submit to others?

Her heart, with a desire to be the best, was almost pathological...

Deng Yuxiang threw another bombshell: "Xue Fengchen, Xue Tianjiao, is now also one of Lu Ran's Divine Generals."

"Fenger, huh?" Wang Longxiang heard another familiar name, then looked at the woman in the straw raincoat, "Are you also under his command?"

Deng Yuxiang laughed, "I'm the most loyal one."

"Ha." Suddenly, a cold snort came.

It seemed there was a differing opinion?

Wang Longxiang turned her head to see another woman in a straw raincoat standing by the tree not far away.

So this isn't a couple's outfit, but a uniform?

Deng Yuxiang raised her eyebrows slightly, "What?"

Yan Shuangzi slightly tilted her head, indicating to the north, "A group of Netherworld Horns are coming, they're in a phantom form. You go disperse them."

Evil Demon·Netherworld Horn?

Another soul-torturing Evil Demon race.

"Alright." Deng Yuxiang immediately took a long step forward.

But after only two steps, she suddenly stopped, slightly turned her head, and looked back at the red silk female general with her peripheral vision:

"In the future, you will be too."

Leaving that sentence, Deng Yuxiang floated away, and Yan Shuangzi by the tree disappeared along with her.

"Where is everyone?" Lu Ran appeared again at the edge of the cliff, looking at the lonely standing female general.

Wang Longxiang looked at Lu Ran with blazing eyes, finally asking, "The Divine and Demon power you stole..."

Lu Ran sighed secretly.

It wasn't that he was troubled by using words, but that the Divine·Nu Ying was very special!

Lord Nu Ying is a rare divine being in the world with no arch-nemesis!

In other words, Lu Ran couldn't find a substitute for Wang Longxiang in the Evil God's sequence.

He had already decided to bring Wang Longxiang under his command, but the issue arose that the Divine Sculpture of Nu Ying in the Sculpture Garden can only be cultivated with Holy Spirit Energy.

A bit troublesome.

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