"Uh..."

Lu Ran's unfocused gaze gradually regained some clarity.

"Brother, you're awake?" A delighted voice came from above.

Lu Ran had been lying on the lantern, the flames within glowing a fluorescent green, continuously shooting sparks outward, nourishing his body and soul.

This was the Lantern Sect's Healing System Divine Technique: Firefly Cage.

"I wasn't asleep." Lu Ran looked up at the face of the girl's Divine Sculpture, his already weak body trembling uncontrollably.

"Hehe~" Qiao Yuansi, esteemed as a God, still looked youthful and charming with a gentle smile.

But the words she spoke caused someone's cheeks to flush: "The universe is destroyed, but the mouth is still here~"

"I... I really wasn't asleep," Lu Ran whispered.

"Tsk~" Qiao Yuansi pursed her lips.

In truth, Lu Ran wasn't lying; his body was indeed severely overextended, weak and powerless, with waves of extreme fatigue making his spirit languid.

Yet, Lu Ran knew he couldn't pass out; waking up again, he would have no idea what day it would be.

He struggled to stay conscious, repeatedly battling against the limits of his body. With Little Blazing Phoenix's nourishment and Qiao Yuansi's healing, he slowly recovered.

Yes, Lu Ran was currently inside the Fiery Phoenix Patterned Gourd.

Although in a daze, he vaguely recalled Jiang Ruyi ordering Little Blazing Phoenix to swallow him, quickly replenishing his depleted body.

Later, Little Yuanxi also entered the gourd and summoned a Firefly Cage for him.

Lu Ran had some recollection of everything everyone had done.

As for exactly how long he had been recovering, he had no concept of time.

"The Jade Talisman is almost refined~" His sister's voice came from above, "You woke up just in time; otherwise, I'd have to imprison the Divine Soul."

Qiao Yuansi possessed the Lantern-Black Lantern double divine position, and the notorious Black Lamp Clan could absorb dead souls into the lantern, grilling them with cage fire.

Qiao Yuansi naturally had the means to imprison dead souls and could, like the Black Lantern, torment and destroy souls.

If Lu Ran hadn't woken up, she would gladly have done the job.

"By the way, can you do it now? Can you cast a spell?" Qiao Yuansi asked skeptically, looking at the limp figure on the Firefly Cage, thinking her brother seemed like a small puddle of mud.

"Of... of course, I can." Lu Ran struggled to get up, his steps unsteady.

"The only thing hard about you is your mouth." Qiao Yuansi muttered, casually releasing the lift rod, allowing the lantern to float in the air.

With one hand supporting a divine fire training demon cage, the other down by the Firefly Cage, she said, "Then jump into my hand."

Lu Ran: "..."

Jumping was truly a challenge for his being.

I could roll down along the lantern papers.

"Whoosh~" Ribbons danced gracefully, wrapping around Lu Ran's waist.

Lu Ran almost cried!

The Smoke and Mist Silk was indeed wonderful, so gentle and considerate.

The tiny human safely flew into the hands of the girl god, who carried him over to the divine fire training demon cage.

"Are you ready?"

"Huh?"

"Awful brother, get ready for the spell casting!" Qiao Yuansi mumbled, "The Jade Talisman has been burned till it has no ability to resist, if I add more fire, I can burn out its Divine Soul."

"Wait!" Lu Ran hurriedly said.

Qiao Yuansi glanced at the small figure at the edge of her palm, paused, and her voice became much gentler: "How about I do it, and you rest a bit longer?"

"I'll do it!" Lu Ran replied decisively, "Just give me a moment."

"Okay." Qiao Yuansi replied softly.

The disciple of Jade Talisman Sect, Lu Xing, was Lu Ran's father, also her father.

Whoever among the siblings handled this, it would be the same.

However, comparatively, the father spent more time with the brother; the father and son lived in Rain Alley City, including the night the father died during the storm...

It is said that the brother bravely claimed he had grown up, was strong, and no longer feared lightning.

Thus, on that rainy night, the father did not stay by the brother's side as before but accepted an assignment, leaving for a mission.

But that departure, the father never returned.

Forever remained by the banks of Wu Lie River.

Qiao Yuansi did not know many details, but she knew one thing:

Father did not come back,

and her brother remained trapped in that thunderstorm night forever.

On this point, she had confirmed it repeatedly over thousands of days and nights.

Since their father's death, Lu Ran was brought to Beijing to live with her; he had always been quiet, seemingly burdened with some great weight.

Only when she was being playful and affectionate did he become a bit more open.

During his three years of middle school, he hadn't made a single friend.

Just after these three years, when he turned 16, he stubbornly said goodbye to their mother.

Stubbornly returned to Rain Alley City.

It is said that after returning to that small city, he finally became a bit more cheerful.

Perhaps because he gradually grew up, he truly began to hide his feelings.

Or perhaps because he returned to the familiar hometown, he could take the knife left behind by his father and walk through the alleys where his father once fought, night after night.

Sister Ruyi mentioned that the brother had a secret training base.

That was an abandoned building, a dilapidated, often waterlogged rooftop.

The brother often went there to honor their late father.

Placing offerings like milk and bread.

After the father had eaten, he ate another round.

He always took the wooden sword his father gave him as a child, training on that rooftop, as if showing someone.

Sister Ruyi also said that the brother wished to join the Jade Talisman Sect, hoping to follow in their father's footsteps and complete his unfinished endeavors...

Qiao Yuansi had naturally heard of the happenings on the God Worship Platform.

Knowing that Sister Ruyi abandoned the Second-class God·Tianluan and came under the Jade Talisman Sect.

Unfortunately, she didn't wait for that young man.

The young man didn't come to pay respects to the Jade Talisman.

Among the hundred Great Xia Gods, he didn't even pay respects to any of them.

The one appearing on the God Worship Platform was actually the Evil God·Yan Paper Man.

Now it seems that the one who eventually rescued my brother from the hands of the evil demon was not the recognized God·Immortal Goat.

Qiao Yuansi's knowledge is limited, but enough to speculate a little.

In fact, Lu Ran was only slightly better than his sister, confirming this Immortal Goat was not that Immortal Goat, knowing he was devoted to a mysterious entity with an unknown identity, disguised as the Immortal Goat.

"Alright."

"Eh?" Qiao Yuansi suddenly awoke.

"Good to go," Lu Ran said in a deep voice.

"Oh, oh!" Qiao Yuansi instantly prompted his Divine Power, the Cage Fire surged and soared high.

The mist spread out, but unlike other Divine and Evil Sculptures breaking, the energy was not so dense.

After all, Qiao Yuansi was slowly refining, continuously burning the Stone Sculpture's body, the energy of the Gods continuously overflowed outwards, a trace of Holy Spirit Energy was taken over by the little Blazing Phoenix, used to infuse into the siblings' bodies.

Even so, at the moment the Jade Talisman was thoroughly burnt, there was still quite a bit of mist.

As Qiao Yuansi canceled the God Fire Refining Demon Cage, Lu Ran opened his Simurgh Eyes, searching for the vast Divine Soul.

"Hoo~"

Lu Ran, with a gesture, deployed Soul Prison, flew forward, drawing the enormous Divine Soul into the small black mist group.

"Blazing Phoenix, disperse the mist a bit."

"Caw~" A small hollow phoenix woven from golden flame lines slowly spiraled, manipulating a large amount of dense mist to fall downward.

But there were also traces of Holy Spirit Energy shrouding Lu Ran's body, and more condensed streams of Divine Power, mixed with Holy Spirit Energy, flowed into Lu Ran's body.

"Lu...Lu Ran!" The terrified face of the Jade Talisman appeared on the black mist group.

Lu Ran was quite surprised: "You know me?"

"Later, I recognized you." The Jade Talisman's face changed repeatedly, looking up at the young girl's Divine Sculpture above, seemingly recognizing who she was too.

"Later?" Lu Ran raised an eyebrow slightly.

The Jade Talisman suddenly said: "You can't kill me, you can't!"

Lu Ran merely laughed: "But you are already dead."

"No, I can still...still exist, you can't kill me! Do as I say, I can trade with you..."

Lu Ran's smile gradually faded, his expression serious: "What do you mean you can still exist?"

The Jade Talisman's expression went through waves of change, seemingly contemplating something.

"Hoo~"

Inside the Soul Prison group, the faint Soul Fire ignited.

"Aah! Aah aaah aaah..." The Jade Talisman instantly screamed in agony, his face constantly twisted, every moment tarnishing the reputation a God deserves.

"Wait...wait a moment, stop! Your father! Your mother is Qiao Wanjun, you are...Lu...Lu's descendant aaah aaah aaah..."

"Brother?" Qiao Yuansi's face was astonished, his hands stacked, holding the small Human Clan, bringing it close to his eyes.

Lu Ran seemed not to hear, continuing to burn Soul Fire.

Or perhaps, he heard.

Just at this moment, his emotions were chaotic, unprepared for whatever the Jade Talisman was about to say.

Anticipating greatly, longing immensely.

Yet also fearful, scared his hopes would be in vain.

"Your father is still alive! Still alive...uh aaah aaah!!" Under the burning of faint Soul Fire, the Jade Talisman could not endure, screaming out shrilly.

The Soul Fire extinguished abruptly.

Lu Ran's face was solemn, without intense emotional fluctuations, his cold eyes staring at the Jade Talismans' dead soul: "You're not even as good as the Faceless Jade Venerable lackey."

He once burned the Faceless Jade Venerable lackey's dead soul, attempting to extract some information.

But from beginning to end, that Jade Venerable lackey remained unchanged in expression, even showed a faint smile, said a sentence that Lu Ran remembers to this day:

"You've never experienced true pain."

The Jade Talisman's face twisted in agony, watching the indifferent young man, listening to him talk about unrelated topics.

He couldn't tell if Lu Ran truly didn't care about his father, or if he was pretending.

To the Human Clan, especially to the people of Da Xia, blood relations should be highly valued.

The anxious demeanor of the young girl God was supposed to be normal.

But this young man before him...

"Speak, if you don't want to keep being burned." The deep voice emanated from the man behind the Blood Crystal Mask.

"Lu...Lu..."

"Lu Xing." Lu Ran said coldly.

The Jade Talisman didn't even know Lu Ran's father's name, only knew he was Qiao Wanjun's husband.

"Lu Xing still exists, he should still exist!" The Jade Talisman hurriedly said.

Upon hearing, Qiao Yuansi's hand couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Lu Ran bounced in the palm of the young girl God, his chilling tone unchanged: "You don't even know his name, how do you know his life and death, whether he exists?"

The Jade Talisman suddenly said: "Martial Artist!"

"What?"

"Back then, it was Martial Artist who gave me the order! To force Qiao Wanjun to destroy the Cloud Sea Sect, force her to commit suicide! Martial Artist had me threaten with her family's lives, you Human Clan are most concerned about this!"

The Jade Talisman spilled out ancient secrets in a torrent.

Repeatedly emphasizing Martial Artist's name.

"Qiao Wanjun defied orders, Martial Artist then commanded me, had me kill Lu first..."

Qiao Yuansi's eyes widened.

Lu Ran's face grew darker, his hand with the Soul Prison reignited the faint Soul Fire once more.

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