Chapter 357: Three Magical Artifacts

Chapter 357: Three Magical Artifacts

After returning home, Lu Ran took a refreshing shower and then collapsed onto the bed in the small bedroom, falling into a deep slumber.

He paid no attention to the disturbances of the outside world.

Exhausted in both body and mind, he slept through the day.

It wasn't until dusk that Lu Ran slowly woke up.

"Hmm?"

Lu Ran rubbed his eyes, turned his head, and looked towards the white wall next to the computer desk.

He placed one hand on the edge of the bed and gently clenched it.

On the wall, a Tang Saber slowly unsheathed itself from its rack and flew to Lu Ran's side.

"Well? Have you figured it out?" Lu Ran asked softly.

Night Silence: "Ban all living beings from casting spells."

Lu Ran's heart raced: "Is your Divine Armament Domain really silent?"

Night Silence: "At first, I only wanted the Batwing Demon to be silent, but that piercing screech is just the way of casting Demon Arts."

Lu Ran was thrilled, gripping the hilt tightly: "Yes, yes, yes! That's absolutely right!"

The Night Silence Blade gently freed itself and flew back to the wall, sheathing itself.

Lu Ran: ???

What does this mean?

Is it rejecting me?

I just took a shower, I'm not dirty.

Lu Ran suddenly realized: "You're a sword, always covered in blood and chopping meat. Are you calling me dirty?"

Night Silence: "It's not about being dirty or clean; your voice was too loud."

Lu Ran: "."

Not even allowed to be excited?

Lu Ran looked at the Night Silence Blade on the wall and deliberately lowered his voice: "Is your path still blocked?"

In his mind, he heard Night Silence's thoughts: "It's blocked. I'm being intercepted and not allowed to delve deeper into my insights."

Lu Ran's expression turned serious: "Can you sense where that Divine Armament is?"

Night Silence: "I can't."

"You can't?" Lu Ran furrowed his brows slightly, "Overlapping domains of Divine Armaments should be able to sense each other's location!"

Night Silence confirmed again: "I only know of its existence.

But I can't pinpoint its position."

Lu Ran fell silent for a long time and sighed softly: "This is going to be tricky."

If that's the case, then there's only one possibility.

That Divine Armament is not in the mortal realm! Only when a Divine Armament is not in the same dimension can it not detect its enemies.

So, that Divine Armament is likely hidden within a demon's lair.

It could belong to a human warrior or be in the possession of the Demon Clan.

Compared to a human, Lu Ran would prefer if the weapon were in the hands of the Demon Clan.

That way, Lu Ran could act without any psychological burden.

However, if that weapon is indeed in the hands of the Demon Sovereign...

Then, for a long time, the Night Silence Blade would be unable to progress.

Challenging the Demon Sovereign is no easy task. Fortunately, the Demon Sovereigns are suppressed by the gods and hidden deep within their lairs, unable to leave.

Otherwise, Lu Ran might suddenly die at any moment.

"Night Silence, I have a task for you."

"Hmm."

"Stay vigilant at all times. No matter when or where, no matter how critical the situation, as soon as you sense the location of the other party, you must notify me immediately!"

Lu Ran's words were grave.

Once the Night Silence Blade locks onto the enemy, it means that they have brought their weapon to the mortal realm! This involves Lu Ran's life, as well as the safety of his friends and the city he lives in.

Night Silence: "Yes!"

"Click."

The bedroom door suddenly opened.

A small head poked in, secretly observing.

After a moment, the siblings looked at each other and both blinked.

"Brother!"

Qiao Yuansi immediately pushed the door open, and his little face puffed up again.

"Hello, Little Pufferfish."

"You're the little pufferfish!" Qiao Yuansi's face was filled with unhappiness, "You've been sleeping all day!"

Lu Ran was a little puzzled: "You've been killing all night, aren't you tired?"

Qiao Yuansi pouted: "I woke up hungry at noon!"

"Oh!" Lu Ran immediately got out of bed, "I'll make you some food."

Qiao Yuansi's smile instantly bloomed, and he followed Lu Ran into the kitchen, bouncing with excitement.

After dinner, the siblings snuggled together on the sofa watching TV.

Lu Ran also made a video call to Jiang Ruyi.

Interestingly, Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi were both quiet, while Little Yuansi was chattering away, and Jiang Sisi was shouting on the other end.

During the video call, Jiang Sisi and Jiang Ruyi were in a house in Falling Immortal Village.

It was the house Lu Ran had arranged for Jiang Fu and Jiang Mu. The couple was there.

Lu Ran and Qiao Yuansi greeted them and made plans to visit after they finished their work to celebrate the New Year together.

There was a detail that made Lu Ran feel a bit emotional.

When he was talking to his uncle and aunt, Jiang Mu's eyes, Zhuang Jingyi, were visibly moist.

Although the night of the 15th had passed, she still couldn't help but worry and feel relieved about Lu Ran's experiences.

Lu Ran could sense that Zhuang Jingyi had come to regard him as her own child.

Originally, Jiang Ruyi had been pretending well, always wearing a gentle smile on her face.

But as her mother's emotions fluctuated, Jiang Ruyi's emotions also became a bit unstable.

Lu Ran felt very fortunate.

In a world filled with hardships, he had such a warm family who cared for him and awaited his return.

Lu Ran even felt that this was the heavens' compensation for him.

As long as he persevered and worked hard, there would always be something wonderful waiting for him.

In the blink of an eye, the time had come to the 18th day of the lunar month.

That morning, the siblings sat at the computer desk, looking at the Pride Celestial website, waiting for the results to be announced.

"It's 7:59," Qiao Yuansi was so excited that he kept tapping his feet, constantly refreshing the page.

"It must be first place.

"Lu Ran smiled and said, 'I don't believe I can't score 134 points. Hmm.'

Before Lu Ran could finish his sentence, a small hand covered his mouth.

Qiao Yuansi raised her eyebrows and said, 'Don't talk nonsense! You better believe it!'

Lu Ran nodded, and a muffled voice came from the delicate little hand covering his mouth, 'I believe it.'

I really believe it!

In this world, you won't find anyone who believes it more than I do.

To be precise, I believe in it!

'Hmph.' Seeing Lu Ran's obedient expression, Qiao Yuansi released her hand and turned to look at the computer screen, only to exclaim, 'It's eight o'clock!'

She quickly refreshed the page and indeed found the newly released link:

'The Fifth Battle of Pride Celestial (December 15th) - Second Batch of Participating Students' Scoreboard'

'Here it is!' Qiao Yuansi immediately clicked on it and saw Lu Ran's name at a glance.

146 points!

'Yoho~~~'

Qiao Yuansi was so excited that she jumped up, cheering and jumping around.

She turned around and hugged Lu Ran, her little face turning red, 'I knew you'd be first!'

Lu Ran smiled, but his words were different, 'I wonder who it was who just told me to believe it.'

'First place! This time, it's a real first place!'

Qiao Yuansi was so excited that she didn't hear what Lu Ran was saying, and she turned back to look at the computer.

'Tsk tsk tsk~' Qiao Yuansi sat down on the chair, her small hand supporting her chin, and she looked at her brother's score with delight.

As if staring at it for a while would make the score rise.

Lu Ran glanced at the scoreboard and smiled, 'Promoting to the River Realm is truly a sin. The score suppression is too harsh.

I fought the Bloodskull like that, and I only got 146 points?'

Qiao Yuansi, on the other hand, said, 'Isn't that high enough?

Think about the night of October 15th, when you experienced the night of ghosts and fought the Malevolent Gun Emperor, and you only got 142 points!'

Lu Ran slightly raised his eyebrows, as if in agreement.

Comparing it this way, the score bonus for defeating the Jiang Realm Demon Lord Bloodskull was indeed quite high.

Qiao Yuansi said with delight, 'Let me see what the judges said about you.'

She lightly clicked the mouse and opened Lu Ran's score, also seeing the comments:

'The leader of the Heavenly Elite, the fortune of Great Xia!'

'When I heard people crying, praying, and cheering for you, when I saw the devout eyes looking at you, the score lost its practical meaning.'

'The world is the scroll, and the rivers and mountains are the answers.'

'Painting the heroes, ascending to the sweet spring, since ancient times, glory belongs to the youth!'

Qiao Yuansi's eyes sparkled, and she turned to look at Lu Ran, then turned back to the computer screen.

Her ponytail swung back and forth, and her little head spun like a rattle drum.

Lu Ran: '.'

Qiao Yuansi giggled, 'Since ancient times, glory belongs to the youth~'

Lu Ran patted her head, 'What do the first six words mean?'

Qiao Yuansi: 'I don't know?'

'Aren't you a top student at Jingda University?'

'Pfft~ I'll look it up later.' Qiao Yuansi carefully admired the page for a while, and the more she looked, the sweeter she felt inside.

After a while, she returned to the official website, and her eyes suddenly focused.

'Annual Heavenly Elite Ranking List'! Qiao Yuansi quickly clicked on it.

'In the year 2019, the Year of the Pig, the annual ranking of the top 100 Heavenly Elites.'

'First place, Lu Ran, a believer of the Immortal Sheep Sect, from Yuxiang City First Advanced Middle School/Wu Lie He University.

Total score of 729 points (scores from five battles: 143, 149, 149, 142, and 146 points).'

'Second place, He Qifeng, a believer of the Martial Monk Sect.'

Qiao Yuansi was overjoyed and suddenly remembered something, 'Oh right, brother, we can choose the rewards now!'

Lu Ran nodded immediately, 'I thought you had forgotten.'

'How could I!' Qiao Yuansi hurriedly searched for the rewards page, 'At this point, the information about the magical artifacts should be released!'

At this point, Lu Ran also became a little excited.

'Here it is!' Qiao Yuansi quickly looked at the magical artifacts.

The first artifact was indeed an orb!

'Magical Artifact - Wind Shield Orb: Summon a wind barrier with the artifact to block incoming enemies.'

Qiao Yuansi's expression was strange, 'Isn't this just a defensive technique? A wind wall?'

Lu Ran speculated, 'Since it's an artifact, the wind wall should be especially large, and the defensive effect should be particularly strong, right?'

Qiao Yuansi clicked her tongue and looked at the second artifact.

It wasn't a gourd, but a wooden staff?

The part that resembled a gourd mouth was actually a small bump on the wooden staff.

'Wow!' Lu Ran was amused, 'Pride Celestial is playing with everyone.'

'Magical Artifact - Dragon Whisker Staff: Summon the artifact, and the dragon whiskers can attack enemies.

The Dragon Whisker Staff can also grow into a towering tree, with countless dragon whiskers protecting a region and sheltering all living beings.'

Qiao Yuansi's expression was peculiar, 'Isn't this the Green Phoenix Divine Technique - Green Phoenix Tree?'

Lu Ran: '.'

It's still a magical artifact, after all.

It should be more powerful than the Green Phoenix Tree, right?

Qiao Yuansi scrolled down with the mouse and looked at the third artifact, 'What's this one? A gourd?'

People had guessed wrong about the second artifact, and the third one, shrouded in mist, turned out to be a gourd.

It was like people had guessed wrong, but not entirely?

Qiao Yuansi read, 'Magical Artifact - Fiery Phoenix Pattern Gourd: Absorbs divine energy from the world and assists in cultivation.

Can also absorb the remains of demons and refine their flesh, extracting energy from them.'

Qiao Yuansi's voice grew softer, and she muttered, 'Isn't this just a divine energy orb?'

Lu Ran: '.'

(End of Chapter)

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