Chapter 415: Skinbound Demon

Chapter 415: Skinbound Demon

After Yu Changsheng joined the Flame Sect, he shared a lot of information with Lu Ran and the others.

Lu Ran naturally learned about the name of the Sea Realm Powerhouse, Eastern Ning.

He had been planning to take revenge in the future!

But this woman came to find them first.

Yu Changsheng suddenly asked, "How did you know where we were staying?"

Yu Changsheng did not have a fixed residence; he had only recently settled in a high mountain lake.

"I, I don't know," the tall woman said, her voice trembling. "I just followed the group. It was the order of my master, Eastern Ning, who led us here."

Yu Changsheng's expression was not pleasant. He turned to Lu Ran and apologized, "Sect Leader, this is my fault."

Lu Ran was puzzled, "Why do you say that?"

Yu Changsheng explained, "Previously, we stayed in the lake area for a few days, so we inevitably left some traces of our activities."

Lu Ran replied, "That was also due to the carelessness of myself and the Nightmare. It has nothing to do with Mr. Zong Long."

Yu Changsheng pondered, "High mountain lakes are rare and easily attract the attention of human and demonic scouts. It's not a good place to settle.

"But I am a Dragon Carp Follower, and I'm used to resting and recuperating in water.

"Perhaps, the enemy deduced our presence in the lake area because of me."

Listening to Yu Changsheng's detailed reasoning, Lu Ran remained silent and casually waved his hand, "Next topic."

Yu Changsheng was taken aback but, seeing that Lu Ran was determined not to pursue the matter, he did not say anything more.

Fortunately, nothing happened tonight!

Even a slight mistake could have placed the three of them in mortal danger!

Yu Changsheng lowered his eyes.

Now, he was no longer alone. He could not just slip away casually and leave without a care.

He had colleagues now, and a leader to follow.

Yu Changsheng felt even more guilty.

He needed to be more cautious and consider the details more carefully.

Deng Yuxiang said coldly, "How many of you came?"

The tall woman trembled as she replied, "Nearly 30 people. Led by Eastern Ning, four Sea Realm Sword Sect First Rank Disciples, and the rest are just slaves like us."

Lu Ran asked, "Four Sea Realm Sword Sect First Rank Disciples?"

The tall woman pleaded, "Sir! I am just a slave, I was forced. I had no choice."

"Shut up," Deng Yuxiang's voice was low and menacing.

The tall woman shivered, not daring to defy Deng Yuxiang's order, and could only look at Lu Ran with a pleading gaze.

She could see that this young man was the leader.

She had recognized him early on as the youth carrying four blades, who was precisely Eastern Ning's target.

Before they set out, Eastern Ning had given a strict order: if the prey was really there, they could ignore everyone else but must kill this "evil dog youth" first!

She didn't know what this young man had done to provoke Eastern Ning.

And was he an Evil Dog Follower?

Wasn't he a Follower of the Puppet Shadow?

Thinking of this, the woman felt even more despair!

Falling into such hands would mean her life more miserable than death!

It would be better to be dead than alive!

It was over!

Completely over!

The woman knew this day would come eventually.

In this Holy Spirit Mountain, she was the lowest of the low. Her fate, whether life or death, was entirely at the mercy of the Sword Sect First Rank Disciples.

But she never imagined that her end would come at the hands of an extremely cruel Puppet Shadow Follower!

Fear, powerlessness, and despair.

The woman could not hold back her tears, which streamed down her face.

As her emotions gradually broke down, she forgot Deng Yuxiang's order and pleaded in a trembling voice, "Please, I am just a slave, I was forced. Please, spare my life."

She shook her head repeatedly, as if trying to wake from a nightmare, "I didn't want to come to this place, I really didn't! I have children at home, I have a mother."

Her trembling sobs were heart-wrenching.

The woman seemed to suddenly come to her senses, realizing she was in the Holy Spirit Mountain.

Taking advantage of Deng Yuxiang not stopping her, the woman hurriedly pleaded, "Please, give me a quick death! Don't torment me, please, sir, give me a quick death."

Lu Ran: "Shh."

The woman fell silent, her face ashen ashen.

" Sect Leader, with four Sea Realm Powerhouses from Sword Peak mobilized, we should probably avoid their sharp edge for now," Yu Changsheng suggested.

Seeming to worry about Lu Ran's youthful impulsiveness, Yu Changsheng added, "Sword Peak stands there, it won't run away. Once our strength improves, we can come back for revenge later!"

Lu Ran nodded silently.

Seeing this, Yu Changsheng's heart eased, and he continued, "We should find another place to rest. What about this woman..."

"Take her with us," Lu Ran said directly.

Deng Yuxiang, hearing the woman's sobs, turned to look at Lu Ran.

The Holy Spirit Mountain Realm was a battlefield deliberately set up by the Gods, a breeding ground for evil.

If all the people in this realm were lined up and executed one by one, some might be innocent.

If every other one were killed, some would certainly slip through the net!

But Deng Yuxiang also knew that the middle-aged woman in front of her was telling the truth.

Weakness was the original sin.

This woman could not control her fate.

You couldn't demand that everyone have the courage to shatter jade for wholeness and die a heroic death.

Survival was a human instinct.

No matter how difficult life was, who wouldn't dream of, and yearn for, a glimmer of hope?

"Take her?" Deng Yuxiang looked at Lu Ran, loosening her grip on the woman's throat.

Lu Ran retracted the red silk thread.

With a "thud," the woman, who had been hanging in the air, fell to the ground.

She hurriedly looked up, wiping her wet eyes, and looked at Lu Ran with fear and apprehension.

Lu Ran asked, "What is your name?"

"Jing, Jing Hong."

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The woman stammers, "Jing, as in thorns, and Hong, as in red."

"Strength."

"Fourth Stage River Realm."

"How long have you been in the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm?"

"Seven or eight years, maybe over a decade," Jing Hong replies cautiously, uncertain.

Lu Ran: "It's 2020 in the human realm."

Jing Hong is a little dazed, and it takes a while for her to react: "I've been in this realm for seven years."

Lu Ran nods: "Then you should be quite familiar with the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm?"

Jing Hong's expression is sorrowful: "I, I've only been here for a short time, and I was captured by the Sword Peak."

A seven-year-long servitude?

Such a tragic fate.

These Sword Sect First Rank Disciples were already high and mighty, cold and unapproachable in the human realm.

After coming to the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, they truly treat human lives as insignificant, becoming slave masters who oppress and harm others!

Lu Ran falls silent for a moment, then says: "From now on, you'll follow us."

Jing Hong's face is filled with surprise, and she quickly kneels: "Yes, sir, I will serve you diligently."

Lu Ran frowns and interrupts her: "Stand up. We don't need these formalities. You're just a tool in Dong Fang Ning's hands, and I won't harm you.

But you've seen many of my secrets, and I can't let you go back."

"Yes, yes!" Jing Hong hastily obeys, trembling as she stands up. A glimmer of hope for life arises in her heart.

Even if this young man is an extremely cruel Pulling Threads Demon Art believer, she accepts it! If possible, even if there's the slightest chance, Jing Hong still wants to live.

She wants to see her twin children and her mother one day.

As for how to return home, she doesn't know.

Perhaps she'll fly to the sky.

Although, the most likely outcome is to be crushed into pieces.

And Battle Horn Followers don't have the ability to fly.

The difficulty of ascending to heaven, that kind of hopeless feeling, is something Strong Deity Followers find hard to understand.

But no matter what, she must live on!

She must live on.

"You take her." Lu Ran looks at Deng Yuxiang, "Ask more about the Sword Peak."

"Yes." Deng Yuxiang nods in agreement.

Regarding Lu Ran's decision, she has no objections and obeys unconditionally.

Yu Changsheng, who is standing nearby, doesn't speak up this time.

"We're heading east. Let's go further and find a place to rest." Lu Ran takes the lead and walks out of the cave entrance.

"Wait a moment." Yu Changsheng lightly nods to Deng Yuxiang and quickly follows him out.

Deng Yuxiang remains silent, giving the two of them enough space.

"Huff"

Outside the cave, Lu Ran takes a long breath.

Yu Changsheng stands slightly behind Lu Ran and says in a low voice: "The Holy Spirit Mountain Realm is ugly, and it's rare for the Master of the Gate to retain a shred of kindness for his own kind in this world."

Lu Ran asks: "Do you support my decision? Don't you think this is a hidden danger?"

Yu Changsheng smiles: "She's just a Fourth Stage River Realm, and what kind of waves can she stir up?"

Lu Ran: ". "

Just saying hurtful things!

I'm only a Second Stage River Realm.

Yu Changsheng speaks softly: "As long as this person understands a little gratitude, when she realizes that you are fundamentally different from Dong Fang Ning, she will eventually be grateful to you.

She will be grateful that you saved her from her days of suffering and hardship."

As he says this, Yu Changsheng adds in his heart: If this person doesn't understand, and dares to have even a shred of disloyalty, then I will take action myself!

Yu Changsheng's support for Lu Ran is not just lip service.

He is confident in protecting Lu Ran.

However, Yu Changsheng feels that if there's a situation, before he takes action, Deng Yuxiang will have already acted.

"Maybe." Lu Ran's feelings are complicated.

Since entering the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, he has been taught lesson after lesson.

In the human realm, strength is also respected.

But at least it's wrapped in the shell of law, and there are still moral constraints.

But in this realm...

People can no longer be called "people."

Everyone is a Skinbound Demon.

Pure evil.

Lu Ran has a belief in his heart: He will adapt to this place, but he doesn't want to integrate with it.

His mother's earnest teachings still echo in his ears:

"Never lose yourself."

Now, he thinks that his mother's warning may not only be about the matter of deities and demons.

Perhaps she is also warning him not to let the Holy Spirit Mountain erase his humanity.

Lu Ran thinks of his mother's gentle face, and it's as if he has returned to that study, seeing her drinking tea across the desk.

In a daze, he seems to smell a faint jasmine fragrance.

"Hmm." Lu Ran shakes his head vigorously, clearing his mind.

His gaze penetrates the pitch-black night, looking towards the distant mountains, and he casually summons an ancient bronze mirror.

Behind him, in the cave where golden rain is falling.

Jing Hong, with the faint light, sees the unique Sin Mirror Demon Art of the Sin Mirror Yao clan.

Sin Mirror Demon Art?!

"Gudou." Jing Hong is horrified, and she can't help but swallow.

Until this moment, she still hasn't fully understood what kind of existence she has been following.

Deng Yuxiang glances at Jing Hong indifferently.

Jing Hong instinctively kneels, her body trembling, and she quickly lowers her head.

Having been a servant for seven years, she has long known how to serve her master under endless oppression and torment.

Deng Yuxiang: ". "

"He just said that we don't need these formalities here. From now on, kneel on one knee." Deng Yuxiang looks at the woman with messy short hair, "In the future, change to a single knee."

Although it's just a small change in posture, the meaning can be very different.

"Yes." Jing Hong is very well-behaved and obedient.

"Let's go." Outside, Yu Changsheng's voice is heard.

"Go."

(End of Chapter)

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