Summit of the Old Gods

Lu Ran was stunned for a while, then turned to look at Deng Yuxiang.

The woman silently drank her tea, realizing that she knew too little about her sister-in-law.

During the days spent at the old house, she only had a superficial understanding of Bai Manni's father's generation, knowing that Manni had been raised by her father after her parents' divorce.

When Bai Manni was in high school, her father, who had always been a city guardian as a social volunteer, was recruited into the army, becoming a soldier stationed at the Demon Cave.

From then on, father and daughter rarely reunited.

After she went to university, the wheel of fate began to turn.

Lu Ran took Jiang Ruyi to Luoxian Mountain, and Bai Manni, also from Rain Alley High, naturally joined her old classmates' team.

As the saying goes, love develops over time, especially with a talented man and a beautiful woman.

Day after day spent training and executing missions together, gradually brought them together.

Then came pregnancy, marriage, childbirth, until following Lu Ran to this Holy Spirit Mountain.

"I heard Elder Bai's accent, and it doesn't sound like someone from Wu Lie River, more like someone from Sichuan-Chongqing?" Lu Ran sat back on the stone stool, puzzled.

Elder Bai always spoke standard Mandarin, but occasionally revealed a local accent in his speech.

"Yes, yes!" Bai Manni nodded repeatedly, pleasantly surprised, "But not Sichuan-Chongqing, it's Three Qin Land! It's Hanzhong!

My father said that our hometown is in Hanzhong."

"Oh." Lu Ran didn't really understand the local customs there, so he ceased to ponder, looking around, "Go invite Elder Bai."

Deng Yutang and Bai Manni seemed somewhat puzzled, not knowing whom Lu Ran was speaking to.

Lu Ran turned to the couple: "Are you two ready?"

"Okay, okay." Bai Manni quickly responded, but was a bit at a loss.

The surprise came too abruptly!

She thought her family came to seek refuge with an old classmate. Unexpectedly, she would meet her grandfather who had disappeared for over thirty years here...

When Elder Bai Yanhui disappeared, Bai Manni hadn't yet been born.

For a moment, she was a bit confused, eager to see her relatives, yet unsure how to face them.

"It's okay." Deng Yutang comforted softly, holding Bai Manni's shoulder, "You're so gentle and beautiful, Grandpa will surely like you, and also Little Lingyi."

"Oh, Lingyi." Lu Ran couldn't help shaking his head and smiling.

Deng Yuxiang looked over.

Lu Ran sighed, "Elder Bai really has gone through hardships, and now not only has he awaited his granddaughter and grandson-in-law but also has a great-granddaughter...

What a blissful situation.

Such a happy and satisfying event seems unlikely to occur on Holy Spirit Mountain?

Lu Ran contentedly sipped his tea.

Being able to reunite this family, it's a merit for him, isn't it?

Shortly, a hoarse voice was heard from outside the fence: "Sect Leader."

Deng Yutang and Bai Manni had long seen a white-clothed elder walking slowly towards them.

This elder was of tall and thin stature, energetic, with white cloth covering his eyes, paired with a broad white robe and long white hair, exuding an ethereal aura.

The River Realm Peak Great Curse Master, bearing a sword and walking steadily inside, clasped his fist and lowered his head respectfully before Lu Ran, saluting: "You called for me."

Lu Ran laughed: "Indeed, the Valley Master of Sinless Valley, you really can remain calm?"

Previously, when Lu Ran visited Lu Yuan, he had met Bai Yanhui.

He did not believe Bai Yanhui hadn't predicted this!

"Sect Leader jests, Sinless Valley is past, now this old man is an elder of the Ran Sect, following you." Bai Yanhui replied solemnly.

Deng Yuxiang secretly nodded, quite satisfied.

Lu Ran asked: "Elder Bai, do you know why I've asked you here this time?"

"I don't know." Bai Yanhui shook his head slowly, answering honestly.

"Really don't know?"

"A joyous occasion." Bai Yanhui pondered briefly, saying, "A great joyous occasion!"

"Waa... waa..." At that moment, the sound of a baby's cry came from inside the house.

Bai Manni hurriedly rushed inside.

Bai Yanhui slightly frowned, already aware through the Divine Weapon·Earth Trace Sword of the little one inside, and knowing there were two unfamiliar young men and women outside.

Lu Ran smilingly inquired: "Forgive my boldness, does Elder Bai have offspring in the Human World?"

Bai Yanhui paused, then immediately realized something.

It's not because of his vivid imagination, but because Divine Technique·Heart Sense Curse truthfully informed him there would be a great joyful event today!

So, what sort of joyful event could match such a high standard of inner sensation?

"Gulp." Bai Yanhui's Adam's apple twitched slightly.

Deng Yuxiang picked up a bamboo cup, saying lightly, "Elder Bai, don't keep the Sect Leader waiting."

The Nightmare Guardian had been very courteous.

Toward members of the Ran Sect, this chief Great Protector had always been quite strict, and the more amiable Lu Ran was as Sect Leader toward his disciples, the colder and stricter she became.

A witty old man like Bai Yanhui naturally understood the intention, not blaming Deng Yuxiang's way of doing things, instead inwardly supporting it.

He immediately said, "This old man has a son named Bai Shuchuan, also a Spellcaster Believer."

Goodness~

A family of three generations, all encompassed by the Divine·Spellcaster?

Lu Ran looked at Deng Yutang, seeing him nod slightly.

"Hehe." Lu Ran couldn't help but laugh.

The young father is about to become a grandfather~

It's truly enviable.

Looking in the same direction, Lu Ran saw Bai Manni holding her daughter, standing motionlessly at the doorway.

Her expression already indicated everything.

Lu Ran slowly stood up, said to Deng Yuxiang: "I'm heading back."

"I'll accompany you to the Ghost Moon Fox."

"We'll talk later." Lu Ran casually replied, reaching Bai Yanhui's side, patting the old man's shoulder, "Indeed, it's a great joy."

Bai Yanhui tightly gripped the sword handle, he already understood everything.

Lu Ran's figure disappeared, Deng Yuxiang invited, "Elder Bai, please sit down. From now on, we are family."

"Could the Nightmare Guardian... perhaps explain more clearly?" With Bai Yanhui's intelligence, aided by the Caster Sect's Divine Technique, evidently, he did not need excessive verification.

However, for an old man who had wandered the Mountain Realm for over thirty years, barely surviving...

Suffering was the main theme.

In this lifetime, heavenly favor he received was few and far between.

"Grandfather, I am Bai Shuchuan's daughter, Bai Manni." Bai Manni walked over with her head down.

Bai Yanhui moved.

Holding the sword in one hand, he shuffled his feet, tremblingly groping the stone table.

"This is my husband, Deng Yutang, and this is my daughter, named Deng Lingyi..."

A few words, like a gale and storm, disturbed Bai Yanhui's mind.

The old palm finally touched the corner of the table, his tall and thin figure swayed, finally sitting on the stone stool, constantly murmuring, "Good, good, good..."

The Nightmare Guardian, lowering herself, personally poured Elder Bai a cup of tea.

As she handed the tea, she saw the white cloth strip over the old man's eyes had already been soaked.

The wrinkled old face was already filled with tears.

Leaving one feeling a bit heartbroken.

The Valley Master of Sinless Valley who had traversed the Mountain Realm, had ups and downs throughout his life, experiencing countless events.

Even when his tendons were severed, eyes gouged out, kept like livestock in a cell, reduced to a prisoner, he probably wasn't this lost.

Yet after hearing "Grandfather, I am Bai Shuchuan's daughter," Bai Yanhui completely lost his celestial demeanor.

Fallen to the mortal world.

If Lu Ran were here, he might have felt a sense of accomplishment?

The Ran Sect had just two old men.

Both outstanding individuals filtered out by turbulent waves, each more impressive than the other.

Yet on Lu Ran's first day back, he managed to make them both cry...

Isn't that a skill in itself?

Female assassins are common, but old man assassins are rare...

And now, the old man assassin has returned to Cloud Sea Residence, being pulled to the wardrobe by Lady Ran to choose clothes.

"Isn't my outfit pretty good?" Lu Ran tugged at his loose T-shirt.

"When in Rome." Jiang Ruyi picked up a large yellow robe brought from the human world and compared it to Lu Ran.

"This one, this one!" Nearby, Yuanxi took down a robe with black and gold coloring, shaking it in his hand.

Lu Jiang both turned and looked, involuntarily laughing.

"Why are you laughing? This one is very imposing, like the Evil Spear Emperor." Yuanxi grumbled dissatisfiedly.

Jiang Ruyi explained, "Earlier at Holy Spirit Mountain, your brother wore this style."

"Oh?" Yuanxi instantly beamed with joy, teasing Lu Ran, "Didn't expect you to have such taste!"

Lu Ran: "..."

Jiang Ruyi received the Black Gold Emperor Robe and smilingly pressed it on Lu Ran, "I selected it for him."

"Ha, I knew it!" Yuanxi laughed, hugging Jiang Ruyi's arm, "If Sister Ruyi picked it, then it must be right!"

Lu Ran rolled his eyes.

Jiang Ruyi seemed slightly puzzled, looking down at the affectionate Little Yuanxi: "You're not afraid of me?"

Even early in the human world, Jiang Ruyi sensed something wasn't quite right.

Not to mention, even Lie Tian's great lass, Si Xianxian, avoided Jiang Ruyi entirely!

But this Little Yuanxi...

"Afraid!" Yuanxi spoke naturally, "Aiya~ I'm used to it!"

"Used to it?" Jiang Ruyi raised an eyebrow slightly.

Yuanxi pouted unpleased: "If you had a mother like mine, living in fear since childhood, you would adapt too."

"Hehe~" Jiang Ruyi laughed speechlessly.

Compared to Aunt Qiao Wanjun, indeed, she was nothing.

Yuanxi looked up, pouting: "Mama might be more powerful than Sister Ruyi, but you make me more uneasy, so...

Sister Ruyi should love me more~"

Jiang Ruyi smiled warmly: "Mm, I'll do my best."

"Good!" Yuanxi's eyes lit up, "Starting tonight! We stay together, like before at home."

Lu Ran: ?

Jiang Ruyi smiled, extending her finger to tap Yuanxi's nose: "You... huh?"

Suddenly, the sky darkened.

Today's Cloud Sea Cliff, the sky was already full of turbulent clouds, not very bright.

Now the light dimmed further, as though it would soon be night.

"What is this?" Lu Ran walked to the window, looking up at the sky.

Fog?

Moreover, seemingly tending to form a Fog Dragon Roll?

Which Great Power is this?

[Little Lu Ran.]

[Nightmare?]

[Your Elder Bai, holding his great-granddaughter, has advanced to Sea Realm.]

[Huh??]

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