Chapter 154: Ruins of the North Wind God
Three days later, North Wind City.

The streets and alleys were decorated with lights and the city was crowded with people.

The twenty-sixth day of the winter month in the lunar calendar is the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar, which is New Year's Day.

On this day, the world officially entered the year 2019.

On this day, believers of the North Wind from all over Daxia came here to make a pilgrimage, and the North Wind City was bustling with activity.

Standing on the martial arts field, Lu Ran could see into the inner city from afar. There was a thick smell of incense rising up and spreading from the feet of the statue of the god.

It is indeed a spectacle!
In comparison, the martial arts arena seemed very empty.

In the snowy forest, Lu Ran stood alone in the snow, as if he had reserved the whole place.

Most people went to the inner city to worship, not wanting to miss such a grand ceremony.

Lu Ran didn't go.

He wanted to go and broaden his horizons, but...
He didn't want to kneel.

At the gate of Beifeng City, you can admire the deity without having to kneel down.

After all, you are a believer of other gods, so it makes sense.

But into the inner city?

You walked in here on your own initiative. You took the initiative to come before the god North Wind. Why don’t you worship him?

Amid a crowd of people kneeling on the ground praying and burning incense devoutly, you are just standing there?

What do you mean?
Everyone is drunk, but you are sober?

You can be awake alone and no one will bother you, but you can't provoke others!
Lu Ran was afraid that if he went in, he would never be able to come out.
Si Xianxian was implicated by Lu Ran, and she was unable to attend this grand memorial ceremony.

At this time, Si Xianxian was sitting under a big tree beside the martial arts field.

She was still holding a candied haws in her hand, with only one hawthorn left on the wooden stick, and she seemed reluctant to eat it anymore.

Si Xianxian just sat there, staring at the only remaining hawthorn, licking her lips from time to time, looking greedy.

Hmm. Pretty cute?

"Eat it, I'll buy you more." Lu Ran's voice came from inside the venue.

"It's as if I don't have money to buy it!" Si Xianxian rolled her eyes and still couldn't bear to eat it.

The martial arts arena is far from the commercial street. If you want to get more candied haws, you have to walk a long way.
"Eat quickly, you're disturbing me." Lu Ran's voice came again.

Si Xianxian said angrily: "I am sitting there without saying a word, how can I disturb you?"

Lu Ran holds two swords and stands alone in the snow: "Your face is full of your feelings.

Your heart disturbs me."

Si Xianxian:?

Lu Ran ordered: "Eat."

"You're so domineering." Si Xianxian muttered dissatisfiedly, opened her little mouth and bit it.

“Click~ Click~”

The sugar coating kept breaking between the lips and teeth, making an enticing crisp sound.

It sounds delicious.

"You've been standing there stupidly for a long time." Si Xianxian said vaguely, "What are you thinking about?"

She was feeling dissatisfied just now, but now her mouth was full of sweetness and her mood instantly improved a lot.

Even her voice became three degrees sweeter.

Lu Ran held the two swords in his arms: "Don't make noise, I'm trying to understand the truth."

Si Xianxian held the bamboo stick in her hand and suddenly wanted to stab Lu Ran to death.
In the past two days, Yan Shuangzi fulfilled her promise to Deng Yuxiang and took good care of Lu Ran.

What Lu Ran didn't expect was that the first lesson Yan Shuangzi taught him had nothing to do with sword skills, but rather a concept.

She said that there are three levels of swordsmanship.

One is the unity of body and sword.

The second is the unity of heart and sword.

Three means man and sword in one.

She said that the vast majority of swordsmen in the world are at the first level.

The so-called unity of body and sword means the ability to skillfully use the blade in hand.

This is the most obvious application.

In your shallow understanding, a knife is just a tool.

A weapon to help you win and slay your enemies.

Little do people know that for a true swordsman, the sword in his hand is a manifestation of his personal spirit.

This is the second level: the unity of mind and sword.

At this level,
A knife can be tough, domineering, or even merciful.

At this point, the knife in your hand is no longer a cold object.

It is the concrete manifestation of your spiritual will!
Yan Shuangzi gave Lu Ran a high evaluation.

She said that when Lu Ran and Bu Qingfeng were fighting, she vaguely saw the prototype of "sword intent".

Lu Ran’s knife can indeed speak.

At least he's just learning to speak.

However, Lu Ran is not a follower of Bei Feng, so his understanding of the sword does not need to be so profound.

He doesn't even need to dabble!

After all, everyone has limited energy. No matter how deeply believers from other sects delve into this path, it will not be of much help to themselves.

Only the North Wind believers must comprehend this, this is a hard requirement of the sect!
If you want to learn and practice the Jiangjing magic of the Beifeng School, the believers must reach the third realm - the unity of man and sword.

In this state: man is the knife and the knife is the man.

When Yan Shuangzi expressed this concept, Lu Ran suddenly woke up!

Previously, when Lu Ran first looked at Yan Shuangzi carefully, he had this kind of mental activity:
"She is like a sword standing in the snow.

The cold light is fierce and the aura is overwhelming! "

This was Lu Ran's intuitive feeling about Yan Shuangzi. It was what he thought in his heart and he had never told anyone about it.

And when Lu Ran understood the concept of "the unity of man and sword", he realized how strong Yan Shuangzi was!
Lu Ran was very fortunate to be exposed to these concepts.

Indeed, he is not a follower of the North Wind, but he is the master of evil!

It won’t be long before Lu Ran activates the Night Evil Sculpture.

Of course, Lu Ran can use those evil night magics below the river realm at will.

But when Ye Mei Xie Su reaches Jiang Realm, if Lu Ran wants to use the extremely powerful Jiang Realm Ye Mei Xie Fa, does he also need to reach the realm of "man and sword becoming one"?

After all, the North Wind Clan and the Night Demon Clan are too similar.

"Lu Ran?" A voice woke Lu Ran from his deep thoughts.

"What's wrong?" Lu Ran turned his head to look.

Si Xianxian shook the bamboo stick: "I'm going to buy some candied haws and will be back soon." "No, there are too many people in the market now, you can't go." Lu Ran immediately refused.

"What's wrong with so many people?"

"I was afraid that if someone pushed you, you would just slap them." Lu Ran snorted, "We'll both go to jail."

"You bastard!" Si Xianxian jumped up and obviously had been tolerating Lu Ran for a long time.

It didn't matter a few times before, but now, he stopped her from eating candied haws, how could that be acceptable?
"Don't be angry." Lu Ran immediately tried to persuade him.

"Uh." Si Xianxian's body swayed slightly and she held her forehead with one hand.

A few seconds later, Si Xianxian came back to her senses and looked at Lu Ran with a hint of anger in her eyes.

"Okay, okay, I'll go with you." Lu Ran was quite helpless and walked towards the sidelines.

"Hmph, that's more like it!" Si Xianxian didn't even wait for Lu Ran and went straight into the depths of the snow forest.

Half an hour later, in the crowded commercial street.

Si Xianxian held a hot baked sugar cake in one hand and a string of strawberry candied haws in the other, her eyes shining with greed.

Where is the angry look from just now?
"Click~"

When you take a bite, the sugar coating is crispy and your mouth is full of sweetness.

"Hmm." Si Xianxian closed her eyes, her face full of happiness.

Lu Ran stretched out his finger and poked her spine: "Let's go."

Si Xianxian took the opportunity to take a step forward, obviously in a very good mood, and her steps were very brisk.

Maybe the strawberries were too sweet. She shook her head with joy and kept muttering:
"I am a little wild horse, I gallop~"

Lu Ran: ???
Good guy~
He is indeed a patient. What kind of mental state is this?
Is it really delicious?!
I guess Aunt Si wouldn't dare to take her daughter to such a busy market?
Her previous life was naturally very boring and depressing.

"Hey?" Si Xianxian was still feeling happy when she was suddenly bumped into by a running child.

Suddenly, the candied strawberry haws in her hand fell down.

As a warrior, she subconsciously raised her foot, kicked the candied haws up again, and grabbed it back in her hand.

"It's indeed a little wild horse!" Lu Ran couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Si Xianxian's face darkened: "Shut up!"

Lu Ran still couldn't help laughing: "That Tanghulu is so unfair!

Not only do you want me to eat you, but you also want me to kick you before I eat you?"

Si Xianxian glared at Lu Ran fiercely, and then looked for the child who was running around.

"No!" Lu Ran immediately stood in front of her, "You must not hit a child, he could easily be killed by you."

"Hmph." Si Xianxian turned her head to look at the candied haws, looking for any dust that might be on the sugar coating.

Well, it's not a big problem.

It’s not clean, but you won’t get sick if you eat it!

She blew on it symbolically and took another bite.

"Wow!"

"It's so impressive." Suddenly, there were bursts of exclamations from the crowd.

Lu Ran looked up and saw a group of North Wind followers flying through the air, heading towards the inner city.

There were as many as three or four hundred people, they were overwhelming!
Every North Wind believer is full of energy and vigor, which is a sight to behold.

They should all be here for pilgrimage?

Lu Ran stopped to watch for a moment, imagining himself flying freely in the sky one day in the future.

Of course, what he used at that time was not the divine method, Qingfeng Wu, but the evil method, Yewu Qingcheng!

"Let's go back to the inn first." Lu Ran came back to his senses and walked forward with Si Xianxian.

"Stay a little longer!" Si Xianxian was a little reluctant to leave.

"You can go back to the room and eat. I've been practicing all morning and I want to take a break."

"Okay." As the two talked, they walked half of the street and turned into an inn.

This was where the two of them stayed in Beifeng City, and the rent was paid by Yan Shuangzi.

It’s hard to imagine how expensive a room would be during this special period of time.

"Don't run around!" Lu Ran came to the second floor and before pushing the door open, he gave another worried reminder.

"I know, I know." Si Xianxian took the delicious food and went into the house, closing the door casually.

Lu Ran sighed and pushed the door open to walk into his room.

The inns in the city are very retro and the interior decoration is also antique.

Lu Ran came to the window, picked up the phone on the table and flipped through it.

I haven't received a text message from someone for a long time. She must be very busy.

Busy practicing, busy gaining experience.

For Jiang Ruyi, Lu Ran rejected Si Xianxian's proposal and did not go to the Ice and Snow World with her.

However, Beifeng City was equally bustling and lively, and everything Lu Ran saw was new and interesting.

He thought more than once that it would be great if he could replace the little wild horse with Jiang Ruyi.
"Happy New Year." Lu Ran typed four words and sent it.

Lu Ran waited for a moment, but as expected, there was no response from the other party.

He sent a message to his family, and at that moment, a vision suddenly occurred!

"Om!!"

The entire Beifeng City seemed to tremble.

Lu Ran was startled and suddenly raised his head and looked out the window.

"Oh my god!" Lu Ran opened his mouth wide. What did he see?
Mirage?

In the sky far to the north, to the side of the divine statue, a shadow suddenly appeared.

It was a magnificent Chinese palace!

It seems like an image projected from ancient times, magnificent!

"The Ruins of God." Lu Ran murmured.

He had seen the Evil Nest, which was a powerful means used by the Evil Stone Demon's original body. It could deploy countless evil minions in a specific area.

And this grand imaginary building before us is a special means of God.

It certainly will not bring disaster to the world; on the contrary, it is another form of blessing from God.

It seems that Lord Beifeng is in a good mood and wants to reward his disciples?

For gods to build their ruins is just like for demons to build their nests, both are extremely energy-consuming!

Lu Ranyun looked as far as he could and saw more than a dozen North Wind followers flying high up and arriving in front of the main hall.

These more than ten people are majestic and full of energy!
No kidding, there are not more than ten people here.
In Lu Ran's eyes, these were more than ten knives.

And the big knife among them belonged to Yan Shuangzi!

(End of this chapter)