Chapter 361 An unexpected surprise
A whole family celebrates New Year's Eve.

The happy and reunion family atmosphere made Lu Ran and others particularly enjoyable.

After midnight, Qiao Yuanxi and Si Xianxian chose to stay overnight at the Jiang couple's place.

Lu Ran took Jiang Ruyi back to Luoxianju.

The mountain road is quiet and the warm breeze is refreshing.

A pair of people walk hand in hand, guarded by a sky full of stars.

Lu Ran drank half a glass of white wine with Jiang Zheng. He was a little drunk and whispered something:
"They asked me to join the national propaganda department, and some old leaders wanted to recruit me or recommend me to join the army.

I used the Xianyang Sect to fend them off. I have to say that my identity as the Lord of Luoxian Mountain is quite useful."

Jiang Ruyi listened quietly without saying a word.

Suddenly, Lu Ran stopped talking and looked at the girl beside him.

Jiang Ruyi noticed something and turned to look over.

"As a memory."

"Ok?"

"I've been talking all day, you're so quiet."

Jiang Ruyi smiled, lowered her head and walked forward.

But someone won't allow it.

Lu Ran put his arm around his fiancée’s slender waist and pulled her into his arms with one hand.

He was very unrestrained on the deserted mountain road.

Jiang Ruyi raised her eyes slightly and looked at the person who was so close to her.

At this moment, Lu Ran seemed to see the stars in the night sky, hidden in her gentle eyes.

He admired those beautiful eyes and whispered, "Did you go to Milky Way Bay?"

Jiang Ruyi nodded gently: "Grandpa Cheng took me there. We practiced sword fighting all day long, and we also wanted to fight in actual combat."

Lu Ran felt a little guilty: "I should have gone with you."

Jiang Ruyi smiled and said, "You don't know how to use a sword."

The road is chosen by oneself.

People are chosen by themselves.

So there's not much to say.

More than half a month ago, Lu Ran came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Jiang Ruyi realized that she seemed a little aggrieved.

She woke up in shock, learned from her mistakes, and tried hard to correct herself in the days that followed.

She had made up her mind long ago:
Focus only on strength.

More violent mood swings will only delay him and myself.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Ran's forehead gently rested on hers.

Jiang Ruyi felt the warm breath, with a hint of alcohol.

Lu Ran smelled the faint scent of jasmine, which was refreshing.

"I'm not thinking anything." Jiang Ruyi gently pushed Lu Ran and tilted her head back slightly.

Lu Ran: "I feel like you are different from before."

"how come?"

"You never pushed me away before." Lu Ran pouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ran was stunned!

Damn it?

How did this tone come out of my mouth?

Finished!

I've been spending too much time with Xiao Yuanxi, and I've become more and more famous because of the company I keep!
"Haha~" Jiang Ruyi couldn't help laughing and joked, "As the most arrogant leader in the world, are you trying to act like a spoiled child with me?"

Lu Ran: “.”

Under the starry night.

Jiang Ruyi's eyes were breathtakingly beautiful, with a hint of playfulness in them: "Hmm?"

Lu Ran was very thick-skinned and pretended that nothing had happened: "So, why did you push me away?"

Someone only attacks and does not defend.

Someone is so nonchalant that he doesn't even have a chance to show up.

Jiang Ruyi was still held by his waist, her upper body slightly leaning back, without saying a word.

Lu Ran was silent for a moment, then said, "Come on, are you really going to become a pure-hearted immortal?"

Jiang Ruyi looked at Lu Ran with a smile.

Is it possible that I have grown one year older and my understanding of love has become deeper?
Appropriate restraint will not hold you back.

Lu Ran was a little panicked: "No, treat him as a human being!

It doesn't matter to others, but you should at least treat me as a human being, okay?"

Jiang Ruyi suddenly leaned closer and gave Lu Ran a light kiss on his lips.

Once again, her cheeks flushed slightly as she whispered, "Are you relieved?"

Lu Ran was stunned for a moment, then said, "No, but I still want to thank Fairy Jiang for her gift."

"You're so smooth-talking." Jiang Ruyi gave Lu Ran a reproachful look, broke free from his embrace, and walked forward.

The mountain road became narrower and narrower, only enough for one person to pass.

The two of them were clearly walking one in front and one behind, but Lu Ran stubbornly took that fair jade hand and played with her slender fingers.

Jiang Ruyi didn't explain too much, which led to Lu Ran's misunderstanding.

to him,

At this moment, Jiang Ruyi is the flower blooming on top of the clouds.

Can’t drift any further!

Fortunately, it was discovered early and it was quickly dragged back to the human world.
"By the way, on the third day of junior high school, will you accompany me to Beifeng City?" Lu Ran invited.

"Beifeng City?" Jiang Ruyi was a little surprised.

Lu Ran immediately spoke up and told the story of Deng Yuxiang's fight for the divine weapon domain.

As they were talking, the two of them approached Luoxianju. The road became wider and wider, and they walked forward side by side.

Lu Ran secretly looked at Fairy Jiang's profile, but was surprised to find that she shook her head and refused.

"Don't you want to go?" Lu Ran was really dumbfounded.

how many years?

When has Lady Jiang ever rejected me?

Jiang Ruyi: "I have to take sword lessons every day, I can't interrupt them.

And I also want to practice.

I feel like I’m about to reach the threshold of Jiangjing Level 2.”

Lu Ran: “.”

broken!

You're busy with your career and have neglected your fiancée?

However, Lu Ran believed the reasons given by Jiang Ruyi.

While Lu Ran was busy fighting everywhere and participating in various "Tianjiao" activities, Jiang Ruyi had been practicing hard.

More importantly, she was practicing at the feet of the god himself!
This is far more terrifying than other believers’ “pilgrimage”!
After all, believers come on pilgrimage under the pretext of pilgrimage, but they may not even be able to enter the inner city at the feet of the gods.

Jiang Ruyi is rooted in Luoxianju every day!
Under the blessing of the sculpture of the Immortal Sheep, she enjoyed the world's top cultivation resources.

How can the growth rate not be fast?

Lu Ran: "Then I'll go by myself?"

Jiang Ruyi turned her head to look at Lu Ran and said softly, "Do you really want me to go with you?"

Lu Ran opened his mouth for a long while before he shook his head and said, "Forget it, no need." Jiang Ruyi was about to touch the threshold of promotion, how could he hold her back?
As a result, all of Lu Ran's subsequent invitations were swallowed back into his stomach.

He originally wanted to take his fiancée back to the capital to celebrate the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

That day, my mother came home for a rare visit.

Moreover, that day was the birthday night when Lu Ran and Xiao Yuanxi "merged".

Now it seems that we should not bother her anymore.

The two returned to their mountain home, and Jiang Ruyi went to take a bath.

Lu Ran sat at the octagonal table in the master bedroom, drinking cup after cup of tea.

After a long time, the sound of a hair dryer was heard from the bathroom.

Lu Ran thought about it, got up and left the master bedroom, walked through the hall, and came to the bathroom door: "Can I help you blow dry your hair?"

Inside the house, the sound of the hair dryer stopped.

Lu Ran leaned against the door frame: "Little Yuan Xi always asked me to help her blow, I just realized it later, I have never blown for you."

"Click~"

The bathroom door opened, and a thin mist filled the room.

Jiang Ruyi was wearing a white bathrobe. Having just taken a shower, her cool face had a hint of alluring redness.

It has a unique charm.

"Okay." Jiang Ruyi looked at Lu Ran with a smile.

"Gulp." Lu Ran's Adam's apple rolled.

Jiang Ruyi held the hair dryer and said, "Let's go to the bedroom."

Lu Ran suppressed his anger and followed her. When his fiancée sat down in front of the dressing table in the master bedroom, he suddenly said, "Am I a particularly incompetent boyfriend?

We had lived at home for so long before I hadn’t thought about it.”

Jiang Ruyi smiled at the person in the mirror and said in a gentle voice: "Your hands are used to hold a knife."

Lu Ran silently fiddled with her long hair, holding the hair dryer in one hand and started working.

Jiang Ruyi kept looking at the dressing mirror, watching the serious expression of the person in the mirror.

After just a dozen seconds, she closed her eyes.

Damn guy.

You come to disturb my mind again!

Why so gentle?
If this continues, I won't be able to hold it anymore.

After a while, the noisy sound of the wind stopped.

Lu Ran held up her long black hair with one hand, as if holding up smooth silk, and let the hair slide through his fingertips.

Jiang Ruyi suddenly said: "On the third day of the junior high school, I will go with you."

This time, Lu Ran responded straightforwardly: "No, cultivation is the most important!

The more strength we have, the more capital we have to survive."

Lu Ran lowered his head, kissed her hair lightly, and left with the hair dryer.

Jiang Ruyi's eyes wandered, silently watching the person in the mirror leave, muttering to herself in her heart:

"Well, it's up to you."

There was no further conversation that night, until the early morning of the next day.

When Lu Ran opened his sleepy eyes and reached for his side, the beauty had already left.

He pushed aside the bed curtains with one hand and listened carefully, but did not hear any noise in the house.

The only sound was the ticking of the second hand of a clock on the distant wall.

Half past five?
You know, the two of them stayed up all night yesterday and didn't come back until after midnight.

Jiang Ruyi remembered it so early?
Lu Ran rubbed his head, put on his clothes, walked out, and headed straight for Luoxian Pavilion.

as predicted!

On the south side of Luoxian Pavilion, in an open space surrounded by trees, Lu Ran found two figures, one old and one young.

"Happy New Year, Mr. Lu." Cheng Li clasped his hands and said with a smile.

"Grandpa Cheng, I should be the one wishing you a happy new year." Lu Ran hurriedly returned the greeting.

"Haha." Cheng Li laughed heartily and stroked his long beard habitually with one hand.

"Don't you want to take a break on New Year's Day?" Lu Ran asked with a smile.

Cheng Li turned to look at his beloved disciple, his eyes full of admiration: "Madam Luoxian is very hardworking."

Lu Ran turned his head and saw Jiang Ruyi holding a stick in her hand, moving in a methodical manner.

He asked quietly, "How is the training going?"

Cheng Li smiled and said, “Madam is extremely talented, humble and hardworking.

In the past half month, I have been able to focus on my studies without any distractions, and I have made rapid progress.”

Lu Ran: “.”

Do you want to click on me?

Then I go?
Lu Ran was very tactful and immediately clasped his hands and said, "After breakfast, we will visit you and wish you a happy new year."

Cheng Li said, "My dear, can you please have a word with me?"

Lu Ran was quite surprised and nodded immediately, following Cheng Li into the depths of the forest.

When the two of them stood still, Cheng Li said, "My friend, I heard that in a few days, Lord Xianyang will open a divine ruin for you?"

Lu Ran confirmed: "Yes."

Cheng Li was silent for a moment, then said, "The mountain master has great fortune and will surely return safely."

Lu Ran smiled and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Cheng, for your good wishes."

Cheng Li: "I have an unwelcome request."

Lu Ran said directly: "Grandpa Cheng is too polite, just go ahead and say it."

Cheng Li organized his words and said slowly, "My dear friend, do you know that there are five brothers in my Cheng family?"

Lu Ran: “I’ve heard something about it.”

The five sons of the Cheng family had different destinies.

The boss Cheng Ren died in battle.

The second brother Cheng Yi and the third brother Cheng Li are still in charge of Luoxian Mountain.

The fourth brother, Cheng Zhi, left the Xianyang sect early and joined other gods.

The fifth brother, Cheng Xin, disappeared in his early years and has not been heard from since.

Cheng Li: "My friend, you don't know that my fifth brother disappeared without a trace after challenging the God Ruins."

Lu Ran's heart moved: "Oh?"

Cheng Li: "With your ability, you will definitely be able to challenge Shenxu successfully.

When you go to the world behind the Ruins of Gods, I hope you can help me find my fifth brother."

As he was talking, Cheng Li sighed and said, "Whether he is alive or dead, give me some news."

Lu Ran frowned slightly: "Didn't you ask Master Xianyang?"

Cheng Li smiled and said nothing.

In this world, apart from you, the Lord of Luoxian Mountain, who is qualified to ask questions to the gods?

Cheng Li was not even sure whether asking Lu Ran for help in private would displease the Lord God.

Lu Ran understood Cheng Li's expression and asked tentatively, "Can I ask for Grandpa Cheng?"

Cheng Li shook his head and said, "It has been so many years, and Master Xianyang has not revealed it. There must be a reason. It is better not to ask rashly."

In that case, it would be a small matter if the gods blamed me, but it would be bad if my fifth brother who is still alive was implicated.

Lu Ran pondered for a moment and sorted out his thoughts.

He was favored, but other believers, even someone as strong as Cheng Li, had to be cautious.

I didn’t expect that behind the Shenxu, there would be believers of the Immortal Sheep?
If Cheng Xin was still alive
How powerful must that be?
Wouldn't it be like adding another general to my family?
What a pleasant surprise.

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