NOVPUBChapter 744: Chapter 742 Plum Blossom
Chapter 744: Chapter 742 Plum Blossom
Wuliandu Divine Monarch Mansion.
Rong Ruo informed the old Clan Leader of the Lushu Clan that Zong Silu had been taken away by the Ruins.
At that time, although he was immobilized due to the cessation of time and his consciousness was dull, he still recognized that the black shadow in the crack was the Ruins.
The old Clan Leader’s expression became solemn, “There must be someone controlling these Ruins behind the scenes.”
Rong Ruo asked, “But why capture Zong Silu? He had ascended to the Divine Realm not long ago and had never made enemies. Moreover, his strength wasn’t formidable enough to be feared.”
The old Clan Leader suddenly looked towards the direction of the door, his expression turning amiable, and said to Rong Ruo, “They are here.”
Rong Ruo did not understand whom the Clan Leader meant at first. Then, seeing a group of small cubs running through the door in swarms, he couldn’t help but soften his gaze. Only one person could have gathered these little ones together.
The last to enter was Sally, holding Little Lulu and Little Shiqi, or more precisely, grasping them.
These two were too mischievous; they vanished in the blink of an eye.
If Sally hadn’t used the filial summoning, she wouldn’t have known where they had run off to frolic.
As soon as Little Lulu saw the old Clan Leader, he cried out urgently, “Old Ancestor, save me!”
The old Clan Leader chuckled while stroking his white beard, “Your mother is holding you, what could be safer than that?”
“It’s been a long time, old ancestor, how are you?” Sally politely asked.
The old ancestor nodded, “Good, very good.”
Sally put down Little Lulu and Little Shiqi.
The two immediately ran towards the old Clan Leader.
Little Lulu glared at Little Shiqi, “This is my Old Ancestor.”
Little Shiqi naturally replied, “I’m your brother, so he’s mine too.”
The old ancestor hugged them both, “You are both the Old Ancestor’s, ha ha ha ha~”
The other children also gathered around.
Rong Ruo’s blue eyes stared straight at Xiaoqi.
But Xiaoqi was also caught up in the commotion with the old Clan Leader and didn’t pay him any attention.
Sally walked up to Rong Ruo, smiling, “Are you teaching at Divine Beast University now?”
“Yes.” Rong Ruo nodded, looking at her waist, which was rounder than before she was pregnant, “How many months?”
“The entire pregnancy is twelve months; now it’s the eighth month,” Sally replied. “Where’s Zong Silu?”
Rong Ruo looked at her, his eyes suddenly brightening, and said to the old ancestor, “I will leave with Yanyan for a moment.”
“Go ahead,” the old Clan Leader picked up his cane resting by the chair, turned to the children, and asked, “Do you want treasures? Over the years, your ancestor has found some fine things for you.”
Immediately, the group of children burst into excited uproar…
Sally smiled helplessly, “Before, gifts were just rewards, now they’re essential for everyone.”
“Their happiness is the most important thing.” Rong Ruo took her hand and teleported to the open pavilion in the garden.
His expression gradually became serious, “Zong Silu is in trouble.”
…
After hearing the details, Sally pulled the hairpin out of her hair and handed it to Rong Ruo.
Then she opened her collar, revealing a snowy, glowing shoulder, on which was a light pink plum blossom!
“This is Zong Silu’s partner mark. By piercing it, I can summon him back.”
“Such a beautiful plum blossom,” Rong Ruo’s slender, cool fingertips touched the plum blossom, “Like Zong Silu.”
“Yes,” Sally nodded.
Pricking pain followed by blood gushing from the heart, a picturesque shade of crimson…
In the next instant, Zong Silu appeared unconscious inside the open pavilion.
Sally’s heart tightened when she saw this.
Rong Ruo pressed her hand against Zong Silu’s forehead, her expression growing increasingly grim, “His Divine Status is gone!”
“What?!” Sally was shocked!
How could the Divine Status possibly be gone…
“Xiaomei, trace back his experiences during this period.”
“Okay, Host.”
Soon, a video started playing within the pavilion.
Just as Rong Ruo had said, it was the Ruins that had captured Zong Silu!
Sally raised her hand and pricked the Little Fox marking on the back of her neck to summon Qing Linghuan.
Qing Linghuan and You Hao, after dealing with the Ruins, were just about to find Sally when they felt an irresistible summons.
Before leaving, he said to You Hao, “See, I’m much more important in Yanyan’s heart than you are. She likes to summon me for anything and everything.”
You Hao widened his eyes, “Dead Fox, just you wait!”
After Qing Linghuan left, You Hao seriously considered whether to relocate the marking on Sally’s body.
If it were in public, that location would indeed be embarrassing for her to touch, let alone breaking the marking… the stimulation…
Summoned by Sally, Qing Linghuan initially wanted to cozy up to her, but upon seeing the video in the air, he instantly sobered up, his expression turning solemn.
Zong Silu was taken to a desolate mountain ravine, the ground littered with rocks of all sizes and some shattered stones; atop one barren mountain, there was a pierced boulder that at first glance looked like an eye.
Ruins of various sizes converged toward the direction of Zong Silu.
Qing Linghuan asked Rong Ruo, “Where is this place? Do you recognize it?”
Rong Ruo replied, “After my Ascension to the Divine Realm, I’ve been either in the sea or in the Wulian Domain. I haven’t seen such places. But there’s someone we can ask, Zhu Sanlang.”
Hearing this name, Sally paused and then took out a Sound Transmission Talisman from her Space Ring, which belonged to Zhu Sanlang.
— “Sanlang, do you know of a place… a winding canyon full of rocks and some broken steles, surrounded by desolate mountains, with a mountain peak that has a pierced stone looking like an eye?”
A humanoid form among the Ruins came close to Zong Silu, slowly morphing into a human form.
Seeing his face, Qing Linghuan furrowed his brows, “Qi Ze!”
“Who is Qi Ze?” Rong Ruo inquired.
“His Beast Body is Bai Ze, and he had a good relationship with Haotian. But after Haotian’s death, he was never heard from again.”
“How did he become a Ruin?”
“It’s possible that he made a deal with the Ruins, or the Ruins might have devoured him. Powerful Ruins can devour a Divine Beast and morph into its likeness.”
In Qi Ze’s hand, there appeared a Divine Talisman.
When Qing Linghuan saw this, he exclaimed in astonishment, “That’s Haotian’s Star Shifting Talisman!”
Zong Silu’s Divine Status was transferred into a dense fog-like Ruin by Qi Ze using the Star Shifting Divine Talisman.
Gradually, the Ruin took on the form of Zong Silu.
While the real Zong Silu was placed on a giant chopping block, alongside other dead Divine Beasts, chopped into pieces, being fed to fist-sized little Ruins.
The little Ruins that ate the Divine Beast Meat quickly grew to about two meters in size, some even possessing talents.
Qing Linghuan’s entire body overflowed with a deadly aura, wishing he could instantly annihilate these Ruins.
“Someone is definitely stirring trouble behind the scenes. Originally, Ruins were just fragments of rules, which could be easily eradicated, and they wouldn’t move. Wherever they appeared, they would always remain. But now, Ruins have changed, they’ve developed consciousness and aggressiveness, and now they can even devour living beings!”
“This is just like a virus. Initially, it lay quietly dormant, and now it has violently erupted.” Sally, observing Qi Ze in the video, said, “And he is like a Divine Beast infected by the virus.”
