Chapter 1374 - 1370

With a loud explosion, Yun Ran threw the umbrella with such force that it was like a cannonball, directly blasting a forest across from them to smithereens.

The surrounding dust filled the air, changing the visibility in the entire area.

The wind, which previously carried a faint bloody tang, was now mixed with the earthy smell of soil being blown up.

The scent of fresh timber turning to dust also drifted over to where Yun Ran and the others stood, carried by the wind.

An explosion of this magnitude, in this era, could almost be likened to an earthquake.

Azure Dragon looked at Yun Ran in shock. This level of explosion was something he could manage with his own methods, but he couldn’t achieve it by just throwing an umbrella like Yun Ran did.

"That umbrella..."

Azure Dragon credited most of this feat to the umbrella.

Yun Ran raised her eyelids slightly. Azure Dragon didn’t finish his sentence, but Yun Ran clearly knew what he meant.

She directly contradicted his assumption: "It’s just those umbrellas you prepared earlier. Surely, you don’t think I’d be so generous as to throw my own magic artifact like a meat bun."

Azure Dragon:

...

He was just thinking about it, did Yun Ran have to be so cutting?! Really!

"You all wait here, I’ll go check over there!"

As one of the top leaders of this team, Azure Dragon couldn’t possibly overlook such a low-handed provocation.

Yun Ran’s initial strike may not have caused severe casualties on the other side, but it certainly alerted them.

At this moment, hiding further would serve no purpose to the enemy, meaning it was the best time for a close combat engagement.

Azure Dragon took about a dozen people with him, while the rest stayed behind.

Dragon Spirit clicked his tongue, suddenly finding the melon seeds in his hand tasteless.

He wanted to go and see the situation too, thanks to his heavy curiosity.

But seeing that Yun Ran wasn’t keen on involving herself too much, he held back his curiosity.

"Do you think Azure Dragon can capture those people?"

Yun Ran brushed off the watermelon seed shells on her clothes and replied absentmindedly, "He can capture them, but they’ll probably lose a few people."

After saying this, Yun Ran ignored what the others were doing and turned back to the carriage.

With bird droppings in front and the earthy smell behind, the scent was truly unbearable. Yun Ran didn’t want to stand outside and endure it any longer.

Seeing Yun Ran get into the carriage, Dragon Spirit quickly followed.

Not knowing when they would leave, he didn’t want to be alone, how boring that would be. It was far more interesting to be with Yun Ran.

"Are you really so idle? Have you merged all those skills?"

Dragon Spirit’s hand, which was lifting the curtain, froze immediately. He was truly impressed.

Yun Ran’s words were akin to someone asking children if they’d finished their homework in the middle of the summer break.

"Don’t worry, I’m in control of my rhythm!"

Yun Ran paid no mind to Dragon Spirit on the carriage, taking out her divination tools again and starting to divine once more.

Dragon Spirit’s attention was instantly captured, and he promptly leaned over to see what Yun Ran was calculating.

"Clatter..."

The sound of metal colliding rang out several times in quick succession, and soon the copper coins fell onto the table.

Seeing yet another empty hexagram, Yun Ran’s expression remained unchanged; she had expected it. Divining again was just to see if there would be any changes.

"Huh~ what kind of hexagram is this? I’ve never seen it before!"

Yun Ran’s hexagrams, though Dragon Spirit did not fully understand, he could grasp seventy to eighty percent, but this one in front of him, he couldn’t figure out at all after a long while.

"This is an empty hexagram."

Yun Ran’s voice was steady, as if she was discussing something very mundane.

The words ’empty hexagram’, however, struck Dragon Spirit like a thunderbolt.

"What did you say!!!"

Luckily, the carriage was set up with an array by Yun Ran; otherwise, Dragon Spirit’s exclamation would have drawn everyone outside over like a beacon.

"How could it be an empty hexagram? Didn’t you say the most powerful inheritance of Qingfeng Temple was divination? Even the least talented person could achieve an accuracy of eighty percent!"

For Yun Ran, the Young Master of Qingfeng Temple, to calculate an empty hexagram was akin to the top student suddenly coming last in class.

This was absurd.

"How could this happen? Is it because of the wrong tools? Wait, let me check if I have any suitable tools here!"

Influenced by Yun Ran, Dragon Spirit also developed a habit of hoarding. Even things that seemed useless, he collected, just in case they might come in handy.

What’s more, he had previously profited quite a bit from the Special Administration Bureau, so he definitely had some good items, only needing to search for them.

Watching Dragon Spirit act more anxious than if it were his own hexagram, Yun Ran raised her hand to stop him.

"No need to bother. This turtle shell was left by an ancestor of Qingfeng Temple; it won’t make such a basic mistake. It’s me who can only calculate an empty hexagram."

Dragon Spirit was stunned.

When others calculated an empty hexagram, it might signify lack of skill, but for Yun Ran, it only meant one thing, calamity.

"This isn’t the first time you’ve calculated an empty hexagram, is it!"

No wonder Yun Ran, who previously seemed determined to stake everything with Azure Dragon, changed her mind suddenly.

Along with the information Yun Ran shared earlier about the Void Runes and their inexplicable repulsion towards her, Dragon Spirit had an uneasy premonition.

"How about... we give up on this mission? The chaos at the Divine Hall has nothing to do with us, you shouldn’t sacrifice yourself for them!"

If circumstances allowed, Dragon Spirit would have wanted to knock Yun Ran out and drag her away by now.

Other people’s affairs had nothing to do with them!

"There’s information about the Heavenly Book over there, and the Void Runes I obtained earlier are likely just imprints, preserving only a tenth of their power. I want to see their true strength."

Dragon Spirit fell silent.

He could understand what Yun Ran was thinking, but he still had difficulty accepting it.

Could there truly be someone who deemed discovering the truth more important than their own life?

"Do you really have to go?"

Yun Ran nodded firmly: "Yes, I have to go!"

Dragon Spirit had no choice and let out a heavy sigh: "Fine, even if it’s the Dragon’s Lair, it’s nothing to go there once!"