Chapter 1390 - 1386: Not Destined to Be the Protagonist

"It’s a pity it’s been too long. Now if we want to check whether, while that Fallen God Seed was devouring Life, anyone dropped dead without warning, I’m afraid that’s going to be hard."

Yun Ran sighed, and the Dragon Spirit followed with a sigh.

It had devoured so many Lives, was hunted down by people from the Divine Hall, and still managed to hibernate and heal in the forbidden deep sea.

Now they had only just given birth to the tiniest thought of wanting to deal with it, and karma had already descended.

This Fallen God Seed was basically the proper "heaven’s chosen protagonist" straight out of a novel—no matter what, it just wouldn’t die, and its luck was absurdly good.

The most important part was, no matter what the protagonist did, in the end the unlucky ones were always other people; after going through a crisis, they could still return as the king!

If Yun Ran hadn’t been dragged into the mess, right now she’d only want to click her tongue and say: tsk tsk tsk, at this moment, the art of power fantasy is complete!

Yun Ran regretfully fumed in her heart: how come I don’t have a protagonist’s fate~

"My lord!"

Just as the atmosphere inside the carriage grew heavy, an anxious voice sounded from outside.

If they called "my lord", they were looking for the Azure Dragon; if they shouted "Immortal Master", they were calling Yun Ran.

The Azure Dragon gave Yun Ran a slight nod, then lifted the carriage curtain and got off, leaving only Yun Ran and the Dragon Spirit staring blankly at each other.

After quite a while, the Dragon Spirit finally spoke: "How about we just run for it? I’m worried we really will end up capsized!"

The road ahead was full of danger, and the other side had such freakish Qi Fortune; they really couldn’t win, truly couldn’t!

If only they’d known earlier... but sadly, there’s never any "if we’d known earlier" in this world.

"We’ve already been locked in by karma. Even if we run, we’ll keep running into all kinds of trouble afterward, until this karmic tie grinds us to death."

If she hadn’t drawn several empty hexagrams in a row, Yun Ran would at this moment be slipping away faster than the Dragon Spirit; staying alive isn’t shameful!

This time, the Dragon Spirit really wilted. Karma was the most annoying thing, like sticky candy—you just couldn’t shake it off.

"But, it’s not like there’s no way!"

Hearing that, the Dragon Spirit’s eyes instantly lit up a notch, and even his voice grew more forceful: "What way!"

"We pull out a portion of your Dragon Core and stash it away. Even if we really die on this trip, as long as there’s enough time, you can still be raised back."

The Dragon Spirit’s eyes bulged even rounder: "Extracting the Dragon Core isn’t hard, but how are you going to make sure the core you pull out isn’t stained with karma?"

Karma bound a person’s Divine Soul, Qi Fortune, and future.

"That’s my problem to think about. You just need to extract part of your Dragon Core and hand it to me."

If anyone else had said that, the Dragon Spirit would definitely have sneered that the other party was daydreaming. Dragon Core was that important, and they wanted him to hand it over with just one sentence.

Was the other party crazy, or was he himself crazy?

But Yun Ran’s words made the Dragon Spirit’s lips pull into a straight line. In the end, he accepted his fate and said, "How much?"

"Just draw out a tiny bit, like pulling silk—enough to recondense your Divine Soul."

The Dragon Spirit’s expression instantly turned nervous. Yun Ran had never used such a cautious method before; this was most likely some secret technique.

"Does it really need to be this careful?"

"Yes, but not yet. Wait until I’m prepared, then you act. For now, let’s go out and see what’s happening outside."

The Dragon Spirit had wanted to ask more, but seeing Yun Ran looking so confident, he couldn’t say anything else and could only follow her out of the carriage.

The wave of refugees had finally met their convoy head-on.

The good news was that, for the moment, the two sides hadn’t clashed. The bad news was that the number of refugees seemed much higher than they’d expected.

The guards were all on high alert. When they saw Yun Ran step down from the carriage, a strange light appeared in their eyes.

This kind of look, the Dragon Spirit was already used to. Don’t be fooled by Yun Ran’s young appearance, like she was some baby needing protection.

Only those who’d stayed by Yun Ran’s side knew how reliable she was; just standing there, she could calm people’s hearts.

The people sent to negotiate soon returned—and brought back some rather bad news.

No one had expected that the leaders of those refugees would actually be several heavily injured Xuanmen people.

"They said the Zhen ahead have completely turned into dead cities, shrouded in a haze of gray mist.

Forget the people who got tainted by that mist—even the nearby flowers and plants all died. The ones who ran a bit slower didn’t even have time to scream before they turned into bare bones..."

The negotiator’s scalp still tingled as he recalled the terror in those refugees’ eyes and the way they seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment.

The Dragon Spirit leaned close to Yun Ran’s ear and lowered his voice: "Say, could this be that massacre we saw in the Xuan Sect secret archives back then?"

The scene when Lotus City suddenly lost all daylight was still vivid in their minds.

If it hadn’t been for Yun Ran, that Lotus City of over ten thousand people would probably have become a dead city too.

"Hard to say, but it’s definitely related."

The only part that didn’t match the records was that these cities weren’t wiped out all at once.

"Is it possible this is because of the karma you mentioned earlier? This mission was originally only for the Azure Dragon and his group.

But now, with the two of us added in, the success rate of the mission increased, and correspondingly, the karma also strengthened, leading to what’s happening now?"

The more the Dragon Spirit thought about it, the more he felt his guess was right. Otherwise, with several cities being destroyed at the same time, something this huge couldn’t possibly be absent from the Xuan Sect archives.

Now that they were in the thick of it, even knowing their presence had changed many things, it wasn’t really possible to just pull out.

Yun Ran spread her hands in a helpless gesture.

"You ask me, who can I ask? My fortune-telling is busted; I’m basically blind with my eyes open now and can only take things one step at a time."

Dragon Spirit: ...

Heh, whoever believes Yun Ran’s words will get tricked so hard they won’t even have their underwear left!

On the other side, Little Paperman had already waited two days and was getting impatient when Mei Zhang, the Mei Family Fifth Elder, finally returned.

The Puppetry Technique on his body had been removed, but when he heard that Little Paperman was looking for him, he didn’t even rest and rushed straight over to the stronghold.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Little Paperman lying on a toy recliner the size of a brick, one leg crossed over the other, looking exceedingly carefree.

Mei Zhang’s mouth twitched. Live long enough and you really would see all kinds of bizarre things!

"Lord Paper, did you need something from me?"

"Yo, back so fast~"

After saying that, Little Paperman turned his head to look behind him: "Xiaoma, time to get to work!"