The Glutton and the Miser

July 23rd, late at night.

Outside Anji City, Qiantang River Province, deep within the deep mountains and old forest, a Standing Mirror opened and dispersed again.

Lu Ran concealed himself, flashing through the boundless night without a soul knowing or a ghost noticing.

When he was still eight or nine kilometers from the Demon Lair—Bamboo Sea, Lu Ran hovered in the night sky and gazed into the distance at a tranquil Military Camp. He also saw the deity standing there—the Flower Lantern stone statue.

She had once been the deity worshipped by Younger Sister. Now, however, Xiao Yuanxi had become the Evil God—Black Lantern.

The two had also become mortal enemies who could not share the same sky.

The ways of the world were truly unpredictable. Lu Ran murmured inwardly, and his figure flashed again.

In the next instant, he was standing directly above the Demon Lair Gate, where the energy fluctuations were especially violent!

Most Demon Lair Gates in the world were a horizontally spread "Starry Sky Curtain."

The gate to the Demon Lair—Bamboo Sea, however, resembled a clear lake shrouded in faint white mist, brimming with immortal air.

Still invisible, Lu Ran fell freely into it.

In an instant, daylight flooded the world!

The Bamboo Sea truly deserved its reputation as a place of recuperation. It was forever a scene of gentle winds and warm sunshine.

Lu Ran did not linger. His figure flashed repeatedly as he headed straight for the eerie Ghost House hidden amid the vast Bamboo Sea.

"Youhuang Ferry."

Standing before the Ghostly Aura-laden manor, Lu Ran looked up at the plaque above its gate.

Li Xiaochu,

Your husband is in my hands!

You have three days to bring out one hundred thousand copper coins and ransom him, or else... heh heh!

Lu Ran wrote