Chapter 473: Chapter 472: Shut Up! You’re Annoying Me!
The Dragon Spirit, after much deliberation, finally decided to lend a hand.
Given his current understanding of Yun Ran, this person was quite mysterious and probably wouldn’t die that easily.
If he stood by idly now, when Yun Ran returned, he would definitely settle accounts with him, which wouldn’t be worth it then.
He had already absorbed more than half of the Fire Dragon’s Dragon Core, and sending a portion of his Divine Soul to find Yun Ran didn’t affect him much.
With this in mind, the Dragon Spirit finally convinced himself, and a shadow of the Dragon Spirit shot out from the sea surface, heading toward the mysterious forest where Yun Ran had disappeared before.
Everyone who knew Yun Ran had gone missing was flabbergasted.
The Little Paperman next to Captain Song, as well as those beside Doctor Yu and Xie Xuzhi, abandoned their posts after delivering the news.
In the blink of an eye, they vanished, with their minds solely focused on finding their master.
At the same time, in another part of the forest, the injured Elder Gong was left to Minister Duan by the Little Paperman that had just caught up.
Elder Gong clutched his still painful chest, swallowed the medicine given by Minister Duan, and finally caught his breath.
The speed of the Little Paperman earlier was beyond human endurance; it was fortunate that it was him. If it had been someone else, they’d have fainted by now.
Minister Duan, seeing that Elder Gong was still alive, had tears in his eyes and was about to thank the Little Paperman.
But in the blink of an eye, the Little Papermen with seemingly changed skins disappeared.
"What... what happened here? Did Xu Wen catch up?"
Minister Duan was speculating whether the Little Paperman went to cover their retreat, leaving him at a loss for words of gratitude.
Then he heard Elder Gong say, "Something happened on Yun Ran’s end."
Minister Duan was shocked, bewildered, confused...
Seeing the changing expressions on Minister Duan’s face, Elder Gong also felt a bit worried inside.
Having witnessed the sword Yun Ran wielded and the abilities of the Little Papermen,
Elder Gong knew that under normal circumstances, given the current skills of Xuanmen people, they couldn’t harm Yun Ran.
But earlier, he clearly saw that the Little Papermen seemed to go mad, which indicated something serious must have occurred.
In almost an instant, Elder Gong made a decision.
"We need to leave here immediately and quickly contact the outside world; we must lend Yun Ran a hand!"
After saying this, Elder Gong felt no regret.
At this moment, he was somewhat dazed, perhaps not expecting that one day he would be willing to exert all his influence to help Yun Ran.
And this was a privilege that even the younger generation of the Gong Family had never enjoyed.
Minister Duan was also slightly stunned. They and Yun Ran weren’t on the same side, but he didn’t even think of stopping it.
"Alright, I’ll carry you, let’s get out of here immediately!"
Yun Ran, who was worrying everyone, looked at the pitch-black surroundings, so quiet that not a single sound could be heard.
"Is anyone there?"
Just as Yun Ran finished speaking, a long echo resounded: Is~ anyone~ there~
Yun Ran: ...
Okay, no doubt about it now, this place is definitely suspicious.
Luckily, she still had a flashlight with her.
When she turned on the flashlight, the light couldn’t penetrate far, making Yun Ran’s head buzz.
However, worse was to come; she found that she couldn’t contact Ginsengfruit or the Little Paperman at all.
After trying many times, Yun Ran gave up struggling; this place could ’block’ all of her ways of contacting the outside world.
Yun Ran sat down in frustration, sighing deeply: This time the sky really fell, and all the bad luck could fall on her shoulders.
Suddenly, she felt something tugging at her pants. She looked down and shone the flashlight in her hand.
What was tugging at her pants was a wooden puppet containing the spirit puppet of her junior uncle, and Yun Ran couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
"Well now, you actually got sucked into this vortex with me?"
The wooden puppet clung to Yun Ran’s pants, slowly crawling upward.
Seeing its struggle, Yun Ran scooped up the wooden puppet and placed it on her shoulder.
The wooden puppet held tightly to Yun Ran’s collar, its small head the size of an egg, vigilantly looking around.
"This place is really strange; we might really die here. What a pity for Junior Uncle’s intentions, going through so much trouble to send you here, sigh~"
The words sounded pretty bleak, but Yun Ran’s tone didn’t carry a bit of pessimism.
It seemed like facing life and death was as simple for her as eating and drinking.
The wooden puppet poked Yun Ran’s ear: "This is a gap between dual seals."
At first, Yun Ran, who was quite nonchalant, suddenly turned her head, yanking the wooden puppet down, clearly shocked.
Sparing no thought for what kind of gap it was, all her attention was focused on the fact that the wooden puppet could speak.
"You can actually talk?"
The wooden puppet showed a hint of displeasure, pushed Yun Ran’s hand away, and effortlessly jumped onto Yun Ran’s arm.
It continued climbing toward Yun Ran’s shoulder; it didn’t like being dangled by Yun Ran, nor did it like looking up at Yun Ran.
If possible, it would actually prefer standing on Yun Ran’s head.
As it climbed, it said, "You naughty girl, don’t you know how to respect your elders and care for the young? Your Junior Uncle was known as the number one genius man!
If it weren’t for the cunning oppression of the Heavenly Dao of this world, I wouldn’t have been stuffed into this wooden figure and tormented by you for so long.
This gap between dual seals can block all means; the Heavenly Dao of this world can’t suppress me anymore.
Even if only half of my Divine Soul is left, or even just my mouth, your Junior Uncle is still the most formidable man!"
Yun Ran was quite stunned, never dreaming that she could still connect with her Junior Uncle at this moment.
The calmness facing life and death quickly turned into void when in front of her elder.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah... Junior Uncle, I’m so miserable, why did you come so late? You have no idea how many people in this world are jealous of me.
I’ve been terribly wronged, especially this Heavenly Dao, which is absolutely unreasonable, always striking me.
If it weren’t for my primary practice of the Thunder Technique, I would have been dead long ago, and you wouldn’t have such a cute and hardworking little disciple anymore..."
The wooden puppet, having finally climbed onto Yun Ran’s shoulder, listened to her cries like a magic sound entering its ears.
If it were someone else, seeing their younger generation cry like this, they would have been heartbroken.
But the Junior Uncle, well-aware of Yun Ran’s mischievous ways, covered his ears disdainfully: "Shut up! You’re bothering me!"
Yun Ran: ...
"Junior Uncle, you’ve changed~"