There’s nothing else for me here, and the dust is too much; I must leave now.
"If there are no other matters, I shall take my leave now."
Just as Yun Ran was about to leave, Wan Ji, who had been like part of the background until now, hurriedly stepped forward and efficiently packed up the fortune-telling tools Yun Ran had used earlier.
Ginsengfruit glanced at him sideways, then stuffed his hands in his pockets, showing no displeasure at having his job taken over.
Doctor Yu watched Yun Ran and her group leave, his eyes clearly showing a trace of satisfaction.
A student following behind him suddenly spoke, "Teacher, Ranran must be the final disciple you’ve been waiting for."
Doctor Yu maintained his prior stance, not denying the student’s inference when questioned.
His students, all bright as a requisite, were all very dear to him.
However, each of these students had fatal weaknesses, making them incapable of inheriting all his connections and resources.
Despite his brief interaction with Yun Ran, he felt strongly that she perfectly met the criteria to take over all his resources.
The student wasn’t insistent on obtaining a direct answer and continued, "If it is Ranran, I believe everyone will wholeheartedly agree, and she possesses the capability to safeguard those precious ancient artifacts."
Yun Ran is intelligent, capable, kind-hearted, and also sharp—not giving her the chance to grow would be an invincible miss.
"This matter, we can discuss later!"
The student immediately nodded, understanding why his teacher was being so cautious; the teacher held things in his possession not overwhelmingly surprising, yet many coveted them.
If the wrong people knew that he had already chosen his sole inheritor, no telling what they might do.
Yun Ran is powerful, but still just a minor girl, and this world is full of dark plots, the human heart being the most frightening.
They had witnessed too many geniuses, obliterated before their rise by those with sordid methods.
Back home, Yun Ran went to freshen up immediately, uncomfortable with the dust coating her body.
Just after she finished washing up, the Little Paperman she had sent out returned.
Its simplistic face seemed pinched together, almost like it was about to cry.
Since gaining spiritual wisdom, the Little Paperman had never failed in tasks sent out by Yun Ran.
But this time, after circling the hill a few times and discovering nothing, it felt something amiss about that place.
The Little Paperman expressed sorrowfully: "Master, there is definitely something wrong there, but I’m too dense to find anything, woowoo~~"
She has never been one to cry.
Ginsengfruit, wiping Yun Ran’s hair with a towel, couldn’t help but stand up for his little brother.
"Host, my little brothers you personally crafted are no less capable; there’s definitely something significant at that place!"
They say one’s own child is always dearest; seeing Little Paperman’s aggrieved expression, Yun Ran reached out to pat its head, comforting it.
The distressed look on Little Paperman’s face dispersed immediately, and Yun Ran then put it away.
"I actually want to see, what thing, is so bizarre."
Her hair now fully dried, casually pinned up, she stepped out.
Wan Ji hurriedly followed, at this moment, no one could prevent him from becoming the strongest follower.
Duan Shouyuan and others were keeping an eye on Yun Ran’s movements, and when they knew she headed south of the project site, they quickly followed.
"Minister, we’ve checked over there before, is Yun Ran heading in that direction because she discovered something?"
Before today, if anyone had told them that they would overturn their prior judgments for a young girl, they would have thought that person was insane.
But now, they were indeed fiercely slapping their own faces.
"Yun Ran is not to be underestimated; her going personally guarantees there’s something abnormal!"
By rights, at least two of them should stay here to guard against any sneak attacks, especially since Doctor Yu and his group were attacked by Evil Qi before.
But now, feeling disgraceful just staying here.
Compared to the Little Paperman left by Yun Ran, they felt utterly overshadowed, like a fallback option, better not to stay.
"Also, I don’t know how Yun Ran crafted those Little Papermen, they can even speak. Could it be Yun Ran poached sentient beings and turned them into Puppets?"
The person speaking was still somewhat reluctant to believe the Little Papermen were crafted on the Righteous Path.
Duan Shouyuan, with an unprecedented seriousness, responded.
"Going forward, do not speak recklessly without evidence; those Little Papermen don’t carry the aura of Evil Technique but instead, they bear the aura of Heavenly Thunder."
The others glanced at each other, noticing that Minister Duan seemed somewhat biased towards Yun Ran now.
Despite its small size, Ginsengfruit kept up with Yun Ran’s pace without falling behind.
"Master, those annoying people from the headquarters have been following us, should we drive them away?"
"No need; I am not entirely sure what the situation is over there, having more helpers isn’t bad; they are certainly better than those mere physical fighters."
What, those mere physical fighters, was that meant for me?
But he dared not speak out, fearful that if Yun Ran agreed, how could he shamelessly continue to follow?
Previously, he hadn’t noticed how adventurous he was, with a strong desire for knowledge.
He felt journey with Yun Ran to that troubling site might turn into a truly significant moment in his life, and missing it would lead to lifelong regret.
Half an hour later, Yun Ran arrived at the location.
She took out her Peach Wood Sword and her well-preserved Compass.
The compass needle had been fine, yet started spinning wildly as the Peach Wood Sword was thrust into the ground.
It was as if it had gone mad.
Duan Shouyuan and the others caught up, knowing Yun Ran was already aware of them, but since she didn’t dismiss them, they assumed they were now in this together.
Watching Yun Ran stick a strange Peach Wood Sword into the ground, an eerie sensation swept through them.
They put aside their pride and drew closer to Yun Ran.
"What have you done? Why has the energy here suddenly shifted so dramatically, as if something big is about to emerge?"