Bright in the darkness, Li Ran opened his eyes suddenly.

"Whew......" he exhaled and sat up from the bed, muttering "I'm dreaming again." ”

This dream is not fictional, but comes from the deepest part of his memory.

"Li Ran" is his pseudonym, and his real name is "Wu Ran"!

The surname Wu represents a significant role in the Western Regions. Because that represents the number one overlord of the Western Regions, the martial family!

Eleven years ago, Wu Ji Niangniang, the head of the Wu family, personally met with Wu Ran and gave him a secret task - to break into the top of the business!

For this reason, he went incognito, wandered alone for three years, and then came to settle in the merchant city.

This lurking is eight years!

"It's been eight years, eight years. The people of the Wu family have already forgotten about me, right? Wu Ran has already died, and there is only Li Ran in this world. ”

Li Ran couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He'd been dormant for so long that he had almost forgotten his real name.

Here he lived in a mask for eight whole years, disguised as a prodigal. A very ordinary low-level cultivator. Even to his wife who once loved him deeply, he didn't reveal half a sentence.

During this period, he only went out once every six months to contact the samurai. It has always been a one-line connection, and the secret kung fu has been done to the extreme.

Until a year ago, the meeting man told him that the family was going to activate his pawn. The excitement in his heart at that time is really hard to express in words!

"After eight years, it was finally activated. Everything will be different!" Li Ran sighed. With a thought, he took out a stubborn stone from the stored secret method.

The stone is square, brick-like, and starry on the surface.

This is a star stone.

If Ling Yun were here, he would definitely find this stone. It is very similar to the stepping stone in the gambling stone shop.

Li Ran gently stroked the stubborn stone with both hands, his brows furrowed slightly.

As a spy, he spent nearly a decade lurking, creating an unobstructed past that would surely earn the trust of merchants.

However, trust alone is not enough, he also needs talents beyond ordinary people. In order to dominate in the martial arts arena of the merchant city. In this way, he can be favored and promoted by the merchants, and finally become an old man with a foreign surname like Wei Yang, who is in charge of the authority of the merchants.

The emergence of this talent. It has to be natural and not too obtrusive.

For this reason, Wu Ji Niangniang, the patriarch of the Wu family, personally chose a set of exercises and secret methods for him.

It's a legendary secret method.

Derived from the power inheritance of antiquity. In today's world, it can be said that the most precious secret method is extinct!

With this secret method. Li Ran can stand out and dominate the martial arts arena.

How to get this secret method without arousing suspicion, the martial arts side has also arranged it.

That's the gambling stone.

Luck is the most uncertain, and it is normal for the secret methods of the ancient times to be sealed in the stubborn stone.

The Demon Dao cultivator Wei Nerve, has been secretly taken under the command of Wu Ji Niangniang. Forging a miscellaneous stubborn stone is naturally a matter of hand-to-hand capture, and I am not afraid that others will see through it.

Li Ran also put a lot of thought into it.

In order to convince others that this was a stubborn stone in the gambling stone workshop, and not brought by himself, he deliberately chose a stepping stone in a gambling stone workshop.

This stepping stone has been left for many years, people have come and gone, and no one has paid attention to it.

Li Ran communicated with the martial arts family first, and asked Wei Nerve to forge a star stone with a similar appearance.

Then his plan was to swap the star stone and the stepping stone in his hand when people were not paying attention. He is a cultivator, and he has stepped on the spot for another half a year, so he naturally knows when he can steal the beam and change the pillar without the god knowing.

When he unlocks this star stone, the entire gambling stone shop will testify to him and prove his good luck.

After he obtains this secret method, he will change his mind and deduce the story of the prodigal son's return to the gold. He will rise, he will find his wife and son, he will become the foreign surname of the merchant, and finally complete the task and return to the martial family with his wife and children.

When he thought of his wife and son, Li Ran felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

He loved his wife deeply, she was so kind, so strong.

At the same time, as a father, he can't wait to bring the best things in the world to his son.

Originally, he was just using, but he got along day and night, and fell in love for a long time, and love gradually made him unable to extricate himself. The birth of his son made him even more worried. But in the end, because of the mission and his special status, he had to choose to leave temporarily.

"You must hate me now, I've done so many things that have disappointed you. But it doesn't matter, it's soon, it's soon, I'm enabled, I'm going to bring you happiness!"

Li Ran couldn't help clenching his fists, and a determined light flashed in his eyes.

Tomorrow he will go to the martial arts arena and have a battle. The day after tomorrow, he will take this star stone to any gambling stone shop and put on a good show.

"I was going to use that stepping stone as a cover, but unfortunately the world was unpredictable, and that stepping stone was actually chosen. Oh, that guy is such a fool, he will choose a star stone of this quality. But...... I'm going to be a fool the day after tomorrow. ”

Li Ran smiled and put the star stone back into the storage secret method.

Although his plan had twists and turns, it didn't matter, it was just a small accident. Originally, he had anticipated this possibility.

He lay down again, and after a while, he fell into a deep sleep.

This time, he didn't dream again.

Wake up the next day. He felt good, he was in good spirits, and everything was hopeful.

He felt as if he was a traveler walking in a dark valley, and after a long journey, one day, he saw the light ahead and the exit of the valley!

Eight years of perseverance have come to fruition, and everything is so beautiful!

Everything will be better too!

With this belief, he came to the martial arts arena.

This time the opponent. He had already figured out that he was a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Realm, and he was a familiar face who had been in the martial arts arena of the Fifth Inner City all year round.

No matter how weak a cultivator is, he can be mixed in the martial arts arena all year round without falling. There is always a foundation for life.

Li Ran didn't have the slightest contempt in his heart, the secret methods in his hands were a little rotten, and the quality was not good. In addition, you have to disguise yourself and not fight too fiercely, so whether this battle is won or lost is still between the two.

Sure enough, the battle went on. As Li Ran expected.

From the temptation to the fight, the two sides are half a catty against eight taels, and the stalemate is inextricable.

The battle scene is very ugly. The few spectators outside the stadium booed.

Suddenly, a faint light flashed in Li Ran's eyes.

Opportunity!

He keenly grasped a flaw in the opponent and was about to launch a surprise attack.

Suddenly, he felt a pain in his heart. The whole body stiffened violently, but was counterattacked by the opponent. Knock him out.

Li Ran was hit hard, snorting in pain, and his body was pushed out more than a dozen steps away before he stopped.

A trail of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

However, the physical trauma was completely compared to the shock and fear in his heart at this moment!

"My bud-shaped cloth bag, my bud-shaped cloth bag!How could you suddenly lose contact with me? There, but there are star stones!!"

At the same time, at Li Ran's residence.

The bed board was lifted to reveal a hidden compartment inside.

Ling Yun stood next to the dark grid, holding a cloth bag in the shape of a bud in his hand.

This secret method is a secret method of the spirit, which is used to store things. It is shaped like a flower bone, light blue all over, but it is crystal texture, crystal clear.

Although it was Li Ran's secret method, it was still refined in an instant under the breath of the Demon Venerable.

Ling Yun's mind swept away, and there were many miscellaneous items hidden in the cloth bag in the shape of a bud. There was a bag of rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, as well as inferior tea bricks, thirty or forty spirit stones, and a few stubborn stones.

"That's it!" Ling Yun's heart was shocked, and he urged his spiritual power to shoot out a black light from the bud-like cloth bag.

The black light fell on Ling Yun's palm and turned into a star stone.

It was in very poor condition, boxy, like a brick, very similar to the stepping stone.

The moment the star stone appeared, the whole world seemed to be quiet.

Ling Yun's pupils dilated suddenly.

Knock knock knock......

The sound of his heartbeat was accelerating, clearly reaching his ears.

Including this humble hut, the bustling sound of pedestrians outside the house, everything around faded away, only Ling Yun himself and the star stone in his hand remained.

Holding the not-so-light star stone in his hand, there is a clear cold touch coming from the surface of the stone.

Ling Yun's eyes gradually exuded a fiery gaze, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth gradually hooked, and a hint of a smile escaped.

The smile widened, and his mouth opened to let out a silent laugh!

The legendary essence stone has finally fallen into my hands!!