Artifact Smuggling Specialist

Zuo Lan still couldn't figure out those things.

After the morning class, he returned to the lotus garden, and Jiang Cuoming started to play and disappear again. Speaking of which, he went to attend the class of the water college in the morning and did not see Chongyu. All of these people love mysticism. He casually hung up the jade slips of Qing Puppet's lecture that Jiang Cuoming had recorded before, and hung them in front of Xi Yulin's door.

However, he only took a few steps forward when he suddenly stopped and turned back to look at the jade slip. This jade slip was clearly recorded by Jiang Mi, so what would be inside it?

Jiang Cuoming was a complete outsider at the time...

He turned around, walked to Xi Yulin's door, reached out and took down the jade slip, silently injected his soul power, and pressed the jade slip between his eyebrows, images and sounds appeared in his mind.

After a long time, he put down the jade slip and hung it back on the door of Xi Yulin.

Later, when Qing Puppet spoke, the entire image disappeared as if it had been disturbed, and everything was a mystery.

He sighed and went back to his room.

After eating at noon, Xi Yulin brought the news that Duan Kunlun had informed Zuo Lan to go to the hospital. Xi Yulin was joking.

He froze for a moment, "You said Brother Kunlun asked me to go to the hospital?"

Why Brother Kunlun, and why is he alone?What about the rest?

Xi Yulin brushed his long eyelashes, raised his eyelids, and gave him a straight look, but with a half-smile, "I want to ask this question too."

Wei Qing and Mu Zheqing all looked at Zuo Lan with the gaze of looking at animals, while Zuo Lan silently put down his chopsticks. I don't know what expression Jiang Cuoming would have if he was here?

Zuo Lan remained silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "I'll tell you when I come back."

However, what Zuo Lan didn't know was that he didn't come back for a long time after he left.

When leaving the lotus garden, the afternoon breeze was blowing, and lotus leaves floated in the small pond in front of the lotus garden. Wei Qing and Mu Zheqing, who were not going to class, lay on the railing and waved to Zuo Lan, while Xi Yulin sat Upstairs, holding the recipe in hand to study, as for Jiang Cuoming, there was still no one in sight.

Zuo Lan glanced back at the small building, and left briskly.

He has only been in the Ninth Soul Academy for less than half a month, and soon he has his own fan club, and he has met many interesting people, such as the one who suddenly blocked the way.

"Zuo Lan, are you going to a college without a college?" Xue Lan stood on the only way he had to go out, still looking at him coquettishly, her tutor uniform was modified to be nondescript, she looked like a monster.

Zuo Lan was dazzled by the blue drop-shaped earrings on his earlobe, and suddenly felt that Xue Lan was a bitch, but she had such a ghostly personality, which was unstoppable. "I'm going to the hospital to do it, what's the matter for Teacher Xuelan?"

"...It's Duan...Did Kunlun tell you to go?" Xue Lan's paper fan suddenly appeared again, covering the lower half of her face, blinking her eyes pretending to look at Zuo Lan innocently.

Zuo Lan was almost disgusted by his eyes, so he forcibly held back and said, "You have something to talk about, so get out if you have nothing to do."

"It really hurts my heart. After all, you are also the person I like, and you are so ignorant." Hearing what he said, Xue Lan didn't even get angry. She straightened her body, took out a sealed scroll from her sleeve and threw it to Zuo Lan said, "Since you are going, then take it to Duan Kunlun along the way."

Zuo Lan just felt baffled, "What do you mean?"

"Literally." Xue Lan turned around and left without looking at Zuo Lan this time.

This time, Zuo Lan is the real Monk Zhang Er. He is confused. This Xue Lan obviously stopped him in the middle of the road, asking him to bring something to Duan Kunlun. , Xue Lan is also a Soul Lord after all, such a distance is just a blink of an eye to him, but why does Zuo Lan have to pass this thing on?

He looked at the wax-sealed scroll and weighed it, but it was just an ordinary scroll, probably something like a letter, but there are "communication cards" that are as convenient as telephones in this world, and so are courtyard cards. With this function, is there anything that must be said with a scroll?

Soul Continent must use scrolls, and it seems that only records of soul spells and other more important things are recorded.

He couldn't figure it out, and decided to go to the hospital first to find out.

When passing by the entrance of the club, I saw my own "Tutor Zuo Lan Fan Club" among a lot of colorful signs, and next to it was a very aggressive "I don't believe I can't kill the Cook Association", which made Zuo Lan feel ashamed for a while .

He pretended that he didn't see it, and walked quickly, almost covering his face, and soon arrived at the dilapidated hospital office.

Before Duan Kunlun cried poor, squeezed their labor, and asked them to pull out the grass in the yard, but now it doesn't look as desolate as it used to be.He pushed the door open, and then saw the door of the pavilion wide open.

It was still the six thicker stone pillars, but at this moment, with his back to the door, there was a figure holding a wine jug, which was Duan Kunlun.

This person is still as sloppy as when he first met him, the instructor uniform on his body is still dirty, and when he turned around, his hair was also messy covering half of his face, only his eyes were very bright.

"You came on time, boy~"

Now Zuo Lan feels pain all over his body when he hears "young boy", fuck you boy!When the Lincang guy said "youth", his voice was always joking, which made him feel that he was underestimated. Now that Duan Kunlun said that, he immediately thought of Lincang.

"Brother Kunlun, what are you doing? There are still many classes in the afternoon, why did you ask me to come?" If there is nothing to call him over, then...no matter whether Duan Kunlun is the tutor or not, Zuo Lan will be in the next class. The protagonist will change from Mei Ziqing to Duan Kunlun!

Duan Kunlun smiled obscenely, "Oh boy, the world is so beautiful, but you are so irritable, so bad, not good—it must be a good thing that Brother Kunlun called you here."

……

The corner of Zuo Lan's mouth twitched, "Don't be tricky, just say it."

Duan Kunlun is an extremely irresponsible tutor, except that he appeared for a day or two at the beginning of school, and then he played with him directly.In fact, Zuo Lan secretly guessed that the Ninth Soul Academy might be a place with a very high rate of missing persons.These people come to play every now and then and disappear once, which can make people anxious to death.

If you talk about the most irresponsible mentor in the Ninth Soul Institute, who is better than Kunlun?

But I can't say this, I can only swallow it silently - he is afraid of being put on small shoes by the stingy brother Kunlun, Zuo Lan still remembers the threshold clearly...

"The patriarch of the Zuo family sent me a message. Your Zuo family has something very important and you need to go back. Tell me to inform you today, and then he will send someone to pick you up immediately." Duan Kunlun was very concise once, and the meaning was also very clear.

But what he said made Zuo Lan stunned, what's going on?

"important things?"

Duan Kunlun couldn't answer his question, but just shook his head, "I don't know the specifics, he gave me the news this morning, I guess the people sent by your left family will be at the square in front of the Soul Academy soon, go Let's see."

Zuo Lan pondered for a while, finally nodded, and followed Duan Kunlun to the outside of the courtyard.

On the way, Zuo Lan remembered what Xue Lan asked him to do, and handed the scroll to Duan Kunlun, "This is what Teacher Xue Lan met me on the way and asked me to bring it to you."

Duan Kunlun was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to take what Zuo Lan handed him. He blinked, but he didn't want to take it apart when he was walking, so he just nodded, "Go on."

The front square of the Soul Academy is still so broad and magnificent, the huge archway stands on the square, and the huge "soul" character is still so shocking.

The scenery is still the same, the difference is that there are no young faces here, and there are no courtyard flags flying in the air. They left here half a month ago and entered the Soul Academy by themselves. Today, because of some other things, he himself came out first.

A wild goose cart in front came quickly under the driving of people. The person sitting on it was an elder from the Zuo family. Zuo Lan recognized him, but he couldn't remember his name.

The wild goose chariot was approaching, Zuo Lan knew that the matter was a foregone conclusion, it happened so suddenly, he was a little caught off guard, what happened to the clan, how could Zuo Qiuyan let himself leave from the Soul Academy suddenly?

At this moment, Duan Kunlun's soul power fluctuated in his hand, he opened the ordinary scroll, stood still, and read every word.

On the wild goose cart over there, the elder jumped off the shaft, and bowed respectfully to Zuo Lan: "Young Master Lan, the patriarch invites you to go back, a major event has happened in the clan."

Zuo Lan couldn't figure out what was going on, so he just stood there for a while before deciding to go back and have a look.He turned around and bowed to Duan Kunlun, "I—"

"Let's go, you're such a mother-in-law." Duan Kunlun rolled his eyes, and wiped out all Zuo Lan's worries about parting.

The corner of Zuo Lan's mouth twitched, "Brother Kunlun, you're so ugly!"

Duan Kunlun looked at the scroll in his hand with a half-smile and a claw. A ball of flame rose from his hand and easily burned the scroll. He shrugged at Zuo Lan, "Let's go."

Before Zuo Lan got into the car, he kept replaying Duan Kunlun's action just now in his mind. His hand became a claw, and a ball of flame ignited in his palm, but——Zuo Lan didn't feel any fluctuation of soul power.

Duan Kunlun said that he has no attributes.

Duan Kunlun graduated from the First Soul Institute.

The First Soul Academy, what does this have to do with the First Soul Academy?

There is an intrigue between the nine mixed courtyards, why did the Ninth Soul Academy appoint Duan Kunlun, and also appointed Yan Shen, a member of the imperial family from the Central Plains No. [-] Soul Academy area, as the principal?Everything is a mystery, not to mention that the people from Emperor Takaichi also came in to stir up trouble.

Without fluctuations in soul power, how similar is it to Qing Puppet?

After getting into the car, he looked at the elder sitting in front of the car and asked, "What happened to the clan?"

"Well, it's hard to say. Recently, the patriarch has been restless, and the branches below have been making troubles and wanting to seize power. Although the patriarch's prestige is still there, he has worked hard for it. I won't say anything about it. Last night, something big happened. , I didn’t have time to find out when I left. I heard that someone from the Zuo family came back. I don’t know the specifics. "

The elder sighed many times when he said this, and Zuo Lan fell silent.

How big is the matter to bring him back?

"When you came out, did you hear any other news? Am I the only one going back?"

"I heard that the direct descendants who are able to go back must go back. Although I don't know what happened, but if the direct descendants can return half of the time, those collateral clans who are making trouble these days will definitely be honest. Hmph, those guys, should also be honest gone."

Apparently, a lot of things happened during his absence.

Zuo Lan touched the black ring on his right index finger, squinted his eyes, and smiled, "Elder, please call me when you arrive, I'll sleep for a while to refresh myself."

The elder responded, and when he looked again, he saw Zuo Lan already lying in the car, closing his eyes and really starting to sleep.He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that after Lan Shao went to the Ninth Soul Academy, he became more and more incomprehensible.

Zuo Lan said that he wanted to sleep, but in fact he didn't fall asleep.

The Zuo family summoned the direct descendants to go back, that is to say, Zuoyan Zuoyi and other collateral clans would not go back. The need to call Zuo Lan back must have nothing to do with the collateral clans.

The elder said before that someone came back.

Along the way, Zuo Lan was thinking about this question.

Until the goose cart drove into Yunfeng City, Yunfeng City in the twilight was shrouded in a bloody glow, and behind the tall gray city wall was a huge shadow. Zuo Lan stood outside the car and looked up. The city was magnificent, it should have been an extremely beautiful scenery, but in Zuo Lan's eyes, it became a heavy depression.

In Yunfeng City, the Zuo family has great authority. After all, they are still the top [-] families in the entire continent. In a small place like Yunfeng, they are naturally dominant.

Entering the city, it is very lively everywhere. Zuo Lan and his geese car have the logo of Zuojia, white maple leaves and red clouds, which is why Yunfeng City got its name.

It's just that the clouds in the Zuo family are red, and the maple is white.

"I don't know what happened in the northwest corner. It seems that the edge of the mainland is about to collapse recently."

"Things in the sea, who knows, maybe it's some monster, bloody..."

"Hey, I haven't seen the adults of the Zuo family take care of such a big matter, it's really..."

"How do we know about adults? Let's just watch."

……

Zuo Lan was confused and looked at the elder.

The elder explained: "Mr. Lan, you also know that except for the area of ​​the first soul courtyard in the Central Plains, other places are adjacent to the edge of the soul continent, which is the land of the soul world, and there are a few unlucky people Next to Tianyuan, our Ninth Soul Academy area in the northwest is also next to the sea in the northwest corner, but I don’t know what happened these days, probably about ten days ago, the sea next to the mainland is completely The sea water is all red, it looks like blood. The patriarch doesn't know what's going on, let us leave it alone, we will talk about it later, we haven't reported this matter to the Soul Academy, but the Soul Academy has many eyes and ears, and I'm afraid I already knew it."

Zuo Lan was delighted when he heard it, and patted the elder on the shoulder, "This is a good thing, elder, you still don't understand the old man's virtue. If it was a bad thing, he would have reported it to the Soul Academy long ago. How can I wait until now? I am afraid that the sea water is red, which is interesting..."

Is it because of this that he was called back?

Zuo Lan touched his chin, and he had already seen the gate wall of Zuo's huge house.

When getting out of the car, there were many people from the sub-clan standing outside. When they saw Zuo Lan coming back, they were all cold-eyed, but inside the door were many people from the direct line, and those powerful people who had been away for a long time without showing their faces. The elder led Zuo Lan all the way to the front of the ancestral hall. The road was full of people. It was the first time that Zuo Lan realized that the Zuo family was such a huge family.

At the beginning, he went out under the name of waste wood, but now these people looked at him with disdainful eyes, as if they were looking at something dirty, that kind of eyes made Zuo Lan feel ridiculous.

Today's him is different from the one who left the family.

As for what's different, only he knows.

Outside the ancestral hall stood the Zuo family's ambitious elder Zuo Peng who had an old feud with Zuo Lan. It's hilarious and funny.

A family with a lot of fighting between the branch and the direct line, a—huge family?

"A lot of people from the direct line have come back, and the patriarch is waiting for you inside."

Zuo Lan nodded.

The ancestral hall is built on a high place, and you need to go up 33 steps to reach it. He stepped up step by step, and the red light covered the entire step. His eyes were very calm, looking straight ahead, and he went up slowly. , began to approach the gate of the ancestral hall, and saw the people inside...

last step.Stand up, turn your back to the branch of the clan behind you, and look at the ancestral hall that is too quiet in front of you.

The patriarch Zuo Qiuyan was standing in front of the densely packed spiritual plaques in the ancestral hall with a cane. On both sides were members of the Presbyterian Church of the Zuo family, all sitting on black chairs with solemn expressions. Zuo Lan, the person standing in the hall and in the eyes of everyone.

The blue robe was still, and the man stood with his hands behind his back, but Zuo Lan could see a bit of stubbornness and frivolity from his back.

Zuo Lan came to the ancestral hall, stopped, the man seemed to have sensed his arrival, turned around, the wind blew his robe, he laughed: "I didn't expect that even you came."

Zuo Qiuyan stomped his crutches on the ground in front of him, and said in a firm voice, "Since everyone has arrived, according to the clan rules, I will now expel you from the Zuo family and perform the retreat ceremony!"

Zuo Lan opened his eyes wide, and suddenly understood.

Lincang...

Before Lincang said that he was still from Zuo's family and wanted to call him "Uncle", but Zuo Lan refused to call him.It turned out that he hadn't been evicted from Zuo's house yet...

Then, the mysterious visitor that the elder mentioned earlier was Lincang.

Lincang, who has now become the soul emperor, is undoubtedly a legend, but Zuoqiuyan seems to hate Lincang to the bone, he doesn't want to keep him at all, but is determined to expel this person.

At that moment, Zuo Lan felt very complicated.

Everything was about to start, but Lincang who was standing in front suddenly sighed: "Patriarch, I have a request, can the ceremony be postponed for a while? I have something to say to Zuo Lan."

Those who can come back from the Zuo family's direct line have all come back. Zuo Lan, who is his own family, has long known that the name of genius at first, and the voice of useless firewood later. I am very familiar with Zuo Lan, but - since when did Zuo Lan get to know Lincang, a traitor who has become the soul emperor?

This was an unsolvable mystery to everyone, and it was also new news to Zuo Qiuyan.

He looked at Lincang vigilantly, but Lincang ignored Zuo Qiuyan, and just asked: "Patriarch, at this moment, I have not been expelled from the family, so my surname is still Zuo, is that so?"

Zuo Qiuyan didn't know what he was going to do, but everything Lincang said was correct, so he could only nod his head: "That's true."

So Lincang smiled suddenly, turned around again, raised his chin and looked at Zuo Lan: "Now you should call me uncle?"

Zuo Lan was stunned, what kind of development is this?

He pursed his lips, frowned, looked at Lincang, and said two words: "Nervous."

However, Lincang didn't mind at all, and without turning his head, he was talking to Zuo Qiuyan: "Patriarch, at this time, shouldn't he call me 'Uncle'?"

Zuo Qiuyan was in a bit of a dilemma. Although he didn't know what was going on between Lincang and Zuo Lan, Lincang was indeed not expelled from the family. According to the rules, Zuo Lan did want to call Lincang "Uncle "of.But Zuo Lan obviously didn't want to...

"What? Patriarch, you have lived for so many years. You were confused once back then, are you going to be confused again now? Do you want me to recite the clan rules to you?" Lincang seemed to know Zuo Qiuyan's entanglement behind him, so he was so sarcastic He said a sentence, and the words were extremely cryptic, implying something.

The only one who can understand this is Zuo Qiuyan.

His expression turned gray, he sighed, and said to Zuo Lan, "Alan, he is indeed your uncle now."

So Lincang smiled, and stood in front of Zuo Lan, "Speaking of which, I hugged you not long after you were born, but..."

But what happened next, no one could have imagined.

Zuo Lan looked at Zuo Qiuyan, then looked at Lincang seriously, and suddenly felt that in this huge ancestral hall, there were so many people standing indistinctly, only Lincang was alone, he was like a stubborn loner , against everyone, and received cold eyes from everyone.But Lincang's expression was so perfect that there was no trace of injury.

Zuo Lan smiled, "Uncle, it's time for you to perform the retreat ceremony."

His "Uncle" was an understatement and extremely natural.

After Lincang listened, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly he looked up to the sky and burst out laughing, his laughter was almost heard in the entire ancestral hall, and he gradually became a little hysterical, but when he lowered his head, Zuo Lan looked Tears suddenly fell from the corner of his eyes, but the tears evaporated immediately, like Zuo Lan's hallucination.

Lincang stood quietly for a long time, bent down, and spread his palms, "Since you called me Uncle, I'll give you a gift too, and you can open it later."

It was a purple gold box, small enough to be held in one hand.

Zuo Lan looked at Lincang for a long time, but still reached out to take it, without saying thank you, just smiled.

The people in the ancestral hall were stunned by this series of changes, and they didn't know what happened.

Lincang straightened up, turned around slowly on the spot, looked from the outside to the inside, and slowly scanned around, looking at this ancient ancestral hall, looking at the people in this hall, thinking of the time when he left when he was an adult In the scene of the scene, countless emotions arose in my heart, but this emotion finally dissipated in that sound——

"The withdrawal ceremony, start."