Artifact Smuggling Specialist

Zuo Lan returned to Zuo's house the next day, but he didn't go through the gate. He had just arrived at his small courtyard when he saw Zuo Qiuyan standing at the door of his room, without moving for a long time.

"Patriarch."

This time, Zuo Lan didn't call him "bad old man" like before, but stood in front of him and saluted respectfully.

Zuo Qiuyan was silent for a long time, and asked, "How is he?"

Zuo Lan knew that Zuo Qiuyan knew that he went to look for Lincang yesterday, so he didn't hide it: "I lost a lot of blood, but everything else is fine, and I have left now."

"Which direction are you going?" Zuo Qiuyan looked at the child he raised with his own hands, and suddenly became a little confused. If those things were stopped, what would happen now?

However, no if.

Zuo Lan said: "Northwest."

"That's the land of the soul." Zuo Lan's answer was within Zuo Qiuyan's expectation, he nodded himself, and asked again, "Did he tell you about the land of the soul?"

"Yes, he said that there may be horcruxes of the heavenly grade, and several major forces on the mainland will participate. However, it seems that the passage to the secret realm of the land of souls has restrictions on cultivation, and it cannot be too high." Lincang just told the news He is not a top secret, and the Zuo family will receive the news sooner or later, not to mention that Lincang originally wanted him to go, but he had to rely on the power of the family.

Zuo Qiuyan looked at the sky in the distance, and suddenly sighed, "If that's the case, then let's get involved. Come in, Alan, I have something to tell you."

Zuo Lan knew that this was to tell him things about the Zuo family that he didn't know.

Zuo Lan's room is not big, but the decoration is very particular. After all, he is a direct descendant. In the study, Zuo Qiuyan sits at the table, and Zuo Lan sits opposite him.

"I know that you are curious about many things, but I can't answer them for you one by one. After all, there are so many things to know. I don't know where to start. I will only tell you some important things now." Zuo Qiuyan took care of himself and me Thoughts, I made a general introduction first, "First, the secret realm of the land of the soul; second, the matter of Lincang; third, some secrets of the Zuo family; finally, something about you."

The first thing to talk about is the land of the soul, Zuo Lan already knows a lot about it, but when it comes time to talk, he feels that he doesn't understand anything.There are many legends about places such as Tianyuan and Soul Realm, but there is a lack of factual research. I don't know if a lot of information is true and credible, so I can't count it.

But what came out of Zuoqiuyan's mouth was probably true.

"At the beginning when the Soul Shadow Continent was created by the gods, it was originally connected as one. However, after a sudden change, the Soul Shadow Continent split, and there was a sky abyss in it, so it became the Soul Continent and the Shadow Continent. Both continents were surrounded by sea water. The place where the sea meets the sea is the land of the soul. These places, because they are on the edge of the continent, often hide some unknown secrets. There are also countless sages who explore the land of the soul, but only a few return. Over time, The Land of the Soul Realm has also become a dangerous existence second only to Tianyuan."

"This time, a vision appeared on the sea in our Northwest Ninth Soul Academy area. If what Lincang said is true, then this must be a bloody battle. The monks can use almost anything for the heavenly grade soul weapon. However, if there are restrictions on the secret realm, then this battle will expand even more, the soul kings will look for their own spokespersons, the throne family is not far behind, and there are nine soul institutes and soul art guilds, I am afraid it will be chaotic."

"Actually, after the appearance of the vision, we have already blocked the news, but after all, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. No one knows what level the abilities of the soul emperors can reach. Now that Lincang knows the news about the land of the soul, Then the other soul emperors must also know, and in a few days the news of the ghost world will definitely be full of news about the land of the soul. Yunfeng, as the nearest big city to the land of the soul in the northwest, will definitely It's going to be fun."

"The Zuo family has already sent people to spy on the news of the land of the soul. The moon is the first to get the moon if it is close to the water. The Zuo family is located in Yunfeng. Naturally, there is first-hand news. This is the jade slip we obtained before the vision of the land of the soul appeared. , there is an incomplete map inside, which will be useful to you at that time."

Having said so much, the last sentence is the key point.

Zuo Lan stretched out his hand, took the jade slip from Zuo Qiuyan's hand, put it between his brows and looked at it mentally, then frowned, this is a huge map, is the land of the soul so big?

"You have seen it, and you must know that the area shown on this map is very large. According to experience, this is another space. That's why Lincang and the others mentioned the 'secret passage'. This should be The self-space left by the ancient powerful monks is like the secret realm of the forest of steles of our Zuo family. However... the soul emperor's self-space cannot be so large. This space should be left by a soul sage of."

The cultivation of the Soul Continent is amazing. Talented people will open up space for themselves, and some can be used for storage. The more advanced you go, the stronger the function of the space. Not only can you release dead things, but you can also store living things. Might be able to get people to live in it.

And the secret realm of the land of the soul has obviously reached this realm, and has become a complete space by itself. Is such a space left by the soul sage?

"For the soul sage, there hasn't been a soul sage for a long time in the history of the Soul Continent, right?" The space in this secret place is left by the soul sage, so what about the soul sage?

"Probably dead."

Zuo Qiuyan spoke very calmly and smiled slightly.

Zuo Lan frowned. After a person dies, the space can still be left. This is common sense, just like property is left behind after a person dies.But at this time, he suddenly thought of a very important question: "I think the secret realm of the forest of steles in our Zuo family is also very large, and it can allow living people to enter, and it can be inherited from generation to generation. I want to know, this Who opened up the self-space, and what is the realm."

He got the point of the question, Zuo Qiuyan looked far away, grabbed his big white beard, and said slowly: "This is the third question, let's talk about it later, let's talk about Lincang now .”

Zuo Lan couldn't refute, so he could only suppress his curiosity about the secret realm of the Forest of Steles, and turn his attention to new topics.

"Lincang, before he was kicked out of the family, he was your predecessor. You should call him Uncle. Of course, it doesn't matter at all now. His blood has been washed by the Tao Ran stele, and his whole body is the same as that of the Zuo family. The blood relationship is very weak and has nothing to do with us. After he was expelled from the family, if you still have contact with him, it has nothing to do with the family, it is your personal freedom. But for what he did before, you You should know something about it.”

After all, Zuo Qiuyan is still a very sensible person. He didn't say that Lincang was a traitor. After he was expelled from the Zuo family, he was already a completely irrelevant person, and he didn't say that he was completely blacklisted. .

He thought of those old things, looked at Zuo Lan's young face, and thought of so many things that happened these days, from the moment the news of Lincang becoming the soul emperor came, Zuo Qiuyan actually knew , The peaceful days are over.

"Lincang is a rare genius in the Zuo family. Even in the descendants of geniuses, he is also a top-notch figure. Because of his outstanding talent of the instrument attribute, we specially sent him to the First Soul Institute. In fact, he is also a Became the most outstanding graduate of the First Soul Academy that year. At that time, he was the pride of the entire Zuo family. Everyone thought that with the power of Lincang, we would be able to rank among the top ten thrones, but no one could. Come to think of it, he is following the heresy of evil spirits."

When he said this, Zuo Qiuyan's voice was full of regret.

"After he graduated and returned to the family, he underwent adult family trials, because at that time there were still a group of direct descendants, that is, your short-lived father and several collateral branches of the Zuo family. I know. He didn’t follow the right way in cultivation, he wanted to find another way by himself. During the trial process, because of a disagreement, he had a dispute with the same clan. When your father was around, he killed people from three clans in front of him, that is, The current generation of Elder Zuo Peng, Zuo Yan's father and his generation passed away at that time."

"Our Zuo family, the direct line and the collateral branch have always been at odds, but after all, it has not reached the point of killing each other with swords and swords. However, Lincang killed him just because others said he was 'evil and evil'. It was really not what I taught. Lincang. After the murder, he completed the trial alone. Your father chased him all the way to bring him back to the clan to be punished. Lincang did come back. At that time, you were just born, and that happened The most tragic accident. Because of some things before you were born, Lincang had a big dispute with your father, and they fought directly in the ancestral hall. Lincang beat your father seriously by mistake, and then left by himself , betrayed the Zuo family; as for your father, he died strangely three days later, and the murderer has not been found yet."

Scenes of the past flashed past Zuo Qiuyan's eyes like a revolving lantern. He looked at Zuo Lan, reached out and touched his head, and smiled, "You don't have to doubt whether Lincang is the murderer. It's almost pointless."

"What I want to know is why it is said that Lincang walked the 'demonic way', and what happened when I was born?" Zuo Lan was full of doubts, but Zuo Qiuyan shook his head.

He said: "You wait for me to tell you one by one. Now I will tell you the secret of the Zuo family. You asked before, who left the secret place in the Forest of Steles, and now I will tell you—the Zuo family's secret. The history is very long, and you can guess it when you see so many steles in the forest of steles. The secret place of the forest of steles was left by the ancestor of the Zuo family, and he is also the only one in the history of the Zuo family—Hun Holy."

……

Zuo Lan raised his head and looked at Zuo Qiuyan.

Zuoqiuyan looked at Zuo Lan with a smile on his face, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have loosened a little. His big beard was still messy, but he looked as amiable as ever, and occasionally showed some old and disrespectful expressions. .

The Zuo family actually had a soul saint!

Zuo Lan didn't react to this fact for a long time, why should he be so shocked!Soul Saint!Not the Soul Emperor! ! !

Zuoqiuyan was a little proud, but then he thought of something, and his complacent expression stopped: "The Tao Ran stele was left by the first ancestor, he is in the last era of soul sages, and he is the last batch of people on the entire continent. Soul sage. You should know that it was called the "Age of Decline". Since then, the soul sage has been extinct on the mainland. This space is also the masterpiece of the ancestor, but the ancestor... finally disappeared, and the soul sage is not Immortality."

The Soul Emperor is pursuing the realm of the Soul Sage in order to live forever, but now Zuoqiuyan told him that even the Soul Sage is not immortal.So, does longevity really exist?

Such profound confusion will immediately make Zuo Lan silent, and even his expression becomes serious.

"You should know that no one in the entire continent knows how to become a soul sage. As the only family that has produced a soul sage in the entire continent, the status of the Zuo family is not as low as you might imagine. Although we are not one of the ten thrones One, but it’s not at the bottom of the list, every throne meeting, it’s the throne families who suppress us. The resources held by the ten throne families are beyond your imagination.”

"Just 18 years ago, before you were born, the Zuo family encountered a catastrophe." Zuo Qiuyan's tone sank immediately, even with bloody hatred, "In this highest Level is the era of soul sages, soul emperors all want to become soul sages, and the Zuo family happens to hold some unknown secrets."

The next scene can almost be imagined, something flashed through Zuo Lan's mind quickly, as long as there is a little more, he can string all the clues together like beads to restore the matter.

And Zuo Qiuyan said this crucial point next: "All soul emperors have no attributes, but soul saints have all attributes."

No, that's not true.

Isn't no attribute the same as all attributes?Zuo Lan frowned, but did not refute, because he knew that Zuo Qiuyan must have his own reasons for saying this.

Sure enough, Zuo Qiuyan explained next: "The saying that there is no difference between no attribute and full attribute is for the talent of the soul array, because the initial attributes can be given at will; but in the later stage, such as the realm of the soul emperor, In order to become the soul emperor, they forcibly erased their original attributes, but their cultivation for so many years was biased. For example, Lincang, even if his original attributes were erased, what he is best at is actually Artifact attribute, so this kind of no attribute is not considered as no attribute. Although the soul emperors know the soul art of all attributes, they are not considered to be completely full of attributes. So even if they can barely become soul emperors, on the road of soul sages, It’s also hard to take a step forward.”

This kind of analysis made Zuo Lan stunned for a long time.

So……

Then isn't his own talent soul map...

Zuo Qiuyan naturally knew what he was thinking, but his expression was filled with unspeakable pain. He looked at Zuo Lan with complicated eyes: "What I want to talk about now is the last question, your soul map is theoretically true. It is indeed the most suitable soul map for cultivating into a soul sage, but in fact, the elders of the direct line of the clan have studied it, and it is impossible to complete."

Zuo Lan was silent.

"What's more...your soul map was not born, your soul map...was engraved by someone the day after tomorrow."

The soul map engraved the day after tomorrow...

Zuo Lan stared blankly at Zuo Qiuyan, all the relaxed expression of the old man in front of him faded away, and became sad, with a bit of guilt.

"what happened……"

He heard his voice become difficult, but still maintained the last trace of calm and calm.

Zuo Qiuyan said: "The soul emperors have discovered the secret of becoming a soul sage, so they chose the Zuo family with the blood of a soul sage as their test subjects. When you were a baby and just born, you discussed with your father, and for the sake of You changed your fate against the sky, forcibly erased the original soul array and soul map, and built a soul array that is theoretically most suitable for cultivating into a soul saint."

"The soul map when you were born was just an ordinary character. At that time, I was deceived by your father's rhetoric, thinking that the depiction of the soul array said by the four great soul emperors was indeed for your own good, so I stood by and watched, only Lincang—"

Zuo Lan raised his head to look at Zuo Qiuyan, his eyes were so sharp that Zuo Qiuyan almost turned his head to avoid his gaze, but he couldn't, all of this was caused by his ignorance back then.

"Lincang is certainly killing the same clan, but for you, a newly born direct descendant of the Zuo family, it can be regarded as a defense. He opposed your father's doing that, and fought with your father outside when the soul emperors were drawing the soul array , but later the Soul Emperor made a move, Lincang was no match, only hurt your father, and was expelled by the Soul Emperor, and your soul array became a foregone conclusion."

……

Why let him know?

The most perfect in theory, but in practice it will never be possible to succeed in cultivation—is it the most suitable soul formation for cultivating into a soul sage?

Zuo Lan suddenly smiled bitterly, "Old man, your eyes were really pecked blind by eagles back then!"

The so-called father, Zuo Lan has never admitted it.

"Is the person from Zuo Qian worthy to be my father? Isn't it good that he is dead?"

Such ruthless words, uttered from Zuo Lan who had always been indifferent and sensible, made Zuo Qiuyan stunned for a long time.

The old man covered his face and suppressed the tears: "After all, he has already passed away, so let him pass away."

Why did the Four Emperors create such an experimental product as Zuo Lan?Now that Zuo Lan is still alive and well, they must have a purpose.

"Four emperors, are they the current four emperors?"

"They were all wrapped in black cloaks, I don't know who they shot at back then." Zuo Qiuyan shook his head.

Zuo Lan felt that there was a fire burning in his heart, his eyes were about to burst, but he bit his lip forcefully, a few drops of blood fell down his thin red lips and stained his robe, a little Terrible taste.

Four emperors...

The original Four Emperors had done so many things in order to become a soul sage, so what about Lincang?Lincang is also the soul emperor now, what purpose does he have to get close to him?

Suddenly, he remembered what Lincang said when he was holding him last night, when he was still young, did he mean when he was born?

In this way, Lincang is still a good person, but Zuo Lan doesn't believe it.