Artifact Smuggling Specialist

"Eat Soul Crystal" is a word Zuo Lan specially coined for Dabai.

The speed at which Yuqing Baji space devours soul crystals is terrifying, there is no doubt about it, but Zuo Lan has always wondered where the soul power went, until one day, Zuo Lan saw Dabai eating souls in the space Then he caught it and studied it carefully, only to find that Dabai's entire body is actually composed of soul power.

This is strange, things like soul power are dead things, and Dabai is obviously intelligent. Dead things bred intelligent things. This matter is no longer a problem that can be solved naturally. It involves the world. It's a rule, it's something that only the legendary gods can master.

With no solution, Zuo Lan let go and did not study in depth. Some things will naturally be understood when they reach that level. Now he is even worried about the soul crystal needed for cultivation, let alone other things.

After he left the flower hall, he sat in his room for a while, and then received a message on the communication board that Zuo Qiuyan had already discussed with the elders and asked him to go over.

Zuo Lan knew that they had already made a specific plan, and Zuo Lan should take over the cross-regional trade now if he wanted to go there.

Zuo Lan boasted that in Haikou, the Zuo family's cross-regional trade could be brought back to life in three months. It was easy to say, but the elites of the Presbyterian Church could not think of Zuo Lan's method no matter what.

Holding a roster in his hand, Elder Qian said solemnly to Zuo Lan: "This is the historical trade record, there are also some families who have a good relationship with Zuo's family and our special purchase channels, and finally some trade records from various regions. But most of them can’t be used now, but you said that you have a way, so we choose to believe you. You keep this roster, it probably still has some reference value.”

Zuo Lan looked at the old-fashioned parchment account book, took it over, opened it, but was flipped over by Lei, "Who is so stupid to do this?"

What a joke, when Zuo Lan opened it, it wasn't some parchment, it was a parchment slip!

The most popular in the Soul Continent is the jade slip, which can be used to store information such as text, audio, video, etc. This kind of thing called "jade slip" is naturally made of jade, and a "slip" can also be made with another material. For example, grass and wood, so they are called "grass slips" and "wooden slips". Correspondingly, "slips" made of parchment are called "sheepskin slips". Because the material problem is generally lower than that of jade slips, but the advantage is that the sheepskin slips are soft and can be bound into books.

The thick book in Zuo Lan's hand was actually made of sheepskin slips.After recognizing that it was a sheepskin slip, Zuo Lan felt his scalp tingling. The amount of information on an ordinary jade slip was almost equivalent to a book piled as high as a small building, and the sheepskin slip was similar. Flipping through the book in his hand, there are about dozens of pages, how many things have to be recorded in it, even if it is given to Zuo Lan for half a month, he may not be able to read it all.

As if seeing Zuo Lan's Yuzu, Zuo Qiuyan patted him on the shoulder, "Young man, you are the one who took care of this mess by yourself, don't blame us old fellows for being ruthless. Originally, our direct line didn't have any It's a problem, but this time the Nine Soul Institutes suddenly united to such a situation, we can't stand it, the direct line is struggling now, and the finances are all dependent on you."

The pressure is enormous.

Zuo Lan rubbed his forehead, "So I jumped into the fire pit by myself?"

"You can't say that. In fact, our direct line is not that bad. In this world, force is king, and strength speaks for itself. The force of our Zuo family's direct line is still there." Zuo Qiuyan touched his chin with a treacherous expression. , leaning on crutches and stomping the ground, the elders around him looked at each other and smiled.

Creepy - Zuo Lan felt a cold sweat running down his back, he began to think, if he really made a lot of money, would he really be able to protect it?Won't these guys find themselves huge profits?

Forget it, we've reached this point, let's muddle along.

Zuo Lan is also very single, so he doesn't think so much about what he decides to do, just do it well.

He said: "Leave the matter to me, I have great confidence, but I can't guarantee it completely. I said so much in the flower hall before, purely because I can't understand the behavior of some people."

"Some people" naturally refers to those guys who don't know what to do.

His frankness made the elders of the clan even more impressed. At this time, Zuo Lan was telling the truth. He was upright and aboveboard, and he had the arrogance that he should have. We are direct descendants. What others like to say about our privileges, That's their business, we should continue to enjoy the privilege.

The elder Qian patted his shoulder and laughed. "You brat, amazing, amazing, haha..."

Zuo Lan lowered his head and smiled, "Elder Qian thinks so. If he fails to borrow money from you another day, you will have to pay for it."

Elder Qian patted himself on the chest boldly, and he couldn't see the angry emotions in the flower hall before, "You can come at that time, don't look at Zuo Peng's arrogance, if you really want to fight, I will directly punch you Boom him."

This old guy, the older he gets, the crazier he gets.

Zuo Lan thought it was funny, but he didn't expose the fact that his realm was not very high, he just laughed along.

Then Zuo Qiuyan asked them to sit down at the round table, and finally took out a very important jade slip.

"This is a map of all known regions in the entire Soul Continent."

Zuo Qiuyan's first words made Zuo Lan's expression serious.

Things like maps have always been very precious, especially a detailed map, which is very important for the family's trade. Maybe the map has a road map marked on it, and it may also mark what products are available in each place. This kind of map is generally called "business map".

What Zuo Qiuyan took out was such a valuable business map.

"The Nine Great Soul Institutes, the Nine Great Maps, the Land of the Soul Realm and the Abyss of Heaven are special existences. There are only half of them on this map. Everything about the Shadow Continent is unknown." Zuo Qiuyan sat down, stretched out his hand to touch the jade slip, and spoke together. The light curtain was laid flat on the table top, and then some bright lines were intertwined to form a map.

This is the release of information from the jade slips, and Zuo Qiuyan's hand can be said to be proficient.

"We are in the Ninth Soul Academy area in the northwest. To be honest, the Zuo family's trade scope is not that wide, it's just in the west. There are actually only six areas involved in this map, that is, the six areas near the west. First, we haven't set foot in the three areas next to Tianyuan to the east."

"The current trade is on trade routes, and some other scarce sources of goods have also been controlled. Our old sources of goods are almost useless. If we must continue regional trade, we must open up new shipping routes and new This is also the most important part of all trades. We need to make money, so we need the price difference. If the freight is too expensive or the price of the source of goods is too high, our trade may be zero profit, or even sell Soul Crystal, so if we lose money , we would rather give up trade."

Although it was a very fatty piece of meat, Zuo Qiuyan still decided to give up rationally if he could only look at it and couldn't eat it.

However, his speech just now was opposed by Zuo Lan. Zuo Lan slid his finger across the light curtain and clicked on a hexagram in the center of the Central Plains No. , you must pay. I don’t mind doing a few loss-making transactions before. In order to get more, you must pay something first. Losing money first, in my opinion, is necessary. This is unavoidable. After all, the current It's too bad."

What he wants to see is the long-term benefit.

Zuo Qiuyan touched the end of his cane, and looked at Zuo Lan with admiration in his eyes: "You can see very far, which is very good. But you are doing the specific details of the operation. You only have three months, and you will lose money for a long time." Go on, I guess you can't hold it."

Zuo Lan rubbed his nose and smiled dryly.What Zuo Qiuyan said was right, Zuo Lan is poor now, and he still needs to talk to Zuo Qiuyan about the start-up capital.

Next, Zuo Qiuyan briefly introduced some things to Zuo Lan, and at the end, Zuo Lan finally expressed his biggest goal: "I am short of start-up funds, and I want to know how the current financial situation is. , how bad is the whole accounting of interregional trade?"

"Because of the solid foundation, there are still 2000 million soul crystals on the books, but it's just too much, and it will never be enough when it is really time to use it."

2000 million soul crystals.

This number is huge, but that was in the past.

Having lived through the days when he had 600 million in his pocket, Zuo Lan became less interested in 2000 million, although it does seem like a lot.

However, if it is used in trade, it is really not worth mentioning.

"2000 million... is a little tight, but I have to go to the head office of the trade to see the situation before I can decide. These soul crystals may not be enough."

What Zuo Lan said was the truth, and both the elders and Zuo Qiuyan knew about this situation, so they immediately said: "We discussed it just now and decided to allocate 2000 million to you from the family account, but this money is needed Interest, because the terms we offer you are too generous. You know, if you pay enough for the family, the rest will be yours. If you really succeed, it’s not a matter of tens of millions of soul crystals. At that time, you were a millionaire with a lot of money, and we couldn't lose too much."

This old man is so good at calculating, Zuo Lan thought about it, and asked: "How is the interest calculated, pay it all at once or pay it later?"

"No, it doesn't count. This is our plan. The original 2000 million in the account is calculated on your own head, but the 2000 million we allocated is regarded as part of the money. If you make money in the future, you have to pay dividends. "Elder Qian's words were concise, but also extremely clear.

Zuo Lan immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard it. These old foxes are slapping their abacus. Isn't this the legendary investment?Hey, still playing very advanced.

Zuo Lan frowned and looked at the old foxes sitting around him, and knew that he couldn't refuse. After all, they were all from the direct line, and they were all elders who watched him grow up. He is indeed short of money now, and they bought shares. It should be, but—"How much dividend do you want?"

This must be asked clearly, Zuo Lan doesn't want to do it if there are too many, he would rather not have the money from the family, and just run naked like this.

"Thirty percent." The potential elder who opened the lion's mouth.

Zuo Lan looked at the elder Qian as if he was looking at a monster, Zuo Qian, Zuo Qian, is it because he is old that his brain is useless?Thirty percent?If he really agreed, Zuo Lan would be out of his mind.He shook his head: "Elder Qian, you should wash up and go to bed."

To be honest, with such a large amount of 2000 million, asking for a [-]% share is not too much, but Zuo Lan easily refused, which means...

Zuo Qiuyan stopped the potential elder who was still about to speak, and looked at Zuo Lan calmly: "How much do you think is appropriate?"

"At most [-]%. No, I think [-]% is too much." Zuo Lan has made a budget for the profit. Regional trade is a long-term matter. The total amount of trade profits will be huge at that time. Ten percent is already an astronomical figure, and the elder Qian will ask for thirty percent as soon as he opens his mouth—if Zuo Lan didn't know him well, he might just turn the table and leave.

"Then it's [-]%." Zuo Qiuyan showed the majesty of the patriarch.

Zuo Lan gritted his big white teeth and stared at Zuo Qiuyan: "What did you say?"

"For the sake of your direct lineage, can you die if you share more?" Zuo Lan is so brave that he dares to stare at him. He is the only kid who can stare at others?Just kidding, old man, I can also stare at people.

Zuo Qiuyan blew on his beard, and a small look flew over, "If you have an opinion, just say it."

Tsk, your sister and you are already like this, do I dare to speak up if I have an opinion?I'm afraid that just as I was about to speak, I was pulled out by you and killed in seconds.

Zuo Lan dared to be angry and dare not speak out, he only hated himself for saying too much about the amount of share, and he was afraid that it would hurt him in the future.After thinking about it, Zuo Lan felt that his heart was pierced by a knife, not to mention the pain.

Zuo Lan said very spinelessly: "No objection..."

As a result of this family meeting, Zuo Lan returned to his room with a thick sheepskin notebook and a ring full of soul crystals.

As soon as he entered the room, Dabai couldn't wait to get out, staring at Zuo Lan's ring eagerly, and the side of his mouth was dripping, his appearance was really... horrible, he couldn't bear to look directly at him!

Zuo Lan slapped it angrily, and cursed: "You have a bit of backbone, isn't it just a soul crystal? Seeing it is like seeing your ancestors, and it's not over yet."

Dabai was wronged and slapped against the foot of the table by him, and then he ran around like a balloon that was suddenly pumped out, and finally his eyes turned into mosquito coils, and swayed to Zuo Lan's hand again, still Smiling foolishly with a halazi...

Zuo Lan slapped himself on the forehead fiercely: Nima's cocky understanding is hopeless, seeing a soul crystal is like seeing a beautiful woman.

He felt the earth-grade soul crystals full of rings by himself, and was satisfied for a while, but then he thought that these things would be used up soon, and couldn't help but feel distressed.

Two thousand mid-level earth-grade soul crystals, plus the ones in his own ring, made a total of four thousand mid-level earth-grade soul crystals.

This is a full 4000 million, 4000 million!

All of a sudden, Zuo Lan, a money fan, was full of soul crystals dangling in front of his eyes.

He took out a soul crystal, stared at it for a long time, and finally pretended to be a local tyrant: "Come on, Dabai, take it and eat it. From now on, Master Qian will support you."

Dabai's eyes lit up, like two light bulbs being lit, and in an instant, only a white shadow flashed, Zuo Lan let go of his hand, and Dabai swallowed the soul crystal with a big mouth, like a soul swallowing device went in.

but……

The effect is a bit funny, Dabai is fattened by Zuo Lan now, which is the thickness of two thumbs, but the soul crystal is half a finger long, and it is not like a Horcrux, which can be enlarged or reduced at its mercy, so it can only be enlarged at once. Seeing that Dabai's whole body stretched after swallowing the soul crystal, that's what happened in the legend.

But Zuo Lan didn't plan to take pity on it, anyway, it would always have a way to solve it.

Dabai, who had swallowed the soul crystal, landed at Zuo Lan's feet. Zuo Lan knew what it was thinking, and tapped his toes lightly, calling out his own soul array at will. It directly returned to the soul array, turning into a very anthropomorphic white dot.

Now there are only 99 soul crystals.

Zuo Lan did some calculations, and suddenly the corner of his mouth twitched, "Your sister, how much did you use up? One mid-level earth-grade soul crystal is equal to 1 low-grade soul crystals!"

——Cultivation is a technical job for others, but for Zuo Lan, it is almost equal to burning soul crystals, and it is the burning method of a special nouveau riche.

It seems that we still need to find a source of income earlier, because this is embezzlement of public funds.

Dabai is usually useless, but Zuo Lan likes it very much, because it is stupid enough and can help Zuo Lan cultivate.

Part of the soul power it absorbs will be absorbed by itself, and more than half of it will be transformed into the Yuqing Baji space, giving birth to more white chess pieces, that is to say, it can help Zuo Lan improve his realm. Lan can also practice, which is a double bonus effect.

He put down all his thoughts, sat on the futon, and meditated for one night. When he woke up the next day, his itinerary was confirmed. Now he was going to Nine City where the Ninth Soul Academy was located.

After all, the Zuo family is still a family in the Ninth Soul Academy area in the northwest. Although the headquarters is in Yunfeng City, the area where the real activities are still mainly in Nine City, where a series of family missions and commercial transactions are carried out, etc. It's all the way for the Zuo family to get money.

However, the cross-regional trade belonging to the direct line is now in an awkward position. Zuo Lan, the default young patriarch, is going down to inspect today.

Going in a wild goose cart, we are getting closer and closer to the Ninth Soul Academy.

Suddenly, the scene of his first trip appeared in Zuo Lan's mind. At that time, it seemed that he was not as dull as now, nor was he as depressed as now. Although he still has an incomparable obsession with money, it seems that All that's left is money, maybe—and getting stronger.

Lincang, are you still in the Soul Emperor Palace?

When he got out of the car, he lowered his head and smiled. The Zuo family's stronghold in Ninetowns is a family soul crystal company. Naturally, they will also lend money to outsiders, but the main business is financial management within the family.

This is the general control office for regional trade.

Yesterday Zuo Qiuyan informed the people here about Zuo Lan's taking over all the affairs. Now the heads of the Zuo family here are very panic and confused. From the trash at the beginning to the super genius under Chongyan, he is still a member of the Zuo family's direct lineage, and even came out of the secret realm of the land of the soul alive. You must know that in the secret realm, more than a dozen people died, and you can use the spirit of a soul warrior. It is definitely not easy to cultivate alive, and when you come out of the secret realm, you are already in the soul master realm. Who can compare with this speed?Many people suspect that Zuo Lan had an adventure, but the realm of a soul master is a fact, and no one can question it.

There are three people in charge here, two middle-aged men, and one is relatively young, only 27 or [-] years old, very elegant and gentle.

When Zuo Lan got out of the car, he looked up and saw him, and then saw the other two persons in charge behind him who were watching with their hands clasped together.

"Young Master Lan."

The three shouted in unison.

Zuo Lan nodded lightly: "This is Mr. Qiu, right?"

Zuo Qiu is recognized by the Zuo family as the accountant, but the person in charge of this place is not him, but the two standing behind him.

Zuo Qiu stretched out his hand to support him, leading him into the Soul Crystal Shop. "Young Master Lan has really good eyesight."

"Just did some homework in advance."

Zuo Lan didn't intend to say more, he looked at the two people behind Zuo Qiu, and asked, "Boss Yi, Boss Wen, I've admired you for a long time."

Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen glanced at each other, both a little startled, this one will be their young boss in the future, but they always feel like a hallucination, because Zuo Lan is really too young, and he is still boasting about his family , They really didn't believe that the kid could solve the current predicament, so they sent Zuo Qiu to try it first, but they didn't expect Zuo Lan to directly name the two of them.

There was no way to avoid this blow, so the two had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Zuo Lan's face was faint, but there was a sneer in his heart. Not all the direct descendants of the Zuo family are good things. , Others have separated the closeness of the relationship because of the closeness of the blood, so he is naturally in such a closeness relationship, and it is impossible not to follow it.This Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen are far away from Zuo Lan, and Zuo Qiu is even further away.But they are all direct descendants, and everyone is still of one mind.

"Young Master Lan is really flattered to know us. Young Master Lan has come all the way, so let's come in first and rest."

Seeing Zuo Yi Zuo Wen's sudden submissive appearance, Zuo Lan felt contemptuous in his heart, but he didn't show it. Instead, his eyes fell on the accountant who was recognized by the entire Zuo family. Zuo Qiu, at a young age, also He can be regarded as a genius among the previous generation in the direct line. Before Zuo Lan, he was No.1 in the new generation. However, because the blood is not too close in the direct line, he has been marginalized and appeared in Zuo Lan. After that, there was no sense of existence.

Zuo Lan followed him in, but after drinking tea for a while, he asked them to take out the accounts to check. The 2000 million soul crystals on the accounts had already been mentioned in Zuo Lan's ring through the elders' association. What happened to the account, but he saw Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen looked at each other, and then asked Zuo Qiu to get the account.

The account book was handed over by Zuo Qiu, Zuo Lan changed his mind, his eyes flicked around on Zuo Qiu's calm face, and then changed his mind, he put on a tired look, and patted the account book casually, "This I will look at the account books when I have time, I heard that there will be an auction in Ninetowns today, I don’t know where it is—”

Zuo Yi and Zuo Wen's eyes flickered, and they felt a little relieved immediately, and said quickly: "It's Heshi, the location this time is in Xiyue Tower next to the Northwest Branch of the Soul Art Guild, and it will start soon, Lan At least if you are interested, you can go and have a look, but—our invitation..."

Zuo Lan waved his hand, and said bluntly: "I have the invitation, but I don't know the place, so find someone to take me there."

The two of them exchanged secret eye contact for a while, and recommended Zuo Qiu one after another.

Zuo Qiu stood aside and did not speak, as if he had no right to speak at all.

So the final decision was made, and Zuo Qiu took Zuo Lan to the auction.

The river market, a mobile black market, appears every once in a while, and the location is different each time. The things that appear on the black market and auction are all high-quality goods that cannot be seen elsewhere. Levels range from one to nine, and the same goes for soul art. This mobile black market and auction is called "river market", which means it flows endlessly.

The information in Zuo Lan's mind has been with him for a long time since he participated in the black market auction of the Ninth Soul Academy last time. When he came here, he received information from Zuo Qiuyan, so the memory was triggered. Having seen the black market auction of the Ninth Soul Institute, he is naturally full of curiosity about the "River Market", one of the three major black markets in the Soul Continent, and wants to see it.

As for the invitation, Zuo Lan has the black ring left by Lincang.

He won't throw away what he gave, even if he keeps his things, it doesn't mean he still has too much affection for this person.

The building of the Northwest Branch of the Soul Art Association is a large archway, but behind it is an ordinary shop, but the scale is a little bigger, and there are many soul cultivators coming in and out.

Zuo Lan raised his head and glanced at the inscription on the archway with the words "Northwest of the Soul Art Guild". With his hands behind his back, he turned and walked towards the elegant tall building to the east.

Zuo Qiu was restrained and quiet, but after Zuo Lan asked this question, he actually laughed. "Young Master Lan probably didn't want to ask me this, did he?"

"I like smart people, and you are very smart." Zuo Lan said something pretentious, and then entered the building. This place should still be the same venue as the Ninth Soul Academy Auction, but Zuo Lan was just about to stretch out his Hand, flashed the black ring, but suddenly saw a pink figure standing still over there.

All his movements were suddenly paused, and he was frozen for a long time. Turning around, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Qiu, wait for me here for a while, I saw an old friend, let's go meet."

No, no, although Xue Chongshi is wearing pink clothes, he is very short and has the figure of a child. The figure he saw just now was very tall, a little thin and sickly, although he stopped for a while and left, but Zuo Lan could still see that that person couldn't be Xue Chongshi.

But pink robes are really rare.

Zuo Lan felt that he was crazy, turned around and ran down the Xiyue Tower, and suddenly lost sight of the man. He wandered in front of the doors of many rooms, stopping casually, feeling a little disappointed, but when he turned around and was about to leave , but was suddenly grabbed by a hand and dragged into a door.

Very thin fingers, no temperature, the whole person is cold, expressionless, Zuo Lan finally saw the face of the man in the pink clothes clearly, at that moment he forgot the palm of his neck, "Xue Chongshi... ..."

The man curled his lips mockingly, but increased the strength in his hand: "Zuo Lan, you still remember me..."

No, isn't Xue Chongshi the body of a child?The person in front of him looks like the adult version of Xue Chongshi...

Zuo Lan frowned: "You are..."

Xue Chongshi grabbed his neck, and an icy blue soul array emerged from under his feet, but Zuo Lan felt it all at once. Now Xue Chongshi was just a soul disciple, and his cultivation base was the last!

He said coldly: "Thanks to you."

Everything is the fault of that soul crystal.