Lan Yumo said, "The Haoran Ancient Seal can only be passed down from a mother to the next generation. And that mother must be upright and righteous, so she can nurture the seal and pass it on to her child. Of course, this doesn't mean Yuan Zhan is righteous, it only means his mother is a decent person. Furthermore, the Haoran Ancient Seal is very special. Whether mortal or spiritual master, they can all nurture it. However, what the father nurtures can't be passed down to the child, only the mother can... Yuan Zhan, you carry so many spiritual artifacts on you. Can you tell us where they came from?"
Yuan Zhan said, "Of course. I don't remember who my mother is or what she looked like, but my father was the strongest person in the Great Rui Kingdom. To protect me, he would use any life-saving method he could find for mortals on me. However, some time ago, my father met with misfortune. He had made too many enemies in his lifetime, so I had no choice but to flee the Great Rui Kingdom... My father's soul is hidden in a spiritual weapon I carry with me. If you don't believe me, you can go to the Great Rui Kingdom to verify my identity. I have no connection to demonic cultivators."
Tuoba Qiongjin whispered to Lan Yumo, "Can you call out his father's spirit for questioning?"
Lan Yumo replied in a voice transmission, "No, the soul aura within the spiritual weapon is extremely weak. He must have been attacked by a spirit that was injured in his lifetime, causing his spirit to be like a candle in the wind, unable to manifest. If we forcibly summon Yuan Zhan's father and question him, his spirit may dissipate and he may die completely."
"Then I'll have to trouble you to use hypnosis."
Lan Yumo transmitted a message, "My hypnosis technique can cause some damage to a mortal's body. Yuan Zhan has excellent talent, but his body is relatively weak. I'm worried that using hypnosis will affect his cultivation."
Tuoba asked, "What should we do then?"
Lan Yumo replied, "Bring him to the Sect Master for a look. If he were a demon cultivator undercover with such a gifted physique, he would cause immeasurable harm to the Sect in the future."
Although Yuan Zhan had never chosen to become a demon in the illusion before, the demon cultivators had many evil spells, such as a spell called "brain replacement", which could seal a person's past memories in the deepest part of the mind. It was said that there was a demon cultivator disciple who used the brain replacement spell and joined a sect called "Tianxin Sect".
This demon disciple was extremely talented and had behaved very normally for the past fifty years. He respected his teachers, was righteous, hated evil, and was willing to help others. In addition to his talent, he had a smooth journey and became the "Successor of the Dao" of the Tianxin Sect. Everyone trusted him very much. Then one day, this Successor of the Dao tricked several masters and uncles out of the sect, tricked his brothers and sisters into a formation, and then activated the formation, instantly sacrificing 30,000 fellow disciples!
When this incident happened, everyone was shocked. It turned out that this [Successor] was a disciple of the Demon Cultivator and had practiced in the Demon Sect for two hundred years. He was bloodthirsty in his bones and did not recognize his relatives. After the brain-changing surgery was performed on him, his memory, thinking, and temperament changed. It was not until his Demon Cultivator Master unlocked the seal of the brain-changing surgery that [Successor] recovered his original nature. Although he had lived in a famous and upright sect for fifty years, he had been in the Demon Sect for even longer. The wash of two hundred years of memory instantly diluted the feelings of these fifty years... Moreover, even if there were another five hundred years of feelings, it would be useless, because the way Demon Cultivators think is different from that of normal people. Normal people like someone and want to be good to that person, but Demon Cultivators, if they like someone, may directly kill him and refine him into a puppet, so that they can stay together day and night without separation. Moreover, the puppet will not betray him and will obey the orders of the master and be more obedient.
After slaughtering thirty thousand of his fellow disciples, [The Successor] managed to escape under the protection of other demonic cultivators. From then on, the Tianxin Sect suffered a generational shortage, as the outstanding younger disciples were all killed in the blood sacrifice, and the remaining disciples were in a state of panic. They were not very talented, and even if the sect distributed a large number of spirit stones and elixirs, it would be difficult for them to grow. Their upper limit was limited. Moreover, after this incident, the Tianxin Sect's leader and elders were psychologically traumatized. The [The Successor's] master was particularly traumatized. Unable to bear such a blow, he went mad. He felt that he was the sinner of the entire sect, blaming himself for not discovering the [The Successor's] true identity in time, and blaming himself for his dedicated training of this disciple...
Although the other elders were not crazy, they were more cautious when accepting disciples. Those mortals, having heard about what happened in the Tianxin Sect, were unwilling to join this sect.
Over time, the Tianxin Sect gradually fell into silence, and it is said that there are only a few thousand people left in the sect now.
"Master?" Yuan Zhan still didn't know what was going on, because Lan and Mo were communicating through telepathy and Yuan Zhan couldn't hear anything.
Tuoba Qiongjin then turned around and said to him, "Let Elder Lan and Elder Mo hypnotize you first."
"Okay, come on." Yuan Zhan looked calm. He didn't lie, so he was not afraid at all.
Lan Yumo raised his finger and tapped Yuan Zhan's forehead, and Yuan Zhan lost consciousness.
Lan Yumo did not hypnotize him, but together with Tuoba Qiongjin, they brought him to the sect leader and told him about Yuan Zhan's situation in detail.
"Do you suspect there's something wrong with the origin of this innate divine body?" The silver-haired sect leader had bright red lips, as if he had just drunk blood. His eyes were indifferent, and he casually stretched out his hand. His fingers were slender, white and smooth, and a pure white light lit up at his fingertips, and he extracted Prince Rui's soul from the spiritual weapon.
Prince Rui's soul had appeared in the air once before to remind Yuan Zhan to escape, but now only a head was left. He had no idea what was happening in the outside world. Suddenly, he felt himself being dragged into the air. Prince Rui was panicked, afraid that he would die. As a result, a pure white light nourished his soul and helped him rebuild his body.
"Thank you for your help, fellow Taoist." Prince Rui expressed his gratitude sincerely.
The silver-haired sect leader smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and used the soul-searching technique on Prince Rui.
Tuoba Qiongjin hurriedly said, "Master, please show mercy! This is Yuan Zhan's father..."
The silver-haired sect leader said, "This sect knows, but this soul is haunted by karma, which shows that he did many bad things in his life. Such people's words cannot be trusted. We can directly search his soul. If he is a demon cultivator, he deserves death. If he is not a demon cultivator, we will spare his life for now, but make him stupid and ignorant to prevent him from leading Yuan Zhan astray. After all, we are a reputable and upright sect, and we cannot let Yuan Zhan be influenced by his father..."
Tuoba looked extremely troubled and said, "If we treat Yuan Zhan's father like this, and Yuan Zhan becomes stronger in the future and discovers something, won't he become our enemy?"
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