035 Father and son reunited, without a trace
In the deserted and empty hall of the Feng family, the head of the Lan family sat on the supreme throne. His lower row opens two rows of family members. In the first place is his eldest son Lan Shuo, who has always been calm, and he also looks out of the door frequently from time to time, with a somewhat nervous expression.
At this time, someone outside the door announced: "The second master is back!" β
"It's coming!" The head of the Lan family, who had a solemn face, couldn't help but clench the handrail.
A sturdy man in his early forties walked in with a swarthy complexion, his eyes sparkling under his thick eyebrows.
I saw that the father in my memory was already gray-haired, his face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were vicissitudes, and even his straight back was a little hunched. Lan Juan felt both aggrieved and distressed, and before he walked in front of the head of the Lan family, he knelt heavily on the ground and made a big salute. "Father!"
"Good! It's good to be back! The head of the Lan family couldn't sit still anymore, he quickly got up, stepped off his throne, and helped up his once most beloved son, his eyes fixed on Lan Roll, fifteen years, he always thought that Lan Roll was dead, never thought that he would see him again in his lifetime!
Lan Juan got up, supported his father, walked to Lan Shuo's side, and shouted with a warm expression, "Big brother." β
Lan Shuo smiled and said, "You're finally back." β
When his father sat down, Ranmaki looked around again, his eyes sweeping over the faces of the younger generation one by one, with ardent anticipation.
Seeing Lan Juan's thoughts, the head of the Lan family said, "You are looking for no trace." β
Lan Juan nodded, and said timidly with a hint of homesickness: "Yes, is he here?" "He is not a qualified father, he was angry and left, leaving a young son in this family without a trace, and he blamed himself all the time over the years.
"Don't worry, Traceless is good, he is the pride of our family." The head of the Lan family had a blazing gaze, and said in a proud tone: "He is now the Holy Son of the Temple, and his cultivation must not be imagined." β
"Holy Son?" Ranmaki was taken aback, the Holy Son of the Temple of Light has always only recruited people from the Light Department, how could he... Don't!
The head of the Lan family made a look, and the people in the hall retreated, leaving only Lan Juan and Lan Shuo, and he said: "Now that Your Majesty and the Pope are old, what does Your Majesty mean..."
"The change of the pope is only a matter of one or two years, and I am afraid that the sky of the sun is about to change. In order to prevent the temple from becoming dominant, His Majesty and the four major families put pressure on the temple council, and the position of the Holy Son is no longer only held by the Di clan, but by those who have the ability, so now the Holy Son is five people. The Lan family is without a trace, the young master of the Jiang family, Jiang Jiaohan, the young master of the Lei family, Lei Liuguang, and the last two places are the two brothers of the Di family. However, among these people, the most outstanding is our Traceless! β
The head of the Lan family proudly boasted about his grandson, forgetting that in his eyes, this grandson was a dispensable waste.
At this moment, the door opened at some point, and a young figure walked in.
Only then did Ranmaki understand that the pride in his father's eyes was not prejudice, and he could appear without a trace under their noses, this young man was at least SSS-level!
Lan Juan suddenly felt that his throat was like being stuffed with a ball of cotton, a little blocked, and his eyes were a little red, and then he called out softly but uncertainly: "No trace? β
Looking at the middle-aged lean man beside the head of the Lan family, his eyes under the traceless broken hair revealed a trace of strangeness and alertness, but there was no warmth and surprise, he had experienced countless lives and deaths in the chaos, Lan Juan gritted his teeth and survived, he had always been proud that he was a man who bled without tears, but at this moment, he felt that he couldn't hold on, and two lines of turbid tears flowed down his cheeks without warning.
The head of the Lan family frowned slightly, and was about to ask why Wuxian suddenly ran back from the hall meeting, but Lan Shuo grabbed his hand and shook his head gently.
The head of the Lan family looked at the heartbroken expression of the second son, and sighed secretly in his heart, his son is very good, but he is too soft-hearted. That's it, Ranmaki has just returned to the family, and he doesn't want to make too much trouble. So he pretended not to see it, and Lan Shuo turned around and left, leaving the space for the father and son who had not met for a long time.
"Traceless..."Ranmaki thought that he had developed a hard heart, he had simulated the scene when he saw Traceless in his fantasy countless times, however, at this time, he hesitated, hesitated and did not dare to step forward, he was even a little afraid to see Traceless's expression, so cold that it was like looking at a stranger.
"I'm back, just to ask you a question." Traceless broke the awkward situation and asked out loud.
"Just ask." Ranmaki barely twitched the corners of his lips, but his eyes were not separated at all, this is his son, his excellent son!
"When you left, did you mean the family?" Traceless asked coldly.
Ranmaki's heart chuckled, this was the most feared question he had never dared to face! He took a deep breath to calm down, and finally, he reopened the wound of the past with his own hands, and the situation of the past reappeared in front of his eyes as if it were bloody.
"It's not the family's meaning, I left it myself." Arashimaki closed his eyes, as if that way he could not see the unmarked disappointment.
"Why?" The traceless sound is as flat as water, without the slightest ripple.
"Because, your mother." Time will dilute all memories, that gentle and beautiful woman, he can only rely on photos to miss, but almost forgets that they were once so sweet that he broke up with the family for her.
Without a trace vaguely remembers that before he was four years old, there would occasionally be a kind and beautiful woman who came to see him, but then she disappeared, and his father disappeared with him, and now in retrospect, that woman should be his biological mother!
"Your mother is an apprentice, her pregnancy power is only level three, and her light ability is also very shallow." Ranmaki rubbed his ring finger and whispered, "But I fell in love with her at first sight." For some reason, the originally vague image of the woman gradually became clear.
"Although she gave birth to you, she cannot be my wife because of her low status." Thinking of the past, Arazuki said guiltily. "When you were four years old, your grandfather found a famous woman for me, but at that time, I could only pretend to be her alone, so... I eloped with her. β
Without a trace, his father actually did such a rebellious thing as running away from home, and his heart unconsciously resonated.
"And then?"
"Later, she was thrown into the chaos." Ranmaki remembered the heart-rending pain at that time, and his eyes turned cold. "In order to get her back, I secretly infiltrated the ranks of the chaos pioneers once a year."
"Did you find her, then?" Traceless's tone was a little hurried.
Ranmaki shook his head in frustration.
The next thing can already be imagined without a trace, and with this kind of means, he can be so ruthless, only the head of the Lan family, his grandfather, his father can't love relatives, so he can only use this decisive way to exile himself.
It turned out that this was the reason why his father left him in the first place. The doubts that had been pressed in his heart for many years were solved, and the traceless heart seemed to fall into place all at once, he could understand his father's mood and decision at that time, and it was him... A petite and beautiful figure appeared in Traceless' mind. His gaze became firm, if it were him, he would not look back!
"If the Holy Maiden had appeared earlier, I'm sure she'd have been doing well," Ranmaki said suddenly.
"Holy Maiden?" Traceless said curiously. Who can make my father show such a respectful look?
"She's three or four years younger than you, and she's a pretty big girl." Thinking of Wu You, Lan Juan had a loving smile on his face, in the time of chaos, more often, he regarded Wu You as a daughter. Now seeing that his son is so good, he can't help but think carefully and boast about people to death.
"Although she is petite, she is extremely delicate, and she is not worse than your mother back then." It is said that Xi Shi is in the eyes of a lover, which can make Lan Juan feel more beautiful than Xi Shi, which shows that Wu You's delicate appearance is impeccable.
Hearing Lan Juan's description, Traceless frowned slightly, how is this description a little like her...
"She's only been in Chaos for a year, but she's already conquered the lords of District 18, and both the dead and the survivors worship her as a god." Arashimaki said.
"What's her name?" Traceless asked suddenly.
Lan Juan didn't see the turmoil in Traceless's heart, he replied, "Her name is Wu You." β
"Boom!" A flash of lightning streaked across the clear sky, followed by rolling thunder, and a storm brewing in the eyes of the Traceless. The Lan family, very good, first his mother, and then Wu You, he wants to hold the things they value the most, hold them to the highest, and then grind them into powder!
"No trace? Traceless! Lanmaki saw that something was wrong with Traceless, and hurriedly shouted twice.
Traceless came back to his senses, he restrained the hatred in his eyes, and teleported his consciousness to Ranmaki's mind: "She... What now? β
Could it be... Do you know Wu You without a trace? Lan Juan remembered that Wu You had said before that she was having a celebration with her friends, and when she woke up, she was in chaos for some reason, that friend, could it be traceless?! Thinking of what happened to Traceless Mother before, the mastermind behind the scenes, and the call is about to come out.
Lan Maki smiled bitterly, after so many years, his father's methods have not changed at all, and he is still so simple and rude. It wasn't enough for him to destroy himself, he ruined Traceless. Seeing Traceless's cold and even disgusted look towards the Lan family, he could already imagine what kind of environment this child grew up in, for his father, there are only two kinds of people - useful and useless.
He should have seen it a long time ago, didn't he...
Thinking of this, Ranmaki didn't hesitate anymore, and he responded in his mind: "Don't worry, she's fine, and she's also back to the Dawn Empire." It is estimated that she will come to Sky City to find her father. β
Traceless' gaze flickered, she's back?!
He hurriedly linked to the panel, but when he found that Wu You's current location was within easy reach of him, his heart beat violently, as if he was about to jump out of his chest! She's really back!!
Seeing the shallow smile on his son's face like a spring blossom, Lan Juan was a little worried, because Wu You was the person the Blood Emperor had a crush on!! But how do you tell Traceless? Ranmaki really didn't have the courage to break his son's dream.
"Where's her father?" Traceless asked in his mind.
"Her father's name is Wu Yi, he returned from chaos two years before us, and later I heard that he was taken away by the Pope's people, and the most likely place to go is the highest laboratory." Arashimaki replied.
The highest laboratory... Traceless frowned slightly, the mystery of the Supreme Laboratory is not its garrison, but its specific location, it is like a legendary existence, no one knows where it is, even as a holy son, he has no permission to touch it.
"Son." Seeing that Traceless's attitude towards him had eased somewhat, Lan Roll hurried to the top: "I and a few other friends will find a way to deal with this matter, you must not be impulsive." β
"If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't be where I am now." Traceless said: "As long as it is what she wants, I will definitely help her get it!" "Don't compromise the means!
Seeing the appearance of no trace, Lan Juan couldn't help but think of himself back then, worthy of Lao Tzu's species!
"Okay, the sky is falling, Dad and you are on top! When this is done, let's go back to chaos and stay away from the ghosts here! β
Traceless looked at Arazuki and gave him a rare smile.
At this moment, a message came from Aradamaki's address book, and he looked at the contact person on it, and said with a solemn face: "It's a saint." β
Traceless took a breath and nodded at him.
Ranmaki clicked on the message, and it showed three place namesβthe catacombs of the first pope, the papal bedroom, and the secret archives of the church.
"Could it beβ" Ranmaki and Traceless glanced at each other, "the location of the highest laboratory." β
Although these three places are forbidden places for the church, at least there are traces to follow, and there is no trace: "The archives are handed over to me, and we will investigate separately." β
Lan Juan nodded, he was indeed investigating the church's side, and his son was more qualified than him: "Lao Fang is now back to the church, I'll contact him later, and see if he can help the other two." β
"I'll go back to church first and contact you then." When Traceless passed by him, he could barely hear it: "Pretend not to be on good terms with me." β
Ranmaki heard his son say this, and he knew it in his heart.
Looking at the back of his grandson leaving in a hurry, what the head of the Lan family saw was Lan Juan's gloomy face, he thought that the two had broken down, and persuaded Lan Juan: "Traceless is still a child after all, you haven't seen him for many years, let him be some." β
Arashimaki should be, but his expression did not ease.
The head of the Lan family said: "Although five holy sons were elected this year, only one had the opportunity to become the pope, the pope was reelected every thirty years, and this year it was just time for the replacement, plus the holy sons selected in the previous twenty years, a total of 7 holy sons participated in the competition for the pope this year." Although Traceless is the most talented, it is the youngest in the end, so don't affect Traceless's mentality. β
The pope is going to be replaced?! A dark glint flashed in Ranmaki's eyes, and he asked, "How was the new pope chosen?" β
The head of the Lan family lowered his voice and said, "I am good friends with the archbishop, and I don't talk nonsense with you, everyone knows how much water the candidate has." But it is not man who chooses the pope, but God. β