Just as Lu Feng was pondering how to protect that copy of Weapon Forging Insights from Ji Lanxin, the phantom suddenly asked a question.
"That Grand Dream of Three Lifetimes you used earlier—which branch of the Soul Control Clan taught it to you?"
Lu Feng glanced at the phantom in surprise and asked curiously, "How did you know, Senior? Couldn't I be a member of the Soul Control Clan?"
The phantom let out a scornful laugh. "Even if my clan has declined further still, it could never produce a Life Soul cultivator as weak as you. And that Fleeting Splendor of Three Thousand Worlds you used was crude in the extreme. You cannot be one of my clansmen."
Had he not seen through this, and were it not for the longing for his clansmen buried deep in his bones, the phantom would never have spoken so much with Lu Feng.
Lu Feng smiled awkwardly and gave a brief reply, attributing it all to some mysterious expert. He also honestly admitted that he did not know the Soul Control Clan's specific branches.
Taking the opportunity, Lu Feng followed the vine to find the melon and asked, "Senior, what did you mean earlier by the Eye Gouging Branch?"
Lu Feng thought that, in order to save Leng Huaping, he would certainly have dealings with the Soul Control Clan in the future. The more he learned now, the better prepared he would be later.
The phantom's expression turned several degrees colder as he muttered, "I originally belonged to the Soul Control Clan's Eye Gouging Branch, born specifically to gouge out the Life Souls of others."
"Gouge out others' Life Souls?" All three of Lu Feng's group were stunned.
The phantom nodded and warned, "Soul Gouging Lords of the Soul Control Clan rarely travel