Li Yan's answer still left the two of them unable to believe it.
"How could that be possible? Since the Great Ancestor left behind a legacy, why... why didn't he return to the clan? Then the Second Ancestor and Third Ancestor wouldn't have developed a rift!
"And you said... you even went to Qingqing Continent. Aren't you a cultivator from Qingqing Continent? You found the Soul Prison Clan too? What is happening there now?"
This time, Master Lan fired off question after question, her tone already brimming with doubts.
"I said I obtained the Great Ancestor's legacy, but I am not a cultivator from Qingqing Continent, nor have I ever met the Great Ancestor himself!"
Li Yan's expression remained calm, but after giving his words some thought, Master Lan and Elder Hao seemed to understand something.
So Li Yan's origins were not from the Second Ancestor's branch as they had assumed. He had obtained the Great Ancestor's legacy, but fundamentally speaking, he was still a clansman of the Soul Prison Clan.
The Soul Prison Clan itself was not a clan bound by close blood ties. At the beginning, there had only been the three Great Ancestors; all the remaining clansmen had come from disciples of Qingqing Continent and their descendants.
Master Lan and Elder Hao exchanged a glance. Then Master Lan continued questioning him.
"Did you receive the legacy through your sect, or obtain it yourself?"
"I obtained the legacy myself!"
"Where did you obtain it?"
"On the Lost Continent, within the ruins of an ancient battlefield!"
"The Lost Continent? So you are a cultivator from the Lost Continent."
"Yes!"
"How did you obtain the legacy?"
Master Lan questioned him rapidly, giving Li Yan no time to think.
"That place had once been an ancient battlefield, but later it became