After being shocked by Lu Ran’s “great ideal”, Hei Yu still chose to come with Lu Ran.

It was dark.

In the weeds, a fat, cat-like rat was gnawing on something.

Lu Ran and Hei Yu, wearing black robes, stood in the distance...

Lu Ran obviously chose this guy as his first experimental target.

【Name】：Giant Rat Beast

[Attribute]: Unawakened

[Race Level]: Low-level extraordinary [Growth Level]: Level 3

Hmm... pitifully weak.

To deal with this kind of guy, Lu Ran was too lazy to even summon Mr. Ha.

After estimating the distance and calculating the strength, Lu Ran picked up a stone and smashed it.

Under the astonished gaze of Hei Yu next to him, the stone hit the giant rat beast accurately, knocking it unconscious.

Lu Ran could only say that not using the crow feather bow was already a sign of his mercy.

"Let's go."

At Lu Ran's call, Hei Yu quickly followed. Soon, Lu Ran came in front of the giant rat beast that was knocked unconscious and took out the soul-calming brick.

Bang! The brick hit the giant rat beast, and a ball of gray soul was smashed out.

Since the giant rat beast had fainted, this soul body was also confused and unconscious at this time.

Seeing this, Hei Yu swallowed his saliva and asked, "How do you want to 'cook'?"

"I have mastered a special beast taming skill. Let me try grilling the soul first." Lu Ran stretched out his finger and ignited a flame.

There are too many beast taming skills that allow beast masters to master special abilities, and many chefs can control fire by themselves. Seeing this, Hei Yu didn't think much of it, after all, Lu Ran had just revealed his identity as a chef.

However, Lu Ran encountered some difficulties next.

The Flame Spirit, who was able to distinguish the best cooking temperature for "ingredients", had no reaction at all when faced with such a group of souls.

Obviously, the Flame Spirit also has a limit. Even Emperor Yan Sizhen, who developed it, probably never imagined that one day someone would use his Flame Spirit for soul barbecue.

The Flame Spirit could not play a supporting role, so Lu Ran could only rely on his experience. He controlled the heat to the lowest and began to roast the soul, but the outcome was predictable. How could the soul be roasted like ordinary ingredients...

Even though Lu Ran's flames were extremely weak, the giant rat beast's soul was even more fragile. In just a moment, it was burned into white smoke, and its soul turned to ashes and disappeared.

Common name: soul-smashing.

Shushu's body also fell into a more peaceful coma, as if he would never wake up.

“…”

"It looks a bit difficult." Lu Ran turned and looked at Hei Yu.

"..."Hei Yu.

"Just now I felt that this idea was too fantastic." Hei Yu said: "Maybe the starting point is good, but so many great figures in the Divine Religion, even the legendary necromancer, have failed to solve the problem... For us, is it..."

"This is just the beginning, don't panic." Lu Ran spoke, and then fell into deep thought.

"Let's try other cooking methods..."

At the moment, there are actually the most rats in Ming'an City, so Lu Ran decisively chose the giant rat beast as his hunting target.

Next, under the witness of Hei Yu, Lu Ran tried to boil the soul, steam the soul... but without exception, the fragile souls were instantly shattered.

"Too weak. Spirits are too fragile. They can't accept even slightly violent cooking methods."

"The key is that there are no powerful souls nearby that can be used for experiments."

With Hei Yu following silently, Lu Ran finally found a cooking method that was not so soul-destroying.

He made a half-cooked smoked rat spirit by lighting a fresh wood that could "remove the fishy smell". The wood smoke was indeed inhaled by the rat spirit. While the soul was still safe, Lu Ran quickly asked Hei Yu to taste it.

Hei Yu also helplessly summoned his pet, a fox spirit. The little fox happily ate the rat spirit, but after eating it, Hei Yu shook his head and said, "It's no different from swallowing souls in the past."

"My pet still sensed the remnants of consciousness in the spirit body while it was devouring the soul."

"How about the taste?" Lu Ran asked.

"Woo~~" The fox spirit shook its head. It was not delicious, not delicious. It was not as good as eating the soul directly! "That is to say, the taste of the smoked spirit did change, but the seasoning of fresh wood could not remove the impurities of the soul! It is not suitable for the spirit." Lu Ran was very happy to get this point of view.

This at least shows that the taste of the soul can change. Since the taste has changed, as long as we find special seasonings, we may be able to purify the impurities in the soul.

"Okay, Miss Heiyu, thank you very much. Let's stop here today." Lu Ran said.

"Okay." Hei Yu nodded. Although he really hoped that Lu Ran could succeed, he also felt that his chances of success were slim.

However, Lu Ran is really serious...

She looked at the bag of unconscious giant rat beasts that Lu Ran was carrying and remained silent.

Later, if Gao Lishang asks, how should I answer?

She felt that even the missionaries in Gorri would think Lu Ran was crazy.

…

In the other courtyard.

After Lu Ran came back, he continued to indulge in cooking rat spirits.

After coming back, Lu Ran did even more outrageous things.

For example, he wanted to dissect the rat spirit and divide it into several pieces to study its structure.

But unfortunately, the spirit will be destroyed with just the slightest movement.

It is impossible to dissect.

"The soul contains the consciousness of the living being before death, or the memory of the soul."

"The so-called 'soul search' in those fairy tale novels should be searching for this."

"The soul is essentially a mass of energy. It is the necessary nutrient for the undead pet to maintain life. The soul is non-toxic and harmful. It is just the consciousness contained in the soul."

"The gathering of these consciousnesses will cause the consciousness of the undead pets and the necromancers to be polluted, causing them to lose their sanity and fall into madness."

"But besides that, it stands to reason that there should be a way to remove the impurities from the soul."

"If you think of the spirit as a food ingredient, and there are parts of it that you don't need, then think of it in a simple and crude way: just cut it off."

"However, ordinary extraordinary kitchen utensils do not have the ability to cut souls."

Lu Ran fell into deep thought as he looked at the rat spirit whose soul had been shattered by the touch of his kitchen knife.

If ordinary kitchen utensils are used, they will pass through the spirit directly without causing any harm. If extraordinary kitchen utensils are used, the spirit will be deformed and the soul will collapse as soon as they come into contact with it, but they cannot be cut open.

"It should be that ordinary extraordinary kitchen utensils do not have the ability to cut souls. But if special kitchen utensils are forged with soul-related ores, is there hope that they can 'cut' spirits?"

Lu Ran looked at the soul-suppressing stone again, wondering if this thing could be forged into a sword? No matter what, he had to find a few more pieces in this secret realm.

He needs a Zanpakuto!

A sword that can smoothly cut through the soul! However, let’s not talk about whether he can forge a Zanpakutō. Even if he has a Zanpakutō, Lu Ran is not sure that he can separate the spirit and consciousness with his “sword skills”.

This thing is too abstract. Even if Yan Sizhen were reborn, he would probably have to figure out the difficult problem posed by Lu Ran.

This probably requires a strong understanding and cognition of the soul.

"Soul-type sword intent."

"To achieve this, I need soul-type sword intent. If I master soul-type sword intent, maybe even without a Zanpakutō, I can directly use the weapon to cause cutting damage to the spirit."

Soon, Lu Ran, who was doing research, came up with a new idea.

But the problem remains, soul-type sword intent, this is an extremely abstract ability.

Regarding this research direction, Lu Ran chose to pass the buck.

"Boss Ha, don't you think you're pretty awesome? Take the Soul Calming Stone and play with it. I'll give you a few mice. Go and comprehend the Zanpakuken Intent. Remember, don't eat the mice."

Next, Mr. Ha was summoned by Lu Ran with a confused look on his face. He howled a few times at the shameless Mr. Lu, but Mr. Ha was still quite interested in the soul-calming stone and the soul body, so he immediately ran to tinker with them.

Of course, Lu Ran didn't expect Mr. Ha to succeed.

If Mr. Ha has already integrated the characteristics of absolute enlightenment, if Mr. Ha himself is a necromancy-type pet, then Lu Ran might still have some hope, but now...all he can do is let it get familiar with it first.

Lu Ran also understood that he would not be able to solve the drawbacks of the Undead System in a short period of time. This was a long-term task.

“Huh???” However, just after sending Mr. Ha away, Lu Ran suddenly thought of another possible way to separate the soul and consciousness.

"Am I really a genius?"

Lu Ran took the sword grass out of the sword-raising pot from his backpack. He looked at the sword grass and fell into deep thought.

"Speaking of which, does the sword grass have a soul? If the sword grass has a soul, whether it is conscious or unconscious, is it possible to directly create a soul sword grass by tapping it with the soul-calming stone?"

"Isn't this a natural Zanpakutō?"

“Woof woof woof!” The next moment, Lu Ran snatched away President Ha’s soul-calming stone again, and under President Ha’s shocked gaze, he used the stone to hit President Ha’s beloved weapon.

As a result, it was naturally not as easy as Lu Ran thought.

The sword grass that has not become a supernatural life form is no different from an ordinary plant.

Perhaps after becoming a transcendental life form, the sword grass would have a chance to transform into a plant undead, but in its current state, the sword grass still did not have a soul.

All the methods failed. Lu Ran felt chest tightness and tried to use the sword grass to cut the soul directly, but it didn't work either.

“It’s so difficult. No wonder so many beastmasters from the Death Cult and the Other Shore are unable to solve this problem.” Lu Ran had a headache.

At present, the closest direction for him is to comprehend the soul-type sword intent.

Lu Ran chose to take Mr. Ha with him to study the Zanpaku Sword Intent. As for the breakthrough mission, Lu Ran was not in a hurry. His mission was to defend the city. Even if all the members of the Death God Cult were killed, as long as he alone could defend and kill the enemy, it would be a victory! The one who should be anxious was the siege party.

He also had no information about the enemy, so he couldn't just go out in the dark and defeat the enemy alone.

Even if you want to fight, you have to wait for the opponent to show his head a little before attacking. In order to complete the task, the opponent cannot hide his head all the time.

At this moment, Lu Ran understood even more the preciousness of the "Eye of the Evil God's Trait". If he had already contracted with Boss Crow and it also mastered the Eye of the Evil God, Lu Ran would be able to curse all the enemies in the camp to death through the air, so there would be no need to be so passive.

…………

And at the same time.

Hei Yu was summoned by missionary Gao Li and asked about Lu Ran's situation.

"What???"

"Grilled soul, steamed soul, boiled soul, smoked soul?"

Missionary Gaoli was shocked. As a veteran necromancer who could not live without souls for three meals a day, he felt a stomachache when he heard Heiyu's report and thought it was abnormal.

But then he changed his mind and smiled, saying, "Forget it, let him be. This time we have really found a treasure."

Now seeing that the "King of Sudden Death" was keen on studying the necromancy and wanted to help necromancers eliminate their shortcomings, Gao Li was excited. It was common for missionaries to find a newcomer with extremely great talents.

However, it is extremely difficult to find a newcomer who is not only talented but also has such great ideals.

He felt that if the headquarters knew about Lu Ran's situation, not to mention being trained as a "holy son", he would definitely be the focus of training and could become a core member.

Of course, if Lu Ran is really lucky enough to figure it out, that would be a matter of another dimension. I'm afraid all the gods' messengers would support the "King of Sudden Death" as the successor to the leader. Gao Li smiled sneerfully and felt that he was daydreaming. How could this be possible?

"Keep watching him."

"Yes." Hei Yu nodded. Seeing the shocked expression on the missionary's face, she was satisfied. As expected, even the veteran necromancer thought that this King of Sudden Death was too crazy.

…

The other side.

Nine trial participants from various countries on Blue Star gathered again.

Moonlight Knight from the Golden Age said, "I have heard that the one occupying Ming'an City is a necromancer cult missionary named Gao Li. He has three level 30 necromancer pets, all of which are of the ruling race. He is only a level 2 necromancer."

"In Ming'an City, he should be the strongest enemy."

"Although he has a large number of subordinates, they are probably not very powerful."

"If we can convince the remaining imperial army to attack with us, it shouldn't be difficult to capture Ming'an City!"

(End of this chapter)