Chapter 743

"What is the other one?" Seeing Ludwig stop as if he had some reservations, Lu Mian took the initiative to ask.

Ludwig stared at the umbilical cord remains in front of Lu Mian and hesitated for a moment before saying:

"It can change your aura and bloodline to a certain extent, allowing some creatures that do not possess necessary wisdom to treat you as a divine child of the 'Great Mother'."

Lu Mian's expression became a bit more solemn:

"In other words, it can indeed allow me to fuse with the bloodline of that divine child, even if it's only a point that can almost be ignored?"

And this can deceive creatures with low intelligence or those that act purely on instinct?

"Yes." Ludwig nodded earnestly, "That bit of bloodline cannot bring you any changes, and only creatures directly created by the 'Great Mother' or those who have received Her gifts can sense it."

This sounds useless, but if one encounters a special environment, it seems it could play an extremely important role. Compared to treating infertility and enhancing self-healing ability, it has more room for imagination... Lu Mian pondered and asked:

"What negative effects will this bring?"

Will it lead to a change in gender? After all, Omebella, the divine child of the "Great Mother," seems to be female.

Ludwig withdrew his greedy and longing gaze from the divine child's umbilical cord and said quite regretfully:

"If it were someone else, it might lead to the situation where the 'Great Mother's' divine child gestates and grows in their body, but you won't; you only need to worry about the 'Great Mother' casting Her gaze upon you and truly watching you."

Lu Mian was silent for ten or twenty seconds and slowly put Omebella's umbilical cord remains back into the "Traveler's Bag."

He was not in a hurry to let Ludwig use the remains of the divine child's umbilical cord to make food with special effects, planning to consult Ms. "Magician's" opinion before making a decision.

He was willing to take risks, but he would not do it recklessly.

"Can you give it to me now?" Ludwig looked at the matte "Deprivation Bullet" longingly and said.

"The last question." Lu Mian smiled again and took out another thing from the "Traveler's Bag."

It was old bloodstain powder contained in a small glass bottle.

This came from the "Devil Wizard" Burman. Guided by Harrison, a visitor from Resurrection Island, he summoned an evil spirit named Arden from the depths of death and easily killed the other party, collecting the corresponding blood, intending to use it in a subsequent ritual. Lu Mian obtained a bit of bloodstain powder from his room.

Before, Lu Mian had asked Franca to investigate using "Magic Mirror Divination," but could only confirm that it truly came from the depths of the Spirit Realm, with no other gains. Now, he wanted to let the "Gourmet" taste it to see if more important information could be extracted.

He remembered very clearly that the people of Resurrection Island claimed they could die again and again and resurrect again and again, never dying and never aging, and the secret lay in the control of those imprints in the depths of death.

This might be a pathway to resurrecting the dead in the true sense.

"Can it be eaten?" Lu Mian maintained his smile from just now and pushed the small glass bottle containing the old bloodstain powder in front of Ludwig.

Ludwig examined the old bloodstain powder carefully for a while, unscrewed the cap, and touched it a few times with his hand.

"Yes." He answered without much anticipation.

"Then you eat half." Lu Mian watched expectantly as Ludwig shook the small amount of old bloodstain powder into his mouth, leaving only the last bit.

Ludwig chewed and tasted, and only after a long while did he deliver his "food review":

"It has a rich scent of death and eternal sleep, coming from the depths of the Spirit Realm.

"Originating from a male in his thirties, possessing the traits of both the 'Reader' pathway and the 'Death' pathway, his mental state is very poor, and his emotions are very easy to lose control..."

Hearing this, Lu Mian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:

This sounds like it's describing the "Devil Wizard" Burman himself!

But this bloodstain powder came from the depths of the Spirit Realm and belonged to the evil spirit Arden, who was killed by Burman!

"A person from the Intis Winter Province?" Lu Mian confirmed his guess.

"Yes." Ludwig smacked his lips and said.

He also recounted other information absorbed from the bloodstain powder, every single point of which matched the situation of the "Devil Wizard."

This, it couldn't be that Burman summoned himself, killed himself, and then collected his own blood, could it? Lu Mian felt inexplicably horrified.

That old bloodstain powder definitely wasn't left behind by Burman due to other problems, because whether it was Franca or Ludwig, both confirmed that the blood was closely related to death and the Spirit Realm, and Lu Mian had fought that "Devil Wizard" twice and believed he was still a living person at the time.

"Was the evil spirit Burman summoned from the depths of death, following the teachings of Harrison from Resurrection Island, himself? Uh, his own imprint?

"He wiped out his own imprint in the depths of death and even thought it was weak?

"This sounds hard to believe...

"What exactly does Harrison from Resurrection Island want to do, and what hidden truth is there behind the resurrection of these islanders?"

Lu Mian's thoughts raced, feeling that the Resurrection Island matter was full of secrets, no less than the high-level events he had experienced before.

"Can you give it to me now?" Ludwig looked at the "Deprivation Bullet" again and asked extremely eagerly.

He returned the old bloodstain powder, which only had a little bit left, along with the small glass bottle, to Lu Mian.

"Yes." Lu Mian threw the "Deprivation Bullet" to Ludwig.

Ludwig caught it and stuffed the matte bullet into his mouth.

"Eat it directly?" Lu Mian asked with a smile, "Not cook it a bit? Not mix a cocktail?"

Ludwig answered mumblingly:

"No need for this; it can be absorbed directly."

While speaking, he pulled the "Deprivation Bullet" out of his mouth again, just like sucking on a popsicle.

Compared to just now, the bullet's matte metal shell was significantly thinner, and the complex symbols engraved on the surface had become pitted, with traces left by teeth.

Just like that, Ludwig sucked on it three times, and then put the bullet, whose gunpowder could vaguely be seen inside, into his mouth, chewing and swallowing it with a clicking sound.

Lu Mian felt a toothache just watching, and had a more profound understanding of the various changes brought about by hunger.

After finishing the "Deprivation Bullet," Ludwig closed his eyes with a look of aftertaste and longing.

Lu Mian, on the other hand, felt heartache for the extraordinary bullets he had obtained from Yebus:

The "Weakening Bullet," "Deprivation Bullet," and "Implosion Bullet" didn't have a single one play its intended role, while the "Poison Bullet," "Rotting Bullet," and "Pregnancy Bullet" were allocated to Franca.

"How does it feel?" Lu Mian asked Ludwig.

"Very delicious, a familiar deliciousness." Ludwig answered with his eyes half-closed.

After sighing, he opened his eyes with a swish, his gaze bright and spirited as he said:

"God, godfather, can you find the organization that made that bullet just now as soon as possible?"

You kid, that's the cult that follows your god... However, I can't blame you; you don't even have a brain anymore... And for an evil god, as long as it can allow the descending Angel to get rid of the seal, sacrificing no matter how many Gifted is worth it; returning to an Angel's stomach is equivalent to returning to a god's kingdom... Lu Mian muttered silently, nodded slightly, agreed, and slowly stood up, walking back to the bedroom.

Lying on the bed, he opened his eyes and looked at the dark ceiling with the hanging lamp, without the slightest bit of sleepiness, even though the faint fragrance of absinthe still lingered at the tip of his nose.

After gazing quietly for who knows how long, Lu Mian laughed at himself and tried to use meditation to help himself fall asleep.

He slowly outlined the round ball with eyes and a cross in his mind.

His state settled, and sleepiness began to well up.

Just at this moment, Lu Mian was stunned.

Meditation was taught by his sister, and the meditation pattern was also drawn by his sister casually...

Lu Mian laughed in a low voice, laughing until he shook.

A few minutes later, he indulged himself and recalled every bit of life in Cordu Village, including those times spent together in the dream.

Even the latter, looking back now, had a kind of indescribable warmth.

As his thoughts wandered, Lu Mian remembered his sister's contracted creature, "Paper Figurine":

"I don't know what state 'Paper Figurine' is in now...

"Strictly speaking, Aurore hasn't completely died yet, so the contract between her and 'Paper Figurine' should still exist...

"It's a pity that a contracted creature isn't a messenger and can only be summoned by oneself; otherwise, I would want to summon 'Paper Figurine' to see its situation...

"In Aurore's words, is this called seeing things left behind and thinking of that person? Or, liking someone so much that you even like the pet she raised?

"Uh, it's not like it can't be summoned. Since Termiboros, who is sealed in my body, is one with me, then Aurore's soul fragments should be too. If I summon it, it's equivalent to Aurore summoning it..."

Thinking of this, Lu Mian sat up with a swish.

In the darkness, he set up the altar and chanted the incantation in the corresponding language:

"I!

"I summon in my name:

"A spirit wandering in falsehood, a friendly creature available for service, a fragile round ball that can communicate with my heart..."

As the incantation echoed, the candlelight flickered gently, and nothing happened.

Lu Mian, who had already opened his "Spirit Vision," did not see the "Paper Figurine" that had appeared in the dream.

Phew... He lay back on the bed in disappointment.

Time passed second by second, and Lu Mian, who had not been able to fall asleep, suddenly became clear-headed, without the slightest bit of fatigue.

Six o'clock in the morning had arrived.

Lu Mian got up in silence and began to clean up the altar.

At this time, the "Doll" messenger wearing a pale gold dress walked out of the void and threw a dark coin bag and a letter folded into a square onto the table.

The reward Ms. "Magician" mentioned has arrived? Is one of them the "Traveler's Bag"? Lu Mian's spirits lifted, and he grabbed the dark coin bag.

The "Doll" messenger looked at him, raised her hand, and pinched her nose:

"Drunkard!

"Your clothes are so smelly!"

Uh... Lu Mian, who hadn't bathed or changed clothes last night, coughed awkwardly and said thank you.

After the "Doll" messenger left, he continued to check what rewards there were.

(End of chapter)