The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 287 - 164 Soul-Slashing Knife_1

Chapter 287: Chapter 164 Soul-Slashing Knife_1

Midwood City, outskirts.

Having been shocked by Lu Ran’s "great ideal," Black Feather still chose to come with him.

The sky was dark and heavy.

In the midst of the weeds, a fat rat as large as a cat was gnawing on something.

Lu Ran, clad in a black robe, and Black Feather stood in the distance...

Lu Ran obviously considered this fellow as the first experimental target.

[Name]: Giant Rat Beast

[Attribute]: Unawakened

[Species Level]: Low-level extraordinary

[Growth Level]: Level 3

Hmm... pitifully weak.

To deal with such a creature, Lu Ran couldn’t even be bothered to summon Mr. Husky.

Estimating the distance and calculating the strength, Lu Ran simply picked up a stone and threw it with a crash.

Under Black Feather’s astonished gaze, the stone hit the Giant Rat Beast precisely, knocking it unconscious.

Lu Ran could only say that he was already being merciful by not using the Crow Feather Bow.

"Let’s go."

At Lu Ran’s call, Black Feather quickly followed, and soon, Lu Ran arrived at the fainted Giant Rat Beast, taking out the Soul Calming Brick.

Smack!

The brick hit the Giant Rat Beast, and a gray soul was knocked out of it.

Since the Giant Rat Beast’s consciousness had already passed out, its soul body was also in a daze, unaware.

Seeing this, Black Feather swallowed and said, "How do you intend to ’cook’ it?"

"I have mastered a special Beast Training Skill, let’s try grilling the soul directly," Lu Ran said as he extended his finger and ignited a flame.

There are too many Beast Training Skills that enable Beast Trainers to possess special abilities; many chefs can control flames on their own, so Black Feather didn’t find this too surprising, especially since Lu Ran had already declared his identity as a Chef.

However, next, Lu Ran did encounter a difficulty.

The Flame Spirit, which could discern the optimal cooking temperature for "ingredients," had no reaction to such a soul body.

Clearly, even the Flame Spirit has its limits, and perhaps not even its creator, Emperor Yan Sizhen, would have thought that one day someone would use his Flame Spirit for soul grilling.

Without the Flame Spirit’s assistance, Lu Ran could only rely on his own experience. He controlled the heat to the lowest and started to grill the soul, but as one would expect, how could a soul be grilled like common ingredients...

Even though Lu Ran’s flame was already very weak, the Giant Rat Beast’s soul was even more fragile. In an instant, it was burnt to white smoke by the fire, the soul dissipating as though it had never been.

This is commonly referred to as "the soul scattered and the spirit vanished."

The rat’s physical body also lay there, more peacefully unconscious, as if it would never awaken.

"..."

"Looks a bit tricky," Lu Ran turned to look at Black Feather.

"..." Black Feather.

"I felt earlier that this idea was too far-fetched," said Black Feather. "The starting point might have been good, but when so many prominent figures of the Divine Sect, even Legendary Necromancers, haven’t solved the problem... is it perhaps... too difficult for us?"

"This is just the beginning, don’t panic," said Lu Ran, before falling into thought.

"We should try other cooking methods..."

At that time, Midwood City was teeming with rats anyway; Lu Ran decisively chose the Giant Rat Beast as his hunting target.

Next, witnessed by Black Feather, Lu Ran tried boiling the soul, steaming the soul... but without exception, the fragile souls dissipated instantly.

"They’re too weak, their spiritual bodies are too fragile, they can’t withstand even slightly violent cooking methods."

"The problem is, there’s also no strong soul nearby to use for experiments."

In Black Feather’s silent accompaniment, Lu Ran finally found a way of cooking that didn’t easily cause the soul to collapse.

He used Refreshing Wood, known for "removing the gamey taste," and made a half-cooked smoked Mouse Spirit. The smoke from the wood was indeed absorbed by the Mouse Spirit, and before anything could happen to the soul, Lu Ran quickly had Black Feather taste it.

Black Feather, having no choice, summoned her own Pet Beast, an Undead Fox. The little fox happily devoured the Mouse Spirit, but after doing so, Black Feather shook her head and said, "It makes no difference from directly devouring souls."

"My Pet Beast still felt the remnants of consciousness in the spiritual body while consuming the soul."

"What about the taste?" asked Lu Ran.

"Woof~~" The Undead Fox shook its head. Unpleasant, unpleasant, not as tasty as eating the soul directly!

"That is to say, the flavor of smoked souls indeed changed, but the Refreshing Wood seasoning couldn’t remove the impurities of the soul! It’s not suitable for undead," Lu Ran said, pleased with this conclusion.

This at least proved that the taste of souls could be altered. Since the flavor changed, as long as they found special seasonings, they might be able to purify the impurities in the soul.

"That’s it for today, Miss Black Feather, I’m really thankful for your help," said Lu Ran.

"Alright," Black Feather nodded her head; although she hoped Lu Ran would succeed, she also felt that the chance of his success was slim.

But, Lu Ran was indeed very serious...

She watched Lu Ran carrying a bag of unconscious Giant Rat Beasts and fell silent for a moment.

If Lord Gao Li later asked, what should she say...

She felt that even the Missionary Gao Li would find Lu Ran’s actions crazy.

...

In the other courtyard.

After returning, Lu Ran continued to be engrossed in cooking Mouse Spirits.

Upon return, Lu Ran’s eccentric methods became even more numerous.

For instance, he tried to dissect the Mouse Spirit into several pieces to study its structure.

Unfortunately, with just a slight touch, the spiritual body would dissipate.

It was impossible to dissect.