Nana paused, lowered his voice, and a complex emotion flashed through his beautiful eyes. "Those children who have reached the tenth level always have nightmares at night, in which they are killing people. They wake up crying and say that Martial Soul is forcing them to devour life. They resist desperately but cannot control Martial Soul's instinct at all."
"One of the children almost bit his arm through in his dream. He said Martial Soul made him hungry, so hungry that he wanted to eat people.
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The expression on Lu Ren's face froze for a moment.
The instinct of Martial Soul, this is the torture that those children with Evil Martial Soul must face from the moment they awaken Martial Soul.
Their Martial Soul is naturally bloodthirsty, just like Zhang Peng's Martial Soul needs to suck animal blood, but Zhang Peng has enough willpower to restrain Martial Soul, and these children are still too young and too fragile to resist the erosion of Martial Soul's instincts.
Holy Spirit Cult took advantage of this kind of instinctive torture to appear when the children were in their most desperate times and gave them guidance, allowing them to successfully degenerate into Evil Soul Master and become a member of Holy Spirit Cult----
This is how most of the members of Holy Spirit Cult came to be.
And some Martial Soul are somewhat related to Evil and don't need much guidance, Holy Spirit Cult will also take them away by force and use their family members to threaten them to work for Holy Spirit Cult.
For example, this is the case for Nana.
Lu Ren sighed, "You personally teach these children - will it increase your workload? Spirit Pagoda's intelligence network still needs you to take care of it, plus these children, can you handle it alone?"
"That's not true. I have a lot of time to guide them slowly." Nana whispered, looking back at the group of children behind him who were secretly looking at Lu Ren, and a relieved smile appeared on the corners of his lips.
"After these few days, they are no longer afraid of me. A few brave ones will take the initiative to help me with things they can, such as carrying water, sweeping the floor, and watering the flowers in the yard."
"They are not inherently bad people, it's just that no one ever gives them a chance."
Lu Ren nodded and glanced at the children.
Standing in the front row was a skinny little boy, about twelve years old, with a face so pale that it was almost transparent, and his hands tightly clenching the corners of his clothes.
He stood further back than the other children, as if he was deliberately keeping a distance from everything around him.
Nana followed Lu Ren's gaze and added in a low voice, "His name is Xiao An. Innate Soul Power is only level zero, but the current Soul Power Level is level ten because his Martial Soul is Vengeful Spirit, which swallowed his grandfather's soul not long ago."
Lu Ren's pupils shrank slightly.
Nana continued to narrate, his voice lowered. "Xiao An's grandfather, the only one who was kind to him in the family, passed away. On the day of the burial, young Xiao An stood in front of the grave. In his grief, Martial Soul lost control of his instincts and attracted his grandfather's soul that had not yet dissipated."
"Vengeful Spirit Martial Soul automatically activated at that moment, swallowing up Grandpa's soul and giving him the improvement of Level 10 Soul Power."
From level zero to level ten, it only takes a moment. This is the speed at which Evil Martial Soul improves his cultivation level.
After level ten, his Martial Soul lost control and appeared in the middle of the night. Vengeful Spirit's phantom floated on the bedside, scaring his parents Spirit Dissipation.
His parents kicked him out of the house overnight, without even letting him bring a change of clothes, and he has been living on the street since then. If Lu Ren had not sanctioned Holy Spirit Cult, Holy Spirit Cult would have discovered his potential, and then brought him back to Holy Spirit Cult and made him Evil Soul Master.
Nana, before Holy Spirit Cult's people found Xiao An, took Spirit Pagoda's people to pick him up from the abandoned shack of Mingdu outskirts.
At that time, he had not eaten for two days and was huddled in the corner. When he saw Nana, his first reaction was that he said with a cry, "
Don't come near me or I will eat you."
Lu Ren walked to the boy in silence.
When approaching him, Xiao An subconsciously took a few steps back, with an expression on his face full of fear.
And a kind of self-blame engraved in my bones.
"No, don't come here - my Martial Soul can eat people, just like my grandfather was eaten by me.
"I dream about grandpa every night, and he still asks me why I ate him."
Lu Ren stopped and did not get closer.
He knelt down in front of Xiao An, keeping a safe distance from him, and tried to be as gentle as possible. "What's your name?"
The boy was so frightened that he trembled all over and buried his head even lower. His voice was as thin as a gnat, almost blending into the afternoon sunshine. "My parents don't like me, so my grandfather gave me the name Xiao An."
"Okay, Xiao An. You are now level ten. As long as you absorb a Soul Ring, you can officially become a Soul Master."
Lu Ren said softly.
"Do you want to become Soul Master?"
"But, everyone says that my Martial Soul is Evil, and it can also harm others."
Xiao An lowered his head, his voice full of confusion and inferiority.
"Can someone like me become a Soul Master? And if I absorb Soul Ring, I have to hunt a Soul Hunting beast--I'm so weak, I can't even defeat a Ten-Year Soul Beast."
"Your Martial Soul belongs to Evil, but it does not mean that you personally belong to Evil."
"I can see that you feel very guilty about absorbing the souls of your family, don't you?"
Lu Ren patiently guided him.
"In this way, I have a contract here that allows you to obtain Soul Ring without hunting the Soul Hunting beast. You can become Soul Master. Are you willing?"
Xiao An raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened in disbelief.
He seemed to have never dared to imagine that someone would offer to help him obtain Soul Ring.
And it's Soul Ring that doesn't require hunting Soul Hunting beasts.
"Really--really? But--but everyone says that Martial Soul like me can only become stronger by sucking the souls of living people. I am a Evil Soul Master who murders other people's lives. There is no other way. That's why my parents don't want me."
"Those are all lies. I have a way for you to become stronger without having to suck other people's souls."
Lu Ren's tone was decisive and unquestionable.
"They tell you there is no other way because they have never looked for any other way. Do you want to believe them or me?"
"Then, I agree." Xiao An responded fearfully, fearing that Lu Ren would regret it.
"Very good, come and stand in front of me, and we will begin the Soul Spirit Contract ceremony."
Lu Ren waved to him.
Xiao An took a few steps forward honestly, still holding the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, but in those originally dim eyes, a weak flame lit up at this moment, which was the light of hope.
"Vengeful Spirit Martial Soul, right? Then let me get you a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it if it's level one."
Lu Ren murmured in his heart.
The combat power of Grade 1 Cursed Spirit far exceeds that of Grade 2, but the strength of Cursed Energy contained in it is far beyond what a twelve-year-old child can bear.
He used Cursed Spirit Manipulation to summon an imaginary Grade 2 Vengeful Spirit Cursed Spirit.
Grade 2 Cursed Spirit, which was born out of people's fear of ghosts, looks like a translucent gray mist. It is not aggressive and has only weak soul sensing ability. It is highly compatible with Vengeful Spirit Martial Soul of Xiao An.
Then Lu Ren began the Soul Spirit Contract ceremony.
He raised his hand to form a seal, and the light black Cursed Energy and the gentle Soul Power were intertwined, forming a small contract formation in mid-air.
This is the Soul Spirit Contract that he improved by combining Electrolux's undead knowledge, Ice Empress Snow Empress's Soul Spirit experience, and integrating it into his own Cursed Energy system. It is more stable than the original Huo Yuhao contract.
And the scope of application is wider, not limited to Soul Beast, as long as it has an independent soul, it can theoretically be transformed into Soul Spirit through this set of contracts.
Although this is testing the effect of Soul Spirit Contract on children, Lu Ren is very confident that even if an accident occurs, the child's life will not be in any danger.
Grade 2 Cursed Spirit's combat power is very little. Even if the contract fails, it will only give Xiao An a headache for a while at most.
This is also what Lu Ren is confident about.
After a moment, Lu Ren's fingertips touched Xiao An's forehead.
"With my contract, with you as my spirit, Soul Spirit Formation!"
The pale golden contract lines lit up from the magic circle, traveling along Xiao An's Meridians all over his body. The ball of Grade 2 Vengeful Spirit Cursed Spirit jumped lightly and turned into a gray stream of light that blended into his eyebrows.
The next moment, Xiao An's body lit up with a somewhat transparent and black Soul Ring.
It looks like the same color as the 10,000-year-old Soul Ring, but it is not 10,000-year-old.
The color of that Soul Ring is between Thousand-Year and Wannian. The whole body has a translucent texture. Inside, you can vaguely see the remaining Cursed Energy of Cursed Spirit slowly flowing.
"This----I didn't expect that Cursed Spirit actually happened."
Lu Ren looked very surprised.
He looked down at his hands and quickly deduced the meaning of the experimental results in his mind.
Cursed Spirit is also a spirit!
So it can also become Soul Spirit!
Coupled with his Cursed Spirit Manipulation's Custom Cursed Spirit, wouldn't it be possible for everyone to absorb Soul Spirit and obtain Soul Ring?
Moreover, the Cursed Technique contained in Cursed Spirit itself can also become the Soul Ring of Soul Master for use by Soul Master. This Grade 2 Vengeful Spirit Cursed Technique of Cursed Spirit is Cursed Energy Strike, and now this ability has appeared in the first Soul Skill of Xiao An.
Why is it successful?
Because Lu Ren is the first person to fuse Cursed Energy and Soul Power, and the same is true for his Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
The Cursed Spirit he pinched not only contained pure Cursed Energy, but also used Soul Power in his creation process, so Cursed Spirit also contained the ingredients of Soul Power.
This lifting method, similar to stepping on the left foot with the right foot, directly changed the entire Douluo Continent pattern from now on.
From now on, any Soul Master can obtain Cursed Spirit as Soul Ring through Soul Spirit Contract, and no longer need to risk their lives to hunt Soul Beast!
And after Xiao An saw that his Soul Power had broken through to the eleventh level, especially when he found that there was a Soul Ring outside his body that was slowly spinning, he was so excited that his whole body was shaking.
"I----I have Soul Ring! I will also be Soul Master in the future!"
Xiao An looked at his hand in disbelief, stretched out his index finger and carefully poked the translucent black Soul Ring, but unfortunately he couldn't touch it because it had no entity.
But this means that Soul Ring is real, and his Soul Power is also real.
Tears welled up all of a sudden.
The twelve-year-old boy cried, crying loudly, as if he wanted to cry out all the grievances and fears he had accumulated for so long.
He raised his head, looked at Lu Ren with an almost pious look, choked up and said, "Thank you----thank you for letting me become Soul Master----"
When the other children saw this, their eyes lit up.
They gathered around and chattered about Xiao An's beautiful Soul Ring. Several children who were also at level ten could not wait to look at Lu Ren, their eyes full of longing.
Even Nana was shocked. She stared at Xiao An's Soul Ring that was still spinning slowly with her eyes wide open and exclaimed that it was amazing.
He actually completed the unprecedented and groundbreaking acquisition of Soul Ring!
This is the first time Nana has seen a method to obtain Soul Ring without hunting Soul Hunting beasts.
In her understanding, there is only one way to obtain Soul Ring: hunting Soul Beast and absorbing Soul Ring.
But now, Lu Ren has proven with facts that there is a second way, and this road is safer, more controllable, and more suitable for those bottom Soul Master who cannot even beat Soul Beast.
"Master, what kind of contract is this?"
Nana immediately looked at Lu Ren with burning eyes, the translucent black Soul Ring reflected in his beautiful eyes, as if he had seen some kind of miracle that could change the pattern of the entire continent.
"Can I have one in the future?"
"Yes, of course." Lu Ren looked at her with a smile, took out the complete version of Soul Spirit Contract's scroll and handed it to Nana.
"Starting from today, you have to read the contents of this scroll, and at the same time, you have to come to me to learn about the rituals of Soul Spirit Contract."
"I will teach you all the details of the contract, how to activate the magic circle, how to communicate with Cursed Spirit, and how to adjust the strength of the contract to adapt to the characteristics of different Martial Soul."
"After you finish your studies, it's up to you to form Soul Spirit Contract for these children and guide them to Righteous Path. Do you understand?
","Yes, master!"
Nana took the contract scroll with both hands and nodded vigorously. An unprecedented reverence and emotion surged in her heart.
In her heart, the master is omnipotent.
Even this so-called Soul Spirit can be created by Lu Ren. This is something that even those Tsukumo-level Limit Douluo powerful ones cannot do.
Those Limit Douluo pursue personal perfection, while Lu Ren pursues Rule that changes the entire world.
Just through this, Nana knows that this Soul Spirit Contract will definitely benefit them, the bottom Soul Master.
It does not rely on Soul Beast, does not rely on background, and does not rely on talent. As long as it is willing to work hard, any Soul Master can obtain the Soul Ring that suits them through Soul Spirit Contract.
"Also, I have a book of exercises here suitable for them to practice."
Lu Ren once again took out a small notebook from Storage Soul Tool.
Then hand it to Nana.
This little book was compiled by combining the Cursed Energy system and Necromancy theory of Electrolux in his free time these days. Although the content is not exquisite, every word is informative.
"Here is a way for those who possess Evil Martial Soul to practice Martial Soul normally without harming the lives of others."
"Just by absorbing other people's negative emotions and converting them into negative energy, it is enough to steadily increase your own cultivation."
"The principle is that Evil Martial Soul is not Evil in nature, but their energy source happens to be the negative emotions generated by humans. As long as you master the correct absorption method, you can absorb these negative emotions just like Heaven and Earth Energy and convert them into their cultivation."
"In this way, everyone no longer needs to kill others to gain cultivation."
Hearing Lu Ren say this, Nana suddenly felt that the book in his hand was as heavy as Qian Jun.
You don't need to kill other people, you just need to absorb other people's negative emotions to improve your cultivation?
This is undoubtedly the rescue of all Soul Master who own Evil Martial Soul and Cultivation Method, which was selflessly shared by Lu Ren.
If you have this skill, it means that from now on, Douluo Continent will no longer have Evil Soul Master!
Directly and fundamentally eliminate the soil produced by Evil Soul Master!
Those children of Martial Soul Evil will no longer need to devour life to satisfy Martial Soul's instincts, and they will no longer need to take refuge in Holy Spirit Cult.
Except for those perverts who are born Evil and love to kill, with Lu Ren and this book Cultivation Method, how many innocent lives can be saved by Evil Soul Master?
"Master, this----this----"
Nana didn't know what to say anymore. He held this thin booklet in both hands, his fingertips turning slightly white from exertion.
She is also someone who has experienced the coercion of Holy Spirit Cult, and has seen with her own eyes what it is like for children who are tortured by Martial Soul instincts to the point of death.
And now Lu Ren has come up with a fundamental solution to this problem.
"Haha, go ahead and do it, I believe you can do it." Lu Ren smiled happily, "I just provided you with a good starting point. Next, it's up to you to guide these little guys on their way to Righteous Path."
"How to promote the contract, how to teach the exercises well, and how to let more people know about the existence of Soul Spirit Contract, these are all what you have to do."
"Yes, I will definitely do it, and I will never let you down, Master."
Nana looked at Lu Ren with tears in his eyes, and secretly swore in his heart that he would always be loyal to Lu Ren in this life.
Ice Empress and Snow Empress were watching a play in Sea of Consciousness, looking at the cheering children in the yard through the perspective of Lu Ren.
This also made the corners of Ice Empress's lips unconsciously raise a bit, and Snow Empress's eyes became much softer.
"I didn't expect you to have such a gentle side." Ice Empress curled his lips, but his tone contained a trace of unconcealable approval.
"If these children had fallen into the hands of Holy Spirit Cult, they would have turned into the murderous Evil Soul Master long ago, right?"
Lu Ren responded silently in his heart, "This is the meaning of Spirit Pagoda. Tang San destroyed Spirit Hall, but left behind the mess Evil Soul Master."
"Shrek doesn't care, Douluo Continent doesn't care, then I can only take care of it."
"What Spirit Pagoda wants to do is not only to cultivate top Soul Master, but also to allow the most forgotten group of people on this continent to live with dignity."
"In the future, Spirit Pagoda will belong to their era."
Ice Empress heard Lu Ren sighing like an old man, and couldn't help but rolled his eyes in Sea of Consciousness: "What about you? They already have work to do, why are you going?"
"Me? When Spirit Pagoda fully develops, I will probably become the god Ascension to the Divine Realm by then. What else will I do?"
Lu Ren said cheerfully, looking through the clouds outside the window towards the Limitless high sky.
"I will definitely take you to eternal life. As long as I become a god, you can live forever with me."
A faint smile appeared on Snow Empress's cold face, and he nodded lightly. "I believe you can do it. You have already created so many unprecedented things, and there is nothing surprising about one more."