Dragon Raja: I practiced Naruto ninjutsu next to Lu Mingfei.

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"I need to make one thing clear to you all first," Gu Ran said, "The practice of turning living people into dead servants can no longer be continued, so don't even think about that path."

Herzog's Deadpools were all human before they became Deadpools. They were trafficked from South America and Southeast Asia, forced to take evolution drugs, and turned into Deadpools. Herzog then made these Deadpools mate, impregnating the female Deadpools to obtain Deadpool fetal blood serum...

Such experiments are extremely inhumane, involve multiple crimes in the surface world, and violate the Abrahamic Bloodline Pact in the underworld. If the Secret Party discovers them, they will be hunted down to death.

Now that Herzog's Deadpool breeding farm has been completely cleared out, there is no longer a source of Deadpool fetal blood serum.

Gu Ran declared the principle to everyone: continuing to use living people to create Dead Servants is absolutely unacceptable.

"What if those people willingly degenerate into death servants?" Genji asked cautiously.

Gu Ran understood his meaning: to capture those self-degrading servants alive and use them for breeding to produce fetal blood.

“I don’t object to that. Although it violates the Abrahamic bloodline covenant, it’s their own depravity and they haven’t harmed anyone else. But… Deadpool’s unborn child also needs ten months of pregnancy, right? Is there enough time?”

Gu Ran asked a crucial question.

Genjiro and Genjiro exchanged a glance, and then shook their heads slightly together.

"Does it...do we really have to use human fetuses?" Lu Mingfei asked cautiously at this moment. "What about animals? Like monkeys, gorillas, or pigs? Their gestation periods are shorter, so there should be enough time."

Genji frowned slightly and said, "Humans become Deadpools, while animals become dragon subspecies. Their fetal blood should also be viable, but can it be used on humans? Will there be any side effects? We still need to conduct human experiments to draw a conclusion."

This brings us back to the principle Gu Ran initially stated: no more human experimentation.

The situation has once again reached a stalemate.

"Gu Ran, isn't your mother an alchemy master? I heard she can also refine pills," Lu Mingfei asked Gu Ran.

"I collected Erii's blood before and took it back for her to study. She could only say that she did her best and wasn't entirely confident, but she did have some ideas."

Gu Ran explained to everyone that when Zhang Qiong was captured by the Zhang family of Nanyang, it was because the Zhang family of Nanyang hoped that she could refine a pill that could suppress the boiling of dragon blood.

Although she didn't help the Zhang family in Nanyang, she did have some ideas during the time she was in self-imposed seclusion, but she couldn't guarantee how successful she was.

“How about… loosening the rules a bit?” Yuan Zhinü was the former leader of the Demon Clan, and she was somewhat unscrupulous in her methods. “We use animals to create dragon subspecies, control them to mate and produce fetuses, and then use the resulting fetal blood to test its usability on death row inmates.”

"What if they can't be used?" Genji asked his younger brother. "Will we have to use someone again?"

Yuan Zhisheng meant that principles should not be relaxed. Once relaxed, principles and bottom lines will become lower and lower until there are no principles and no bottom lines.

Yuan Zhinu stared at him: "Brother, is the justice in your heart more important, or your family?"

Yuan Zhisheng was stunned.

It's that damn multiple-choice question again!

He was troubled by this choice back then, which led him to kill Genjiro. Now that they have finally reunited and made up, he has to face this choice again.

It was as if fate was playing a cruel joke on Genji, constantly torturing him with the same question.

The entire private room fell silent. Erii and Sakura had been listening intently to what was happening, while only Xiaolianhua seemed a little confused. However, she could sense the tense atmosphere from the air and obediently remained silent, quietly shuffling the cards to the side.

Erii wrote a sentence in her notebook and showed it to Sakura: "Did I make things difficult for my two older brothers?"

Sakura patted Erii's hand and said softly, "No, you didn't do anything wrong."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the men not far away.

Both brothers were emperors, both were monsters, and even if Sakura's voice was very low, Genjiro and Genjiro could hear it.

Seeing that the two brothers had finally reunited and made up, and not wanting them to turn against each other again, Lu Mingfei tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, we're not in a desperate situation yet. There should be other ways."

Chapter 529 Dragon Blood Baptism

Lu Mingfei looked at Gu Ran and asked, "Since you called us here, you must have a reason, right?"

Yuan Zhisheng and Yuan Zhinu were both startled and immediately looked at Gu Ran.

Yes, since he took the initiative to call them over, he must have a new idea.

Gu Ran met their gazes and said, "I do have a solution that will solve everything once and for all, but... it's a bit unrealistic. However, once this solution is implemented, Erii will no longer need to rely on serum injections to sustain her life!"

As soon as Gu Ran finished speaking, everyone's eyes and gazes turned to him, even Erii listened intently.

"Tell me quickly!" Lu Mingfei urged.

Gu Ran picked up his teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Have you heard the story of Siegfried?"

Yuan Zhisheng and Lu Mingfei nodded at the same time. They were studying dragon history at Kassel College, so they naturally learned Norse mythology as well. Siegfried was a character in Norse mythology.

Legend has it that Siegfried was a hero who became famous for slaying dragons. After killing the dragon, he bathed in its blood and gained an invulnerable body. However, while bathing, a leaf fell on his shoulder and was not soaked in the dragon's blood, making that spot his only fatal weakness. He eventually died because of this weakness.

There is a similar story in Greek mythology, namely the Achilles' heel.

Achilles, the hero in Homer's epics, was the son of the mortal hero Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis.

After Achilles was born, the couple doted on him. A prophecy foretold that Achilles would grow up to be a great hero, participate in the Trojan War, and that Troy would fall, but Achilles would also die in battle.

To make her son invulnerable, the mother Thetis dipped young Achilles upside down into the River Styx, whose waters were believed to grant invulnerability. However, because the Styx's current was swift, Thetis held onto Achilles' heel tightly, and the exposed heel became his most vulnerable spot, his Achilles' Achilles' Achilles' heel.

Finally, Achilles was killed in battle when Paris shot him in the heel with an arrow.

The invulnerability to swords and spears and the fatal weakness in martial arts novels are all inspired by these two mythological stories.

"What does this story have to do with Erii?" Genji asked Gu Ran with a puzzled look after listening to her brother's explanation.

Gu Ran said, "The story of Siegfried is about being baptized in the blood of dragons. It is said that some people can rewrite their bloodline through a special ritual."

"Rewrite bloodline?" Everyone present was stunned. It's not that the bloodline of a hybrid can't be rewritten, but the result of rewriting it can only be becoming Deadpool.

The White King's bloodline is even more dangerous; if the bloodline goes out of control, it will turn into a 'ghost'.

But now Gu Ran means that it's simply a pipe dream that someone can stabilize an out-of-control bloodline!

"That's a bit... ridiculous," Lu Mingfei said weakly.

"It's actually quite reasonable," Gu Ran said calmly. "The Deadpool's fetal blood that Erii injected is an active substance, but because of the filtration of the fetal blood, the toxicity is reduced to a minimum."

He went on to explain: "As we all know, dragon blood is also a highly active substance, especially the blood of the Dragon King. Of course, in most cases, dragon blood is extremely poisonous, except in one situation... ah, no, let me correct me, it should be two situations."

"There are two situations where dragon blood is low in toxicity and highly active. One is the baptism of dragon blood, and it must be the baptism of the dragon king's blood. The other is... the 'golden elixir' in Herzog's experiment."

After Gu Ran finished speaking, everyone fell silent again.

A baptism of dragon blood requires the blood of the Dragon King, which is almost impossible. Where in the world are there so many Dragon Kings? And even if you could find one, would he willingly perform the baptism for you?

As for the second point... that's also unreliable. The Golden Elixir is the blood of dragons during their metamorphosis. At this time, the blood has the highest activity and the lowest toxicity. That's how Herzog transformed and gained the authority of the White King. Such a thing is even rarer...

"Both of these methods can solve Erii's unstable bloodline problem once and for all, especially the former. If we know someone as powerful as the Dragon King, and he helps with the dragon blood baptism, perhaps we can stabilize Erii's bloodline."

Gu Ran then looked at everyone and said, "So, do any of you know any Dragon Kings? Perhaps we could go and negotiate with him."

Yuan Zhisheng and Yuan Zhinu laughed out loud, speechless. How could they possibly know the Dragon King?

Only Lu Mingfei seemed to be deep in thought. He suddenly looked at Gu Ran and stared at him for a long time before finally realizing that these words were meant for him.

Although Lu Mingze was in charge of the battle in the 'Battle of Ten Thousand Armies', Lu Mingfei still had some vague memories. He knew that Gu Ran had participated in that battle, and therefore Gu Ran had seen his appearance after he transformed into a dragon.

“These are the two solutions I came up with,” Gu Ran said, “but neither seems reliable.”

There was another moment of silence. After a long while, Yuan Zhisheng rallied and said, "No matter what, I still want to thank you. Thank you for your trouble."

Yuan Zhisheng bowed to Gu Ran in thanks.

“Lift your head up, no need to thank me, we’re all friends,” Gu Ran smiled, but then sighed and stood up. “Let’s all think of another way, keep in touch, and let’s just get together here for today.”

"Little Lotus, we should go."

"Oh!"

Xiao Lianhua obediently took Gu Ran's hand, and then said goodbye to everyone.

"Brother, where are we staying tonight?"

"I booked a hotel with huge floor-to-ceiling windows that offer a view of the Sky Tree!"

"Wow, that's great! I'm going to take a picture and show it off to my friends when I get back!"

"Okay, I'll take a picture for you in a bit."

Gu Ran and Xiao Lianhua got into the Cayenne and drove towards the hotel.

Erii's problem cannot be solved overnight. In fact, he had another piece of information in his mind, which was the 'panacea'.

The term "panacea" is used in alchemy, but in the Taoist alchemical system, it has an even more mysterious name: "golden elixir."

The so-called 'Golden Elixir' is actually dragon blood serum, which can change a person's bloodline and cure all human diseases. However, the problem in Erii's body is not a bloodline issue, but rather the toxicity of dragon blood contamination. Whether the serum can detoxify her is unknown.

This venom is etched into the flesh and blood. Even though Gu Ran used the technique of extracting the poison to temporarily remove some of the toxins, it was only a temporary solution and not a cure.

Overall, it's still quite a headache.

But he couldn't just ignore Erii and let her die. He went through a lot of trouble to set a trap and rescue her, preventing her from becoming Herzog's 'Golden Elixir'.

How can we let her die like this? She hasn't seen all of this interesting world yet. If she dies like this, she'll be very sad.

We can't let such an innocent girl die so foolishly.

……

Lu Mingfei handed Erii over to the Genji brothers and left. Tonight was their last night together, and tomorrow he would have to return to Kassel College with Gu Ran.

Erii was a little reluctant to part. She talked to Lu Mingfei for a long time in her notebook, trying to confirm the time and place of their next meeting, down to the minute and second of local time. If they didn't meet, she would go to America to find Lu Mingfei...

It can be seen that Erii is actually a very controlling person. Although she listens to Lu Mingfei, she also requires Lu Mingfei to contact her every so often and share some daily things with her.

Finally, Lu Mingfei managed to coax her back and promised to see her during summer vacation.

After saying goodbye to Erii, Lu Mingfei returned to the hotel, lay on the bed, and met with his younger brother, Lu Mingze.

“My dear brother, to be honest, I took a quarter of your life without doing much work in the White King incident. I feel a little guilty about it. So I really want to help you with the little mute girl's matter, but... I'm sorry, brother, I can't help Erii with the dragon blood baptism right now.”

"So, you did indeed perform dragon blood baptism on someone, and you succeeded?"

"Hmm... I can't tell you this information."

"Then why can't you undergo the Dragon Blood Baptism now?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“I told Herzog before that he has the power of a dragon but not the heart of a dragon, while I have the heart of a dragon but not the body of a dragon,” Lu Mingze said. “Brother, you know yourself that you are a good-for-nothing, so I cannot use your body to perform a dragon blood baptism on others. Temporarily improving one’s bloodline is possible, but permanently changing one’s bloodline… I really can’t do that.”

"How can you do that?"

“You can give me a quarter of your life, give me your whole life, and we will become one.”

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, but finally spat out a "pui".