Versatile Mage: Lord of the Styx, but Lord of the Living

Chapter 142 Thunder Emperor's Crown Soul Seed, Ancient Thunder God!
Ten days later.

The great battle in Hangzhou has finally come to an end!
Lu Ran has been staying at Leng Qing's house in Hangzhou for the past few days.

Leng Qing has been busy with official duties these past few days, so he's been staying alone—no, with Lingling too.
Zhu Meng and Tang Zhong personally visited Lu Ran.

Lingling was still half asleep when she opened the door. She groggily went back to her room and shouted, "Lu Ran, receive the guest!"

Zhu Meng was stunned, almost thinking he had gone to the wrong door, and subconsciously looked at Tang Zhong.

Tang Zhongze's lips twitched. It seemed that Leng Qing and Lu Ran's relationship was much better than he had thought!
He knew Lingling, of course, but he didn't expect that Leng Qing would let a little girl like Lingling live alone with Lu Ran.

It seems the process of promoting Leng Qing needs to be accelerated!
Tang Zhong gave a brief explanation, and Zhu Meng nodded.

Afterwards, Lu Ran also exited his meditative state, came out of the room, and invited the two of them inside.

As soon as Zhu Meng entered the room, he went straight to the point with a smile:

"Lu Ran, here are the resources I promised you. Take a look!"

As he spoke, Zhu Meng took out a bracelet that shimmered with silver light; it was clearly a spatial artifact.

Lu Ran wasn't in a hurry. He first invited the two to sit down, made them a cup of tea, and then took the storage ring filled with resources.

This resource was a verbal promise made by Tang Zhong and others to him in gratitude after the war.

It wasn't that Lu Ran was seeking a reward.

Rather, this enormous resource already has a share of its own.

Outside the western fortress, there are countless corpses of White Demon Eagles; those are all pure cash!

Lu Ran summoned undead in the air and killed at least 10,000 White Demon Eagles, all of which Tang Zhong and Zhu Meng witnessed.

Although they didn't know how Lu Ran did it, they were certain that Lu Ran paid a heavy price!

That day, countless undead fell from the sky, and people believed it was a move by a necromancer that drained his life essence!

Therefore, this resource is more of a compensation than a reward!
The smiles on Zhu Meng and Tang Zhong's faces were kind and benevolent, clearly showing their confidence in this resource.

Lu Ran raised an eyebrow, suddenly becoming somewhat curious.

As Lu Ran scanned the spatial ring with his mental energy, a trace of horror flashed through his heart!
Seeing Lu Ran's unusual expression, Zhu Meng and Tang Zhong exchanged a glance, becoming even more smug, and asked with smiles:

"Councilor Lu Ran, are you satisfied with these resources?"

Lu Ran glanced at the two of them, a smile playing on his lips, and said:
"Thank you both for the expense."

"A water-type soul seed, a lightning-type soul seed, and nearly a billion resources—such a gesture is really beyond my means!"

Lu Ran immediately noticed that there were two very eye-catching special containers in the spatial bracelet.

The vessel contained a soul seed with extremely high elemental level and power!
One is a water-type soul seed that is azure blue and flows in water, while the other is a lightning-type soul seed that is deep black and as thick as an arm, surrounded by black lightning!
Even just by using mental energy to probe through the vessel, one can feel the immense power of the elemental energy within!

Clearly, these two soul seeds are of a very high grade; they are not ordinary items!
Compared to these two top-grade soul seeds, the ten billion resources seem rather insignificant!

After all, Lu Ran already had several billion in his bank account!

The resources previously obtained from Lu Nian and Luo Mian's spatial rings, as well as the huge sum of money compensated by the Magic Court, are now useless!

Before coming to Hangzhou, Lu Ran had been asking around about water and lightning-type soul seeds. Although soul seeds often appeared at international auctions, there were very few that were suitable for him.

After all, what Lu Ran sought had to be a top-grade soul seed!
Moreover, it must be a field that matches oneself.

Once these top-grade soul seeds are on the market, they are snapped up by various forces, and demand exceeds supply.

Even if Lu Ran were willing to spend more money, it would be difficult to obtain a top-grade soul seed.

The soul seeds that Zhu Meng and Tang Zhong had offered up were of the required quality in terms of elemental energy, but Lu Ran wondered if this domain was suitable for him. With that thought in mind, Lu Ran looked up at the two of them again.

Zhu Meng and Tang Zhong were both shrewd people. They exchanged a glance and smiled to themselves.

They knew that Lu Ran was very satisfied with this gift when he was deep in thought earlier!

With these two soul seeds, I can say that I have truly established a friendship with Lu Ran!

Tang Zhong first coughed lightly and said:

"Lu Ran, this resource didn't just come from us!"

"This is to thank you for your contributions to Hangzhou; it's a gift from all the people of Hangzhou."

Lu Ran smiled and nodded, knowing that it was just a polite remark.

Next, Zhu Meng began to introduce the two soul seeds:
"This lightning-type soul seed is called the Crown of the Thunder Emperor. When a lightning mage fuses with it, the lightning magic of the soul seed will be six times stronger than that of ordinary lightning!"

Lu Ran was taken aback, intimidated by the name of the Thunder Soul Seed.

The Crown of the Thunder Emperor?

A mere soul seed dares to claim the title of emperor?

Where would this place the Thunder-type Celestial Seed?

Lu Ran had anticipated the six-fold increase in power; this was already the limit of the Soul Seed.

But in the field.
With a hint of confusion in his eyes, Lu Ran raised an eyebrow.

Zhu Meng chuckled, having become the riddle master, leaving Lu Ran stumped.

Fortunately, Tang Zhong, who was standing nearby, chimed in:

"The code name for this Thunder Soul Seed is indeed a bit exaggerated, but it is definitely related to its domain!"

Lu Ran's eyes lit up, and he waited for what was to come.

"This Thunder Emperor's Crown possesses a domain called Thunderlord! That's right, the Thunderlord you're thinking of!"

Lu Ran was startled!
Lei Si?

Aren't those ancient elemental beings from the Summoning Plane, the Tower of a Thousand Races of Elves?

In the original work, Mo Fan, who had reached the high level of spiritual power with the help of the Black Dragon Helmet, summoned a Lei Si to come to the magic plane to help him. At that time, the Lei Si that Mo Fan summoned was a mid-level monarch!
This soul seed was actually related to Lei Si, which puzzled Lu Ran even more.

"Could it be that this soul seed can summon Monarch Lei Si?"

Upon hearing Lu Ran's words, Tang Zhong's lips twitched, and he shook his head sullenly, but then nodded.

"Uh, what you're summoning is a phantom of Lei Si. While not at the monarch level, it's definitely among the best of the commanders. It depends on your lightning cultivation level."

Tang Zhong gave a brief explanation, and Lu Ran understood.

This Thunder Emperor Crown Soul Seed was found in an ancient ruin, where a legend about Thunder God was recorded on a stone slab.

The domain of this Thunder Emperor's Crown Soul Seed is to summon the phantom of an ancient elemental being—Leisi—to assist in the battle!

Don't be fooled by its phantom appearance; it is an ancient elemental being, and its strength is far beyond that of ordinary lightning-attribute demons. It possesses many of the unique skills of the monarch, the Thunder God.

Moreover, if the Thunder Emperor's Crown is fused with it, in addition to summoning Thunder God to assist in battle...

Lu Ran's thunder will also possess some of the killing power unique to Lei Si.

The value of this Soul Seed is absolutely top-tier!
(End of this chapter)