After Luo Zhen and the others left, Ryan quickly got up to clean up, and ten minutes later he was already sitting at the dinner table.

Because he hadn't eaten for three days, he was really hungry. After a hearty meal, Ryan began to talk to Mr. Luo Zhen about the details of making dolls that day. But before chatting, Luo Zhen first called out the puppet hiding behind him.

"Didn't you keep asking your brother why he didn't wake up the other day, and why was he so concerned about him at the time, why is he shy now?"

As soon as he said this, the little puppet walked out from behind Luo Zhen, and then gave Ryan a very ladylike skirt salute and said, "Rose Crystal has seen my brother." ”

"Rose Crystal?" Ryan asked, a little puzzled.

"Yes, a child must be born with a name. You've fallen asleep, and we'll have to come up with the name. The name that first came to Alice's mind. Luo Zhen responded. "Don't you think it's good?"

"I think it's very good. Ryan thought about the name of Xiao Zi that came to mind when he saw the doll, and felt that this was not something that he could do with a name like himself, and it was better to use Alice's name. Although from this name Ryan felt the power of the will of the world.

Of course, what made Ryan breathe a sigh of relief the most was that the puppet called him his brother instead of his father, after all, a single father is really a very hard role, and he is not already married like Luo Zhen, and he is not ready to be single with a daughter for the time being.

After feeling Ryan's heartfelt affection, the doll called Rose Crystal walked over and sat on his shoulder, and then held Ryan's head and listened quietly to the conversation between the two.

"By the way, there's something important for you. Each person can only make a maximum of seven of these dolls, because our souls can be split up to seven times in making dolls, and if we continue to split, all the dolls will lose their minds. Luo Zhen admonished Ryan with a straight face.

"Seven times?" Ryan suddenly remembered something very important. "Why does this sound so much like Voldemort's Horcrux?" because in the original text, if Harry is counted, Voldemort made a total of seven Horcruxes and split souls seven times. Although Ryan hadn't seen much of the work of the Rose Maiden, he also knew that Luo Zhen had made seven dolls in the end. What do these two things have in common? Is it just a coincidence?

"Horcrux, what is that?" Luo Zhen asked curiously, as he hadn't heard of this thing before. Ryan explained it for a while, and then said. "I think I know what it is, it's very similar to a magic that originated in ancient Egypt. You know the mummy, right?"

Ryan nodded, mummies are important supporting roles and even protagonists in a large number of literature, film and television works. He naturally knew such a famous thing.

"In fact, mummies originated from one of the earliest ways to escape death, when someone invented a way to cut off a small piece of one's soul to make a life box and keep it in a safe place, so that he could be reborn when his life was in danger. And the Horcrux you're talking about is very similar to this life box. Teacher Luo Zhen explained.

"In the magical interpretation, the method of making a mummy, taking out the stomach, intestines, liver, and lungs and putting them in a separate jar but leaving the heart is actually a metaphor for cutting off a part of your soul when making a life box, but you must remember that only the soul in your body is the most important, and you must not put the cart before the horse. However, over time, ordinary people who were unable to master magic were also given this method, but they only did it literally, and as a result, this method became world-famous as a method of preserving corpses. ”

"If the cultural backgrounds of our two worlds are not very different, the Lord Voldemort you said about making a Horcrux is actually splitting souls to make a life box. ”

"But what is it that Voldemort said that making a Horcrux would keep him away from death. Ryan further asked, as there wasn't a single book at Hogwarts about Horcruxes. So since Teacher Luo Zhen talked about something similar, he wanted to ask clearly, so that he could use it to understand what the Horcrux was all about from the side.

"Quite simply, on the one hand, it is very difficult to die no matter what kind of fatal damage you receive when you have a life box. On the other hand, each life box will provide the owner with a lifespan equal to the original body lifespan. If the person you're talking about made seven Horcruxes, it means that he has eight times the normal lifespan. You must know that even for a person who has mastered extraordinary powers, it is very long to live for nearly 1,000 years. Of course, this is the conclusion reached in my world, but according to my observation of you, your world should be about the same. But if you can get a sample of a Horcrux, I'll be able to do a specific analysis. ”

Luo Zhen continued after analyzing Voldemort's Horcruxes. "But as if the rules of the world were restricted, no matter how powerful an extraordinary person was, he could only split his soul up to seven times. According to the records of making the life box, once the self-consciousness of the person exceeds this number, it will disappear, and even if the soul still exists at this time, he is not him at that time. ”

Speaking of which, Luo Zhen paused and admonished.

"Not only that, but separating the soul when we make dolls is just the equivalent of cutting nails and hair. It's all recoverable, and even if it happens too often, it will only affect our creation, not us. Hearing this, Ryan felt Rose Crystal's strength to hold his head suddenly a little stronger. However, Luo Zhen didn't notice this scene and continued.

"But if you want to save your life and cut your soul, on the one hand, the danger and complexity are far beyond our method of making dolls, and on the other hand, you need to cut your own soul body, which is equivalent to the amputation of ordinary people. And it can also cause some irreversible problems in the damaged soul. On top of that, the immortality brought about by this method is actually achieved by consuming the power of the soul body. will cause their souls to disappear completely. And the disappearance of the soul is actually extremely dangerous and terrible for the transcendent, even worse than death itself. ”

"But I can't be entirely sure what your world's Horcruxes are all about, unless you can show me a sample. Speaking of which, Luo Zhen looked at Ryan with a curious look.

"I think I know where a Horcrux is, and I'll get it for you when I'm free. Said to Teacher Luo Zhen.

"Rest assured, I'm just researching. I would never use such a stupid way to hurt my soul. After all, the top of alchemy can naturally obtain eternal life. Luo Zhen solemnly assured after listening to Ryan's answer.

Ryan remembered Dumbledore's quote from the original text: "Death is nothing but a great adventure." It seems that the damage to the soul caused by the Horcrux is far more serious than he thought. After all, even a great professor like Teacher Luo Zhen, an alchemist who can touch the origin of the world, and Headmaster Dumbledore, have pointed out the importance of souls, so there must be something big wrong with wantonly cutting souls.

"Well, that's all I have to say to you. You must pay attention to the importance of the soul in the rest of your life. After saying that, Luo Zhen stood up, and when he walked to the door, he turned back and said, "In order to celebrate the new members, I decided to hold a banquet for Rose Crystal in the evening. ”

"Thank you, teacher!" At this time, Ryan also stood up and sent Luo Zhen away.

Everyone had a great time that night. Three days later, when Ryan felt that the wound on his soul had been completely healed. He said goodbye to Teacher Luo Zhen and his daughters, and returned to the Wanjie Grocery Store with the Rose Crystal.