Chapter 484: I'm Just a Child
Currently, Yang Haoran has a lot of souls in his possession, but he is not planning to use all of them to refine soul pills. Many of the souls are just ordinary undead, and they have committed some mistakes in their previous lives, but not to the extent of being unforgivable. If he were to use them to refine soul pills, their souls would be completely dispersed.
For this type of soul, Yang Haoran does not want to use them to refine soul pills. The reason behind his decision is not because he is worried that his actions are too sinful, but because he cannot bring himself to do it.
For this type of soul, he has decided to send them in batches to the Underworld.
There are also some evil spirits, and he has made a selection based on the situation. Those that he thinks should be kept, he will keep them to refine soul pills, and those that he thinks are unnecessary, he will also send them to the Underworld.
As for how the Underworld will handle them after they are sent there, that is not within his consideration, as he does not have the ability to manage such matters.
The evil spirits and malevolent spirits that were formed innately have endured too much inhumane torture in their previous lives, which is why they became evil spirits and malevolent spirits after death. Yang Haoran's selection only targets these types of spirits.
As for the evil spirits and malevolent spirits that have progressed from the later stages, they will naturally all become the materials for him to refine soul pills, without exception.
Yang Haoran has a large number of undead and evil spirits, and Deng Feng's contribution is indispensable.
However, whether it is the souls he has collected himself or the ones he obtained from Deng Feng, he has already sorted and classified all of them. The soul gathering bead he is currently taking out contains the souls that will be used to refine soul pills.
They will be chosen by Yang Haoran to become the materials for refining soul pills, instead of being sent to the Underworld, which only means that they are truly exceptional.
With a wave of his hand, a soul thread was forcibly extracted from the soul gathering bead by Yang Haoran. The moment the soul thread was separated from the soul gathering bead, it immediately transformed into a mass of Yin Qi, trying to escape.
Yang Haoran smiled, and without any visible movement, a black chain suddenly shot out from the soul-refining cauldron.
The chain was only as thick as a little finger when it shot out of the soul-refining cauldron, but it grew thicker as it extended. When it became as thick as an adult's arm, it stopped growing.
The chain moved quickly, and the Yin Qi that the soul thread had transformed into had just started to rush out when the chain from the soul-refining cauldron wrapped it up tightly.
A man's angry roar came from the Yin Qi, but his voice sounded a bit young, indicating that he was not very old when he died.
As the roar sounded, the Yin Qi struggled violently, seemingly wanting to break free from the chain.
However, unfortunately, his struggle not only did not have any effect, but the more he struggled, the tighter the chain wrapped around him.
Finally, with a curse, the Yin Qi transformed into a young man.
The young man had a ferocious expression and a fierce appearance. Even though he was bound by the chain, he did not become obedient.
"Do you know who I am? You dare to do this to me! Those teachers at school don't even dare to..."
Slap!
Before the young man could finish his words, he was slapped across the face by Yang Haoran from a distance, a harsh blow.
Yang Haoran's slap was formed by condensing Yin spirit power, so even though the young man no longer had a physical body, he was still hit hard by the slap.
After being slapped harshly by Yang Haoran, the young man not only did not show any restraint, but became even angrier.
"Damn it! How dare you hit me! The guy who hit me last time is now buried under the weeds..."
Slap!
Another crisp sound, and Yang Haoran slapped the young man's face again, this time with more force, directly tearing half of his face.
"You assaulted a female classmate at school, but because of your young age, the laws of the New Genesis World could not punish you. Your mother slapped you because of this, but you stabbed her dozens of times while she was asleep. You tried to move her body out of the stairwell, but you fell down the stairs and were killed by your own knife. I know all about your story, so you don't need to pretend in front of me." This chapter was uploaded by the team at M|VLEMPYR.
Yang Haoran spoke calmly, and as he spoke, the young man's face that had been torn by the slap was restored to normal.
The young man's face showed no remorse at all, but rather a sense of pride, as if he was extremely proud of his own actions.
"If you don't want me to stab you dozens of times, you'd better let me go right now!" The young man challenged defiantly, with a look of wanting to devour someone.
"Sigh, how pitiful. You've already died once, but you still don't know your place. Not everyone is your parent, and they won't indulge you in everything."
As the words fell, the chain began to retract, with a rustling sound, forcibly dragging the young man's soul body towards the soul-refining cauldron.
"You bastard! What do you want to do to me?!"
The young man's mouth continued to spew curses, but Yang Haoran had no intention of indulging him. He slapped him again, this time even harder, directly shattering the young man's entire head.
The shattered head of the young man reformed, and Yang Haoran's hand became heavier and heavier with each slap, causing the young man to let out a miserable howl.
To be honest, he was now truly afraid. Yang Haoran was much more violent than he had imagined, and he was worried that the next slap would directly shatter his soul body.
However, the next scene made his fear double. As the chain quickly retracted into the soul-refining cauldron, his soul body also drew closer to the cauldron.
The moment his soul body touched the soul-refining cauldron, a strange force immediately enveloped him. His feet twisted and shrank to the size of a little finger, being forcibly sucked into the soul-refining cauldron.
As his feet were sucked into the cauldron, his lower body quickly followed, also shrinking to the size of a little finger.
The young man was truly terrified now. He knew that if this continued, his entire body would be sucked into the cauldron, and although he did not know what the cauldron was used for, he knew that once he was completely absorbed into the soul-refining cauldron, his fate would be extremely tragic.
This guess has no basis, it is just his intuition, but he believes his intuition will not be wrong.
What he once considered to be ferocious has now become a joke. The one who only bullies the weak and causes trouble within his own group is no match for Yang Haoran, a true ruthless person.
The ferocious and domineering look on his face has disappeared, replaced by panic, helplessness, and deep fear of the unknown fate that awaits him.
"I was wrong! Uncle, I was wrong! Please spare me! I'm just a foolish child! Please let me..."
Yang Haoran completely ignored the young man. He had no intention of sparing him. Since he had decided to use the young man's soul as the material for refining soul pills, nothing the young man said or did could change his decision, as it was a decision made after careful consideration.
The young man's soul was forcibly drawn into the soul-refining cauldron. If one were to look from top to bottom into the cauldron, they would clearly see a tiny figure, no bigger than a finger, frantically struggling inside. However, the figure was bound by a circle of chains, firmly fixing it at the bottom of the soul-refining cauldron, so no matter how violently it struggled, it could not break free from the bindings.
The young man's cries of anguish continuously echoed from within the soul-refining cauldron, filled with terror. However, these heart-wrenching cries did not move Yang Haoran, but instead added an eerie and gloomy atmosphere to the study room.
Although the young man was fierce, he was ultimately just an undead, and the power of an undead is limited. It is not realistic for a single undead to refine a soul pill, so Yang Haoran needs to put more undead into the soul-refining cauldron.
To be precise, what Yang Haoran is refining is not a soul pill, but a soul crystal.
However, successfully refining a soul crystal is extremely difficult, with a very low success rate. In most cases, the result is not a soul crystal, but a soul pill, which is essentially a failed attempt at refining a soul crystal.
It is precisely because refining a soul crystal is so difficult that Yang Haoran never even considered being able to refine one. His requirements are not high, and he is satisfied as long as he can obtain the desired amount of soul pills each time.
Although the soul pill is a byproduct of a failed attempt at refining a soul crystal, it is still a good outcome. If the refinement is a complete failure, then he would get nothing, which would be the worst result.
Since he never even considered the possibility of refining a soul crystal, Yang Haoran simply refers to his current refinement process as the refining of soul pills.
Considering the worst-case scenario, for his first attempt at refining soul pills, Yang Haoran does not plan to use evil spirits or malevolent spirits as materials. He has chosen undead as the materials, so that even if the materials are wasted, he won't feel too heartbroken.
Only when his proficiency in this area has truly improved, or when the undead have been exhausted, will he use the evil spirits and malevolent spirits in his possession.
With a wave of his hand, another soul thread was forcibly extracted from the soul gathering bead. Unlike the previous young man, this soul thread transformed into a middle-aged burly man upon being extracted, who immediately charged towards the cross-legged Yang Haoran below, with a fierce expression, as if he wanted to swallow Yang Haoran whole.
Regarding this fellow, Yang Haoran found it somewhat amusing. Even if he were just an ordinary person, this man would not have the ability to swallow him, at most he could only try to scare him.
Compared to the previous young man, the Burly Man in front of him was indeed a ruthless person, but his brain was not quite functioning properly.
Although the Burly Man was different from the young man, Yang Haoran's attitude towards him was the same as his attitude towards the young man. Facing the fierce charge of the Burly Man, he simply slapped him across the face.