Realm of the Night God

For the next half a month, Yang Haoran would give lessons to the three of Tang Shi every day on time, instilling the same ideas to them in various ways, in an attempt to change their thoughts.

At first, the three of them did not take it seriously, and even had some resistance in their hearts. But as time passed day by day, their thoughts gradually changed.

After half a month, Yang Haoran let the three of Tang Shi leave the villa, but they did not leave through the main entrance, but through the back door of the new villa.

The flesh vessels of the three of them had the imprint of the Mountain and River Grand Formation, and the imprints on their bodies were different from the other people in the villa. Their imprints not only allowed them to enter the Mountain and River Grand Formation, but also did not cause any rejection to the restriction barrier that covered the new villa.

Apart from the three of them, Yang Haoran was the only one who had this privilege in the villa, and the others could not enter the newly built villa for the time being.

Raising ghosts is not a small matter, and Yang Haoran not only raised ghosts, but also a considerable number of them. Naturally, the fewer people who knew about this, the better, so he did not want to let others know about the existence of the three of Tang Shi for the time being.

During this half-month period, Ye Zhiqiu returned from an external mission and brought back a malevolent spirit, a demonic pill, and some demon limbs.

The malevolent spirit was a task arranged by Yang Haoran. Since it was snatched on someone else's territory, Ye Zhiqiu had to be very passive, and it took him some time.

After successfully capturing the malevolent spirit, Ye Zhiqiu originally wanted to return to Lecheng to report, but before leaving, he sensed a faint demonic qi. After a few days of tracking, he found a great demon that was absorbing the spirit of the villagers in a village. Ye Zhiqiu decisively took action and after a fierce battle, he successfully slew the target with the powerful force of the four-patterned demonic weapon in his hand.

It was because of this matter that Ye Zhiqiu was away for such a long time.

As for the things Ye Zhiqiu brought back, Yang Haoran only took the malevolent spirit, the materials taken from the demon's body, and the demonic pill. Yang Haoran did not take the other two, as they were still useful to Ye Zhiqiu.

However, after Ye Zhiqiu returned, he was sent out on another mission by Yang Haoran after just two days of rest. Among the four-man team, one person had discovered a malevolent spirit, and another had discovered an evil spirit. These two tasks were naturally given to Ye Zhiqiu.

After Ye Zhiqiu left, the three of Tang Shi also left not long after. Before leaving, Yang Haoran gave each of them a mask, the same as the ones worn by the four-man team.

After seeing off the three of Tang Shi, Master Wu also came to find Yang Haoran.

During this period, Master Wu had selected a new batch of Night Watch members through a rigorous screening process, and the ones left were all the elites that Master Wu considered.

After the screening, Master Wu also trained this new batch for a period of time, and only after confirming that there were no problems, did he come to seek permission from Yang Haoran.

Under Yang Haoran's arrangement, all the newly recruited Night Watch members were gathered in the conference room of the South Lake Death God Temple, where Yang Haoran imprinted the Death Mark Seal on them.

After dealing with this matter, Yang Haoran rested at home for a day, as imprinting the Death Mark Seal had caused him a certain amount of consumption, so he needed to recover. Content presented by MV|LEMP|YR.

A day later, he gave Master Wu some instructions and then left Lecheng.

The purpose of this departure from Lecheng was only one - he was going to seek an Alchemist.

Earlier, he had learned of the whereabouts of an Alchemist from Ma Yuanjin's mouth, and he had wanted to immediately go and find this Alchemist, but considering the urgency of the matter, he had postponed it. He decided to deal with the pressing matters at hand first, and then go and seek this Alchemist.

After all, when Ma Yuanjin told him this information, he had already made it very clear that he could not guarantee whether this Alchemist was still there or not.

So even if he followed the address given by Ma Yuanjin to look for this Alchemist, there was no guarantee that he could find him. Given the uncertainty of this information, he could not have too high of a hope.

Since he knew that this matter could not be counted on too much, he naturally had to deal with the pressing matters at hand first, and then come back to handle this matter, so that he wouldn't have left both ends unfinished.

According to the information provided by Ma Yuanjin, this Alchemist was an old man, older than Yang Haoran by a few years, and he was now at least in his nineties. His residence was in a valley within the territory of Qingshan City.

Qingshan City was a small city, slightly larger than Lecheng, about the same size as Ancheng, but it was different from Lecheng and Ancheng in one aspect - Qingshan City was surrounded by mountains, including the county town, which was built on a large mountain.

The most common trees in the territory of Qingshan City were cypress trees, and it was because of this that Qingshan City was green all year round. The name Qingshan City was also directly related to this reason.

Lecheng and Qingshan City were quite far apart, with several cities in between, but with Yang Haoran's current strength, it was just a matter of tearing a few space rifts to reach Qingshan City.

After entering the territory of Qingshan City, Yang Haoran, based on the information provided by Ma Yuanjin, after a search, confirmed the valley where the Alchemist was located, and descended into this valley.

The valley was lush with vegetation and deserted. As Yang Haoran walked through the valley, apart from occasionally finding some animal footprints, he found nothing else.

There were no human traces, no roads, just dense vegetation and a carpet of withered branches and leaves.

For an ordinary person walking in such a valley, it would be extremely difficult, as they not only had to cut through the thorns, but also had to beware of various poisonous insects. Without any wilderness survival skills, they would be in danger of losing their lives if they came to such a valley. For them, it would be like coming here to become fertilizer.

However, Yang Haoran was not an ordinary person. Although he had no path to walk, he had the full ability to open up a new path.

Along the way, all the thorns in front of him were either cut off by the Yin spirit power or forcibly torn open by the Yin spirit power. He was walking in this valley, and it was no different from walking on a wide road.

Yang Haoran was strolling leisurely in the valley, while using his sensing ability to perceive everything in the valley, hoping to discover something.

This place may seem deserted, but often the naked eye can be deceived, because what the naked eye sees may not be the real situation. If a restriction barrier is set up in a certain part of this valley, then everything inside the restriction would be completely different from what the naked eye sees.

This, Yang Haoran was well aware of, so even though the valley looked deserted, he was still carefully sensing the differences in the valley, hoping to find something.

But to his disappointment, he walked and sensed, but did not find anything.

The fact that he did not find anything does not mean that the Alchemist he was looking for is not in this valley. After all, there are many restriction barriers that can isolate sensing. Without some special means, it is impossible to sense the existence of such restriction barriers through his own sensing ability alone. So he would not deny the possibility of the Alchemist being in this valley just because he did not sense any restriction barrier.

To find out whether the Alchemist is hiding in this valley, the current situation requires determining whether there is a restriction barrier in the valley. If there is a restriction barrier, the Alchemist is very likely to be hiding inside the barrier.

The fastest way to determine if there is a restriction barrier in the valley is to unleash a large-scale attack, bombarding the entire valley. This way, even the most hidden barrier can be blasted out.

However, this approach is very impolite. If he was here to kill someone, it would be fine, but if he was here to seek help from someone, this approach would almost be a failure.

Yang Haoran came here this time not to kill, but to seek help from someone. So using an attacking bombardment on this valley is definitely not an option. Therefore, he decided to use the ghost eye to check if there is a barrier in the valley, but he was not sure if he could get the ideal result.