Realm of the Night God

After leaving the Zhang family, Yang Haoran arrived at Xu Meijing's private residence in Ancheng.

Xu Meijing's grandmother originally lived with Xu Meijing, but this time Yang Haoran didn't see Xu Meijing's grandmother. After asking Xu Meijing, he learned that her grandmother had passed away.

However, Xu Meijing didn't keep her grandmother's soul, but instead sent it to the underworld to be reincarnated.

Xu Meijing had a very good relationship with her grandmother, which Yang Haoran was aware of. As for why Xu Meijing didn't keep her grandmother's soul, but instead sent it to the underworld, Yang Haoran had heard Xu Meijing mention it before - she didn't want her grandmother to enter this circle.

Now that Xu Meijing's grandmother had been reincarnated, Yang Haoran asked about it again and learned that it wasn't because Xu Meijing didn't want her grandmother to enter this circle, but because her grandmother didn't want to enter it herself.

Regarding this matter, no matter what decision Xu Meijing made, he would support her, because everyone's choices are different, and you can't force your own desires on your loved ones. This would only make them uncomfortable.

After learning that Xu Meijing's grandmother had been reincarnated, he didn't bring it up again and instead took out two soul gathering beads and a pile of miscellaneous items from his independent space.

Xu Meijing looked at the things Yang Haoran took out, her face showing confusion.

Yang Haoran saw the confusion on Xu Meijing's face, smiled slightly, and then explained.

These spoils of war included mystical artifacts used by others during the battle, various collections from Zhang Changchun's independent space, and the souls of Zhang Changchun and his son.

Yang Haoran didn't know the value of the collections in Zhang Changchun's independent space, as he hadn't checked them one by one, so he wasn't very clear about their value.

However, he had a rough idea of the value of the other items. For example, the Soul Suppression Tower, a treasured artifact of the Zhang family, and the formation flag that could trap and release Holy Light, as well as other mystical artifacts used by the dead, were all good treasures.

Especially Zhang Changchun's father's soul, which was the most valuable, as he was a ghost close to the Ghost King level. For Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing, who were Underworld Envoys, the value of such a ghost was immeasurable.

Although Yang Haoran hadn't had a chance to check the collections in Zhang Changchun's independent space, he estimated that it would be difficult to find treasures that could compare to his father's soul.

"You can handle these things yourself, no need to ask for my opinion."

Xu Meijing's gaze only stopped on one of the soul gathering beads for a few seconds, which was the one containing Zhang Changchun's father's soul. As for the other items, including the soul gathering bead containing Zhang Changchun's soul, she didn't even glance at them.

"Heh, Zhang Changchun's father's soul is indeed a good thing. If..."

Yang Haoran's words were interrupted by Xu Meijing.

"Zhang Changchun's father's soul is indeed very good, but now you need it more than I do, because I've already successfully opened the earth soul, but you haven't. With his soul, you'll definitely be able to open the earth soul without a problem."

Xu Meijing swept her gaze over the other items and continued.

"The other things don't interest me. You can handle them as you like."

Xu Meijing refused very decisively, with a very sufficient reason, but Yang Haoran didn't have the intention of eating alone, so he could only continue to persuade her. However, no matter how he persuaded her, Xu Meijing didn't change her decision.

Yang Haoran was helpless and could only bring these things back to Lecheng, and then categorize them.

Zhang Changchun's father was a ghost close to the Ghost King, and such a powerful ghost made Yang Haoran think of subduing him, making him his servant in the future.

However, he only had such a thought and didn't take it seriously. After considering it briefly, he rejected the idea.

It wasn't that he was in a hurry to refine Zhang Changchun's father into a soul pill. Currently, he still had some soul pills in his hand, and after refining them all, he wouldn't be able to open the earth soul, but it wouldn't be far off.

Moreover, he still had the souls collected by Night Watch, which, although not very powerful, were numerous. After screening them out, he could also refine some soul pills.

The reason he didn't plan to subdue Zhang Changchun's father was that he knew this person wasn't a good seed, and it would be very difficult to truly subdue him. If he only pretended to surrender for the sake of survival, this person would definitely be disloyal and might even turn against him, causing him to lose his life.

Besides, with Tang Shi's current strength, he definitely couldn't control this person, and it would be even more difficult to manage him.

He didn't want to see Tang Shi not only fail to educate this person but also be led astray by him, which would be a huge loss for him. K-e%e-p us g.oing* by re*ading* on M.V_L*EM_+PY@R.!

So, after considering it, he gave up the idea of subduing Zhang Changchun's father and decided to refine him into a soul pill to enhance his own strength.

Of course, Zhang Changchun's soul was also not an exception and was viewed as material for refining soul pills.

In the following days, Yang Haoran stayed in the villa to refine soul pills. Although the outside world was already in chaos, with Master Wu handling various trivial matters, he could completely focus on doing what he wanted.

Right now, he most wanted to refine a batch of soul pills quickly and open the earth soul as soon as possible, following Xu Meijing's pace and entering a new realm.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. In the study room, Yang Haoran sat cross-legged, with the soul-refining cauldron floating in front of him. Above the cauldron, another object was also floating.

This object was a rhombus-shaped crystal, about the size of a thumb, with a completely black color and constantly emitting a rich, pure yin qi.

Yang Haoran's gaze fell on this object, and he was stunned for a moment, unable to react. However, his stunned expression only lasted for an instant, and then he reacted, revealing a surprised and delighted expression.

Just now, he was stunned because he didn't recognize what this object taken out of the soul-refining cauldron was. He was clearly refining soul pills, but what he took out was not the familiar soul pill, but this unfamiliar thing, so he didn't react immediately, and even felt doubtful in his heart.

But then he reacted and guessed what this black, rhombus-shaped crystal was, which was why he showed a surprised and delighted expression.

This black, rhombus-shaped crystal was actually a soul crystal!

Yang Haoran had never refined a soul crystal before and had never seen a real soul crystal. His understanding of soul crystals was limited to records in documents, which was why he didn't recognize it at first.

Moreover, he had never thought he would refine a soul crystal. Since he successfully created the soul-refining cauldron, he had refined many soul pills, but he had never refined a soul crystal.

Initially, he still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that he might refine a soul crystal the next time he refined soul pills. However, as he refined soul pills again and again, the soul crystal never appeared, and this hope gradually faded away until now, when he didn't even dare to hope that he could refine a soul crystal.

Although his current method of refining soul pills was actually the method of refining soul crystals, and soul pills were just the byproduct of failed soul crystal refinement, he had long stopped believing that he could refine a soul crystal.

Because he didn't dare to hope, and didn't think he had such good luck, when the soul crystal was successfully refined, he was stunned, even feeling doubtful about the appearance of the soul crystal, until he reacted and the doubt in his heart disappeared, replaced by surprise.

However, apart from surprise, he still had some difficulty believing it, because this happiness came too suddenly, and his emotions were somewhat agitated. He stretched out his hand to take down the soul crystal and carefully examined it, wanting to confirm whether this soul crystal in front of him was a real soul crystal or a variant produced by refining errors.