Chapter 789: Escapade
Yang Haoran's excited heart and trembling hands were a rare sight, even for someone as calm as him.
After careful examination, he confirmed that the item he had refined was indeed a soul crystal, without a doubt.
Whether it was the appearance, the pure yin qi it emitted, or the powerful pure yin qi contained within, everything proved that it was a genuine soul crystal!
With his heart still racing, Yang Haoran applied a Sealing Technique to the soul crystal. With this technique in place, the soul crystal would no longer emit pure yin qi, ensuring that it wouldn't lose its potency over time.
Once he was certain that the Sealing Technique was effective, he carefully placed the soul crystal in a delicate wooden box and stored it in his independent space.
After completing these tasks, he lit a cigarette and took a deep drag, but his emotions remained unsettled for a long time.
The reason for his extreme emotional fluctuations was that the soul crystal was simply too precious. As an Underworld Envoy, the value of a soul crystal was immense, and its worth could be described as terrifying. A single soul crystal contained pure yin qi equivalent to that of a hundred soul pills.
From this, it was clear how valuable a soul crystal was to him.
For other Underworld Envoys, the value of a soul crystal was even more astonishing, as not every Underworld Envoy possessed a soul-refining cauldron, which was necessary to refine soul pills or soul crystals. They had to exchange for soul pills in the underworld, making them extremely precious, and soul crystals even more so.
After finishing his cigarette, Yang Haoran's excitement gradually subsided, and he began to ponder why he had never refined a soul crystal before, and why he had succeeded this time.
He wondered if it was due to a problem with his technique or process, but he soon dismissed this idea, as he had followed the same method and process as before.
Each time he refined a soul pill, it would consume a significant amount of soul, so to minimize the risk of failure, he had always followed the techniques and processes he had learned, without daring to try new approaches. He couldn't afford to fail, nor could he afford to experiment.
Therefore, he believed that his technique and process had no relation to the successful refinement of the soul crystal this time.
Aside from his technique and process, he thought of another possibility - the materials used to refine the soul pill.
Previously, he had used materials such as undead, evil spirits, or malevolent spirits to refine soul pills. However, this time, he had used a malevolent spirit close to the Ghost King's level, which was completely different from the ones he had used before.
He speculated that it might be due to Zhang Changchun's extraordinary strength, which was close to the Ghost King's realm, that he had been able to refine a soul crystal this time.
Before refining Zhang Changchun's soul, he had already refined several batches of soul pills, with varying quantities each time. He had exhausted all the souls he had selected for refining, except for Zhang Changchun's.
He had saved Zhang Changchun's soul for last because of his exceptional strength, which was unmatched by other ghosts. Therefore, he had decided to give Zhang Changchun special treatment.
Now, he thought that his success in refining a soul crystal might be due to this reason.
Apart from this reason, having a strong luck is also indispensable, after all, to successfully refine a soul crystal, one needs a certain amount of luck, and without it, it's impossible to guarantee success every time.
This is a matter of probability, and in his opinion, the choice of materials and the refining process can determine the probability of success. This time, he chose different materials, which increased the probability of refining a soul crystal, and with a bit of good luck, he was able to successfully refine his first soul crystal in his life.
Just as he was feeling happy about his good fortune, he suddenly sensed a spatial fluctuation outside the Mountain and Water Formation, and two power fluctuations appeared in that area, although they were somewhat weak.
"What's going on? Why are people from the Fu Sect suddenly showing up here, and their auras are so weak? Could it be that they're escaping here to avoid danger?"
Outside the Mountain and Water Formation, the two power fluctuations were Talisman Spirit Power, which allowed Yang Haoran to determine that they were talisman masters.
Apart from that, the two of them were emitting very weak auras, indicating that they had just gone through a major battle and were severely injured.
As for whether they were escaping here, Yang Haoran was only guessing and didn't have any confirmation.
However, just as he was thinking this, he suddenly thought of someone - Wang Yiming!
Back then, Wang Yiming had risked his life to find him, and although Yang Haoran didn't witness it himself, he had heard about it from others. This made him feel very moved.
He had originally planned to visit the Fu Sect after returning to Ancheng to see how Wang Yiming was doing, but he was too eager to open the earth soul, so after returning to Lecheng, he dove straight into his study room and started refining soul pills.
Now, sensing the sudden appearance of two Talisman Spirit Power fluctuations outside the Mountain and Water Formation, he couldn't help but think of Wang Yiming.
"Could these two people be Wang Yiming and someone else?"
Yang Haoran's thought wasn't without basis. In the entire Lecheng circle of non-ordinary people, anyone with a bit of spiritual awareness knew that he had a grudge against Zhang Changqing, and his Night Watch, as well as the talisman masters of the Fu Sect, were well aware of this.
It was because of this that his Night Watch wouldn't interact with the Fu Sect, and the Fu Sect's talisman masters wouldn't contact his Yin Division people.
So, even if a talisman master encountered danger, they shouldn't be escaping to his place, unless the person escaping had a relationship with him and was coming to seek his help. In that case, it was very likely to be Wang Yiming, because in the entire Fu Sect, only Wang Yiming had a relationship with him.
Of course, it was also possible that the person escaping was coming to cause trouble.
Although both possibilities existed, Yang Haoran still decided to go out and take a look. If it was indeed Wang Yiming coming to seek his help, and he ignored him, that would be a mistake. Help us out by reading on M|V|LEM5PYR.
He put away the soul-refining cauldron and flashed out of the study room.
His current strength was far inferior to Xu Meijing's, and if he had Xu Meijing's current strength, he wouldn't need to rely on speed to rush to the scene; he could directly tear through space and transmit himself to the other side of the Mountain and Water Formation's barrier. However, his current strength couldn't do that yet.
Yang Haoran's guess was correct; the person who appeared outside the Mountain and Water Formation was indeed Wang Yiming, and the other person he recognized was Jiang Die, who had previously gotten into a feud with Bai Xue, was hexed by her, and became a madman, before being saved by Yang Haoran.
In a sense, Yang Haoran could be considered Jiang Die's savior, but back then, due to Bai Xue's affair, their relationship became very strained, and they parted ways on bad terms, even dragging Zhang Changqing into the mess, which led to a tense relationship between the Lecheng Yin Division and the Lecheng Fu Sect.
Although several years had passed, the Lecheng Fu Sect and the Lecheng Yin Division still had no interaction, and Jiang Die and Yang Haoran were no exception.