Chapter 1201: A Necessary Trip to the Underworld
This time, Yang Haoran had plundered the various major factions of Gu Mo City, and his haul was quite astonishing. Among his spoils were large quantities of spirit medicinal herbs of various types.
Gu Mo City was rich in resources, and this referred not only to the city proper, but even more so to the resources within the entire Gu Mo City territory. Various spirit medicinal herbs were just one such resource.
Thus, over the years, the major factions had acquired a considerable amount of spirit medicinal herbs. Aside from a portion consumed for various reasons, the remainder was kept within the collections of these major factions.
After Yang Haoran had emptied the collections of these major factions, these spirit medicinal herbs naturally fell into his hands. However, he did not keep them all for himself. Instead, he divided them into two portions: one part he gave to Xiang Chuan, and the other he intended to leave for Feng Xiao, who was still in Lecheng.
In addition to the spirit medicinal herbs, Yang Haoran also acquired from the major factions' collections a Dānyào recipe for pill-making, as well as two formulas for concocting medicinal liquids.
While these were the only Dānyào recipe and two medicinal liquid formulas among all his gains, it was already quite remarkable. A Pharmacist's Dānyào recipes and formulas for various medicinal liquids were their lifeblood. Normally, a Pharmacist would never trade such treasures with others. Precisely because of this, such valuable items were rarely seen appearing on the market. To acquire such treasures, even if only three of them, was an unexpected and delightful surprise.
How to handle the Dānyào recipe and medicinal liquid formulas was no difficult matter for Yang Haoran. He directly duplicated the Dānyào recipe and the two formulas, creating two copies: one set he gave to Xiang Chuan, and the other he left for Feng Xiao.
Vast quantities of spirit medicinal herbs, a Dānyào recipe, and two medicinal liquid formulas—any one of these three items would be a treasure for a Pharmacist like Xiang Chuan. To receive all three at once, with such an astonishing amount of spirit medicinal herbs, Yang Haoran had bestowed upon him immense benefits. How could he not be happy? That was why, when he had just faced Yang Haoran, he had remarked that the benefits he had received this time were already more than enough.
Since he was going to the Underworld, he naturally had to prepare more medicine. This would allow him to restock the pharmacy, expand its range of products, offer customers more choices, and thereby boost the pharmacy's popularity. m. biqmgètn
How to restock was no longer a major issue for Yang Haoran. This time, from the collections of the various major factions, he had acquired a portion of medicine, and the quantity was quite substantial. But this was merely the smaller part; the truly significant portion came from the fact that he now had two Pharmacists under him: Xiang Chuan and Feng Xiao.
Yang Haoran didn't know how much stock Xiang Chuan still had, but based on his understanding of Xiang Chuan's character, he believed Xiang Chuan definitely had reserves. Thus, he had opened his mouth and made a request to Xiang Chuan, needing to obtain a large quantity of medicine from him to restock the Underworld pharmacy.
Naturally, these medicines were not being demanded for free. Once they were successfully sold, he would exchange Xiang Chuan's share for the spirit medicinal herbs Xiang Chuan needed.
At the time, Xiang Chuan had hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he still agreed to Yang Haoran's request, leading to the scene from before. What surprised Yang Haoran, however, was Xiang Chuan's generosity; he had produced dozens of bottles at once, more than double the quantity Yang Haoran had asked for.
However, he did not let his internal surprise show.
As for how much medicine Feng Xiao had accumulated, he had already confirmed this via Communication Talisman. Her quantity was not only no less than the dozens of bottles Xiang Chuan had produced, but significantly more.
The reason Feng Xiao could accumulate such a vast amount of medicine was naturally due to her relentless dedication to refining and research, day and night. This was her only passion; aside from it, nothing else could capture her interest. That was how she managed to refine such a large quantity of medicine in such a short time.
With the medicine refined by both of them, coupled with the medicine obtained from the collections of the major factions, Yang Haoran felt that this trip to the Underworld to restock would be sufficient.
However, his intention to travel to the Underworld wasn't solely to restock his pharmacy. He also had a very important task to complete: to submit a portion of souls to the Underworld in exchange for the Soul Pills he needed.
Currently, the number of souls in his possession had reached an astonishing level. Leaving aside other sources for a moment, just the eradication of Gu Mo City's major factions this time alone had yielded him a massive quantity of souls, and among them were numerous Spirit Masters' souls!
Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to submit souls that shouldn't be given to the Underworld; that would be asking for trouble. But souls that absolutely had to be turned over to the Underworld, he wouldn't forcibly keep them for himself.
The souls of Spirit Masters could be exchanged for substantial rewards in the Underworld. Therefore, he decided to submit the vast majority of these Spirit Masters' souls to the Underworld. This time, he had acquired a large number of Spirit Masters' souls, as well as their Guardian Spirits. Submitting these souls to the Underworld would undoubtedly yield an astounding quantity of Soul Pills.
As for why he was only submitting the vast majority of Spirit Masters' souls rather than all of them, one reason was that he felt it best not to submit certain Spirit Masters' souls to the Underworld, to avoid bringing trouble upon himself.
Another reason was that he wanted to research the souls of Spirit Masters. Why did Spirit Masters' souls yield far greater benefits when exchanged in the Underworld compared to ordinary souls? Was it due to their identity as Spirit Masters, or was there some other reason?
He had investigated this matter before, but without any success. Now, with so many Spirit Masters' souls in his hands, he felt he could try researching it again; perhaps he would make an unexpected discovery.
In addition to the vast number of souls he obtained in Gu Mo City, Old Master Wu in Lecheng had also collected a considerable amount of souls, including some powerful ghostly entities.
Tang Shi had also acquired an astonishing number of ghostly entities. While his haul couldn't compare to Yang Haoran's gains in Gu Mo City, it far surpassed Old Master Wu's.
Precisely because of this, the number of souls in his possession had now reached an unprecedented and astonishing level. Thus, this matter also necessitated a trip to the Underworld.
After bidding farewell to Xiang Chuan, Yang Haoran still didn't leave the courtyard complex. Instead, he went to Huang Sha's courtyard and met with him.
"I'm leaving Gu Mo City to make a trip to the Underworld. Once my affairs are handled, I'll return immediately. In the meantime, if anyone comes to the Death God Temple causing trouble, kill them if you can. If you can't, then try your best to stall for time."
After seeing Huang Sha, Yang Haoran didn't beat around the bush; he spoke directly and to the point.
Hearing that Yang Haoran was leaving, Huang Sha felt a slight shock in his heart.
Such a major incident had recently occurred in Gu Mo City. It was highly likely that the high-ranking officials of the major factions had already learned of it. If Yang Haoran were to leave at this critical juncture, and the high-ranking officials of those factions came knocking, the trouble would be immense.
Although seven days had passed since the incident, and during these seven days, the major factions had not sent anyone to the Death God Temple to trouble Yang Haoran, this did not mean they wouldn't come knocking in the days to come.
If Yang Haoran remained in Gu Mo City, even if someone from the major factions came looking for trouble, Yang Haoran would naturally handle it himself, and Huang Sha believed Yang Haoran was capable of doing so. But once Yang Haoran left and entrusted this matter to him, Huang Sha worried he wouldn't be able to manage it well. He dared not assume his own abilities surpassed Yang Haoran's.
Although Huang Sha was inwardly alarmed and also felt that Yang Haoran's approach was somewhat inappropriate, he did not show it. Instead, he gave Yang Haoran an unhesitating and respectful affirmative reply.
"Divine Emissary, rest assured! Your subordinate will complete this task with all his might!"
Huang Sha's reply was straightforward. Since following Yang Haoran, his personality had changed subtly without him even realizing it.
Yang Haoran also knew that going to the Underworld under the current circumstances was indeed somewhat ill-advised. However, there were matters he couldn't resolve without going to the Underworld, and they couldn't be delayed any further. While submitting souls could perhaps wait a bit longer without much issue, if the pharmacy restocking wasn't handled promptly, the impact would be significant. Therefore, even if it was inconvenient to go to the Underworld now, he still decided he had to make the trip.
"This trip shouldn't take too long. If all goes smoothly, I should be back in Gu Mo City within three days."
When Huang Sha heard that Yang Haoran would only be gone for such a short period, his worries immediately lessened considerably.
At the same time, Yang Haoran handed him a Death God Pendant.
"If you're truly unlucky, and someone comes looking for trouble right after I leave, and you're not their match, then crush this Death God Pendant. No matter where I am, as soon as this Death God Pendant shatters, I'll immediately sense it. I'll drop whatever I'm doing and rush back at once. All you need to do is find a way to stall for as much time as possible, until I return."
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