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Chapter 1173: Gold Talisman Master Power Seed

Since they had arrived at the Jingran Pharmacy, Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing naturally had to go inside and take a look. Although both of them were pressed for time and had many important matters to attend to, they could still manage to spare a few moments.

Upon seeing Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing appear, not only were Gu Yi and the Jingran Pharmacy staff excited, but even the customers who had come to purchase medicines were thrilled. After all, witnessing two Guardians arrive simultaneously was indeed an exciting event for ordinary Emissaries of Death and Ghost Officials, and it could even become a topic to boast about to their friends.

Facing Gu Yi and Ban Kui, Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing spared no praise in expressing their admiration, giving Gu Yi's work an extremely high, affirmative evaluation.

To the other employees, including the six Ghost Doctors Gu Yi had recruited, Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing offered words of encouragement, hoping they would continue to improve further and further. Naturally, Jingran Pharmacy would also never mistreat them.

For both the former and the latter, Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing awarded appropriate rewards based on their respective identities and abilities. These rewards primarily consisted of Soul Pills and Underworld Currency. A few individuals also made modest requests, all of which Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing granted.

Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing's sudden arrival delighted all the employees of Jingran Pharmacy, from top to bottom. The new employees, who had never seen the two before, were especially excited. However, their only regret was that Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing did not stay at Jingran Pharmacy for too long; after distributing rewards to them one by one, they hastily departed.

Gu Yi knew that the two bosses were in such a hurry to leave due to the current situation. While feeling regret, she also worried about their safety, so she did not try to hold them back. She simply hoped that they could safely navigate the crisis currently facing the Underworld Office and looked forward to their next visit being sooner.

After leaving Jingran Pharmacy, Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing reluctantly bid each other farewell. Both had many important matters to handle and dared not linger in the Underworld for too long. Even if they wished otherwise, they had no choice. Fortunately, both understood each other's difficulties, and neither was a child, so no one caused any unpleasantness over it.

Back in the Guardian District, Yang Haoran first checked the operations meeting room, then handed over the affairs of the war zone to his trusted subordinates. Although battles were breaking out daily within his jurisdiction, these skirmishes were nothing more than minor disturbances in his eyes, and he had little interest in them. As long as no major wars or significant events occurred that would warrant his attention, he felt confident in leaving these matters to his trusted subordinates.

Returning to his study, Yang Haoran, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, continued to ponder an escape route. He had not mentioned this matter to Xu Meijing because bringing it up would not only offer no benefit but might also add a certain pressure on Xu Meijing. Therefore, he decided to plan the fallback himself. If the worst outcome truly materialized, he could simply lead Xu Meijing down this pre-prepared path, which would also provide her with a pleasant surprise.

After long consideration, Yang Haoran finally had a general idea in his mind. However, this was not yet a true escape route; at best, it was merely an idea. For this idea to become a viable path, it had to be gradually laid out. As for who would lay this path, it certainly wouldn't be him, for he was the one who gave orders, not the one who executed them.

After activating a Communication Talisman, Yang Haoran stopped thinking about the matter. He needed to wait for the task within the talisman to be perfectly completed before he could proceed with the next step of his plan. During this period, he certainly wouldn't foolishly wait; he could perfectly well do other things.

After a brief thought, Yang Haoran first set up a restriction array, then retrieved an exquisite wooden box from his independent space. This wooden box was not only beautifully crafted but also intricately carved with crooked and twisted runes, and a talisman was even affixed to its lid.

This wooden box was not made by Yang Haoran; he simply did not possess the craftsmanship to create such a delicate wooden box. However, the crooked and twisted runes covering the box were indeed his handiwork, and the Black Talisman affixed to the box was also from his own hand.

Both the dense array of runes around the wooden box and the Black Talisman affixed to it served no purpose other than sealing. Yet, this seal was not merely for suppression; in addition to suppression, it also prevented power leakage.

Looking at the exquisite wooden box floating in mid-air before him, Yang Haoran's face revealed a mysterious smile. Then, with a gentle wave of his hand, the Black Talisman on the wooden box peeled off on its own, and the wooden box subsequently opened.

The moment the wooden box opened, a blinding golden light burst forth from within, making it impossible to clearly discern what lay inside. Besides the blinding golden light, powerful energy fluctuations also emanated from the wooden box. Moreover, these fluctuations were not singular but multiple, and most importantly, these powerful energy fluctuations were, without exception, all Talisman Spirit Power, unique to Talisman Order Talisman Masters.

Judging by the intensity of each surge of Talisman Spirit Power released, they were all powerful energy fluctuations that could only be unleashed by at least an early-stage Gold Talisman Master, with the strongest even requiring a late-stage Gold Talisman Master to unleash.

If Yang Haoran had not already set up a restriction array here, these sudden and powerful surges of Talisman Spirit Power would undoubtedly have caused a commotion in the Guardian District, leading to the mistaken belief of an external enemy attack—and an attack by multiple Gold Talisman Masters at that—creating unnecessary trouble.

Although the golden light was blinding, it was not strong enough to make Yang Haoran close his eyes. Looking largely unaffected, he casually blew a breath towards the wooden box.

As his breath escaped, it immediately transformed into threads of Yin Qi that drilled into the wooden box. The golden light inside the box receded at a visible pace. In the span of a single breath, the blinding golden light vanished, and eight Talisman Master Power Seeds lay quietly in the box.

These eight Talisman Master Power Seeds, without exception, all came from Gold Talisman Masters; the weakest was from an early-stage Gold Talisman Master, and the strongest was from a late-stage Gold Talisman Master. They fell into Yang Haoran's hands, some forcibly extracted by Yang Haoran himself from the bodies of his enemies, others acquired through different channels.

As for why he collected Gold Talisman Master power seeds, it was naturally to absorb these power seeds through the Talisman Order's Power Inheritance Secret Art to improve his own abilities as a Talisman Master. If he did not use this special method, relying solely on arduous cultivation by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he wouldn't have the spare time for it. Even if he did and tried it, the Talisman Spirit Power in his body would never be able to keep pace with his Spirit Power.

After all, the speed of improving Talisman Spirit Power through arduous cultivation was extremely limited; in Yang Haoran's eyes, it was even pitifully slow. If arduous cultivation alone could achieve the ideal rate of advancement, then the Talisman Order would not have researched methods for inheriting power.

Yang Haoran did not have the conditions for arduous cultivation. However, if his Talisman Spirit Power could not keep up with the increase in his Spirit Power, then his hidden identity as a Talisman Master would not exactly be a "chicken rib," but its value would truly be limited, and it wouldn't provide him with the ideal assistance. Therefore, he could only choose special methods to solve this problem.

To quickly strengthen the Talisman Master power seeds within his body, Yang Haoran not only actively took action to seize many power seeds from other Talisman Masters but also had Tang Shi secretly collect many more for him.

The reason he had Tang Shi collect them in secret instead of arranging for others was that Tang Shi's involvement made it more secure. If others were to collect them, and word got out, he would genuinely find it difficult to explain the situation.

Moreover, with the immense strength of the Myriad Ghost Grotto, accomplishing such a task, while not "as easy as eating a meal," was certainly not difficult.

Over the past year, Yang Haoran had, one after another, refined many Talisman Master power seeds through the Talisman Order's Power Inheritance Secret Art. Although the power seeds of Yellow Talisman Masters, who were below Black Talisman Masters, also had some effect on him, he simply disdained them. All the power seeds he refined came from Black Talisman Masters and Gold Talisman Masters.

Comparatively, he refined fewer Gold Talisman Master seeds. After all, his abilities as a Talisman Master were still quite limited, and refining Gold Talisman Master power seeds was somewhat strenuous. Thus, he only refined a small amount, and Gold Talisman Master power seeds were not easy to acquire. However, he did refine quite a few Black Talisman Master power seeds.

Only a small portion of the acquired Gold Talisman Master power seeds had been refined by him; the vast majority of Gold Talisman Master power seeds had been collected and stored away, all contained within the exquisite wooden box before him.

To prevent the powerful energy contained within the Gold Talisman Master power seeds from dissipating over time, he not only carved a dense array of sealing runes around the wooden box but also personally drew a sealing talisman to ensure that not the slightest leakage of power occurred from the power seeds within the box!

The reason Yang Haoran took out this wooden box at this moment was to take advantage of the available time to refine as many of these Gold Talisman Master power seeds as possible through the Talisman Order's Power Inheritance Secret Art.

A considerable amount of time had passed since he last refined a Gold Talisman Master power seed. During this period, the Talisman Master power seed within his body had grown considerably stronger, so in his view, refining Gold Talisman Master power seeds would now be much easier.

Of course, this was only limited to early-stage Gold Talisman Master power seeds. If they were late-stage Gold Talisman Master power seeds, refining them with his current abilities would still be extremely difficult, and completely refining them in a short period would be impossible to achieve. He was well aware of this.

However, if he achieved another breakthrough and entered a higher realm, then refining late-stage Gold Talisman Master power seeds would no longer be a difficult task.

Yang Haoran's gaze swept across the wooden box, locking onto a single early-stage Gold Talisman Master power seed. Then, under the control of a surge of power, this power seed rose into the air. As the power seed ascended, the wooden box closed, and the detached talisman was once again affixed to the lid by Yang Haoran, resealing the seven Talisman Master power seeds within the box.