Chapter 389: Digging Three Feet Underground |
The previous great battle had not only left the road below riddled with potholes but also covered in large bloodstains and dismembered body parts.
The scene was quite gory and nauseating. Under normal circumstances, such a sight would not have affected Yang Haoran too much. However, being in this environment now, he couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.
The bloodstains and dismembered remains at the scene belonged to either the Spirit Police or the Night Watch members, which naturally made him look displeased.
The Hao You Lai Funeral Supplies Store was just an ordinary tiled house, a common sight along the roadside in Lecheng. This particular store was no exception.
Due to the impact of the battle, half of the tiled house had collapsed, but the main entrance remained intact. The three of them entered the Hao You Lai Funeral Supplies Store side by side.
As a funeral supplies store, the room was naturally filled with various funerary items. Additionally, Yang Haoran sensed an intense Yin Qi within the room.
It was not surprising for a funeral supplies store to be permeated with Yin Qi. Moreover, since the boss of this store was no ordinary person and controlled a large number of ghost infants, it made sense for the Yin Qi here to be even stronger than an ordinary funeral supplies store.
The three of them carefully sensed and searched the store, looking for any overlooked items.
However, to their relief and regret, they did not discover anything useful in the funeral supplies store.
Given their current situation, if they were to encounter another powerful Resentful Spirit, they might be wiped out here. Not encountering one made them feel relieved.
As for the regret in their hearts, it stemmed from the same reason. Not having any other discoveries meant no additional gains, which naturally brought some disappointment.
It was a conflicting psychology, but this was how the three of them felt at that moment.
"It seems the old man's treasures are all in his independent space. It's a pity he didn't unleash everything from his independent space when he died," Bai Xue said with a regretful expression.
"He was a master at refining Resentful Spirits. In his eyes, his treasures must have been related to refining Resentful Spirits. If we Spirit Police had obtained these things, we could have studied them and researched the weaknesses of Resentful Spirits to develop countermeasures. Unfortunately, we didn't find anything," Captain Luo said.
For the Spirit Police, the greatest use of Resentful Spirits was for research purposes. However, for Yang Haoran, Resentful Spirits served a different purpose—to refine soul pills.
Although the soul-refining cauldron had not been fully refined yet, it had at least reached the halfway point. As long as he wasn't killed by others, refining the soul-refining cauldron was only a matter of time.
Once the soul-refining cauldron was successfully refined, Resentful Spirits would immediately become useful, and their help would be invaluable. Therefore, in Yang Haoran's eyes, Resentful Spirits were valuable resources.
In this battle, although he had suffered some injuries and expended considerable effort, his overall gains were substantial.
A large number of powerful ghost infants, along with a formidable Resentful Spirit that even he considered extremely dangerous, were all absorbed into his soul gathering bead. This was an astonishing harvest.
Despite the significant gains, Yang Haoran was not satisfied. Unlike Captain Luo, who entered the funeral supplies store mainly to check for any overlooked items that might harm ordinary people, and secondarily to look for other gains, Yang Haoran's purpose was purely to seek more benefits for himself.
"Let's go. There's nothing worth looking at here anymore. We should return and check on their injuries," Captain Luo said after confirming there were no further discoveries.
Bai Xue had no objections, as she was eager to leave now that the mission was over. She had sustained the most severe injuries among the three and needed rest and treatment.
Yang Haoran nodded in agreement with Captain Luo's suggestion. Although he had gained a substantial harvest, the Night Watch had also suffered significant casualties. He wanted to visit the Spirit Police headquarters to check on the condition of his subordinates from the Night Watch.
With the agreement of both parties, Captain Luo opened a space rift.
"Divine Envoy Yang, please," Captain Luo politely invited Yang Haoran to step into the space rift first, rather than entering immediately.
Since the other party had made such a gesture, Yang Haoran did not refuse. He smiled and nodded, preparing to step into the space rift.
However, as soon as one foot stepped into the space rift, he paused his movement and did not immediately enter the space rift. Instead, he withdrew the foot that had entered the space rift.
Yang Haoran's sudden reaction immediately caused Captain Luo and Bai Xue to reveal puzzled expressions on their faces.
"Underworld Envoy big brother, what's wrong?" Bai Xue asked in confusion.
Although Captain Luo did not ask, the puzzlement on his face was no less than Bai Xue's.
Yang Haoran did not answer Bai Xue. With a wave of his hand, black chains as thick as arms suddenly appeared in the air above the Hao You Lai Funeral Supplies Store. These chains bared their fangs and unanimously targeted the Hao You Lai Funeral Supplies Store below as their attack target.
Thunderous sounds erupted continuously, and the entire Hao You Lai Funeral Supplies Store was torn apart and shattered by the chains, even flipping over a thick layer of the ground!
In an instant, the entire Hao You Lai Funeral Supplies Store was razed to the ground by Yang Haoran. However, his actions only made Captain Luo and Bai Xue more puzzled.
This time, Yang Haoran did not continue to keep them in suspense but explained, "I want to confirm if there are any secrets hidden underground beneath this tiled house."
As the words fell, Yang Haoran controlled the numerous chains to drill into the ground.
"Underground?" Captain Luo's brow furrowed slightly, as he had previously overlooked this issue.
Bai Xue's expression froze. She had not thought of this issue either. Hearing Yang Haoran's words now, she felt that there might indeed be some mystery beneath the store.
After all, some restriction barriers could not detect the existence of power fluctuations. With the Old Man's strength, it was not impossible for him to set up such a restriction barrier.
As the chains continued to burrow into the soil, Yang Haoran's brow furrowed tighter. After a moment, when all the chains had completely disappeared underground, Yang Haoran dispersed the chains he had condensed and smoothed out his brow, revealing a wry smile on his face.
Under the gaze of Captain Luo and Bai Xue, he gently shook his head and said, "It seems I overthought it; there's nothing beneath this store."
As the words fell, Yang Haoran stepped into the space rift again. This time, he did not linger any further, and his body disappeared into the space rift.
Subsequently, Captain Luo and Bai Xue also entered the space rift. The space rift healed, and Yang Haoran and the others appeared at the Spirit Police headquarters.
Under Captain Luo's arrangements, Bai Xue was taken away by a female doctor. Since her injuries were quite severe, Captain Luo decided it was better for her to receive treatment first.
The Spirit Police had also conducted research into treating demons, and with the doctors here treating Bai Xue, her recovery could be accelerated.
As for Yang Haoran, under Captain Luo's guidance, he found the ward where Master Wu was located and saw Master Wu, who was still unconscious.
In this Spirit Police headquarters, all the wards were single-occupancy rooms, so at this moment, only Master Wu was present in his ward.
"We have treated his wounds, and we have also injected him with a drug to accelerate his recovery. His condition is currently stable, and there is no danger to his life," a doctor in a white coat said beside him.
"Thank you for your hard work. Could you take me to see the other injured people?" Yang Haoran looked at the doctor and asked.
The doctor did not immediately answer Yang Haoran but instead looked at Captain Luo. After receiving the latter's nod of approval, the doctor nodded and spoke.
"Please follow me."
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