novelhk 1085. Wang Yun is resurrected.
1085. Wang Yun is resurrected.
"Senior Wang Yun, to be honest, I am absolutely confident that I can control your soul. My Void Devouring Flame can devour everything. If you are unwilling to cooperate, I am willing to try and see if your hands and feet are faster than mine."
Wang Yun's heart pounded as he looked at the black flame in Xiao Yan's hand. Although he had never personally witnessed the Void Devouring Flame, the power emanating from the flame in Xiao Yan's hand, as well as its deep, eerie, and all-consuming appearance, allowed him to guess that what Xiao Yan said was true.
Xiao Yan approached step by step, bringing him immense pressure.
"Stop! Stop! Stop! I give up! I give up!"
Seeing Xiao Yan's expression, Wang Yun feared that he was really going to harm her, so she could only reluctantly agree.
"Alright, let's hurry then." Xiao Yan took out the Source Spirit Crystal.
Xiao Yan was well aware of Wang Yun's current lack of strength. As long as he could keep watch over him, he could stop any small tricks Wang Yun might make immediately, without worrying that Wang Yun would hide anything.
"Kid, how about we make a deal?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan remained unmoved, crossing his arms and quietly watching Wang Yun, seemingly unwilling to continue the conversation.
"I know you must have better herbs. If you're willing to hand them over, after this matter is over, I, Wang Yun, will be at your beck and call for three years!"
Xiao Yan smiled again, refusing without hesitation: "Three years is too short, I don't need it!"
"Alright, let me be the deputy head of your Guiyuan Mansion, and I can do things for you."
"Do you have the ability to become the deputy prefect?"
"As long as I can rebuild my body, some of my former strength will return, making me more than qualified to be a deputy prefect."
"Oh? Recover your strength? To what level will you recover?"
Looking at Xiao Yan, Wang Yun couldn't help but curse inwardly, "You cunning brat."
Originally, he could report his strength level at will, but now, if he wanted to prove his worth, he had to report an inflated level. However, if he reported his level too high, Xiao Yan might become wary of him and be even less likely to give him the herbs.
Being weaker than the other side, and with the most crucial items still in their hands, Wang Yun was at a disadvantage in every aspect of the negotiations.
"If it were right after my fall, with enough high-grade herbs, I could have easily recovered to the level of a five-star Dou Sheng. But now that too much time has passed, my soul has been greatly depleted, and I can probably only reach the level of a three- or four-star Dou Sheng."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan actually thought more highly of Wang Yun: "Is this really true?"
Wang Yun, annoyed by Xiao Yan's suspicion, scratched his head: "Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you? What do you mean? I'm only a little weaker than you, but I have far more experience. Becoming a deputy head of the manor shouldn't be a problem for me. I keep my word and will never go back on it."
Xiao Yan shook his head: "Senior Wang Yun, there's no such thing as a free lunch. I can give you the status of a guest elder, but you must stay in Guiyuan Prefecture for ten years. Your abilities are indeed useful to us. If you agree, I will give you higher-grade materials; if you don't agree, then this matter is over."
Seeing Xiao Yan's decisive manner, Wang Yun knew that he wouldn't get the better deal by bargaining any further, so he could only nod helplessly: "When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Alright, I agree."
Xiao Yan checked the medicinal herbs again, took out a jade box and opened it. Inside was a green herb that still had dew on it.
"Dawn Dew Grass, the main ingredient for a ninth-grade elixir, should be enough for your needs, right?"
Wang Yun looked at the herb, his expression softening slightly. Although it still didn't reach the truly top-tier level, this herb was already quite remarkable as a main ingredient for a ninth-grade pill, and it was indeed the best condition he could obtain at the moment.
"It's barely enough. Give me the Source Spirit Crystal!"
Xiao Yan handed over the Source Spirit Crystal and watched Wang Yun handle it. Actually, he did have some herbs of even higher quality, namely Bodhi seeds, but unfortunately, there were too few of them, and Xiao Yan didn't trust Wang Yun, so he couldn't just take them out and give them to him.
Judging from Wang Yun's expression, the quality of this herb is most likely related to his resurrected strength. If the Bodhi Seed is truly given away, and the latter directly reaches a seven or eight-star Dou Sheng after resurrection, the situation will be difficult to control. Although this is impossible from an energy perspective, Xiao Yan doesn't like taking risks.
While Wang Yun was rebuilding his physical body, Xiao Yan also invited the Pill Tower Ancestor over.
All of this stemmed from his caution. Even with him and the battle puppet present, he was still somewhat worried that Wang Yun's strength, now that he had regained his body, would be uncontrollable. Therefore, he specially invited the six-star Dou Sheng, the Dan Tower Ancestor, to oversee the situation.
The old patriarch of the Pill Tower has been living a rather carefree life these past few years, still showing no intention of taking on any responsibilities. Of course, the Pill Tower has already made this clear, and the Guiyuan Mansion is prepared; as long as they can get the old patriarch to take action most of the time, that's enough.
What made Xiao Yan quite happy was that, in the past three years, the Pill Tower Ancestor had basically made up for the losses he had incurred during the Spirit Clan's surprise attack on the Pill Tower ceremony, and successfully returned to the mid-stage of the six-star Dou Sheng realm.
Then the two witnessed an extremely strange scene: Wang Yun, using the herbs given by Xiao Yan, actually began to create a body out of thin air with the help of the Source Spirit Crystal and his various operations.
First, he successfully extracted all the energy from the herbs and combined them together. During this process, Wang Yun also demonstrated his powerful control; even without a physical body, even as a weakened soul, he remained calm and methodical.
Then those energies vividly shaped a physical body, which, perhaps because it was made from pure plant energy, had a bluish-green hue.
Because it contained a variety of precious herbs, its body was rich in energy. Although Wang Yun complained that the first batch of materials Xiao Yan gave him were of low quality and unsuitable, he didn't waste a single thing during the process of reviving himself, investing everything into the creation of his body.
This process left Xiao Yan somewhat astonished. His own resurrection of Yao Lao was already quite miraculous, but what Wang Yun was showing was a completely different story.
As Wang Yun continued to move, a thought suddenly popped into Xiao Yan's mind and took root there, refusing to leave.
"Ask him afterward; if he can do it, he might actually have made a tremendous contribution!"
The old patriarch of the Pill Tower was also somewhat puzzled by Wang Yun's actions: "Is he trying to become a pill-based being like me?"
"It's different from refining pills. After all, refining pills requires proper combination of medicinal properties, but what he's doing is clearly just adding whatever's available."
Xiao Yan himself was highly skilled in alchemy, so he could naturally tell that Wang Yun's actions were not actually for refining pills. After all, if he were to operate like that, the pills would probably explode before they were even formed.