Realm of the Night God - Chapter 123: Three-Legged Green Cauldron

The word “undead” caused Xu Meijing’s expression to change drastically!

She was usually proud and carried herself with an air of arrogance, rarely showing such an expression on her face.

Meanwhile, Yang Haoran temporarily put aside the matter of Wang Qingsoul and shifted his gaze to the undead.

In contrast, Yang Haoran’s reaction wasn’t as intense as Xu Meijing’s. It wasn’t feigned; it was his genuine reaction.

He was merely surprised about what Xue Li was collecting souls for, but Xu Meijing’s reaction was intense, creating a stark contrast between them.

The reason for this situation was simple: Xu Meijing knew what it meant to use souls for refinement, but Yang Haoran didn’t, hence the stark difference in their reactions.

“You said he’s collecting your souls to refine something. What is he refining?” Xu Meijing’s emotions were somewhat agitated as she quickly asked the undead.

Even the undead didn’t expect Xu Meijing’s sudden intense reaction; he was taken aback and shook his head hastily.

“I don’t know. I really don’t.”

Upon hearing this, the excitement on Xu Meijing’s face faded, replaced by a cold demeanor. Obviously, the undead’s response was quite unsatisfactory to her.

“My personality isn’t very good. Those who know me know that. Do you know which aspect of my personality isn’t very good?” Xu Meijing’s face turned cold, reverting to her usual proud demeanor, her tone carrying a hint of superiority.

Although the words weren’t explicit, the undead could sense the threat in Xu Meijing’s words. He was in a difficult position; he regretted speaking up earlier, but now that the words were out, there was no taking them back, like spilled water.

“I really don’t know what he’s refining with the souls. I’ve only seen him stuffing several evil spirits into a cauldron, as if refining something. But what exactly he’s refining, I really don’t know.”

The undead was close to tears; he couldn’t fight back, and the slap earlier almost dispersed his soul.

He couldn’t scare them; both of them were Underworld Envoys, so his appearance before death couldn’t frighten them. All he could do was spill everything he knew.

“A cauldron?” Xu Meijing’s eyes lit up, as if she had thought of a possibility.

Seeing Xu Meijing’s expression change again, the undead felt as if he had seen a glimmer of hope. He quickly added, “That cauldron isn’t big, only the size of an adult’s fist, similar to the soul gathering bead you use. He treasures that cauldron very much, always keeping it close, never leaving it behind. Check his body; maybe you’ll find something.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Meijing and Yang Haoran once again turned their gazes to Xue Li’s body, the twisted and deformed corpse lying on the ground.

When they entered the stone chamber, Yang Haoran specifically used his ghost eye to examine Xue Li’s body. He was worried that Xue Li might be dead, but his soul still existed. Although he didn’t feel any Yin Qi at the time, for safety’s sake, he still activated his ghost eye to carefully inspect it.

At that time, he didn’t find Xue Li’s soul. However, he didn’t find it strange either; the demonic curse inside the stone chamber was so powerful that it could trap him alive inside. It was normal for his soul to dissipate under such conditions.

The reason why the undead before them was unharmed was probably because of the protection of the soul gathering bead. Although the demonic curse was powerful, it might not have been able to harm the soul inside the soul gathering bead.

Since then, Yang Haoran hadn’t been very curious about Xue Li’s mummified corpse. Instead, he became interested in his identity.

But now, the undead’s words redirected his attention to the twisted and deformed mummified corpse.

Xu Meijing also focused her gaze on Xue Li’s mummified corpse. Initially, she seemed excited, but when she saw the disgusting appearance of the corpse, she couldn’t help but frown. Then, she looked at the undead.

“You better not be lying to me!”

Xu Meijing spoke coldly; she really didn’t want to touch the disgusting mummified corpse. Not to mention the corpse, even the soul gathering bead next to it, she didn’t touch with her hands. Instead, she used Yin Qi to lift it directly.

However, the undead’s words excited her. Even though the mummified corpse made her feel nauseous, she went against her usual behavior, ignoring the disgust the corpse brought her and searched through it with her hands.

The undead watched Xu Meijing nervously, sincerely hoping she would find what she was looking for in Xue Li’s corpse. Otherwise, he believed his fate wouldn’t be good.

Strangely, Xu Meijing seemed even more nervous than the undead, her tension evident on her face, apparent to anyone who looked.

In addition to her nervous expression, Xu Meijing’s gaze seemed to carry an uncontrollable anticipation.

As for what she was anticipating, only she knew.

Yang Haoran observed all this, a pensive expression on his face.

“Refining souls… cauldron… Xue Li’s actions… Xu Meijing’s excitement…”

Yang Haoran connected these thoughts in his mind, suddenly feeling that Xue Li’s actions of harming and extracting souls might conceal a major secret, and Xu Meijing seemed to have guessed what that secret was!

Just as Yang Haoran was thinking this, Xu Meijing’s voice of surprise brought him back to reality.

“I found it!”

At this moment, Xu Meijing held a green three-legged cauldron in her hand, just as the undead had described. The cauldron wasn’t large, only the size of an adult’s fist, similar to the soul gathering bead.

The appearance of the green cauldron made Xu Meijing even more excited. She carefully wiped off the dust on the cauldron, afraid of accidentally damaging it.

However, even though she was being careful and gentle, as soon as she wiped the cauldron a few times, a crisp sound came from the cauldron in her hand.

Xu Meijing’s excitement froze instantly as she stared blankly at the shattered green cauldron in her hand, momentarily unable to react.

This unknown green cauldron had actually shattered in her hand!

Yang Haoran raised an eyebrow slightly. He hadn’t expected the green cauldron, which Xu Meijing cared so much about, to be so fragile, breaking with just a few gentle wipes.

The undead also froze suddenly. Would Xu Meijing spare him after this? He had pinned his hopes on that green cauldron. But now that it had suddenly shattered, what was he supposed to do?

Would Xu Meijing unleash her anger on him directly?

After a moment, Xu Meijing finally snapped out of her daze. Looking at the shattered cauldron in her hand, she realized that it seemed to have suffered a heavy blow. That’s why it shattered so easily with just a few gentle wipes.

“What a joke, are you kidding me?” Xu Meijing’s face showed a mix of anxiety and concern. In her anger, she wanted to throw away the broken cauldron, but hesitated and gave up.

“Here, you hold onto it for now. Let me search again,” Xu Meijing handed the shattered cauldron to Yang Haoran beside her, looking determined not to give up.

Yang Haoran didn’t take the shattered cauldron. He glanced at Xu Meijing’s hands, now dirty from the search, then at the extremely disgusting mummified corpse. He spoke, “Let me do the searching; you take a break.”

With that, right in front of Xu Meijing, Yang Haoran tore apart the clothes on the mummified corpse’s body, his attitude violent and his actions decisive.

“Ah!” Xu Meijing exclaimed in shock, as if she had seen something terrifying, quickly standing up.

She hadn’t expected Yang Haoran to be so indifferent, tearing apart the ragged clothes on the mummified corpse right in front of her. Everything, whether it should be revealed or not, was now exposed. She happened to see everything, hence her strong reaction.

“You, you, you… How can you be so uncouth! Disgusting!” Xu Meijing’s face turned red as she angrily reprimanded Yang Haoran.

“He’s been touched all over by you already. What’s there to be couth about?” Yang Haoran said seriously as he stripped off all the clothes from the mummified corpse, his tone unyielding.

Xu Meijing was exasperated, her face red with anger as she scolded, “Nonsense! I’ve touched where I needed to touch. I haven’t touched where I shouldn’t!”

Leaving these words behind, Xu Meijing didn’t want to continue watching. With a cold snort, she turned away, leaving Yang Haoran to do as he pleased.

Seeing her like this, even if Yang Haoran tore the clothes off the mummified corpse or even burned it, she didn’t want to inquire further.

Yang Haoran didn’t continue to argue with Xu Meijing. After stripping off all the clothes from the mummified corpse, he tried to restore its twisted body to its original state as much as possible. Then, he carefully searched inch by inch to see if there were any other discoveries.

To be honest, Yang Haoran didn’t have any fondness for Xue Li. He detested people like him who indiscriminately killed innocents for their own purposes. Such people were the ones he disliked the most nowadays. Because of them, they were no different from Master Zhou, who killed his parents and wiped out his entire clan.

If there were debts to be settled, and Xue Li killed him because of some vendetta, Yang Haoran wouldn’t have any opinions about him. But he truly disliked such indiscriminate butchers.

Didn’t like him? So what if he treated him roughly?

Just because he tore the clothes off his body?

If needed, he didn’t mind tearing apart Xue Li’s entire corpse.

After searching, Yang Haoran didn’t find anything. He meticulously inspected the mummified corpse from head to toe and found no suspicious or valuable items.

He withdrew his hand and looked at Xu Meijing beside him. However, Xu Meijing still had her back to him, and he couldn’t see her expression.

“What are you looking for? Give me a hint so I have an idea of what to look for,” Yang Haoran spoke up.

“Anything suspicious, I want it all!” Xu Meijing replied impatiently without turning around.

Yang Haoran shook his head helplessly, not saying anything more. He carefully searched through the mummified corpse again from head to toe, but still found nothing suspicious.

Furrowing his brows, he said, “There’s nothing on the outside. Stand back, I’ll tear him open and see if there’s anything hidden inside.”

At these words, Xu Meijing’s body trembled slightly. She hesitated and said, “What could be inside a corpse? Can’t you stop being so disgusting?”

Yang Haoran chuckled coldly. “Looks like you don’t know the story of the woman with a knife hidden inside her.”

“A knife hidden inside a woman? Where could a woman hide a knife?” Xu Meijing’s voice was filled with confusion, but Yang Haoran didn’t explain. He wasn’t joking; he really intended to tear open Xue Li’s corpse to see if there was anything hidden inside. Such things were not uncommon, and perhaps what Xu Meijing wanted was hidden inside Xue Li’s body.

However, just as he was about to act, the corner of his eye suddenly caught sight of the torn ragged clothes on Xue Li’s body!

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