Zhang Yuan flew through the air toward Brightheart Residence, going over his conversation with Cui Qiezhe along the way. The more he thought about it, the more something seemed amiss.
Cui Qiezhe was the prime minister of a kingdom. How had he ended up playing matchmaker today?
What a strange business.
When he returned to Brightheart Residence, Zhang Yuan found only Xiao Yuanjun in the courtyard. After asking her, he learned that Cui Zhaowei had received an assignment from Cui Qiezhe and needed to oversee the Bright Heaven Office during the day.
Xiao Yuanjun was brimming with energy. Seeing Zhang Yuan return, she hurried over and said, "Zhang Yuan, let's head out of the city."
"Out of the city?" Zhang Yuan asked, puzzled.
Nether Bureau Ghost Soldiers and ghost officials were everywhere outside the city, and they also had to beware of Wu Duanzhuo and the others at Celestial Person Perfection. Wouldn't leaving now be offering themselves up to die? And there was nothing to gain from it.
Xiao Yuanjun saw what Zhang Yuan was thinking and said, "You've already refined Cinnabar Yang Fire Qi and Five-Aggregate Xin Metal, two essences of yin-yang and the five elements. You only need two more to reach the Celestial Mid-Stage. And according to my calculations, an unclaimed essence of Mysterious Yin Death Qi will soon emerge outside the city."
Mysterious Yin Death Qi.
Zhang Yuan's eyes brightened slightly.
The conditions for the Six Yin-Yang Essences to emerge were extremely exacting. Cinnabar Yang Fire Qi had only appeared because Liu Zezheng refined Mount Junya, thereby fulfilling the conditions needed to draw it out. Bringing Mysterious Yin Death Qi into existence was no easy task either.
The deaths of living beings on a massive scale could produce a few wisps of Mysterious Yin Death Qi,