The group returned to Hua Hai City. Ye Fan went back to his room first to regulate his breathing. He was severely exhausted from breaking the array and battling the undead. Without proper recovery, he was at risk of being caught off guard if attacked by demons.

After Li Zhaojun returned, she spoke with Wu Ding in the living room about her recent experiences. At this moment, Wu Ding's attitude had significantly improved. She no longer saw herself as Ye Fan's servant. Although she admitted inwardly that the previous wager had been effective, she also believed Ye Fan wouldn't force her into anything.

"...So the Dead Sea in the An Nan Region was actually hiding a massive undead array? How come no one ever investigated it over the centuries?" Wu Ding was surprised after hearing this, especially shocked that the person who broke the undead array was Ye Fan.

Li Zhaojun replied, "It looks calm there, and no one would expect anything unusual. Only Ye Fan insisted that there was an array. If it weren't for him breaking it in the end, I wouldn't have believed it myself. Senior Wu Ding, with your vast experience, wasn't there any mention of anomalies in the Dead Sea of the An Nan Region in the Tianxuan Sect's records?"

Wu Ding thought for a moment and shook her head slightly. She was in charge of gathering information at the Tianxuan Sect, and decades of past information had passed through her hands. She had also roughly reviewed intelligence from previous centuries and did not recall any records about the An Nan Region's Dead Sea.

Sang Yuan said, "The Dead Sea in the An Nan Region has always been a desolate place. Even Nunu couldn't detect anomalies, let alone an average cultivator. If it weren't for the young master, we truly wouldn't have been able to uncover this secret left from the Middle Ages. Now that the secret of the Dead Sea in the An Nan Region has been unveiled, the sects will surely catch wind and come to investigate. We can only hope the young master finishes his rest soon."

After saying this, Sang Yuan looked toward the direction of the room. She wanted to go in and help Ye Fan with his breathing exercises, but since Ye Fan had previously said not to disturb him, she could only wait outside for news.

At this moment, inside the room, Ye Fan quickly finished regulating his breathing. He wasn't injured, just severely depleted. This kind of depletion could be mostly recovered after a few cycles of regulation.

Ye Fan hadn't come out yet because he was puzzled about the situation with the small Black Crystal.

From the time he acquired the small Black Crystal, it had always been in a dormant state, never showing any sign of being a spiritual being. However, amidst the presence of a large number of undead in the Dead Sea of the An Nan Region, the small Black Crystal acted like it had been starving for a long time, suddenly rushing out to seize food. Even when faced with massive undead, it was fearless, gnawing at the large undead's body. If Ye Fan hadn't intervened in time, it might have perished together with the large undead.

Ye Fan placed the small Black Crystal on the carpet. At this moment, the small Black Crystal had returned to its dormant state, like a piece of obsidian, showing no distinctive features.

"Chirp chirp chirp…" The small Blue Crystal and small Red Crystal circled around the small Black Crystal, making sounds. They still couldn't speak human language, only emitting simple monosyllables, but the pace of their calls indicated different meanings, which only the small Purple Crystal understood and conveyed to Ye Fan.

"Master, the Blue and Red ones said that the Black one is pretending to be dead. You just have to attack it with spiritual energy, and it will surely wake up," communicated the small Purple Crystal, existing in a transcendent form, sitting beside Ye Fan, conveying the meaning.

Ye Fan shook his head and said, "No matter what, Black Crystal has its consciousness. It didn't harm me, and I won't act against it either."

"Chirp chirp chirp!" The small Blue Crystal and small Red Crystal bounced around as if protesting, criticizing Ye Fan for being too nice to the small Black Crystal.

"It seems that the Black Crystal absorbed a lot of undead energy and still needs time to digest it. Let it continue to rest, and you all come out with me." Ye Fan picked up the small Black Crystal, intending to put it back into his storage bracelet when suddenly a bout of black gas burst forth, breaking free from Ye Fan's hand.

The small Purple Crystal grumbled, "See, Master, it really is pretending to be dead. It can clearly hear you speak."

The small Black Crystal, in the center of the room, emitted increasingly thick black gas, causing Ye Fan to step back.

Although Ye Fan had never witnessed the Demonic Qi of the small Black Crystal, he had seen the Evil Spirit Pennant devour living humans, deeming it a very dangerous crystal.

However, the black gas around the small Black Crystal did not approach Ye Fan but instead solidified in the air into a human-shaped figure, all pitch black, with only a rough human outline and no visible face.

"Chirp!" The small Blue Crystal and small Red Crystal didn't seem to fear the small Black Crystal, directly spinning around its body.

After the small Black Crystal solidified into a human shape, it emitted a weak sound that was transmitted to Ye Fan through the Tongling Mirror: "Master..."

It was just a simple sound syllable, clearly indicating that the small Black Crystal still wasn't proficient in human language.

The small Purple Crystal changed her form to a human girl, holding onto Ye Fan's arm, and said to the small Black Crystal, "I know you absorbed a lot of power, allowing you to take a human shape now. But don't expect Master to help you become human. You can give up on that thought!"

These words left Ye Fan feeling baffled.

Ye Fan quickly realized that actually, the small crystals could all transform from material crystals into spiritual beings and then from spiritual beings into humans. The small Purple Crystal was the first to gain the power to transform into a spiritual being and was fortunate enough, with Ye Fan's help, to become a human girl on the same day.

After the small Purple Crystal finished speaking, the small Blue Crystal and small Red Crystal stopped circling around the small Black Crystal's soul body and instead sat on Ye Fan's shoulders, loudly protesting the small Purple Crystal's selfish behavior by making "chirp chirp chirp" sounds.

The small Purple Crystal pouted and said, "I have Master's favor, which allowed me to become a human girl. You didn't receive Master's power to help, so why should Master help you become human? Master, can you stand firm for me, please?"

Perhaps having a human body gave the small Purple Crystal a sense of achievement, allowing her to feel superior to the small Black Crystal, small Blue Crystal, and small Red Crystal. As she noticed the small Black Crystal absorbing enough energy to transform from a crystal into a spiritual being, she began feeling threatened, because if Ye Fan helped the small Black Crystal, it might also gain a human body like hers.

Ye Fan raised his hand to stop the small Purple Crystal from continuing.

Ye Fan could unconditionally help the small Purple Crystal, small Blue Crystal, and small Red Crystal, as he had always sensed they posed no threat to him. But with the small Black Crystal, he was hesitant.

The small Black Crystal originated from the Evil Spirit Pennant, which had absorbed countless soul bodies and even devoured Bai He and Shen Biancheng right under Ye Fan's nose. Ye Fan wouldn't easily help a spiritual being with ambiguous morality.

Ye Fan asked, "Black Crystal, can you communicate with me now?"

"Yes, Master." The small Black Crystal, still a spiritual being, spoke through the Tongling Mirror for Ye Fan to hear. Its voice was very neutral, resembling the Sect Leader Ling from the Di Yuan Sect, leaving Ye Fan unable to distinguish its gender.

Ye Fan coldly asked, "Then can you tell me who you are, what you did in the beginning, including the situation with my third brother Shen Biancheng and Bai He, so that I can know?"

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