"Xue'er, Dong'er, Xian'er, Yao Chen's Soul is imprisoned in a secret chamber deep within the Hall of Souls. Go and rescue him. If you encounter Xiao Yan, kill him directly. I am going to find something."
After dealing with the people from the Hall of Souls, Xiao Se naturally began to carry out his own plans. Rescuing Yao Chen this time was just incidental; his true goal was the Soul Origin collected by the Hall of Souls.
"Then take care of yourself." Hearing this, the three women nodded and turned, flying toward the place where Yao Chen was imprisoned.
By now, all the Elder Zun of the Hall of Souls were dead, and most of the Protectors had been dealt with. Even if there were any stragglers, they were few and far between. With Xiao Se's strength, they had no need to worry.
Watching the figures of the three beauties disappear, Xiao Se smiled slightly. He turned his gaze to the ground and allowed his spirit power to penetrate inward. After reaching a depth of several hundred zhang, Xiao Se felt some strange fluctuations. He lightly waved his sleeve, and a terrifying gust of wind forcefully sent those hundreds-of-zhang-tall stone pillars flying away.
Under Xiao Se's rapid excavation, the ruins split open to reveal a giant pit in the blink of an eye. Deep within that pit floated a ball of light about a meter in diameter. The ball of light was transparent, and on its outer periphery were countless pitch-black chains. The ends of these chains were connected to thousands upon thousands of Souls. Clearly, this ball of light was the substance extracted from the bodies of those Souls.
"So much Soul Origin. Although it cannot compare to what Xiao Yan obtained in the Human Hall in the original story, it is at least condensed from a hundred thousand, or even several hundred thousand, Souls..."
Xiao Se sighed inwardly, looking at the ball of light with a complex expression. From within the ball of light, he sensed an extremely terrifying Soul fluctuation, and this fluctuation... was extremely pure, without a trace of Impurities.
He now naturally understood what this was. The Soul is the foundation of all living beings; all things in heaven and earth possess a Soul. Deep within the Soul, a wisp of Soul Origin is nurtured. This is the fundamental root from which the Soul is born. It could also be said that Soul Origin is the purest form of strange energy in heaven and earth.
"Condensed from over a hundred thousand Souls..." Xiao Se let out a soft sigh. The methods of the Hall of Souls were indeed vicious. To obtain this Soul Origin, they had actually destroyed over a hundred thousand Souls. And this was just an ordinary branch hall. In the Central Plains, there were many other branch halls, and those places also contained such things.
The Human Hall that was destroyed by Xiao Yan in the original story had a Soul count that reached even a million. One could only imagine how many people had died.
Xiao Se shook his head with a sigh, though he was not being overly sentimental. He waved his palm, shattering all the chains. He slowly stroked the surface of the ball of light and said softly, "I have avenged you."
This soft sentence suddenly caused the Soul ball of light to emit a faint luster. Faintly, some of the negative emotions hidden within it quietly dissipated.
With a single word, Xiao Se dissolved the negative emotions hidden within the Soul ball of light. He sighed again, waved his sleeve, and stored the Soul ball of light into his System inventory.
Immediately afterward, Xiao Se took another look at his surroundings. At this moment, all the experts of the Hall of Souls in this branch hall had been completely slaughtered.
Not even their corpses remained; they had all become nourishment for Bibi Dong's Soul Eating Spider Emperor.
At this moment, Bibi Dong and the three women flew over, accompanied by Xiao Yan's father, Xiao Zhan. Because he had only been captured a few months ago, the Hall of Souls had not yet fed him any Medicinal Pill. Therefore, his cultivation level was still that of a Great Dou Master.
"Yao Chen has been rescued, but because his Soul was too severely damaged, he fell into a deep sleep after being freed from the Soul chains. I have placed him in this Soul-nourishing storage ring." Bibi Dong handed a storage ring to Xiao Se, then pointed to Xiao Zhan on the side and said, "How do you intend to deal with him? We did not find any trace of Xiao Yan, only his father, Xiao Zhan. According to the Hall of SoulsProtector who was guarding Xiao Zhan, half a month ago, Xiao Yan left with a Heaven-GradeProtector from the Hall of Souls for training and has not returned yet."
"Then let him be for now. Sooner or later, we will run into him." Xiao Se took the storage ring and said indifferently.
At this stage, Xiao Yan posed no danger to him; his true enemy was the Hun Clan.
"Are you Xiao Se?" Xiao Zhan looked at Xiao Se with a complex gaze and asked uncertainly.
The last time the two had met was seven years ago, at the Xiao Family meeting where Xiao Yan's talent had disappeared and he was removed as Young Clan Leader.
At that time, Xiao Se was only a twelve-year-old child.
Seven years had passed, and things had long since changed. The Xiao Family was gone, and Xiao Se had become an existence that the entire Jia Ma Empire and the entire Northwest Continent had to look up to.
"It is me." Xiao Se spoke indifferently, his face showing neither joy nor sorrow. "Regarding Xiao Yan, I think you should already know. He has defected to the Hall of Souls."
"Sigh, Yan'er is foolish." After confirming it was Xiao Se, Xiao Zhan sighed helplessly. At this moment, he no longer had the high spirits of the former Xiao Family Clan Chief; he looked, instead, like an old man on the verge of death.
Looking at Xiao Zhan's decadent appearance, Xiao Se felt a strange sense of pity and said, "The Xiao Family is gone. I have established a force called the Sea Alliance in the Jia Ma Empire. After we return, I will arrange for someone to take you there. Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei are all there. I have also instructed members of the Sea Alliance to look after the Mo Tie Mercenary Group where your eldest son, Xiao Li, and second son, Xiao Ding, are. They are unwilling to join the Sea Alliance because I issued a kill order on Xiao Yan for defecting to the Hun Clan. If you are willing to go to them, that is also fine."
"In the past, it was the Xiao Family that owed you. On behalf of the Xiao Family, I apologize to you." Xiao Zhan knelt before Xiao Se and pleaded, "I know Yan'er has done unforgivable things, but if possible, I still hope you will spare his life. Even if you make him a cripple, I will have no complaints."
"That will depend on him." Xiao Se did not agree, nor did he refuse. With a wave of his large hand, a terrifying force swept through like a gale. The black chains burst apart in an instant, and the thousands upon thousands of Souls within the balls of light slowly opened their eyes at this moment. They looked around weakly and confusedly, and finally, waves of extremely joyful Soul fluctuations erupted from them.
Although they did not know exactly what had happened, they felt the taste of freedom. For how many years had they been locked up here like prisoners? Sometimes, even death had become an extravagant hope...
"All of you, go. Do not let the Hall of Souls catch you again."
Xiao Se didn't even look back as he shattered those iron chains with a palm strike. He then flicked his hand and flashed into a spatial rift. With a hiss, he vanished simultaneously with Bibi Dong, the three women, and Xiao Zhan.
In the sky, countless Soul bodies were so excited that they were almost in tears. After performing a great salute toward the place where Xiao Se had disappeared, they whistled as they rushed out of the spatial barrier, frantically charging toward the free world outside.
(End of Chapter)
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