Holy Light Crystal

"By the way, this is for nourishing your body. After I took you to the infirmary just now, I heard the healing teacher say it would help you recover. I happened to have some, so I came back to get it and ran into you on your way back." Lu Wanwan handed over the item in her hand.

It was a coin-sized stone, smooth and unmarked. Its dull gray appearance made it impossible to tell how it differed from an ordinary stone.

As a soul master—especially one whose martial soul was the spiritual-type Spirit Eyes—Huo Yuhao immediately recognized that it was anything but ordinary.

Most people might have been deceived by its appearance, but the moment Huo Yuhao activated his martial soul, he discovered that the Soul Power fluctuations emanating from the stone were far stronger than those of the pills from before.

Huo Yuxi could not tell, but the Soul Devouring Spider could.

The moment the stone appeared, it hurried out of the sea of consciousness, drooling as it tried to leap toward it.

Although Huo Yuxi did not know what it was, the Soul Devouring Spider's reaction told her it was no ordinary item. How could she let it act recklessly?

She reached out, grabbed one of its spider legs, and pulled it back, muttering, "Zhuzhu, don't mess around. It belongs to someone else."

But she gave it to you. The Soul Devouring Spider was unconvinced. In its eyes, Lu Wanwan had given it to Huo Yuxi, which meant it belonged to Huo Yuxi. Its things belonged to Xixi, and Xixi's things could belong to it too.

So this thing was practically its now. Nothing wrong with that. Besides, it was going to be used on Huo Yuxi anyway, which made even more sense.

"We can't just accept things from others. I can tell from your reaction that it's precious, and we don't have anything of equal value to give her in return."

"If you want it, I'll find something else for you, or work hard to earn money and buy it for you later. But we can't accept it now."

Master of Empty Promises. The Soul Devouring Spider instantly wilted. You can't buy this even if you have money.

It truly wanted to cry. Since awakening, it had never seen anything good. For Huo Yuxi's sake, it had even had to absorb that evil, filthy Soul Power.

Now, after finally seeing something it liked and nearly having it in its grasp, it was told that it could not take it.

How was this any different from putting Liu Xiahui to the test?

The Soul Devouring Spider turned back into a spider plushie, shut off its five senses, and sulkily went to brood. Huo Yuxi held it in her arms, feeling deeply conflicted.

Two little figures were fighting before her eyes. One supported accepting it, while the other insisted that the item was too precious and that such a favor would be hard to repay.

She looked at the Soul Devouring Spider and said, "Thank you, Wanwan. This is very important to me right now, so I won't stand on ceremony. If there's anything you want later, I'll give it to you in return."

When she returned to the dormitory, Huo Yuxi found that Xiao Xiao was not there either. She found it strange. She had not seen Luo Ling earlier, and normally, Luo Ling would be with Lu Wanwan.

The bloodstains on her body had already dried. Not only did they smell unpleasant, but they also made her feel terribly uncomfortable.

Her external injuries had already been healed. She found some clothes and went to the bathroom to wash up. When she returned to the dormitory, she found that the Soul Devouring Spider had already returned to its normal form.

"Zhuzhu."

Huo Yuxi sat on the bed and took out that ordinary-looking stone. "Don't be sad. Look, what's this?"

The scene looked a little strange. Only the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, with cultivation of several hundred thousand years, possessed human-like intelligence. Yet the Soul Devouring Spider, as a martial soul, could not only communicate with people through its intelligence, but also had its own little emotions.

Huo Yuxi did not find anything strange about it. Looking at the little spider with its backside facing her, she helplessly reached out and picked it up.

"It's the stone you like." Huo Yuxi patiently coaxed it. "I brought it back for you."

"Don't be angry. I didn't want you to take it because it's too precious. It definitely wasn't easy for Wanwan to obtain either."

Then why did you bring it back? The Soul Devouring Spider opened one eye, secretly glanced at Huo Yuxi, and pretended not to care.

"Because you like it." Huo Yuxi stuffed the stone into its arms. "I'll find a way to repay the favor I owe Wanwan in the future. Your happiness is more important."

Only then did the Soul Devouring Spider cheer up a little. This is a Holy Light Crystal, formed after a Holy Light Stone undergoes the baptism of sunlight.

It's an important material for making healing pills, and the light it emits can somewhat suppress Dark Attribute soul beasts and Evil Soul Masters.

Holy Light Stones are already rare. Out of ten thousand of them, only one or two can form Holy Light Crystals. Rare enough for you?

As it spoke, blue-purple Soul Power surged from its body, shattering the mold-like layer of stone around the exterior. The crystal within shone with a dazzling platinum-white radiance.

Huo Yuxi's first impression upon seeing that light was warmth. It felt a little inexplicable, yet she could not explain why.

My power leans toward the Dark Attribute. Originally, inside your body... Seeming to think of something, the Soul Devouring Spider stopped explaining and stiffly changed the subject. Hurry, hurry, let's begin!

"Come on." Huo Yuxi indeed did not notice what it had said before. She casually swept the stone fragments into the trash bin, then crossed her legs and sat on the bed.

The Soul Devouring Spider released the soul body that Huo Yuxi had dug out earlier. It had been sealed before, and now that it had been released, it did not dare move recklessly.

"Zhuzhu, what is this? What should I do?" If the Soul Devouring Spider had not released it, Huo Yuxi would have nearly forgotten that it existed.

This is the soul body of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. I don't know anything more specific. I could sense it that day only because its aura was connected to mine.

As it spoke, the Soul Devouring Spider raised one leg and scratched its head. Its intelligence only went this far; it could not figure it out.

Forget it, forget it. Don't dwell on it. Let's begin.

Huo Yuxi watched the speck of light float before her. She truly could not tell that it was a soul body, but she still asked, "Zhuzhu, will this hurt it?"

No. We're only borrowing its power. At most, it'll make it a little weaker. Sensing that this sounded somewhat misleading, it added, What it gained in your sea of consciousness is far more valuable than this bit of power. You don't need to feel guilty.

As if afraid Huo Yuxi would give up, the little speck of light anxiously swayed back and forth.

"Alright, then let's begin."

Huo Yuxi cupped the speck of light in her hands, closed her eyes tightly, and completely relaxed as she waited for the Soul Devouring Spider to act.

Under the Soul Devouring Spider's control, the Holy Light Crystal slowly floated down into Huo Yuxi's palm, lying quietly beside the little speck of light.

It was as though something within Huo Yuxi's body had been guided. A stream of pale golden energy flowed from within her, circling the Holy Light Crystal and the little speck of light.

Somewhere she could not see, the Soul Devouring Spider saw through everything into the sea of consciousness, gazing at the Goddess statue within it before slowly bowing.

It extended one spider leg and controlled the energy as it entered Huo Yuxi's body, repairing the spiritual channels within her.

Huo Yuxi's body was simply in terrible condition. Even with this repair, it could only recover to half of her previous level of health. There was no way to cure the root of the problem completely.

The aura of this soul body had originally been closely connected to the Soul Devouring Spider's, and it had planned to absorb it later. It had not expected the Goddess statue to suddenly tell it that borrowing its power could repair Huo Yuxi's body.

However, this method could only be used once. If they did it again, Huo Yuxi's body would collapse.