Chao Zhang had said a great deal, making Qin Fengming frown from time to time. He had paid no attention to most of it. But the instant he heard one particular sentence from Chao Zhang, his expression changed dramatically.
That sentence concerned the time he had encountered Ancestor Daoyan. At that time, his body had already been invaded by the mysterious soul talisman patterns Ancestor Daoyan had placed within him, turning him into a furnace for nourishing Ancestor Daoyan's soul.
Listening to Chao Zhang's words, the astonishment on Qin Fengming's face grew increasingly intense.
Earlier, when he had interrogated Chao Zhang, Chao Zhang had only said that the restrictions in this secret realm were the place where Ancestor Daoyan had recondensed his own essence soul. He had not mentioned any of this.
Yet now, Qin Fengming knew Ancestor Daoyan's entire plan.
And the more he learned, the more shocked he became. What shocked him was not that Ancestor Daoyan's Soul Talisman patterns were inside his body, but the astonishing nature of this method of resurrection.
Previously, he had thought that Ancestor Daoyan could be resurrected because the formations here had used the essence blood he brought to condense an essence soul, thereby allowing Ancestor Daoyan to be reborn. As for his confinement by the restrictions, he had assumed it was merely because Ancestor Daoyan did not want the essence of his formations passed on to another clan.
Only now did he finally understand completely that Ancestor Daoyan had sought someone capable of comprehending his inheritance not merely to select a person with talent in formations, nor merely to have that person return the essence blood to the Black Swallow Clan. He had intended to use the body of the person who delivered the essence blood to nourish his own soul.