After leaving the Li Clan, Sun Xiaochuan headed straight for the Tianmu Mountain Range. He found the location Venerate Shenzang had left for him, where a Heaven-rank Protector received him.
After showing the Protector the Jade Token Venerate Shenzang had given him, he explained his purpose. He had come to fulfill his promise to join the Soul Hall, though he wished to meet Venerate Shenzang first.
Seeing that he possessed the Venerate's Jade Token, the Protector gave it little thought and led him to the Soul Hall's location—the very place Zhao Li had once broken into.
"Hall Master, this subordinate requests an audience."
Protector Qing stopped before a stone stele and respectfully bowed.
A cloud of Black Mist swept up the two of them, and when they reappeared, they were already within the Soul Hall.
Over the past century, the Soul Hall had approached many Alchemists, and Sun Xiaochuan was one of them. Though he had hesitated and declined to join, he had still received a spatial Jade Token personally crafted by Venerate Shenzang. The one he had produced earlier was precisely that token.
After suffering humiliation at the Li Clan this time, he decided to simply join the Soul Hall. First, he feared being assassinated by the people behind Zhao Li and wanted somewhere to shelter himself. Second, he wanted to borrow the Soul Hall's power to take revenge.
With the Soul Hall's capabilities, both goals could be achieved. But from then on, he would likely lose his freedom.
Sun Xiaochuan told him what had happened, though he only claimed that he had discovered a mysterious, powerful Alchemist who had clashed with him. He had suffered a loss and hoped the Soul Hall could help him capture that man.
"Venerate, everything I said is true. The Li Clan has