Yao Xuan carefully sealed the glowing mass of soul origin and stowed it in his Storage Ring. Then, with a flicker, he left the Corpse-Hiding Mountains.
Now that the Human Hall's array had been broken, word would surely reach Hun Miesheng's ears soon.
This was no safe place. Besides, refining the glowing mass of soul origin would take considerable time, so Yao Xuan decided to return to the Star Cloud Pavilion before beginning.
The Starfall Pavilion...
By now, escorted by the Battle Venerable guards assembled by the Starfall Pavilion, the members of the Xiao Household had arrived safely at the pavilion...
The next instant, the void above the Starfall Pavilion trembled slightly.
Yao Xuan emerged from it.
Without wasting any time, Yao Xuan immediately sought out Yao Lao:
"Uncle Chen..."
"I just destroyed the Soul Hall's Human Hall and obtained some soul origin from it..."
"This soul origin is useful to me, so I want to enter seclusion immediately and absorb it..."
"The Soul Hall certainly won't let the theft of its soul origin rest..."
"I expect its people will come to the Starfall Pavilion looking for trouble before long."
"Uncle Chen, thank you for looking after things while I'm in seclusion..."
After hearing him out, Yao Lao nodded without the slightest hesitation, then raised a hand to pat Yao Xuan's shoulder:
"Rest assured..."
"Focus on your seclusion. With me here, nothing will happen to the Starfall Pavilion."
Yao Xuan then went to his previous seclusion site in the mountains behind the Starfall Pavilion and entered seclusion to absorb the glowing mass of soul origin.
Yao Xuan slowly sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed as his mind gradually settled.
Although Yao Xuan had already reached the Early One-Star Dou Saint level, his soul power remained stuck at the mid-stage Heavenly