"Phew..."
Hun Changqing put away the black stone and forcefully exhaled a breath of stale air. The events of the day had been rather too thrilling, putting his poor little heart under tremendous strain. Fortunately, things had not spiraled beyond his control.
The moment Hun Changqing saw the black stone, he knew Xiao Yan could be saved. It was an exceptionally rare eighth-tier soul material called a "Soul-Guarding Stone," capable of protecting and storing a person's soul.
Yao Chen's Storage Ring had been made from this very Soul-Guarding Stone. That was why he had barely managed to survive, even with his soul so badly damaged that he needed to absorb the Dou Qi of mere Dou Zhe.
Just before Xiao Yan died, a wisp of his remnant soul had been protected by the Soul-Guarding Stone and drawn inside. Its aura was extremely well concealed. Had Hun Changqing not carefully searched Xiao Yan's corpse inch by inch, he would never have discovered the Soul-Guarding Stone!
Now, he only needed to find a corpse whose strength had been close to Xiao Yan's before his death, revive Xiao Yan, and then have Yao Chen refine a "Spirit-Flesh Origin Soul Pill."
This pill would allow Xiao Yan's Soul Origin to permeate that body. In the end, the body would be reshaped into the original form of Xiao Yan's soul-in other words, his former appearance.
With that, Hun Changqing's crisis would be resolved, and he could continue using Xiao Yan to threaten Gu Xun'er. After this incident, however, Hun Changqing felt he had better keep Xiao Yan close. The man was far too good at courting death. If something happened again while he was left to roam free, and Hun Changqing could not get there in time, it would all be over.
At the very