"Swoosh!"

A beam of emerald light emerged from Su Ran’s hand, shooting towards the floating Beast King’s Coffin like a laser.

"Geez, that color is really something, so glaringly green!"

Su Ran excitedly discovered that the green light turned into a screen of light, wrapping around the Beast King’s Coffin tightly and intelligently burrowing into the crevices of the coffin. In a short while, the light had merged into the coffin and then vanished without a trace.

"What’s going on?"

After waiting several minutes, there was no sign of any unusual activity from the Beast King’s Coffin, not even a slight movement of the lid. This puzzled Su Ran, who couldn’t figure out if the Five-clawed Bone Dragon King inside had been affected by the light of the soul revival.

Could it be

that the Five-clawed Bone Dragon King’s rank was too high, rendering the soul revival skill ineffective on repairing its soul?

Or was it that the effect of the soul recovery was so subtle that it was undetectable to the naked eye?

Despite his questions, Su Ran couldn’t do anything about it—he certainly couldn’t fly up and pry open the coffin to check...

Since the Bone Dragon King was indifferent to the soul revival skill, he turned to plan B instead, setting his sights on the Demon-sealing Platform.

"King Snake, you’d better give me some face..."

Having been rebuffed by the Bone Dragon King, Su Ran was no longer confident in the soul revival skill and even began to doubt the truthfulness of what the merchant had said.

"Swoosh!"

Under Su Ran’s control, the emerald light burst forth from the Decay Bead once more and entered the Demon-sealing Platform.

Faced with this situation, Su Ran’s mood grew tense, as he stared intently at the Demon-sealing Platform, afraid of missing the spectacle.

However,

just like before, until the green glow faded away, the Demon-sealing Platform showed no signs of anything unusual, not even a whisper of sound.

"This is odd, could there be something wrong with this skill?"

Su Ran’s eyes were filled with doubt. Merchant Yin Si had never lied to him before, and wouldn’t likely be spouting nonsense about this, but how could he explain what was unfolding before him?

Since the soul revival skill was still in its cooldown period, Su Ran could only wait dryly for 5 minutes. As soon as the skill was ready again, he immediately summoned the King Snake. The Decay Bead radiated a verdant sheen, enveloping the King Snake.

Gradually, the frail spirit of the King Snake began to solidify, and a commanding aura emanated from within.

Seeing such a dramatic change in the King Snake’s spirit, a glint of joy flashed in Su Ran’s eyes. But before he could fully revel in his excitement, he noticed that the spirit, like a deflating balloon, sagged once more, the green light that had clung to its surface now gone.

"Did it fail again?"

Unwilling to let it go, Su Ran kept his gaze on the King Snake to find out the cause. But when he saw the attributes marked on the spirit, he suddenly burst into laughter.

All of the King Snake’s skill attributes showed a slight increase!

Although it was just a small boost in attributes, it was still a positive sign, giving Su Ran hope for the recovery of his Guardian Beast.

"Little skeleton, why the loud laughter? You’re disturbing my sleep,"

a ghostly voice sounded by Su Ran’s ear, the chilly sensation giving him a severe case of goosebumps and abruptly halting his laughter.

"Lord Yin Si, don’t you know that a ghost scaring a ghost can scare a ghost to death!"

Su Ran could tell who the owner of the voice was; he hastily retreated a few steps to distance himself from Yin Si before speaking irritably, "Lord Yin Si, can you please make some noise when you walk, so I can be mentally prepared!"

"Hehehe, little skeleton, tell me what happy thing you’ve encountered, Let me join in on the fun."

Cloaked Yin Si fixed his eyes on the Decay Bead in Su Ran’s hand, his eyes flashing with an inexplicable light, "And this strange bead, don’t forget to introduce it to me."

Such sharp eyes!

Just a glance, and he noticed the extraordinariness of the Decay Bead; Su Ran couldn’t help but admire Yin Si thoroughly.

"Lord Yin Si, this is the Decay Bead you mentioned to me, and I..."

"What? A Decay Bead?!"

Before Su Ran could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yin Si’s exclamation; at that moment, Yin Si was displaying shock, his gaze as if glued to the Decay Bead, he exclaimed, "You have already obtained three of the ancient ten great beads; little skeleton, your luck is truly enormous!"

"Luck, just luck."

Feeling Yin Si’s astonished gaze, Su Ran couldn’t help feeling a smidgeon of pride, an emotion not easily understood by the common folk.

"Little skeleton, of all the undead skeletons I’ve seen, you have the greatest luck, even the spirits of the God Race cannot compare to you!"

The Black-robed Yin Si’s excitement gradually settled down; pointing at the Decay Bead, he asked, "Little skeleton, lend me the Decay Bead to observe for a few minutes."

"No way."

Su Ran flatly refused, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Heh, you’re really stingy."

The Black-robed Yin Si shook his head and chuckled, not getting upset, "Little skeleton, you can’t use the Decay Bead to restore the Red-veined King Snake like this. When will you finish at this rate?"

"Please enlighten me, my lord."

Upon hearing there might be a solution, Su Ran eagerly asked, knowing even if he allowed himself to use soul restoration every 5 minutes, plus the even weaker Five-clawed Bone Dragon, how long would it continue?

By that time, the dish would be cold!

"Seeing this Decay Bead today has made me so happy, I will waive the fee for you this time."

Not often generous, Yin Si paused for a few seconds, then seeing the impatience in Su Ran’s eyes, he finally grinned and said, "You can have the Decay Bead come into contact with the soul of the Red-veined King Snake, only in this way can the speed of soul restoration be several times faster than now!"

So that was it!

Su Ran suddenly realized, having an elder around indeed saved him from taking many wrong turns.

Heeding an elder’s advice, one is sure to prosper—this saying held true.

"Lord Yin Si, I’ll not waste this precious time then, let’s restore these two Guardian Beasts to their prime first!"

Su Ran hurriedly finished speaking, trying to bring the Decay Bead close to the Red-veined King Snake, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, Yin Si stopped him.

"Little skeleton, you are really impatient. The soul energy contained within the Decay Bead is already exhausted, and even if you touch the soul, it won’t have any effect."

Uh...

Having heard what Yin Si said, Su Ran certainly understood that the soul restoration skill was still on cooldown and would not produce any restorative effect. In that case, he had no choice but to patiently wait for the long five minutes to end, which was nothing short of agony.