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Chapter 45: Are you worthy of entering the Soul Banner?

Cheng Yu looked at Lu Yan in surprise.

Lu Yan's question is most likely related to the events in Zhulinfang City.

This immediately reminded him of the incident in Zhulinfang City. The owner of the talisman shop recruited a large number of ordinary people as his assistants and lured them to practice martial arts and refine soul flags.

"Could the Hundred Souls Banner in his hand be the one that was lost in the Bamboo Forest Market?
But how did he refine the Soul Banner into the Hundred Soul Banner in such a short time? Could it be that refining the beast souls is not nonsense?"

Cheng Yu's pupils suddenly shrank, and Lu Yan's words made him instantly think of many things.

However, facing Lu Yan's threat, Cheng Yu still suppressed his doubts and spoke in detail:

“I’m not very clear about the details of the incident at the Bamboo Grove Market, but I roughly heard that a cultivator from the Demon Sect was secretly refining a soul flag in the market, and a strange fire killed the cultivator and the soul flag disappeared.

In the upper echelons of Zhulin Market, there was a cultivator at the peak of Qi training named Li Zhaoheng who used the excuse that he was worried about attracting investigation from Qingwu Sect and forcibly covered up the matter.

Originally, the matter was almost over, but who knew that Gongyang Xuanming suddenly died in the Bamboo Forest Market."

"Gongyang Xuanming is the biological son of the Demon Refining Sect's Golden Core Elder. He has already reached the initial stage of foundation building and has been hiding in the Bamboo Forest Market for several years.

But Gongyang Xuanming, whose identity was perfectly hidden, died suddenly, along with a cultivator from the Demon Refining Sect who was in the late foundation building stage and more than a dozen Qi training outer disciples.

The death of so many cultivators immediately attracted the attention of Qingwu Sect, and after some investigation, they discovered the true identity of Gongyang Xuanming and the truth about the soul flag being refined in the Bamboo Forest Market."

"The elders of Qingwu Sect were furious and purged all the high-ranking officials of Zhulin Market. The true disciple who was originally in charge of Zhulin Market was also punished and dismissed from his post guarding Zhulin Market."

Lu Yan nodded slightly when he heard this. The events in the fairy tale version were not much different from those in the urban version.

In the urban version, it was Li Zhaoheng who was in charge of the underground factory fire case. At the instruction of Gongyang Xuanming, he suppressed the underground factory below the fire.

Later, Lu Yan killed Li Zhaoheng and Gongyang Xuanming, which aroused the scrutiny of Luocheng's top leaders and involved many things that were not exposed on the surface.

The only difference is that in the fairy-xia version, a true disciple of the Qingwu Sect was implicated, and that was undoubtedly the Jade Fairy Ji Xingyao.

“Since Ji Xingyao was affected in the Xianxia version and even removed from her position as the city guard, even if it cannot be completely matched in the urban version, there should still be some feedback.

In the urban version, she is just a down-and-out internet celebrity. How could she be connected to the mysterious death of a Burmese dignitary? And what kind of impact will she receive? "

After thinking about it, Lu Yan could only think of her concert.

The murder took place just a few hundred meters away from the concert venue. Even if the news did not spread among the public, those wealthy shopping mall owners would probably know about it.

Even if Ji Xingyao has nothing to do with the murder case, as long as she is even slightly involved, those shopping mall owners will definitely not be willing to invite her to hold concerts again.

“The down-and-out internet celebrity is going to become even more down-and-out.”

Lu Yan was somewhat amazed. He had formed a good relationship with Ji Xingyao in the past, and wanted to use Ji Xingyao's influence to make himself feel safe.

Who would have thought that he could easily suppress a great cultivator at the foundation-building stage, while Ji Xingyao, the true disciple, became increasingly destitute and even lost his position guarding the Zhulin Market.

The only market for independent cultivators left under her name should be Qinggu Market, the last market for independent cultivators. It is rare for a true disciple to end up like this.

"Perhaps, the internet celebrity's identity reflects that Ji Xingyao's identity is not in her control and is far less glamorous than the appearance of a true disciple?"

Seeing Lu Yan lost in thought, Cheng Yu became more convinced of his guess. "Do you have anything else to ask?"

Lu Yan raised his head, looked at Cheng Yu and nodded:
"I am very satisfied with your answer."

As he spoke, Lu Yan lightly waved the soul flag, and with most of his body melted, he walked forward from the group of ghosts.

"In return, I will make him eat faster and make you suffer as little as possible."

Cheng Yu's face suddenly changed, and he said in panic:
"You want this main soul at the peak of Qi training to eat me?"

"Among the three main souls in your Hundred Souls Banner, two are only at the peak of Qi training. I am a great foundation-building cultivator of the Red Lotus Devil Sect, and you actually don't sacrifice me to become a main soul?"

Lu Yan glanced at Cheng Yu with a strange look.

"Why should I sacrifice you to be the main soul?

You are not a quiet guy. Even if you become the main soul, you will definitely want to make trouble and betray your master. I will not be fooled by you."

Cheng Yu's face turned green. The reason why he answered Lu Yan's question so readily was that he wanted to cooperate with Lu Yan and then enter the Hundred Souls Banner peacefully to survive.

Any demon cultivator who holds a soul flag will not easily let go of the opportunity to refine the main soul. Only by winning battles again and again and refining the souls of powerful enemies can the upper limit of the soul flag be increased.

Throughout history, all the great demonic masters who have refined the Soul Banner have relied on the many powerful main souls within the Soul Banner to show their power, rather than the numerous wronged souls and evil spirits.

When one's cultivation is at a low level, the gap in realm between the resentful souls and evil spirits and the enemy is not that big. The sheer number of resentful souls and evil spirits is enough to kill a great cultivator who has reached the foundation stage.

But if one reaches the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul stage, no matter how many Qi training stage ghosts there are, they will not be able to make a difference. At that time, there will only be two choices.

One method is to cultivate these low-level ghosts to the foundation-building stage. When thousands of foundation-building ghosts appear, even a Jindan Zhenren will have to retreat.

However, the resources consumed in cultivating thousands of foundation-building ghosts are terrifying. If one uses the method of slaughtering mortals to refine souls, it would be at least millions or tens of millions of mortal souls.

No matter how evil a demon is, he does not have the courage to slaughter so many mortals, so almost no one chooses this path.

Another way is to rely on those main souls that are strong enough. The large number of wronged souls and evil spirits are mostly just to assist the main souls in forming ghost dens, or to slaughter low-level cultivators.

The powerful main soul is not inferior to that of the cultivators of the same level, and once it is used, it is enough to crush strong enemies.

It is precisely because of this that the demon monks holding soul flags will not waste their souls to refine their main souls after defeating a powerful enemy.

And those defeated monks were also willing to accept this choice. By becoming the main soul, they at least had a chance to resist and did not have to die on the spot.

But Cheng Yu never expected that there would be a guy like Lu Yan who didn't play by the rules. His precious foundation-building soul was actually swallowed up by a Qi-refining ghost at will.

In terror, he shouted:
"I have the Red Lotus Demon Sect's inheritance method, and I also have clues to the sect's treasures and ancient ruins!
Let me become the master soul of the Hundred Souls Banner and provide you with information for your use!"

The high and mighty great monk of the sect suddenly became so humble, and even took the initiative to ask to enter the soul flag. This made Lu Yan smile a little and asked softly:
"You are worthy of entering the Soul Banner?"

He has too many secrets. A main soul that is intelligent and has the potential to rebel is an extremely unstable factor for him. He will not allow such a creature to exist.

The blood-bearded beast tore Cheng Yu's soul into pieces and completely devoured it amidst sharp wails.

(End of this chapter)