After the protagonist retired, the heroine quit

Because she was still worried about the middle-aged man.

She did not turn her back completely to face the middle-aged man, but was half sideways, with her peripheral vision constantly alert to the middle-aged man's behavior.

Fortunately, the middle-aged man did not make any move from beginning to end. He seemed to be really intimidated by the reputation of Qingyun Fuzong.

Just when Yunqi thought that she could get through this emergency safely, the red rope brass gourd that she was holding sideways trembled slightly, and a precious aura spread out, as if it had detected some treasure.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man narrowed his eyes, and his frowning brows showed a strong sense of depression.

"Wait! Little girl, what's hanging around your waist, isn't it the broken treasure-hunting gourd hanging in the Wanbao Pavilion?"

"Eh? No, you're seeing things. This is a potion gourd."

Yun Qi's body stiffened, and her soft hem was lifted up, revealing her white and tender thigh underneath. She grasped the hem of her clothes to cover the treasure gourd around her waist, and then corrected herself.

She wasn't so stupid as to answer whatever someone asked her, especially when they were obviously interested.

Although her behavior was a bit of a cover-up, murder and robbery often happened in the secret realm, so it was better to be cautious.

But what Yun Qi couldn't understand was that this was a tattered treasure-hunting gourd of hers that had been hanging in the Wanbao Pavilion for who knows how many years and no one had bought it. It was said that someone had accidentally bought it, but after a few months, he didn't get the treasure, and instead his few good fortunes were taken away by the gourd, and he couldn't get any treasure at all. He thought it was useless, so he obediently sent it back.

Because of this incident, the name of the Broken Treasure Gourd became popular, and no one cared about it for a hundred years.

No one would be interested in a broken gourd, which is why she hung it around her waist so dignifiedly.

Even if this middle-aged man is a casual cultivator who has never seen any treasures, how could he not know the famous Broken Treasure Gourd?

"Hey! Don't worry, little kid. I have no interest in this treasure gourd that is hanging in the Wanbao Pavilion and gathering dust.

However, since you bought it, it means... you have the ability to drive or urge it, right? ! "

The middle-aged man rubbed his blue chin with his palm, and his originally lifeless eyes lit up with a gleam of light at this moment.

bass!

A golden light flashed, and a light golden talisman appeared on the fingertips. Yun Qi's face looked grim.

What's worse is that this guy is not interested in the magic gourd, but in her as a person.

The slight fluctuation caused by the summoning talisman made the middle-aged man nod slightly:

"Well, you are at the peak of the Jindan realm, which makes you a little genius. It just happens that you won't humiliate my magic weapon. Hehe... Congratulations to you, little kid. I see that your forehead is black, and I estimate that you will die in a few hundred years. I am willing to rescue you so that your soul will not wander and scatter between heaven and earth.

Welcome to my Human Emperor Banner, where your spirit and soul will be eternal and immortal. I believe the seniors here will also like you very much..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flag emitting black smoke and with a dark yellow flag fluttering on it, and with thousands of wailing ghosts entangled on the pole, slowly rose from the shadow under his feet.

Yun Qi's eyes flickered, and her warm body suddenly turned cold.

Is this the Soul Refining Banner?

The person in front of me... is an evil cultivator!!

Chapter 35: The person who invented the Soul Refining Banner is truly a genius

Magical instruments are the foundation of a cultivator's practice and are indispensable. However, compared to common elixirs, a good magical instrument that is compatible with one's own nature is not so common and is something that can only be encountered by chance.

Usually, the production of magical instruments involves many processes and the required materials are precious. They are mostly natural treasures or parts of powerful monsters. Only with these as the basis can a magical instrument of high grade be made.

The forging of some magical instruments even depends on the right time, place and people, and one must avoid some unfavorable weather and things in advance.

In addition, there is a certain error rate in the process of making magic weapons, which requires excellent forging skills. Only veterans who have been immersed in this area for many years can make a good magic weapon while ensuring that materials are not wasted.

Of course, you can also directly use the finished magic tools on the market, but the number of spirit stones required is much higher than if you commission one to be made yourself.

Most of the magic tools are like this. People, money, land, and treasures are indispensable. However, there are exceptions to everything. The Human Emperor Banner in the middle-aged man's hand, Pah! It should be said that it is a soul-refining banner, which is an outlier among magic tools.

Strictly speaking, whether it can be considered a magical weapon is worth discussing, after all, it does not fall into any of the above four categories.

It was invented by an evil cultivator five hundred years ago. Since its invention, it has caused a thousand miles of red blood and hundreds of cities to be deserted.

First of all, the materials needed for the production of the Soul Refining Banner are very simple, very common and cheap, that is, the human soul. Compared with things like the dragon's reverse scales and the white cloud essence, the soul is very easy to obtain. Even the soul of a mortal can be refined, but the effect is definitely not as good as that of a cultivator.

Secondly, there are no requirements for the skills in practicing the Soul Refining Banner. All you need to do is know how to control your spiritual power and replenish resources in a timely manner.

It is said that the person who invented the Soul Refining Banner is a talented person!

This thing is easy to make and the materials used are cheap. Once it came out, it caused a huge wave and everyone felt insecure.

It is said that the inspiration of its inventor came from the fact that since the horns and scales of monsters can be used to polish into magical tools, what about humans who are also living creatures?

Once this idea came out, it was unstoppable. The appearance of the Soul Refining Banner was just a precursor. Later, many evil weapons made of human flesh, bones, blood, etc. were invented. However, in comparison, the Soul Refining Banner, as a predecessor, was more popular.

This kind of thing is simple to make, there is no shortage of raw materials, and it can greatly improve the cultivator himself. It has special attack properties against humans. Many independent cultivators can't resist the temptation and join in, starting a wave of "cannibalism".

For a period of time at that time, some places completely lost order. Chaos and killing were everywhere. You killed me and I killed you. The inventor of the Soul Refining Banner was even honored as the Blood Refining Ancestor, and attracted a large number of people to follow him.

However, such an inhumane phenomenon naturally attracted the attention of all walks of life in the cultivation world. The Soul Refining Banner flourished quickly and cooled down even faster.

Led by the Tie family, in almost a month, all the cultivators who refined the Soul Refining Banners were killed and disappeared. Countless people and sects were involved in the deaths, and the bottom floor of the Demon Suppression Tower was overcrowded.

The culprit, Ancestor Xuelian, was surrounded and killed by several powerful men. Before his death, he was unwilling to let his inheritance be buried, so he self-destructed the first generation of Soul Refining Banner. The method of making the Soul Refining Banner then became widely spread throughout the world of immortal cultivation.

Up to now, even though the immortal cultivation world has been trying its best to suppress it, there will always be one or two evil cultivators holding soul refining banners, emerging from unnoticed corners, giving people the feeling that the blood path is not alone.

However, this also aroused the vigilance of some people in the immortal cultivation world. It is absolutely impossible for the Soul Refining Banner to reach the scale of the Thousand Souls Banner, Ten Thousand Souls Banner, or even the Billion Souls Banner.

Regarding this thing, both the righteous and evil paths have reached a high degree of unity. They will never tolerate it and will not tolerate even a single hair. Once discovered, they will be killed.

It can be said that the cultivator holding the Soul Refining Banner is like a rat crossing the street. As soon as he shows up, everyone will shout and beat him. He is the most despised, despised and feared by other cultivators.

But even so, there are always traces of soul refining flags in various places, or they are similar to the method of refining people used by the Blood Refining Ancestor. They are like the weeds that can never be burned. After one crop is burned, another crop will pop up from nowhere.

But it is impossible to make it prosperous, because "Heaven's Way" is extremely repulsive to this thing, and it is a kind of disgust engraved in its bones.

Therefore, the moment she saw the middle-aged man offering up the Soul Refining Banner that was emitting black smoke, Yun Qi immediately lit the communication talisman left by her senior sister. The talisman in her hand shone brightly, and the light golden glow wrapped around the remaining talisman paper, and she rushed to the opposite side in one breath.

She herself turned around and ran away, with no intention of staying to fight.

The evil cultivator of the demonic path has finally become powerful, judging by the billowing black smoke coming out of the Soul Refining Banner.

She was definitely no match for the opponent, so what she had to do now was to escape and try to survive before her senior sister's support arrived.

I hope the talisman given by my senior sister can trap him for a while.

Yunqi prayed silently in her heart, feeling a little regretful at the same time.

If I had known earlier, I would have listened to my senior sister and asked for more talisman paper. However, who can predict what will happen in the future?

In a secret realm that is strictly guarded and only allows disciples of righteous sects to enter, the probability of encountering an evil cultivator using a Soul Refining Banner is... even more outrageous than you being in a room peacefully and suddenly a Big Fortune crashes in and directly knocks you into another world.

"Little tricks!"

Peng!

The middle-aged man's body moved without wind, and a condensed black mysterious energy formed a barrier, blowing away the attacking sea of ​​talismans. The sharp golden talisman emitting a knife-like aura stayed in front of his face, only an inch away from cutting off his nose bone and passing through his skull.

His lifeless eyes turned, and he glanced at the golden talisman paper in front of him that was frozen by the black mysterious energy and trembled without moving, and nodded:

"Good treasure, good talisman paper, but the user's experience is not that good..."

The black mysterious energy then condensed into a giant air hand, covering the sky and grabbing Yun Qi from a distance while she was fleeing towards the place where lightning was flashing.

Suddenly, a ray of light appeared in the turbid black gas, passing through the condensed gas and coming straight in front of the middle-aged man.

click!

The flying sword came forward quickly, but just like the previous talisman, it was stuck an inch in front of the middle-aged man and could not move.

"It seems that you are still a sword cultivator. I have to make more room for you..."

After sighing, the middle-aged man spun his hand and condensed a round black "balloon", locking the flying sword and the talisman inside.

The biggest threat to a sword cultivator is his elusive flying sword. Now that the flying sword is gone, he is like a fish on the chopping board.

Feeling that both the flying sword and the talisman had lost contact with her at the same time, Yun Qi lowered her head, feeling a sense of powerlessness in her heart.

damn...

Qidao's big hand clenched, and he was about to pull the girl in yellow closer, but suddenly, the girl's body glowed, and a layer of faint talisman clothes made of pieces of transparent talisman paper connected together emerged from her body.

The patterns on the transparent talisman paper were winding and connected together, and they were all Vajra Talismans which were famous for their defense.

The surging golden light pinned the girl in place. No matter how the middle-aged man pulled, the girl remained motionless.

Yun Qi, who was protected by the talisman robe, was shocked. The calm face of her senior sister flashed through her mind, and she felt a little touched in her heart.

"Sister..."

Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man did not shout or yell, but the depression between his brows became even more intense, just like the layers of dark clouds piling up in the distant sky.

Just as he was about to increase the strength of his hand by condensing the black profound energy again, a blade light wrapped in pure profound energy slashed down from top to bottom, cutting off his condensed hand, and a dull rebuke followed:

"I finally found you, the traitor who abused my Tie family's magic..."

Boom!

The figure fell down, blocking the girl Yunqi and the middle-aged man. On the tall body, there was a hideous face, as if it was a mask made by an ancient monster, Zhe. It was trembling slightly, and the clear and upright aura that was surging formed a sharp contrast with the drifting black aura.

The masked "man" stood with a knife in his hand, his eyes full of anger, showing extraordinary hostility towards the middle-aged man opposite him.

Chapter 36: Shaking People

At the same time, on the side of Lady Sanhua, Ziyun's pupils shrank. Where Lady Sanhua was staring, a pretty woman walked over with her hands behind her back.

"Ah! It's Miss Feng Ling, why are you here? That's great, I was just thinking of looking for you!"

Seeing that he was not a stranger, Ziyun took a step forward. God knows how safe it feels to see a familiar face in an unfamiliar secret place.

"Um... Hello, fellow Taoist. Sorry, I just passed by here. Did I disturb you? Eh? Dahua?"

However, in contrast to the extremely enthusiastic Ziyun, the pretty girl was much colder towards Ziyun. There was a sense of confusion in her bright eyes, and she looked at Ziyun as if she was looking at a stranger.

However, when she turned her head and saw Sanhua Niangniang squatting on the rock and subconsciously asked in confusion, Ziyun knew why.

Before entering the secret realm, she was always dressed in a black robe. After getting used to the image of the girl in black robe, when people suddenly take a look at her true appearance under the black robe, they may still not be able to react and recognize her.

So she came forward, picked up a lock of her unique purple hair between her index finger and thumb and said:

"It's me! Heisha... Have you forgotten? Look at my hair. And when I first arrived at the secret realm, you should have seen what I looked like under the black robe?"

"Is that so?"

After hearing Ziyun's words, the pretty girl paused for a moment, her bright eyes flickered, and soon returned to normal. When she spoke again, her tone was much more familiar than before:

"It turns out to be you, Heisha! You took off your black robe, and I didn't recognize you for a moment. So, were you talking to Dahua just now? It seems that you have found it."

"Yes, of course. I can tell at a glance. Why do you seem confused? Are you okay?"

“No… maybe it’s due to the influence of the secret realm. There are raging flames everywhere nearby that can’t be extinguished. However, the closer you get to the towering ancient tree in the middle, the fewer flames there are, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. It seems like there is something there that can block the flames.

It seems that if we want to continue exploring, we can only move closer to that towering ancient tree."

Feng Ling covered her head, feeling swollen, and at the same time, she did not forget to talk about the phenomena she observed along the way in the secret realm.

"Now that you mention it, it's true. The temperature in the secret realm is getting higher and higher. Ah... I thought it was because I took off all my clothes and was overly sensitive. It seems that it's not just my illusion."

Hearing this, Feng Ling's eyes naturally fell on Ziyun's attire. She had her hands on her waist, and she was not wearing a loose outer robe, but just casually draped over her body like a cloak, with no clothes on her naked body.

If he dressed like this and had two long stupid hairs on his head, he would look like the alter ego of some stupid Taoist priest from another world.

Seeing this, Feng Ling's mouth twitched, "No, you still need to wear your clothes properly."

"It's very uncomfortable to wear clothes... and the poison mist of my avatar is also..."

Meow!

"Oh oh oh... I almost forgot, Feng Ling, something big happened, Ye Ba... is in trouble!"

After being reminded by Lady Sanhua, Ziyun, who was busy chatting with Feng Ling, finally reacted and hurriedly explained everything about Xiao Yu to Feng Ling.

"That is to say... Ye Ba, for some unknown reason, was targeted by Long Wanyan of Qingyun Fuzong, and now his life or death is uncertain?"

After hearing what happened, Feng Ling pinched his chin and first glanced at Sanhua Niangniang who was lying on the rock next to the flame girl, then his eyes fell on Ziyun and spoke.