"That's truly a blessing." Jiang Chunian said, "The Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner is incredibly powerful. If it hadn't just been successfully refined and hadn't been fully mastered, your master might not have been able to defeat that man. I'm afraid the Xuan Sect would be a completely different place by now."
"My master said the same thing." Taoist Qinghui sighed: "Master was seriously injured in that battle and has been in seclusion for more than ten years. I was basically in charge of the Ninth Division, but my strength was low at the time and I couldn't command the people at all. I saw that unrest was inevitable. Fortunately, the country introduced policies at this time to abolish feudal superstitions and forbid people from the Xuanmen to come out. The decline of the Xuanmen actually gave me a chance to breathe. That's why twenty years later, when Master passed away and I had grown up, I was able to control the Ninth Division."
Jiang Chunian: "It's not been easy for you along the way."
"It's all in the past." Taoist Qinghui waved his hand. "Master once told me that if Junior-Master were here, destroying the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner would be easy. But with my strength, I'm afraid I'm not up to the task. If I act rashly, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner will easily take advantage of my situation, bewilder my mind, and lead me down the path of evil. Therefore, I followed Master's instructions and never act rashly without absolute certainty. However, as time passed, my strength grew. I tried to remove the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, but always failed. Once, I was even nearly bewildered by it. So I never dared to act rashly again."
"However, as I age and approach the end of my life, I become increasingly anxious. I have several disciples under my wing, and Wubai is already the most insightful, but his strength is still far from up to par. If he had followed my instructions and not attacked the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, it would have been fine. But if he disobeyed me and forcibly attacked the Banner, or if he failed to protect it and let it fall into the hands of evil cultivators, it would have been a disaster for the human world and for the Xuanmen sect. For this reason, I was extremely anxious, and knowing that you, Little Master, have returned, my heart has finally settled down."
Taoist Qinghui looked at Jiang Chunian and said, "With Junior Master's strength, destroying the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner shouldn't be a problem. Moreover, Junior Master also needs a magical weapon to resist the thunder tribulation, so this is a good opportunity to destroy the banner."
Jiang Chunian couldn't help but ponder.
"To be fair, the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner is indeed the perfect weapon for resisting the heavenly tribulation," Jiang Chunian said. "But it's now part of the Ninth Division. If we want to destroy it, don't we first report it to the higher-ups and get permission? Furthermore, the creator of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, as you just said, should have been executed. But does he have any accomplices or descendants? Do other evil cultivators know he created it? In other words, besides you, who else knows of the existence of this banner? Is there someone watching us from behind? If we rashly take the Ghost Banner, what if someone ambushes us and steals it? Wouldn't that be disastrous?"
"Also, the ghosts collected in the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner are all ordinary people. They are so innocent that they were taken into the ghost banner by the evil cultivators and cannot go to the underworld and reincarnate. If I use the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner to resist the heavenly tribulation, then the wronged souls in the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner will all be split apart by the heavenly thunder and disappear from the six realms from now on, and will never be reincarnated again."
Taoist Qinghui was stunned when he heard this: "I didn't think this through."
Jiang Chunian shook his head: "For decades, you have been obsessed with destroying this Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner. Now that you have this opportunity, you naturally only want to destroy it and don't care about anything else."
Taoist Qinghui smiled bitterly: "I am obsessed with appearances."
Jiang Chunian inspected it and said, "It seems the seal is loosening slightly. If it's not repaired in time, it might break free and trick the disciples of the Ninth Division into coming to rescue it."
Taoist Qinghui: "That's why I'm anxious."
Jiang Chunian said: "But it's okay, I can just reinforce the seal."
Taoist Qinghui smiled and said, "It's great to have Junior Master helping you."
Jiang Chunian turned around and glanced at him: "Tell me the truth, did you really bring me here to borrow the magic weapon today? Did you come here on purpose to ask me to help reinforce the seal?"
"Junior Master, you've wronged me." Taoist Qinghui laughed and said, "I just want Junior Master to take it away and completely destroy it when the heavenly tribulation arrives. Then, this seal won't matter anymore."
Jiang Chunian naturally knew this; "Alright, I'll let you go."
Jiang Chunian re-drew the sealing talisman and strengthened the seal before he and Taoist Qinghui came out from the third floor.
Jiang Chunian folded his arms and looked at him: "Look, I came to borrow magic tools from you, but now I haven't borrowed anything, and I still have to help you with work. I really lost a lot. If I had known, I wouldn't have come to you."
Taoist Qinghui was also helpless; "Sorry. I will go there in person and lend you a hand."
"This is not enough. You have to compensate me." Jiang Chunian snorted coldly.
"What do you want?" Taoist Qinghui also knew that he was in the wrong.
Jiang Chunian said, "Jade. I want a large piece of jade."
Taoist Qinghui was stunned: "You want to use jade to create a magic circle?"
"That's the only way." Jiang Chunian sighed.
Taoist Qinghui frowned: "But now there are only three days left, is that enough for you?"
"Enough." Jiang Chunian raised his eyebrows: "Just tell me whether you will give it or not."
"Give it to me. How can I say no?" Taoist Qinghui sighed helplessly and took Jiang Chunian to the secret room where the jade was stored. "Whichever piece you want, pick it yourself."
Jiang Chunian picked out the largest piece of jadeite. Taoist Qinghui felt so distressed that he covered his face and turned around, waving: "Take it away, take it away."
Jiang Chunian folded four small paper figures and asked them to move the jade to her car.
Taoist Qinghui looked at it and said: "If ordinary people saw this, they would be shocked."
"There are no ordinary people in the Ninth Division. Even if there are, they are ordinary people with extensive knowledge and experience. What is there to be afraid of?" Jiang Chunian didn't care.
"Where are the tools? Where did you get them?" asked Taoist Qinghui.
Jiang Chunian took out his phone and called Lin Sixian: "I need a set of jade cutting and carving equipment. Can you send it to Xiaolou today?"
"Urgent?" Lin Sixian asked.
"Yes." Jiang Chunian said.
"Okay. I'll have someone send it to you as soon as possible." Lin Sixian said and hung up the phone.
Jiang Chunian raised his eyebrows at Taoist Qinghui.
"I forgot that you have such a suitor. Okay, then I won't interfere anymore." Taoist Qinghui said.
"Okay, I'm leaving." Jiang Chunian remembered, "I won't come over for the next two days unless I have something else to do. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to tell you that I have an appointment with the King of Hell at the City God Temple tomorrow night. He sent Niutou and the ghost messengers to come up and handle the cancellation of the indentures."
"Okay." Taoist Qinghui nodded in response.
"Although Chiang Kai-shek is now rectifying the underworld, no one knows how many ghost officials in the underworld have been infiltrated by the hellish brothel. So even though Niu Tou is in charge, there is no guarantee that nothing will go wrong. You should be more careful at that time." Jiang Chunian reminded.
Taoist Qinghui nodded: "I will tell them."
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