Chapter 385: Ten Thousand Souls Banner

The strong smell of blood in this place even made Deputy Sect Leader Shi nervous, fearing that there was more than one ancient fusion-stage cultivator here.

If his luck is worse and he encounters the tribulation period, then it will be his turn to be unlucky.

He felt a little relieved. Fortunately, he had brought Lu Yang with him. Even if he was unlucky, could the Heavenly Court Sect let its young leader die here? "I know very little about the blood sacrifice of the devil. I have to trouble Sect Leader Shi to find out the situation of this small village." Lu Yang said seriously. This was the truth.

Deputy Sect Leader Shi did not shirk his responsibilities. He walked to the door of the outermost toilet and pushed it open. It was empty and there were bowls and chopsticks on the table. It seemed that the owner of the house was about to eat, but suddenly something unexpected happened and he disappeared without even a sign of struggle or resistance.

Deputy Sect Leader Shi pushed open several doors in succession and saw roughly the same scene in all of them. Signs of life were still there, and it was obvious that someone had lived here. But later, for some unknown reason, everyone disappeared.

It was as if someone stopped time, moved people away one by one, and then time began to flow.

Tao Yaoye felt creepy when she saw this scene. It was very similar to the ghost stories she used to read under the quilt at night when she was a child.

She carefully grabbed the corner of Lu Yang's clothes and immediately felt a lot more at ease.

"Did Master Shi see what happened here?"

Deputy Master Shi analyzed: "As far as I know, there are two ways to do this, space confinement and time stop."

"If it's spatial confinement, it's not a big deal. A cultivator in the Fusion Stage who is proficient in spatial magic can do this. But if it's time stopping, it's terrible. Anyone who can stop time must be at the Tribulation Stage conservatively estimated!"

"As far as I know, no one has been able to stop time yet. Even those in the Tribulation Stage can only do it in theory!"

Lu Yang nodded: "The Immortal of Time can do this."

"The Immortal of Time?" Deputy Sect Leader Shi was surprised. He had never heard of this immortal.

Lu Yang nodded: "The Immortal of Time has mastered the Dao Fruit of Time. In terms of understanding time, he is the best in ancient times and no one can match him."

"Is this really true?!" Deputy Sect Leader Shi shouted in surprise. The way of time is obscure and difficult to understand, and even getting started is difficult.

He had never thought that in ancient times, there were immortals who used time as a fruit of the Way. Once this fruit of the Way was unleashed, how terrifying would it be! Tao Yaoye was also moved. How could Senior Brother Lu call himself an immortal?

Seeing how big the reaction of Deputy Sect Leader Shi was, it should be said that it was something that even the Deputy Sect Leader of Jiuyou Sect didn't know.

How did Senior Brother Lu know this?

Is the gap between me and Senior Brother Lu already so big?

Deputy Sect Leader Shi's shocked expression gradually disappeared. He blinked and turned to ask Lu Yang, "By the way, I was in a trance just now. What did you say?"

"Nothing." Lu Yang thought that those in the fusion stage would be immune to the immortal's forgetfulness characteristics, but he didn't expect that even a great master like Deputy Master Shi in the late fusion stage could not resist the immortal's characteristics.

"It's unlikely that the other party is at the Tribulation Crossing Stage who can master the way of time. I'm more inclined to think that he is at the Fusion Stage who can use spatial confinement."

From the moment he stepped into the small village, Lu Yang's brows had never relaxed. So many people died, and in such strange ways. How terrifying must the murderer be.

Killing people right under the nose of the imperial court and no one noticed.

This is the case in Huai'an Village, but what about other villages? How many people did the murderer kill?

Deputy Sect Leader Shi squatted down and grabbed a handful of mud from the ground. He gently twisted the originally dark brown mud, revealing a dark red color.

He saw the confusion of Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye, and took the initiative to explain: "There are too many dead people here, so the soil is also stained with the bloody smell of the dead! But because of this, I am sure of one thing!"

"What?"

"The bloody smell is overwhelming here. It shouldn't be so rare. Someone must have transferred the bloody smell to some other place!"

"I remember that the bloody aura can be used to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which is a powerful weapon of the magic path?" Lu Yang recalled the knowledge related to the magic path.

"Yes, refining the Soul Summoning Banner, Soul Guiding Banner, and Ten Thousand Souls Banner all require blood and resentment."

Deputy Sect Leader Shi looked confident. He crushed the soil into powder, threw it into the air, and quickly formed a seal with one hand, leaving a black mark.

The soil powder was gathered by the black mark, floating in the air like silk, drifting away into the distance.

"Let's go, follow me. If the bloody aura is refined on the spot, it will be troublesome to find it. But since the other party moved the bloody aura away before refining it, I can find the real refining location based on the remaining bloody aura!"

Deputy Sect Leader Shi grabbed Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye and flew away. They flew hundreds of miles in one breath and landed in a mountain.

"The breath stops there!"

Deputy Sect Leader Shi pointed to a location not far away. The three of them looked at each other, nodded, and walked over holding their breath.

Suddenly, Deputy Sect Leader Shi and Lu Yang stopped at the same time, and Lu Yang grabbed Tao Yaoye who was about to move forward.

Tao Yaoye looked ahead. The trees were lush, the birds were singing, and the flowers were fragrant. He didn't see any difference from other places.

Deputy Sect Leader Shi looked at Lu Yang in surprise. He didn't expect that Lu Yang's reaction was as quick as his own.

"You can see it too. One step further is the barrier!"

Lu Yang nodded: "In ancient times, this was called the Ghost Wall Formation. Anyone who stepped into this formation would lose their direction, become confused, and eventually be trapped to death here!"

"Now it's also called the Ghost Wall Formation."

"They set up a ghost wall here and don't want anyone to enter. There must be a secret!"

"Not only that, there are many other formations hidden in the Ghost Wall Formation, which can block all external detection. At the same time, the people inside cannot detect the outside world!"

"Someone must be practicing in the formation and doesn't want to be disturbed by the outside world!"

"I smell a hint of blood. It was leaked from the formation!"

"From the arrangement of the formation, it is not the work of a person in the Tribulation Crossing Stage."

"It's easy to explain if you're not in the Tribulation Stage."

The two of them analyzed the formation one after another, and thus deduced what happened in the formation: someone in the fusion stage set up the formation in the mountains to refine the bloody aura and not let anyone disturb him. The cultivation in the formation was related to the Huaian Village tragedy.

Tao Yaoye followed silently behind, a little unable to keep up with Lu Yang's pace.

Why is it that Senior Brother Lu can communicate so smoothly with those in the Fusion Stage on matters like this?

When Tao Yaoye was on a mission, he had met excellent Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stage people in the outside world. Those people talked freely in front of him, as if they knew everything, but they would stammer and appear very timid when facing the Spirit Transformation stage. If he met people in the Void Refinement and Fusion stage, he could not even speak clearly, and was far inferior to Senior Brother Lu.

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Deputy Master Shi chuckled. He liked to disturb others' practice the most, and it would be best if the ancient fusion stage inside could go crazy! He took out an octagonal hammer from his storage ring and threw it upward. The hammer became as big as a small mountain as if it was blown, and every edge and corner flashed with cold light.

The octagonal hammer fell down like a meteorite falling from the sky, with an imposing manner.

Snap——

The huge octagonal hammer made a cracking sound as if it hit something.

Deputy Leader Shi rubbed his hands together and pressed down hard again. The octagonal sledgehammer gained new strength and smashed the invisible barrier.

Snap—Snap—Swish—

The barrier was broken and the smell of blood filled the air.

Tao Yaoye widened her beautiful eyes and looked at the scene in front of her in disbelief. There was no sight of birds singing and flowers blooming.

The trees withered, blood flowed like a river, the earth was dyed red, ghostly shadows were everywhere, the wind was howling, and a skinny old man was sitting cross-legged in the center, with a blood-red torn banner next to him.

"Who are you!" The old man suddenly opened his eyes, automatically ignoring Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye, staring at Deputy Leader Shi, gritting his teeth.

The formation he set up should not have been discovered. The only loophole was the leaked bloody smell, which only an old demon could discover.

The old demon had no grudge against him, so why would he destroy his formation?!

"I am your grandfather!" Deputy Leader Shi laughed loudly, waved his hand to take back the octagonal hammer, raised the hammer and smashed it over.

The withered old man grabbed the broken banner and dodged, muttering to himself as he dodged.

Deputy Sect Leader Shi didn't take it seriously. He held the bone sickle in his other hand and smashed and chopped at the withered old man. He could see that his breaking of the formation had backfired on the old man, and the old man was in a very bad condition.

"Is this your level? It really brings shame to the ancient monks!"

"Why are you still refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner? It's just my leftovers!"

"Die for grandpa!"

Deputy Sect Leader Shi displayed his extraordinary power, and the withered old man was defeated step by step without even launching a decent attack.

boom--

The octagonal hammer and the bone sickle fell at the same time, smashing the withered old man into the mountain.

"Well, well, the young are to be feared!" The old man laughed in anger and walked out of the cave with the tattered banner in his hand shining.

Deputy Sect Leader Shi sighed and said, "I was careless."

"What's so careless about?" Tao Yaoye asked.

Deputy Sect Leader Shi pointed at the withered old man and spat, "We were fighting so hard just now that we didn't notice that this old man was refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner while he was being beaten. Now that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner has been refined, it's not easy to deal with him."

The withered old man's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it, and his words came out from between his teeth, giving people an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

"I accidentally obtained a huge bloody aura, which is just right for refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Today, I will let you, the younger generation of the future, know how powerful I am!"

"The Ten Thousand Souls Banner, raise!"

The wind was howling and freezing cold. The surrounding cold wind gathered towards the withered old man. Countless ghost shadows appeared behind the old man. They were huge in size, and there were more than tens of thousands of them.

As the old man laughed, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was completely refined and the outline of the ghost became clearer and clearer.

Lu Yang recognized the appearance of these ghosts: pigs, cows, sheep...

"Um?"

The four people present were stunned.

(End of this chapter)