The Ten Thousand Souls Banner coughed a few times, its tone sounding old and pompous.
"While those two trash are busy fighting, let's have a simple interview."
Even though it was just a banner without a nose or eyes, hearing that grating voice speak made Chen Yi really want to punch it.
Seeing Chen Yi remain silent, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner defaulted to starting the interview.
"First, the address needs to change. What's with this 'Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Ten Thousand Souls Banner'? When out and about, you need to show respect, call me Immortal Venerable Wan. Also, don't talk about me following you. Our relationship isn't about me acknowledging a master, it's about cooperation, understand? Good, then next, to deepen our mutual understanding, I have a few simple little questions to ask you."
Chen Yi began to brew up his fighting spirit.
"What's your cultivation level?"
"Just reached the Golden Body Realm."
"Already Golden Body? So young? Ate some Youth-Preserving Pills again, huh... Then, what's your bone talent?"
"Low-Grade."
"Earth-Grade? Tsk..."
"It's Low-Grade."
"Low-Grade? Good, good, good!"
This guy was definitely brewing some kind of bad idea in his belly.
It seemed like he hoped even more that Chen Yi had poor aptitude and low cultivation.
Was it because he thought people like that were more desperate to become stronger and easier to fool?
"There's another question..."
Chen Yi's fighting spirit was fully brewed, the 'Alien's Biological Father' trait activated!
Chen Yi was too lazy to waste any more words on the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. He grabbed it and yanked it out of the tomb.
"Pop~"
It was just like pulling out a radish.
Aiming at the banner surface, Chen Yi unleashed a flurry of punches.
"Pretentious! Pretentious! What the hell are you pretending for! And you 'caught your attention'! And an interview! And Immortal Venerable?! You really think you're something! Even if you are an Immortal Artifact, you're still an artifact! Made by people to assist cultivation and combat! And you want to reverse roles and become the master?!"
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was getting punched. Although it didn't hurt, it was very humiliating.
The key point was, this banner it had so carefully selected was getting beaten to a pulp by Chen Yi!
So, in a fit of rage!
It raged for a bit.
"What's going on?! What kind of freak are you???"
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner discovered that a killer move it had mustered all its effort to unleash, a Soul Suppression technique, actually had no effect on Chen Yi at all?
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner hadn't acknowledged a master yet. Its autonomous actions were severely restricted. Plus, without its main body, the artifact spirit was also in a weakened state.
So, after just this one move.
No good, burned out.
"Hey, hey, hey, I say, you're taking things so seriously! I was just joking with you!"
Seeing Chen Yi gradually start to use martial arts techniques, even employing Essence Energy, using martial arts that could damage spirit bodies, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner started to panic a little.
It wasn't afraid of physical attacks because it was just a mass of spirit.
But "magic" attacks it had to endure!
"Do you acknowledge a master or not!"
"Yes, yes, yes, you are so awesomely impressive, truly a role model for our kind, I acknowledge it so much, I do!"
"Call me Master!"
"Master... why does this feel so strangely embarrassing..."
Chen Yi cut his finger and let the blood drip onto the white banner.
At the same time, following the master acknowledgment process he had mastered in the simulations, he began to circulate his energy, mobilizing the Three Energies to perform the master-artifact compatibility ritual with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was surprised again.
"No way? Bro? How are you so skilled at this?"
Chen Yi ignored it.
Over to the side, Zhao Long and Zhao Hu had already decided the victor.
Zhao Long was slightly more skilled. He used his dagger to slit his younger brother's throat.
He kicked Zhao Hu's corpse aside, his face showing disdain.
"Hmph! Father always favored you when he was alive, more than half the family business was in your hands! The woman I fancied, Father gave to you! Now that you're dead, your property, your wives and concubines, they're all mine! Hahahaha!"
Zhao Long turned his head, focused his gaze, and saw the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was already in Chen Yi's hand.
Zhao Long's face turned cold and stern, the short sword in his hand gleaming with a cold light as he stepped closer.
"Where did you come from, you brat? This opportunity is not something you can handle. Quickly hand that white banner over to me. I can give you a shop in Goose City, let you live as a wealthy man!"
Chen Yi gently raised his right hand. A divine dragon composed of flames roared out from his right arm.
"Roar—"
Amidst the dragon's roar, Zhao Long was devoured by the fire dragon, turning into a pile of charred remains.
"Annoying."
Chen Yi had already completed the master acknowledgment with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. With a light wave, he summoned Zhao Long's not-yet-dispersed soul into the banner.
Instantly refined!
"You demonic cultivator, you won't die a good..."
Zhao Long's soul let out a scream, his words unfinished before he transformed into Soul Power, nourishing the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and, in turn, feeding back to Chen Yi.
Although it wasn't much.
Even a mosquito's worth of meat is still meat.
Chen Yi, now in the Golden Body Realm, using the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was clearly much more powerful than when he first obtained it in the simulations.
Because the power of a Spirit Artifact is not only related to the artifact's own strength; the user's power also affects how much of the artifact's strength can be unleashed.
It's like the same knife, in the hands of a soldier versus in the hands of a three-year-old child, is it the same?
Chen Yi's smooth, flowing operation left the Ten Thousand Souls Banner dumbfounded.
"Bro? Have we cooperated before?"
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner thought again.
That's not right.
Everyone who cooperated with me got sucked dry by me.
Could it be a master I had before my main body was destroyed?
When the Ten Thousand Souls Banner's main body was destroyed, the artifact spirit also suffered heavy damage, losing some memories.
But its main body was destroyed many years ago. Looking at Chen Yi's appearance, his cultivation, he couldn't possibly be that old.
Chen Yi made up a reason, saying he was naturally skilled at wielding artifacts.
One man and one banner officially got to know each other in reality.
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was just like in the simulations, still with that same annoying personality, trying to incite Chen Yi to commit mass murder as soon as it opened its mouth.
"Bro..."
"Call me Master."
"Master Bro, see that Goose City ahead? A small county town with a population of less than thirty thousand! The strongest martial artist there is only at the Soul Tempering realm! Go for it! With your Golden Body Realm cultivation and my banner's various smooth little combo moves, we can slaughter the entire city within a day! Then we'll get over ten thousand fresh, delicious dead souls! Give me some time to slowly refine them. The Soul Power we get, we'll split it seventy-thirty! At that time, your cultivation will skyrocket, and my Spirit Body can slowly recover too!"
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner's tone was filled with an enticing allure.
Unfortunately, Chen Yi remained unmoved.
"May I ask, after we kill everyone, how do we escape?"
"Run! Run far away, then strike in the next place!"
"Do you think the imperial court is dead? Do you think those martial artists who are always shouting about upholding justice for heaven are dead?"
"Simple! I have nine methods to evade pursuit, and nineteen methods to drag Righteous Path martial artists down with us! Don't worry, just take action!"
Chen Yi rolled his eyes at it and said very formally.
"Remember, we only kill demons. If we kill people, we only kill those who deserve it, those who won't cause trouble."
This Zhao Long just now was undoubtedly someone who deserved to be killed.
Regardless of his character, whether he was a good or bad person.
He saw Chen Yi, how could he be left alive?
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was just about to continue persuading him.
To the side, the black horse that Chen Yi had been riding all this way actually knelt down towards him and spoke in human language.
"Master! Please don't kill me!!"
Chen Yi said in surprise, "You can talk?"
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner: "Damn, even a horse can talk now? What the hell kind of horse is this?"

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