294: Chapter 294 Supreme Ten Thousand Soul Banner

Gu Changan casually summoned the treasure gathering basin and tossed Xiao Hei's true form, the top-grade thousand soul banner, directly into it.

A massive amount of green Treasure Qi surged into the top-grade thousand soul banner.

The appearance of the upgraded top-grade ten thousand souls banner had changed drastically.

The central pole had become more slender, its color turning pitch-black like ink, occasionally flashing with dazzling golden light.

Looking closer, those golden lights were actually densely packed runes.

The same was true for the entire surface of the banner, which had become more slender and heavy.

Wrapped in thick ghostly Qi, it was impossible to see clearly upon closer inspection.

The entire top-grade ten thousand souls banner looked like a hazy dark shadow, with streaks of golden light flashing from top to bottom every now and then.

At this moment, the ghostly Qi on the surface began to condense, forming a ghost face once again.

"Master! I succeeded!"

"I've become a top-grade ten thousand souls banner!"

"Master, look at me!"

After speaking, the ghost face on the banner surface began making various expressions before moving onto the pole.

It seemed Xiao Hei's control over the top-grade ten thousand souls banner had become much more adept.

Gu Changan tossed out the Nascent Soul Stage soul.

Like a puppy, the ghost face on Xiao Hei's banner surface opened its mouth and sucked the Nascent Soul Stage soul right in.

It even gave a symbolic chew.

Once inside the banner, the Nascent Soul Stage soul began to struggle violently.

ghost faces appeared one after another, lunging left and right.

It wanted to break free from Xiao Hei's control.

Xiao Hei clearly grew anxious and directly crushed those ten thousand living souls, using them as fuel to suppress the Nascent Soul Stage Divine Soul.

Golden runes surfaced on the forehead of the Nascent Soul Stage Divine Soul.

After a brief struggle, it slowly settled down.

It seemed to be completely under control.

Gu Changan then looked at Xiao Hei: "Ask him what the situation is."

Xiao Hei manipulated the top-grade ten thousand souls banner and released the Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King.

The moment the Ghost King was released, he stared fixedly at Gu Changan, clearly still somewhat defiant.

After all, he had been a powerful figure for so many years, yet today he had accidentally fallen into the hands of this little fry.

His soul had been extracted and refined into the ten thousand souls banner.

This meant he wouldn't even be able to enter Reincarnation in the future.

His existence was thoroughly terminated.

However, if only this little fry before him died, he might be able to escape control and perhaps even transition into a Ghost Cultivator.

But Xiao Hei's control had already arrived.

The Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King felt his Divine Soul tearing, as if someone were trying to split him in half from his forehead.

He tried to endure the pain and hold out for a while, but the sensation of his Divine Soul tearing grew stronger and stronger.

Unable to bear it any longer, the Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King howled: "Stop! Stop! I'll talk!"

The Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King looked somewhat dejected as he turned his back to Gu Changan and began to slowly tell his story.

"My name is Zhao Shanhe. I have spent three hundred years since I started my cultivation to reach the Middle Stage Nascent Soul Stage."

"I never expected to meet my end at your hands today."

After speaking, he turned to glance at Gu Changan, then looked away again.

"I was born in Zhao Family Fortress. At the age of three, I witnessed my father devouring someone's heart to Cultivate."

"At the age of seven, I began transitioning into a Blood Cultivator."

"I also began devouring hearts to Cultivate."

"At fifteen, I began traveling the world. In the thirteen years that followed, I wiped out villages and slaughtered towns, earning the title of the Blood Marsh Butcher."

"It wasn't until I was twenty-eight that I finally succeeded in Foundation Establishment and joined the ranks of Foundation Establishment Cultivators."

"Then, after going through ancient battlefields, ten-thousand-year corpse pits, and blood-soaked lands, I finally became a Golden Core Cultivator."

"Then I returned to Zhao Family Fortress to retake control."

"Later, I encountered a great Sect war and led Zhao Family Fortress to successfully stand out."

"Finally, by relying on the advantage of sustaining war through war, I successfully made a Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage."

"From a Mortal to a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, it took me seven years."

"But then the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi grew thin, and my cultivation speed slowed down."

"However, Blood Cultivators focus on Blood Path resources."

"I led my Family to wipe out over 70 small Sects and hundreds of small Families."

"Zhao Family Fortress expanded frantically, and I advanced from the Early Stage Nascent Soul to the Middle Stage."

"Unexpectedly, this took 6 years."

"From Middle Stage Nascent Soul to Nascent Soul Peak, it took 3 years."

"I've been stuck at the Peak of the Middle Stage Nascent Soul for a full 4 years, unable to advance an inch!"

"I cast aside all restraint and began hunting Golden Core Stage Cultivators everywhere."

"Hoping to find an opportunity for a Breakthrough."

Gu Changan listened to the words of the Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King.

In an instant, he knew the story of his life.

Born into an Evil Path Family, he had no choice in his origins and could only follow the path of an evil Cultivator.

He had weathered many storms, but he had reached the Nascent Soul Stage by the age of seven.

This was enough to show just how fast Evil Path Cultivators could Cultivate.

But when he finally couldn't advance any further, he became reckless.

Was that why he was hunting others today?

And even he himself got dragged into the mess.

But fortunately, he had been taken into the ten thousand souls banner.

In the future, he would serve as Gu Changan's top henchman to atone for his sins!

After understanding what had happened, a question popped into Gu Changan's mind.

Since he said he belonged to Zhao Family Fortress, could Gu Changan control Zhao Family Fortress?

Through this Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King?

Gu Changan voiced the question in his heart.

The Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King fell silent for a moment after hearing this, but he still gave a response.

"It won't work!"

"In an Evil Path Cultivator's Family, there is no Family affection, only interests!"

"If you are stronger than them, you can take charge of the Family."

"But if it's the other way around and they are stronger than you, why would they listen to you?"

"Besides, I am now just a ghost Cultivator."

"And I'm bound within the ten thousand souls banner. To think you can control Zhao Family Fortress with just this is truly a pipe dream."

Gu Changan nodded, agreeing with his point of view.

However, there was another possibility: he could obtain a portion of resources and manpower through remote control.

If the Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King failed to show up for a long time, the Cultivators of Zhao Family Fortress would quickly notice something was wrong.

They might even take the initiative to cut off contact!

Furthermore, Gu Changan didn't lack resources at all; the resources he could swindle from Zhao Family Fortress wouldn't even catch his Dharma Eye.

And as for manpower, wouldn't using his own Shadow Dust Pavilion be better?

Gu Changan rubbed his chin; if he couldn't deceive the people of Zhao Family Fortress...

...could he deceive other families?

For example, a Family of ghost Cultivators or a Family of Corpse Cultivators.

Wouldn't these two types of families happen to possess the main ingredients for the nascent soul forming pill that he needed?

The more Gu Changan thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

No one knew that the Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King Zhao Shanhe had died at his hands.

He could use the king's token to issue an order.

Going to those families that possessed the two main ingredients for the nascent soul forming pill to make an exchange had a high probability of success.

Then he wouldn't have to work so hard to develop the Shadow Dust Pavilion.

But there was one more thing to clear up: what was the character of the Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King Zhao Shanhe like?

Was he usually domineering and arrogant?

Or was he a 'honorable thief'?

Did he have his own standards of conduct?

Gu Changan turned to look at the Nascent Soul Stage Ghost King Zhao Shanhe and asked the question in his heart.