32: Advice from ancient strongmen

Lin Haoran examined the small banner in his hand, his eyes burning with intensity, his expression overflowing with excitement.

Just a moment ago, after he opened the jade box, he discovered that there were only three items inside: a letter, a piece of mysterious animal hide, and this small banner.

After examining it, Lin Haoran discovered that this small banner was originally named the myriad soul banner, a mysterious item of unknown Rank.

And that mysterious animal hide contained the introduction to the myriad soul banner, as well as the method to refine the myriad soul banner and a matching mysterious Cultivation Technique of unknown grade, the "Myriad Soul Scripture."

The animal hide introduced that the myriad soul banner was refined by a supreme almighty. It could absorb the remnant souls of any creature after death, allowing it to continuously ascend. The more Divine Souls it absorbed, the higher its own Rank would be, and the stronger its power would become. Furthermore, it could refine these collected remnant souls into Soul Slaves.

Soul Slaves could be summoned in battle to fight against enemies. After these Soul Slaves were killed, they would automatically return to the myriad soul banner, recovering after a period of rest to continue fighting.

(The setting of the myriad soul banner here is the result of modifications made by the author to better fit this book. Fellow Daoists, please do not flame, thank you! Otherwise, a human emperor banner warning~ Hehehe!)

The matching Cultivation Technique was also Heaven-Defying. For every additional Soul Slave collected, one would receive a certain amount of cultivation feedback. Taken as a whole, it could be said to be a proper cheat code for Cultivation.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the owner of the myriad soul banner must kill enough living beings for their cultivation to improve quickly. However, killing innocents indiscriminately often results in the person becoming a Demonic Path Cultivator, facing hatred and pursuit from countless Cultivators and races.

However, this "Myriad Soul Scripture" is different from other Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques. After Cultivating it, the host does not generate Devilish Qi, so it is difficult for others to discover anything unusual. Moreover, it does not affect a person's mind like other Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques.

It can be said that for those who Cultivate it, it depends on whether they can resist the temptation of rapid cultivation improvement and whether they can restrain their own desires. If they can restrain themselves, they look no different from ordinary Cultivators.

After all, without Devilish Qi and without engaging in wanton slaughter, who would know that you are Cultivating a Demonic Path Cultivation Technique?

Isn't it normal to kill some enemies or Yao Beasts? As a Cultivator, who doesn't have the lives of numerous enemies on their hands?

As long as you are not indiscriminately slaughtering cities or exterminating clans, generally no one will bother you.

"Treasures are not divided into good or evil; it mainly depends on the person using them..."

"With such a miraculous item, if used well, the Emperor Realm is not my limit!"

"Moreover, after Cultivating it, there is basically no difference from before. As long as one does not easily expose the myriad soul banner to outsiders when weak, it will be fine..."

After reading the introduction, Lin Haoran did not discard them just because they were items of the Demonic Path; instead, he was very happy.

This is my, Lin Haoran's, Opportunity!

As long as I am strong enough, no person or force will dare to bully my Lin Family. Only then can my Lin Family continue to develop and grow, and this Opportunity is my foundation!

Leading the Lin Family to rise...

If not me, who!

"However... I am pure by nature, and the name myriad soul banner sounds like a Demonic Path item. It doesn't suit my status. I'll call it the human emperor banner instead; this suits me better... Hehehe!"

Subsequently, Lin Haoran looked at the letter. After opening it and taking a look, it was written as follows...

"Sigh... successor, when you see this letter, it proves that you have opened this box... It is time, it is fate... You must already know that they are Demonic Path items. Although they do not have the drawbacks of other Demonic Path items, they are even more terrifying and powerful. A slight carelessness will create a peerless Devil Head, which will be a disaster for my Southern Nether Continent..."

Lin Haoran continued to read.

"When I once accidentally obtained them, I tried every possible method to destroy and erase them, but obviously I failed. Helpless, I could only Seal them in the box. Originally, with my cultivation at the ninth level of the Heavenly Emperor Realm at that time, no one in the Southern Nether Continent should have been able to open the Seal. But now that it has been opened, it is clear that a very long time has passed since my era, and the Seal has become extremely weak..."

"Finally, I only hope that you, the successor, will never attempt to use them, because human desires and human greed are the least able to withstand the test... Otherwise, you will easily become a slave to desire and greed, eventually becoming a peerless Devil Head... Unfortunately, I am incompetent and could not destroy them, but instead, I have left such ominous items for future generations..."

The letter ended there.

After reading it, Lin Haoran also understood that this was not Sealed by the Saint Heaven Palace. They probably obtained it by accident as well, but at that time the Seal was still very strong, so they couldn't open it, and thus they just threw it into this pile of treasures.

Lin Haoran could also feel that that super expert, who had once reached the terrifying ninth level of the Heavenly Emperor Realm, must have been a Righteous Path almighty who was indifferent to fame and fortune and stood for righteousness. Otherwise, when knowing what the human emperor banner and the others were, he would not have wanted to destroy them at the first Opportunity, and when he couldn't destroy them, he would not have Sealed them at the first Opportunity, never thinking of relying on them to achieve a higher Realm.

Regarding this, although Lin Haoran admired him, he would not agree.

He still stood by his words: treasures are not divided into good or evil; it depends on the person using them.

He was certainly not a pedantic person!

"Senior, rest assured. Although I cannot be called a good person, I would not stoop to associate with Demonic Path Cultivators."

Lin Haoran said earnestly.

Following that, he did not even put the treasures away first, but directly began to refine the human emperor banner according to the method on the animal hide...

...

Time flowed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, one day had passed since everyone entered the Secret Realm.

If one had a God's-eye view, one would discover that at this moment, on the east side of the Secret Realm, Lin Tianyu and the Lin Family had already advanced from the east all the way to the inner area of the Secret Realm. If they continued to advance at this speed, they would likely arrive at the central area of the Secret Realm in another day or two.

And in the north and west of the Secret Realm, there were also two teams continuously advancing towards the central area of the Secret Realm. They were clearly the teams of the Bai Family and the Cai Family.

Like the Lin Family, they also gathered most of their clansmen first before starting to explore all the way towards the center of the Secret Realm and collecting resources.

However, the Secret Realm was too large, and none of the three families were able to gather all of their clansmen. All had a small portion of clansmen scattered throughout the Secret Realm.

And these scattered small groups of people were divided into different numbers, with small portions scattered in the east, west, and north directions, each exploring on their own.

But the majority were distributed in the south direction, and Lin Xuan and Lin Haoran were among them.