Three days later, a ray of cyan light quietly shot out from the top of the Holy Mountain, then flickered a few times before disappearing into the nearby sky.
Not long after, eighty-one clear bells that shot straight into the sky suddenly rang out in the temple on the top of the Star Palace Sacred Mountain.
The sound was long and distant, like the roar of a dragon, and spread to almost every corner of Tianxing City.
Immediately afterwards, Star Palace officially announced an important news.
Yan Yun, a powerful monk, officially joined Xing Palace as a guest elder of Xing Palace, and would begin a hundred-year retreat on the Holy Mountain.
The various forces, big and small, had different moods when they heard the news, but not many people expressed too much surprise.
After all, if Yan Yun had not personally killed the "Wan Tianming", I am afraid that Xing Gong would have vanished into thin air now.
If it were any other force, before the situation in the Chaotic Star Sea was completely stable, they would probably do their best to win over this great monk who could intimidate the entire Star Sea to join them.
However, under the sight of other forces, since Yan Yun is willing to stand up and represent Xing Gong to fight against such a powerful opponent as the Anti-Star Alliance, there is no doubt that there is a close connection with Xing Gong.
Therefore, it seems extremely natural for him to stay here in the Star Palace.
However, as a result, those who have other intentions hidden deep in their hearts have completely cut off the last line of unrealistic illusions at this moment, so that the number of sects in Inner Star Sea that have announced closed measures has increased significantly.
Except for the personnel of the Star Palace who were still searching for the remnants of the Counter Star Alliance, the major islands actually showed a peaceful and tranquil scene.
In fact, since the rise of the Counter-Covenant, a catastrophic turmoil has continued in the Inner Star Sea for hundreds of years.
In addition to this alliance and the many monks in the Star Palace who suffered heavy losses due to the struggle, other sects were also more or less affected.
During this period, countless sects were destroyed and new forces emerged.
Now that Xing Gong has once again dominated the Inner Star Sea, it is unstoppable and has this high-level monk as the guest elder.
These forces naturally became honest and true to their duties, and no one wanted to become a victim of Xing Gong's display of strength.
Of course, these high-ranking officials who were imagining things in their minds had no way of knowing that the person they feared day and night was the guest elder who seemed to belong to the Star Palace.
In fact, he did not practice hard in the mysterious secret room in Tianxing City. Instead, he appeared on a sea level thousands of miles away, turning into an elusive rainbow light and soaring in the blue sky.
"I really didn't expect that you would actually agree to serve as the guest elder of the Star Palace!"
"Although the other party proposed a huge reward of millions of spirit stones, I originally thought that with your character, you would refuse it anyway."
"You've never been interested in solving complex problems!" The young man's sarcastic laughter came to Yan Yun's ears.
"I do hate trouble, but if someone is willing to give away such a huge wealth and only need to assume a fictitious position, why refuse."
"What's more, the current chaotic Xinghai pattern has stabilized. Xinggong is just using my name to intimidate other people."
"If I really agree to join Star Palace and live in Tianxing City for a long time, I'm afraid those old diehards in Star Palace will be restless."
Yan Yun said with a mocking sneer.
"This is reasonable! With your current cultivation strength, it is not difficult to forcefully enter the Star Palace."
"As long as we eradicate all those elder-level figures first, and then cultivate a group of loyal confidants, in just two to three hundred years, the Star Palace will become the territory of the Yan family."
The young man seemed to be very familiar with this method, and smiled nonchalantly.
"Hmph, if I don't aspire to ascend to the spiritual world, but just create a sect in the human world, then this idea is indeed quite attractive."
"Otherwise, why should I spend time and energy on these meaningless things? It will only waste my precious practice time!"
Yan Yun was extremely indifferent to the young man's suggestion, as if he had no interest in it.
"My fellow Taoist is deeply impressed by your firm determination to seek the truth!"
"If I were faced with such a huge foundation, I probably wouldn't be able to resist the temptation and would be tempted to take it as my own."
"Are all of you monks who have ascended from the lower realms such perseverance and determination?"
The young man was silent for a moment, as if he remembered something, and couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
"Yan is not a saint. Faced with such a huge foundation of Xinggong, it would be hypocritical to say that he has no qualms about it."
"However, I will never waste any time on these illusory things."
"As a spiritual beast of heaven and earth, my fellow Taoist has a lifespan far longer than that of Yan. Naturally, he will not take a mere few hundred years seriously."
Yan Yun's eyes flickered and he responded calmly.
"It makes sense. However, it is indeed a pity that you were still unable to take away Yuanci Mountain in the end."
"It doesn't matter. It's fine to store this mountain in the Star Palace for the time being. How can it escape on its own? When I really need to practice, it's not a bad idea to come back and retrieve it."
"The only troubling thing is that I didn't expect this mountain to be so difficult to control. I tried many methods but couldn't reduce its size."
Yan Yun frowned slightly.
"It is true that you have tried many methods during those few days at the heart of the mountain. This mountain is almost immune to erosion by water, fire, and damage from swords. All kinds of spells have no effect on this mountain."
"It seems that these items should not exist in the world."
The boy also appeared to be deep in thought.
"However, you seem to have mentioned that if you have a powerful space magic weapon, you can include the entire mountain."
Yan Yun suddenly raised such a question.
"Master Yan Island should be referring to the Qiankun belt on my body. Could it be that you have such a treasure? But please inform me that ordinary space magic weapons and treasures cannot possibly accommodate this Yuanci Mountain."
The boy asked in confusion.
"There is no complete one, but there is still half of it. I just remembered this thing recently. Maybe it can be used to transport the mountain." Yan Yun pondered for a moment and answered slowly.
"Half?" The boy was slightly surprised at this moment.
Yan Yun smiled lightly, then tapped the storage bag with one hand. In an instant, a black light flickered out, and a strange object appeared in front of him.
It was actually the broken Black Wind Flag.
This treasure is a powerful spatial spiritual treasure, and it is no problem to accommodate the Yuanci Mountain. However, only a small part of this flag remains today. No wonder Yan Yun called it half.
Seeing this object appear, the boy exclaimed softly, and then a ball of green light flew out from Yan Yun's sleeves, and instantly turned into a shadow of the boy, reaching out and flicking towards the thing in Yan Yun's hand.
Half of the black wind flag trembled slightly and flew towards the shadow in an instant. The boy caught it firmly and lowered his head to examine it carefully.
"This object should have been at the level of a spiritual treasure. Space-type spiritual treasures are quite rare even in the spiritual world. However, it is really a pity why this treasure was damaged so much." After checking it repeatedly for a while, the boy returned the object. To Yan Yun, he said with a serious face.
"Based on your knowledge, do you think it is possible to restore this treasure?"
Yan Yun did not respond to the boy's question, but asked directly.
"Since this treasure once reached the level of a spiritual treasure, it is naturally not easy to completely repair it."
"However, if it is re-refined and turned into a relatively low-level space treasure, it is not impossible."
"As far as I know, there is a space treasure called the 'Red Soul Flag', which is quite similar to this flag and can be refined into this treasure. However..."
When the boy said this, his tone stopped for a moment.
"But why?" Yan Yun couldn't help but ask.
"However, if you want to refine this flag, the other auxiliary materials needed can still be solved. With your status, you can naturally obtain it easily."
"Only when refining this flag requires a large number of living souls as sacrifices can it exert its maximum power."
"Its power depends on the number of souls sacrificed. This object is one of the seven evil weapons in the spiritual world that I mentioned to you. It is actually an extremely bloody object."
"Judging from your determination to incorporate this flag into Yuanci Mountain, unless there are millions of souls for it to devour, it will never be possible."
"As for changing this flag into other types of space treasures, it is not impossible, but the required materials may not be available in this world."
"Only if the materials used in the Red Soul Banner are mostly consistent with this flag, can it be successfully refined. Otherwise, even the Red Soul Banner cannot be refined in this world."
The boy said solemnly.
"Do you actually need such a huge living soul?"
After Yan Yun heard this description, his face suddenly turned pale.
"Haha, what I just said is an extremely conservative estimate."
"If you want the Red Soul Banner to show its true power, I'm afraid you need at least hundreds of millions of living souls to support it."
"However, if you just want to wear this strange treasure, you can moderately reduce the demand."
"In fact, although the Red Soul Banner is not a treasure of heaven and earth, its value cannot be underestimated, especially the unique spatial magical power it possesses, which is enough to make countless practitioners excited."
The boy smiled slightly and said calmly.
"Billions of living souls? Unless extreme measures are taken, such as large-scale massacres like destroying towns or islands, it is almost impossible to obtain such a huge number."
"Oh, maybe there are other solutions without such cruelty!"
Yan Yun shook his head repeatedly at first, and then suddenly had an idea and seemed to have thought of something.
"Does Fellow Taoist have other high opinions?" the boy asked in astonishment.
Yan Yun did not immediately respond to the boy's question. Instead, he reached into the storage bag again. In an instant, green light flashed, and two small light green flags appeared in his hands.
These two flags were only a few inches long, but they shone with rich green light and were covered with mysterious runes. They were obviously extraordinary treasures.
These are the two ghost banners he captured during his previous trip to Jin Dynasty, one of which was once held by Mr. Gan Laomo himself.
The other one has been infected by the evil demonic energy and turned into a demon flag, and is now controlled by his second Nascent Soul.
"What on earth is this?"
The boy's eyes flickered, obviously unfamiliar with these two flags.
This is also reasonable. After all, during the trip to Kunwu Mountain in the Jin Dynasty, the Celestial Beast clone had not yet opened its spiritual intelligence, so naturally it was not able to witness the process of Yan Yun conquering this treasure.
However, even so, with the powerful soul power emanating from the two ghost banners, the boy could still clearly sense it.
"If the ghosts on these flags are re-sacrificially refined, can they be used on the red soul flags?" Yan Yun asked the boy seriously.
"As long as it is a pure soul, it can be used to sacrifice the Red Soul Banner."
"But in my opinion, even though these two treasures are not as precious as the Red Soul Flag, their quality is also unusual. If you really act like this, I'm afraid they will suffer permanent damage."
"In addition, these ghosts alone are still far from enough to meet the refining needs of the Red Soul Banner."
The boy examined the Ghost Luo Banner in Yan Yun's hand for a moment, and then gave a warning reminder after careful consideration.
"It doesn't matter. Although these two treasures are powerful, I already have a higher-level spiritual treasure, and I no longer have much appeal for such items."
"As for the problem of insufficient number of ghosts, if there are more than ten flags like this, it should be enough for the refining of red soul flags, right?"
Yan Yun stroked his beard and spoke slowly and meaningfully.
"More than ten? So, these are two pieces of a complete set of treasures? Do you dare to ask friends if you haven't collected all the other flags yet?"
The boy was stunned for a moment, then said with sudden realization.
"It is true that I don't have any other flags at the moment, but I know the whereabouts of the rest."
"In fact, I also learned about another treasure similar to this one. The number of souls contained in it may be far greater than the ghost banners in my hands."
"Unfortunately, this object has fallen into the hands of a monster that has reached the stage of becoming a god. It is an existence that cannot be easily touched."
Yan Yun mentioned another treasure again, with endless regret on his face.
What he was referring to was the Ten Thousand Demons Banner in the hands of the old demon in the Ten Thousand Demon Valley Che.
Back then, he had personally experienced the power of this treasure. The thousands of demon souls contained in it were far superior to the Oni Luo Banner in terms of quality and quantity.
If this object could be used to refine the Red Soul Banner, its power would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.
The little boy didn't understand what the other meanings Yan Yun said were. However, he was not very interested in exploring it and just replied plainly:
"If fellow Taoist Yan can really collect all the souls, I am willing to give the secret book of refining the Red Soul Banner to fellow Taoist for free."
"Considering that the Yuanci Divine Light technique is indeed quite unique, I am also very curious and look forward to seeing what kind of powerful power my fellow Taoists will show after they practice to perfection."
"Does Fellow Daoist Yan plan to do this immediately after returning to Tiannan?"
"This matter is not urgent. First, I need to ensure that I can cultivate to the peak of the late Nascent Soul and become the Five Cold Flame Demons."
"Because the other Oni Luo Banners have been acquired by some Nascent Soul Demon cultivators, I still need to improve my own cultivation to deal with them. Now I have to return to Tiannan first."
Yan Yun shook his head slightly and replied. (End of chapter)