chapter 1:soul banner

"Finally, it's done!"

In the underground cave, Qi Zuo looked at the red small banner in front of him, his face lit up with a brilliant smile.

Since his rebirth, Qi Zuo had spent seven days and finally succeeded in creating this Soul Banner!

The purpose of the Soul Banner was to assist cultivators with extremely poor aptitude to quickly break through their cultivation and bestow powerful combat abilities upon them.

Although the process of breaking through cultivation was somewhat cruel.

But cruelty was better than being oppressed by the strong.

After being reborn once, Qi Zuo also wanted to become strong and immortal, unwilling to be bullied by the strong.

In this process, being a little cruel was not a big problem.

Qi Zuo grasped the Soul Banner tightly, and the spiritual energy condensed from one layer of qi cultivation quickly poured into the Soul Banner.

Only to see a bloody mist emanating from the Soul Banner, enveloping Qi Zuo.

After a moment, the mist retracted and penetrated into Qi Zuo's body.

At this moment, holding the Soul Banner, Qi Zuo could feel a sense of blood connection.

Qi Zuo's mind moved, and the Soul Banner left his palm, floating in the air.

At this moment, Chen Yong had already established a connection with the Soul Banner, successfully making the Soul Banner his own spiritual treasure.

Qi Zuo smiled slightly, formed a hand seal with his left hand, and took the Soul Banner back into his dantian, then walked out of the underground cave.

Outside the cave were several stone houses built, where Qi Zuo's master and several senior brothers lived.

At this time, Master Zhang Bin, with a scholarly demeanor, was tinkering with the several begonias at the door.

Zhang Bin looked up at Qi Zuo and said, "Haven't broken through to the second level of Qi cultivation yet?"

Qi Zuo shook his head, "My aptitude is too poor. If I can cultivate to the third level of Qi cultivation in this lifetime, it would be considered lucky."

Zhang Bin comforted, "Don't worry, take your time with cultivation. Since you're out, I should also go break through to the Foundation Building stage."

Qi Zuo immediately said, "I wish Master a successful breakthrough and immortality."

Zhang Bin nodded, turned around, and walked into the cave.

Qi Zuo glanced at the begonias and muttered to himself, "I also need to prepare for a breakthrough."

Then, Qi Zuo walked into his stone house, closed his eyes to adjust his state.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was late at night. Qi Zuo opened his eyes, walked out of the stone house, and entered the cave.

Walking into the depths of the cave, Qi Zuo saw Zhang Bin, with a blackened face, lying on the ground.

Zhang Bin raised his head laboriously, gazing at Qi Zuo, his voice hoarse, "Did you poison me?"

Qi Zuo said expressionlessly, "It's not exactly poison, just making you fail in breaking through and unable to control your spiritual energy. Only by doing so can I easily kill you."

Zhang Bin looked at Qi Zuo in disbelief and said tremblingly, "I'm your master!"

Qi Zuo asked somewhat puzzled, "What does that have to do with me killing you?"

Zhang Bin looked regretful and said, "I should never have taken you as my disciple if I knew you were such an ungrateful beast!"

Hearing this, Qi Zuo's eyes were complicated, and he said in a low voice, "Master, you once said that weaklings like us who want to be immortal should spare no effort. I'm just implementing your philosophy. You shouldn't hate me; you should be happy."

"When did I ever say such twisted and evil words?" Zhang Bin said blankly, then his body went limp, breathless.

Qi Zuo didn't approach Zhang Bin but picked up a gray stone the size of a head and threw it directly at Zhang Bin's head.

The stone hit Zhang Bin's head, splitting into two, but Zhang Bin's face only had a scratch.

Qi Zuo picked up another stone and threw it at Zhang Bin's head again.

This time Zhang Bin didn't dodge, the stone hit him, splitting into two pieces again.

Then, Zhang Bin's head tilted, and his body collapsed again.

The Soul Banner in Qi Zuo's dantian trembled slightly. Qi Zuo immediately took out the Soul Banner and controlled it to float above Zhang Bin's head.

A soul emerged from Zhang Bin's body and was instantly absorbed into the Soul Banner.

Then, Qi Zuo stored the Soul Banner back into his dantian, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to cultivate.

Spiritual mist flowed out from the Soul Banner, filling Qi Zuo's dantian. After circulating twice in his meridians, Qi Zuo broke through to the second level of Qi cultivation.

Just as he broke through to the second level, misty spiritual energy flowed out of the Soul Banner again, condensing into spiritual fish.

Afterwards, the Soul Banner continued to emit spiritual energy.

When the Soul Banner stopped emitting spiritual energy, there were already seven spiritual fish in Qi Zuo's dantian.

At this point, Qi Zuo had reached the seventh level of Qi cultivation!

Cultivating to the seventh level of Qi cultivation was a formidable cultivation level that Qi Zuo had never dared to imagine before.

In the past, accumulating spiritual energy was extremely difficult for Qi Zuo.

Even after accumulating enough spiritual energy, trying to condense spiritual fish to break through often failed due to the collapse of the spiritual fish, forcing him to accumulate spiritual energy again.

But now, accumulating spiritual energy was effortlessly easy, and condensing spiritual fish never failed once. The Soul Banner was truly powerful.

However, this increase in cultivation level was just the basic ability of the Soul Banner.

Qi Zuo took out the Soul Banner, infused it with spiritual energy, and shook it gently. Zhang Bin's soul immediately floated out, surrounded by a thin red mist.

This mist was the mark left behind by killings, and the more one killed, the denser the red mist became.

And this red mist was called murderous aura by cultivators!

Then, Qi Zuo instructed Zhang Bin's soul to stay by his side to protect him and walked to a stone house. Looking at the broken bodies inside, he fell silent for a moment, feeling a complicated mood.

From today onwards, be an emotionless person.

Qi Zuo sighed and walked into the stone house, controlling the Soul Banner to absorb the souls and taking the storage pouch.

After wandering around all the stone houses, nine more souls appeared in the Soul Banner.

Returning to his room, Qi Zuo stored the Soul Banner back into his dantian and began to cultivate again.