"Hiss!"
The instant Patriarch Tingyou looked over, Ye Tao of the Sword Pavilion felt a chill shoot straight to the crown of his head, his eyes filling with wariness.
Patriarch Tingyou!
That was the main reason Lu Yang had not used the Foundation Establishment Demon Race members he killed as sword sacrifices this time, choosing instead to take them into the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner and transform them into Banner Spirits.
To be fair, Patriarch Tingyou was no longer what he had once been. After escaping from the hands of a True Lord and dragging out a wretched existence through five lives, he had long since exhausted the foundations he once possessed. Even if he wanted to fight someone, his heart was willing but his strength was lacking. He could only bully Lu Yang, who had still been a minor Qi Refining cultivator back then.
Yet this flaw was not entirely impossible to make up for.
Yama Hall!
This secret art, once regarded by Lu Yang as his trump card, was precisely why he dared to enter meditation in full view of everyone and devote himself wholeheartedly to refining the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches!
"Lu Yang. This lad's cultivation is still lacking."
Patriarch Tingyou sighed. "The most important thing about Yama Hall is balanced cultivation. How did he gather eight Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators and one Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator?"
Seven Foundation Establishment Early Stage Demon Race cultivators, plus Chen Xin'an.
Chong Ling at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
At that moment, all nine Banner Spirits stood behind Patriarch Tingyou. Their forms gradually blurred, transforming into a towering palace that displayed countless scenes of Yama.
Impermanence claimed lives, Ghost Messengers hooked souls.
Judges rewarded and punished, Roaming Gods patrolled Heaven.
"And there is no Earth Vein support