Compared with the soul-searching methods of Celestial Mother Transformation Mystic Light and the Heaven Mending Scripture, transforming Banner Spirits through the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner could likewise achieve the effect of searching souls.
However, the latter had a flaw: it lacked autonomy.
Unless they were Banner Spirits like Chen Xin'an and Patriarch Tingyou, who had willingly entered the banner while alive, most Banner Spirits would only act according to orders.
Thus, searching a Banner Spirit's soul could only be done by "asking questions."
Yet that made it all too easy to fall into a vicious circle.
Lu Yang: "Why didn't you tell me about this?"
Banner Spirit: "You didn't ask."
Lu Yang: "How could I ask if I didn't know?"
Banner Spirit: "If you didn't ask, how would I know whether you knew or not?"
And then things got awkward.
So compared to the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner, Lu Yang still preferred sending Chen Xin'an out to handle things. After all, this concerned cultivation. Letting him suffer a little—surely he could understand.
Jiangnan, the Ten Thousand Man Pit.
This was where the Heavenly Court Fragment had fallen. Clearly, Sword Pavilion True Lord had done so deliberately, while also removing this nail the Sacred Sect had planted in Jiangnan.
Lu Yang felt somewhat moved by the sight. Across so many previous lives, although the Jiangnan Ten Thousand Man Pit had changed hands more than once, it had always ultimately been reclaimed by the Sacred Sect without suffering much damage. Yet in this life, under his influence, this Wonder had been uprooted entirely, not even its skin and fur remaining.
Still, the Sacred Sect probably did not lose out either.
The reason Heavenly Immortal Minghua and the others had sought him out was clearly the Sacred Sect's doing. The Sacred Sect was