Dao Master Ji Cang was both exasperated and amused when he heard this. He shouted, "The four of you each took one of my banners, and now he's learning my cultivation method too. You've tricked away every last bit of my property! Did none of you ever think of leaving me anything?"
Xu Ying hurriedly said, "We only thought that we could reach the Dao Master Realm ourselves in the future, so there was no need to learn someone else's cultivation method. If Dao Master doesn't want to part with these four banners, we won't take them."
"Take them!"
Dao Master Ji Cang was remarkably generous. He planted the four great banners in front of the four of them and laughed. "They're merely worldly possessions. I'm not like Dao Master Hua—I don't value them so highly. These four great banners are famous throughout the land. They're the Chaos Spiritual Root of the Hong Realm Universe, later seized by us from the Other Shore. The one with the Green Lotus pattern is called the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner."
The banner in Qing Xuan's hands was precisely the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner.
"The one with the radiant flames is called the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner."
The Saint Venerable examined the banner in his hands, feeling as though it concealed a raging fire powerful enough to incinerate an entire universe.
"The one with the cloud patterns is called the Plain Color Cloud Realm Banner."
The banner in Daoist Wukong's hands was this very one, its clouds ethereal and drifting.
"And the last banner is called the Chaos-Molding Apricot Yellow Banner."
The Apricot Yellow Banner had landed in Xu Ying's hands.
After explaining the origins of the banners, Dao Master Ji Cang said, "These four banners all came from the same Chaos