The Unlucky Old Ghost
Raiding an entire nest of netherworld criminals would certainly yield quite a haul.
There were at least dozens of Celestial Decrees alone.
Each one could summon the Netherworld soldiers and horses once. If he took them, he would immediately feel emboldened. Should he encounter an enemy again, he could simply dispatch troops to surround and exterminate them.
At the time, apart from the Celestial Decrees, there had been these five small banners atop the great tripod. They looked mysterious, yet gave off no aura whatsoever.
If he had not heard the Netherworld Divine General, Li Yan would never have chosen them.
Within the arcane sects, ritual banners were not used haphazardly.
Drums, for example, were used to commune with the divine, ward off evil, and transmit messages. The Five Immortals Hall of the northern frontier shamans summoned immortals by beating the Wen Wang Drum. His Cloud Thunder Divine Drum was used to ward off evil.
Of course, its most important function was still transmitting messages.
Whenever an altar was established and a ritual performed, the ritual drum had to be sounded first. It was as the saying went: "Birth is empty, death is empty; life and death never leave the three paths. The departed soul comes beneath the ritual altar, listening as I sound the ritual drum three times."
Bells were divided into great bells, announcement bells, repentance bells, and imperial bells. Each had different functions and was used on different occasions.
Ritual banners, meanwhile, were used to command ghosts and gods, drive out evil, establish formations, and deploy troops.
The "Five Directions Fengdu Banners" before him were even more mystical.
This was no ordinary treasure. It resembled his Soul Hooking Lightning Rope somewhat, being condensed from pure qi and invisible to ordinary people.
The greatest