Where Is the Myriad Souls Banner?

[You have completed this simulation's guidance task and gained another simulation opportunity.]

[Initial equipped terms: Simulator [Rainbow], Eidetic Memory [Purple], Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose [Purple], Low-Grade Bone Structure [Green], Effort Will Be Rewarded [Green], Spider Senses [Green], Has Demonic Aura [Green]]

[Simulation begins!]

[Leaving White Emperor City at dawn amid rainbow clouds, a thousand miles to Jiangling returned in a single day.]

[You broke free of the Black Stone Gang's shackles and personally gave them a physical salvation.]

[After Luoding Village was massacred, Dachun and you finally returned to White Cloud County.]

[With the Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose and Has Demonic Aura terms, coupled with your knowledge of the Myriad Souls Banner's existence, you came up with an ingenious idea...]

[Year One, eighteen years old.]

[Beginning term draw...]

[Draw successful!]

["Is Your Kun Ge Awesome?" (White): After you use singing, dancing, rap, basketball, and other skills from the "The Beauty of Ji Ni" term, observers will be deeply captivated by your personal charm.]

[Adjust term?]

[Yes/No]

"Yo? The term effects actually came with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

This was Chen Yi's first time seeing two terms with such an explicit pairing.

Unfortunately, they were both white. Chen Yi would not waste two slots on white terms now.

[You chose No.]

["The simulation has begun? Good! Myriad Souls Banner! Here I come! Hahahaha!!!"]

[You laughed wildly and rushed out of the house, leaving Third Sister and Third Brother-in-law utterly bewildered.]

[You bought a fast horse in the county town and rode without rest, traveling through the night toward Old Liu's hometown—Hongtong County, Wushan Commandery, Bazhou.]

["Old Liu is still doing menial work in the Suzhou border army right now! Myriad Souls Banner! My precious treasure! Wait for me! You belong to no one but me, Chen Yi! Hehehe!!!"]

"The Myriad Souls Banner really is wicked. He hasn't even obtained it yet, and he's already showing signs of being demonized."

Chen Yi grumbled.

Naturally, Chen Yi knew the Myriad Souls Banner could not possibly be that wicked. It was simply that his simulated self had gotten a little carried away.

But fortunately, there was the Simulator. It could let his simulated self scout ahead and find out just how sinister the Myriad Souls Banner truly was.

``` [Bazhou lay in the west of the Central Plains, while Qingzhou lay in the central south. The two provinces shared a border.]

[You rode alone across the vast plains, scarcely stopping along the way. You reached your destination in just two months.]

["Hm? Why can't I smell it? Am I still not close enough?"]

[The Treasure-Snatching Extraordinary Nose had already been equipped. If there were a supreme treasure nearby, you should have been able to smell it.]

[You did not know precisely where Old Liu had obtained the Myriad Souls Banner.]

[You could only wander all over Hongtong County, conducting a carpet search.]

[A few days later.]

["I've covered pretty much the entire county. My realm may not be high, but this is still an Epic term. Its detection range can't possibly be only a few hundred meters around me, right?"]

[Over the past few days, you had not caught the scent of any supreme treasure. Instead, you had seen plenty of demonic aura left behind by Demon Race activity.]

[Hongtong County was also a place where the Demon Race came to feast at an all-you-can-eat buffet.]

[Fortunately, you could see demonic aura and always avoid them beforehand, so you did not run into any trouble.]

[After turning it over and over in your mind, you decided there was only one possibility.]

["The Myriad Souls Banner hasn't arrived yet."]

[Old Liu obtained the Myriad Souls Banner in the seventeenth year.]

[As long as you did not interfere too heavily with the course of events, this simulation should develop much like the last one.]

[As long as you could cut Old Liu off at the pass, you could obtain the Myriad Souls Banner.]

[So you decided to return to White Cloud County first, ensuring that nothing in Hongtong County deviated because of your appearance.]

["Seventeen years—I can wait! As long as I don't randomly take medicine in this life, I won't die young like I did in my previous life!"]

[Urging your horse on with raised whip, you returned to White Cloud County.]

[After entering White Cloud County's territory, you remembered the agreement you had made with Shen Qingshan before the simulation.]

["I'll take a lap around White Cloud Ridge and see where the Demon Race in White Cloud Ridge is hiding."]

[You rode around White Cloud Ridge for several days.]

[Whenever you spotted a wisp of demonic aura, you followed in the direction where that aura gradually grew denser.]

[You discovered that demonic auras of different colors all eventually converged in three locations.]

[Clearly, those three places were the three main lairs of the Demon Race forces in White Cloud Ridge.]

[You did not venture deep into the tiger's den. You merely relied on Eidetic Memory to firmly memorize those three locations.]

[By the time you returned to White Cloud County Town, the Monster Slaying Colonel from the Commandery Division and his inspection team had already taken up residence in White Cloud County.]

[The county town was festooned with lanterns and decorations, while firecrackers went off without pause.]

[You heard that the county magistrate, so fat he could barely walk, had personally gone out to welcome them that very day.]

[Feng Yucheng, who always wore a black face as though everyone owed him two hundred taels of silver, also lowered his proud head before the Monster Slaying Colonel from the Commandery Division and went fifty li out of town to welcome him.]

[Before providing the Monster Slaying Colonel with information, you felt you should first learn more about him.]

[What if he was in league with Feng Yucheng and the others? Wouldn't you be walking straight into the muzzle of a gun?]

[The colonel was currently staying at the county town's posthouse. It was nothing grand, merely the standard lodging for officials traveling on duty.]

[Their inspection would last half a month, so they had not left yet.]

[You asked around among several gossip-loving fellows and learned that this colonel had refused visits from every gentry family and powerful clan in the county town.]

["Normally, when an imperial envoy reaches a local area, it's an open chance to line his pockets. Yet he refuses to see anyone and focuses solely on inspection work? He should be a good official, right..."]

[There were indeed corrupt officials in this world, but one could not knock everyone down with a single stick.]

[Still, to be safe, you felt it would be best to write an anonymous letter and secretly deliver it to the posthouse.]

[When you returned to Third Sister's home, Third Sister was so angry that she gave you a beating.]

[You had disappeared for even longer this time than after the village massacre last time, and you had terrified her.]

[You exchanged a look with Shen Qingshan, and he immediately understood.]

["Chen Yun, Fourth Brother went to handle serious business."]

["What serious business could an unemployed drifter like him possibly have?"]

[You forced out an explanation. "Ahem... I went into seclusion to train."]

[Chen Yun said irritably, "Fine, fine, fine. You're taking advantage of the fact that I don't understand Martial Dao. Fine, you went into seclusion! But before you go into seclusion next time, could you tell your sister where you're going and how long you'll be gone?"]

[After sending Third Sister away, Shen Qingshan lowered his voice. "Fourth Brother, did you investigate the Demon Race's lairs? Why didn't you discuss it with your brother-in-law? I could mobilize the Monster Slaying Team under my command to help you."]

["No need to make it so troublesome. I've already investigated everything."]

["Fourth Brother, what skill! Did your mysterious master help you?"]

["More or less... The Demon Race's locations are all written in this letter. I plan to secretly deliver it to the posthouse tonight."]

[Shen Qingshan said that he did not want you to get involved, lest it bring you trouble.]

["Brother-in-law, are you going to deliver it yourself?"]

[Feng Yucheng might already have his eye on Shen Qingshan. You felt it was not a good idea to let Shen Qingshan deliver the letter.]

[But Shen Qingshan said, "Actually, I have an even more suitable candidate."]