Pirated Immortals in the World of Spirit Weapons

Chapter 76 Pirated Spirit Artifact Soul Banner

After finishing their tirade, the Four Young Masters of Linhe examined the corpse of the Armored Ape and discovered that the beast had only recently died.

"They haven't gone far! Chase them!"

"Dare to touch our prey! I'll skin him alive!"

The four men were furious and followed the trail, pursuing the trail at great speed, their figures constantly darting through the forest.

However, since they were in pursuit and couldn't see Zhu Que, they had to keep stopping to check for clues.

Moreover, Zhu Que ran away immediately, and the distance between the two sides never closed.

More than half an hour later.

The pursuit by the Four Young Masters of Linhe has ceased.

It wasn't that they didn't want to pursue it anymore, but that they were blocked by a river.

That was the Linhe River, which runs through the entire city of Guangyang. The river water was turbulent and surging, washing away all traces.

The four men looked extremely grim and began to curse loudly.

"That bastard jumped into the river and ran away!"

"Don't let me find out which bastard did this, or I'll make him regret ever being born!"

"So, shall we continue hunting?"

"What's the point of hunting? The Armored Ape was already snatched up by someone else. Let whoever wants first place take it."

"..."

After venting their anger, the four young masters of Linhe calmed down a bit and then left Linhe while talking.

"The hunting competition is just an appetizer. Think about the special college entrance examination a month from now. There are only three places available for regional admissions."

"Hehe, one of us is definitely going to be eliminated, but it's definitely not me."

"Oh, what a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too."

"Haha, it must be one of the three of you."

"..."

……

Not long ago.

Zhu Que jumped into the Linhe River without hesitation.

He did not run upstream or downstream because the four young masters of Linhe might have split up and searched both upstream and downstream at the same time.

He chose to do the opposite, washing away the bloodstains in the river before swimming directly to the other side.

After traversing a dense forest and taking a detour, we returned to the sixth landfill in Jinfeng Town, where we met Sun Zheng, who was processing garbage.

Sun Zheng asked curiously, "Zhu Que? Why are you back today? Wasn't your holiday supposed to last until tomorrow?"

"Come back and take a look."

Zhu Que smiled and said, "Brother Sun, thank you so much for helping me break that evil energy formation the other day."

"If you really want to thank me, then take me out for a few big meals," Sun Zheng said with a grin.

"No problem. When I get back tomorrow, the first thing I'll do is improve the food at our landfill."

"That's great! I thank you on behalf of my brothers."

"Hey, Brother Sun."

Zhu Que suddenly thought of something and asked curiously:

"You were able to learn demonic energy formations when you were a child, so you must not have come from an ordinary fifth-class family, right? Why are you working at a junkyard?"

"When I was a child, my family was quite well-off, probably similar to the farm manager's family. We were a wealthy family that belonged to the fourth class."

Sun Zheng shrugged and said, "But later, due to an unexpected turn of events, I was reduced to the lowest level, the fifth class."

"An unexpected turn of events?"

"My parents committed suicide by poisoning themselves. As for the reason... don't ask. Anyway, it was a terrible thing."

Sun Zheng shook his head with a wry smile.

"Understood."

Zhu Que nodded slightly.

Then.

He stayed at the junkyard until late at night, and after disguising himself, he made his way back to the cave warehouse.

On the way, he saw officials removing the blockade, indicating that the hunt by the Four Young Masters of Linhe had ended.

"Hahaha, that's so awesome! I heard that the Armored Ape was killed by someone, which angered the Four Young Masters of Linhe so much that they canceled the hunt."

"Wow! Thank God, my vacation can start again."

"I wonder which kind-hearted person did this."

"..."

Zhu Que listened to the officials' conversation, passed by them, and made his way back to the cave warehouse.

As soon as I entered, the little ghosts chattered and surrounded me.

They stared at him with wide eyes, looking up at him expectantly, like a pack of puppies waiting to be fed.

"Big brother, you're back!"

"Big brother, I'm so hungry..."

"I'm hungry too..."

"..."

"Okay, I'll 'cook' for you guys in a bit."

Zhu Que smiled and asked, "While I was away, did anyone or any strange beast approach this place?"

"no."

The little monkey shook its head.

"Big brother, I want to eat..."

Rabbit tugged at Zhu Que's sleeve.

"Hold on a little longer, until 1 a.m., then we'll have dinner on time."

Zhu Que glanced at the time, patted the rabbit's little head, and soothed them.

Then.

He hadn't forgotten the important matter of the evening.

He took out a pile of old and broken artifacts and began to imitate the "banner of ten thousand souls".

He first made 10 second-tier cloth artifacts and 2 second-tier gold artifacts, and then placed these magical artifacts into the nine-square grid.

"Buzz—"

The two spaces twisted and merged, and as a wisp of eerie black mist spilled out, a deep humming sound rang out.

The imitation lasted for more than ten minutes.

It is also somewhere between a second-tier and a third-tier spiritual weapon.

[Successfully replicated!]

[The Thousand Soul Banner's flag: No rank, cloth item. The core component of the Thousand Soul Banner. The flag itself does not possess any independent power; it must be combined with the flagpole to awaken its full potential.]

Side effects: None reported.

Thousand Soul Banner?

The name stunned Zhu Que.

It changed from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to the Thousand Souls Banner... The scale seems to have decreased a lot, but I don't know what the specific effect is.

The side effects are listed as "none," presumably because the artifact itself is unusable, hence there are no corresponding side effects.

"We're missing a flagpole for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner..."

Zhu Que thought for a moment, then took out his phone and dialed Boss Meng's number. After two rings, Boss Meng answered the phone.

"Hey, Boss Meng?"

"Hey, why did you return that magical artifact to the Black Lotus Guild? I risked everything to steal it, and I was chased for ages today; I almost couldn't escape."

"I can't believe it!" Meng Laoda asked in surprise as soon as he arrived.

"No problem. That magical artifact is marked. If I don't throw it out, I definitely won't be able to leave alive."

Zhu Que's tone carried a hint of helplessness.

"I've already made it clear beforehand, you'll get paid if you steal it, don't try to renege," Boss Meng snorted.

"No problem, I'll pay you the money."

Zhu Que has successfully analyzed the data, so paying Boss Meng is definitely not a bad deal.

but.

He had some doubts about Meng Laoda's behavior.

That magical artifact is a component of the Thousand Soul Banner, so its location must be extremely well hidden. Did she really steal it using only disguise?

Moreover, the whole process was a bit too "natural".

It's like... she was originally investigating the Black Lotus Guild, and accepting his commission was just a side job to make some money.

Zhu Que asked, "Brother Meng, when you stole that red cloth, did you see any other magical artifacts?"

"Hmm, it seems so..."

After thinking for a moment, Meng Laoda said, "Besides the carefully wrapped red cloth, there is also a black stick. I don't know what kind of magical artifact it is."

stick?

That must be the flagpole of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!

Zhu Que's eyes lit up immediately, and suppressing his excitement, he said, "Then can you steal that stick too?"

"What the heck??"

Meng Laoda immediately became agitated. "I risked my life at the Black Lotus Guild to steal that red cloth, and almost got caught. If it weren't for my quick wit, I'd probably be a corpse by now! And now you want me to go there and steal a magical artifact?!"

"so what?"

"Uh...you'll have to pay more!"