Chapter 197

Yan Buji narrowed his eyes and let out a cold snort.

The situation now isn't something Li Daoist can just manipulate as he pleases.

"Senior, why don't you tell me what just happened?"

Li Daoist chuckled: "I just saw you fall and was worried, wanting to see if you were hurt."

"Oh, I thought you were using your spiritual power to try to kill me." Yan Buji looked enlightened.

Li Daoist's mouth twitched: "How could that be? What's our relationship? Besides that, could you get this Human Emperor Banner without me?"

"Hehe, even if I couldn't get it, you wouldn't want to take it yourself, would you?" Yan Buji smiled.

Li Daoist's face changed, and he coldly stared at him: "You brat, you're smiling too much? Cut the nonsense; if you do as I say we can still cooperate, otherwise you'll wait to be hunted to the ends of the earth by the Profound Firmness Dao! Do you really think this Human Emperor Banner is so easy to get?"

Yan Buji's face changed, and he realized that as the supreme treasure of the Human Dao, the Human Emperor Banner appearing in the Human Smoke Pavilion certainly wasn't something he could just take away.

But he truly didn't want to take it either; honestly, this thing should be left for those who like to sacrifice for humanity and have a sense of righteousness.

Yan Buji thought it over and suddenly spotted a loophole in the other's words: "If I can wield the Human Emperor Banner, doesn't that mean even if I have a bad temperament I'm still a candidate Human Emperor? Precisely because of that, you said the Profound Firmness Dao cultivators would hunt me?"

"You!"

"This brat!"

"He's really cunning!"

Li Daoist originally thought Yan Buji knew nothing and wanted to fool him a bit, but he didn't expect his reaction speed to be so fast that he actually figured it out.

"Hehe, a candidate Human Emperor? You think you're worthy? Do you have the qualifications to lead humanity across the five great realms? Even if you act tyrannically in the Nan Ting Mountain Region, you're nothing but a false Human Emperor!"

"A false Human Emperor is enough; I believe that since I have this qualification, the Profound Firmness Dao's elders will naturally not make things too difficult for me."

After all, the Eight Dao Profound Gate came for the development of the Human Dao, and now that Yan Buji already has the Human Emperor qualification, it's equivalent to an identification certificate!

Take this out, and even if you're not hunted to the ends of the earth, at least your life will be safe, right?

Cooperating with Li Daoist, this kind of vicious tiger, is really something where a moment's inattention could get you killed.

Moreover, what's worse than death is that Yan Buji was actually forced to endure the will erosion of a Human Emperor Banner!

Death isn't scary; Yan Buji is just unwilling to die, not afraid of it.

But to have one's will changed—that is intolerable!

So even if the Human Emperor Banner is heaven-defying, Yan Buji will find a chance to discard it, but not now.

Seeing that he couldn't deceive Yan Buji, Li Daoist smiled and said: "So you think I dare not act against you now? Do you still want a solution to the anomalies?"

"Oh right, you mentioned this—give me the method to resolve the anomalies, or I'll leave. Let's see if you can condense a second Human Emperor Banner!" Yan Buji didn't care anymore.

Anyway, the face is already torn; if I endure, I might later be discarded by him, so it's better to get some benefits now.

This also serves as a warning to Li Daoist that I'm not without leverage; first I'll take some benefits to ease the atmosphere, otherwise we can't continue cooperating; second, he knows little about the Human Smoke Pavilion, and without Li Daoist I couldn't obtain any treasures either.

Especially that Human Origin Grand Pill—through this matter Yan Buji felt he was bound to obtain it!

Li Daoist's face darkened as he pondered for a long time.

"Fine, kid, you're the first one who dares to threaten me like this. As long as you don't die, you'll surely become someone important." Li Daoist laughed twice and tossed out a jade slip.

Yan Buji reached out, took it, and released his divine sense to examine it.

"Thank you, senior." Yan Buji smiled.

Although there wasn't much time to verify the authenticity of this jade slip, the post-anomaly situations mentioned on it are not false, and he himself has deeply experienced them.

Li Daoist smiled: "Then can you put down the Human Emperor Banner now?"

Yan Buji pinched it, and the Human Emperor Banner vanished from his hand.

Li Daoist narrowed his eyes.

He actually managed to obtain the Human Emperor qualification!

Li Daoist secretly thought it a pity; although he had considered using the method of sacrificing this kid to indirectly control the Human Emperor Banner through his corpse, he hadn't expected the kid to withstand the banner's erosion and turn the tables.

However, Li Daoist never wanted to taint himself with the Human Emperor Banner; its karmic burden is too heavy—whatever you gain, you must spit out double, even at the cost of your life.

Although the situation has turned against him and he's been trapped, for Li Daoist, having Yan Buji with the Human Emperor qualification is indeed a good cooperative partner.

Because he's greedy enough!

"Senior, what's your plan?"

"The plan is simple: you wield the Human Emperor Banner to end this chaotic age. With the Human Emperor Banner, ordinary people cannot withstand the relentless influx of human qi and will surely be used by you! Plus, with your spiritual power restored, even campaigning a thousand miles poses no problem. Once you become the Human Emperor of this land, I will intervene in the subsequent affairs." Li Daoist said lightly.

"Oh?"

Yan Buji narrowed his eyes.

Although Li Daoist didn't tell Yan Buji the true function of the Human Emperor Banner, there's a chance he harbors the ill intent of letting Yan Buji overuse the banner so that human qi erodes him, so Yan Buji doesn't fully trust him.

"What about the Human Origin Grand Pill?"

"The Human Origin Grand Pill is inside the capital of the Great Xuan Kingdom! But if you don't gather enough human qi, you can't obtain the Human Origin Grand Pill." Li Daoist said.

"Why?"

Li Daoist suppressed his anger, thinking: "You kid know nothing, yet you're quite cautious—truly a cultivator of our generation!"

Although Yan Buji's endless questions annoyed Li Daoist greatly, he still endured and explained: "The Human Origin Grand Pill is a treasure formed from a vast amount of human qi gathered together! With the Human Emperor Banner in hand, using it once will show you how to do it."

Yan Buji frowned, summoned the Human Emperor Banner and gave it a try.

Indeed, the dragon on the banner's surface devours human qi, operating according to Yan Buji's will.

In an instant, Yan Buji understood the method of refining the Human Origin Grand Pill!

"So that's it! This Human Emperor Banner is actually the Alchemical Furnace for refining the Human Origin Grand Pill?!"

Yan Buji also received this wonderful information for the first time; the Human Origin Grand Pill is produced like this.

"Don't overthink it; the true Human Emperor Banner isn't here but in the capital of the Great Xuan Kingdom, so your banner is merely an illusion—only capable of using human qi, while only the genuine Human Emperor Banner can actually produce the Human Origin Grand Pill." Li Daoist explained lightly.

Yan Buji nodded: "If that's the case, then let's do as you say."

After finalizing the plan, Li Daoist and Yan Buji discussed at length, informing him that the Human Emperor Banner conferred no benefit to him as its master, but rather a terrifying boost to his troops beneath him!

Moreover, raising the Human Emperor's banner, people's hearts will surely turn to him!

At this point in time, when no other cultivator had obtained the Human Emperor's qualification, Yan Buji, holding the Human Emperor's banner, was like having cheat activated, and in just ten short days he raised tens of thousands of troops and completely occupied a prefecture's land!

In the last month or so, Yan Buji relied on the Human Emperor's banner, cheating his way to conquer cities and seize strongholds, and even set a record of capturing twenty cities in a single day.

Later on, Yan Buji thought the Human Emperor's banner was already so outrageous, he directly went solo, campaigning across three thousand li, wherever he went he was unstoppable and victorious, marching all the way to the capital of the Great Xuan Kingdom!