Lu Yang immediately glanced vigilantly at the old man beside him, only to see that the old man was only wearing a dark-colored plain coarse linen, and his cultivation had not even touched the threshold of the foundation-building stage, as if he had cultivated to this age and his strength was still in the Qi-condensation stage.
But it was such an ordinary old man who recognized the monster gathering banner behind him, which made Lu Yang feel very puzzled. He could only take that old man as a tentative question and asked him a question, so he said perfunctorily, "The demon-gathering banner? What is that?"
The old man looked at Lu Yang intriguingly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he believed in his own judgment. In the old man's eyes, Lu Yang's words to get rid of him were nothing more than poor acting skills.
After answering the old man's words, Lu Yang hurriedly consulted Fanfan, wanting to know exactly how the old man recognized that this little broken flag was the legendary Banner of Gathering Monsters.
But hearing what the old man said, Fanfan was also at a loss. You must know that after she was exiled from the hands of the great God Nu Wa to the human world, she was directly passed on to the royal family, even if the dynasty changed, she did not escape the royal family at all.
More importantly, this monster-gathering banner has always been stored in the royal family as a magic weapon for suppressing demons. It is almost impossible for anyone to know that it is the legendary monster-gathering banner.
In such a remote place far away from the imperial city, the possibility of being recognized by such an old man who looks like a passer-by is really too low.
"Don't be nervous, after all, this old man is not an evil ghost." The old man leaned against Lu Yang mysteriously and continued, "Although you have tried your best to cover up the aura on your body, but the old man must have read it right. The aura emitted from your body is not spiritual energy, but evil spirit!"
"Who are you?" Lu Yang took a step back, his movements were not conspicuous in the noisy crowd, everyone was busy with the matter at hand, and didn't even notice that Lu Yang had already confronted the old man at the street stall.
What made Lu Yang feel unbelievable was that although this old man's strength was not yet at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he might not even be able to feel the demonic energy in Lu Yang at the Golden Core Stage, but he could.
"Hi, the old man is just a loose fairy."
The old man didn't seem to have any malice towards Lu Yang, but Lu Yang didn't know what the old man's purpose for pestering him was.
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"Master, do you want to kill someone?" Fanfan asked Lu Yang in his heart.
Lu Yang felt that it would be impossible to kill people and silence them. There were not many people in front of the old man's booth, and his clothes were plain and his strength was low. Even if he told others about Lu Yang's secrets, others would just take it as a joke.
Lu Yang quickly rejected Fanfan's proposal in his mind: "No, after all, I still have the ability to go back in time. Even if the current situation is not good for us, we can still go back in time to change the current situation."
"Didn't you think you'd already obtained such a powerful ability through the Monster Gathering Banner?" At this moment, the old man's voice suddenly rang in Lu Yang's ear.
Lu Yang turned his head to look at the old man, but found that the old man's mouth hadn't moved at all. His voice actually appeared in Lu Yang's mind directly, and he seemed to have heard the conversation between Lu Yang and Fanfan!
This kind of thing is not something that ordinary cultivators who have not reached the foundation stage can do, Lu Yang immediately became wary of this old man. Maybe this old man also hid his own strength, in order to get close to Lu Yang!
No matter what, Lu Yang felt that he had to use the ability to go back in time. As long as he went back in time to before he met this old man, he would directly choose to avoid this auction house and never let the old man see his monster-gathering banner.
But just when Lu Yang wanted to activate the ability to go back in time, he adjusted the time to an hour ago. The old man's voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Young man, don't worry! Listen to my explanation!" The old man's tone seemed to be quite anxious.
Lu Yang looked at the old man in bewilderment, observing his every move. In terms of speed, after getting the black dragon's demon pill, Lu Yang is quite confident in speed. If the old man dares to do something unfavorable to them, he will definitely use the ability of time reversal immediately.
"I said, why are you so anxious, young man? It seems that if the old man doesn't introduce his identity, I'm afraid you will use your ability to change this point in time." The old man could only helplessly continue to explain to Lu Yang.
"As the old man said before, the old man is indeed a Loose Immortal, and his cultivation is exactly as you can see. He is just a person who has no chance to cultivate immortality and has not even completed the foundation establishment." The old man's tone was full of regret for his own fate.
Lu Yang didn't believe what the old man said, he hurriedly asked in his heart: "If your strength is really not even up to the foundation building stage, how can you see my identity? And how did you see that the banner behind me is the demon-gathering banner?"
"Speaking of this matter, it has to be traced back to thirty years ago." The old man paused and continued: "Do you think that this old man has really cultivated in this Qi refining period all his life? As early as thirty years ago, this old man's strength was even higher than yours!"
"Could it be that the tribulation has failed?" Fanfan suddenly realized.
If human beings fail to cross the catastrophe, in most cases, they will be destroyed on the spot. Only a small number of people can survive after failing to cross the catastrophe, and then find other ways to find other cultivation methods to return to the peak.
Of course, this method of "finding a new way" is not something that ordinary people can find. If the person who failed to cross the catastrophe just survived, but did not continue to practice, then his strength will always stay in the Qi refining stage.
However, the so-called cultivation in the Qi refining period is just a facade. The skills and secret books mastered by those who failed to cross the catastrophe before the catastrophe will be kept in the soul of that person, but they cannot be used again under the cultivation of the Qi refining period.
And if it was really like what Fanfan analyzed, then it would be reasonable for the old man to be able to see through the demonic aura emanating from Lu Yang's body.
"Exactly," replied the old man.
It can be seen that this old man used to be a high-spirited person, but his fate was really as he said, and he had no predestined relationship with cultivating immortals. That's why he is now down to the point of setting up an unattended street stall in this fairyland of Qianling Mountain, eating and waiting to die.
"So you called me, what's the matter, do you want to show off your glory days to me?" Lu Yang looked at the old man and asked in puzzlement.