When Lu Yan left the Fenglan Hotel invisibly, the hotel manager was organizing nervous electrical repairs, surrounded by complaining customers and busy staff.
To delay the time and prevent the hotel staff from immediately going to the presidential suite to inquire, Lu Yan cut off the electricity of the entire hotel.
For a resentful ghost that could easily pass through walls, entering the walls to cut off the electricity was a piece of cake.
Having resolved the grave threat of Gongyang Xuanming, Lu Yan felt little disturbance in his heart.
Leaving the Fenglan Hotel, Lu Yan glanced at the Soul Banner in his hand that had shrunk several times.
After the incomplete Soul Banner was completed, the drawings on the banner became more intricate, and the originally controlled three resentful souls had turned into four.
However, the fourth resentful soul lacked a cultivator's soul. Even though the number was supplemented with ordinary human souls, its strength was still somewhat inferior to the other three resentful souls.
The gap at the cultivator level is difficult to make up with quantity.
For a demonic magical artifact like the Soul Banner, even a million mortal souls sacrificed would not be as valuable as the divine soul of a Nascent Soul Old Monster.
However, this was still too far away for Lu Yan. After completing the final refinement of the Soul Banner himself, Lu Yan felt the connection between himself and the Soul Banner grow increasingly close.
The current quality of the Soul Banner is considered superior among the inferior magical artifacts.
"Pity, there won't be such good opportunities in the future."
Lu Yan shook his head lightly with a sigh.
Having killed Gongyang Xuanming along with more than ten of his subordinates today, in an orderly urban version, this is undoubtedly a shocking case.
Especially since Gongyang Xuanming had a special identity, rumored to be the son of a Myanmarese dignitary, today's events will surely draw investigations from various parties.
During this time, Lu Yan could only act low-key to avoid being implicated.
"Gongyang Xuanming just returned to Luocheng today and arranged for Li Zhaoheng to investigate my information.
I killed them at the first opportunity to completely block the information, even if information mapping won't affect me."
"But then again, having Gongyang Xuanming's father out there, even if my matters weren't leaked, it's still not entirely secure.
In the urban version, he's already a high-ranking and influential figure, who knows if in the Xianxia version, he's a senior figure or elder of a demonic sect."
"With Gongyang Xuanming as the lead, should I consider going to Myanmar to eliminate his father as well to cut off future troubles?"
This thought flashed through Lu Yan's mind, but he just thought about it casually.
Myanmar is indeed too far; once actions are taken, traces will inevitably be left.
Gongyang Xuanming's matter already draws attention; if Lu Yan makes any more moves, he'll definitely be the first one targeted.
While Immortal Dao skills are profound, Lu Yan's cultivation realm is ultimately too low, and modern technology has its unique aspects, rash actions will only expose himself.
"So... it's better to find a way to let them reunite once my cultivation has improved a bit!"
Having settled his mind, Lu Yan walked into the mall next to Fenglan Hotel and entered the restroom where he had been invisible before.
After canceling his invisibility, Lu Yan casually walked out of the restroom, during which he even used a grade-free cleansing talisman to eliminate any possible scent of blood on him.
After revealing himself, Lu Yan did not immediately leave the mall but leisurely strolled around.
Leaving immediately after the incident at Fenglan Hotel would arouse suspicion once investigated.
Since the trouble weighing on him had been resolved, he decided to take this opportunity to enjoy urban life a bit; who knows how many versions later it would be the next time he's back in the city.
It was already late by this time, but the people of Luocheng paid a lot of attention to nightlife, and the mall was even more bustling.
At this moment, Lu Yan noticed that a small concert was being held at the main entrance on the other side of the mall, attracting quite a few people to stop and watch.
Curiously stopping, Lu Yan saw a beautiful girl on stage singing a song.
The girl had twin ponytails on her head, wore a blue short skirt revealing her fair and long legs, accompanied by energetic dance moves, exuding a vibe of youthful vitality.
For some reason, Lu Yan always felt that the girl on stage looked somewhat familiar.
Around the stage where Lu Yan stood, some young men and women excitedly raised their phones to take photos, and many were gossiping.
"Who is this, why does it feel like I've never seen her?"
"This is Ji Xingyao, a popular internet idol from a few years ago. I heard she's also from Luocheng, and it's surprising the mall managed to invite her here."
"What do you mean popular a few years ago, she's clearly a has-been internet celebrity!"
"It's Ji Xingyao! I heard she always played a teenage girl's role, but she's actually almost thirty. Her popularity dropped significantly after being exposed, so she's been in semi-retirement online."
"If it were two years ago, the entire mall would've been packed, wouldn't just stop at this many people."
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Listening to the gossip from the onlookers, Lu Yan curiously took out his phone and tried searching for the name Ji Xingyao.
Soon, a social media account popped up, with an ID named Zuo Yu.
Looking at the information above, Lu Yan was startled, then filled with disbelief.
Just mentioning Ji Xingyao, Lu Yan indeed had never heard of this name.
But speaking of Zuo Yu Fairy, almost no one in the Bamboo Forest Marketplace was unfamiliar with her.
Though the Bamboo Forest Marketplace was an independent practitioner marketplace, its minimum requirement was to have a spirit vein. No matter how many Qi Cultivation Perfection loose cultivators there are, they couldn't possibly guard such a vast spirit vein, even if the Bamboo Forest Marketplace's spirit vein was merely a low-grade first-class spirit vein.
The secret coveting by demonic cultivators and loose cultivators alone is enough to be bothersome.
Yet, the Bamboo Forest Marketplace has managed to survive, relying on a prominent orthodox figure backing it.
Zuo Yu Fairy, a true disciple of the Cyan Simurgh Sect, a renowned Celestial Pride Cultivator in the Southern Border.
The Cyan Simurgh Sect claims to be the master of the eight-thousand-mile mountain range of the Southern Border, which, though exaggerated, no sect dares to oppose.
And Zuo Yu Fairy, as a true disciple of the Cyan Simurgh Sect, is a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, with aspirations to ascend the Golden Core Realm and become a Golden Core True Person enjoying an eight-hundred-year lifespan.
Such a prominent figure of the orthodox sect could protect the entire Bamboo Forest Marketplace with merely a word, even sect disciples dare not interfere in its operation.
In the second month of the Xianxia version, Lu Yan had even seen Zuo Yu Fairy patrolling the marketplace, with various sect disciples and loose cultivators following in high spirits.
However, Zuo Yu Fairy was wearing a veil at that time, and due to Lu Yan's low identity, he dared not look closely.
In hindsight, whether in stature or appearance, Zuo Yu Fairy seems to match this washed-up internet celebrity before him.
But in terms of demeanor, one is cold and noble, the other is youthful and lively, completely two extreme contrasts.
"Demonic cultivator and human trafficking Burmese bosses correspond, that barely makes sense.
But the gap between a Celestial Pride of the orthodox sect and a washed-up internet celebrity, isn't it a bit too large?"