Chapter 147: Jiang Tu's Plans

But as soon as Jiang Yu's flying sword entered above the village, it instantly seemed like a bird that had lost its wings, tumbling downwards.

Jiang Tu watches anxiously from inside the Dragon Pearl space, but can't help because its space is again sealed off—"This damned place keeps throwing up special restrictions, with pits everywhere."

Fortunately, although Jiang Yu's spiritual power had been suddenly sealed, her lightness skill was still solid—when she was several zhang above the ground she tumbled a few times and used a large tree to break her fall.

What's more, oddly enough, none of the people fighting in the village center bothered to look up and see someone falling from the sky.

After landing safely, her head suddenly swam with dizziness, and for a moment the fighters a few zhang away seemed to flicker in and out like phantoms.

I don't know whether they were flowers, but before her eyes swarmed countless tiny humanoid figures—big and small—fluttering and spinning, each uttering incomprehensible words.

Niu Niu, you're the smartest girl in our village.

Xi Xi, the Shangsi Festival is coming up—let's go out together to enjoy the spring.

Haha, Wu Er from next street is quite handsome—he'd be a perfect match for you.

Hurry up, we need to harvest and press the sunflower seeds at home—don't just stand around slacking.

"Get out!" Jiang Yu steadied her mind, trying to drive away the noise; she knew she had to clear the interference quickly, but although her mind understood, her body wouldn't move.

Fortunately, Jiang Tu noticed her abnormality immediately; though it couldn't leave the space, it could send a warning through their soul contract.

Just then, as Jiang Yu bit the tip of her tongue and those tiny figures were about to surge into her sea of consciousness, she heard Jiang Tu bellow: "Bite them to death!"

Without hesitation she opened her mouth, realized she could move her hand, and swiftly snatched the incoming tiny figures, biting them.

"Ah! Don't!" the tiny figures panicked and fled, dissolving into bubbles before Jiang Yu could even swallow them.

Jiang Yu's head cleared instantly, her body regained movement, and she swallowed a calming pill from her waist pouch.

She didn't even have time to look for where her flying sword had fallen—"Thanks, Jiang Tu."

Before her voice even faded, she sprang into the air several times, dove into the brawling crowd, and without worrying about form, she threw punches and kicks, knocking down anyone who stood in her way.

Bang bang bang

Damn, who hit me?

Hiss, it hurts.

Brother, give me a hand.

"Senior Sister Xia, I'm here." Jiang Yu didn't care who had fallen behind her; she fought skillfully, striking the numb, painful spots, so those she knocked down wouldn't get up again anytime soon.

Before long she had reached the center where the besieged person was, and she didn't forget to shout loudly for Senior Sister Xia, who was besieged on the other side, as well as Min Chi Yuan and Wen Xi's senior brother.

"Jiang Yu!" Senior Sister Xia exclaimed with joy, but this wasn't the time for celebration—"Hit the pressure points!"

"Got it." Jiang Yu went thump-thump-thump, delivering another barrage of punches that crushed the two little monks who were pinning the person at the bottom.

Before another crowd could close in, she pulled the two up and shouted, "Senior Sister, close your eyes and hold your breath!"

While speaking, she produced a tear-inducing pill from her sleeve pouch; it requires no spiritual power—just a firm strike to burst it, releasing a white mist that instantly provokes a fit of coughing all around.

Guo Jue, his head and face covered in wounds, reacted instantly, clapping his hands over his senior brother's mouth, nose, and eyes.

"My eye!"

"What poison is this?"

Jiang Yu certainly wouldn't answer; as everyone stumbled about, she joined the three senior sisters who had leapt over, dragging the coughing, tearful little monks toward a place with water.

"Jiang Yu, will they be all right? Inside there are still our people who entered this cave heaven." Senior Sister Xia turned her head to look; it was just a fight, not a crime worthy of death.

"One or two quarters of an hour should see recovery." Jiang Yu wasn't entirely certain; she estimated the recovery time for those without spiritual power based on how cultivators return to normal after the effect wears off.

"Friend Jiang, could you sell me a few of these?" Min Chi Yuan wanted to obtain some for self-defense.

"None left." Jiang Yu certainly wouldn't give him any.

Min Chi Yuan didn't press the matter; he simply exchanged a glance with Wen Xi's senior brother Cheng Zi Gui, then kept running after her.

Soon they reached the river, and Jiang Yu immediately shoved Guo Jue's senior brother into the water: "Quick, make him rinse his mouth and wash his face—do it several times."

Guo Jue didn't ask any questions; he simply held his senior brother's head and followed the instruction.

Only then did she have a chance to speak with Senior Sister Xia: "Senior Sister, are there many Tian Yuan cultivators? Why are they joining the locals in besieging us?"

Senior Sister Xia wore a worried expression: "There are quite a few; you probably also experienced the demonic sound piercing your ears when you entered the village."

Now Wen Xin, Qin Zhuo, Deng Shi Di, and Ma Dao You of the Wan Jian Sect have all lost their original consciousness, taking themselves to be villagers.

And the little master of Guo Ye has become somewhat dazed after losing his soul.

Jiang Tu muttered to himself inside the Dragon Pearl: "That's not just dullness—he's had his mind bewildered by a heavenly demon."

"I can wake him, but I also need to get out first, and he requires dragon tears as payment."

Jiang Yu didn't know Jiang Tu's plan; after a brief startle she thought it over and found it reasonable: "Is Wen Xin also here? I didn't see her."

Then she turned to Cheng Zi Gui: "Friend, have you seen Qi Hao Hao of the Wan Xian Sect? And the cultivators of Qing Xuan Men and Dan Xia Shan?"

Cheng Zi Gui nodded: "We arrived not long ago and discovered the village was holding a wedding; we went to look, and the groom was a Dao You surnamed Xing from the Wan Xian Sect."

And the bride was precisely Qi Hao Hao.

"......" Jiang Yu stared, stunned—these two? Too miraculous—she couldn't help but glance at Min Chi Yuan.

He shrugged: "I merely shouted Qi Hao Hao's name, and the villagers drove me out of the banquet."

"I heard that Dao You Jiang once went to the western shore together with the Qi family, intending to rescue someone."

Initially, Min Chi Yuan had some reservations about Jiang Yu's unwillingness to be used by the Min family.

Now that he knows the other party is a cultivator from the Tian Yuan Continent, he also understands why she doesn't want to be recruited by Fifth Brother.

But understanding is understanding; regarding that time she suddenly appeared and indirectly saved Mount Honghao, he still holds a grudge.

"The Min family truly lives up to being a ten‑thousand‑year lineage; even my small matter of borrowing a ride on the Qi family's airship is crystal clear to them." Jiang Yu chuckled.

Senior Sister Xia said from the side: "So that's how you know them."

"I only know a few of them; when I was in Dong Zhou my cultivation was too low, so I spent most of the time in closed‑door cultivation." Jiang Yu didn't want Senior Sister to think she was close with anyone.

"Senior Sister, what should we do now? Our spiritual power and divine sense are sealed, and our storage bags won't open."

"When they came, they also forgot to buy a storage artifact that could be opened without using spiritual power or divine sense." Actually Jiang Yu has one, but she has always kept it in the wooden house at Dragon Pearl.

When entering the blessed land, being too hurried, they forgot to wear it on the body; because the storage bag has always been usable, today, several times entering and exiting the Dragon Pearl, they still didn't remember to take out the storage jade ring from the wooden hut.

However, she has many self-made hidden pockets inside her robe; usually she puts some emergency items in them, such as elixirs and talismans.

She asked again: "You wouldn't intend to take away all those who have lost their souls and don't remember themselves, would you?"

Xia Bing shook her head repeatedly; she only brings Heavenly Origin cultivators: "After we entered the village, we couldn't find the way out; that Qi Hao Hao you know, do you want to go take a look?"