Chapter 154: Just Right

If we find tonight and see no one, we can walk freely.

Find the spirit herb as soon as possible, then head toward the innermost circle; I believe that side can accommodate the place for forging a Golden Core and a Nascent Soul, and you can move freely. Jiang Yu clutched a spirit stone, flying while replenishing her spiritual energy; she didn't want to sit on the shore to cultivate, always feeling unsafe.

Honestly, we only flew away for a quarter of an hour, and a herd of lion‑beast creatures flew over here.

Moreover, they landed orderly on the beach to rest, but after a moment, when another flock of birds passed, the lion‑beast creatures suddenly took to the sky and launched a raid.

On the quiet beach, birds and beasts cried in unison, wind blades and fire projectiles fluttered, and within moments a swath of birds fell dead or wounded.

These, the distant Jiang Yu could not see, and she flew back to the spot she had just left.

But since sunrise, seven suns hung in the sky, the sea surface steamed like an oil pot, the heat made sweat stream down people's backs, and their cultivation robes were about to melt.

The beach heat was like a flat pan; even a single leaf placed on it would scorch and crumble.

Jiang Yu dared not set foot on the beach; she could only fly toward the distant mountains and forest to hide.

As for Xia Bing and the others hiding on the sea floor, when the seawater first began to steam, they chose to continue sinking deeper.

No matter how many suns there are, the water at the bottom remains cool.

Xia Bing, still not seeing Jiang Yu, felt her heart grow cold, "Brother Deng, are you sure Jiang Yu is safe? Did she also come out together?"

"Before I came out, she was still safe.

At that moment, a person from Dongzhou and a red‑clad female cultivator stood beside her." Deng Yuanwu turned his head to scan, and, surprisingly, among the cultivators hiding nearby, he saw Qi Haohao.

Moreover, after the battle with birds and beasts, out of their group of nineteen, two or three had fallen and three were seriously injured.

"Junior sister Xia, you mentioned Min Chi Yuan and a few others; could they take advantage of the chaos to kill that red‑clad female cultivator?" He saw not far away Min, Xing, and Cheng sharing a water‑repelling pearl, apparently discussing something.

Xia Bing had no leisure to worry about others; at this moment her mind was entirely on where Jiang Yu was, and she couldn't even recall what artifact she might have grabbed from the teleportation portal.

"In a while, after one sun sets, I will go find her. Will you go?"

"What if we can't find her today?" Deng Yuanwu could not let a single person delay his treasure hunt, even though he had just checked and previously seized a mysterious copper bell artifact.

Xia Bing thought for a moment, "If we still can't find her by tomorrow morning, we will leave."

Exploring a secret realm is like this; encountering sudden situations and constantly splitting and reuniting is normal, and a temporary teammate searching for you for half a day is already more than generous.

Jiang Yu didn't expect Xia Bing to persist in searching longer than she did; by now, she had already flown to the edge of the mountains and forest.

Just as she was about to find a spot to set up a formation, she heard a faint rustle.

Jiang Yu instantly affixed an invisibility talisman to herself, her divine sense slowly scanning toward the source of the sound, and then she saw, three li away, Qi Haohao struggling to crawl under a tree.

She clutched a short sword, and beside her lay a dead fourth‑grade sea bird.

She hesitated for two breaths, flew closer and said, "Just you alone? Where is my senior sister?"

"Jiang Yu? Save me," Qi Haohao said, and then the person collapsed into unconsciousness.

Jiang Yu quickly moved forward, fed her a pill, then dug a hole in the ground to hide; the underground temperature was lower, and she had Jiang Tu send out a ten‑thousand‑year ice crystal, instantly cooling the area considerably.

When Qi Haohao opened her eyes, an hour had passed; she reported on her own, "We were teleported to the shore and were attacked by a large number of sea birds."

My storage tools were all snatched by someone surnamed Xing, leaving only the short sword I grabbed from the water; when I fought the sea birds with it, they carried me away.

At the time I was quite afraid of a hidden attack, so after subduing the birds I flew away, not expecting the seven suns to rise together, causing the sea birds to lose strength and crash into the forest.

I saw your senior sister and the others, and they ran back into the sea.

Heal your injuries, and you take me to find them.

Then I'll give you a storage bag, a pill, a magical artifact, and a spirit talisman. Jiang Yu gave her a storage bag from the Dragon Pearl Space that hadn't been sold yet.

"Thank you, I will return them, but when searching for people I require invisibility," Qi Haohao didn't want to be targeted by Brother Xing again.

The Min family are descendants of the Cloud‑Mist Sect; to ally with the Xings to kill themselves, without a personal treasure, their chance of survival is zero.

"Fine." Jiang Yu neither affirmed nor denied their grudges, simply continued cultivating until only four suns remained in the sky, then returned to the beach with Qi Haohao.

Fortunately, she saw someone flying out of the sea from a distance.

Qi Haohao's divine sense couldn't see as far as hers; after affixing an invisibility talisman, she sat on a flying sword and guided Jiang Yu's direction.

Soon, several flying swords approached, and she forced herself to suppress her emotions and breathe steadily.

It turned out to be Brother Xing, Min Chi Yuan, and Cheng Zigu; they chose to form their own group and leave.

After Cheng Zigu told Jiang Yu the casualty numbers, he added, "Your senior brother and sister and two Buddhist cultivators are still searching for you on the sea surface.

Fellow cultivator Jiang, if you encounter my junior sister Wen Qian, please let me know she is safe.

"Will do, farewell." Jiang Yu also didn't want to chat further; she had no intention of taking the IOU that Xia Shijie had everyone write.

Without these people, she would still have to take the spirit stone out of the Heavenly King Temple herself.

The three saw her fly toward the sea surface; Min Chi Yuan squinted and said, "Do you all feel the killing intent emanating from behind her?"

"Huh? You mean Qi Haohao is on her flying sword?" Brother Xing reacted quickly, turned his flying sword and went to chase.

Cheng Zigu swiftly intervened: "Brother Xing, you didn't kill her when battling the sea birds, and now it's even more impossible."

Brother Xing brushed her aside: "You block me again; if you killed her in the village, why would there be trouble now?"

Min Chi Yuan also stepped in: "Brother Xing, you killed her and your identity is exposed; better not kill.

You, for those of us still making a living in the Ten Thousand Immortal Sect, leave…

I will act as a mediator, resolve the misunderstanding, how about it?

"No need, my identity is already revealed, I also…

……

"Fine." Jiang Yu neither affirmed nor denied their grudges, simply continued cultivating until only four suns remained in the sky, then returned to the beach with Qi Haohao.

Fortunately, she saw someone flying out of the sea from a distance.

Qi Haohao's divine sense couldn't see as far as hers; after affixing an invisibility talisman, she sat on a flying sword and guided Jiang Yu's direction.

Soon, several flying swords approached, and she forced herself to suppress her emotions and breathe steadily.

It turned out to be Brother Xing, Min Chi Yuan, and Cheng Zigu; they chose to form their own group and leave.

After Cheng Zigu told Jiang Yu the casualty numbers, he added, "Your senior brother and sister and two Buddhist cultivators are still searching for you on the sea surface.

"If Fellow Daoist Jiang encounters my junior sister Wen Xi, please let her know I'm safe."

"Sure, farewell." Jiang Yu didn't want to chat more with them; Xia Shijie had everyone write IOUs, but she had no intention of taking them.

Without these people, she herself would still have to spend spirit stones to leave the Heavenly King Temple.

Three people watched her fly toward the sea, Min Chiyuan narrowed his eyes and said: "You guys, do you feel the killing intent coming from behind her?"

"Huh? You mean Qi Hao Hao is on her flying sword?" Xing Shixiong reacted quickly, he turned his flying sword and was about to give chase.