Chapter 165

"Guojue, it's safe, come out quickly." Jiang Yu sheathed her sword and ran over to knock the greatly enlarged black-gold basin.

She too had been watching the fight nearby, and since no one was attacking her side anymore, she lent that female cultivator a hand; now she's coming to rescue her teammates.

Guojue put away the basin, fell to the ground covered in black blood, startling Jiang Yu: "Poison again? Where are you hurt?"

As she bent down to help the person, she just managed to dodge a lump of black fireball hurled at her.

"Dare kill my senior sister, pay with your life!" a disheveled mid-Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator came flying with the fireball.

But on the way, Xiaobing from afar swung a sword and knocked him to the ground; the Wan Jian Sect sword cultivator also raised his sword and chopped.

However, that disheveled demonic cultivator wasn't hit in a vital spot; he rolled to dodge the sword cultivator's attack, and the two immediately engaged in close combat, fighting it out in one place.

Jiang Yu immediately set down Guojue and shoved all the apricot-yellow female cultivator's storage tools into his hands: "Hide well, look for an antidote."

While speaking, she had already rushed to where the sword cultivator and demonic cultivator were fighting, and this time she still chose long-range attack.

She released the bamboo fan at the most opportune moment, fiercely attacking the demonic cultivator's back; with a crackling sound, it actually broke through his protective spiritual light.

Thus he was stabbed in the abdomen by the sword cultivator who was dueling head-on, wielding another sword.

Coincidentally, the sword cultivator had just learned one of Jiang Yu's moves; after hitting, he quickly retreated, "Boom!"

Boom

Don't think it's just his former low-grade magic sword; the explosion shattered that demonic cultivator's dantian.

The demonic cultivator suddenly lost his cultivation and howled in pain; using his divine sense to control his flying sword, he wanted the sword cultivator to also taste the explosion of his magical artifact.

But he was distracted, and behind him Jiang Yu sent another wave of lightning express; as his back became a blur of flesh and blood, the bamboo fan whooshed and spun to his nape.

Swish, another head separated from body.

This left the sword cultivator who had swung his sword feeling unfulfilled, especially upon hearing Jiang Yu say: "His belongings are yours."

The sword cultivator felt wronged, but he still had to take the storage bag and ring, and escort Guojue out of the battle zone with Jiang Yu.

It could be considered fortunate for them; the two fighting sides had already reached the end, and many enemy cultivators, seeing the situation turn bad, looked for a chance to withdraw.

Otherwise, in the melee they might yet be hit by someone's fireball or ice cone, and slashed with a sword.

The three entered the great bell; Guo Ye embraced his junior brother and shouted: "Daoist friend Jiang, you bring him out safely, and when you return I'll give you half a life?"

Are the lives of your Xu Void Sect disciples lives, while those of our Great Enlightenment Temple disciples are just grass?

"Sorry, I failed to protect him.

"Here, I have what I took from the poisoner." Jiang Yu apologized sincerely and quickly opened all the storage bags that Guojue had dropped on the ground.

She had decided that, if she managed to get through this cave heaven this time, even if she didn't focus on alchemy, she would devote herself to studying the formulation of the spirit-herb poison pills from Dongzhou and Longhuang Island, as well as their antidotes.

Otherwise, at a critical moment, even holding an antidote she wouldn't be sure it could detoxify.

"What's the use of sorry? Guojue is covered in blood." Guo Ye quickly took his pulse; fortunately, their Great Enlightenment Temple often does charitable medical work, so he not only knows alchemy but also has learned some medical cultivator skills.

"It's not Beauty's Tears, it's Poisonheart Grass liquid.

"Find which bottle is the Staunch Blood Pill, or if there's any Pure Spirit Fruit, that'll do—hurry." Guo Ye urged while urging the taking of silver needles to bleed the unconscious junior brother.

The Wan Jian Sect sword cultivator also silently squatted down and searched together with Jiang Yu; not long after, they found the Pure Spirit Fruit.

Seeing Guo Ye still administering the needles, Jiang Yu stepped forward and said: "Alchemy or just feed him the juice?"

"Take a bowl, squeeze out the juice, and dissolve my detox pill in it." Guo Ye moved his divine sense and took the medicine from his storage bracelet.

Jiang Yu acted quickly, prepared a large bowl of antidote, and fed it to Guojue.

"You don't need a whole bowl; three sips will do." Guo Ye, if he weren't busy with the needles, would have facepalmed; he really knows nothing.

Just how did that Sui Lv Zhenjun teach his disciple?

The Sui Lv Zhenjun, far away in the Xu Void Sect's secret valley, came again to see Jiang Yu's elder brother; seeing that his soul was slightly stronger than before, he couldn't help but nod in gratification, the little disciple's merit points not wasted.

He was about to turn and leave when Lin Quan Sect Master rushed in like the wind: "Uncle-master!"

"What's the matter?" the sect head panicked, utterly improper! But the Sui Lv Zhenjun did not rebuke, after all the nephew is already the sect master.

If he doesn't preside over daily sect affairs, he is still the sect master.

"Just three days, two Golden Core soul lamps have gone out, five Foundation Establishment soul lamps have gone out, and four more are flickering on the verge of extinction." Lin Quan Sect Master felt heartbroken!

The Xu Void Sect has about fifty-plus Golden Core cultivators in total; this time seventeen entered the Great Luo Cave Heaven.

He fears that if they lose eighty percent, the standing of a second-rate sect will also have to be moved back.

"Entering a secret realm, who expects no one to die?

Moreover, more than half of the Golden Core cultivators who entered this cave heaven are those whose lifespans are nearly exhausted.

Either they fall today, or they will sit in meditation and pass away another day.

In the past few days, among late Foundation Establishment cultivators, how many have you picked out who can form a Golden Core?

You must spare no expense, give them the best pills and cave dwellings, and have the most adept Golden Core cultivators guide their advancement." The Sui Lv Zhenjun's worry lay deep in his heart, so he wanted to make two-handed preparations, ready to replenish Golden Core numbers at any time.

Lin Quan Sect Master was soothed by his uncle-master's few words; he wiped nonexistent sweat and said, "I've already picked out over a hundred, and I'd like to ask the two uncles-master to give them a lecture on the Dao.

So they can be more inspired and quickly attain Golden Core.

"Sure, I'll go to the market to substitute for Fu Ju; in a moment she'll give the talk first.

Right, don't go probing other sects' situations; the most people who enter the Xu Void are from the Xu Void itself." Although they took out many Taiji Fish tokens, the sect also gained much benefit in exchange.

The truth is, others hope the Xu Void Sect loses as many people as possible.

"I'll arrange this right away." Lin Quan Sect Master came quickly and left even quicker.

A moment later, the Sui Lv Zhenjun, on his way to the market, was still pondering how Jiang Yu was faring in the cave heaven.

He doesn't ask, but he also knows that among the extinguished soul lamps, Jiang Yu is not there; otherwise Lin Quan wouldn't dare show up before him.

May Jiang Yu and her disciples have smooth sailing.

Inside the cave heaven, Jiang Yu actually succeeded in helping Guojue and Lu Ruochan detoxify.

Xiaobing and the others also repelled that group of Dongzhou cultivators, found an abandoned cave dwelling near the mountain to clean up and rest, and incidentally avoided the seven suns.

After everyone had settled, they learned from their own side that the two groups had previously been gathering herbs together in a small herb garden.

After they finished picking and came out, the cultivators from the East Province side suddenly attacked; it seems they intended to kill and seize treasures.

In this duel, both sides suffered casualties; among them, a mid‑stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Grand Void Sect fell, and three were seriously injured.

Jiang Yu, who had been happy about rescuing Senior Sister Lu, couldn't help sighing repeatedly upon hearing the disciples of various sects report the casualty numbers.

"People dying in the cultivation world is nothing too unusual.

"You don't even know them, why hurt yourself?" Jiang Tu felt that the grown‑up Jiang Yu was no longer fun as before, becoming pretentious.

"Things injure their kind." While Jiang Yu was feeding water to the restored Lu Ruochan, she woke up.

"Jiang Yu, thank you, you saved me again." Lu Ruochan touched her storage ring, and with a swish‑swish‑swish she produced several jade boxes.

"Inside are the high‑grade spiritual herbs I gathered, plus a Dao fruit that aids in forming a Golden Core."

"No." Jiang Yu got up and left; she didn't rescue people for spiritual herbs or fruits.

Lu Ruochan instantly felt her conduct was improper, "I take it back, take it back—is that not okay?

Jiang Yu, do you know I have sensed the location of Chen Xia?"

"Huh?" Jiang Yu stopped in her tracks and turned back.