Chapter 189

"Draw that person's appearance for me." The ghost cultivator carefully observed, confirming she had no guilt.

As soon as those words fell, Jiang Yu felt her body could move; at this moment she no longer thought of fleeing, and swiftly used her divine sense in the jade slip to sketch the appearance of the Qian-surnamed cultivator.

The ghost cultivator looked it over, nodded, and said, "It's him. I give you a task: find him in the cave-heaven and bring him to me."

"This is the reward." He lightly stroked the soul ring, and a black jade box flew toward Jiang Yu: "Whenever you bring the person here, the cultivators who entered this place together can leave safely."

Having said that, without waiting for Jiang Yu's any opinion, with another wave of his hand, a high-rank peng bird demon soul flew over.

It tore open with its claw in midair, and in the flash of white light, Jiang Yu was wrapped by it and entered the spatial rift, wanting to quickly apply the Golden Bell Talisman.

Unfortunately, the talisman hadn't activated before being crushed by the spatial force; she only felt the rift filled with endless darkness, and a glance made her mind immediately start to grow dazed.

Fortunately, the Chaos Prime Talisman flashed golden light in her sea of consciousness, protecting her soul from harm.

Moreover, this talisman tome, taking advantage of a moment, was devouring some substances in the darkness, joyfully jumping in her consciousness.

But in the next moment, the peng bird demon soul flung her away and turned back, retreating from the spatial rift.

Jiang Yu had just tried to open her eyes when she plummeted straight down from midair.

"Jiang Yu!" Jiang Tu prepared to jump out of the Dragon Pearl to catch her, but for some reason, even after leaving the Ghost Realm Dragon Pearl, he was still restricted.

Fortunately, although Jiang Yu hadn't opened her eyes, her consciousness retained a bit of clarity; the cloud-shaped flying magic artifact, upon a thought, swooshed out of her storage bag and caught her.

"Jiang Tu, guard me for a moment." Jiang Yu weakly threw out the formation flag to set up a formation; after laying it around herself, she didn't even have time to take a pill before passing out.

Jiang Tu shouted twice but couldn't wake her, so he repeatedly tried to jump out of the Dragon Pearl.

She didn't know which mountainside she had fallen on; the surroundings were utterly silent, not even a blade of grass grew.

Fortunately, after thirty breaths, the Dragon Pearl's restriction automatically lifted; Jiang Tu swiftly jumped out, intending to bring her inside.

But upon second thought, the Dragon Pearl still contained dragon might; Jiang Yu was clearly suffering soul turbulence, and could not be further affected.

He hurriedly fetched the Calming Spirit Pill, Lesser Return Pill, Blood-Replenishing Pill, and the like, and dumped them all into feeding Jiang Yu.

Damn that peng bird demon, going through the spatial rift without properly protecting you!

While Jiang Tu kept muttering, he never forgot to extend his divine sense without limit, observing the situation within dozens of li.

Upon looking, it was shocking: there were two places where Golden Core cultivators were fighting, and one place where Foundation Establishment cultivators were being besieged.

Even a group of Golden Core fighters sensed Jiang Tu's divine sense and immediately sent a voice transmission: "Fellow Daoist, could you lend a hand? Afterwards I will send you an eighth-grade spiritual herb."

Although it was quite standard Tian Yuan speech, Jiang Tu wouldn't meddle in others' affairs, nor bother to see who it was; he swiftly withdrew his divine sense.

Moreover, he first rummaged for Jiang Yu's Yellow Springs Welcoming Array, and turned his surroundings into a stronghold.

But just as he was wholeheartedly setting up the formation, the Golden Core cultivator who had just asked him for help was met by another group of people.

That person immediately exclaimed, "Brother Lin Daoist, help me!"

The ones who came were Lin True Person, Jiang Bai, Lu Xin, and Du Heng True Person of the Taiyi Sect.

They had previously encountered a medicine garden while meeting Golden Core cultivators from the East Continent; because Jiang Bai was present, after they finished gathering, they parted peacefully.

Unexpectedly, a lone Golden Core cultivator of the Luoyue Sect here was surrounded and attacked by three East Continent Golden Core demon cultivators.

At this moment, the three saw four Golden Core cultivators coming to aid, and immediately ceased fighting and retreated.

But in the instant they flew away, they recognized the Jiang Bai brothers, and snorted, "I never expected the Xuandu Sword Sect and Tian Yuan cultivators to collude."

"You can't spit ivory from a dog's mouth; if you've got the ability, don't run." Upon hearing this, Lu Xin immediately accelerated the pursuit.

But Jiang Bai wrapped a binding immortal rope around him, saying, "Junior Brother, it's not worth chasing him over those words."

"Senior Brother, let's go with Junior Sister Jing and the others; let's not mix with the Tian Yuan cultivators." Seeing Lin True Person and the three Tian Yuan cultivators gathered together, chatting familiarly, Lu Xin once again felt the urge to leave.

Jiang Bai pondered for a moment, then sent a voice transmission asking, "Does Lin True Person treat us insincerely?"

"No, when he encounters treasure he never keeps it all for himself, and he is just-minded, so he won't stab us in the back." Lu Xin recalled these days of interaction and truly couldn't find any fault with Lin True Person.

Jiang Bai patted his shoulder: "I promised to help Lin True Person detoxify; I cannot break my word."

Moreover, teaming up with Lin True Person makes it easiest to find Jiang Yu.

Lu Xin hearing that name, his ears practically perked up: "Again Jiang Yu? Did she give you a Bewildering Pill?"

In the sect, Junior Sister Xiao...

"Stop talking nonsense, Jiang Yu is still just a child."

As for Junior Sister Xiao, I have long made clear I have no intention toward her." Jiang Bai, not one for romantic entanglements, pulled his junior brother to walk toward Lin True Person, when he suddenly saw Du Heng True Person staring fixedly into the distance.

He added, "Just now, on a small peak twenty li away, there was a flicker of formation spiritual light."

In that case, let's go check out the treasure." The Golden Core Ma True Person of the Luoyue Sect also extended his divine sense toward that direction.

However, Jiang Tu here had already fully activated the concealing formation; even Golden Core cultivators, let alone Nascent Soul cultivators who hadn't detected it at the outset of the setup, could not discern anything just by divine sense.

Lin True Person also saw it: "A bald mountain, somewhat suspicious."

Jiang Bai, Lu Daoist, what do you two think?" He likewise saw a battle beneath another peak, but realizing it wasn't his own sect's cultivators, he didn't pursue further.

The distance was close, so Jiang Bai naturally had no objection; but as the five of them just took off together, an explosion's aftershocks rumbled from a mountain peak in another direction.

It was the explosion triggered by those few Golden Core cultivators' battle.

They turned back to look, and saw that where there had only been ordinary trees on the mountaintop, amidst the thick smoke now stood a verdant bamboo lodge.

"Senior Brother, it's actually the legendary artifact-forging hut; let's go check it out first." Lu Xin didn't wait for everyone's reaction, immediately turned and flew off, as he didn't want to always let the Tian Yuan cultivators take the lead.

Who knows what Jiang Senior Brother has experienced these years; he's become less like a sharp sword cultivator and more inclined toward the path of a magic cultivator.

Once he flew off, the remaining four naturally followed; after all, exploring unknown treasures, what isn't right before one's eyes is more reliable.

With such a commotion, and several escape lights flying toward the bamboo lodge, Jiang Tu, hidden in the Yellow Springs Welcoming Array, could not possibly fail to notice.

Seeing that Jiang Yu still hadn't awakened, it couldn't help but sigh: "You missed an opportunity; fortunately, that ghost cultivator gave you a box of soul pearls."

Otherwise, with just your soul in a faint, he couldn't afford to compensate.

However, your soul isn't injured, so why did you faint? Could it be because this is your first time passing through a spatial rift?

That's not entirely the case; Jiang Yu heard Jiang Tu's words, but because the Chaos Prime Talisman was stimulated by something, it flung onto her soul, constantly bouncing and trying to converse with her.

Naturally affected, she asked, "What do you want to say? Or what do you want?"

If you can't express it, just wait until next time to say it.

The talisman book possesses a spirit, but only a faint one; it cannot clearly tell Jiang Yu, so it can only wrap her in its pages, letting her comprehend its thoughts with her heart.

Jiang Yu also wanted to figure it out quickly, but unfortunately, she and the book are not on the same wavelength.