Chapter 203

Wen Xin heard the news and was the first to doubt, "How could that be? Aunt Lan has reached the Dan pinnacle, while Jiang Yu is only at Foundation Establishment."

She stepped forward, seized the fellow disciple who had come to the mountain today, and tightened her grip so the other felt very uncomfortable, "Senior Brother Lu, whose words are you listening to? Did anyone actually see it with their own eyes?"

Lu Xin - Lu Xin (provided)

"Senior Brother Lu is our fellow disciple; he was the one who delivered the news." Wen Luo, seeing the cultivator who had also broken into this courtyard looking over, hurried forward and pried her hand open.

Had we known Senior Brother Lu was speaking of such a matter, we should have erected a sight‑blocking barrier, not a tiny sound‑proof cover.

Senior Brother Lu was secretly annoyed; his well‑meaning report was questioned, and he thought he should have kept silent.

Anyway, I haven't received any favor from the Wen family, "Junior Sister Wen, regarding this matter I also heard other sect disciples discuss it while breaking the formation."

I don't know what's true or false, but among our sect's Dan‑forming elders, none has ever come here; it should be us disciples, united in vigilance.

"They're coming up, where?" Wen Xin wanted to verify. Senior Brother Du raised his hand and pointed, "Upper left, in the residence adjacent to ours."

Qian Zhenren - Qian Zhenren (provided)

Wen Luo tried hard to persuade but failed, so she went with her to the courtyard gate and said, "Is the hearsay more important, or is treasure‑hunting here more important?"

Wen Family - Wen Family

Taiyi Sect - Taiyi Sect

"I…" Wen Xin was at a loss for words; she stared at the brother before her and suddenly felt he was so unfamiliar—could it truly be that the Dao is merciless?

She involuntarily asked, "Later, when Jiang Yu appears again, how should we confront it?"

Tai Ji Dian - Tai Ji Dian (provided)

Grand Luo Cave Heaven - Grand Luo Cave Heaven

"The senior elders of the sect will decide; Aunt Lan is not only our elder but also one of the sect's most promising candidates to advance to Nascent Soul."

"Wen Xin, this matter requires the elders to intervene." Wen Luo cannot, because of a rumor, abandon the medicine garden that is about to burst open; although this courtyard holds no great treasure, it does grow some nine‑grade spirit herbs.

Therefore, he patiently urged again, "You see, even Senior Brother Du, who is at Foundation Establishment, managed to come to this mountain; I'm sure the other elders will arrive soon."

Waiting a few hours is no problem; after all, you are now rushing to Tai Ji Dian, Jiang Yu is absent, and Master Lin would still think you're being unreasonable.

Foundation Establishment - Foundation Establishment

Master Lin at this moment had just received the news, and it was brought by Master Cao of the Grand Void Sect.

And with more detail: "From the description, it's a place of utter spiritlessness, yet an accident caused spirit Qi to surge out."

I traced back through several rumor‑bearers before learning that Jiang Yu was traveling with a Nascent Soul cultivator, perhaps that senior elder Xuan.

Junior Brother Lin, I thought we shouldn't linger here; Jiang Yu is unlikely to teleport here.

Golden Core Elder - Golden Core Elder

Lin Zhenren pondered briefly and agreed; in fact, he had been waiting this long without moving precisely to give the Grand Void Sect disciples a place to rest and recuperate.

It merely inconvenienced Senior Brother and Sister Du Heng, who are guarding here; "I'll go back in to check with the demon king to see if he can send Jiang Yu back."

Senior Brother Cao, Daoist Du Heng, prepare to go seek the legendary spiritual spring!

Upon hearing this, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief; sitting here in meditation for a day and night, waiting any longer would truly be a waste of time.

Fortunately, the ninth‑level great demon truthfully said it could only send people away, but could not arbitrarily recall them.

But when everyone was about to leave, Lu Xin refused to go: "Junior Sister Xiao, I want to wait here for Senior Brother Jiang."

"Senior Brother's closed‑door breakthrough isn't something that can be achieved in a day or two." As soon as Junior Sister Xiao finished speaking, a rumbling sound came from the mountainside.

Everyone soared into the air and released their divine sense, only to see an estate engulfed in rolling thick smoke, violently blown open.

If one tried to look more closely, however, a Nascent Soul pressure emanated, saying, "Just an exploded furnace—nothing worth seeing."

"Senior Xuantang, he didn't travel with Jiang Yu?" Lin Zhenren, who was raised as a junior disciple by the sect leader, had once seen Xuantang Xingjun in the sect's secret valley and immediately recognized the voice.

Cao Zhenren's heart tightened: "He is here; who is the Nascent Soul beside Jiang Yu?"

"How many Nascent Souls could there be in the Grand Luo Cave Heaven?" Or perhaps the witness was mistaken, and Jiang Yu is followed by a Spirit‑Transformation cultivator.

Of course not; Jiang Yu's side knows nothing of these rumors.

Since they left the snow‑capped mountains, after encountering two or three demonic cultivators who had formed golden cores, they have been avoiding people.

It's simply that demonic cultivators who have formed golden cores cannot be bothered with Foundation Establishment cultivators, but the Foundation Establishment cultivators are willing—especially the demonic cultivators of the Dongzhou Continent and Dragon Emperor Island.

Upon seeing solitary Daoist cultivators, they would feel embarrassed to call themselves demonic cultivators if they did not even gang up to seize treasures.

After Jiang Yu and Guo Jue had broken out of encirclements twice, they especially needed to restore their mana, and with Qian Zhenren, who was intermittently conscious, beside them, they had no choice but to avoid people.

After another day, they finally found, under Qian Shiqi's guidance, the mountain peak that housed the library pavilion.

By now, upon ascending to the seventh floor of the library pavilion, there was no trace of any cultivator.

Including the teleportation array that had appeared that day, there was no trace; Jiang Yu wondered if he could recreate the scene: "I don't know whether the others were teleported to the ghost realm."

"Without triggering the concealment space, you cannot find the teleportation array."

"Cough, cough, listen to my commands: you two, attach yourselves to the roof and respectively pour your spiritual power into the Qian and Kun positions." Qian Shiqi pointed to those two spots.

The entire roof was inlaid with seventy‑two spirit jades of various colors, and the Qian and Kun positions stood apart from each other.

Jiang Yu and Guo Jue leapt up simultaneously, and in an instant poured their spiritual power into them.

Normally, Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot stay airborne for long, and the library pavilion also has a flight‑restriction spell.

But as soon as the two poured their spiritual power into the roof's spirit jades, their bodies were instantly stuck; to be precise, the hands outputting spiritual power became adhered to the jades.

Jiang Yu could only hold on for a short time before growing anxious: "Senior, my spiritual power is about to be drained—what should I do?"

The speed at which I absorb spirit stones with one hand cannot keep up with the rate at which it is being sucked away.

"Me too," Guo Jue said, feeling terrible, unable to break free, and it looked enviously at Jiang Yu.

She was being held aloft by the enlarged Jiang Tu, who, despite falling to the ground every dozen breaths or so due to the flight restriction, would fly back up again to support her.

In contrast, Biluo was still curled up in the large pouch at his sleeve, sleeping blissfully.

"Hold on a little longer," Qian Shiqi said, not idle, but brandishing his sword and striking repeatedly, each blow hitting a different spot on the floor tiles.

Although Jiang Yu urged him on, she never took her eyes off his left and right, and she memorized every one of his movements.

Just a slight tilt, Qian Shiqi's long sword heavily stabbed into the gap between two floor tiles, and in the blink of an eye the whole layer of spiritual light flickered.

Not long after, the hidden space that had appeared and disappeared mysteriously once again flashed before their eyes.

Jiang Yu stared intently at the figures inside; when a group of Golden Core cultivators fell from within, she and Guo Jue also fell from the rooftop.

"Elder Qian." Jiang Yu saw the sect elder covered in blood, quickly stepped forward to deliver medicine.

Guo Jue naturally saw his own injured Golden Core cultivator, "Senior brother, how did everyone get injured?"

"We have been transported to a land of savage beasts." This Golden Core Buddhist cultivator hurriedly tended to his wounds.