Chapter 206: Reflection

"Here is the Soul‑Fixing Pill for you." Jiang Yu saw him wipe the sweat from his face and realized the discomfort was caused by his continual use of magical force to ring the bell.

Guo Jue did not decline; he recognized it as a Soul‑Fixing Pill from the East Continent and hurriedly took it, saying, "I'll rest a moment; the Awakening Soul Bell drains too much spirit and magical power."

If it were a Golden Core cultivator driving it, it would be tolerable, but his cultivation level is too low.

Here, the Great Monk faced the Peng Bird for a moment, heard his junior disciple say they were friends, and immediately brought his senior brother back, saying, "Most cultivators in both East Continent and Dragon Emperor lands should die; they disregarded obstacles and broke through a seal."

All those harmed were driven insane by the seductive soul shadows that escaped from inside.

"Then kill them; our Tian Yuan real cultivators have suffered heavy casualties," Jiang Yu also fetched the bodies of two sect elders, thought briefly, and did not cremate them.

Instead, she affixed a Cold Ice talisman and placed them into the spatial cultivation chamber, preparing to hand them over to other elders.

"Young friend, you speak wisely; this humble monk will now ferry them to the Western Heaven," the Great Monk whirled around and, a few yards away, clenched his fist and struck a cultivator on the ground.

"Ah!" Jiang Tu tilted his head, saw him smash the person's head, and let out a light exclamation.

Guo Jue saw Jiang Yu also draw a sword to strike, and hurriedly intervened: "Uncle, Jiang Yu, at least members of the Ten Great Sects cannot be killed."

"If we don't kill them, will the living later spread rumors and kill us?" The Great Monk had already smashed a second cultivator to death.

But he saw Jiang Tu pierce a man's brain and, telepathically, said, "Young friend, you need not act and taint the karma."

"A Five Poison Sect disciple," Jiang Yu said. Regarding this demonic sect, there was no chance of a mistaken killing; naturally, she primarily wanted their toxins.

So she killed only this one, then she and Jiang Tu began scouring for storage tools everywhere.

Meanwhile, the two Tian Yuan cultivators remained still, waiting for the Great Monk to handle it.

At that moment, Guo Jue rushed over and restrained the Great Monk, saying, "Jiang Yu, help me block Uncle; inside are members of the Xuan Du Sword Sect, who have never committed evil deeds in East Continent."

"You little brat, claiming a Bodhisattva's heart, using demon‑subduing methods."

"Which cultivator's hands are not stained with blood? Those who kill are always killed." This monk had just struggled to save himself; the Great Monk didn't want to forcefully push Guo Jue, lest he get hurt.

Jiang Tu telepathically told Jiang Yu, "The Xuan Du Sword Sect, Jiang Bai's fellow disciple—should we kill them too?"

Jiang Yu remained calm, "That female cultivator from the Tian Ji Pavilion was the one I rescued; now you see her in the Library Hall—does she treat me like a person?"

"Uh, were you provoked? Turned dark?" Jiang Tu recalled the words she used when telling him stories before.

"If the master wants to kill, it shows that the cultivators present are all stained with each other's blood swords; whether to kill or not is up to them. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, I cannot oppose."

"Don't forget, these people's souls have been affected by external forces; whether they fully recover upon waking is unknown."

"As for the two fallen sect elders, they have vital injuries—sword wounds." Jiang Bai and the Xuan Du Sword Sect, Jiang Yu distinguished clearly.

Jiang Tu stared at her deeply and said, "You've turned a bit tea, and have also learned to be ruthless—good or bad?"

Jiang Yu didn't know, but she didn't try to persuade the Great Monk; she only focused on gathering storage rings until Guo Jue coaxed the Great Monk back.

Jiang Tu telepathically said to her, "Jiang Yu, I've realized."

Guo Jue, this little monk, is also very scheming; he fears that only the Great Monk would bear the responsibility for the killings.

And you, choosing to kill a Five Poison Sect demonic cultivator, are afraid that the Great Monk's murderous intent will wipe us out.

"That counts," Jiang Yu patted her little companion, "For now, we fit in among the Foundation Establishment crowd."

Jiang Tu sighed, "You humans are truly complicated."

Soon after, Chong Dao Real Person, cleared under the Awakening Soul Bell, spoke his first line: "Kill them, to avenge the fallen Dao companions."

"You two juniors, when you go into formation, do not get involved."

As soon as the words fell, he used his magical power to push Jiang Yu and several others out of the formation.

"Amitabha," Guo Jue turned his head backward and recited a sutra.

Jiang Yu stared at the formation interior, saw Chong Dao Real Person consulting with the Great Monk, and acted swiftly.

She also saw that among the two killers was a Tian Yuan cultivator, and then a fire should burn everything completely.

The remaining unconscious, not yet awakened, were only seven or eight.

Torn by the Peng Bird's space rift and sent out, they saw Jiang Yu and Guo Jue rescue some East Continent Foundation Establishment cultivators; the two Golden Core cultivators said little, each staying in their own circles.

"Elder, Elder Qian and others are still waiting for us in the Library Hall."

At that time I left him a mother‑and‑child jade talisman, pre‑set for safe exit from the Ghost Realm, to break the transmission.

Later, he will join the other real cultivators and head to Tai Ji Dian to rendezvous," Jiang Yu took out the jade talisman.

She paused, then added, "We should arrive first; among those Golden Core cultivators, a real cultivator is possessed by the Demon Race."

"Demon Race?" the Great Monk exclaimed in shock; in this world, the Demon Race had long vanished.

After the ancient Hundred Tribes War, only in old paper piles can one still see records.

"The person who sent me into the Ghost Realm said so," Jiang Yu did not mention the Wen Lan matter; that needs to be discussed privately with Lin Real Person.

Chong Dao Real Person nodded, "We will also go to Tai Ji Dian; after arriving, we'll inform Senior Brother Qian."

But where this place is relative to Tai Ji Dian, several people couldn't figure out.

At Jiang Tu's urging, Guo Jue used a needle to awaken the little snake Bilu, letting it guide the way.

Bilu, awakened with intense true Qi, faced the two fully perfected Golden Core cultivators and immediately led the way calmly.

Because the kind Guo Jue left it behind, diving into the spatial cultivation chamber for someone to…

With only one sun left in the sky, they entered the mountain where Tai Ji Dian stands.

Using Bilu as a link, the Ninth‑Tier Great Demon smoothly granted passage and told Jiang Yu that her elders were soaking in a hot spring on the back mountain.

Lin Real Person saw them return safely and was genuinely pleased, but upon seeing the two senior brothers' bodies, his heart ached instantly.

"Elder, the living are priority; we must rescue and awaken these injured souls."

"And…" Jiang Yu detailed the matters of Wen Lan and the Demon Race.

But before Lin Real Person could convey other information, seeing Jiang Yu's Wen Xin, he had already…

This matter, Guo Jue bears witness; Jiang Yu returned the relics and ashes, and…

The cultivators who saw True Person Wen being harmed are currently detained at Great Enlightenment Temple.

"Why didn't you go to warn them in person?" Wen Xin finished asking, suddenly felt foolish; their relationship was ordinary, how could they possibly go and say: "One of you at Golden Core has been possessed."

After Jiang Yu sent her away, she broke the jade talisman, and Elder Qian, who had received the news, immediately told everyone of Jiang Yu's agreement.

"Hurry." Zhenren Huangfu was the first to respond, and the others naturally had no objection.

That day, Zhenren Yuan of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, mixed among these people, followed silently.

Because they had the mother-and-child talisman bearing Jiang Yu's aura, the group smoothly found the place when night fell.

Moreover, they didn't need to break the formation; a ninth-stage great demon had already secretly opened the gate.

Under the reception of Jiang Yu and Guojue, the group did not break through the half-mountain forbidden courtyard, but quickly arrived at the mountaintop, seeing their own disciple injured and still unconscious, they hurried over to check.

At this point, instead, Zhenren Yuan and several loose cultivators were left alone in the center.

At the instant Zhenren Yuan sensed danger, a huge net fell from the sky, swooping down to envelop them.

Seeing the opportunity, the loose cultivators quickly scattered; Zhenren Yuan also reacted swiftly and dodged, but then the ninth-stage great demon lunged at them from above.