Chapter 213: If

No one responded; Ye Lin had already vanished, and the surrounding yin qi grew denser as twelve snarling yin ghosts swooped down.

Sharp ghost cries echoed all around, like a sound attack striking one's spirit directly.

Unfortunately, Jiang Yu had a Chaotic Primordial Talisman guardian, so she was not affected at all.

Jiang Tu, whose cultivation was higher, paid no mind to the spirit attack; he even had time to transmit a voice: "The person is certainly controlling from outside the array; I'll burn with spiritual fire, and you seize the chance to locate the array eye."

Jiang Yu realized this was likely someone's defensive array, and she had simply fallen into it: "No need, I can handle a ghost array."

As she spoke, she flicked her bamboo fan, and crackling lightning burst forth as if it had eyes, striking the six yin ghosts on the left.

The fire talisman she slammed out with her other hand also kept the six yin ghosts on the right at bay.

Outside the array, White junior sister, who was controlling a soul banner, saw the twelve yin ghosts confront Jiang Yu and annihilated seven; the remaining few dared not advance to bite.

Thus, Jiang Yu leapt into the air and released several bolts of lightning, hitting an array eye precisely.

Crack— the ghost array showed a slight fissure, and the yin qi began to dissipate a little.

White junior sister narrowed her brows at the thunder‑type bamboo fan; instead of entering the array herself to mend it, she activated the soul banner in her hand and sent five more yin ghosts into the array.

She also unleashed a technique, forcing the yin ghosts to keep attacking while she intensified the ghost array's spirit assault.

Ye Lin, who had been watching the battle, spoke up: "White junior sister, ten yin ghosts are too few."

White junior sister gave him a cool glance; he fell silent, but inwardly seethed, thinking how he had fallen for that brat's trick—after the senior's seal vanished, the white girl had set another seal.

Snap— boom boom boom

He looked up again and saw that Jiang Yu, that wicked woman, had annihilated all ten yin ghosts; he couldn't help wondering whether Jiang Yu would break through the ghost array and kill White junior sister.

Both of them are no good; it would be best if they ended up hurting each other.

But White junior sister thought otherwise; when she realized the new souls she had gathered held no power under Jiang Yu's artifact, she was alarmed.

Even the array formation was shaken by the thunder‑fire, and she immediately decided to unleash a flying sword, grabbing Ye Lin and fleeing swiftly.

At the same time, Jiang Yu shattered two more array eyes, and the ghost array's yin qi vanished by more than half instantly.

Jiang Tu, itching to act, asked for another array eye and drove spiritual fire to break it.

A few breaths later, the ghost array responded by collapsing, and Jiang Tu swooped after White junior sister's fleeing light, "You rogue, don't run."

"Jiang Tu, come back." Jiang Yu had no intention of pursuing.

Jiang Tu hesitated for a heartbeat at her call; the fleeing light ahead teleported and vanished from his own spiritual perception.

It retreated, muttering discontentedly: "Why won't you chase? They used a killing move against you, violating sect rules by murdering a fellow disciple—shouldn't you pursue?"

"Be careful of suddenly encountering the Demon Race; I didn't let you act earlier because I feared they'd see your seventh rank and flee immediately.

It turned out they ran at the first sign of trouble the sect master often mentions, and they executed it quite well." Jiang Yu, of course, would not let Ye Lin and the others go unpunished, but not now.

Someone occasionally passed nearby; she was making a big show of hunting a fellow disciple, and if she were ambushed it would be a loss. "The other one, is it White junior sister?"

"It's her. We've met twice here; why don't we go down and see."

We might even find some treasure and wait for Master Lin to pick us up." Hearing the words "Demon Race," Jiang Tu no longer insisted on the chase.

It also produced a messenger maple leaf given by a Nine‑rank Great Demon, intending to send it to Tai Ji Dian, and took another maple leaf with a little snake Bi Luo to transmit a message: "Alas, we haven't even summoned a person and now we need someone to help; will Bi Luo laugh at us?"

"Wait, if we go down and encounter a teleport, the Master Lin you summon will end up empty‑handed.

Moreover, this place isn't far from Xuan Du Mountain, so we can return on our own." Jiang Yu originally thought that even if there were treasures below, those two would have taken them already, but seeing Jiang Tu's interest, she nodded in agreement.

Jiang Tu thought it reasonable, retrieved the maple leaf, and followed Jiang Yu in clearing the remaining array, then scoured the surrounding dozens of miles for any passerby before finally slipping underground.

After expending more than ten mid‑level ground‑vanishing talismans in succession, the two finally discovered a cavern once inhabited by people.

The traces showed it had been carved into a dwelling cave many years ago, with only a single chamber three zhang square.

Though the space was small, yin qi constantly seeped out; someone not practicing the ghost path would probably not linger.

Jiang Tu scanned every inch with his spiritual perception: "It must be White junior sister's soul banner, needing to absorb yin qi.

Fortunately her cultivation is low, so she can command only few banner ghosts; otherwise, with one banner in hand, she could roam the world."

"I also haven't seen a sect that rules the world by refining corpses to harvest souls, the Yin Demon Sect."

On the contrary, both the righteous and demonic sides deliberately suppress this demonic gate; over millennia it has fallen from a first‑tier sect to a second‑tier one." Jiang Yu also used her spiritual perception to pierce the wall and search each area.

But the two searched in a hurry for over half an hour and found no treasure; after a little more than an hour, they took out a ground‑vanishing talisman to prepare to leave.

The moment they moved, they sensed a spiritual energy ripple.

Jiang Yu didn't think twice, pulling Jiang Tu into the Dragon Pearl's interior: "The Dragon Pearl is really nice, a must‑have at home and on the go.

If only we could have another, even better."

Jiang Tu hid the Dragon Pearl in a high corner: "Even you can't power it; you need a dragon‑blood lineage."

Otherwise, it's like your handle‑less spiritual sword space—half‑useless.

Speaking of which, it's a real pity the spiritual sword went to that old man of the Profound Hall." As soon as Jiang Tu finished speaking, two people entered the tiny cavern.

"My, those two have real guts." While speaking, it already produced two immobilization talismans, preparing a surprise attack.

Jiang Yu signaled it to wait a moment: "They have something important left here."

"Capture the soul‑searcher, and we'll know."

"Look at mine." Jiang Tu, unimpressed, darted out and struck at the immobilization talismans of White junior sister and Ye Lin.

Unexpectedly, the talismans failed to immobilize the two; instead, both simultaneously threw punches at Jiang Tu.

"Their movements are stiff, they're puppets." Jiang Yu also darted out, thought of her spear, and in an instant thrust at White junior sister.

Ye Lin, having been slapped by Jiang Tu onto the wall, fell with a thud and exploded instantly.

"Jiang Tu!" Jiang Tu, on his side, flipped White junior sister, also encountering a puppet self‑destruct.

The two Jiang figures vanished amid the explosion.

The tiny stone‑room cavern collapsed instantly, shaking the ground before the little barren hill several times.

Ye Lin stood on the hillside laughing: "There really were people below; junior sister was clever, guessing Jiang Yu would go down and using puppets to act for us.

You think Jiang Yu could have been blown up? Those two are rare high‑level puppets; their combined strike has the power of a Nascent Core."

"Go down and have a look." White Junior Sister said coldly.

Ye Lin didn't move, "Junior sister, the aftershocks still linger; it's better to wait a moment."

"What if we wait until Jiang Yu flies out alive?" If it weren't that after the divine sense entered the earth, there's no distant view from the ground, White Junior Sister wouldn't have let Ye Lin go down personally.