Chapter 215: No Need for Reason

"It's just that you bully the weak and fear the strong." Jiang Tu gave Junior Sister Bai a curt remark.

Junior Sister Bai lowered her head under its gaze, "I didn't want to either, but Master Wen placed a Soul Seal on me, so I could only follow Ye Lin out of the spiritual mine."

Jiang Yu stared at her for a long while, then said, "You first fled the mine with Ye Lin, met Master Wen, and then he placed the seal on you, right?"

Junior Sister Bai, I think a couple of days ago you already noticed the Soul Seal vanished, and Master Wen was actually referring to the possessed Wen Lan, who is already dead.

It was I and others who teamed up to kill her, which effectively lifted the seal for you.

Junior Sister Bai looked up in disbelief, "Impossible, she's at the late Golden Core stage."

Jiang Tu dragged Ye Lin's corpse over, "Even a late Nascent Soul can be slain by a mortal martial artist in the Land of Absolute Spirits."

"See, the Ye Lin you complained about, we've taken care of him for you."

"Therefore, please tell us, Junior Sister Bai, the details of the fake Master Wen's Tempting Demon Powder incident under Er Mountain years ago." Jiang Yu quietly gave Jiang Tu a nod of approval.

Junior Sister Bai's eyes flickered away, "If I tell Senior Sister, can you give me a way out?"

"I can let you kill yourself. Junior Sister Bai should know, ever since you used the soul banner to harvest souls, even if I don't kill you today, the sect will issue a pursuit order once you leave, to purge the gate." Jiang Yu didn't want to deceive a dying person.

"Fine then, just kill me!" Junior Sister Bai looked at her mockingly.

Jiang Yu nodded, thrust her long spear into the middle of her brow, as she wished.

Boo

When the blood was measured, Junior Sister Bai stared with wide eyes, looking incredulous, "Shouldn't you have tried to persuade me again?"

Unfortunately, Jiang Yu's spear was fatal, leaving no time to waste on her, since Jia Wen Lan was already dead and had taken part in the Tempting Demon Powder affair; she would simply report back to the sect for investigation.

Jiang Tu, seeing this, retracted the Forbidden Spirit Net, seized Junior Sister Bai's storage tool, and sprayed spiritual fire onto her and Ye Lin, sending both into complete reincarnation.

After a brief pause, Jiang Yu spread the ashes to each side, "Look outside, is anyone passing? If not, we leave at once."

Previously they had used several magical artifacts, intending a swift strike to prevent anyone from passing by and witnessing their fellow sect members kill each other.

"Why do you think Master Wen sent those people into the cave heaven?" Jiang Tu pushed his spiritual perception to the limit, finding no one within eighty li in any direction.

It added, "Strange, why aren't there any people today?"

Jiang Yu quickly dismantled the formation, "Perhaps they've found a treasure on some peak and are fighting over it."

As for why Jia Wen Lan approached Ye Lin and Junior Sister Bai, it's probably to bring them in for her Demon Race companions to possess.

After all, recruiting two Foundation Establishment cultivators is easier and more controllable than having her chase after a Golden Core practitioner.

"Then why did she, years ago, involve Ye Lin in the Tempting Demon Powder scheme?"

"Um, could it be that she needed to devour living souls for her cultivation at the time, so she used the Tempting Demon Powder to stir a beast surge, making it easier for her to harvest souls?"

"Ugh, how annoying, should've searched their souls earlier." Jiang Tu, a curious kid, saw Jiang Yu begin to focus on commanding the Thunder Bamboo Fan to fly, and started asking himself questions and answering them.

Jiang Yu, seeing it pondering for answers, patted its beautiful shell, "Many things need no reason; those with high Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivation act wilfully."

Moreover, what Ye Lin and Junior Sister Bai know is only what Jia Wen Lan wanted them to know; only she herself knows the truth.

But one thing you might guess correctly is that she brought the two in mainly to find a body for her companion to possess.

"Be careful, stay vigilant around, see if Master Yuan appears."

"You scared me again." Jiang Tu glanced at her, again concealed his cultivation to the fifth level, extending his spiritual perception to survey the surroundings.

After two quarters of an hour, they finally saw cultivators on the road, but upon recognizing unfamiliar faces, they decisively avoided them.

Only the two tried to avoid others, but the others saw them approaching, "Excuse us, fellow Daoist, please wait a moment; we've discovered a treasure site and need hands to break the formation. Would you like to explore?"

"Oh, let me introduce myself: I'm a disciple of the Shangqing Sect of East Continent, and this person is a disciple of the Xuan Du Sword Sect."

"I still don't know which sect you're affiliated with."

Although cultivators of Tianyuan Continent received news of the Tai Chi Fish Token, it had already been transmitted to East Continent before the cave heaven opened.

Many cultivators have also learned foreign dialects, but the cave heaven is vast; there are always people who've never seen other celestial realms.

Though cultivators from three celestial realms dress differently, unless they wear the sect's uniform ritual robe, apart from Dragon Emperor Island cultivators who favor half‑sleeves, the robes of Tianyuan and East Continent cultivators are hard to distinguish at a glance for those not attuned to designs and sigil lines.

Yet these two cultivators shouted from afar, and only when they flew closer did they discern Jiang Yu's robe style, which seemed uncommon in East Continent.

But the disciple identified as from Xuan Du Sword Sect suddenly recognized Jiang Yu, "Fellow Daoist, we've met before."

"Let me think… it was at the old Cloud Mist site."

"Yes, but I don't intend to hunt treasure, and I advise both of you to be cautious."

"Recently, a Demon Race has possessed a Golden Core practitioner at the Dragon Emperor Island Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, plundering and devouring souls everywhere." Jiang Yu noted that their flying swords were only parallel on one side, lacking a surrounding raid formation.

The two were startled, "Demon Race?"

"Yes, she has already raided and killed dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"Even the cave heaven's Nine‑Tier Guardian Spirit Beasts are no match for her." Jiang Yu immediately took a jade tablet and drew Master Yuan's portrait for them, "From here, about ten thousand li to the southeast lies Tai Ji Dian."

Currently, dozens of Golden Core practitioners from the three celestial realms have set up camp at the foot of the mountain.

Whether to go or not is up to those two.

The two, seeing Jiang Yu finish and prepare to leave, hesitated briefly, and the Xuan Du disciple called again, "Fellow Daoist, do you know which of our Sword Sect members are at the camp."

"Yes, yes, also our Shangqing Sect, Heavenly Dao Sect, and Demon Moon Sect," the other immediately asked.

Jiang Tu whispered to Jiang Yu, "So there are more than just those two!"

Jiang Yu listed several Golden Core masters' names, then accelerated and flew away.

The two exchanged glances, "Shall we go?"

"A few days ago Tai Ji Dian manifested; we struggled to locate it, but now someone points the way, so it's better to chase it."

"We can't catch up; they're using a flying artifact, it's very fast."

"Instead, let's explore the treasure here first, then head southeast."

"Better go back and ask everyone's opinion, don't forget the Demon Race."

"Our sects' histories contain accounts of ancestors slaying demons." The Xuan Du Sword Sect disciple became more cautious, "A demon comparable to a primordial queen would likely have no chance to flee upon sight."

The other person pondered briefly, then hurried back with him to the so‑called treasure site over a hundred li away.

On Jiang Yu's side, she didn't notice that the two people kept chasing, and she also relaxed a bit.

However, when passing by a large lake, a sudden green mist arose, and the thunder bamboo fan under Jiang Yu's feet also suddenly went out of control.

"Dodge." Seeing Jiang Yu unable to control her flight, the bamboo fan, each time it lifts off, is pulled down by something.

Jiang Tu's first reaction was to bring his little companions into the Dragon Pearl space, saying, "Elder Qian and the others never said that the lake along the way had a problem."