Chapter 226: Reversal

"Jiang Yu?" Jiang Tu, who knows her best, is cautious when transmitting to her and his whole body is on guard.

Jiang Yu, after hearing the ghost cultivator's transmission, cleared her throat lightly and said, "Thus: Xuantang Xingjun, hold on a moment; I'm fetching it now."

But her movements were not as swift as before, because she was transmitting to the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator, "Senior, what proof do you have that this mine concerns the cavern's return to the spirit realm?"

The Nascent Soul ghost cultivator moved quickly, and while speaking had already set up several arrays: "I need no proof, but all your methods of breaking seals are futile.

There are several more seals behind this, reinforced layer by layer."

Jiang Yu hesitated, looked up at Thus: Xuantang Xingjun, and transmitted the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator's warning to him.

The others looked at Jiang Yu with puzzlement, not knowing why she stopped.

Thus: Xuantang Xingjun frowned, then tried to transmit into the seal, "Senior, are you still inside?"

At the same time, Ice Phoenix, impatiently waiting, expelled clusters of spiritual energy from its mouth, propelling the golden‑purple thunder bamboos inside the Qian Kun Box toward the seal.

"Impossible!" Jiang Yu didn't catch it, and Thus: Xuantang Xingjun also failed to stop the thunder bamboo.

At the moment the bamboo tip struck the seal, the seal split open a slit as intended, but unlike the previous one, it didn't shatter.

Moreover, the entire thunder bamboo, uncontrolled, pierced through the crack and vanished completely before the cultivators.

"Damn! The thunder bamboo is gone!" Jiang Tu, startled, flew toward the seal, but Jiang Yu, quick‑eyed and swift‑handed, held it down, "Don't go."

Before the words finished, pieces of thunder bamboo leaves flew out from within the seal, preparing to enter the cultivators' attack array eye.

Now, the cultivators, including Thus: Xuantang Xingjun, whose spiritual energy was still striking the array eye, were all hit by a burst of electric arcs reflected back.

In an instant, they collapsed in a heap; when they tried to stand, they found themselves trapped by a thunder net rising from the ground, crackling so that escape was impossible.

Even Thus: Xuantang Xingjun could not cut through the thunder net; he swiftly released a black Great Bell to shield himself.

"Stop!" Jiang Yu, unable to cut the thunder net with her thunder bamboo fan, angrily swept Ice Phoenix toward the ground.

However, the latter reacted quickly, tightly grasping her cultivation robe: "Hit me again, and I'll slam you into the thunder net."

"You dare!" Jiang Tu leapt to its side, raised his claw to strike; the two demons fought on Jiang Yu's shoulder, but fortunately they only exchanged claws, without using magical power.

Seeing several elders being badly electrocuted by the thunder net, Jiang Yu, brandishing the thunder bamboo fan, ran to the seal and shouted inside:

"Senior, you are being far too heavy‑handed.

We were about to give up breaking the formation; the thunder bamboo shot was entirely accidental."

"I don't care whether it's accidental or not; the fact is it has already pierced the seal and become part of this defense.

Ah, right, the layered formation seals here all originate from the Hand of Unity," the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator's voice resonated clearly from behind a layer of seal barriers.

Fortunately, a demon soul tore open space for him to hide; otherwise, when the thunder bamboo was drawn into the array eye by the formation, it would also suffer the thunder and lightning.

And the group of cultivators being electrocuted by the thunder net finally understood why Jiang Yu and Thus: Xuantang Xingjun had each halted their actions in turn.

"Sigh, in this cavern, clearly another high‑level cultivator has appeared, completely off the mark, claiming only those at the Core Formation stage can enter!"

"When will the thunder net recede?" Thus: Xuantang Xingjun asked, lifting the Great Bell, while still giving Ice Phoenix a fierce glare—demons are demons; they accomplish little and cause much failure.

The Nascent Soul ghost cultivator, admiring the crowd's embarrassment, chuckled, "Heh, that will depend on your sincerity."

Everyone asked in unison, "What kind of sincerity?" This expedition has been a loss; we didn't obtain any premium spiritual stones, and now we have to pay extra.

Jiang Yu felt his gaze shift onto her and asked, "What do you want?"

"Nine golden‑purple thunder bamboos; since you are fated to see them, help me dig out a few more," he said. Since he turned into a ghost cultivator, he can no longer harvest bamboo from the thunder pool.

"Fine, please remove the thunder net, senior," Jiang Yu replied briskly; whether they could dig it out was another matter.

As soon as she responded, the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator, controlling the arrays inside, made the thunder net vanish instantly.

"Let me teach you a lesson: any of the various spiritual ores in this cavern that are protected by advanced seals cannot be harvested.

Be careful not to get trapped inside; the spiritual stone ores without seals can be freely mined." The Nascent Soul ghost cultivator also found it odd that, despite the abundance of spiritual stone ores, they hadn't searched for them, yet they came to this particular mine.

"I ask you, where is the demon soul that originally guarded the mine entrance?" The words rang like a command from heaven and earth, echoing in everyone's ears.

Thus: Xuantang Xingjun immediately shielded his spirit; previously, when he ventured into the ghost realm, he had also fallen victim to this sonic attack, which gave him a lingering headache.

The others, not as quick as him, now clutched their heads, using spiritual energy to ease the pain.

Jiang Yu and Jiang Tu were no exception, and they also had to listen to the dragon soul's chanting: "It's over, it's over, the dreaded star has appeared.

"Never provoke him, and don't claim the demon soul was captured by you."

However, contrary to expectations, there are always people who, for their own sake, can abandon teammates at any moment; immediately among the Core Formation cultivators, someone pointed at Jiang Yu: "Her!"

Lin Zhenren, bearing the pain, turned and kicked the person down, striking him; Sang Zhenren also stepped in with a kick, "When Jiang Yu transmitted that there were premium spiritual stones, you were the one who greedily demanded them yourself."

"Again it's you," the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator instantly floated out from behind the barrier, and as he reached for Jiang Yu, a Peng Bird demon soul behind him tore open space.

"Wait a moment for me," Thus: Xuantang Xingjun thought quickly and moved even faster; just before the space closed, he leapt inside.

But Chong Dao Zhenren couldn't keep up; he could only stand still, watching the invisible rift in space.

Sang Zhenren still called out to him, "Senior brother, the premium spiritual stones from the route can still be mined; don't let others get them cheap.

Jiang Yu has a fortunate destiny; nothing will go wrong."

She had already grabbed Lin Zhenren and began controlling the half‑exposed premium spiritual stones on both sides of the passage; the others, seeing this, disregarded their injuries and began mining quickly.

Regrettably, once each of them had mined one, they were kicked out of the mine and stood again at the entrance.

Then, they watched helplessly as the seal reappeared, but it could no longer be opened.

And the one who could open the seal, Thus: Xuantang Xingjun, was the one who, together with the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator, fell onto Xuan Du Mountain.

A nine‑tier Great Demon swooped in, shouting, "Jiang Yu, you really did invite the ghost cultivator here."

Glancing again at the ghost cultivator, it shivered inside; the other's gaze was exceedingly cold.

"I am not here to exterminate demons; those Demon Race have long lost their former power, so killing or sparing them makes no real difference.

Rather, the demon soul guarding the mine should not be slain by you," the latter part spoken by the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator to Jiang Yu and Thus: Xuantang Xingjun, as he saw the spiritual treasure Great Bell in Xuantang's hand.

"Jiang Yu, was I the one who killed it?" Thus: Xuantang Xingjun expressed confusion; the one he killed was a possessing demon.

Dizzy, Jiang Yu shakily reached for a pill bottle, poured a stabilizing spirit pill for Jiang Tu, and when Ice Phoenix lunged to snatch, she slapped it away.

"The demon soul remains," she said, swallowing the pill, her spirit slightly recovered, and pretended to place Jiang Tu into a spirit beast bag.

And in the instant a thought arises, she again slaps the spirit beast bag and pulls out an unconscious demon soul.

Actually, it was pulled out from the dragon pearl, 'Here it is.'

Now she understands, the Nascent Soul ghost cultivator is an undying demon because some demons are working for him; it's really a twist.