Chapter 231

Jiang Yu hurriedly covered Jiang Tu's mouth, coughing twice: "Jiang Zhenren, please trouble yourself to take us along on your sword."

Jiang Bai chuckled, flicked a Daoist azure light onto Jiang Tu's head, saying: "This True Person wholeheartedly pursues the Dao, needs no dao companion."

He released his flying sword to take the two away, and along the way he also handed several jade boxes to Jiang Yu: "Hand them over to the Grand Void Sect in my stead, thank the sect for its protection these past few years, and from now on you may call me Senior Brother."

"Ah, when I see my junior fellow disciple later, it won't be appropriate to take these out again."

Jiang Yu and Jiang Tu exchanged a glance for a moment: "The purple-gold thunder bamboo is still five stalks; how many shall I give you?"

"One stalk will do; my natal sword only needs a little thunder bamboo for refining."

"The remaining four stalks, you can plant two at Jiang Tu's place, then later find someone to forge a Nine Thunder Array on either side."

"Of course, if Jiang Tu still insists on returning to the Spirit Realm, you can give it one stalk." Jiang Bai heard that, the sects of the Tianyuan Continent, because they were the first to enter the cave heaven, this time only take half of what the disciples obtained.

"Jiang Bai is generous; I'll also share some of the spiritual fruits I picked with you."

"Besides, I've decided not to leave; humph, if Jiang Yu doesn't work hard to form her Golden Core, I'll go to Dongzhou to find you and ascend together to the Spirit Realm." Jiang Tu has made up his mind this time; even though he is a dragon turtle, his lifespan is limited.

"If returning to the Spirit Realm through the cave heaven cannot achieve human form, it would rather cultivate in the Lower Realm and then ascend."

Jiang Bai stared at it steadily: "Decided?"

"Mm, the cave heaven has pits, specifically pits for the Yao Race." Jiang Tu related the original words of the ninth-rank Yao king in detail.

Jiang Yu kept watch on the surroundings; she was very pleased with Jiang Tu's clear stance.

But this joy was interrupted by a few cultivators flying in from afar.

Jiang Yu immediately recognized one of them as the female cultivator who, during that sneak attack, had her arm cut off by her sword talisman.

However, the female cultivator's arm has now recovered, likely reattached using the Continuing Pulse Technique.

Moreover, she fixed him with a cold, harsh gaze, flying alongside Jiang Bai's sword not far away: "Daoist Jiang, thank you for helping to capture this woman; I will surely repay you handsomely later."

"Please hand her over to me for disposal."

The other party's group of several people included two late-stage Golden Core cultivators; Jiang Bai could not ignore them, so he stopped flying to pay respects, then said: "Ren Daoist, I recall I never promised to capture anyone for you."

"Besides, this is one of my junior fellow disciples; your encounter is a misunderstanding."

"Rather, let me act as mediator; let us shake hands and make peace."

That female cultivator's eyes were especially unfriendly: "What qualifies her, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

"Ren Junior Fellow Disciple, please calm down." A late-stage Golden Core cultivator beside the female cultivator spoke, suppressing her anger, then said to Jiang Bai:

"Daoist Jiang, I don't know which True Person of the Sword Sect your little friend belongs to."

"I heard from Ren Junior Fellow Disciple that this little friend should be a cultivator of the Tianyuan Continent."

"She is my junior fellow disciple whom I met while traveling in the Tianyuan Continent." As Jiang Bai said this, Jiang Yu gripped the transmission talisman and sent him a mental message: "Looks like mediation won't work; get ready, I'm going to activate the transmission."

Jiang Bai did not object, because the other side totaled five people, and they were moving to surround him, apparently not just wanting Jiang Yu's life.

Although he is a sword cultivator, he would not mindlessly fight five Golden Core cultivators, so he again cupped his hands to the others: "Esteemed Daoists, you may not know that there are currently four Nascent Soul seniors inside the cave heaven."

"Two of them have a deep karmic connection with my junior fellow disciple."

Still, the late-stage Golden Core cultivator who spoke just now said: "Could it not be the legendary Thus: Xuantang Xingjun?"

The other four stared intently at Jiang Bai, hoping he would deny it, but contrary to expectations, Jiang Bai nodded.

Although the five Golden Core cultivators of the High Purity Sect have not yet ascended Mysterious Capital Mountain, recently, while treasure hunting, they encountered some cultivators and also heard the news that the Thus: Xuantang Xingjun of the Misty Rain Immortal Sect had been resurrected and could kill five Golden Core cultivators in a few breaths.

You should know that when the Misty Rain Immortal Sect was destroyed back then, their High Purity Sect also participated and profited greatly.

The five exchanged glances and sent mental messages: "In that case, should we still kill?"

"Would a lofty Spirit Transformation cultivator pursue and kill us over a mere junior cultivator?"

"Are we going to give up Jiang Bai's Yin Wood Strange Fire?"

"Better to act quickly."

"Senior brothers and sisters, calm down a bit." Apparently, someone did not want to invite trouble.

Since their opinions could not be unified for a moment, this gave Jiang Yu a good opportunity; seeing several people's lips twitch as they continuously sent mental messages, she immediately activated the transmission talisman.

A blinding white light flashed; by the time the five, still trying to unify their opinions, launched an attack, it was already too late—when the spells reached the spot, no one was there.

In their fury and frustration, Jiang Yu and the others had already been transmitted three hundred li away, a distance absolutely beyond the spiritual awareness range of those Golden Core cultivators.

However, they landed in a volcanic field; fortunately, Jiang Tu's keen eyes and quick hands brought everyone into the Dragon Pearl to fly far away, otherwise they would have been injured by the erupting lava.

Jiang Bai observed the volcano outside from the Dragon Stele, "I have been here before, and I have collected fire seeds together with many cultivators."

"Possibly collecting too much triggered the volcano's eruption, causing many Golden Core cultivators to fall, including a True Person from the Grand Void Sect."

Jiang Yu wasn't interested in what fire seeds he had collected, and only said, "Jiang Tu, do you want to put spiritual fire into the volcano?"

"No, I'm afraid the spiritual fire is too weak and would instead be swallowed by the hidden spiritual fire beneath the lava." Jiang Tu faintly felt that beneath the volcano with the most violent eruption, there was a formidable entity.

Dragon Soul flew out from the wooden hut: "What you said is correct; beneath this volcano there are two kinds of alien fire, yin and yang, and they fight each other every so often."

"They each want to devour the other to grow stronger, but they have never succeeded, and your cultivation is too low; I suggest you try again after reaching Nascent Soul."

"But if the cave heaven returns to the Spirit Realm, you can only enter later after you ascend."

Seeing Jiang Bai staring intently at it, it immediately flashed behind Jiang Yu, "Jiang Tu, is your space really that open? Aren't you afraid someone will take it?"

"Tch, Jiang Bai doesn't need it, right?" Jiang Tu refused to mention that he had placed a restriction on Jiang Bai.

Jiang Yu caught the main point: "The Grand Luo Cave Heaven only allows cultivators to enter once; if we reach the Spirit Realm, can we enter again?"

"Of course, the Supreme Ultimate Fish Token you currently hold is single-use."

"In the Spirit Realm, no fish token is needed; instead, powerful cultivators periodically open the cave heaven and send Nascent Soul cultivators and above inside."

"The secret realm seen by Nascent Soul cultivators is far richer than what you see, but the prerequisite is that you need to obtain a quota in the Spirit Realm." The Dragon Soul knew more about this.

Jiang Tu: "How do we obtain a quota?"

"Joining the Cultivation Alliance or any of the major sects will do."

"It's still early to talk about this; you should fly quickly, the lava is even more than before." The Dragon Soul gestured for them to look at the Dragon Stele, only to see several volcanoes simultaneously spewing out huge amounts of lava.

"As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but blinding red light."

Just before Jiang Yu was about to close her eyes, she suddenly saw several red crystals being flung into the air by the lava.

In the blink of an eye they flew farther away—"What is that?" Jiang Tu went to check.

"Can the Dragon Pearl hold on?" she suddenly worried, fearing that getting too close would damage the Dragon Pearl in the lava.

Jiang Tu clenched his front claws, "Anything that fears neither strange fire nor lava must be a treasure—go after it!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh

The Dragon Pearl, under its control, chased after that streak of red.