Chapter 248: Chapter 248: Do Not Move

Immediately after, Elder Lin sent another message: "I'm inside the spirit mine; you must not move in the market."

Do not even think of looking for Nan Su now; those whose lifespan is nearly exhausted have very strong explosive power.

Jiang Yu quickly replied: "Elder, I will not act rashly; I am currently disguised and staying at the inn."

"Wait for me to come find you." Elder Lin sighed inwardly; he already knew Jiang Yu would go to the Harmony Sect.

He had thought Nan Su was still in seclusion and wouldn't appear, so the two wouldn't meet, but an unexpected incident brought Nan Su to this spirit stone mine.

"Lin Daoist, if there's an urgent matter, you may handle it first," the Nascent Soul of the Heavenly Demon Sect said considerately, seeing him constantly holding a jade talisman to send messages.

The Nascent Soul of the Harmony Sect followed up, "I heard Lin Daoist's son has also successfully formed a Golden Core; perhaps he has an urgent matter outside looking for you."

"Please go promptly, Daoist, and do not keep the child waiting anxiously."

"My son is currently in seclusion," Elder Lin would not tell them anything, and certainly would not leave now, abandoning his priority to go to Dragon Emperor Island.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan has over these years gradually let go of his grudges and now formally regards me as his father.

However, since he was defeated by Jiang Yu shortly after emerging from seclusion, and discovered that although Jiang Yu formed a Golden Core later, she immediately reached the middle stage, he decided to seclude himself again for cultivation, resolutely unwilling to let his cultivation drag his friends down.

Therefore Elder Lin is not at all worried about his son, and feels confident about Jiang Yu who has arrived at the market; once this child discovers an unavoidable matter, she will handle it calmly.

However, the Jiang Yu that she considered calm, when she went out at night and saw Nan Su, followed him into the Harmony Sect's shop from behind.

Nevertheless, as a Golden Core elder of the Harmony Sect, Nan Su does not shop in the main hall; instead, the shopkeeper respectfully invites him into the back hall.

As a foundation‑building free cultivator, Jiang Yu can only purchase items in the main hall.

She examined the talismans on the counter while sending a voice into the Dragon Pearl: "Dragon Soul, can you place a tracking mark on him?"

"His cultivation is high; I can only say give it a try, but you must quickly send me into the Dragon Pearl soon." This small market is only a hundred li from the spirit mine, fully within the Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense range; Dragon Soul does not want the Primordial Queen to capture its spiritual aura.

Jiang Yu nodded, "I do not sense the presence of a Nascent Soul in this shop."

"When Nan Su comes out, I'll devise a way to get close to him, and we'll place the mark on him inside the main hall."

"How to mark him? Crash into him?" Jiang Tu thought she was being too presumptuous.

Jiang Yu glanced at the foundation‑builders of the Harmony Sect entering and exiting the main gate, each holding a token to exchange for elixirs; several of them even opened their elixir bottles on the spot, and under the dispenser's lofty gaze, they left with pale faces.

So she gave up buying talismans, quickly purchased some foundation‑stage elixirs, and left the shop.

"Why are you leaving again?" Jiang Tu wondered, "Shouldn't you be watching people here?"

Jiang Yu replied, "Stay calm and don't be impatient," then strolled the street buying some snacks, yet her gaze never left the Harmony Sect's shop door.

When she saw the true Nan Su appear again in the main hall, she immediately slapped her storage bag, grabbed the newly bought elixirs, and strode into the shop.

"Hey, clerk, these elixirs are wrong," she said while walking, colliding with two Harmony Sect foundation‑builders who kept moving.

But the two foundation‑building demonic cultivators would not let her bump into them for free: "Hold on, apologize."

"What apology? Your elixir dosage is insufficient." Jiang Yu opened the hand the man indicated, poured out the elixir, shouted loudly, and demanded the clerk return the spirit stone.

The clerk gave a disdainful glance, completely ignoring Jiang Yu, while the shopkeeper stayed beside Nan Su, bowing his head.

The Harmony Sect disciples who came to collect elixirs had mined all day yet received insufficient elixirs; each stood, watching how to respond.

The foundation‑builder who had opened his hand said, "I'm not a shop employee; you must apologize for bumping into me."

"You're from the Harmony Sect; why should I apologize to a group? Look at this elixir," Jiang Yu said, holding up the elixir bottle.

The cultivator raised his hand, struck the ground, and the bottle shattered with a Bang, "Apologize."

Just then, an elixir flew toward the true Nan Su; he waved his right hand, and a gust of wind pushed everyone in the hall aside to give him passage.

The foundation‑builders instantly dared not move, as the Golden Core elder trampled a pile of elixirs on the ground and left.

And Dragon Soul, at the moment Nan Su unleashed the wind, successfully placed a tracking mark on him and flew back into the Dragon Pearl.

"Ah, my elixir!" Jiang Yu looked on the verge of tears, unable to retrieve the elixir.

She left, covering her face in disappointment amid the laughter, while the foundation‑builder who had just shattered the bottle still held his breath, completely forgetting to settle the score with Jiang Yu.

"Huh, you're just lucky; if that person hadn't smashed the bottle, how would you have proceeded?"

"And the clerk and several foundation‑builders have already chased after you; what will you do?" Jiang Tu, having held his breath too long, feared Jiang Yu would mess up.

"Just improvise; as long as we cause a bit of chaos, it counts as success."

"I have great confidence in Dragon Soul's speed." Jiang Yu also had more than one method.

But she could no longer use this appearance; behind her she weaved through the crowd, shaking off pursuers in a few moves, and casually found a tavern to stay in.

She didn't notice that a person on the street, after spotting her footwork, lit up with interest.

Soon after, the man changed his attire and left; the Harmony Sect clerk was still at the tavern front desk asking something.

"We must thank the crowd tonight," Jiang Yu thought, looking at the increased number of foundation‑builders on the street, likely mining crews on break, coming to the market to relax or shop.

When she returned to the tavern she had stayed in during the day, she saw Deng Yuanwu again, but this time he was not with Xue Miao; instead, a Tan Sect cultivator and Ye Lian were with him.

Jiang Tu also saw, "Is the sect sending those three to Dragon Emperor Island?"

Jiang Yu thought otherwise: "Not exactly; Deng Yuanwu and Ye Lian are both from Master Ye's lineage, and they're also kin to the Tan family."

The sect would never target his whole family; they will certainly still dispatch people.

As soon as she finished speaking, her jade messenger talisman flickered; it was Mo Yizhou looking for her, saying he wanted to return the storage bag.

Jiang Yu gave the address, and Mo Yizhou came straight to the tavern, but just as he raised his hand to knock on her door, the neighbor Guo Jue opened the door.

"Who are you?" Guo Jue examined him, feeling somewhat familiar.

Mo Yizhou was about to speak, but Guo Jue thought of something and said first, "Looking for Daoist Lin?"

Squeak!

The door opened, and Jiang Yu's unfamiliar appearance left the two outside speechless.

She cleared her throat lightly, "Daoist Mo, please come in; Daoist Guo, shall we have tea together?"

"Fine." Hearing the three words "Daoist Mo," Guo Jue recalled having met Mo Yizhou before in the Great Luo Cave, a disciple of the Harmony Sect.

But he didn't expect Jiang Yu and the other to seem like acquaintances.

However, as the two stepped into the courtyard, another person hurried over and said, "May I have the honor of sharing a drink with you, fellow Daoists?"

She felt surprised: "Daoist Xu."

Jiang Yu secretly sighed, having given herself away again, "Daoist Xu, please come in."

"Hehe, why are you dressing up like this?" Xu Wu chased all the way from that inn, finally confirming that the person before them was Jiang Yu.