Chapter 259: Great Perfection

Jiang Yu released a flash of spirit, and under the puzzled gazes of passersby, she zipped out onto the side street.

Standing at the main intersection, watching the flow of people, she finally exhaled slowly, her divine sense glanced at her dantian, and a swirl of silver electric arcs appeared near her three‑colored Golden Core.

She wanted to have her destined sword destroy it, but reason warned her not to act rashly, especially since this was on a public street.

Dragon Soul also warned her: "The mark of a Transformation God Yao cultivator may not even be removable by a Nascent Soul; don't entertain such fantasies."

"Go back and find Fu Ju Zhenjun." Jiang Tu feared Jiang Yu would be startled, but Jiang Yu instead went to a teahouse and entered a private room.

Then, while the attendant served tea and snacks, she asked him about the grocery shop on the side street ahead.

And the attendant, just as she expected, said, "A side street with pomegranate trees? There's no shop there that only has a 'grocery' sign."

However, on Zhuque Street, near the City Lord's residence, there's a small peach‑tree‑lined lane that has the shop you mentioned.

Moreover, the old shopkeeper always likes to lounge in a recliner, and when pleased he'll pull a customer into storytelling, but however familiar you are, the shop never bargains on its goods.

Jiang Yu's first time seeing the old shopkeeper was indeed in Peach Blossom Alley, "Oh, I must have misremembered the location; has he been living alone in the city for many years?"

"Yes, it's said that he has backing from the City Lord's residence."

"Honored guest, if you like something in his shop, once you choose it you must never haggle, otherwise he not only refuses to sell but will throw you out of the shop."

"But if you go to his shop to sell items, you'll usually get a high price. Even for Jie Dan, don't even think of passing off inferior goods as premium; otherwise the enforcement squad will invite that person for tea."

"And moreover…" After receiving Jiang Yu's tip of a mid‑grade spiritual stone, the attendant blurted out everything he knew.

Realizing there was no guide named Fengxin at the city gate, Jiang Yu added another spiritual stone, asked for more information about the city, and he explained everything one by one.

After a long while the attendant left, Jiang Tu added, "On this Chasing Origin Island, there are actually five Nascent Soul elders and seventy titular Jie Dan practitioners, comparable to a medium‑sized sect."

Jiang Yu agreed wholeheartedly, "The information I previously gathered said the City Lord's residence only had three Nascent Souls; we saw them all last night."

"I didn't expect there to be two more who never show themselves, and as for Jie Dan, it must include the guest‑minister elders to reach that number."

Jiang Tu felt a pang of sorrow; his seventh‑grade cultivation is still respectable in Tianyuan, yet on Dragon Emperor Island he has to hide from the dragon race. "Now there's also a hidden Transformation God, clearly known to the City Lord's residence."

"Jiang Yu, do you think the Dragon Emperor Archipelago might have more than one Transformation God?"

Jiang Yu could not guess, but she needed to relay the news back to Tianyuan quickly, so she promptly contacted Xu Wu and attached several new updates.

Meanwhile, Xu Wu and Qin Zhuo stood inside the transmission array, occasionally glancing out the portal at the Nascent Souls quarrelling outside.

She said, "I'd rather be with Jiang Yu now than just stand here waiting uselessly."

Beside her, Qin Zhuo replied, "Compared to being ordered back to Tianyuan while the three Ye Zhenren couldn't come, at least we don't have to return looking haggard."

"My slot was taken from someone else in the first place, so I have nothing to do when I go back…"

"Did you get it from Wen Luo or from Dai Lin?"

"By the way, your Senior Brother Dai is still hanging onto Xue Miao; I support snatching him." Xu Wu thought Xue Miao really embarrassed them female cultivators; there are countless cultivators in the world, why cling to a crooked tree and hang on to death?

Qin Zhuo chuckled wryly, saying it was a snatch, but actually it was more like a find: "Sorry to disappoint you, it was Senior Brother Wen."

"Come to think of it, it was because Jiang Yu was unexpectedly seized onto the transmission array; Grand Void Sect's Lin Quan Zhenjun asked my sect leader to specifically replace him with Senior Brother Wen."

"Sect Leader Lin values Jiang Yu highly; see, Lin Ze Zhenjun clearly guards the spirit‑mineral transmission array as a representative, yet he specifically dispatched Fu Ju Zhenjun to Dragon Emperor for negotiations." Xu Wu wasn't surprised; she had heard rumors that Grand Void Sect's excellent Tai Chi Fish Card came from Jiang Yu bringing it back from the Eastern Continent.

Moreover, that guy in the Great Luo Heavenly Cave can't find good stuff; Geng Metal and Thunder Bamboo make him even more envious.

While thinking of Jiang Yu, her message arrived; Xu Wu was shocked by the first line, and the rest left her even more astonished.

"Qin Zhuo, look." She read it twice more and handed it to Qin Zhuo, who had stepped away to avoid suspicion.

"And she said, 'Send a message to Elder Gu, I'll notify Senior Uncle Ling of my sect.'"

"Better yet, be the first to tell Fu Ju Zhenjun. By the way, reply quickly to Jiang Yu; Fu Ju Zhenjun is on the island." Qin Zhuo didn't use the messaging system; the arguing Zhenjuns had no time to read, so he chose to send a voice transmission directly.

Jiang Yu soon received news that Senior Uncle Fu had arrived at Dragon Emperor, and as she hurried to contact the senior uncle, a message came to her first.

"The situation is fully known; no need to keep probing elsewhere, meet me at the inn."

"If you can reach Daoist friend Xun of the sect and have him investigate whether there are other Transformation Gods." Fu Ju Zhenjun believed the negotiations would soon bear fruit; the fact that Chasing Origin Island dared set conditions shows they have real backing!

Jiang Yu immediately obeyed the order and also summoned Guo Jue back to the inn.

"Transformation God cultivator?!" Little Snake Bi Luo was shocked, and secretly glad she had heeded Guo Jue's advice, not daring to slip out of the spirit‑beast bag to roam.

Then, with a hint of complaint, she looked at someone, "Jiang Yu, why did you choose that grocery shop to buy things?"

Boom

Jiang Tu created a water sphere to wake it up, saying, "Whether Jiang Yu goes or not, it doesn't hinder the fact that a Transformation God‑stage Dragon King is stationed here."

"On the contrary, not knowing anything and being reckless is even more dangerous."

"If you're going to speak, just speak; on what grounds do you strike?" Little Snake Bi Luo, unwilling to back down, tossed a wind blade at Jiang Tu.

Jiang Tu swiftly countered, retorting, "Are you even human?"

"Yah‑yah‑yah!!" Little Snake, furious, unleashed a wind vortex, but Guo Jue grabbed it with a bowl, "Stop messing around, or I'll lock you in a spirit‑beast bag for ten years without release."

Little Snake wanted to say more, but when Jiang Yu shoved Jiang Tu into the spirit‑beast bag, it fell silent.

Of course, Jiang Tu was inside the Dragon Pearl, "What an ignorant snake, Jiang Yu got caught while gathering information, and it still wants to babble."

Encountering a Transformation God old monster isn't something we wanted.

Before, the old master of the Xuan Hall only had a Nascent Soul spirit, which was easy to handle; now it's a genuine tenth‑stage Great Perfection, the kind that ascends.

Calming his temper, he suddenly recalled something, so he sent a voice back to the room to prepare more talismans for Jiang Yu's defense.

"You say, why does he want the purple‑golden Thunder Bamboo?"

"He's a thunder‑type dragon; does he also need to forge a same‑element treasure like humans do?"

"Although the Eastern Continent has Transformation Gods, none have reached Transformation God Perfection; one could say he is already the world's number one, why would he need a treasure to augment himself?"

Jiang Yu spread out talisman paper and asked, "Tenth‑stage Great Perfection? Are you sure?"

Jiang Tu, without taking credit, said, "It was Dragon Soul, judging from the spiritual pressure the other side released."

"Ascension—perhaps he wants to use the purple‑golden Thunder Bamboo to ascend to the spirit realm. Moreover, he also knows that the Yao Race's smuggling from the Great Luo Heavenly Cave will have adverse consequences."

Jiang Yu could only infer this; she was pondering whether to give him a whole piece or just a segment.

If she gave only a segment, would he go to Grand Void Sect to snatch it? No way!