Chapter 283: Chapter 283: Good News

"Dao cultivator?" Lu Daoyou once held a grudge against some Demon Sect disciples in his youth, so he doesn't particularly want to deal with the demon cultivators of Heavenly Origin.

"Of course it's a Dao cultivator. But if Dao friend wishes to keep staying here to hunt treasure, we'll meet another day." Jiang Bai did not state that Jiang Yu is a sect disciple; his acquaintance with Lu Daoyou is brief, and aside from knowing the other is a Dao cultivator, he doesn't know which faction of Heavenly Origin they belong to.

Lu Daoyou pondered for a moment; he hasn't heard news from Heavenly Origin in a long time, so learning a bit from the other is fine. "Dao friend says whatever, since we are teammates, upon first arriving in the Spirit Realm we should advance and retreat together."

Once the two agreed, Jiang Bai immediately sent a message to Jiang Tu, asking them to wait at the spot for a while, and said he would bring a Core Formation Grand Perfection cultivator of the Dao sect from Heavenly Origin to form a party.

He then added that they should focus on finding a way out of Demon Mountain and pause communications.

Jiang Tu immediately sent no message, stating that the mortal world has Demon Race activity and that there are cultivators within the city, urging him to be careful all the way.

After Jiang Bai returned to safety, he promptly stored the messaging jade token in his storage ring, "Lu Daoyou, I hope we can encounter seasoned Dao friends in Demon Mountain to purchase a map."

"In the past few days we haven't met any, which is also strange.

Sometimes I even suspect that the senior ghost cultivator's Peng bird demon spirit misinterpreted his intent, deliberately dumping us into a place rarely visited by cultivators.

Yet the captured seventh‑grade demon beast claims cultivators often come here." Lu Daoyou shook his head at the thought; after the Cave Heaven fell to the ground that day, he and Jiang Daoyou followed the ghost cultivators out.

As a result, that Nascent Soul ghost cultivator said they were unsuitable to stay there, ordered the Peng demon to tear open space and fling the two away.

"The only advantage is that there are plenty of spiritual herbs here." Jiang Bai was also skeptical, but made the best of it; had he not received Jiang Tu's message, he would have spent more time refining in Demon Mountain.

Over here, Jiang Yu was puzzled: "Demon Mountain? Did the Great Luo Continent fall onto Demon Mountain, or was it originally there?"

"Jiang Yu, could you focus on the main point? He has a Core Formation cultivator from Heavenly Origin by his side.

Jiang Bai also didn't clarify who that person is; you think it could be someone who stayed in the Cave Heaven thirty years ago without emerging?" Jiang Tu wanted to send another message to ask, but feared it would affect Jiang Bai's upcoming actions, so he could only have Jiang Yu speculate.

Jiang Yu laughed, "He mentioned someone he met in East Continent."

【7】 "Huh? Really?" The jade token had too many messages, and Jiang Tu hadn't retained it; while the writing was still within its retention period, he quickly flipped up and indeed found it.

"Ah? Is that so?" There were too many messages on the jade talisman, and Jiang Tu didn't recall it at once; while the script was still within its preservation time, he hurriedly turned it over and indeed found it.

"This is an unexpectedly great piece of news; we needn't rush and can wait a few days." Jiang Yu had been riding a carriage for several days, only able to rent a low‑grade room at a small inn; today she needs to take a proper bath.

However, the city has posted Immortal Sect notices, so cultivators likely reside near the prefectural office; she should avoid repeatedly entering and exiting the Dragon Pearl.

"Jiang Tu, we must be cautious; it's best not to frequently go in and out of the Dragon Pearl lest cultivators become suspicious."

"The Dragon Pearl doesn't fly, so there won't be any spiritual energy fluctuations." Jiang Tu's mouth was stubborn, but his actions were decisive; yet when it flashed back to the Dragon Pearl he regretted a bit, "If Jiang Bai sends another message, I can't receive it inside the Dragon Pearl."

Your messaging token, storage bracelet and other items are all here with me.

"He won't send a message that quickly; I'll go urge the hot water." Jiang Yu now only wants to take a bath.

She had just arrived at the front hall when she saw an old man who had rushed a carriage return, "Miss, I must hurry home, bring my grandson for testing; I cannot accept your invitation, sorry."

"No problem, business comes first, but the city gate is surely clogged with many people right now.

Please wait a moment; I'll have a servant prepare some dry provisions for you to take." Jiang Yu, not short of silver, immediately had the servant pack some mantou and meat.

The old man thanked her profusely and left; Jiang Yu, with money paving the way, quickly obtained hot water for washing.

Later, while strolling, she could always hear people discussing the immortal's recruitment of disciples.

As she walked toward the prefectural office, she indeed sensed a spiritual energy fluctuation, its location roughly behind the rear office.

Because the distance was so close, Jiang Tu, using the Dragon Tablet's image, saw cultivators strolling in the garden: "There are two Foundation Establishment cultivators drinking tea in the courtyard, and three rooms each have cultivators training; judging by the spiritual energy activity level, they are also at the Foundation Establishment stage."

Jiang Yu nodded, then left to find a tenant to rent a private courtyard; she was certain that in two days the inn would be overcrowded and unsuitable for her recuperation.

Fortunately, money can move spirits; by early afternoon, Jiang Yu moved into the newly rented courtyard near the prefectural academy, quiet and with few idle people around.

Moreover, there was a cellar, perfect for hiding inside to take a Dragon Pearl medicine bath.

Thanks to her years of transplanting various spiritual herbs in medicine fields and the old shopkeeper's provisions, the spiritual herbs for the medicine bath were fairly complete.

So after a few days, Jiang Yu's tendons and meridians improved greatly; after absorbing a bit of spiritual energy, the first thing to recover was her martial skill.

Thus, in front of mortals she no longer needs Jiang Tu to intervene; she can protect herself.

And Jiang Tu, seeing her improve day by day, also had leisure to watch the prefecture city's changes: "Last night another cultivator entered the city, and then the cultivators living in the prefectural office and the newcomers all moved to the inn across the street.

Moreover, among the newcomers there were four or five at the Core Formation stage; fortunately we acted cautiously and specifically chose a house with a cellar."

Jiang Yu also thought that ordinarily cultivators cannot constantly use divine sense, let alone recklessly employ it in a mortal city to search ordinary households.

That's why she dared to enter and exit the Dragon Pearl via the cellar, but now several Core Formation cultivators have arrived; she must consider whether to stay inside the Dragon Pearl without leaving.

However, on second thought, she is now essentially a mortal, needing to boil water and cook daily, or else she would inevitably arouse suspicion from the four neighboring households.

Jiang Tu also agreed, "But you need to take the messaging jade token out to prepare to receive Jiang Bai's message."

Jiang Yu explained to him, "Jiang Bai is in Demon Mountain, probably far from here; it will likely take him a couple of months to find us.

"

Jiang Tu disagreed, "How could that be? He can use a teleportation array."

Jiang Yu carefully explained, "The Spirit Realm is certainly many times larger than Heavenly Origin; in all these years I have never traversed every corner of Heavenly Origin.

But look, even traveling from our sect to the Demon Sect's domain, we almost always used teleportation arrays, yet it still took several days."

This fact persuaded Jiang Tu, but neither Jiang anticipated that the day before the immortal's disciple recruitment, the city guards went door to door knocking, with the village head holding a household register accompanying them.

They announced that all unmarried youths must attend the test and may not disobey.

When Jiang Yu rented the house, she had reported it to the village head, so her front door was also knocked, forcing her to answer.

Before leaving, the village head said, "Miss Jiang, why have you not been seen leaving the house for several days?

The neighbors also said they haven't seen any kitchen smoke from your home.

"I save firewood and fuel by cooking only once a day." Jiang Yu quietly slipped a piece of broken silver and asked, "Earlier they said there was an age limit; why has that changed now?"

The village head glanced at the guard about to knock the next door, then whispered, "According to the immortal's request, it changed suddenly this morning."

Jiang Yu thanked him and let him leave before closing the door, thinking, "Is the cultivation world really short of disciples?"