Chapter 30: Splendid

In front of us was clearly a small teleportation array, large enough for four or five people to stand on, and the Bagua‑shaped array base pattern was intact and still usable.

"What do you think, should we teleport? Just staying down here isn't a solution."

"There's no spiritual energy here, so I'll try a Taiyi Sect Concentration Pill; would you like one?" the little turtle Jiang Tu pried open the pill bottle.

Jiang Yu waved her hand to refuse; she hadn't drawn any talismans today, "The Grand Void Sect Workshop Market is only two or three hundred li away, there's no need to secretly set up a small teleportation array here."

The array base looks quite new, but we don't know how far it can teleport or where it would send us.

"Wait a bit longer?"

"Observe for a while, then we can try again to see if we can get out of the swamp."

After all, those who were teleported here also need to leave this place. Another point is that she lacks a protective deity talisman; if the teleportation is too far, the spatial force could damage her spirit.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, a hazy glow rose from the teleportation array, "Invisibility."

"Ha, we'll know exactly where the other side is right away." Jiang Tu whispered the incantation, and the dragon pearl vanished from the cave instantly.

The two thought that drawing a circle in midair was unclear, but at this moment it was too late to run and activate the spatial monitoring Dragon Tablet.

Because a person, when the ground array's light surged, fell onto the teleportation array.

When Jiang Yu realized there was only one person and that they were at the Qi‑chain cultivation stage, she whizzed and vanished into space.

At the same time, a flash of spiritual light sprang from her hand; while the other was still pressing the pill to his forehead, she cast the large net prepared for the Ye family onto the newcomer.

"A comrade." Startled, the other launched a fireball, but quickly realized the technique wouldn't work, "Forbidden Spirit Net?"

Boom

Jiang Yu abruptly gathered her strength, pulling both the person and the net down from the array base without a moment's hesitation, then slammed the net hard onto the ground.

"Fellow Daoist, a comrade." The other couldn't muster spiritual power; trying to tear the net apart with both hands was impossible.

Jiang Yu had spent a hefty five thousand spiritual stones, ruthlessly buying it just to trap that kid Ye Lin.

Now she offered it to the person before her; no need for a fist—she simply tossed an immobilization talisman, and the person inside the net was instantly frozen.

She slapped the storage bag, brandished her spiritual sword before the person, and deliberately activated the defense bracelet she was wearing today, sealing herself in an airtight shield.

Only then did she step forward, knock the opponent unconscious, and examine their appearance closely.

"That's overly cautious." Little turtle Jiang Tu muttered in the space, then noticed Jiang Yu's gaze was strange.

He sent his voice to her: "Do you recognize them?"

"Hmm, I've seen them in the Cangshan Secret Realm." Jiang Yu hadn't expected it to be that gray‑robed cultivator searching for Creation Divine Mud; she recalled another person calling him Brother Tu.

She used her sword to pry open the other's storage bag, and her spirit sense moved to forcibly erase the seal on it.

Then she saw the person on the ground get entangled, a strand of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

But Jiang Yu didn't project her spirit sense into the bag; instead she tipped it onto the ground, and a bunch of items spilled out with a rustling sound.

Among them were some women's clothing, particularly eye‑catching, but placed on a large wooden tray as if newly purchased.

Beside it lay a beautiful jade plaque, the three characters "Hehuan Sect" still shining brightly.

Jiang Yu examined more closely; it read "Outer Gate Disciple Tu Zhao," a female cross‑dresser perhaps?

"Truly ironclad Hehuan Sect, a flowing cultivation world."

"You can run into them everywhere." Thinking back to when she first entered the cultivation world, she had even encountered a Hehuan Sect female disciple being pursued by Daoist sects.

She didn't bother guessing the person's preferences, and first gladly accepted the spiritual stones and herbs.

She returned the clothing, food, and beast‑materials to the bag, and only among the remaining artifacts and jade box did she search for something that could enter and exit this place.

In less than a moment, among the few artifacts, she uncovered a palm‑sized blue flag, its pattern similar—about eighty or ninety percent—to the teleportation array's design.

"Jiang Tu, keep an eye on him; I'm going to test whether we can get out of the swamp."

"This is a serious matter; it must be reported to the sect promptly." Although Hehuan Sect cultivators don't practice demonic qi, they still belong to the demonic camp, and she quickly took out a Four‑Image Confining Dragon Array disc, set it up, and threw the person on the ground into the array to ensnare them.

Then she allowed the little turtle to appear.

"He still has another storage bag hidden on him," the little turtle Jiang Tu said, preparing to jump into the array to search.

Jiang Yu lifted the Moonlight Stone and said before leaving, "Search as you wish, but beyond spiritual stones and herbs, don't take anything else."

"You can see if there's any Creation Divine Mud."

As she spoke, she quickened her steps toward the first bend of the passageway.

Soon after, she, protected by a shield, grasped the blue flag and pierced out of the swamp.

The moment she emerged, she was spotted by Hu Zhenren, who was still searching for her.

"Jiang Yu!" Hu Zhenren flew over in an instant, using spiritual power to turn into vines that hauled the person up.

"There's a teleportation array down there, and also a Hehuan Sect disciple who was teleported."

"A flag is needed to enter or exit." Jiang Yu quickly reported this before sending the transmission.

"Teleportation array?" Hu Zhenren immediately altered the message, remarking that when they previously captured demonic faction spies, some people on the list were missing.

Just thinking about it was terrifying; the demonic faction had been setting up teleportation arrays right under their own noses, because they had been focused on front‑line battles for years and neglected the rear areas far from the demonic faction.

"Stay here; if Wan Xiaoyou comes, don't mention it."

"Understood, disciple," she replied, "my spirit beast Jiang Tu is on guard; I will go down with you."

Unfortunately, the blue flag could only transport one person, and Jiang Yu's soul‑contract link to Jiang Tu failed, so she had to return to the upper side again.

Then the sect leader rushed in like lightning, "Where's the command seal?"

"Down there, we need the command…" Jiang Yu hadn't finished speaking when her body was brushed back a hundred zhang away.

Then the Linquan Sect leader materialized a spiritual blade, and with a swift slash split the entire swamp apart.

Countless mud and water flew onto both sides of the ground, exposing many small bone fragments to the sunlight.

"Jiang Yu, I'm glad you're okay." As she was about to distinguish between human and demon bones, Wan Xiyue waved from afar.

And before the person reached her, she leapt downwards.

Du Heng Zhenren emitted a flash of spiritual light, lending a hand to his junior sister.

At this moment, several True Person Lins also hurried over, but Fairy Cloud Brocade was not seen.

Before Jiang Yu and Wan Xiyue could say more, True Person Lin said, 'Jiang Yu, the Dragon King has already fled; I will send you two to the sect to rest for a while.'

Fellow Daoist Du Heng, what do you think?

Seeing that the junior sister was quite worried about Jiang Yu, the latter nodded and agreed.

Jiang Yu didn't really want to leave, 'Xiao Wu Gui Jiang Tu is down below.'

'Don't worry, it won't be hurt.' The Sect Leader was breaking the restriction, and True Person Lin did not want the fellow sect disciples to see the details beneath the swamp.

Jiang Yu blamed herself for being careless; she should have brought Jiang Tu up as well, hoping it wouldn't reveal any clues, especially not dig out the storage bag and enter the space.

She was sent away, worrying all the way, while Xiao Wu Gui Jiang Tu happily dug into the storage bag and actually found two treasures.

Upon hearing footsteps in the passage, without even looking to see who it was, she blurted out, 'Jiang Yu, there's a treasure map and high-grade beast hide.'

Xiao Wu Gui Jiang Tu splendidly froze in front of True Person Hu, and without thinking, it sealed the Four Symbols Array.

'Are you Jiang Tu?' True Person Hu sized up the teleportation array, saying, 'I'll send you to find her?'

'Low-level spirit beasts can talk, but you're not the only one. Come out, and by the way, bring out the Union Joy Sect disciples.'

Jiang Tu hesitated for a moment, but only threw the immobilized person outside the array, remaining silent and not coming out.

True Person Hu didn't bother to quibble with a spirit beast, she lifted the immobilization talisman and woke the person: 'Teleportation array, who set it up and when?'