Chapter 89: Chapter Eighty-Nine: Fortunately, Fortunately

"Jiang Tu, baby, you're awake! Hungry or not?" If Jiang Yu weren't on the island shore, she would have jumped into the space and hugged her little companion.

Jiang Tu trembled under Ao Ze's gaze, turned into a little turtle again, jumped onto Jiang Yu's shoulder, and communicated with her via a soul contract.

Soon after hearing what had happened recently, "We must get the fish token; at least let more people join the Grand Void Sect to guard against that Old Mister Xuan—he's no good."

hearing your situation, I'm afraid the Qi family has already set their sights on you; be as careful as possible to avoid running into them again.

"Give me the map, and let me study it with Ao Ze."

"Here. The wooden house's kitchen has stewed fish soup and beef; we prepare some every day, just in case you wake up hungry."

The specially planted East Continent supreme spirit rice and spirit grass seeds, under Ao Ze's care, have grown very well; when they mature we'll harvest them together.

"Wait here, I'll go buy some more food now." As soon as it woke up, Jiang Yu was overjoyed—this is a true companion she could entrust her life to.

She couldn't quite recall whether True Lord Xun had ever seen a hiltless spirit sword, so she tossed it back into the Empty Dragon Pearl Space, drawing loud protests from Old Mister Xuan.

With the spirit sword outside, his divine sense could freely browse; once inside the Dragon Pearl, he could only observe the outside world via the Dragon Stele.

Jiang Yu pretended not to hear, ran to buy some cooked food, and headed for the Teleportation Hall at top speed.

Unfortunately, Coconut Tree Island has no teleportation line to Rest Feather Island, but one can teleport to another island and then fly there oneself.

When Jiang Yu decisively bought a ticket and left, that impostor posing as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, True Lord Xun, was still wandering along the shore.

From time to time he also took out a Golden Scroll, browsed with a puzzled expression, staring at the green mark that had disappeared again above.

After an hour, having searched the whole island with no reaction from the Golden Scroll, he finally flew on his sword toward the undersea rock cave Jiang Yu had previously found.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yu was unaware of these; her destination was Rest Feather Island, twenty to thirty thousand li north of Coconut Tree Island.

After teleporting to a human-inhabited island in the middle, she nonstop flew on her sword to this island.

This is an island shared by humans and demons, half a resting place for demonic birds, half for humans; both sides use it to replenish fresh water and as a temporary rest spot, neither interfering nor hunting the other—quite miraculous.

Meanwhile, the senior disciple of Xuantang had hidden the fish token in the demonic birds' roost, and Jiang Tu easily took it.

Nothing else—when the seventh-stage Xuan turtle came ashore, not a single third- to fourth-stage demonic bird resting there dared to provoke it.

On the other hand, among the dozens of human cultivators resting there, none had Golden Core cultivation, and even fewer than two had achieved great perfection in Foundation Establishment.

Seeing the seventh-stage Xuan turtle appear, they felt moved but unable to act, for Jiang Tu's pressure alone made them all prostrate.

Jiang Yu immediately obtained eighty Supreme Ultimate Fish Tokens and instantly flew off the island.

Along the way she asked, "Senior, where did the Cloud Mist Sect get so many fish tokens? Can you tell me?"

No, when a cultivator holding a Grand Luo Cave Heaven Fish Token perishes, the token is destroyed immediately.

Then what about the cultivators who enter—does the cave heaven automatically reclaim the fish token?"

Xuantang Xingjun's face looked grim: "Hmph, the sect has accumulated over two hundred, but my senior brother gave less than a third to that dull disciple."

After a moment's thought, he formally replied: "Legend says the Grand Luo Cave Heaven is an immortal's abode in the celestial realm; it wanders beyond the heavens, automatically scattering Supreme Ultimate Fish Tokens—whoever picks them up relies on luck."

The Cloud Mist Sect once had an elder who, after years of searching, discovered that the Grand Luo Cave Heaven lingers longest in the Northern Star Snow Mountain every twenty-eight years.

Thus he and the sect set up a sensing array in the mountain, tracking the cave heaven's movement from the snowfield and gathering the scattered Supreme Ultimate Fish Tokens.

Jiang Yu still doesn't understand those profound arrays, only saying: "I see, it's right in the snowfield where we initially fell."

So does that mean the cave heaven has also appeared in Heavenly Origin?

Xuantang Xingjun doesn't know: "It might have appeared, but Heavenly Origin cultivators have hardly ever entered the cave heaven."

Jiang Yu then asked: "How did you get in?"

"I…… are you trying to get me to talk?"

"Just chatting; I pose no threat to you."

"Old man, when my lifespan was nearing its end over two hundred years ago, I searched everywhere for longevity elixirs; in the Uncrossable Sea Immortal Realm I encountered a spatial rift, only then discovering I had fallen into the Grand Luo Cave Heaven."

"Oh, there's also the Uncrossable Sea." After hearing that, Jiang Yu and Jiang Tu exchanged glances, as if saying, perhaps he entered around the same time as you, yet they never met in the cave heaven.

Jiang Tu shook his head, then produced the token he had snapped at the Treasure Pavilion: "Take a look at this fish token."

Xuantang Xingjun glanced several times before taking it: "Is that the one the little girl bonded with?"

"No, I snatched it at the auction; it has storage ability, otherwise no response." Jiang Yu glanced inside the Dragon Pearl and saw a vast expanse of dark clouds gathering ahead.

After considering for a moment, she emulated a passing cultivator, decisively flew her sword into the sea and swiftly submerged, hiding beneath the waves to avoid those cultivators.

Just as she flashed into the Dragon Pearl, heavy rain poured down on the sea surface, while the seabed was comparatively calm.

All that could be seen was Xuantang Xingjun repeatedly examining the fish token; his final conclusion was: "It's a genuine fish token, appearing to be a storage space that can hold things, but actually it isn't."

It chooses its master by sensing chaotic qi within; regardless of Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, or Nascent Soul, anyone can be bonded, but only once in a lifetime.

This one might be a disciple of the Cloud Mist Sect who fled into Heavenly Origin and brought it to the Heavenly Origin Continent.

Jiang Yu and Jiang Tu exchanged glances again; "Let me go back and try it on Senior Sister Wan."

"Let her try it, but don't mention spirit stones." Ao Ze was very generous.

Jiang Yu nodded: "We're heading to the Spirit Stone Mine right away; I hope no one has discovered it yet."

As they spoke, the two ran to the spirit field to check the medicinal herbs and spirit rice.

At that moment, the Little Dragon King Ao Ze caught up, hesitating, and asked: "Can you now lift the ban on my demon elixir? What special spiritual material is needed?"

"Just a drop of my essence blood after reaching seventh stage."

"Is it really that simple?"

"A secret incantation."

"Oh, when will you undo it?"

"When Jiang Yu mines the ore."

Yet only after more than two months did their party finally arrive, bedraggled, at a certain reef.

The reason it took so long is not only because this area is near the deep sea, but also because the few days' journey Xuantang Xingjun mentioned was calculated according to his Transformation Spirit escape speed.

Given that Jiang Yu is only at Foundation Establishment, being able to get there in two or three months is already quite fast.

Thank goodness, thank goodness, this spirit stone mine hasn't been discovered by humans or demons.

Three little companions, under Old Master Xuan's guidance, found the entrance he had sealed years ago and could vigorously mine spirit stones.

Without effort it won't work; first, the spirit stones are wrapped in layers; second, Xuantang Xingjun said the high-grade spirit stones are buried deepest, so one must clear away the low-grade ones before they can be mined.

Initially, Jiang Tu wanted to blast the ore, directly moving large chunks of ore into the dragon pearl to be slowly split.

But after Jiang Yu examined the ore vein, she did not adopt it, for the ore was small and too likely to trigger a tsunami.

But faced with a huge amount of spirit stones, Ao Ze also wasn't in a hurry to lift the restriction; making more money is the true way.

After grunting and digging for over two months, they had over a thousand high-grade spirit stones, each person receiving about four hundred.

Xuantang Xingjun said with a tempting tone: "This mine's high-grade spirit stones are few, but it should still be connected to a large undersea ore deposit; shall we explore further?"