Chapter 93: Many Friends

"You... Master, please go ahead." The youth surnamed Mo, prompted by his companions, quickly gave Master Wu the right of way.

"Master, I have business with Comrade Mo; where shall we meet later?" Jiang Yu had no intention of letting the other leave.

The youth surnamed Mo wanted to refuse, but Master Wu opened his mouth, "We will rest for a while at the inn opposite."

Jiang Xiaoyou could invite this young friend to the inn's main hall for a chat.

Since he was bringing the person back, and the news also reached Sui Lu's side, he had to look after Jiang Yu's safety.

The cultivators before us have both Dao and Demon affiliations; it's still better to keep the person right under our eyes.

Jiang Yu wholeheartedly agreed; the youth surnamed Mo was unwilling but had no choice, for there was a master beside them who seemed plain and unadorned yet whose cultivation could not be seen through.

And his companions would not accompany him, so he had to go alone to the inn opposite.

"Do you want to ask about Jiang Du? He looked for you many times shortly after you disappeared.

But later the Yao Race from Ten Thousand Demons Mountain attacked; in the chaos, he also vanished..." The Mo‑surnamed cultivator, upon reaching the inn's main hall, sat down and eagerly told her the whole story.

"After the high‑level battle between humans and the Yao race, the human side dispatched people specifically to search for the missing; many were found alive.

But here, your older brother Jiang Du is not among them."

"Is his soul lantern still stable?" Jiang Yu only asked about the result.

The Mo‑surnamed youth gave a wry smile, "The Hehuan Sect only lights soul lanterns for inner‑door disciples; outer‑door disciples don't have them.

The Demon Gate's casualty rate is too high, with outer‑door disciples being the majority; lighting a soul lantern for them is wasteful."

"You have reached the Foundation Establishment stage but haven't passed the inner‑door assessment?" Jiang Yu, regarding this, truly didn't understand; Dao and Demon paths differ.

The Mo‑surnamed youth shrugged, "Yes, that time we participated in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's sword trial tournament; securing a rank would allow entry into the inner door.

Your older brother didn't get a rank, and then disappeared, so he couldn't enter the inner door."

"Can you tell me everything you know about him?"

"We have been separated for years, and I still don't know how he joined the Hehuan Sect." Jiang Yu, not just idle gossip, brushed her storage bag, took out a bottle of pills and handed it to him.

The Mo‑surnamed youth's eyes lit up, "Nourishing Spirit Pill, Brother Jiang, such generosity."

"Don't be fooled; the bottle contains only one pill, yet it sells for five hundred spirit stones."

"Even though he is an inner‑door disciple of the Hehuan Sect, he can only receive one pill per month."

But he hesitated and didn't take it, instead saying, "I'm not very familiar with Jiang Du either.

I only know that he entered the sect eight years ago, prefers secluding for cultivation, avoids women and rarely teams up with others.

Two years ago he went to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect together, also because of sect assessments."

Jiang Yu found that this person was actually very cautious, not as frivolous as he appeared, "When he first entered the Hehuan Sect, was he with others or alone, and what was his cultivation level at that time?"

"I heard he was at the early stage of refining Qi; other details unclear; he didn't join the sect through the disciple recruitment gathering.

"Brother Jiang, I have told you everything I know; may we meet again." The Mo‑surnamed youth showed no intention of taking her pill.

Jiang Yu smiled, pushing the pill bottle closer, and said, "Exchange contact messages? Whenever you see my brother, let me know."

"That might not be good; after all, I'm a Demon Gate disciple, and also of the Hehuan Sect."

"You are now a named disciple of the Grand Empress's senior cultivator." He looked at her and gently declined.

But Jiang Yu was resolute: "Whether you practice Dao, Demon, or Buddha, as long as you do not harm heaven, violate reason, or slaughter the innocent, you are merely a traveler on the Way; no one is more noble than another.

"Wealth and law, many friends, many roads; Mo fellow, when you have leisure, could you help ask how my brother's entry into the sect went?"

"Fine, as long as you don't mind. I am Mo Yizhou." Mo Yizhou immediately took out his communication jade, exchanged spiritual imprint with her, then took the Nourishing Spirit Pill and left with a flourish.

Jiang Yu sat alone pouring tea; a cup of water kept overflowing the teacup, and only after Jiang Tu reminded her did she finally set it down.

"Senior Xuantang, you also saw my brother on Ten Thousand Demons Mountain that day; did you notice anything unusual about him?"

"I was then practicing soul‑condensing cultivation and did not pay attention to the outside world," Thus: Xuantang Xingjun said uncertainly; he had just left the Sword Pool, his mind full of future schemes, leaving no room to watch others.

Jiang Tu teased him, "You don't look like a Transforming Spirit at all."

Then he asked, "Jiang Yu, will you go back to the Hehuan Sect again?"

"Not for now; I'll return to the Grand Void Sect first.

I believe soon the Dragon Clan will receive the news and come knocking." Jiang Yu's items in hand must be dealt with quickly, and the elders she trusts in the sect are Elder Lin and Elder Hu.

She got up, went to Master Wu's guestroom and knocked, intending to settle the travel expenses, but he was inside and replied, "The master has already rested; see you tomorrow, Brother Jiang."

Thus: Xuantang Xingjun pursed his lips, "The old monk is avoiding suspicion."

Jiang Yu neither confirmed nor denied, and while it was still daylight, rushed to the market's Treasure Accumulation Pavilion, bought a space manor that could shrink to pendant size, to conceal the Dragon Pearl.

On the other side, Mo Yizhou's companions had already passed the news of her appearance to familiar friends.

And at that time, in the Drunken Immortal Tavern, a cultivator who eavesdropped on the news, upon hearing Mo Yizhou call out Jiang Yu, was also confirming whether this Jiang Yu was the same Jiang Yu.

It's not that Jiang Yu is particularly important; rather, the Dragon Clan's bounty posted on the black market for the Seventh‑Stage Little Dragon King Ao Ze and Jiang Yu has not been withdrawn.

After Mo Yizhou and his companions finished a drink, they suddenly remembered to send a message to Jiang Yu about this; since they were making friends, exchanging information is fundamental.

But at this moment, news of Jiang Yu of the Grand Void Sect appearing in the Southern Market was already spreading everywhere.

Many people rushed to the black market to claim the Dragon Clan's reward, only to find the task had already been taken and cancelled.

When the cultivators lamented, they could never have imagined that the first to take the task and contact the Dragon Clan would be Grand Void Sect's Sect Master Lin Quan.

If Jiang Yu knew, she would surely praise the sect master's wisdom.

Unfortunately, she had just finished cultivation and was busy harvesting spirit rice in the Dragon Pearl space.

A trip to Eastern Continent yielded little else, but she obtained plenty of spirit rice and spirit herb seeds.

However, spirit herbs depend on soil quality; some cannot grow in the space, and in the spirit sword space, they never sprout after planting.

Not only the seeds from Eastern Continent, but also those from Tianyuan Continent are the same.

"This spirit field only grows rice and wheat, and some ordinary spirit herbs; it hardly lives up to its spacious name."

Especially the spirit field inside the spirit sword; besides planting spirit rice, anything else dies." Thus: Xuantang Xingjun pulled up a withered spirit herb and sighed, "Cultivators plant many fields, but spirit rice has great use."

Jiang Tu looked up and saw him slacking: "Old man Xuan, what are you muttering? We're harvesting up front; you should turn the soil behind us!"

"Finish harvesting a batch, then flip it," Thus: Xuantang Xingjun was looking for the reason the spirit herb wouldn't sprout.

But before Jiang Yu could finish harvesting, the barrier in her room was triggered repeatedly.

She opened the door and saw three consecutive transmission paper talismans; each, when opened, was from Senior Brother Lin Yuan, notifying her that he had arrived at the market.

"Arriving so quickly?" Jiang Yu looked at the sky outside; it was already midnight.

Alright, from the Sect Market to the Southern Sky Market is one to two million li; using the teleportation array only requires a single transfer at the Falling Moon Market, and you can arrive.