Chapter 98: Watching the Spectacle

So, Ye Lin thought it over, conspired with others, and two days later secretly used his hidden lure‑demon powder to draw monster beasts to attack the mine, using the opportunity to "disappear".

The exhausted cultivator guarding the mine searched for them for many days without success, and his parents went mad, posting a quest to find their son.

Jiang Yu had no way of knowing that Ye Lin's murderous nature hadn't changed, and that he was up to another trick.

She spent two or three days building a ring of bamboo huts, arranging a newly laid‑out courtyard, then hurried to deliver pills to Ao Ze, and visited three or five friends and several seniors.

However, aside from the low‑level cultivator Guan Xun'er who was idle, Senior Sister Gu and Lu Ruochan were both in seclusion, pushing their Foundation Establishment.

And in the following two days, she had to sort and re‑copy the many Dongzhou books and jade slips she bought, submit them to Elder Dao Xu for the library, having no time for unimportant people.

Dao Xu True Person, after reading these foreign technique, pill, talisman, and scripture books—though similar to those of Tianyuan Continent—found that they contained many local cultivators' travel journals and ancient texts, which greatly enrich the library's knowledge.

He praised her profusely, then said, "Jiang Yu, after you reach Foundation Establishment, could that wordless book be duplicated?"

"Only a passage can be engraved," he said about the trailing sigils; Jiang Yu herself hadn't fully studied them, so she didn't hand it over.

Dao Xu True Person took the beast‑skin scroll with several lines written on it and said, "It's an ancient body‑refining method, only for those in the Foundation Establishment stage.

These spirit herbs… I'll need to find someone else to study them."

Jiang Yu saw him pull out several spirit‑herb manuals, immersed in the atmosphere of consulting references, and silently bowed and took her leave.

But just as she reached the gate, she heard his telepathic voice, "You've already visited Junior Brother Lin, right?

He's looked for you several times on Ten Thousand Demons Mountain."

Jiang Yu instantly turned back, "When I met Elder Lin this time, he had actually turned a lot of his hair white.

Elder, as far as I know Elder Lin is only a little over two hundred years old; why is his lifespan nearly exhausted? Has he taken Lifespan Pills?"

"Alas, when he was establishing his foundation in a secret realm, he was poisoned in an accident, his lifespan half that of ordinary cultivators.

The sect leader bought premium Lifespan Pills for him, but unfortunately they were useless after consumption.

At that time, they could only try every method to make him quickly form a core; otherwise, by a hundred years old, he would surely fall." Speaking of this, Dao Xu True Person sighed deeply.

"Gu poison?" Jiang Yu could only guess.

Dao Xu True Lord nodded, "It can't be expelled continuously unless chaotic exotic fire roams within his body, forcing out the mother Gu known as host‑binding Gu.

Moreover, it must be the chaotic exotic fire refined by the Dragon Clan.

Think about it, even cultivators can't easily capture chaotic exotic fire, and the Dragon Clan dwells in the seas for years, making it even harder to obtain."

"……" Jiang Tu, who was dozing on a Spirit Beast Pill, froze on Jiang Yu's shoulder.

Jiang Yu was also stunned for a few breaths, then asked, "What about things like toxin‑removing herb, sinking lotus, moon‑spring divine water—none of them work?"

Dao Xu True Lord waved his hand, "Useless. Several Nascent Soul pill masters, including overseas pill masters, can't do it, though they once offered an ancient pill formula.

The Nine‑Tier True Dragon Demon Pill, combined with the Ten‑Tier Creation Azure Lotus and simmered in crystal exotic fire, can lure out the Mother Gu.

But the first two items have long been extinct in our human realm."

"What about the ten‑thousand‑year barbaric strange fruit? Could it lure the Mother Gu?" Jiang Yu thought of the Dragon Ginseng Fruit.

But Dao Xu True Person said, "Dragon Zhi Fruit? Only that kind works; legend says it exists in the spirit realm."

Hearing that, Jiang Yu retreated completely, thinking it would be better to have Jiang Tu help directly.

"Jiang Yu, do you want me to help him?"

"Everything, to ensure your safety, obviously isn't suitable at the moment."

"Hmm… after meeting Jiang Bai and clarifying the exact opening time of the Cave Heaven, before we leave I can help True Person Lin expel the Gu."

"Jiang Tu, you don't have to force yourself to act because of me."

If news of your true dragon offspring leaks, we'd risk becoming prey for others once we enter the Cave Heaven." Jiang Yu never engages in testing humanity.

Jiang Tu suddenly said, "I want to eat roast goose."

"Fine, I'll treat this time; we must order roast goose." As Jiang Yu finished speaking, a telepathic sigil flew over.

It turned out Jiang Bai had returned, waiting in the market for her.

Jiang Tu: "Why isn't he entering the sect?"

"Has he recovered his cultivation?" Jiang Yu wasn't quite sure.

When she left the mountain gate, she happened to run into several Ye family cultivators who were at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Senior Sister Ye Lian greeted first, "Jiang Yu, congratulations on your Foundation Establishment."

"Also congratulations, Senior Sister Ye…" Jiang Yu didn't finish the sentence when a sword light from opposite side suddenly slashed toward her face.

At that moment, as Jiang Yu dodged the sword light, a spiritual sword flashed out and struck the opponent's sword.

Her protective aura lit up instantly, the sword technique snapped incredibly fast, fire‑type spiritual energy coated the blade, forcing a rapid slash that the opponent couldn't parry.

Crack— in the blink of an eye, the spiritual sword shattered the opponent's protective aura and thrust toward a vital spot.

Several members of the Ye family tried to intervene, but Ye Lian and Ye Shiba blocked them tightly, "Do you also want to seek punishment? She is a Nascent Soul disciple."

Unfortunately, the Jie Dan Elder guarding the mountain gate let out a harsh shout, appeared instantly, and snatched Jiang Yu's sword back to her.

At the same time, a sweep of spiritual energy lifted the mortally wounded female cultivator from the ground.

"What are you doing, treating the mountain gate as your family's garden?

Regardless of who or why, everyone must go to the Law Enforcement Hall for punishment.

"Everyone else disperse." The Jie Dan Elder gave a cold glance, and several disciples entering and exiting the sect quickly left the area.

But some visitors from other sects who hadn't gone far stood watching the spectacle.

Meanwhile, a team of law enforcement officers stationed at the mountain gate, without a word, escorted Jiang Yu and the angry female cultivator away.

"Senior Sister Ye, who is she?" Jiang Yu offered no defense; in a duel before the mountain gate, if it isn't defending the sect or killing an enemy, it's still wrong.

Even if your enemy comes to your door, after you kill them you must still be punished.

So before leaving, she sent a telepathic message to Ye Lian to clarify the situation.

"Ye Lin's mother, the mine was attacked, he's been missing for several days.

You may have been provoked into anger." Ye Lian was exhausted; the Ye family had never had the upper hand over the previously weaker Jiang Yu.

Nowadays people have different statuses, the Old Ancestor has gone into seclusion again, yet still shows no restraint, basically asking for a beating.

"" Jiang Yu was utterly speechless; she and the Ye family were at odds.

At the Law Enforcement Hall, both sides were each given ten strikes of the Iron Thorn Whip as a warning.

Ye Lin's mother glared at her relentlessly; after the whipping, ignoring the blood on her back, she shoved Ye Lian aside and demanded angrily: "Jiang Yu, did you get someone to take revenge on my son and abduct him?"

Jiang Tu spoke up: "You've got a problem; Jiang Yu has only been back a few days, and you don't even know who your son is."

""Just now, if Jiang Yu hadn't held back, I would have bitten you this morning.""

""Seventh rank?!'' Ye Lin's mother froze as it stared at her.

Jiang Yu deliberately avoided taking pills, letting her water spiritual power wander over her back, and said: ""Today, if I weren't asking Ye Senior Sister who you are, I would have forgotten that Ye Lin once tried to harm me.""

Don't worry; from now on, whenever I see him, I will certainly fulfill my duty as an elder and give him a proper lesson, and do it openly and aboveboard.

""Elder Sang, Ye Lin's mother injured me for no reason—should she be punished?'' The other party must certainly be a disciple of the sect, otherwise the Law Enforcement Hall would not have acted together.

Ye Lin's mother was exasperated: "You!"

""According to sect rules, confine him to the Reflection Cave for three months.' Sang Lingci, Elder Sang, struck the gavel and settled the matter.

""Jiang Yu, you might as well have someone kill her son; at least then you wouldn't deserve the name of having framed her.' The Eclipse Moon Tiger sauntered over, just here to watch the excitement.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Tu caught it and gave it to Jiang Yu as a mount, sending it back to Year's Beginning Peak.