Chapter 124 Princess Nangong

The people at Taixu Hall were all waiting for Yu Sui to arrive.

Yu Sui's previous words aroused the curiosity of others, who wanted to meet this legendary princess of the Nangong family.

It's an undeniable fact that Princess Nangong Sui of the Nangong family was a member of the Pingshu sect before entering Taiyi. It's not difficult to inquire about news from outside Taiyi, and it's known that Nangong Sui, in the capital of Qingyang, is inferior to other children in every way.

She was slow to react, lacked talent, and had no outstanding abilities; her only outstanding quality was her face, which was as good-looking as her father's and mother's.

She was so ordinary that it was hard to imagine what remarkable qualities she possessed.

Qu Zhenghao stared at Blackbeard. Since hanging up the telepathic message, he had sat down again, looking calm and composed, without any sign of panic or anxiety.

"You seem to have a lot of confidence in this young lady, the princess," Qu Zhenghao probed.

Blackbeard said, "The princess is the owner of Pearl Workshop. If I don't have faith in the owner, who else can I have faith in?"

Qu Zhenghao sneered, "You know what the price is of following the wrong master."

Blackbeard tossed aside the pile of sunflower seeds in front of him and said unhurriedly, "We can't be like Chief Qu, who takes over the position of master just because he's dissatisfied. People like that don't live long, whether in Taiyi or outside of it."

That's what he said, but he had no idea what tricks Yu Sui had up her sleeve to deal with Qu Zhenghao and the others. He was feeling flustered, but he certainly couldn't let others see it, or he would be giving them a boost.

The Master of Taixu Hall said slowly, "The princess entered Taiyi Academy as a person of ordinary skills. After being accepted as a disciple by the Sage Changgen, she developed a Five Elements Light Core, which allows her to cultivate."

The girl from the Li Huo Sect said crisply, "Not just anyone can be accepted as a disciple by Saint Chang Gen. There are so many geniuses at the academy, but Saint Chang Gen has only accepted two as his disciples."

The people from Star Moon Island sneered, "It would be interesting if we didn't call Saint Chang Gen here later."

Qu Zhenghao was still staring at Blackbeard, and said in a deep voice, "Even if Nangong Sui summons Saint Changgen, he still has to follow the rules of the outer city."

Not long after he finished speaking, someone from Taixu Hall came to report that Princess Nangong had arrived.

Master Taixu said, "Go and invite them."

People all looked toward the entrance to the courtyard.

Yu Sui came alone, stepping on the shattered shadows of the stone lanterns on the ground, passing through winding paths and secluded spots, and was led by the people of Taixu Hall to the banquet hall.

Qu Zhenghao and the others saw a girl in a dark blue dress walk out from the dim light. She walked lightly, her eyes were not timid, and her bright, dark almond-shaped eyes reflected the lights in the banquet decorations. She was quiet and serene.

Upon entering, they bowed their heads to the birthday celebrant seated in the center, demonstrating impeccable manners.

Blackbeard stood up again and respectfully greeted Yu Sui as he walked towards him.

Yu Sui sat down next to Blackbeard, and the curious look on her face when she looked up made her look like an innocent young lady who had come to join in the fun.

Blackbeard bent down and leaned closer to Yu Sui to introduce the person in front of her: "This is Qu Zhenghao, the leader of the Tianhe Gang."

Yu Sui toyed with the wind-listening ruler in her hand, her gaze sweeping around before finally settling on Qu Zhenghao. Her tone held a hint of curiosity: "Was it you who sent people to cause trouble in Mingzhu Fang?"

That was a blunt and unpolite question.

Qu Zhenghao was not intimidated. He met Yu Sui's gaze with a forced smile and said, "I don't have the ability to make your senior brother cheat in Mingzhu Fang."

Yu Sui pointed at his covered left eye and said, "I heard that the rule for being caught cheating is to have your hand cut off and your eye gouged out. Could it be that you are also a cheater and that's why my senior brother gouged out one of your eyes?"

Qu Zhenghao took a step forward, looking down at the girl sitting opposite him, and said coldly, "Why don't you go and ask Mei Liangyu yourself?"

“I’ll ask after this is resolved,” Yu Sui said, placing the Listening Ruler on the table so they could see the communication interface. “Let’s start by talking about how your Tianhe Gang caused trouble in Mingzhu Fang.”

How could he let a young girl take the initiative in the conversation?

Qu Zhenghao slammed his palm on the table, causing the table and chairs to shake. The Listening Wind Ruler on the table was shaken so high that it rose and fell. Blackbeard and Wei Liu could not tolerate such provocation. Golden protective aura ignited around them as they stepped forward.

“Mingzhu Fang broke the rules first. We have already finished our discussions. All we need is for you, Princess, to say one word: do you want to protect Mingzhu Fang, or do you want Mingzhu Fang to disappear tonight?”

Qu Zhenghao was fierce and imposing, his eyes were bright and cold like blades. With the imposing aura of someone who had braved mountains of knives and seas of fire in the outer city, how could he not intimidate a little girl with little knowledge?

He stared at Yu Sui's dazed eyes, a cold smile playing on his lips. Just as he was about to exert pressure again, the Listening Ruler on the table emitted a wail from Little Earth's father. He said bitterly, "It was the people from the Heavenly Crane Gang who found me and asked me to cooperate with them tonight in cheating at Mingzhu Fang, to stage this play, and then frame Mei Liangyu!"

The manager of Mingzhu Fang demanded sternly, "Who in the Tianhe Gang are you? Explain yourself!"

"It's that woman, the woman of the Heavenly Crane Gang Leader!" Little Earth's father said. "They sent my son to find Mei Liangyu, saying that Mei Liangyu will definitely come to Mingzhu Lane to find me!"

Ignoring Qu Zhenghao's gloomy gaze, Yu Sui reached out and gently tapped the Listening Wind Ruler, severing the sound transmission.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Yu Sui glanced at the others, but before she could speak, Qu Zhenghao shouted angrily, "Nonsense!"

“When I came here, I passed by Mingzhu Fang and took a look. My senior brother is probably angry. If that girl doesn’t leave in time, it might not be as simple as losing an eye as Chief Qu did,” Yu Sui kindly reminded him.

The others remained silent because the matter involved the Tianhe Gang, which had nothing to do with them, so they were happy to watch the show.

"Are you threatening me?" Qu Zhenghao's long sword emitted a clear, resonant hum, his tone chilling. "Your Mingzhu Fang has done plenty of things like extracting confessions through torture."

Yu Sui nodded, but smiled as she looked at the Longwu Gang behind her: "When it comes to extracting confessions, Mingzhu Fang is definitely no match for the Longwu Gang. On the sixth day of last month, the Longwu Gang arrested twelve people in Xiangyun Village, demanding that they reveal the whereabouts of their husbands, brothers, and fathers, and also demanding that they reveal where the land deeds were hidden..."

"Princess Nangong!" The Dragon Martial Gang members jumped to their feet and shouted angrily, "Don't make false accusations! When has the Dragon Martial Gang ever..."

"They say that one should not harm one's family, but since they are arresting members of the Ten Mountains Sect, the Dragon Martial Gang will naturally not interfere." Yu Sui interrupted him crisply, then turned to look at the Ten Mountains Sect members, whose faces were now filled with murderous intent.

The Ten Mountains Sect's Wind-Listening Ruler was buzzing, transmitting messages and voice messages. The message contained the address of the people being held by the Dragon Martial Gang. After looking down at the message, they slammed their hands on the table in anger.

The Dragon Martial Gang also received a message from the Wind Listening Ruler, saying that the place where the people were hiding had been found by the sorcerers of the Nangong family, and they were on their way with the people of the Ten Mountains Sect.

The members of the Dragon Martial Gang looked at Yu Sui in shock. How did the sorcerer from the Nangong family find this place?!

Qu Zhenghao sensed something was wrong and said, "Everyone, don't panic. Don't just listen to her side of the story..."

"Get out of my way!" The Ten Mountains Sect drew their swords and slashed at the Dragon Martial Gang. "If you don't give us an explanation today, you'll pay with your lives!"

The Dragon Martial Gang was unwilling to fight them at this moment and shouted to leave, but they were stopped by the Ten Mountains Sect. The two sides started fighting, and the tables and chairs between them exploded one after another after being attacked by the Five Elements Qi.

Master Taixu frowned, about to stop him, but Yu Sui said, "Old man, isn't the purpose of your birthday banquet invitation today to have everyone talk? Only by speaking openly can we have a proper discussion. If we keep things hidden like Long Wu and Yun He, the chaos in the outer city will be hard to quell."

“Star Moon Island and Li Huo Sect have been arguing about poisoning for a long time.” Yu Sui leaned back against the table, propped her cheek with one hand, turned her head to look at the people from Star Moon Island, and said with a hint of surprise, “The Li Huo Sect lost six lives. It would be a bit unfair to say that Star Moon Island was the one who poisoned them.”

The girl from the Li Huo Sect said angrily, "Princess, you must be careful what you say..."

Yu Sui interrupted her, saying, "Because it was done by Star Moon Island and the Heavenly Crane Gang together!"

The angry girl's eyes widened, her gaze shifting back and forth between Star Moon Island and the Heavenly Crane Gang.

Qu Zhenghao's forehead twitched, and he turned around sharply to look at Yu Sui, his gaze fixed on her.

The people from Star Moon Island remained remarkably calm, even speaking out in a composed manner: "The princess wants to incite us three to fight each other in order to resolve the Pearl Pavilion matter, but such a divisive tactic is far too obvious."

Under the watchful eyes of the three parties, Yu Sui gently covered her mouth with her hand and said in surprise, "So you didn't know? The poison was given by the Tianhe Gang, and the one who did it was the young master of Xingyue Island. The person responsible for relaying the message between the two parties is being chased by the guards of Mingzhu Fang and has been running around Nanmen Street for a long time."

The sound-reading scales of these people hummed as astonishing news from outside suddenly broke out and reached them, leaving everyone in awe.

The people of Star Moon Island were the most bewildered. They had always firmly believed in their innocence, but they never expected that their young master was a heartless person. After all the twists and turns, it turned out that it was indeed their own family who did this.

The people who were calm just now all changed their expressions.

The Li Huo Sect was furious. The girl slammed her hand on the table, shattering all the porcelain soup bowls on it. The white porcelain shards floated and flew towards the people from Xingyue Island and Tianhe Gang.

The young woman from the Li Huo Sect angrily said, "You two families are in cahoots! These six lives must all be repaid with blood!"

The Tianhe Gang members stepped forward and repelled the broken porcelain flying towards Qu Zhenghao. Qu Zhenghao then gave another man a wink, signaling him to deal with the people chasing him from Mingzhu Fang.

The Li Huo Faction and Xingyue Island also clashed, creating chaos as swords and blades flew everywhere.

Master Taixu had already given up. He raised his hand and pinched the space between his eyebrows, feeling that things were getting more and more chaotic today.

Yu Sui stood up from the table, and Qu Zhenghao stared at her and asked, "How did you know?"

Yu Sui glanced at him briefly out of the corner of her eye, but did not reply. She walked straight down to the bottom of the round platform.

Blackbeard followed her for a few steps before stopping, turning back to look at Qu Zhenghao, and said calmly, "This is what happens when you underestimate the Nangong family."

They don't need to tell Qu Zhenghao how he did it; these are things Qu Zhenghao needs to think about himself. When he thinks deeply, he can feel the fear emanating from the Nangong family.

Blackbeard thought to himself, "I'm more curious than you about how the princess did it."

However, Blackbeard witnessed Yu Sui's abilities today and was delighted, realizing that he had indeed followed the right person.

Qu Zhenghao couldn't swallow this insult and wanted to test Nangong Sui's strength to see if it was her fault or the Nangong family's fault.

He gripped his longsword tightly and slashed back Wei Liu, who was trying to stop him. Blackbeard had anticipated this and turned around, uttering, "Control the sword."

The words of a master craftsman, three long swords materialized from the nine schools of martial arts, were placed in front of Blackbeard. He reached out and grabbed one of them, blocking Qu Zhenghao's first strike.

The blades separated the instant they clashed, and then attacked again. Both were incredibly fast, exchanging blows several times, neither giving an inch.

However, Qu Zhenghao, being a military strategist, was a skilled swordsman. When the two swords clashed again, he gave Blackbeard no chance to resist. He slashed down with the edge of the blade, instantly closing in on Blackbeard and wedging the blade against the hilt of his sword, pressing the blade back against Blackbeard's neck.

Blackbeard leaned back, and Qu Zhenghao gripped the blade tightly. Blackbeard felt a numbness in his hand and was forced to release his grip and retreat by the force of the blade's energy.

Qu Zhenghao continued his offensive, aiming his sword directly at Yu Sui, who was standing behind Blackbeard.

With Blackbeard and Wei Liu attacking simultaneously, it was impossible for Qu Zhenghao to even touch a hair on Yu Sui's head.

Yu Sui stood below the round platform, her eyes shimmering with golden light. She looked up into Qu Zhenghao's eyes, and both of them heard a clear bell ring.

The Ghost Daoist's Heavenly Secrets Techniques for Capturing Spirits.

Qu Zhenghao's pupils dilated for a moment. He never expected that this girl had learned the Heavenly Secrets Technique of the Ghost Daoist School so soon after she started cultivating.

The invisible bell sound spread between the two, clashing within Qu Zhenghao's body, impacting his internal organs and seven senses, making it impossible for him to sense his own five elements. The moment his blood and flesh were separated by the impact, the aftershocks of the five elements swept between the two, causing Blackbeard, Wei Liu, and the others who wanted to approach to stop in their tracks.

Qu Zhenghao was thrown a great distance as if struck by a tremendous force, crashing to the ground with a thud, smashing the exquisite and heavy round platform with cracks.

The Li Huo Sect members, who were originally meditating together, all turned to look at Yu Sui with strange expressions and became secretly wary.

Yu Sui glanced at Qu Zhenghao, who had been thrown out, and blinked gently.

This divination technique seems to be even more powerful than she thought.

[Author's Note]

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!