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Chapter 190 You swear, you won't dislike me because of these things.
From the moment the battle between Sage Changgen and Wu Huaiwei began, the sound of the star bell attracted the attention of the Yin-Yang School students. As the battle intensified and sages from various schools joined in, more and more Taiyi disciples joined the discussion on the Listening Wind Ruler.
Yu Sui had no interest in watching at the moment.
Only after all the saints had left Moon Mountain did her tense nerves relax a little.
Along the way, there were jacaranda trees that had been knocked down by the blast wave. Yu Sui almost tripped over the trees several times and stumbled down the mountain. From afar, he saw Mei Liangyu waiting at the entrance of the mountain road.
Mei Liangyu stood at the entrance of the mountain path, shrouded in the night, facing the cold night wind. Because of his white clothes, he seemed to be bathed in a clear light from afar, which added to his cold and aloof demeanor.
He looked up into the depths of Moon Mountain, where the dark aura that had previously spread upwards from the foot of the mountain had also blocked Mei Liangyu from advancing.
Master has also come to Yueshan.
Mei Liangyu had a bad feeling, and sure enough, not long after, the wind howled and ghosts howled within Moon Mountain.
Mei Liangyu knew that his master disliked the Yin-Yang School, but he didn't know why, as the Sage Changgen hadn't told him.
He knew a bit about Wu Huaiwei's temper. When the two of them got together, it was easy for them to have a disagreement. Not to mention that Wu Huaiwei wanted to compete with Saint Changgen for a disciple, which led to a fight.
Mei Liangyu knew that the fight on Yue Mountain was caused by a conflict over accepting disciples, which is why he did not force his way up the mountain.
When Mei Liangyu saw Yu Sui covered in flowers and leaves, stumbling and running down the mountain with a red mark on her forehead, he couldn't help but frown.
"Senior brother." Yu Sui breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him. As she approached, Mei Liangyu raised his hand and placed it on her red forehead. The coolness from his icy fingers made Yu Sui's hot skin tremble for a moment.
Yu Sui looked up at him: "Master and Dean Wu are fighting."
Mei Liangyu hummed in agreement and gently pressed her forehead with his fingertips to heal her wounds.
Yu Sui added, "Master used the life-saving talisman, and Dean Wu was also very powerful. Soon after, the two deans of the Yin-Yang School also arrived, and then more and more saints came."
She paused, then lowered her eyes and said softly, "The saints are all so amazing."
Yu Sui felt her heart pounding, heavier than usual. Her palms had been slightly damp before, and the cool breeze had been blowing all the way down her face, but now she felt better.
Because he possesses a unique flame, Yu Sui fears the saints of the Xuan Gu Continent the most.
Back when Yu Sui was in Qingyang, he could only catch a glimpse of a sage from afar when entering the palace. Unlike tonight, when dozens of sages gathered together, Yu Sui felt his blood freeze for a moment when their gazes fell upon him.
She suddenly understood why the irritable man mocked the World Destroyer for going to Taiyi as suicide.
There are too many saints.
The sheer, invisible pressure alone is enough to overwhelm, let alone actually fighting these people.
"Indeed impressive, but you still have time." Mei Liangyu's words were neither too harsh nor too soft, yet they gradually calmed Yu Sui's heartbeat.
Yes, she still has time.
As long as she can hide it.
Yu Sui raised her head again to look at Mei Liangyu, her eyes dark: "Senior brother, Dean Wu said she wants me to take her as her disciple. She said I have a superior body with all five elements in harmony, and she even let me see the sea of stars."
Mei Liangyu laughed and said, "I've been researching this 'Star Sea' thing for years without success, but you have it right away. It shows that you are indeed a promising candidate for the Yin-Yang School."
After saying that, he remembered the black sword spirit he had seen before and narrowed his eyes.
Wait a minute, besides being a member of the Yin-Yang School, you're also a promising candidate for the Military School.
Mei Liangyu helped her remove the purple jacaranda hanging in her hair and asked in a low voice, "Tell me honestly, can you also practice other kinds of unorthodox arts?"
Yu Sui made a gesture: "A little bit."
She didn't intend to hide it from Mei Liangyu.
Since she couldn't take a master and couldn't be too ostentatious, Mei Liangyu, who could practice many different kinds of martial arts and even master many kinds of celestial arts, could teach her.
There's no doubt that the senior and junior students are teaching each other.
Mei Liangyu stared calmly at Yu Sui. Before he could speak, Yu Sui said, "I don't know how you did it, senior brother, but I'm sure I can too. I want to learn."
No matter how difficult it was, she was determined to learn it.
“Junior sister,” Mei Liangyu said with a smile, staring at her, “I am very strict in my teaching.”
He paused, then added, "You can't give up halfway."
Yu Sui nodded: "Mm!"
Mei Liangyu added, "You can't let my strictness make you dislike me."
Yu Sui nodded emphatically: "Yes!"
Mei Liangyu felt that his junior sister's attitude was unacceptable, and he said, "Swear that you won't dislike me because of these things."
Before raising his hand to swear, Yu Sui asked, "Senior brother, you're even making me swear an oath, just how strict is it?"
Her eyes were full of curiosity.
Mei Liangyu's face was inscrutable at this moment.
He wasn't particularly strict; his main concern was that Yu Sui might find it too harsh, since teaching military swordsmanship involved fighting and killing.
Ultimately, he was afraid that Yu Sui would dislike him if she got beaten up.
Yu Sui made a vow as promised, and Mei Liangyu was relieved, then led his men away from Yueshan.
The two returned to the Ghost Path Sanctuary.
Saint Changgen was already waiting for them inside the sanctuary.
Mei Liangyu had been in a bad mood and hadn't come for several days. When he arrived tonight, he acted as if nothing had happened. He went into the church, pulled out his chair, sat down, and slowly looked up at the portrait on the high floor, resting his head on the back of the chair.
Yu Sui called out softly, "Master."
The Sage Changgen said, "I've frightened you tonight."
Yu Sui shook her head: "Master, please don't be angry. I will not agree to Dean Wu's request."
Saint Changgen said, "If she pesters you, tell me and I will handle it."
Yu Sui thought to herself, "As expected, if I show hesitation, or say that I want to learn Yin-Yang techniques, then my master will probably be even more annoyed."
After stating her opinion, she asked hesitantly, "Master, can I still go to the Yin-Yang Five Elements Field to cultivate using the star map? I'll listen to the Yin-Yang School's external cultivation courses so that I'll have more ways to deal with enemies from the Yin-Yang School in the future."
Saint Changgen wasn't that petty: "Of course."
"If you want to learn about Yin-Yang School, you can also ask me."
Yu Sui repeatedly said yes.
Wu Huaiwei's outburst made Saint Changgen start to pay attention to Yu Sui. He took the initiative to inquire about Yu Sui's cultivation and asked her to come to the Holy Hall the next day to teach her the Nine Schools of Arts.
Yu Sui patiently chatted with him for a long time before leaving.
After Yu Sui left, Mei Liangyu was the only one left in the sanctuary.
He hadn't uttered a single word since entering the sanctuary. He leaned back in his recliner, playing with the Wind Listening Ruler, without even lifting his eyelids. Even when Yu Sui greeted him as she left, Mei Liangyu's eyes didn't leave the Wind Listening Ruler; he only responded with a sound.
The Ghost Path Sanctuary was completely silent; even the night wind seemed to bypass the doors and windows. The only sound was the constant buzzing of Mei Liangyu's wind-listening ruler, which carried messages rapidly and in rapid succession.
Mei Liangyu's Wind Listening Ruler was given to him by Yu Sui, but he then gave it to someone else to modify.
In his Listening to the Wind chat group, almost everyone was discussing the news that the Yin-Yang School saints had gathered tonight, speculating about what had happened. Taoist and Fangji disciples were all using their divination skills to come up with a bunch of random information.
In the "Foolish Group" chat group:
Zhong Lishan: "Nian Qiuyan, are you asleep? You definitely aren't. Come and have your fortune told."
Kong Yiyi: "Quickly, quickly! I want to know, I want to know!"
Nian Qiuyan: "I heard that Elder Chang and Dean Wu got into a fight. You should ask Meimei about this."
Mei Liangyu: "Don't try to take it, or my master will go to the Fangji family."
Nian Qiuyan: "?"
Su Tong: "Is it that serious?"
Xing Chun: "Everyone, have you eaten?"
Xing Chun: "I'm really hungry. Let's not worry about who's hitting whom, can we eat first?"
Xing Chun: "I suspect the sea eye has turned me into someone who gets hungry easily!"
Cang Shu: "You're just experiencing the side effects of excessive consumption of the Five Elements Qi. Don't overwork yourself."
Nian Qiuyan: "See you at the dining hall."
Just as Mei Liangyu was about to agree to Xing Chun's request, new information popped up.
Ren Gui: "Come."
"A new game."
"This time, we've come to compete in eliminating the true and false incantations in the 'Myriad Images and Thousand Characters Chart'."
"By the way, today Gu Gan delivered a very interesting wind-listening ruler to the Communications Institute. Chen Xian and Fan Xi helped with that."
Mei Liangyu switched back to the Ren-Gui dialogue interface. The ruler surface emitted a faint purple light, and densely packed tiny incantations formed a circular disc that filled the entire surface.
Instead of immediately starting the competition, he asked, "What's wrong with the wind-listening ruler that Gu Gan gave me?"
Ren Gui: "We'll talk after we win."
Mei Liangyu glanced at the incantation of the "Myriad Images and Thousand Characters Diagram" and took it into view, but made no move, his slender fingers lightly tapping the edge of the Listening Wind Ruler.
He wasn't interested in competing with Ren and Gui right now. Regardless of winning or losing, this guy couldn't hold back his urge to confide and would eventually tell him.
While Mei Liangyu was pondering, the Sage Changgen compromised first and asked him, "Are you injured?"
Mei Liangyu, who had been looking down at the wind-listening ruler, finally looked up at the portrait.
"Master has excellent eyesight." Mei Liangyu slightly curled the corners of his mouth, smiling nonchalantly.
The Sage Changgen then asked, "How are your injuries?"
"It's not too bad, but it seems to have damaged my soul. My head feels dizzy." Mei Liangyu propped himself up on his elbow, pointed to his forehead acupoint, and said slowly, "Master, I've heard that if the damage to the soul is severe, one might become mentally impaired, like an idiot."
Mei Liangyu said, "If I become mentally impaired, will I even forget you, Master?"
"No." No one knew what tone or expression Chang Gen would have when he said this. "I will heal you. The Ghost Daoists are most skilled in this art."
Mei Liangyu tilted his head back and stared at the portrait for a long time. The candlelight in the sanctuary illuminated his thin profile, highlighting his sharp features. In his dark eyes, only the candlelight and the portrait intertwined, making it difficult to discern his emotions.
After a long pause, Mei Liangyu smiled and didn't continue the topic. Instead, she asked, "Master, I know you don't like the Yin-Yang School, but I didn't expect you to fight with Dean Wu tonight. Besides wanting to take your junior sister as a disciple, what else did Dean Wu say that angered you?"
He said nonchalantly, "If Dean Wu insults our Ghost Daoist sect, I will avenge you in the future."
Chang Gen the Sage: "You don't need to get involved in this."
Mei Liangyu said with a forced smile, "Someone is trying to steal my junior sister, isn't that none of my business?"
Sage Changgen said, "Your junior sister is very smart and won't make the wrong choice."
Mei Liangyu retorted, "When I was learning the Yin-Yang Nine Schools of Thought, you didn't object to it like this, so why are you stopping my junior sister from learning it?"
“I’m not preventing her from learning,” said Sage Changgen. “She can still attend classes at the Yin-Yang School.”
“The teaching of disciples by a sage is completely different from attending external training classes.” Mei Liangyu pressed the Listening Wind Ruler onto the table and stood up, saying, “Master, is your anger towards my junior sister’s cultivation due to your grudge against the Yin Yang School?”
Saint Changgen did not answer directly, but only said, "Wu Huaiwei's cultivation method is not suitable for her."
Mei Liangyu asked calmly, "If it weren't Dean Wu tonight, but two other Yin-Yang School Saints, would you still have intervened?"
Saint Changgen said: "Yin Ziwu is in charge of the Jia and Yi wood of the Yin-Yang School, and Zou Qian is in charge of the Ren and Gui water of the Yin-Yang School. Neither of their powers nor their cultivation methods are suitable for your junior sister."
Mei Liangyu countered, "Then who do you think is suitable to teach her Yin-Yang arts?"
The Sage Changgen said, "I can teach her."
[Author's Note]
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