Chapter 389 I want her to die in the State of Yan

After Gongsun Qi finished speaking his harsh words, he turned to leave, but Yu Sui stopped him: "Wait, you've said so much, it's time to listen to what I have to say."

Gongsun Qi ignored him completely. Yu Sui was indeed not in good condition and he didn't want to exert himself, so he tugged at Mei Liangyu's sleeve, signaling him to keep the man there.

Mei Liangyu cut the space, preventing Gongsun Qi from opening the door, and only then did he turn around.

"Just because you're the destroyer of the world doesn't mean I can trust you unconditionally," Gongsun Qi said coldly.

In his eyes, no matter what hardships or unspeakable secrets Yu Sui might have, or whether she hated her parents, her very identity as Su Xing and Nangong Ming's daughter was already a sin, ending all possibilities between them.

Gongsun Qi's decision not to continue speaking ill of Yu Sui already showed some restraint.

"You know my mother, Su Xing, right?" Yu Sui asked.

Gongsun Qi stared at her coldly without replying.

Yu Sui said, "As a Yan citizen, she snatched the Farmer's Treasure, the Breath Soil, from her senior brother and then refined it. However, because the refining was done in a hurry, the Breath Soil split in two when I was born. One half was with her and the other half was with me."

Gongsun Qi seemed uninterested in the topic of the splitting of the Breath Soil in two. Instead, he said to Mei Liangyu, "Su Xing dared to let her senior brother be devoured by a phantom beast and steal the Breath Soil. Her daughter also dares to take your life and steal the Heart of a Thousand Machines."

Mei Liangyu said nonchalantly, "Uncle, it seems you know quite a lot. When that day comes, you can just stand by and watch as before, and I won't blame you for not stopping it."

A moment of silence fell over the room.

Yu Sui could understand Gongsun Qi. If it were her, she wouldn't be able to accept that her only relative had fallen in love with the daughter of her enemy. She would even gloat that the enemy's child deserved to be the destroyer of the world.

Gongsun Qi didn't say a word about retribution to her, which was indeed quite restrained.

Yu Sui temporarily ignored Gongsun Qi's feelings and continued, "The person Su Xing cares about most right now is her eldest daughter, Qing Kui, and what she fears most is returning to Yan and facing Yan's judgment."

Su Xing's initial goal was to escape the Yan Kingdom, which she believed was beyond saving, hence her decision to cooperate with Nangong Ming.

Su Xing has never denied the charge of treason.

For Su Xing, making such a decision was not easy, so what she feared most was failure, fearing that the already weak Yan Kingdom might suddenly turn the tables.

He was also afraid that he would have to return to Yan after finally escaping, and that he would have to face the unresolved grudges he had left behind in Yan.

Those were the nightmares that plagued Su Xing, the reasons why she dared not defy Nangong Ming.

Therefore, Yu Sui said to Gongsun Qi, "I want her to die in the State of Yan."

No matter what Su Xing did, she could not change the fact that she was from the Yan Kingdom.

Although Gongsun Qi's opinion of Yu Sui had completely soured, she had to admit that Yu Sui was right at this moment.

He didn't answer directly, but looked at Mei Liangyu: "Do you think what she said is true?"

Mei Liangyu said, "Su Xing sent someone to Taiyi to assassinate her in order to reclaim half of the Breath of Earth within her body, but they failed. Since the Breath of Earth, which is divided into two, requires one person to die to be whole, why don't I choose to let Su Xing die and let her live?"

"That's your mother." Gongsun Qi looked back at Yu Sui. "Yet you intend to set a trap to kill her?"

Yu Sui said, "I am also her daughter, and she has killed me several times."

Gongsun Qi then asked, "For the sake of the Breath of Earth?"

Yu Sui looked directly into his eyes, her expression calm, yet no one could guess her thoughts: "It's all for the sake of the Breath of Earth."

Gongsun Qi didn't quite believe her when she said that.

Yu Sui saw through his thoughts and said, "Half of the Breath Soil has only brought me a lot of trouble, slowing down my cultivation. I still can't use the power of Kun and Gen. So either I get the complete Breath Soil or I get rid of this half."

Gongsun Qi then asked, "If you could remove this half of the Breath Soil, you wouldn't kill Su Xing?"

Yu Sui did not hesitate: "I will."

This answer was unexpected for Gongsun Qi.

For Yu Sui now, everything that threatens her life deserves to die.

Gongsun Qi said expressionlessly, "I'd like to see your determination and sincerity."

Yu Sui blinked and said, "I didn't do these things to please you."

Gongsun Qi didn't care. He said to Mei Liangyu, "I'm going to Qingyang next."

"I'll spare Chang Gen's life for now; I'll kill him last."

Yu Sui watched Gongsun Qi leave the room and slammed the door shut.

The intense heat of the Five Elements in the room finally dissipated completely. Yu Sui quietly said to Mei Liangyu, "I didn't expect him to be such a stubborn old man."

Mei Liangyu: "..."

My uncle wasn't exactly a stubborn old man.

He silently defended Gongsun Qi in his heart, but nodded outwardly.

“Hatred is greater to my uncle than the strange fire, so he won’t easily trust you, but if there’s time…” Mei Liangyu paused here, clearly thinking that he and Gongsun Qi didn’t have much time left.

He stepped forward and brushed the moisture off Yu Sui's body, asking her, "What happened?"

Yu Sui told him about killing Gu Gan and stealing the Yang fish.

“The cloud chariot disintegrated, leaving wreckage everywhere, but I didn’t have time to look for his body. He should have died from that attack, but I’m still worried because I haven’t seen his body,” Yu Sui said.

“I’ll have someone search again,” Mei Liangyu said. “But if Gu Gan is missing or dead, the other sages might suspect you, so you have to go back to Taiyi first.”

Yu Sui raised her hand to touch her hair, which had already dried, and said with her head down, "Are you trying to get rid of me?"

Before Mei Liangyu could reply, she added, "But I was planning to go back anyway."

"Are you planning to swim back?" Mei Liangyu asked.

"Senior brother, don't you have the Sea Eye?" Yu Sui looked up at him with a smile. "You're willing to let Yan Xiaochuan experience the Sea Eye, but you're unwilling to let me play with it."

Mei Liangyu felt she might really be going crazy, because she could actually detect a hint of jealousy in those words.

He lowered his eyes and carefully examined the person in front of him, feeling that his junior sister had changed somewhat. At this moment, she seemed more relaxed and unrestrained, unlike before when she was always cautious and timid, like a frightened bird.

I've become more composed.

Mei Liangyu couldn't help but smile.

"Aren't you afraid of Nangong Ming and Su Xing anymore?" he asked.

Yu Sui shook her head and said softly, "It's not that I'm not afraid of them, it's that I'm not afraid of dying."

Mei Liangyu reached out and wiped the water stains from her face, and softly echoed, "No one is as terrible as you think, because you always have the power to crush them."

"Senior brother, I have bad news for you," Yu Sui said, feigning helplessness. "Although I managed to snatch the Yang Fish from Gu Gan, the Yin-Yang Fish are going to destroy the Strange Fire. Once they've destroyed the Strange Fire, they're going to eat me."

"I chose the strange fire, but I could only seal the Yin-Yang Pisces, because the power of the strange fire seemed to be weakened by them."

"I can no longer regenerate the light core."

Mei Liangyu's mind worked quickly: "So that's why you need the Breath of Earth?"

“I don’t necessarily have to own it, but it has to come to an end,” Yu Sui said. “It can’t stay in my possession with only half of the Breath of Earth forever.”

“Then let’s retrieve the other half of the Breath Soil,” Mei Liangyu said, holding her hand and transferring his breath to her.

Yu Sui: "You used the Harmony of Heaven and Earth again?"

"No," Mei Liangyu denied.

Yu Sui looked at him with suspicion, while Mei Liangyu laughed and said, "What, are you now afraid of me dying?"

"If you die first, I'll haunt you even as a ghost," Yu Sui said with a wrinkled face.

Mei Liangyu replied, "Your talent in the Ghost Dao is indeed better than mine."

Yu Sui kicked him in dissatisfaction: "Senior brother."

Mei Liangyu looked at Xing Chun, who was seriously injured and unconscious, and suddenly reached out to pull Yu Sui into his arms. He only talked to Yu Sui for a while, but he felt much better.

Yu Sui did not refuse. She leaned against Mei Liangyu's chest and listened to him explain Xing Chun's injuries, but Mei Liangyu concealed the part where he used the Harmony of Heaven and Earth to give Xing Chun a long time to save his life.

“I saw Zhonglishan take Sister Yuezhen and the others to another cloud carriage. Only Sheng Fei and the people from the Nangong Three Divisions were left on that cloud carriage. I don’t know how Sister Yuezhen and the others are doing, but I just want to sleep for a while right now,” Yu Sui said softly, leaning against him.

"Go to sleep." Mei Liangyu picked her up by the waist and carried her to another room.

Yu Sui fell asleep as soon as she was told to, her eyes already closed in his arms, sleeping so peacefully and easily for the first time.

The agonizing heat finally disappeared.

All she could feel was the warm, comforting body temperature from the soft blankets, a sensation that made her lose herself in the comfort.

...

Gongsun Qi stood in front of the car door, gazing at the still-burning black smoke and flames on the sea, seemingly lost in thought. He had a terrifying appearance that kept strangers at bay, which made Situ Jin and A Quan hesitant to approach him and ask if he had lost to Nangong Sui.

After a long while, Mei Liangyu came out of Yu Sui's room and walked towards Gongsun Qi.

Gongsun Qi didn't even turn his head and said, "You're keeping the cloud chariot flying around here, do you not want to leave Taiyi?"

"We're looking for her," Mei Liangyu said. "Let her get some more sleep too."

Gongsun Qi then turned around: "Just so she could sleep a little longer?"

His face practically screamed, "Don't be ridiculous!"

Mei Liangyu said, "You've been burned by strange fire all night, how can you get a good night's sleep?"

Gongsun Qi replied, "Even if I weren't burned by the strange fire, I still wouldn't be able to sleep well."

Mei Liangyu paused for a moment, then asked, "When your aunt and A-Lan are here, can you sleep well?"

Gongsun Qi glanced at him coldly, without answering.

Those were probably some of the few days he wasn't burned by the strange fire.

"Haven't you heard about the Breath of Earth all these years?" Mei Liangyu looked out the window and said in a low voice, "Nangong Ming's daughter possesses the Breath of Earth, which has been tempting the agricultural sorcerers of Yan Kingdom to keep going to Qingyang. The people of the Hundred Farmers Hall ignored Yan Manfeng's advice and insisted on going to Qingyang to their deaths."

“If it were Su Xing, or Nangong Ming, or even Nangong’s grandmother who possessed the Breath Soil, they would all have reservations and would consider more factors. At least they wouldn’t rush headlong to Qingyang to their deaths, just because the one who possessed the Breath Soil was a child, and a person of low skill.”

This temptation was too great for the people of the Yan State's Bai Nong Palace.

Gongsun Qi said expressionlessly, "Are you saying that Nangong Ming deliberately used his own daughter as bait?"

Mei Liangyu said, "Do you think parents who truly love their children would do such a thing?"

Gongsun Qi said calmly, "Nangong Ming is the father of his child, and also a beast in my eyes. It's not surprising that he would do such a thing."

"Similarly, Su Xing is a despicable person in my eyes. I'm not surprised that she would do something like fighting with her own daughter for the Xirang."

She dared to kill Yan Manfeng, who she had grown up with and who was like a father to her. What about her own flesh and blood?

"Are you trying to tell me that Nangong Sui is an unfortunate child who is not loved by her parents, and want me to be soft-hearted towards her?" Gongsun Qi looked at Mei Liangyu with a hint of mockery. "There are plenty of unfortunate people in the world. If I had to be soft-hearted and pity everyone, how many lives do you think I would have?"

“Ah Li, her life is hard, but that is not a reason for others to pity her and let her go.”

This time, Gongsun Qi became increasingly aggressive: "Your mother and I lost our parents when we were young and were raised by the enemy who wiped out our clan. We worked for her, treated her words as sacred decrees, and cleared all obstacles for her. Your mother lived the life she wanted and never dared to say what she truly liked. Isn't your mother pitiful?"

"You lost your parents and siblings, had your memories erased by your enemies, and have been trapped in Taiyi for over ten years. Aren't you pitiful?"

"But who has let you off the hook?"

Gongsun Qi said coldly, "Before you pity others, take a look at how you're doing."

Mei Liangyu was quiet for a moment, then suddenly said, "I don't care about others, but Uncle, you can pity me, and you can also be soft-hearted towards her."

Gongsun Qi turned his head away, too lazy to waste words with him.