Chapter 84 I Want to Cultivate by Sleeping

Yu Sui quietly gripped the Wind Listening Ruler in her hand, looking at Mei Liangyu with a mixture of confusion and obedience, waiting patiently for him to regain his composure.

She could sense that Mei Liangyu was unusual, but she couldn't explain it.

Mei Liangyu was recalling fragments of her dream; they flashed by too quickly, but the emotions she felt at the time seemed to be returned to her in double measure.

A mansion never seen before, a city trampled by iron cavalry.

Those who wanted to kill him used various low-level techniques.

The woman in purple who blocked his way was his mother.

Realizing this, Mei Liangyu seemed to be frozen in time, staring intently at a certain void without blinking, his indifference tinged with emptiness.

It seems his mother is a very powerful sorcerer.

The final Yin-Yang technique was something Mei Liangyu had never seen before. It could control all the raindrops in the world in an instant and then convert their power. Its control over the five elements was so precise that it was beyond the reach of others.

Black and white Pisces often appear together with certain celestial secrets of Yin-Yang School or Taoism.

The forces of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are often categorized into one type, but they are further subdivided within different schools of thought.

Whether it's Yin and Yang or the Five Elements, they can both represent the endless cycle of life and all things in the universe.

A ninth-rate sorcerer who can materialize and devour the five elements of the entire city is definitely no less than a thirteenth-level sorcerer.

The black and white flames, due to their rapid rotation, looked like two enormous, swimming black and white fish.

Such peculiar flames seemed somewhat familiar to Mei Liangyu.

He had seen Gao Tianhao, who had self-immolated by strange fire, at the Five Elements Water Field.

The black flames arrogantly and recklessly devoured everything.

Taiyi's Five Elements Water Field has a shallow sea covering the ground, but the water level at the instep is surrounded by a strong aura of the Five Elements. It was originally a trial ground, and it also contains a large number of Nine Stream Techniques and different magic arrays.

The strange fire that first burned the five elements' energy will encounter greater resistance here than elsewhere, because it will prioritize devouring the five elements' energy, and then devour the nine stream techniques and formations within it. Even if it is only for a moment, it will be enough for Gao Tianhao to die, and the strange fire will not be able to spread too widely.

Mei Liangyu sometimes wondered if Gao Tianhao had deliberately chosen the Five Elements Water Field because he didn't want the strange fire to cause too many casualties.

But if he didn't want to cause too many casualties, why did he choose to self-immolate with a different kind of fire instead of using another kind of fire?

In that situation, Gao Tianhao had countless ways to die a quick and easy death, but he chose the one that others feared most and that was also the most dangerous.

The black and white flames that the woman in purple summoned with Yin-Yang magic in my memory were somewhat similar to the strange fire I saw that night, but they were not strange fire.

It is not the case in terms of either strength or form.

If such a massive, all-encompassing strange fire were to spread throughout the city, everything would be destroyed, including him and the woman in purple.

Mei Liangyu's mind was racing, pondering countless details, and all sorts of strange ideas and guesses were formed in an instant.

Before this year, he had never thought about anything before he was fourteen years old.

That time seemed to not exist; his life began the moment he woke up in the Ghost Path Sanctuary and saw the portrait of Saint Changgen.

But now it seems that it did not not exist.

On the contrary, they are unforgettable and should never be forgotten.

Mei Liangyu hesitated whether to try to regain her lost memories. If she chose to do so, her master would intervene.

Therefore, he could not tell anyone, nor could he show any signs of having regained his memory.

Master hoped that he would be like Leng Rouyin, the sage of military strategy, born in Taiyi, die in Taiyi, and never leave or go to the world outside of Taiyi.

Mei Liangyu was deep in thought with a cold expression. After a moment, she caught a glimpse of Yu Sui sitting up straight, looking obedient yet bewildered. Yu Sui looked at her, hesitant to speak, not daring to disturb her, and gripped the Wind-Listening Ruler tightly in her hand.

It's a bit like a cat whose fur stands on end because it's scared of him.

Even if their eyes are filled with confusion and helplessness.

Mei Liangyu suppressed his anger and destructive desires, slowly raised his head to look at Yu Sui, and his murderous aura completely subsided in that instant, restoring his usual lazy and casual demeanor.

Yu Suicai felt the tense atmosphere finally ease.

"What are you doing with that wind-listening ruler?" Mei Liangyu asked casually, his voice slightly hoarse.

Yu Sui gently rubbed the surface of the Listening Wind Ruler with his thumb and obediently replied, "Although I can't send messages, I can still record information. I want to write down all my experiences in the Dragon Slaying Cave. Maybe it will be useful for my cultivation. There are indeed many things in there that I have never seen before."

He doesn't overlook any junior sister who is diligent and eager to learn and has a connection to cultivation.

Mei Liangyu pursed her lips, a half-smile playing on her lips.

He said, "Then you should remember your valiant senior brother in the Dragon Slayer Cave, don't forget to write him down."

Yu Sui could tell that his senior brother wanted to change the subject; he seemed to have no intention of explaining what had happened when he first woke up.

Mei Liangyu then said, "Since we can't send messages from here, whose inscription frame will you choose to record it?"

“My second brother,” Yu Sui said.

Mei Liangyu was a little surprised: "Your second brother is in Qingyang?"

Yu Sui nodded: "Mm!"

Mei Liangyu said, "If you can't send a message even after leaving the Dragon Slaying Cave, why don't you send it to me? I can answer any questions you may have."

Yu Sui put away the Wind Listening Ruler and said, "Senior brother, if there is anything I don't understand, I will ask Master first. If Master can't answer it, I will definitely come to ask you again."

He suddenly became excited and insisted on competing with his master, saying, "There are some things that even your master can't answer; only I can."

Mei Liangyu looked mysterious and unpredictable, but Yu Sui smiled innocently with her eyes crinkling: "I know, it must be something related to Senior Brother, but since it's something that Senior Brother doesn't even want to talk about with Master, I certainly won't ask."

Mei Liangyu: "..."

If Sheng Fei ever dares to call his sister stupid again, he'll gouge out Sheng Fei's useless eyes.

Yu Sui hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "But just now I felt that you, Senior Brother..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mei Liangyu interrupted her: "I just broke through to the tenth realm, and the Five Elements Light Core was upgraded to the Divine Soul Light Core, so my power fluctuated."

The transition from nine to ten, from the Five Elements Light Core to the Divine Soul Light Core, marks a watershed moment on the path of cultivation.

Yu Sui was stunned for a moment, wondering if upgrading the broken mirror would lead to such a dangerous leak of the murder secret.

That's half true and half false.

However, since her senior brother had given an explanation, Yu Sui knew she couldn't ask any more questions, as there would be no further answer.

She accepted the answer and sincerely said, "Congratulations, senior brother! You're really amazing."

Mei Liangyu casually glanced at her and pointed at the Wind Chime on her body, saying, "Make a good note of this."

Yu Sui couldn't help but laugh, and said half-jokingly, "I will remember the scene of you making a great breakthrough in the Dragon Slaying Cave, Senior Brother."

Mei Liangyu slightly raised her chin, gesturing to her: "Then you write, I'll watch."

Yu Sui gradually accepted her senior brother's occasional childishness and spoiled nature. She had no choice but to pick up the Listening Wind Ruler again, open her second brother Su Feng's inscription interface, and use her five fingers to fill in the blanks, recording his achievements of advancing to the tenth realm in the Dragon Slaying Cave in front of Mei Liangyu.

After reading it, Mei Liangyu narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

Looking at the message she had sent to Su Feng, Yu Sui felt a little helpless and laughed, "If only I could break through realms by sleeping like you, Senior Brother."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I've been stuck at this bottleneck for almost a year, fighting day and night for three to five days straight." Mei Liangyu held up her hand and counted off Yu Sui, her expression serious. "It's not something I achieved by sleeping."

Yu Sui blinked.

Mei Liangyu: "What does 'blink' mean?"

Yu Sui said, "I want to cultivate myself by sleeping."

Mei Liangyu decisively replied, "Dream on."

Yu Sui looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

Mei Liangyu looked at him and asked, "Are you still in the first realm?"

Yu Sui nodded: "Yes."

Mei Liangyu found it rather strange.

Improving one's cultivation level is relatively easy below the fourth realm; even those with poor talent can achieve it through hard work.

He felt that this junior sister had worked hard enough.

His junior sister even went to challenge the fifth-level military formation every night. The fifth-level military formation was nothing to him, but for his junior sister who was at the first level, it was as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Moreover, she has even mastered the third level of soul control. The first level is considered a successful entry into the field, and the third level is already remarkable, comparable to a fifth-level sorcerer of the Ghost Daoist school.

Based on her state of mind and level of effort in cultivation, she shouldn't still be at the first level.

The incomplete Breath of Earth could at most compete with her for the five elements of Qi, but it wouldn't restrict her cultivation advancement.

Unless something else is holding her back.

Mei Liangyu glanced at Yu Sui without showing any emotion. The Breath Soil was a treasure of the agricultural family, and a treasure for disciples who practiced the Nine Schools of Agricultural Arts. However, this half of the Breath Soil was only harmful to Yu Sui, and had caused her considerable harm.

He even suspected that the soil, having been split in two under those circumstances, had no chance of ever being restored.

The precious soil that farmers cherish may have already been destroyed.

However, this was just his guess. Mei Liangyu stopped thinking about the Breath of Earth and told Yu Sui, "You have been diligent in your cultivation, breaking through the Five Realms Armor Formation every night. You are also at the third level of Soul Control. Your control over the Five Elements Qi is already stronger than most first-realm sorcerers. Logically speaking, you shouldn't still be at the first realm. If you don't advance in the Dragon Slaying Cave, I suggest you go back and ask your master."

Perhaps she herself knows better.

But since Yu Sui was unwilling to talk about it, Mei Liangyu didn't think about it too much.

It's not a good thing to pry into other people's secrets, and it's not a good thing to know too much either.

Yu Sui did take his words to heart and also felt that something was amiss.

Her senior brother thought she had broken into a fifth-level armored formation that night, but in reality she had broken into a special-level armored formation, which was far more powerful than a fifth-level formation. The evil spirits chasing after her inside were more than just those of the fifth level.

Although Yu Sui successfully discovered how to use the Divine Eye of Heaven in the Asura Hell of the Special Armor Formation, he also gained other benefits.

The demon swordsmanship in the Asura Hell also greatly improved her reaction speed, allowing her to learn many sword techniques and gain more combat experience.

Yu Sui was also puzzled as to why she was still in the first realm.

The hazy sky brightened in the blink of an eye.

Yu Sui rubbed her eyes, and Mei Liangyu got up and said, "Take a nap and see if you can advance in your dreams."

The rain is still falling outside.

Yu Sui lay down on a large rock beside him, closed his eyes, and prepared to take a short nap.

Mei Liangyu stood at the entrance of the cave, looked at the daylight outside for a while, then turned to look at Yu Sui, who was lying on the rock.

Even after she closed her eyes, her brows remained furrowed.

It seems that my junior sister's training in controlling the five elements with apricots at the Ghost Path Sanctuary was not in vain. At least when she was casting spells and fighting, she protected the jewelry on her head, neck, wrists, and clothes very well, without any mess.

Yu Sui noticed Mei Liangyu's gaze, but she didn't speak. Instead, she raised her hand to cover her face, her wide sleeves covering her face, and she turned her body to the side.

Mei Liangyu laughed.

Seeing that Yu Sui was determined to cover her face and not let anyone see, Mei Liangyu walked out of the cave and into the continuous rain.

Wisps of white mist rose from the valley, and Mei Liangyu was enveloped in a golden protective aura that shielded him from the drizzle. Ahead lay a rushing river, and the jungle on the opposite bank was hidden in the white mist.

The raindrops were fine, forming lines of water that were barely visible to the naked eye.

Mei Liangyu closed his eyes, and the three levels of Soul Control framed an area roughly the size of his memory. From the core of his divine soul, a wisp of golden Five Elements Qi overflowed, making his spellcasting speed several times faster than before.

He calmed himself down and carefully sensed everything around him, every wisp of wind that brushed his face, the fog that had appeared in his vision, and the subtle sounds he caught, coming from far away and from beside him.

The five elements of energy overflowing from the divine soul core are like slender, flowing golden threads. They slowly shuttle back and forth within the core, distinguishing different nine streams of techniques and choosing to materialize them in different forms of power. At a certain moment, countless golden threads are connected by a certain power.

When Mei Liangyu opened his eyes, the raindrops in the world stopped instantly. The golden light in the raindrops flashed and then exploded, briefly dispersing the white mist in the valley and making the rain curtain disappear.

However, he could only cover the area within his sight; he could not surround the entire city with the woman in purple.

At Mei Liangyu's feet, black and white flames burned around him, spinning rapidly like two slender yin-yang fish, but they were far less impressive than the awe-inspiring sight of the flames that had surrounded the entire city in his memory.

Mei Liangyu looked down at the fleeting flames and an idea formed in his mind.

It is one of the nine schools of Yin-Yang philosophy.

But if his mother, like him, could use various martial arts techniques, then it would be very difficult to guess her school of thought.

Mei Liangyu walked back to the cave entrance and waited patiently, his gaze idly fixed on the sky outside.

He has too little information to recall, and the images flashed by too quickly to confirm anything yet.

He needs to remember more.

[Author's Note]

Mom suddenly called me home to harvest corn today. It's busy summer farming season, so I won't have time to update much. I'll write more tonight after I finish harvesting the corn. o(╥﹏╥)o

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