Chapter 90 "?"

“You can’t go,” Mei Liangyu said calmly. “You’ve already been to Yechi and obtained the Heavenly Secrets Technique, so you can’t return to Dragon Throat Mountain. You can only return to Dragon’s Belly.”

Although they can return to the dragon's belly, they cannot eliminate any disciples, otherwise it would be unfair to the others.

Yu Sui hadn't thought of that.

Mei Liangyu naturally changed the subject and turned to leave: "The Taoists are making quite a fuss too. You can go to the Dragon's Belly and see if you can run into Xue Shensuan."

Hearing the title "Master Calculator Xue" from his senior brother's mouth sent chills down Yu Sui's spine; something just didn't feel right.

Yu Sui watched him walk further and further away, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Senior brother, where are you going?"

“Dragon Throat Mountain,” Mei Liangyu said without turning his head.

My junior sister has quite a few little schemes and tricks up her sleeve. Since she said she wanted to be alone, then let her be.

Continuing to follow her around and watch over her might not be a good thing for her junior sister.

After the incident where the strange fire clashed with the ancient dragon's power in the Three Thousand Crossroads, she should know how dangerous the Dragon Slayer Cave is, and she will be more cautious.

Yu Sui watched Mei Liangyu leave the dragon head. She released a Five Elements Light Core to follow Mei Liangyu and saw him standing on the top of Dragon Throat Mountain after leaving the dragon head. Outside, the sky was bright and it was a new day.

Mei Liangyu stood there for a moment as if deep in thought, then determined his direction and rode the wind away.

Yu Sui rubbed her eyes. She knew that even if she returned to the valley, she wouldn't see the sacred tree seed. She just wanted to test her senior brother's reaction again.

His senior asked him if he would be sad if he died.

He must have foreseen his own death in the premonition of the sacred tree seed.

But what does any of this have to do with me?

Or was it just a casual question to change the subject?

He was someone who was confident he could lead her through the Three Thousand Crossroads, but when she was about to actually attempt the challenge, he induced her to give up, which then triggered the power of the ancient dragon in the Dragon Slayer Cave. He must have anticipated this before saying that.

No matter how you look at it, Senior Brother knows it; otherwise, why would he lie and cover it up in front of the two saints?

Given his senior brother's style, he certainly wouldn't tell anyone else casually, but he would definitely tell Master.

He probably wanted to leave this troublesome matter to his master to handle and let his master make the decision.

Yu Sui gazed in the direction where Mei Liangyu had disappeared, and suddenly recalled the scenes from Long Zhongyu and the cliffside cave. Some things, once they come into contact with the strange fire, will change.

Moreover, they did spend very little time together.

Senior brother might feel a little pity for her situation, but compared to the world-destroying power of the strange fire, that pity is insignificant.

Yu Sui's long, dark eyelashes trembled slightly, but she quickly composed herself and left the dragon head.

The Dragon Slayer Cave transported her from the dragon's head to a teleportation point in the twelve segments of the dragon's belly. Because it was a random teleportation, and currently only she and Xue Mushi had been to Yechi, there was no one else around.

Yu Sui opened the map to find Xue Mushi's location and discovered that he was at another teleportation point, so she rushed over to find him.

Since he was able to come out from the dragon's head, it means it was a false alarm.

Yu Sui came out of the teleportation array and saw Xue Mushi squatting at the entrance of the cave watching ants move their nest. The ant column left a black line on the ground, and Xue Mushi watched intently. He only turned around when he noticed someone coming.

Ahead lay an endless jungle and a river flowing alongside a cave.

Under the shade of green trees, a colony of ants, their heads covered with leaves or food scraps, is trying to cross the river.

Yu Sui walked to his side and said, "Was there any movement on your side during the trial?"

Xue Mushi nodded, revealing a relieved expression: "The ancient dragon power that remained in the Dragon Slaying Cave suddenly appeared, as if it had sensed the strange fire, but it disappeared quickly. The patrolling saints rushed over, and because I had the Yin-Yang curse mark on my body, they mistakenly thought that the power fluctuation was caused by the Yin-Yang family's curse mark."

This is truly a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

In the past, Yu Sui would have asked what kind of Yin-Yang curse seal would convince the two saints, but now she felt it wasn't important. It must have been given by Xue Mushi's saintess fiancée from the Yin-Yang School, so she didn't want to ask anymore.

"Is everything going smoothly on your end?" Xue Mushi asked her.

If the ancient dragon can detect the existence of the strange fire, then things won't be good for her either.

Yu Sui said, "We managed to keep it a secret. The renowned scholar, Mr. Zhu, had a good relationship with my father, so they won't pursue the matter too much."

After giving a vague answer, she changed the subject: "Now that we've conquered Yechi, we need to figure out how to solve the problem with the Pagoda."

Xue Mushi suggested, "Let's see if Gu Gan can get it. Shall we go to the Ming family's Xiaoyao Pool and wait there?"

Yu Sui also squatted on the ground watching the ants move their nest, and casually replied, "He just reached the twelfth section. Let's go to Xiaoyao Pool first, and then we'll go."

Xue Mushi stared at her blankly: "How did you know?"

Yu Sui looked back in confusion: "Because I know where most of the disciples are in the Dragon Slaying Cave."

Xue Mushi's expression became even more conflicted, and he asked again, "How did you know?"

Yu Sui hesitated for a moment: "Didn't I say that before?"

You didn't say that!

Xue Mushi looked at her with admiration: "You only said that you could change the terrain of the Dragon Slaying Cave, but you didn't say that you could also see the location of other disciples."

Yu Sui gave an "oh" and said lazily, "I thought you were smart enough to guess it."

Xue Mushi felt that something about Nangong Sui seemed different, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

The two squatted at the cave entrance watching the ants move their nest. Xue Mushi asked eagerly, "I was thinking that since Gu Gan had arranged for someone to wait at the dragon's tail, it would be very risky to have someone carry the pagoda back from the twelve sections of the dragon's belly to the dragon's tail. If that's the case, he doesn't need to have someone wait at the dragon's tail; he could just have someone at the twelve sections take it back."

Yu Sui answered without blinking, "Mmm."

Xue Mushi then asked, "Could it be that he has a way to directly transmit the information to the dragon's tail?"

Yu Sui rolled her eyes.

Xue Mushi wasn't very confident, but he still said, "I heard you say that there's more than one teleportation point over at the Dragon Tail, but he had someone choose a fixed location."

"If we can teleport directly to the Dragon's Tail, then it would be a loss for us to stay at the Leisure Pool. We should send someone back to the Dragon's Tail."

After listening, Yu Sui slowly took out the Wind Listening Ruler and casually said, "I'll send Wei Ren."

"What did you tell Wei Ren?" Xue Mushi felt that every step Yu Sui took was unexpected, leaving him shocked.

Yu Sui said succinctly, "Send the message."

Xue Mushi: "Isn't the Wind Listening Ruler restricted in the Dragon Slayer Cave?"

Yu Sui remained nonchalant, saying, "It can restrict itself, but I'll do what I want."

The implication is that I can post whatever I want, and nothing can stop me.

Xue Mushi stared at Yu Sui in disbelief: "Then... will Wei Ren agree?"

Yu Sui lightly tapped the crossword grid with her finger, the eerie green light on the Wind Listening Ruler reflecting in her cool eyes: "If Wei Ren can't even handle this kind of thing, then he's useless. If he's useless, he'll die even faster."

If Wei Ren's learning of forbidden agricultural techniques is exposed, he will be killed by the academy's agricultural sage and many thirteenth-realm instructors.

As for Madam Su, once his betrayal of Ji Shuyan is exposed, he will be killed by the Farmer's Organization.

If he can't figure out a way to separate the Breath Soil, he won't be able to help, and he'll be killed by Yu Sui again.

Wei Ren's situation was no better than that of the Destroyer.

When Xue Mushi was shocked by her methods, he finally realized that Wei Ren had been completely controlled by Nangong Sui. Although everyone knew some of each other's secrets, these secrets were not even in the same league as the Strange Fire.

Yu Sui was no longer sure what the future held for the Dragon Slayer Cave, but it would most likely be destroyed. Since that was the case, she didn't want to suffer the burden of hiding anymore. Rather than hiding and making herself afraid, she would rather make others afraid even more.

Wei Ren had already returned to the academy to recuperate from his injuries.

Blackbeard packed him a large amount of precious medicinal herbs and elixirs because Yu Sui had said he would cure him.

Staying in the outer city for too long might lead to trouble; it's safer to return to the academy.

Wei Ren didn't join in the excitement of the Dragon Slayer Cave challenge. With Mei Liangyu absent, he had the dormitory all to himself and was quite happy.

There's no need to go to the clinic; you can just swallow all the pills and elixirs densely packed in your palm at once. You can mix the medicine yourself and apply it, and for areas on your back that you can't reach, you can have the Ghost-Armored Sky Spider pull out its silk to help.

If you get hungry, just have the college's dining hall deliver food to your door; you just need to pay a little extra for the food.

Wei Ren felt that he had finally had a few days of peace and comfort.

He lay down on the bed, emptying his mind to think of nothing. The Ghost-Armored Sky Spider hung upside down beside his bed, swaying back and forth, while the Wind-Listening Ruler on the bedside table buzzed.

Wei Ren ignored him.

He's probably being called to class by the instructor again, but his injury hasn't healed yet, so he's too lazy to go. If the instructor sees him looking like this, he'll have to ask all sorts of questions and nag for ages.

Wei Ren drooped his eyelids, turned over, and knew that Yu Sui had entered the Dragon Slayer Cave. He also knew that the Wind Listening Ruler could not be used in the Dragon Slayer Cave, so he did not think about it at all.

He closed his eyes and continued to rest happily.

Wei Ren could only think: I hope Mei Liangyu doesn't come back so soon.

After Yu Sui confessed to Xue Mushi, she openly played with the Wind Listening Ruler in front of him and chatted with Zhong Lique via text message.

Xue Mushi initially asked her some questions out of curiosity, but his focus was still on the Pagoda. Although he was amazed by Yu Sui's personal abilities, he did not delve too deeply into them.

“Wei Ren probably doesn’t know what a pagoda is,” Xue Mushi pondered.

Yu Sui said, "He can know what a pagoda is, but it's best if he doesn't know what the Heavenly Script can do."

"You destroyed his cultivation, reducing him to the first realm, and his Five Elements Light Core was also damaged. Can he still get anything from a Grade A disciple?" Xue Mushi was a little worried.

Yu Sui shook the Wind Listening Ruler in her hand and said, "I will help too. Although Wei Ren has been demoted to the first realm, the beast taming ability of the Farmer's Clan does not seem to have decreased. At least the Ghost Armored Sky Spider he raises will not. After all, he is the most outstanding and talented person in his organization. He should have some tricks up his sleeve."

After hearing this, Xue Mushi regained some confidence in Wei Ren.

Because of the uncontrollable influence of the future after leaving the Dragon Slayer Cave, Yu Sui's obsession with obtaining the Floating Pagoda fragment was not as strong as before. After all, she might be exposed and die within two days of leaving. However, she did not want Gu Gan to get it. Rather than letting Gu Gan get it, she would rather give it to Xue Mushi.

Yu Sui paused, pointing at the crossword puzzle, and asked Xue Mushi in a low voice, "Was Gao Tianhao really discovered by my master?"

Xue Mushi nodded: "That's true."

He glanced at Yu Sui and saw that she didn't show any sadness because of his answer, which made him feel a little relieved. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. If he wanted to comfort her, she didn't seem to need it.

Yu Sui naturally started a new topic: "I just thought of something. Since so many artificial landscapes can be created in the Dragon Slaying Cave by relying on several mountains, could we also create a new 'Pagoda'? Just make a fake one to fool them. Otherwise, they will find that the things are gone as soon as they leave the Dragon Slaying Cave. At that time, the disciples of Dragon Tail will be suspected, and Wei Ren will have a hard time getting away."

Xue Mushi's eyes lit up for once: "That's possible, but can a fake be made?"

Yu Sui tilted her head and looked at him: "I don't know what it looks like. Can you draw? Draw it for me."

Xue Mushi: "I will."

He nodded confidently, but said, "But there's no paper or pen."

The two people who were squatting at the entrance of the cave watching the ants move their food looked at each other for a moment, then silently got up and went to intercept the other disciples who were trying to pass the test, in order to find paper and pen.

There were still many days until the 15th, so they had plenty of time to prepare.

Yu Sui asked Xue Mushi what kind of disciples would bring paper and pen into the Dragon Slaying Cave. Xue Mushi was honest and not good at lying, so he said he didn't know.

They used the mountains to alter the terrain and create magic arrays to rob many disciples. Yu Sui was responsible for trapping people in the magic array until they fainted, while Xue Mushi was responsible for searching them. If they found no paper or pen, they would move on to the next target.

After searching for more than ten people, from day to night, they finally found the notebook and charcoal pencil that a disciple of a physician carried with him.

Near the teleportation point close to the sea of ​​flowers, surrounded by dense flowers and plants, small blue, white, purple and black flowers crowded together, the medical disciple was unconscious in the sea of ​​flowers, and Yu Sui was looking down at him.

He was a boy who looked to be about the same age as her. He didn't seem very capable, but looking at the medical knowledge he had recorded in his booklet, you could tell that he was very dedicated and hardworking.

Yu Sui looked at Xue Mushi, who was sitting in the sea of ​​flowers and painting, and saw that he was also very serious, so Yu Sui did not say anything to disturb him.

Yu Sui had been using the second level of Soul Control to keep an eye on Mei Liangyu through the Five Elements Light Core.

The senior brother met up with Zhonglishan and the others during the day. After exchanging information briefly, they started fighting because of attacks from nearby poisonous insects and other disciples.

They fought almost all day long. The disciples who made it to Dragon Throat Mountain all had some strength, and Mei Liangyu was not as relaxed as when he was leading her.

Mei Liangyu left the Dragon Head Mountain and returned to Dragon Throat Mountain. The Five Elements Qi continued to dissipate. At this moment, it was just getting dark. They followed the stream into the valley and saw the puppet formations of soldiers leaping out of the stream. They were different from the ones when they took Yu Sui away.

Could it be that even the puppet formations are affected by the strange fire?

Mei Liangyu stared at the stream filled with fallen flowers, lost in thought.

Nian Qiuyan, who was walking ahead, turned around and saw that he hadn't left yet, so she came over, put her arm around his shoulder, and led him forward, saying, "Let's go."

"Is your family's divination using the sacred tree seed accurate?" Mei Liangyu asked abruptly.

Nian Qiuyan was stunned, and Yu Sui was also taken aback, not expecting her senior brother to ask so directly.

"The level of the sacred tree seed is alright, right? Divination requires precise intention. If you divine without any warning or clear intention, all sorts of things will happen. You can say it's accurate, or you can say it's inaccurate."

Mei Liangyu said without changing his expression, "I took the occupancy with a clear intention in mind."

Nian Qiuyan looked at him in surprise, then her smile deepened: "Meimei, haven't you heard of the incantation of our Fangji family? The person who seeks the seed of the divine tree for divination will become a divine tree in their next life."

Mei Liangyu sneered: "What I become in my next life is none of my business now."

Nian Qiuyan withdrew her hand from his shoulder and said slowly, "We are very cautious. If we believe this incantation is true, even if the divine tree seed is in front of me, I will not use it to claim it."

He paused, then looked at Mei Liangyu with one eye open and the other closed: "Where are the sacred tree seeds?"

Mei Liangyu replied casually, "I don't know."

Nian Qiuyan: "Didn't you ask it to claim the title?"

Mei Liangyu blatantly lied: "No."

"Should I believe what you're saying?" Nian Qiuyan stroked her chin. "What if you become a divine tree in your next life? I don't want to be a disciple of the Fangji family in my next life."

Mei Liangyu walked forward and said casually, "Then you can just set me on fire in your next life. I'm in a hurry to go to the next life after that."

Nian Qiuyan laughed as she walked, asking, "Did you encounter some thorny problem? Tell me about it, maybe there's a solution. Pre-divination has two extremes: one where you can't change it no matter what, and one where you can change it once you see it. Which one are you?"

Mei Liangyu did not answer.

Yu Sui saw that the group left the valley directly without lingering.

She was still pondering the two extreme premonitions Nian Qiuyan had mentioned when she suddenly heard Xue Mushi say, "It's finished."

That's a bit fast.

Yu Sui glanced over and saw Xue Mushi holding up the booklet, the drawing paper facing her.

The contrast between the black drawing on white paper and the white paper is striking.

Squares are squares, circles are circles, everything is perfectly standard, but when put together, it's impossible to tell what exactly is drawn on this paper.

Yu Sui looked at the painting, then at the honest Xue Mushi, her eyelids twitched slightly, and she said indifferently, "You said you could paint, didn't you?"

This was the first time Xue Mushi had seen Yu Sui with this expression, and he felt inexplicably oppressed, somewhat afraid to look at her.

“That’s how it is,” Xue Mushi said, forcing himself to speak.

Yu Sui lowered her eyes and stared at him. She gently ran her index finger across the page, and with a tearing sound, she tore the page off. She folded it in half and then tore it into pieces in front of Xue Mushi, burning it with Zhou Tian Fire.

Xue Mushi: "..."

Xue Mushi returned the paper and pen to the medical disciple, then left with Yu Sui, head hanging low.

Yu Sui walked through the sea of ​​flowers and sent a message to Wei Ren, who still hadn't responded.

Wei Ren, a light sleeper, was awakened by the buzzing sound of the Wind Listening Ruler. He frowned, closed his eyes, and reached for the ruler with a hint of impatience.

Can't the instructor go and nag other disciples?

Wei Ren struggled to open his eyes, held the Wind Listening Ruler to his face, and saw that Nangong Sui's inscription interface kept flashing, sending him the same rune: "?"

"..."

Nangong Sui?

Wei Ren's pupils dilated, and he instantly sat up.

[Author's Note]

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