Chapter 130 Yu Sui's Counting Mountains
The room was clean and tidy, with everything arranged in an orderly manner, which made the mechanical rabbit on the ground stand out.
Nian Qiuyan's explanation was impeccable. Just as Changsun Zi raised her eyes, she heard Ou Rushuang holding the wind-listening ruler say, "It seems something has happened up above, they're pressing for help."
Even here, you can hear the sounds of disciples arguing and fighting on the floors above and below. The conflict seems to be very serious, and even the instructors can't control it. It's almost to the point of life and death.
Changsun Zi frowned, clearly unable to delay any longer. Since it was a mechanical rabbit, it could explain the previous noise.
"I'll go up and take a look. I'll leave things here in your care," Changsun Zi said.
Ou Rushuang nodded and watched Changsun Zi leave.
As Changsun Zi left, she glanced at Nian Qiuyan with a sharp look befitting a teacher, which made Nian Qiuyan obediently lower her head.
Ou Rushuang went into the house first to search. Yu Sui watched Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu's movements and saw that they did not stop him. It seemed that they trusted the farmer sage Ou Rushuang very much.
So, is Ou Rushuang one of them?
Ou Rushuang entered the room without making much noise, only looked around, casually glanced around, and then came out. He gestured for the others to continue searching the remaining dormitories.
Nian Qiuyan stood in front of the door without saying a word.
The previous commotion and strange occurrences subsided, and everyone's attention shifted, so no one noticed him anymore.
Under Ou Rushuang's leadership, the search of this floor proceeded very quickly.
After Changsun Zi went upstairs, the noise gradually faded away.
Yu Sui bluntly exposed the shady dealings between the disciples, causing a great commotion and a huge fight throughout the dormitories, which greatly hindered the instructors' search.
Downstairs at the dormitory, Kuang Chu, with one hand on the hilt of his sword, looked at the noisy dormitory and said, "Wasn't there a disciple who came out of the Upside-Down Moon Cave who was quite suspicious last time?"
Jiang Shulan nodded and replied, "He is a disciple of the renowned master Zhu."
Kuang Chu raised his eyebrows and said, "We can't let our guard down just because he's a disciple of a saint."
“The Legalist ruling last time has clarified that he did enter the Upside-Down Moon Cave, but he did not take the Milky Way Water. The matter of the Milky Way Water has nothing to do with him,” Jiang Shulan said. “This is the truth that has been judged by the Scales of the Di Constellation.”
“The Libra of the Di constellation?” Kuang Chu’s lips curled into a meaningful smile. “The Libra of the Di constellation brought back from outside is not convincing.”
Jiang Shulan seemed not to understand what he meant and looked at the person next to her with a puzzled expression.
Kuang Chu looked at Gu Gan's floor and said, "I don't think any saints go to that floor. Old man, although you are kind-hearted, it's better to believe it exists than not. It concerns the Milky Way Water. If it gets lost and taken by Lan Shi and the others, everyone will be in trouble."
Jiang Shulan sighed, "That's true... but tonight's arrangements were all sent from the Communications Institute. Which floor the Saints should focus their searches on is also decided by Zou Qian and Li Qiuwen."
She followed Kuang Chu's gaze and looked towards Gu Gan's floor: "Since no saint was arranged to go there, it seems there is no suspicion."
"Do you really think so?" Kuang Chu asked Jiang Shulan.
“I have no idea,” Jiang Shulan said kindly. “I’m just doing what you want. As long as you say you want to search that floor, I won’t stop you.”
“I can’t leave. If the thieves who stole the Milky Way Water want to escape from here in a desperate attempt to save themselves, it won’t do to leave you here alone to guard it.”
Although Kuang Chu had an upright appearance, his words were sarcastic.
Jiang Shulan just smiled after hearing this: "With so many saints coming today, I'm afraid we can't escape."
Although Wei Ren was keeping an eye on the two saints' movements from outside, he didn't dare to send anything over to eavesdrop. He saw people coming out of the dormitories one after another, all of them troublesome disciples being escorted out by the instructors, who cursed at how audacious these disciples were as they walked.
Yu Sui's attention was focused on Nian Qiuyan at this moment, and he didn't pay much attention to Jiang Shulan and Kuang Chu, who were not making any moves below.
After inspecting all the rooms on this floor, Ou Rushuang didn't stay long. She cured the disciples of the poison and left.
As soon as the saint left, the passageway immediately became lively.
Some of the disciples turned around and started knocking and banging on the dragon-sealing lock on the door, trying to open it.
The other disciples were in no hurry to go in, chatting with the people next to them or playing with the wind-listening ruler.
Mei Liangyu gestured with his chin towards Nian Qiuyan, who was standing in front of the door, beckoning him to come over. As soon as Nian Qiuyan walked over, Kong Yiyi, who was standing to the side, glared at him and asked in a low voice, "What kind of shady things are you hiding in your room?"
“There was nothing hidden.” Nian Qiuyan said helplessly, “Just a rabbit, a mechanical rabbit.”
He explained a sentence to two people.
"Why do I feel like your master is a little dissatisfied with you?" Mei Liangyu said slowly, his expression and tone seemingly casual.
“I embarrassed her tonight,” Nian Qiuyan sighed. “It’s not that I didn’t arrive on time, but that I was caught by her in front of so many people. Although my master is not a member of the Legalist school, he is even more impartial in his rewards and punishments than the Legalists.”
"What nonsense are you spouting? Everyone knows that the Fang family's sage has a sharp tongue but a soft heart." Mei Liangyu curled the corners of her lips and sneered, "Not to mention that you are the one whom the entire Fang family dotes on."
Nian Qiuyan chuckled and said, "Where did you hear the rumor that my master is sharp-tongued but kind-hearted?"
Mei Liangyu gestured with her eyes, indicating that it was Kong Yiyi who had spoken.
Kong Yiyi nodded in agreement.
Nian Qiuyan seemed helpless with these two people, chuckled softly for a while, and then changed the subject in a light tone.
The random inspections of dormitories and dormitories are gradually coming to an end.
The Communication Research Institute is still decrypting and tracing the previous transmissions.
Among a cluster of golden and black mountains, the three great mountains shone even brighter, and the runes flowing across them moved even faster.
The lowly sorcerers, dressed in dark green robes from the Communication Academy, circled around the numbered mountains, recording characters and then deciphering them to obtain the desired messages.
The two people closest to the three large mountains were looking up at the colorful stripes rotating above them.
The two were similar in build and age, and wore long coats in striking contrasting colors, one black and one white.
The Taoist Li Qiuwen was dressed in white, his clothes neat and immaculate, his hair tied up with a jade crown, exuding an extraordinary air. His narrow eyes surveyed the mountains, as if he had caught something, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, lost in thought.
Zou Qian, a member of the Yin-Yang School, was dressed in black, with her dark hair casually draped behind her. She was also dressed casually, seemingly without an inner garment, wearing only an outer robe loosely draped over her body, revealing half of her bronze chest.
Zou Qian scratched her neck, then covered her hand and yawned, looking nonchalant. But because of the sound of the colorful ribbons turning, she squinted and looked up for a while, then casually said, "If you can't find them, let them go."
“You make it sound so easy.” Li Qiuwen frowned, his expression somewhat serious. “If the Communications Institute’s data system can’t record the other party’s location, then the problem will be serious.”
He paused after speaking, then turned to look at Zou Qian: "Have you been drinking?"
Zou Qian replied without changing her expression, "No, I didn't drink any."
Li Qiuwen asked with obvious disgust, "Then where did that smell on you come from?"
After speaking, he even took a step back, distancing himself from Zou Qian.
Zou Qian raised her hand and smelled her clothes, then said "Oh" and said nonchalantly, "Last night, I did drink last night. I wanted to rest early today, but who knew this would happen."
"This is a serious matter, so take it seriously." Li Qiuwen covered his nose with his hand and said, "In Taiyi, anyone who uses the Wind Listening Ruler will leave a trace in the mountains of the Communications Institute. But now we can't find the exact location of the sender. Isn't this a slap in the face to the Communications Institute?"
“It is indeed possible that we cannot find it.” Zou Qian did not want to spend more time on this matter. He scratched his slightly itchy neck and gestured to Li Qiuwen to look at Shushan. “There have been many people who have tried to crack the Listening Wind Ruler, and some have succeeded. For the people this time, it is not too difficult to make Shushan unable to determine its location. When sending messages using multiple Listening Wind Rulers at the same time, destroy them at the same time.”
"The five elements have been materialized, but because the Wind Listening Ruler was destroyed, the message dissipated halfway through. However, the mountain can still capture it, so there will be many locations where the same message is recorded."
Li Qiuwen replied, "Using six to twelve Wind Listening Rulers simultaneously, and then destroying them the instant the message is sent—how many people do you think could do that? This method requires the cooperation of many people. Do you think this will be a multi-person operation?"
Zou Qian yawned again, looking even more tired than before. He shrugged helplessly and said, "How many people can single-handedly take the Milky Way water from the Upside-Down Moon Cave?"
Li Qiuwen glanced at him: "That's too much."
Zou Qian realized she had made a joke and added, "Alright, only for academy disciples."
“We did have our suspicions before, but to go this far…” Before Li Qiuwen could finish speaking, Zou Qian interrupted, “Who told you to only suspect one person? Why can’t stealing the Milky Way Water be a group effort? Gu Gan wasn’t the only disciple who was caught entering the Upside-Down Moon Cave that night.”
Li Qiuwen frowned slightly, and Zou Qian yawned again: "Our Yin-Yang School has two of them. They don't say because they haven't been caught. As for the other schools, we don't know why they haven't said anything."
"You actually kept it a secret?!" Li Qiuwen exclaimed in surprise.
Zou Qian: "I guessed."
Li Qiuwen: "You're not going to tell me?!"
Zou Qian scratched her neck harder, hurting herself, and hissed, "I'm not the only one who didn't tell. Don't you have any in your family?"
Li Qiuwen's face was stern, and his temple twitched violently: "No!"
“It doesn’t matter, they’re not the main point anyway,” Zou Qian said. “Anyway, there were more people than people who went to the Upside-Down Moon Cave that night. Gu Gan was the one who got caught. He said he didn’t take the Milky Way Water himself, but it’s also possible that many of them worked together to take it away.”
"You want to investigate Gu Gan?" Li Qiuwen looked at him. "Gu Gan is Zhu Lao's disciple. Zhu Lao's attitude was very clear in the last Legalist ruling."
He paused, then added, "Besides, the Legalists have already made a ruling that Gu Gan has nothing to do with the theft of the Milky Way Water. If you doubt Gu Gan now, you are slapping the Legalists in the face, and they will not allow it."
Zou Qian didn't show any emotional fluctuations after hearing this. She scratched her neck and grinned, saying, "Why would I do such troublesome things? I'm just using this to tell you that the Milky Way Water can be a gang crime, and the people who sent the message tonight can also be a gang working together."
"The message we sent was eventually detected by the Number Mountains. They can decipher the Wind Listening Ruler, which is not difficult, but no one can decipher the Number Mountains." Zou Qian looked up at the three large Number Mountains in front of him. "Only by deciphering the Number Mountains can we truly achieve the goal of leaving no trace of the message and no trace of the sound."
Upon hearing this, Yu Sui lowered her eyes to look at the Wind Listening Ruler in her hand, her long black eyelashes trembling slightly for a moment.
“If we can crack the mystery of the mountains…” Li Qiuwen pondered, but Zou Qian interrupted him, “Don’t scare yourself.”
Li Qiuwen said to the people at the Communication Institute: "Give me a list of everyone who entered and left the Communication Institute before Gu Gan was arrested tonight."
Zou Qian knew that this person was extremely suspicious. If there was anything he suspected or cared about, no matter how troublesome it was, he would take on the task and investigate it.
Li Qiuwen walked to another mountain and stared intently at it. At this moment, what appeared on the small mountain were the information records of people who had entered the Communication Institute during this period, such as their names, times, and what they came for.
He read through all the records but found no noteworthy figures.
Li Qiuwen was relieved.
Zou Qian, with an expression that said he already knew, tilted his head and rubbed his cheek against his shoulder to relieve the itch, only then noticing the smell of alcohol on himself: "How easy is it to crack the Number Mountain? With so many people in the Communication Academy watching, do you think one person can record every single one of the thousands upon thousands of Number Mountain clusters? The people in the Communication Academy should be expelled from Taiyi because they are too useless."
Yu Sui's lips curved slightly for a moment.
These two people could never have imagined that she could do it without even entering the Mountain Formation.
That was no longer the mountain of numbers from the Institute of Communications, but the mountain of numbers from Yu Sui.
[Author's Note]
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