Chapter 283 Dean Ou: Just how many kinds of low-level martial arts do you know?!
Mirage over Hongdao Island.
Liang Zhen still guards the vines of the Earth's core power. These vines have grown into towering trees, but they stopped growing a long time ago, only maintaining their enormous and vibrant appearance.
The person guarding him today is Wu Huaiwei, a sage of the Yin-Yang School.
Wu Huaiwei found the task boring. She lay on the bench, wiggled her fingers, and directed the red ribbon to meander through the aerial roots.
"Is he dead or alive?" Wu Huaiwei asked impatiently, sitting up. "A month has passed, and the power of the Earth's core still hasn't repaired his body?"
Liang Zhen remained calm and said in a good-natured manner, "Nobody knows how much time it will take."
"The people from Shuizhou said they were going to study the power of the Earth's core, but now there's not a trace of them." Wu Huaiwei rolled her eyes and sneered, "I think they've been busy doing nothing all these years."
Liang Zhen said, "When we sent out the signal fires from the six kingdoms last time, didn't we already have a way to filter out those who would destroy the world?"
Wu Huaiwei smiled and asked, "Do they have any?"
Liang Zhen: "Why don't you ask Dean Wei?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Huaiwei was immediately disappointed: "I'm not interested in these things. If you want to know, go ask yourself."
Liang Zhen was not intimidated by her cold expression and still smiled slightly, "Didn't you know that Dean Wei went to Dan Country?"
Wu Huaiwei's fox-like eyes widened: "When?"
Liang Zhen replied: "The day before yesterday."
Wu Huaiwei laughed in exasperation: "How come I didn't know?"
Liang Zhen looked at him with a smile in his eyes: "Because you're not interested in these things."
"What is he doing in Dan Kingdom?" Wu Huaiwei pondered. "Could it be that Dan Kingdom has a new world destroyer?"
Liang Zhen said, "Last time, when the World Destroyer was discovered in Dan Kingdom, Dean Wei did not go. This time, he is probably going to collect information about the remnants of the Strange Fire."
Wu Huaiwei then stared at Liang Zhen suspiciously: "How do you know?"
Liang Zhen: "That's what Dean Yin said."
"Really?" Wu Huaiwei was skeptical.
Liang Zhen still smiled and said, "You can go ask him."
Wei Xizhen went outside, and Wu Huaiwei sneered inwardly, raising her chin towards the depths of the vines: "Since the people from Shuizhou aren't coming, then dig out Ou Rushuang and send her to Shuizhou, let them watch over her."
She'd had enough of life on Hongdao Island.
“Didn’t we try it at first? We couldn’t dig it up.” Liang Zhen also turned to look.
Wu Huaiwei stood up and said, "That was before. How will we know if we don't try now? If it really doesn't work, we can just destroy Red Island. Anyway, Dean Jiang has already moved most of his medicinal herbs."
Liang Zhen knew he couldn't stop her, so he simply didn't. He put his hands in his sleeves, giving her a "go ahead and do as you please" look.
Wu Huaiwei said this, but she just waved her hand in frustration and casually threw out a few attacks of the ninth-grade technique. Golden light flew everywhere, and many of the energy roots were cut off and fell down.
The root of life that I couldn't cut before was severed with a gentle swipe this time?
Wu Huaiwei was stunned for a moment, then flew forward to investigate.
Liang Zhen thought to himself, "As expected."
Wu Huaiwei severed a large number of aerial roots, and the aerial roots that fell to the ground turned into energy and dissipated into the world.
The vines that had previously tightly wrapped around Ou Rushuang were also cut off, revealing a lifelike corpse.
Wu Huaiwei frowned: "Guardian Cicada?"
Liang Zhen, standing on a branch, said, "It seems so."
"That bastard!" Wu Huaiwei cursed, then looked up and cursed at Liang Zhen, "Didn't you notice anything at all?"
Liang Zhen nodded and smiled, "Although I have some doubts, I don't have the courage to act like Dean Wu."
Wu Huaiwei thought this person was also a bad person: "You should pray that Ou Rushuang, that bastard, won't hide in the shadows and take revenge on you."
She left Red Island and told others that Ou Rushuang was missing.
Upon hearing this, Zou Qian, who was still in the Institute of Communications, twitched his eyelids and scratched his neck.
Once Ou Rushuang escapes, she will definitely take revenge on those who betrayed her.
That little girl has quite a few secrets; if Ou Rushuang were to expose them, it would be quite troublesome.
Zou Qian clicked his tongue lightly, but his expression fell into deep thought. No matter what secrets Yu Sui had, he would only give Yu Sui one year.
After careful consideration, Zou Qian used the excuse that there were problems with Yu Sui's supervision during this period to send someone to call her to the Communications Institute, intending to tell her the news in person.
The black eagle perched on the flowering tree stared intently at the person emerging from the communications institute, circling in the air and following them all the way to their dormitory. Its gleaming eagle eyes pierced through the walls, watching as the person stopped in front of Yu Sui's dormitory.
Nangong Sui.
She definitely has a problem!
Ou Rushuang's anger surged, and she turned and flew towards the foggy sea. (Chromium-containing potassium)
Ghostly Sanctuary.
Inside the main hall, Mei Liangyu sat at the table writing Taoist incantations when he suddenly heard the Sage Changgen say, "Ou Rushuang has come out."
Mei Liangyu looked up: "He's alive?"
That would be a bit troublesome.
He put down his pen, picked up the wind-listening ruler, and sent a message to Yu Sui.
Sea of fog.
Upon hearing the news, the two military strategists rushed to the Fog Sea, only to miss Ou Rushuang, who had just returned.
Yu Sui released hundreds of Five Elements Light Cores in the jungle swamp, keeping a close eye on the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly resting on her neck. Perhaps the one in front of her was the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly in its true form.
If she makes any unusual move, a bite from the Crimson Golden Butterfly could be fatal.
After all, the Breath of Earth within her body was only half a piece, not in its complete form; otherwise, she wouldn't be afraid of any poisonous Gu.
Although the Divine Eye can see through illusions, mirages, materialized from sea vapor, are a technique, but not a form of illusion. The dream of the sea fish is an unreal dream, but once materialized from sea vapor, it becomes real.
That's why when Ou Rushuang first brought Yu Sui into the Mirage, she said that the Mirage was like a dream, yet it truly existed.
The mirage was formed from the sea vapor, creating an independent world. The worst-case scenario Yu Sui could imagine was that she was trapped here, with no one able to get in, and Ou Rushuang would return and try to kill her.
Perhaps Master can enter the mirage through summoning.
Just as Yu Sui was thinking this, she suddenly heard an angry cry of a raptor. She looked up sharply and saw the black eagle transform into golden light and land. When she saw Ou Rushuang's cold expression reflected in her eyes, she no longer hesitated and shouted, "Master!"
Upon hearing the sound, the Sage Changgen moved and arrived above the Sea of Fog in the blink of an eye. The fog was thick, and he could not see his little disciple.
Before Mei Liangyu could get a response from Yu Sui, his master suddenly disappeared. He realized that his master had been summoned away, and the only one who could do that was him and Yu Sui. His face immediately darkened, and he vanished from the hall in an instant.
Yu Sui was in the Sea of Fog, but the Sage Chang Gen could not enter the mirage. The ink mixed into the white fog and invaded the water, so he could only glimpse countless sea fish.
The fog sea is formed from the two energies of heaven and earth, and even the Taiyi Saints, chosen by the power of the earth's core, cannot dispel the dense fog.
Yu Sui stared at the unchanging space, her eyelashes trembling slightly.
"You want to summon Elder Chang?" Ou Rushuang stood among the calamus flowers, staring at Yu Sui and mocking her foolishness. "It's a pity. Even if Elder Chang can arrive in the Sea of Mist in an instant, he still can't find out which mirage you are in."
"You are Master Chang's disciple, yet you don't even know how he came out of the city to find you?" Ou Rushuang sneered. "Just a mere sound-finding spell."
Yu Sui still looked panicked: "Dean Ou... I'm just too scared..."
Ou Rushuang would not be fooled by her disguise again: "After thinking it over, the reason why Red Island was able to break through using the mark is because the sea fish in Shenmian are alive. Live fish are always susceptible to bewitching, but dead fish are not."
"In other words, your methods from last time are no longer effective. Even if you call back the other two agricultural sages, there's absolutely no way you'll find this mirage!"
Yu Sui's heart sank upon hearing this.
If Ou Rushuang could do all this, he couldn't have just been resurrected today. He must have been resurrected for some time, but he hid it very well and no one discovered it.
"How do you explain that Zou Qian came to you the moment she learned of my resurrection?" Ou Rushuang's gaze gradually turned sinister. "Nangong Sui, I underestimated you. When did you start cooperating with Zou Qian? And how did you manage to get Zou Qian's help?"
Zou Qian went to find Yu Sui, and that alone was enough for Ou Rushuang to kill her.
Faced with Ou Rushuang's questioning, Yu Sui lowered her eyes and blinked. When she raised her eyes again, her expression and aura were completely different from before.
The girl's timidity and fear faded, replaced by a mocking smile. She said softly, "Why do you insist on forcing me to admit it?"
In Ou Ru's eyes, such an attitude was simply arrogant!
Ou Rushuang was furious and rebuked her, "You are Nangong Ming's daughter! Don't you understand the relationship between the Nangong family and Xuan Kui? If I suffer, your Nangong family will pay the price! How dare you do such a thing! What good will it do you to destroy Xuan Kui? Who told you to do this?!"
Before Yu Sui could answer, he asked again, "Was it your father's or your sister's order?!"
"You may not be aware that I'm not someone who likes to follow orders. On the contrary, I hate it when others tell me what to do." Yu Sui smiled at him, her tone light and innocent. "Dean Ou, you only lost the Orchid Poison business in Taiyi, not your life. Why are you so angry?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ou Rushuang released her oppressive aura, which directly assaulted Yu Sui. The water surface rippled, and the earth within the mirage trembled violently. Yu Sui's feet swayed, and the oppressive aura pressed down from all directions, causing her legs to tremble and almost making her kneel down.
Yu Sui ignited his protective aura and reacted extremely quickly by using the Reverse Star Reversal Technique. Three thousand stars bloomed beneath his feet, and the purple starlight flickered in the water ripples, converting and neutralizing the pressure released by Ou Rushuang.
Ou Rushuang immediately recognized that this was Wu Huaiwei's ultimate skill, the Reverse Star Technique. What shocked him was that Nangong Sui had used Wu Huaiwei's ultimate skill!
"You actually..."
Ou Rushuang suddenly recalled the scene of Wu Huaiwei and Saint Chang Gen fighting on Moon Mountain. Was their conflict at that time about vying for Nangong Sui?
Wu Huaiwei actually taught Nangong Sui the art of reversing the stars!
Nangong Sui learned it too?!
Ou Rushuang couldn't believe it for a moment.
Yu Sui transformed Ou Rushuang's oppressive aura, but the opponent only released the oppressive aura, forcing her to use the Reverse Star Technique to counter it.
If a fight were to break out, or if Ou Rushuang were to truly kill her, given her current strength, death would only be a matter of time.
"How could I dare to do this without my father's permission?" Yu Sui temporarily shifted the blame to Nangong Ming, trying to use the Nangong family to threaten Ou Rushuang. "Dean Ou, why don't you take care of your health first, and go to Qingyang to ask my father for clarification after you have recovered your strength? Or you can ask my older sister. My older sister is also from Xuan Kui, so you should get along better."
When Ou Rushuang saw that Yu Sui had actually brought up Qingkui, she was no longer the innocent girl who knew nothing before.
He couldn't help but feel shocked.
Yu Sui glanced at the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly and continued, "I just didn't like Zhang Xiangyun, so I told Dean Zou that Zhang Xiangyun was Xuan Kui's man, hoping to use Dean Zou to kill Zhang Xiangyun. Who knew that Dean Zou was so powerful that he was able to enter the Mirage with Zhang Xiangyun's help."
“Dean Ou,” Yu Sui looked innocently at Ou Rushuang again, “I really didn’t mean to target you. You can be angry with me, but I need to live to make amends to you, right? If something happens to me in Taiyi, my father will definitely know what happened.”
If it were the previous Ou Rushuang, she would have given it serious consideration.
But Ou Rushuang had personally experienced being protected by the power of the earth's core. The immortality of the earth's core gave him confidence. In Taiyi, he was immortal. What was there to fear when facing Nangong Ming?
Moreover, Taiyi's Xuan Kui stronghold has been destroyed, making it difficult for Ou Rushuang to quell her anger.
Looking at Yu Sui now, at the girl's slender and soft body and her fair and exquisite face, Ou Rushuang could not accept it even more. He had actually been tricked and deceived by someone who was considered the most innocent, useless, stupid and harmless person in the eyes of the world!
He would rather it was the cunning and calculating Nian Qiuyan who orchestrated all this than accept that he had been defeated by Nangong Sui!
"Are you afraid of death?" Ou Rushuang released her pressure again, her eyes burning with anger. She looked at the Reverse Star Technique unfolding beneath her feet, recalling what Wu Huaiwei had done that night, and her killing intent grew stronger. "It's a pity you're trying to persuade me now. It's too late."
Even if what she said is true, and all of this was Nangong Ming's doing, then as Nangong Ming's daughter, she deserves to die even more!
Yu Sui and Ou Rushuang attacked together, and hundreds of Five Elements Light Cores exploded at the same time. Half of the bursting uncontrolled energy blocked Ou Rushuang, while the other half attacked the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly on her neck.
Ou Rushuang glanced coldly at Yu Sui, who was standing on the boat, a mocking look in her eyes.
Yu Sui thought the Crimson Golden Butterfly would approach her, but when they fought, it flew away on its own. She heard the sound of butterflies flapping their wings, as if a large swarm of butterflies were flying towards her at the same time, or perhaps flying away from her.
Out of the corner of her eye, she only caught a glimpse of a golden light flashing by. Her dark pupils trembled, filled with disbelief. Yu Sui's protective aura vanished, and her skin cracked open without warning, her flesh torn apart by countless sharp butterfly wings.
Those transparent, colorless and invisible butterflies, as light as the wind brushing her cheek, flew out of Yu Sui's body with blood on them, making a rustling sound, and turned into blood butterflies dancing in the air.
Yu Sui fell into the swamp, and a large amount of blood dissipated.
Her heart beat slowly, and in the gradually darkening curtain of water, the faintly visible Azure Blood Golden Butterfly silently clung to her heart, pulsating in response.
When did Ou Rushuang implant the Crimson Golden Butterfly into her heart?
The moment Yu Sui lifted the carriage curtain and met the gaze of the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly, the countless tiny golden butterflies that covered the carriage walls were all implanted into her body, quietly hidden within her flesh and blood.
Within that pitch-black pupil, a faint golden light shimmered, and a small golden butterfly was about to burst through her eyeball and fly out.
Yu Sui slightly opened her eyes, the world in her vision obscured by the flapping wings of the golden butterfly, turning it dark.
The underwater world is very quiet.
In the past, Yu Sui believed that the water was the safest place.
When she was in excruciating pain from the burning heat of the strange fire, all she wanted to do was plunge into the cold water and let herself be enveloped by it.
This understanding even made her instinctively want to escape into the water when she encountered danger.
But at this moment, the swamp water, which should have been icy cold, began to bubble and steam, with hot air rushing out from below, the cool water boiling, and a black shadow bursting out of the water, flinging out crimson crystal flowers that made a sharp sound.
The sword spirit's furious roar echoed throughout the jungle swamp. Ou Rushuang looked in shock at the black skull that broke through the water, and in the blink of an eye, the black sword, radiating scalding heat, was already in front of him.
The blade's energy surged fiercely, carrying a temperature that seemed capable of burning and melting everything.
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