Chapter 294 Sheng Fei is also a genius of a famous family.
Yu Sui went to the dining hall to buy some things, and while he was at it, he went back to his dormitory to get a new wind-listening ruler and sent a telepathic message to Xue Mushi to let him know that he was safe.
Xue Mushi breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that she had returned to the academy: "Are you alright? What happened? Dean Ou, he..."
“He’s dead,” Yu Sui said.
Xue Mushi's expression turned serious: "You burned him?"
"Um."
"And your body is still..."
"Just pray that this never happens to me again."
Xue Mushi remained silent. He said, "Perhaps we shouldn't waste our time on the matter of the orchid poison."
Yu Sui asked with a smile, "Do you approve of what Xuan Kui has done?"
Xue Mushi touched his nose; both of them disliked Xuan Kui and Lan Du.
"You should take a good rest for a while. I think you need to rest," Xue Mushi said seriously. "The rest..."
“I think the person who pointed out the weakness of the Crimson Golden Butterfly was Ming Yueqing. From Ou Rushuang’s words, we can infer that he had fought with Ming Yueqing before, and it was Ming Yueqing who discovered the weakness of the Crimson Golden Butterfly.” Yu Sui interrupted him, “You can go and check the information related to Ming Yueqing first.”
Xue Mushi was taken aback at first, then nodded and said okay.
Yu Sui hung up the telepathic message and went to Yueshan with the breakfast she had bought for Wu Huaiwei.
Xue Mushi went back and washed his face. After thinking for a moment, he left the dormitory and went to the doctor's house.
Yu Sui arrived at the Moon Mountain Star Gazing Platform, where only Wu Huaiwei and Zou Qian were present. One was sitting and the other was standing. Zou Qian, who was sitting, was shaking a gourd wine pot and casually glanced at the girl who was walking towards her.
"Dean Wu." Yu Sui placed the food box he had brought on the table and took out the contents one by one and arranged them.
Wu Huaiwei didn't answer, but looked her up and down. The red ribbon flew around Yu Sui, as if it were also observing and sizing her up.
Zou Qian didn't stand on ceremony; after finishing her drink, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
Wu Huaiwei asked Yu Sui, "Aren't you going to tell me what happened in the Fog Sea?"
“Just as Dean Zou said.” Yu Sui sat obediently at the table, accepting Wu Huaiwei’s scrutiny and questioning.
Wu Huaiwei glanced coldly at the two of them: "Alright, there are no outsiders here. Are you two still trying to keep lying?"
Zou Qian: "What does this have to do with me? I didn't release Ou Rushuang, I didn't capture her, and I didn't burn down the foggy sea. What did I lie about?"
Yu Sui also said honestly, "I was indeed captured by Dean Ou and taken to the Misty Sea when I went to the outer city. I was trapped in the mirage and couldn't get out. My senior brother couldn't find a way to break the mirage either, which triggered the sea eye and the sea fire."
Wu Huaiwei asked, "You went to the outer city right after the lockdown was lifted?"
Yu Sui said, "I want to send a letter home."
Wu Huaiwei said with a half-smile, "I didn't expect you to be such a good boy who can write letters home."
Yu Sui pretended not to understand the sarcasm in her words and feigned fear, saying, "Dean Ou was furious and tried to kill me in the mirage. I had no choice but to use the Reverse Star Technique. If Dean Ou is found later, I'm afraid he will tell Master about this and cause you trouble."
“That would be a big problem.” Zou Qian looked at Wu Huaiwei. “You’d better pray that Ou Rushuang doesn’t get found.”
Wu Huaiwei flicked the red ribbon and snorted coldly, "He can't even hide now, how dare he jump out on his own? Our Yu Sheng is going to issue an arrest warrant to the six countries outside, so that Ou Rushuang has nowhere to hide."
The longer they can keep Ou Rushuang's death a secret, the better. Yu Sui doesn't want everyone to go looking for Ou Rushuang. The fact that some of the Saints are interfering with the search for Ou Rushuang is a good thing for Yu Sui.
After Wu Huaiwei calmed down, Yu Sui tentatively asked, "My senior brother was taken to the water boat. Will he be in any trouble?"
"With your master by your side, what could possibly happen?" Wu Huaiwei glanced at her sideways. "Instead of worrying about your senior brother, you should worry more about yourself."
Yu Sui: "I only started worrying about my senior brother after I had already worried about myself."
Wu Huaiwei was speechless at the sincerity in her words.
“There’s no need to worry. Shui Zhou is targeting those who are related to the Strange Fire, and your senior brother isn’t one of them,” Zou Qian said. “After Shui Zhou gets what he wants, he won’t make things difficult for him.”
Yu Sui glanced at the two of them and tentatively asked, "Senior brother lost his past memories, and the deans watched him grow up, so do they also know about Senior Brother's past..."
"Don't bother asking about these things; it won't do you any good," Wu Huaiwei interrupted her.
Yu Sui said dejectedly, "Can't even I tell you?"
Zou Qian: "Did you ask Elder Chang?"
"I asked," Yu Sui shook her head, "but Master wouldn't tell me."
Zou Qian added, "If he won't say, then we certainly won't say either."
Sometimes knowing something and being willing to say it are two different things.
Zou Qian likely knows but doesn't say anything, while Wu Huaiwei knows but can't say anything, since she's willing to help Mu Yong'an, she must also know Mei Liangyu's identity.
Wu Huaiwei warned, "Don't pry into your senior brother's affairs, especially you."
"Why?" Yu Sui asked, feeling wronged and confused. "I like my senior brother and want to learn more about him."
Zou Qian had already lowered her head and was focused on eating her food, but when she heard this, she turned her head and looked at Yu Sui.
Wu Huaiwei couldn't believe what she had just heard. The tea she was holding was left hanging in mid-air, and she didn't dare to bring it to her lips.
Zou Qian was the first to react, as if he had discovered something very funny: "You really like Mei Liangyu?"
Yu Sui nodded earnestly: "I really like my senior brother."
"What do you like about Mei Liangyu?" Wu Huaiwei asked in surprise.
Yu Sui counted on her fingers the merits of Mei Liangyu that she admired: "Senior brother is handsome, has a good figure, a nice voice, and is also very skilled in the Nine Streams Technique. He can teach me a lot, and when he teaches me, he doesn't put pressure on me. Instead, he makes me more motivated to improve..."
"Alright, that's enough." Wu Huaiwei interrupted in time, otherwise she was afraid Yu Sui would talk until tomorrow. "I suggest you find someone else to like. There are people who are more handsome than Mei Liangyu."
Zou Qian chuckled and chimed in, "But in the entire Taiyi region, Mei Liangyu is the only one who can master all the arts of the Hundred Schools."
Wu Huaiwei was speechless. She really couldn't find fault with that. After thinking for a moment, she frowned and said to Yu Sui, "Can you stand Mei Liangyu's bad temper? He's a fearless person and he won't be easily manipulated by others. He probably won't compromise with you either. If you have any disagreements in the future, he will just do his own thing."
Besides, you are Nangong Ming's daughter.
Wu Huaiwei kept these words to herself, but put on a show of social difference and said, "Besides, you are the princess of Qingyang and the heir of the Nangong family, while Mei Liangyu is just an ordinary student of Taiyi."
Zou Qian didn't know who she was speaking up for: "The personal disciple of the sage of the Ghost Dao School, that's not a bad identity."
Wu Huaiwei glared at him fiercely, thinking, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."
"Dean, why are you so against me liking my senior brother?" Yu Sui looked at Wu Huaiwei pitifully. "Can't I like my senior brother?"
“It’s Mei Liangyu’s good fortune to be liked by you,” Wu Huaiwei said coldly. “But the two of you are just not a good match.”
Yu Sui looked at her with a troubled expression: "Is it a problem with his background? Just like Dean Zou said, he is the disciple of the Ghost Dao Saint, which is not bad. He is also very powerful. After he leaves Taiyi, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself!"
"You still want to leave Taiyi in the future? See if your master will let him out." Wu Huaiwei mocked, "If Elder Chang doesn't die, Mei Liangyu will never be able to leave Taiyi in this lifetime."
"Life is unpredictable, don't be so sure," Zou Qian advised from the side.
Yu Sui said this hoping to learn more about Mei Liangyu's background from Wu Huaiwei and Zou Qian, but Wu Huaiwei's attitude was unexpected.
Dean Wu seems to be genuinely considering whether her senior brother is a good match for her.
Yu Sui made one last effort, feigning grievance and anxiety: "Is there any reason why my senior brother and I absolutely cannot be together?"
Wu Huaiwei: "..."
You'll be terrified if I tell you.
Zou Qian pretended to be nonchalant, shaking her head and saying, "No, I don't know. You should go back and ask your parents if they agree."
"You want her to go back and ask her parents?" Wu Huaiwei almost burst out laughing. She felt she couldn't continue this topic, so she pretended to be angry and glared at Yu Sui: "You're not focusing on your cultivation, and you still have the mind to talk about love? You've only learned one of the Reverse Star Techniques, Reverse Star and Reverse Polarity. Hurry up and study the others!"
Yu Sui clutched her chest and said, "I was just injured and haven't fully recovered yet."
Wu Huaiwei: "Then go back and get some rest."
Seeing that Yu Sui was still sitting there without moving, he urged again, "Go quickly."
Yu Sui then left Yueshan.
After Yu Sui left Yue Mountain, Wu Huaiwei frowned and fell into deep thought. Zou Qian did not disturb her. She drank and ate, stopping when she was about 80% full.
"What a tragic fate!" Wu Huaiwei was speechless as she thought about it. "Of all the people she could like, she had to fall for Mei Liangyu."
Zou Qian looked completely unconcerned: "What are you worried about?"
Wu Huaiwei gently scolded, "Don't you even consider the relationship between their two families? If Mei Liangyu regains her memories in the future, won't she hate the Nangong family to death? The more she likes Mei Liangyu, the more she will suffer in this matter."
Zou Qian, however, didn't take it to heart: "Kids this age, their love and hate come and go quickly. They might like this today and that tomorrow."
Wu Huaiwei thought about it and felt that there was some truth to what she said.
Who in this world can guarantee that they will only like one person for their entire life? Young people are even more easily misled by momentary infatuation. Impulsiveness, enthusiasm, and confidence are what they have at this age. Young people make heartfelt vows, but how many of them can actually keep them in the end?
Love and hate are things as difficult to comprehend as the most mysterious and unsolvable arts in the world.
Wu Huaiwei then stopped worrying about the matter and started talking to Zou Qian about the Yin-Yang Academy.
As Yu Sui walked down the mountain, she overheard the conversation between the two through the Five Elements Light Core. Wu Huaiwei overestimated her feelings for her family, while Zou Qian underestimated her affection for Mei Liangyu.
It turns out that in the eyes of outsiders, she and her senior brother were so incompatible. People believed that she and Mei Liangyu had a national and personal feud, making it impossible for them to be together, and even if they were, it wouldn't end well.
Yu Sui listened and then smiled.
She didn't care what others thought. Whether it was Zhong Lique or Mei Liangyu, she only set her sights on the best in the world, and she would always get what she wanted.
Yu Sui has been keeping a low profile lately. While everyone in the academy is gossiping about the relationship between Ou Rushuang and Xuan Kui, she quietly attends classes, leaves, and returns to her dormitory. She hasn't sent the letter home. After returning home, she reread it and eventually burned it, intending to rewrite it, but she hasn't been able to make up her mind to go to the outer city.
Although the Sage Changgen only gave Shuizhou three days, Mei Liangyu had to wait another three days because he hadn't marked the locations of all the sea fires.
Yu Sui was indeed recuperating. When he was alone in his room, he would circulate his qi and regulate his breathing, then enter the Nine Provinces Star Sea to observe the stars. After his mind was calm, he would take out the fragment of the Floating Pagoda to examine it.
She maintained a distance from the fragments of the pagoda that would not affect her mind, watching them quietly and peacefully as she pondered.
Yu Sui repeatedly traced the characters and patterns on the fragments of the Pagoda with paper and pen. What were they? Were they some kind of writing or some kind of symbol? And what did they represent?
She also took out the inscription given to her by Yue Shu for comparison, but the inscription that Yue Shu copied should record the location of the fragments of the Floating Pagoda, not the Heavenly Characters related to the Strange Fire.
After returning, Yu Sui consciously avoided going to crowded places and contacting others. Even her communication with Xue Mushi was done through the Wind Listening Ruler, without meeting in person. Everyone was very busy during this time, and even Gu Gan and Sheng Fei only maintained contact by sending messages and messages through the Wind Listening Ruler.
Li Jinshuang has been undergoing trials in the ancient battlefield for over a month and hasn't emerged yet. Yu Sui occasionally checks the news to see if Li Jinshuang's ranking in the trials has risen or fallen.
Nian Qiuyan was busy dealing with his master, Changsun Zi, so Yu Sui didn't make things difficult for him any further.
After searching for several days at the medical clinic, Xue Mushi told Yu Sui, "There has been no news about Ming Yueqing since he left the Zhou Kingdom fourteen years ago. The Zhou Kingdom has never given up looking for him, but it's not just the people of the Zhou Kingdom who are looking for him. Yet, there has been no news at all over the years."
He also asked Tu Miaoyi, who had been investigating Ming Yueqing's affairs, but to no avail.
"Is it really Mingyue Qing?" Xue Mushi still found it unbelievable. "This medical sage is a person as aloof and detached as an immortal. It is said that he is usually quiet and doesn't talk much. But that person... talks a lot, has a sharp tongue, and is quite irritable. He doesn't seem like the same person at all."
Yu Sui said, "Then do you think the rumored me and the real me are similar to the same person?"
Xue Mushi: "..."
I understand.
Another master of disguise.
After a moment of silence, Yu Sui said softly, "Perhaps we should listen to him."
Leave Taiyi.
Xue Mushi: "What?"
"It's nothing." Yu Sui reached out and pinched the bridge of her nose, sat up from the bedside, glanced at the night outside the window, and perked up. "He gave us the weakness of the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly, which risked exposing himself, but this person doesn't seem to be very afraid. He even gave me some pointers, so my previous deaths weren't in vain."
Xue Mushi said quietly, "Perhaps they don't want you to die again."
Yu Sui: "Unless you can provide a way to contact them without dying."
"That's all for Mingyue Qing. By the way, the inscription about the whereabouts of the Futu Pagoda fragments was exposed before, and many people are trying to decipher the ancient inscriptions by famous calligraphers," Xue Mushi said. "I see that Gu Gan is also busy with this matter."
Yu Sui said indifferently, "Let them do the work for us."
Xue Mushi then said, "What about Wei Ren..."
Yu Sui: "He's not dead. Can he come back and see if he's alive?"
Xue Mushi suddenly sighed and said to Yu Sui, "You should rest a little longer."
He saw Yu Sui walking with other people on the street today. On the surface, Yu Sui seemed to be chatting and laughing with them as usual, but he felt that Yu Sui was already very impatient and that it would become dangerous if she said one more word.
“I’m already resting.” Yu Sui tilted her head and looked at the Wind Listening Rulers on the table. Each of them was monitoring the state of the mountain spirit heading towards the Six Kingdoms Communication Academy.
"While waiting for them to decipher the ancient inscriptions, I was also thinking about the Heavenly Script. These strange characters and incantations really require the help of renowned experts." Yu Sui asked Xue Mushi, "Who do you think are some capable experts?"
After thinking for a while, Xue Mushi said, "Isn't your third brother a disciple of a famous master? I remember he was quite capable. I heard he was also involved in deciphering the ancient inscription."
Sheng?
Yu Sui: "Is he also deciphering ancient inscriptions?"
Xue Mushi said, "I only heard about it today. Sheng Fei seems to be quite serious. The disciples of the famous family seem to be betting on who will be the first to decipher the ancient inscription and find the fragment of the Pagoda."
Yu Sui said thoughtfully, "I'll ask about it tomorrow."
Sheng Fei's unpredictable and eccentric temper was more impressive than his talent in the Nine Schools of Arts.
Yu Sui almost forgot that Sheng Fei was also a genius from a famous family.
The next morning, Yu Sui resumed her role as a "well-behaved, sensible, gentle, and considerate younger sister," and bought breakfast to deliver to Sheng Fei.
She stood at the door and knocked on the dormitory door, and it took a while before someone came.
The person who opened the door was Mu Mengbai. He was yawning and rubbing his eyes. His clothes were disheveled and his hair was messy. There were dark circles under his eyes and a ring of stubble on his chin. He looked like he had been through many years.
When Mu Mengbai opened the door, he was still grumbling irritably, "Who is it so early in the morning? Do you have nothing better to do than eat?"
After rubbing his eyes and seeing who was standing at the door, he couldn't finish his sentence. Mu Mengbai swallowed hard, shuddered as if he had seen a ghost, and said in a trembling voice, "Sister... sister."
“Brother Pastor,” Yu Sui looked at him with a smile, “I’ve come to bring you and Third Brother some food. May I come in?”
"Yes, yes, no, no, sister, wait a moment! It'll be over soon!" Mu Mengbai subconsciously wanted to welcome Yu Sui in, but the moment he took a step, he remembered his current appearance and felt a sense of collapse. He quickly closed the door and rushed back to his room to wash up.
Mu Mengbai had just run into his room when he rushed out again, kicked open the door across the hall, and shouted, "My sister's here!"
Sung Ye, who had just fallen asleep: "..."
He frowned, and when he heard Mu Mengbai's words while preparing to kill him, he was somewhat suspicious. He put on his coat, went out, opened the door, and took a look. Only after finding that it really was Yu Sui did he regain some composure.
Last time Mei Liangyu brought breakfast, he thought the kid was there to poison him. This time, seeing Yu Sui bring food, Sheng Fei felt warm inside. He opened the door and let him in, then called out to Mu Mengbai's room, "Don't come out until you've cleaned yourself up."
As soon as Yu Sui entered the room, she saw the walls covered with papers, each sheet of white paper filled with ink-stained characters and incantations. Some of the characters she recognized, and some she didn't. Several walls were densely covered with the papers, and those that couldn't be pasted on the walls were scattered on the floor. The papers spread out on the table were still new and unstained with ink.
"Put it here." Sheng Fei casually swept the papers on the table aside, gesturing for Yu Sui to place the food box on the table.
Yu Sui turned to look at him and found that Sheng Fei's face also looked tired, as if he hadn't rested for several days and nights.
"Third Brother, did you write all of these?" Yu Sui asked, gesturing to the ink and paper as he put things down. "I heard you've been busy with a bet with a famous scholar, betting on when you can decipher the ancient inscription."
"Almost there." Sheng Fei pulled out a chair and sat down, his face grim. "After a few days of work, we've finally got some leads."
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