Chapter 213 "Humans" are the Spirit of Heaven and Earth
Mei Liangyu's side discovered the relationship between Zhang Xiangyun and others and Xuan Kui. Although they all suspected that Luo Fu was the one who used the orchid poison, they had no evidence.
Zhonglishan asked them, "Why did you guess it was Luo Fu?"
Xing Chun: "You guessed it yourself, didn't you?"
Zhong Lishan was silent for a moment before replying, "Given Zhang Xiangyun's temperament, if he had any fatal flaws, he wouldn't act so arrogantly."
“I think so too. Luo Fu listens to Zhang Xiangyun in everything. It’s obvious that Zhang Xiangyun still keeps an eye on him occasionally.” Xing Chun stroked his chin and said, “It’s because he’s afraid something will happen to him. I thought it was a bit strange before. Luo Fu’s temper is not bad, but it’s only when you can provoke him.”
Mei Liangyu's thoughts, however, were on Nian Qiuyan.
Zhang Xiangyun was definitely Xuan Kui's man, and Qiu Yan must have been one that year.
Was Nian Qiuyan the one who created the Lan Du, or the one responsible for cleaning up the mess?
It feels like the former.
"That autumn, the wild geese?" Zhong Lishan looked at Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun, his meaning clear even before he finished speaking.
Xing Chun scratched his head and said, "He probably doesn't want to talk to us about these things right now."
Or rather, they dare not.
"Then let's ignore him." Mei Liangyu said casually, holding the Wind Listening Ruler. "Let's kill Luo Fu and Zhang Xiangyun first."
“They could hide in the academy for so long, so they must have many helpers. The academy's saints didn't affect them when they cleared out the Xuan Kui organization in the outer city, so they must have people in the academy too,” Zhong Lishan continued, “For example, instructors, or…”
He didn't say it explicitly, but the other two understood the meaning behind his words.
"Oh," Xing Chun suddenly realized, and nodded, "Although it's hard to believe, it's not impossible when you think about it carefully."
Zhong Lishan said, "They didn't find any problems during the last college-wide testing."
That's why there's this kind of suspicion.
Xing Chun lowered his voice and said, "Shall we examine Luo Fu again?"
“Let me handle this,” Mei Liangyu said.
If their helpers are instructors, there's not too much to worry about. But if they are saints, no matter how powerful their family background is, they are too far away to help in a crisis. They might die in the outer city as soon as they leave the academy.
But Mei Liangyu was different.
Regardless of the role Changgen Saint played in his sealed memories, he was still his master at this moment, the most senior saint in Taiyi. He would not allow anyone to kill Mei Liangyu in Taiyi.
“But before I take action, I need to ask clearly first,” Mei Liangyu said, pointing to the Wind Listening Ruler.
"Nangong Sui?" Zhongli Shan frowned. "You want to tell her these things?"
Mei Liangyu said lazily, "If I don't say anything, wouldn't I be just like you?"
Xing Chun nodded and said, "That's right. If we don't say anything, won't Meimei end up like you?"
Zhong Lishan was puzzled: "I'm just wondering why you're saying these things to Nangong Sui. Do fellow disciples need to discuss such things?"
"Why can't we communicate?" Mei Liangyu said without looking up. "Shouldn't you first reflect on how little you communicate with others?"
Xing Chun continued nodding: "Yes, yes, if you keep everything bottled up, others won't know what's going on, and how can you build trust like that?"
Zhong Lishan frowned.
He was referring to Xuan Kui and Lan Du. What were those two talking about?
Yu Sui looked down at the Wind Listening Ruler on Yue Mountain, and Mei Liangyu sent a message asking her what her relationship was with Zhang Xiangyun.
The question was very direct and simple.
If Yu Sui didn't know what they were talking about, she might have overthought things upon receiving such a message. Although her senior brothers already knew Zhang Xiangyun's true identity, Yu Sui still pretended to be clueless and said, "How could I possibly have a relationship with Zhang Xiangyun! Senior brother, Zhang Xiangyun is sarcastic and cryptic to everyone. If I had to say, we would say we dislike each other."
Mei Liangyu replied calmly, "He is a 'poisonous orchid corpse' who sells orchid poison; he is indeed despicable."
"Zhang Xiangyun?" Yu Sui sent several pictographic runes to express her shock. "Does the academy know? Should we tell Master? Master will definitely not let them get away with this."
Master? Not necessarily.
Mei Liangyu squinted and thought for a moment before replying, "Master doesn't concern himself with anything outside of teaching."
If the master has to handle everything, then the influence of Saint Changgen in the academy will actually decrease, and given Mei Liangyu's past experiences, she is unwilling to seek help from the master.
But Mei Liangyu wouldn't stop Yu Sui from saying what he wanted to say to the Sage Chang Gen.
"So, what do you plan to do, senior brother?" Yu Sui asked.
Mei Liangyu told Yu Sui what he was going to do next, and Yu Sui replied after reading it: "Okay, I will help my senior brother."
With her words, Mei Liangyu felt relieved.
Regardless of the relationship between my junior sister and Zhang Xiangyun, or what their plans are, since she said she would help, at least their goals are the same.
Wu Huaiwei stood on the pavilion, watching Yu Sui below playing with the Listening Wind Ruler, her expression thoughtful.
The girl wasn't in a hurry at all. After initially being curious and looking around, she completely relaxed, went downstairs, and went from standing to squatting, finally sitting down next to the flowers and plants by the artificial rockery.
Before, it would roll its eyes here and there, but now it just looks down at the Wind Listening Ruler, as if it is replying to someone else's message.
Wu Huaiwei couldn't help but ask, "You should be focused when you're cultivating. Did you play with the Wind Listening Ruler while you were studying in the training hall?"
Yu Sui didn't even look up and said, "But this isn't the study hall."
Wu Huaiwei's voice came from all directions: "If I say it is, then it is."
Yu Sui still didn't look up, but her serious expression was evident. It was unclear whether she was so serious because of the reply message or something else: "Dean, the principle of the Wind-Listening Ruler is simply that it transforms the faint yet omnipresent Qi in the world through several mountains, making it a tangible existence, so it can send messages and transmit sounds."
Wu Huaiwei said, "That's right."
"According to our theory, the primordial energy divides into Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang give rise to the Five Elements, and the Five Elements transform into all things, which means that we live in a world formed by the manifestation of the two primordial energies of heaven and earth."
"But the world before my eyes is full of the power of stars, unlike the material world formed by the two energies of heaven and earth. The structure of things is the same, but what makes them up is the 'qi' of stars that roam the universe, seemingly illusory yet not illusory."
“Military formations, certain large-scale magic arrays, and illusions can sever the connection with the two energies of heaven and earth, so when you enter them, the Wind Listening Ruler cannot send or receive messages or transmit sounds.”
Yu Sui then looked up at the starry sky and said, “I guess you only changed the shape of Moon Mountain with your magic, rather than creating an illusion. Everything in front of you is real and exists in the two energies of heaven and earth, but it is a reshaping of your power.”
She shook the wind-listening ruler in her hand, "So I can still send messages and chat with my senior brother from here."
Wu Huaiwei thought Yu Sui was not focused on her cultivation and was obsessed with the Wind Listening Ruler, but little did she know that she was able to cultivate and chat at the same time. While chatting with people, she observed the key points of the Reverse Star Technique.
If it were Yu Sui, who had just arrived in Taiyi, he wouldn't have been able to understand these things.
Her training and experiences during this period taught her a lot.
"The Yin-Yang School's Star Sea follows the laws of heaven and earth, the positions of the stars are fixed, and the laws governing their rotation are also fixed." —Gamma Pigeon
At this moment, Yu Sui could only hear Wu Huaiwei's voice, but could not see where she was.
The alluring female voice came from near and far, its tone leisurely, and with the meaning behind the words, it added a touch of subtle mockery.
"Therefore, if you want to break the power of the Yin-Yang School sorcerer's Star Sea, you can do so by comprehending the stars."
Wu Huaiwei said, "For example, practitioners of esoteric arts and Taoists."
Yu Sui nodded, and while Wu Huaiwei was explaining, she put away the Listening Wind Ruler and listened attentively to her.
"Although it's not easy to reach the point of comprehending the stars, there are always risks involved, and I'm not someone who likes to leave myself with risks."
Wu Huaiwei snapped her fingers, and the flowers and plants at Yu Sui's feet suddenly turned into purple fireflies that flew into the ground and became several small stars.
“Using qi to transform matter is the key to the arts of the nine schools of thought.” Wu Huaiwei’s voice seemed to be right next to her ear. “People follow the seasons and always act in accordance with the laws. The stars in the sky are full of mystery in the eyes of people on the ground.”
"When the Yin-Yang School's techniques are used to understand these things, one must also learn to harness their power."
Yu Sui heard a crisp sound like bells, and the stars in the sky and on the ground began to rotate in opposite directions. The army of stars sank below the horizon and then reappeared, and so on.
Wu Huaiwei said, "Others' star seas are in accordance with the timing of the heavens and can only be determined according to the laws of heaven and earth. But the reverse star technique I teach you allows you to set the rules. You must learn to transcend the stars and decide their positions."
Is it up to me to decide?
Yu Sui tilted her head back, her dark eyes reflecting the shifting stars. Sometimes they moved very fast, sometimes very slowly, but she could still recognize some of them.
“Our ancestor He Guanzi once said, ‘When things reach their extreme, they reverse,’ which is called circulation.” Wu Huaiwei snapped her fingers. “The first lesson I’m giving you today is to comprehend and see through the polar circulation in this Reverse Star Technique.”
Yu Sui lowered her head and looked at the flowing Milky Way on the ground, which was in the opposite direction to the sky above.
Their speed suddenly increased, and in the blink of an eye, a large wave of stars disappeared below the horizon.
But Yu Sui's gaze still captured them all.
The stars are moving in retrograde.
Things will turn into their opposites when they reach their extremes.
Yu Sui looked thoughtful as he quietly observed the trajectories of the Milky Way in the sky and the heavens.
She propped her head up with one hand, and a fleeting purple light occasionally flashed in her dark pupils in the silence.
Although the sky above Moon Mountain was still dark, Yu Sui knew that it was already daytime outside. The intense heat of the strange fire within her body subsided and gradually returned to calm.
But as time went by, she still felt a slight heat rising from the bottom of her heart, making her palms, forehead, and breath feel hot for a moment.
But this feeling was fleeting, making her wonder if it was just her imagination, or perhaps she was overthinking it, or maybe it was due to the strange fire.
Until her gaze caught the two energies of heaven and earth in the flowing starry river.
At this time, the two energies of heaven and earth represent the "extremes" of yin and yang. When things reach their extremes, they reverse. Thus, when yang reaches the heavens and finds it difficult to rise, yin is born; when yin reaches the earth and finds it difficult to enter, yang is born.
Therefore, when Yang rises, it brings warmth, and when Yin descends, it brings cold.
The life and death of all things in the world are controlled by the changing seasons.
Based on this calculation, the most obvious contrast between the four seasons is heat and cold.
Wait a little longer, and the power of this star will change.
Yu Sui reached out and tapped the void, recording the position of the stars that had just reversed. At the same time, he calmed down and continued to observe the changes in the two energies of heaven and earth.
The bamboo raft drifted aimlessly through the mountains and rivers, getting further and further away from Taiyi Academy.
Shen Tianxue and Pei Daiqing didn't even have the Listening Wind Ruler, so they didn't know what happened at the academy last night. The time for the Five Elements Light Core to disappear hadn't come yet, and Yu Sui had been keeping an eye on the situation here.
Wei Ren lay at the end of the bamboo raft, next to a pile of baskets, crates, and bamboo hampers. Morning dew gathered on the leaves of herbs peeking out from the baskets, dripping onto his face as the raft rocked, turning into invisible vapor that seeped into his body.
Pei Daiqing observed Wei Ren all night.
He examined all of Wei Ren's wounds, both new and old, and was almost ready to peel Wei Ren open with a knife to see what kind of person the boy was inside.
With the help of the two sages, Wei Ren regained his life force, and the five elements within his body flowed freely, repairing his severely injured body with his breath.
The Six Realms Five Elements Light Core is absorbing the Five Elements Qi within Wei Ren's body and fusing with it.
Yu Sui was able to observe the power operation of this Six Realms Light Core. At this moment, as Wei Ren's life gradually stabilized, the dust-like Six Realms Light Core began to change.
After absorbing enough of the five elements' energy, the Six Realms Light Core returned to its original size, becoming transparent with only wisps of golden five elements' energy flowing within it.
Far away in Yue Mountain, Yu Sui gently tapped the wind-listening ruler with her fingers, the sound of her heartbeat occasionally ringing in her ears.
The changes occurring within Wei Ren's body at this moment were just as she had imagined:
Humans are the spirit of heaven and earth, born with the ability to breathe and regenerate. Each time they inhale and exhale, the "qi" stays inside the body or is expelled. The five elements light core within the body of a ninth-rate sorcerer automatically transforms the qi within the body, becoming the nexus between qi and techniques.
Even birds and beasts can breathe, but they cannot transform the five elements of the universe like humans can.
The spirit puppet is inanimate, a being that mimics a living person. It only begins to breathe when the Five Elements Light Core is placed inside.
Humans are living beings; they breathe in and out before generating light.
Therefore, Yu Sui believed that after the sixth-realm light core was separated, there was a high probability that it would "survive" in Wei Ren's body.
The changes occurring within Wei Ren at that moment confirmed Yu Sui's conjecture, but her gaze turned to the other two.
If Pei Daiqing and Shen Tianxue discover that a new Five Elements Light Core has grown inside Wei Ren's body, Yu Sui's finger movements while tapping the Listening Wind Ruler will become slower.
"Ah Xue." Pei Daiqing tapped Wei Ren's forehead with his finger. "He won't wake up for at least five days."
"Five days?" Shen Tianxue said disdainfully, "How about we just forget about it? I'm not as curious as I was last night. Let's just throw it away."
“Hey, we can’t just work all night for nothing,” Pei Daiqing advised. “Let’s wait a bit longer and go back to Shengzhou Island first. Things haven’t been peaceful at sea lately because of the trouble caused by Shuizhou.”
Shen Tianxue agreed.
The two chatted casually, completely oblivious to the changing world around them. Most importantly, they seemed unaware of the Five Elements Light Core within Wei Ren's body.
Is it because they can't find it?
Thinking of this, Yu Sui paused in her action of lightly tapping the Listening Wind Ruler with her finger.
[Author's Note]
I've been dealing with a lot of troubles, both big and small, lately, both in the real world. I'll just post one chapter now to avoid missing a couple of days. o(╥﹏╥)o
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
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