Chapter 69 Yu Sui still remembers that slap from back then
The river flows with the energy of the five elements, which restricts the disciples from using the Eight Trigrams Life Technique. Crossing the river requires each person to rely on their own abilities. After falling into the water, the rocks and forests in the Dragon Slaying Cave will change at night. So although the river will not harm them, it will take them to different places.
Yu Sui was swept ashore by the river. He immediately lit the Zhou Tian Fire to survey the terrain while observing the injured and unconscious Su Tong beside him.
Yan Xiaochuan shook his head, splashing water everywhere. He saw that Su Tong and Yu Sui had been struck by the golden lightning. After getting out of the water, he hurriedly asked, "Senior Sister Su, Little Princess, how are you two?"
He was holding onto Su Tong, but by the light of the Yu Sui Zhou Tian Huo, he could see that what was in front of him was like a bottomless cave. It was pitch black all around, but also dry. The flames reflected off the smooth stone walls. The cave ceiling was high, and because it was spacious, he could hear the echo of the flowing river.
"Senior sister was more seriously injured. She blocked most of the golden lightning for me," Yu Sui said softly, brushing her wet black hair behind her ear, her eyes reflecting Su Tong's blood-stained half of her body.
Yan Xiaochuan quickly took out medicine from his secret box: "Little Princess, are you a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine? Do you know how to do simple bandaging?"
“I can,” Yu Sui said, though she wasn’t very good at it.
"That's great. The medical family is the one I most want to befriend, but for some reason, all the medical disciples I know are complete idiots. Five out of five have switched to other cultivation methods." As Yan Xiaochuan spoke, he handed the medicine to Yu Sui, while simultaneously placing one hand on Su Tong's injured shoulder to channel the five elements of energy into it and temporarily stop the bleeding.
Yu Sui also said, "It is more difficult to enter the medical field than other fields."
After she prepared the medicine, Yan Xiaochuan stood up with his back to her, because Su Tong's injuries required him to remove some of her clothes, and he couldn't look at her.
Yan Xiaochuan stood guard at the front, observing the surging river water, and muttered to himself, "I've met that Qingyang princess a few times. She's quite famous in the Yin-Yang School. I've also met the eldest son of the Mechanical School a few times. I don't usually notice anything about him, but Senior Brother Liangyu's attitude towards him isn't very good."
Yu Sui noticed the dark lightning marks on Su Tongxue's fair shoulders and back, and gently applied the ointment, afraid of hurting her. Hearing Yan Xiaochuan's rambling, she asked, "Why is Senior Brother treating him badly?"
"Actually, the few times I met the young master were with Senior Brother Liangyu. I don't know why, but this young master calls Senior Brother Liangyu 'brother,' but Senior Brother Liangyu is very impatient and always tells him not to call him that." While chatting about academy gossip, Yan Xiaochuan didn't forget his business. He reached into the river to feel the flow of the five elements. "I heard that it was the elder of the Wenyang family who made him call Senior Brother Liangyu 'brother.'"
Wen Yanghui was also unwilling, but because of the pressure from the elders in the clan, he could not resist. He could only obey orders and call Mei Liangyu "brother" while helping to hand over the knife when Gu Gan was about to kill someone.
Yan Xiaochuan said indignantly, "I used to think it was pitiful that he chased after Senior Brother Liangyu so eagerly, calling him 'brother,' only to be met with a cold face from Senior Brother Liangyu. Now I see he deserved it. I shouldn't have doubted Senior Brother Liangyu's judgment!"
Yu Sui looked up at him and asked, "Are you and my senior brother on good terms?"
Yan Xiaochuan stroked his chin and said, "I think it's pretty good."
He has many friends and gets along well with many of his senior classmates. He also enjoys making friends, so he gets along well wherever he goes.
Yu Sui thought to herself, "It sounds like it's a one-sided thing that's good."
When Wen Yanghui called out "Brother Mei Liangyu" at the dormitory entrance last time, it left a very deep impression on Yu Sui.
At first, Yu Sui only thought he was the young master of a family of mechanical engineers, with no special features other than his somewhat effeminate appearance. But after hearing him call her "brother" and later when he told Gu Gan that he could use his relationship with his senior brother, Yu Sui remembered him.
He can call someone he dislikes "brother" without batting an eye, and even when his act of handing over the knife to someone who has been exposed for murder remains calm and even somewhat regretful, which shows that Wen Yanghui is an extremely self-centered and ruthless person.
This kind of person can be ruthless to others, and also ruthless to themselves.
The fact that Gu Gan was able to recruit Wen Yanghui into his team, making himself the leader and Wen Yanghui his subordinate, shows that the two of them had quite a bit of experience.
Yu Sui was unaware of Gu Gan's experiences outside Qingyang Capital, let alone what had happened during his two years at Taiyi Academy.
Of all the people around Gu Gan now, only Ji Meng and Qian Ying are somewhat familiar to her, and she has had some interaction with them.
People like Huo Xiao, Wen Yanghui, Xun Zhiya, and Xiang Feifei constitute Gu Gan's personal network. Even though there are rumors that Yu Sui and Gu Gan were childhood sweethearts, it is Xun Zhiya who works with them and can be considered their partner.
Yu Sui was a newcomer and Mei Liangyu's junior sister, so Wen Yanghui naturally had no reservations about her.
"Senior Sister Su was struck by the Taoist Heavenly Gang Five Thunders, and she will have thunder marks on her body. The burning from the thunder and fire will be very painful! Oh my god, Little Princess, you were also struck by golden thunder, and you also have thunder marks!"
As Yan Xiaochuan muttered to himself, he suddenly realized this and covered his mouth in terror: "I'll be beaten to death by Senior Brother Sheng!"
Yu Sui glanced at her shoulder, which was still aching slightly. She felt alright; it was nighttime, and it seemed that the burning sensation from the Thunder Seal had been quelled by the strange fire.
Strange fire can be quite domineering at times. It can devour too many things, especially fire-attribute techniques like the burning of lightning seals, which the strange fire can directly suppress.
No wonder the Breath of Earth remained within her body for over a decade, never daring to approach the Strange Fire even slightly. If it were to invade the Strange Fire, it might be swallowed whole by it.
Yu Sui's eyelids twitched, and for a moment she felt that this was not bad.
"My injuries are minor; it's mainly Senior Sister Su who's injured," Yu Sui said softly.
Wen Yanghui was clearly targeting Su Tong just now. He probably thought Su Tong was in cahoots with Mei Liangyu, so she was a threatening competitor and he planned to eliminate her first.
Yu Sui helped Su Tong put on her clothes, and the sound of the fabric rubbing together was incredibly clear in the empty cave.
This golden lightning strike can't be taken for nothing.
Even if Wen Yanghui is one of Gu Gan's people, a partner of Gu Gan, and is helping Gu Gan steal the Pagoda, what does that have to do with me?
Having been excluded from the plan by Gu Gan, I had no idea about any of this.
Yu Sui always remembered what Nangong Ming had said: being too stupid would come at a price; one cannot be too stupid, nor too weak.
Nangong Ming wanted Yu Sui to understand that she was a princess of the royal family, representing the Nangong family. Even if the young master Lin knelt down and cried pitifully back then, and there was so much injustice in his words, she had to stand on the same side as Nangong Ming and resolutely support Nangong Ming's decision to imprison the Lin family, instead of showing weakness and letting the young master Lin get up first.
When it's your turn to be assertive, you must not show weakness or cowardice.
Yu Sui still remembers that slap from back then.
She stood up and said, "You stay and watch over Senior Sister Su. I need to go back into the water to find something."
"What are you looking for? I'll go, or we can go during the day. The mountains and forests might move at night, and we might get washed away again. Besides, we can't use the Eight Trigrams Life-Saving Technique in the water." Yan Xiaochuan didn't quite agree, and after saying that, he asked, "Can I go back and look?"
“Okay.” Yu Sui thought of the mountains in the water and held the sacred wooden divination stick in her hand. “I’ll go by myself. I can come back.”
Having someone follow you around is actually inconvenient.
Yan Xiaochuan squatted at the cave entrance. When he saw Yu Sui walk up to him, he couldn't help but look up at her. In a daze, he remembered that she was the first person to notice someone approaching on the Star River Map.
Sheng Fei has been busy with the trials of famous masters and preparations for the Dragon Slaying Cave challenge. He only knows that Yu Sui is diligent and focused in his cultivation, but he is still at the first level.
Yu Suiqian's impression on people over the past ten years was too deep. Sheng Fei felt that she was not so stupid as to be beyond redemption, but she was not particularly talented either. Her cultivation speed at the first realm was normal.
Although he was accepted as a disciple by a sage of the Ghost Dao School, it only meant he had a sage to guide him. Cultivation still depended on the individual. After all, he knew that Yu Sui went to other schools to cultivate every day and was still in the stage of learning the basics.
So he never considered how capable his sister was.
At this moment, Yan Xiaochuan asked, "Little Princess, are you at the first realm?"
He was worried that the information he received from Sheng Fei was incorrect and wanted to double-check it.
“Yes,” Yu Sui nodded.
Yan Xiaochuan said, "You can't use the Eight Trigrams Life Technique in this water. How good are you at swimming?"
Yu Sui thought for a moment and said, "Very good."
Yan Xiaochuan said again, "What are you looking for? I'll go. You still have the lightning mark on you, I can't let you get hurt again."
Senior Brother Sheng can be quite frightening when he gets angry!
If he knew that I was being whipped by golden lightning and flung by the river while with the little princess at the dragon's tail, he would probably throw my head into the carefree pool and make it into a big, named rock!
Yu Sui raised her hand to wipe the water off her face and looked down at him: "I also want to learn from Senior Sister Su that I should refuse when I should refuse, so I don't need you to go, I'll go by myself."
Yan Xiaochuan: "...Alright, then you must promise to come back safely and not be swept away by the water."
Before getting into the water, Yu Sui glanced back at him and said earnestly, "Listen to Senior Sister Su, don't say things like that."
Yan Xiaochuan silently covered his mouth and nodded, watching her disappear into the water with longing eyes.
The young princess may look delicate and frail, but she has her own ideas and might have some other tricks up her sleeve.
Yan Xiaochuan didn't believe that Yu Sui would jump back without any certainty. After all, she was Liang Yu's junior sister. He had already misjudged Wen Yanghui once, and this time he decided to trust Liang Yu's judgment. His junior sister must be extraordinary!
Yu Sui left, and Yan Xiaochuan used the Bagua Life Technique to ignite the Zhou Tian Fire to illuminate the cave. He looked at Su Tong's injuries, frowned, and sighed inwardly. He had to find a way to remove the lightning seals from Senior Sister Su and the Little Princess.
Yu Sui went back to search for the underwater communication array.
She left behind a five-element light core in the water to pinpoint its location, so that even if the river changes, she can still find that five-element light core.
Although the rules state that the Wind Listening Ruler cannot be used inside the Dragon Slayer Cave, she saw that all the instructors of the thirteen realms were carrying Wind Listening Rulers. Perhaps the academy had simply blocked the connection between the mountains inside the Dragon Slayer Cave.
Until she saw the mountain range underwater.
Even though they were far apart, she could still see the flowing runes and incantations around the mountains at a glance. They were in operation, receiving and outputting information that was a manifestation of the five elements of heaven and earth.
Since the disciples inside the Dragon Slayer Cave cannot use the Wind Listening Ruler function, where does the information that Shushan receives come from?
The underwater mountains in Zhanlong Cave are slightly different from the mountains outside. Yu Sui guessed that the communication between the mountains inside Zhanlong Cave might be independent and not connected to the communication array outside Zhanlong Cave.
Yu Sui took the sacred wood fortune slip given to her by Su Tong, because Su Tong had told her before that her sacred wood fortune slip would bring lucky guidance in times of crisis, turning danger into opportunity and bringing about favorable changes.
Just in case, Yu Sui still took the sacred wooden slip into the water.
Perhaps due to the night, the underwater world was dark and the river water was icy cold. If one stayed too long, the cold would seep into one's body. However, Yu Sui, who was scorched by the strange fire, was not afraid of these things. Her Divine Eye of Heaven filtered out the darkness, making the river water clear and transparent. She followed the direction of the Five Elements Light Core and came to the top of the mountain range.
[Author's Note]
I need to go out on an errand, so I'll change into a light jacket beforehand.
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
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