Chapter 393 The Man Without a Country
Sheng Fei told Nangong Ming what had happened on his way back, and also confessed that Gu Gan's whereabouts were unknown. Then he straightened his back, knelt in front of the door, and fell silent.
Gongsun Qi's sudden trip to Taiyi was unexpected. What was even more surprising was that he broke into Taiyi Academy and even managed to snatch a fragment of the Floating Pagoda.
Nangong Ming's thoughts raced. The information he had was more important to him than his next move, so he didn't even feel like disciplining his son.
With a somber expression, he walked straight past Sheng Fei and left, followed closely by Jiang Chi, Cao Yan, and the others.
Before they had gone far, Sheng Fei and the others heard Nangong Ming's order for Cao Yan and Jiang Chi to immediately send someone to the Endless Sea to find Gu Gan.
Han Bing paused as he walked past Sheng Fei, glanced at the young man who was still trapped by his father's Five Elements Aura and unable to get up, and said in a low voice, "I'll go check on him first. Don't do anything rash in your anger."
Based on their understanding of Sheng Fei, he and Gu Gan were irreconcilable enemies. Gu Gan almost died, and the fact that Sheng Fei didn't come back smiling to report the news already showed that he had exercised some restraint.
If Sheng Fei was scolded and punished by Gu Gan, and forced to kneel in embarrassment in front of the new child, Sheng Fei would probably be furious and would likely throw a tantrum, desperately trying to break free from the suppression.
That would only make his father angrier, and the consequences would be more serious.
Despite his elder brother's advice, Sheng Fei remained silent.
He knelt on the ground, his expression cold and somber, his eyes lowered as if he could not see anyone or hear anyone else speaking.
Su Feng gave Han Bing a look, signaling his older brother to go first, and he would keep an eye on his unlucky younger brother.
Han Bing then left.
Su Feng looked at Chu Jin, who hadn't left yet, and asked her, "You're not planning to stay here and call him 'brother,' are you?"
Chu Jin laughed and said, "This kind of good-for-nothing doesn't deserve to be my brother."
These words made Sheng Fei laugh in anger. He didn't speak first, but the other party was very impolite, calling him a coward right off the bat.
Sheng Fei then looked up at Chu Jin's arm and said, "Since when did it become your place to be a cripple and yell in this house?"
Chu Jin, however, did not get angry. Instead, she smiled and bent down, staring into Sheng Fei's eyes, and said, "A person who can only talk and throw tantrums but can't do anything right doesn't even have the right to stand up and talk to me."
Su Feng remained silent.
Sheng Fei clenched his fists under his sleeves, took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and looked at Chu Jin with a sarcastic gaze: "You should learn from your sister. Exposing your ambitions too early will make you look like an incurable fool in other people's eyes."
These words surprised both Su Feng and Chu Jin, who looked at Sheng Fei in astonishment.
How dare you compare me to that heartless idiot?
Chu Jin then felt insulted, straightened up and looked down at Sheng Fei: "If she had any ambition, she wouldn't have been bullied by someone like you for so many years. Kneel here properly, Third Brother."
Sheng Fei really wanted to break free from the suppression, but unfortunately his strength wouldn't allow it. He could only watch resentfully as Chu Jin walked away from him with an arrogant expression.
After Chu Jin had walked away, Su Feng asked Sheng Fei, "What did you mean by what you just said? What did Sui Sui do to offend you?"
“She didn’t offend me, she just disgusts me,” Sheng Fei said coldly.
Su Feng said seriously, "If you're saying this just to spite Gu Gan..."
"Second Brother," Sheng Fei raised his head, looked directly at Su Feng, and said, word by word, "I just think it's disgusting that she uses naivety and stupidity to disguise herself and thinks she can fool everyone. I admit that I was stupid for acting impulsively and being hostile to Gu Gan all these years, but I can't accept that Nangong Sui has been deceiving me for so many years in this way!"
Hearing this, Su Feng had already guessed that Sheng Fei and Sui Sui had probably already fallen out back in Taiyi.
Sheng Fei couldn't accept that Sui Sui was no longer the incompetent Ping Shu she once was, and he couldn't accept that his supposedly obedient and kind sister would also look down on him.
"What did she lie to you about?" Su Feng thought about it and found it funny. "She was afraid of us when we were little, and we really weren't good to her. Can you honestly say you never resented her? I remember when the two of us ganged up to scold Sui Sui, only Big Brother didn't say a single bad word about her from beginning to end, and you even called Big Brother a traitor."
Sheng Fei took a deep breath and said expressionlessly, "That was when I was a child."
“Yeah, I only did that when I was little because I was so outspoken.” Su Feng held up his hand to Sheng Fei and counted. “I haven’t targeted Sui Sui since I was ten. What about you? You’ve been like this since you were little. You can’t scold me and I won’t listen. Sui Sui only had a few years of peace after you went to Taiyi.”
Sheng Fei sneered, "Who sent her to Taiyi?"
Su Feng said, "Only by going to Taiyi can she get rid of her identity as a person of the Ping Shu sect."
Sheng Fei replied, "I would rather she remain a Ping Shu person for the rest of her life."
Su Feng silently watched Sheng Fei for a while, and suddenly realized that of the three brothers, Sui Sui really disliked Sheng Fei the most.
He could even sense that Sui Sui had some respect for her older brother and felt relaxed around him, but she disliked and was impatient with Sheng Fei, yet she always tolerated him.
Su Feng recalled the scene from back then: the moment Sui Sui saw Sheng Fei, she turned her face away and left, her eyes still showing lingering disgust.
The person now looking at him with disgust is Sheng Fei.
After their trip to Taiyi, they ended up disliking each other.
If Su Feng were to say that he had known what kind of person Sui Sui was all along, Sheng Fei would go crazy. He kept that to himself, only saying, "Sui Sui isn't as bad as you think. If only you had treated her better back then..."
"Who's been nice to her?" Sheng Fei raised his voice. "Haven't I been nice enough to her?!"
Su Feng gave up and said, "Calm down here by yourself, I'll go and clean up the mess in Taiyi for you."
Sheng Fei thought this feeling was terrible. It was clearly Nangong Sui's fault for deceiving him, so why did everyone around him have to say it was his fault?
Mu Mengbai meant it that way and even advised him to reconcile with Nangong Sui. Now even his second brother, who grew up with him, is saying the same thing!
He was so angry that his chest felt tight. After a long while, he heard footsteps and his mother's anxious voice calling him. Only then did he raise his head, his nose stinging with tears.
When Madam Sheng saw her son kneeling in front of the door, she felt heartbroken. She placed her slightly wet hands on the young man's shoulders and patted him reassuringly, saying, "Don't think too much about it. It's good that you're back."
The beautiful woman hugged her punished son with heartache.
Sheng Fei lowered his head and asked in a muffled voice, "Mother, why am I the one who's wrong?"
Madam Sheng thought her proud son was so discouraged by this incident that he was stuck in a rut. She patted him on the back reassuringly and said, "Failures are experiences that belong to you. You should find something useful in them instead of being discouraged and losing confidence in yourself."
Sheng Fei hesitated, but ultimately did not continue speaking.
Madam Sheng then asked, "Is Gu Gan's matter really unrelated to you?"
Sheng Xun: "..."
Looking at his mother's worried eyes, Sheng Fei suppressed his temper and said, "If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn't have to resort to such methods."
"That's good." Madam Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes becoming shrewd, and she immediately gave instructions to her confidants on the next steps.
...
The Cloud Chariot Flying Dragon travels between the Six Kingdoms and Taiyi every day. However, there are regulations on the time that all Cloud Chariots can stop outside the Six Kingdoms. They must return when the time comes. Very few Cloud Chariot Flying Dragons are left outside. Even in Qingyang, there is only one.
Now, this cloud-borne flying dragon, on Nangong Ming's orders, immediately began its return journey, carrying a large number of Nangong family sorcerers to the Endless Sea to find Gu Gan.
Jiang Chi had just returned from Taiyi, and now he had to take a car back.
In addition to sending people to find Gu Gan, Nangong Ming also ordered the people from the Criminal Investigation Department to go to the General's Mansion to demand the person's return, explaining that the other party was a wanted criminal from Taiyi.
Zhong Li Ci, however, said that the General's Mansion did not have the person they wanted.
The Criminal Investigation Department dared not rush into the General's Mansion, and could only awkwardly stare at the guards, unable to do anything.
Shi Yuezhen and Cang Shu were indeed not in the General's Mansion. Just before entering Qingyang, Cang Shu suggested that they not go to the capital of Qingyang, but instead separate from them and go to hide in the mountains and fields outside the city.
Zhongli Que foresaw the heavy casualties inside the cloud chariot, so as a precaution, he brought a military doctor with him when he came. This doctor also left with Cang Shu and the other person.
Cang Shu found a secluded cave and settled Shi Yuezhen there.
The physician stayed by Shi Yuezhen's side and cured the disorder of the five elements caused by her forceful use of power.
After seeing that Shi Yuezhen was feeling better, Cang Shu took out a red paper windmill from the mechanism box. This was the one that Mei Liangyu had given him when they were on the cloud cart.
The doctor happened to look up and was stunned when he saw the red paper windmill in the man's hand: "How do you have a water wind well?"
Cang Shu didn't even blink before asking, "Found it? What's a Water-Wind Well?"
"A unique communication device from the Yan Kingdom." As the physician stood up, Cang Shu casually stuffed the water-wind well back into the mechanism box. The physician paused, then asked with a smile, "Are you from the Yan Kingdom?"
“No,” Cang Shu said calmly, “we are people without a country.”
The doctor nodded and sighed, "You are all still very young and outstanding students of Taiyi. You have a bright future ahead of you. No matter what happens now, just live well and things will definitely get better."
Cang Shu only hummed in response and did not use the Water-Wind Well in front of the physician.
When the doctors were busy, he made an excuse to go out to find medicine. He used a water well by a stream to spread the news, as Mei Liangyu had instructed.
Cang Shu didn't know why Mei Liangyu had any connection with the Yan state, but he knew he couldn't let Zhongli Shan interfere in their affairs at this time.
...
After daybreak, the officials who received the message lifted the ban on the cloud chariots, and suddenly many long golden lines appeared in the sky.
Yu Sui stood inside the dormitory and glanced at the people outside who were still undergoing trials. She closed the window, went into the inner room, and prepared to wash up.
She had already told Wei Ren and the others that she would be returning to Qingyang immediately.
According to Nangong Ming's requirements, if Gu Gandu's fate at sea is unknown and she is still staying in the academy clueless and knows nothing, she will definitely be scolded when she returns.
Besides, her master had already sternly threatened her that she had to go back and deliver the message right now.
Yu Sui changed into an indigo blue dress, tied her long hair up again, and glanced at the jewelry box. Inside were many new gold hairpins and pearl flowers, all of which Mei Liangyu had given her as compensation.
She put them all away in the mechanism box, thought for a moment, picked up the Wind Listening Ruler and transmitted her voice to Blackbeard: "When you have someone come and take my things away later, take my senior brother's things with you as well."
Blackbeard repeatedly agreed.
He would do whatever Yu Sui said, since the princess had personally asked him to accompany her back to Qingyang.
When Yu Sui finished packing and went to Mei Liangyu's dormitory, she saw Wei Ren and the others returning.
Ji Meng huddled in the corner without saying a word. Wan Qi was still at the clinic and hadn't returned. Xue Mushi asked her, "Are we leaving now?"
"Yes, Master also asked me to go back and deliver a message." Yu Sui walked towards Mei Liangyu's room to see if there was anything she needed to take with her.
Wei Ren said, "Are you going back by yourself?"
"Do you mean I should take you back?" Yu Sui said without turning her head. "How about I send you to my mother as evidence that she killed me?"
Wei Ren smiled awkwardly and remained silent.
After Yu Sui explained the matter of the World Destroyer to Xue Mushi, she glanced at Ji Meng and walked up to him with a smile. Ji Meng shrugged and didn't flinch.
"Do you want to come back with me now?" Yu Sui asked softly.
Ji Meng opened his mouth, but didn't dare to answer.
Yu Sui shrugged lightly: "It's okay, you'll go back after the night walk."
Mei Liangyu left suddenly, without having time to pack his belongings. He had lived in Taiyi for many years and left many traces behind.
Yu Sui stood in the room and looked around. She thought, "It's okay, I'll come back someday."
...
While the other saints were busy searching for Gu Gan in the Endless Sea, Zou Qian leisurely arrived in front of the residence. Seeing the girl walking out, she waved and snapped her fingers. A light blue barrier enveloped the path, blocking the view of others.
Zou Qian asked directly, "Did you kill Gu Gan?"
Yu Sui raised her hand to smooth her hair: "He may not necessarily be dead."
“Old Zhu placed a spirit seal on Gu Gan. I heard that the seal was broken before, so the yang fish inside Gu Gan’s body is likely to devour him.” Zou Qian added, “If you had been there at the time, the trapped yin and yang fish would have attracted each other and fought each other, making you kill each other at all costs and free the yin and yang fish.”
Yu Sui laughed and said, "When Dean Wu said that we were attracted to each other, I thought it meant something else entirely."
Zou Qian scrutinized her: "It's a fact that the Yang fish in Gu Gan's body broke through the seal. If he died, then the Yang fish would be free. But you didn't die, and you have a Yin fish in your body. That means... the Yin and Yang energies are with you?"
"See for yourself."
Yu Sui smiled at him.
In an instant, the flower-lined path in front of Zou Qian transformed into the misty summit of Mount Luo. The world was vast, and Zou Qian, now inside the Nine Provinces Star Sea of Yu Sui, looked down and saw only a black fish in the azure sea.
Yu Sui snapped his fingers, and Zou Qian returned to reality.
Zou Qian stared at Yu Sui and asked, "When did you advance to the tenth realm?"
Not long ago.
Zou Qian said, "Your ascension speed is so strange that I want to dig out your light core and take a look."
Yu Sui just smiled and said, "If the Yin and Yang energies were here with me, I would have suggested to help you break the Heart-Bearing Curse long ago."
Zou Qian narrowed her eyes: "You mean, Gu Gan was swallowed by the Yang Fish?"
Yu Sui smiled and said, "How would I know, Dean Zou? I'm on my way to find Brother Gu too."
Zou Qian scratched her neck, somewhat disappointed. She should have killed Gu Gan while he was still under her nose.
He glanced at Yu Sui again and said lazily, "Go back. Maybe you can still meet with your Dean Wu in Qingyang."
"Is she going to Qingyang too?" Yu Sui asked.
Zou Qian sneered, "Mu Yong'an was killed by your Nangong family, and his disciple went to the Nangong family."
Wu Huaiwei thought Mu Yong'an was killed by the Rakshasa sorcerer of the Nangong family. She tracked down Yan Xiaochuan and found out that the boy had gone to the Nangong family in Qingyang.
Zou Qian then asked, "Since there are mountain spirits now, does that mean Taiyi can also communicate with Qingyang?"
Yu Sui said, "Of course, otherwise what's the point of communicating across mountains and rivers?"
Zou Qian looked at Yu Sui for a while and said, "It would be a shame to kill you if you didn't fulfill the one-year agreement."
Yu Sui: "Then why don't you just break the contract?"
Zou Qian: "Why don't you just say you'll keep your promise?"
Yu Sui generously said, "Since we are still in the agreement, then Dean Zou, could you help me catch another person?"
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