Chapter 145 Devouring All Things
When Li Jinshuang saw the arrival of a saint, her brows furrowed and her unease grew. When she looked at Yu Sui, she found that Yu Sui was only staring intently at the people in front of her, showing no sign of worry or fear.
Taking advantage of the large number of people, Yu Sui sent over a few Five Elements Light Cores to eavesdrop.
The members of the mechanical families and the academy's saints gathered on the beach, whispering about the strange phenomenon that had suddenly appeared on the sea, while some of the sorcerers from the mechanical families began to set up a barrier.
The sage of the Farmer School, Ou Rushuang, stood on the edge of the sandy ground, his eyes reflecting the chaotic five elements of energy in the sea. He said with a solemn expression, "Did the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, which is responsible for stabilizing the five elements of energy in the sea, give any warning in advance, or show any abnormalities?"
Leng Rouyin turned to the side and looked at Wu Huaiwei, the Yin-Yang School Saint, who was walking slowly behind her. She said in a low voice, "This one should be the one who noticed the strangeness of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl and came here."
Wu Huaiwei walked between the two, her gaze sweeping back and forth between them with a hint of scrutiny: "I came to the Mechanical Island because of the strangeness of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl. What brings you two to the Mechanical Island?"
Ou Rushuang said, "Because of the orchid poison, I came here to find some medicinal herbs, but I just happened to learn about the outbreak of the sea eye."
Leng Rouyin looked ahead and said calmly, "It's a coincidence."
Her answer was very perfunctory, attracting the attention of Wu Huaiwei and Ou Rushuang. Leng Rouyin remained calm and composed.
Wu Huaiwei opened her hand, and a bright pearl radiating dazzling light appeared in her palm. Inside the pearl, azure seawater was violently churning, and golden five elements of energy were surging and crashing, indicating the chaotic state of this sea area.
“Even the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl can no longer suppress the Five Elements Qi of the Abyss Sea. If these sea eyes continue to regenerate and advance, they will devour the entire Mechanical Island.” Wu Huaiwei narrowed her long phoenix eyes and glanced behind her. “After devouring the Mechanical Island, it will advance towards the outer city and the academy, until it devours everything in the sea.”
Ou Rushuang said in a deep voice, "We will naturally not allow such a thing to happen."
Leng Rouyin said, "There used to be many sea eyes here, but they never moved and remained calm. Why are they suddenly attacking Taiyi now?"
"Isn't this 'sea eye' thing something your Shuizhou people created?" Wu Huaiwei stared at Leng Rouyin with ill intent and sneered, "Why are you asking us about it now?"
Yu Sui was stunned.
This statement implies that Leng Rouyin is a saint who participated in the Water Boat Project.
What is the connection between the sea eye and the water boat?
Is it to deal with the strange fire?
"The goal of the Water Boat research is to create a Void in the sea that ignores the five elements and can devour strange fire, not a inferior product like the Sea Eye." Leng Rouyin looked at the waves in front of her, her calm words revealing no emotional fluctuations.
"Inferior quality?" Wu Huaiwei squinted. "Is this how your teacher taught you to define a sea eye?"
When Leng Rouyin heard the word "teacher," she frowned slightly and glanced at Wu Huaiwei. Wu Huaiwei smiled and met her gaze, still relentlessly saying, "The inferior product you mentioned may not be able to devour the strange fire, but it can devour all the islands of Taiyi. Perhaps even the power of the earth's core cannot do anything to it. In that case, it can also devour you and me."
"Such a dangerous thing shouldn't be underestimated."
Wu Huaiwei walked gracefully towards Leng Rouyin, getting close enough that, from Ou Rushuang's perspective, their cheeks seemed to be touching. The alluring woman softly uttered sweet words: "Sister Rouyin, don't be too arrogant. Among the twenty-four saints, you are the most useless."
In Yu Sui's memory, Leng Rouyin was gentle and humorous when she was teaching at the military academy. However, after leaving the classroom and finishing her teaching, that gentleness would disappear, and she would become cold and even somewhat unapproachable.
Everyone says that Leng Rouyin, the strategist of war, is only at her gentlest when she is teaching.
At this moment, after listening to Wu Huaiwei's words, Leng Rouyin only raised her eyes. Although her expression did not change, her hand was already on the hilt of the sword at her waist. The sound of the sword being drawn rang out, but no one saw it.
The long red ribbon surrounding Wu Huaiwei whistled as it swept between the two like a wave, blocking the sword energy from before. The two silently clashed.
Ou Rushuang coughed lightly and tried to mediate between the two, saying, "Gentlemen, the most urgent task is to stop the sea eye from spreading towards the mechanical island and to stabilize the five elements of the abyss sea."
Wu Huaiwei stared at Leng Rouyin with a half-smile, and as she straightened up, she said, "We don't even know how the sea eye spread, so how can we stop it?"
Leng Rouyin's gaze passed over Wu Huaiwei and looked at Ou Rushuang behind her: "There have always been people monitoring the movement of the sea eye in the underwater mechanical city. Such an anomaly, yet there has been no notification. What do the mechanical family say?"
Hiding not far away, waiting for them to finish arguing, Situ Jin coughed twice to indicate his presence, raised his hand and said, "Seniors, please hear me out."
The three academy saints then turned around.
As the young master of the Situ family, Situ Jin was pampered by everyone since childhood. He often helped his grandmother with chores and was familiar with the saints of the academy, so he was not intimidated at all.
Upon seeing Leng Rouyin and Wu Huaiwei, Situ Jin knew he wouldn't be able to get a word in edgewise for a while; these two rivals always seemed to have a quarrel whenever they met.
While waiting, Situ Jin also exchanged information with the heads of the other three families.
Situ Jin bowed first and then said, "The current rate of reproduction of the sea eye is within expectations, and we have enough time to deal with it. The Murong and Baili families are currently using the 'Heavenly Water Wall' to prevent them from approaching the Mechanical Island. We would like to ask the three seniors for help in keeping the five elements of the Abyss Sea stable."
Ou Rushuang nodded and said, "Okay."
How to prevent the sea eye from getting closer?
Yu Sui raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. The sea eye that had devoured Luo Fu's lightning-summoning array had already appeared on the shore. How could it be stopped?
"Several mountains on the island are also under repair due to the inspection of the Orchid Poison, and their connection with the underwater mechanical city has been severed. We don't know the situation yet," Situ Jin said. "Once the Mu Tian Water Wall spell is finished, we will send someone to the underwater mechanical city to check on the situation."
Wu Huaiwei asked, "Did the Undersea Mechanized City report anything unusual before the communication was cut off?"
Situ Jin shook her head and said, "We haven't received it."
“Sister Rouyin, didn’t you once receive guidance from the master mechanics expert and study the sea eye on the water boat?” Wu Huaiwei glanced at Leng Rouyin. “Now that things are like this, can you explain your situation?”
Leng Rouyin did not answer, but turned around and said, "I'm going to get the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl to resolve the chaotic Five Elements Qi at sea."
Wu Huaiwei raised her hand to cover her mouth and mocked, "She's just not skilled enough and can't think of a solution."
Ou Rushuang sighed and said, "Just say less."
Wu Huaiwei rolled her eyes, looked at Ou Rushuang with a smile, and whispered, "I almost forgot about you. The sea eye swallows everything. Anything that falls into the sea can be found in the sea eye. Wasn't the Milky Way, which has troubled the Legalists for so long, originally born from the sea eye?"
"Now that there are so many sea eyes on the island, it's possible that the Milky Way Water might reappear in one of them. Since you're so worried about the Orchid Poison, why don't you take this opportunity to stay here and see if you can find the Milky Way Water in the sea eye to report back, so that the Legalist Master Yu Shenglao won't suspect you."
Her words were teasing, sounding both true and false, making them hard to decipher.
If they wink at you halfway through a sentence, you won't sense any aggression whatsoever.
Ou Rushuang wasn't annoyed. She chuckled and said, "The Milky Way is growing in the sea. That's perfect. It saves me a lot of trouble."
Yu Sui felt that Wu Huaiwei's words had a hidden meaning. She seemed to know that Ou Rushuang was related to Lan Du, and Yu Sheng of the Legalist school also had some suspicions about Ou Rushuang.
Ou Rushuang, on the other hand, remained very calm.
Unable to amuse him, Wu Huaiwei gave up and instead slowly walked towards the top of the cliff with the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl in her hand.
Although the three academy saints disliked each other, they did not neglect their business. They each found a place and used the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl to suppress the five elements of energy in the abyss sea.
The sorcerers of the Murong family unloaded their mechanical bags on the shore and released many small boats. The sorcerers of the Baili family rode the small boats to the center of the storm to locate the magic array.
The Situ and Wenyang families were responsible for clearing away the chaotic Five Elements Qi at sea, ensuring that the Baili family's sorcerers could safely reach the front lines to set up the Heavenly Water Wall formation.
Yu Sui hid behind the rocks, pulled her head back from looking out, and told Li Jinshuang the information she had overheard.
Besides these, she also kept an eye on the movements of the Wen Yang brothers.
The Wen brothers, Wen Yangzhou and Wen Yangxiu, stood in a corner a little away from the crowd, each holding a wind-listening ruler, seemingly checking the information on the ruler.
"Could Meimei still be in the sea?" Wen Yangxiu muttered. "That kid said he was going to the Abyss Sea to find the Six Profound Wood, and then he disappeared without a trace. The Communication Academy just happened to shut down the Listening Wind Ruler, so we can't contact him."
Wen Yangzhou scratched his head and frowned, saying, "The sea eye is spawning and multiplying. If he gets swallowed up, he'll be in grave danger. He absolutely must not be in the sea."
Wen Yangxiu said, "I'll go to the underwater mechanical city later, and you can stay up there and watch the Mutian Water Wall."
Wen Yangzhou said, "I'll go down, you stay on the shore."
Wen Yangxiu looked up at him, puzzled: "What are you arguing with me about?"
Wen Yang put away the Wind Listening Ruler, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Listen to me, this time it doesn't feel good."
Wen Yangxiu was even more puzzled: "If you're not feeling well, how can I agree to let you go down?"
Wen Yangzhou: "I'm the boss, you listen to me."
The two brothers decided to play rock-paper-scissors, but they always chose the same option, so they couldn't decide who would win. Yu Sui stopped listening.
She looked back at Li Jinshuang, who was leaning against the stone wall with her arms crossed, deep in thought. "The sea eye can devour everything. Some people are studying it, hoping to use it to devour strange fire..."
At this point, Li Jinshuang frowned, wondering how such troublesome matters as different kinds of fire had come into play.
After listening to Wu Huaiwei's words, Yu Sui believed that the current twenty-four Taiyi Saints were divided into different camps: the Water Boat Faction, which researched different fires; the Orchid Poison Faction, which wanted the Milky Way Water; and the Floating Pagoda Fragment Faction, which wanted to break the oath of no war.
Perhaps a small number of people remain neutral, or perhaps they know everything but choose not to get involved or interfere.
When Yu Sui thought of such a saint, her first thought was her master, the Saint Chang Gen of the Ghost Daoist School, but she quickly dismissed the idea.
The Master cannot be neutral.
Yu Sui interrupted Li Jinshuang's train of thought: "Is the Milky Way actually generated from the eye of the sea?"
Li Jinshuang then put the strange fire out of her mind and thought about Yu Sui's words before answering: "I have heard of the Sea Eye. It can devour everything, and what is devoured may also be found in the Sea Eye. The origin of the Milky Way Water has not been made public, but if it is true, as the academy's saint said, that the Milky Way Water was born from the Sea Eye, then it makes sense."
Many rare and precious natural treasures prefer to grow in extremely dangerous places.
Li Jinshuang looked towards the Abyss Sea. She wasn't worried that the sea eye would devour the Mechanical Island. With the people from the four major mechanical families and the saints from the academy taking action, in her opinion, it was almost impossible for the sea eye to devour Taiyi Island.
What she was worried about was this: "If Zhang Xiangyun and the others come back from down here at this time, it will be hard to explain if so many people see them."
[Author's Note]
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