470 Chapter 470
With a crisp "clang", Sheng Fei used the Demon-Slaying Blade to knock the divine wooden talisman from Yu Sui's hand, but Yu Sui's palm pressed down on Zhong Li Que's shoulder, still keeping him under her control.
"Don't come any closer!" Zhong Lique shouted urgently.
Neither of them listened.
Sheng Fei gripped his sword and slashed downwards, aiming for Yu Sui's palm. His strength and speed showed no concern that the blade might also pierce Zhong Li Que's shoulder.
Yu Sui looked up at Sheng Fei, and the pressure of the Five Elements caused Sheng Fei's Demon-Slaying Blade to hover above the back of Yu Sui's hand, unable to move forward even an inch.
Their eyes met, and Sheng Fei noticed the slight mockery in Yu Sui's eyes, which intensified his rage.
As the wolf howls reached Sheng Fei's ears, he was already being attacked from both sides by two beasts in the formation, tearing at his hands and feet.
Sheng Fei had no choice but to retreat and dodge. As he moved, Zi Ling disappeared and flew out from behind Yu Sui in the blink of an eye, slashing at her arms and forcing Yu Sui away from Zhong Li Que.
A jet-black beast pounced on Zhongli Que, who frantically raised her hand to shield herself, utterly powerless to resist.
"Fire-tailed Tiger." Zou Yuan raised his hand and pointed towards the center of the divination array.
The Tail Constellation Star will take shape in an instant, howling as it shoots a sharp arrow that pierces through the beasts in the formation that are pouncing on Zhongli Que, and crushes the trigram formation on the ground.
Dust billowed from the ground. Sheng Fei used his Wind Riding Technique to arrive in front of Zhong Li Que, his expression wary. But as he turned around, he saw that there were many more people in the pit.
"Don't move." Yu Sui had just raised her hand when Li Jinshuang, who appeared behind her in an instant, grabbed her.
A gleaming longsword was held across her throat, exuding an intimidating aura.
Li Jinshuang grabbed Yu Sui's wrist and fastened the Dragon-Binding Rope, which sealed the five elements of Qi, onto her wrist.
“Oh dear,” Yu Sui cooperatively raised her other hand in a gesture of surrender, glancing sideways with her voice as lively and mischievous as ever, “You’ve caught me, General Li.”
Li Jinshuang's expression was indifferent, and her eyes revealed no emotion.
Sheng Fei didn't think Yu Sui would be captured by Li Jinshuang so easily. He stepped forward to take over the wanted criminal, but the next moment Leng Xian and the Divine Army Guards grabbed his shoulders and bent his back.
The third young master of the Nangong family had clearly forgotten that he was in a foreign country and was being pursued.
"Your Excellency, I will take this person away." Li Jinshuang came to Yu Sui's side and looked at Zou Yuan.
Zou Yuan had no intention of stopping them, but simply came to Zhong Lique's side and said to Leng Xian, "The rest is up to you."
Leng Xian lowered his head: "Yes."
The high-intensity pursuit mission was finally over, and Leng Xian breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around and ordered his men to escort Sheng Fei to the palace to report the mission.
"Me too? Me? I just arrived in Nanjing. Is this how you treat your guests in Nanjing?!" Mu Mengbai was taken away with him, staring incredulously at the Divine Army guards escorting him.
Sheng Fei stared at Yu Sui, who had been taken away by Li Jinshuang, his eyes filled with resentment. He believed that Yu Sui had deliberately allowed herself to be captured by Li Jinshuang, even though Zou Yuan had broken her divination formation earlier.
"What do we do?" Mu Mengbai turned to Sheng Fei and shouted, "Am I really going to get arrested with you?!"
Sheng Fei, however, said, "She did it on purpose."
"who?!"
"Nangong Sui".
"By the way, Nangong Sui was also arrested. So what? What does that have to do with my problem?"
But Nangong Sui attacked Zhongli Que the moment she appeared... Was it because she also wanted to steal the fragments of the Floating Pagoda? Was she taking advantage of the chaos to strike?
Is that possible?
Sheng Fei's mind was racing, and he completely ignored what Mu Mengbai was saying.
Li Jinshuang sent a message back to the palace first, and received a response from He Xinsi, who told her to bring the person to the Wuwang Palace.
As dawn broke, Yu Sui, bound by Li Jinshuang, arrived at the palace gate. She looked up at the high city wall and stopped.
Li Jinshuang turned to look at her and saw that Yu Sui was intently looking up, so she didn't say anything to disturb her.
After a moment, Yu Sui looked away, winked and smiled at her: "Let's go."
She seemed unaware of how dangerous her situation was, about to face the most unpredictable and capricious saint in Nanjing.
Before Li Jinshuang could respond, Yu Sui had already stepped into the palace. After she crossed the gate and entered the palace, countless light cores, smaller than dust particles, scattered and spread, flying towards every corner of the palace.
Li Jinshuang frowned slightly as she watched the people who seemed to be taking a leisurely stroll in the palace, and quickly followed them. She came to Yu Sui's side and whispered, "Even a Saint Realm expert would find it difficult to escape from the Four Directions Heaven-Reaching Array without His Majesty's permission."
"Then what should we do?"
Yu Sui deliberately raised her bound hands and brought them close to Li Jinshuang, her tone troubled: "Do you expect me to just stand by and watch your entire family be wiped out because you can't catch me?"
Li Jinshuang appeared unmoved, her tone indifferent: "This is none of your business."
"How I escape is none of your business," Yu Sui said, still smiling, without getting angry.
"What do you want to do?" Li Jinshuang asked.
"I won't kill you." Yu Sui turned and walked forward.
Li Jinshuang wasn't worried about this, but seeing that Yu Sui was unwilling to talk about it, she silently followed and didn't press the matter further.
To reach the Five Delusions Hall, one must pass through a water corridor connected to the Heavenly Pivot Hall. As Yu Sui walked along the water corridor, several figures stood on the distant shore, all looking in the direction she had come from.
Situ Jin first noticed Li Jinshuang walking beside Yu Sui, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Li Jinshuang was not injured.
From the moment he learned that Li Jinshuang was going to capture Nangong Sui, he was afraid that Li Jinshuang would not be a match for him and would definitely get hurt if they really fought.
Even though the two had a good relationship back in Taiyi, times have changed, and everyone has changed. They can't guess what Nangong Sui is thinking now.
Li Jinshuang held the other end of the Dragon Binding Rope and led Yu Sui ahead, with Yu Sui obediently following beside her.
As Situ Jin watched this scene, a strange question arose in her mind: How did Li Jinshuang manage to capture Nangong Sui?
Wasn't Mei Liangyu arrested along with them?
He even turned his head and looked around, but didn't see Mei Liangyu.
When Prince Yan and Zou Yexi saw Yu Sui, their eyes widened in surprise. Zou Yexi pointed at Yu Sui and said to Prince Yan, "Hey, hey, hey!"
"she is"
"Oh dear! We talked about this before!"
Do you understand?
The Crown Prince of Yan looked at him speechlessly.
Zou Ye, exasperated, slapped his hand away: "If I had known Miss wasn't dead, I would have gone to her back then, and we wouldn't be in this mess now."
"It's not too late for you to go now," the Crown Prince of Yan said expressionlessly.
"Don't even mention you, I'm thinking of going to join them," the Crown Prince of Yan muttered to himself.
"Not now, I keep my word," Zou Yexi said regretfully.
Yu Sui didn't look towards Tianxuan Palace. Outside the gate of Wuwang Palace, she saw Gu Gan guarding the front.
Gu Gan initially did not believe that Yu Sui had been arrested, until he saw the figure walking out of the alley with his own eyes.
"Sui Sui!"
Gu Gan hurried forward, thinking that Yu Sui had really been captured by Li Jinshuang and Zou Yuan with swift and decisive methods. He assumed that the two sides had probably fought a fierce battle and that Yu Sui was most likely injured.
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the girl's hands were bound by a dragon-binding rope, but otherwise she appeared completely unharmed.
Gu Gan realized his earlier thoughts and looked somewhat embarrassed.
Li Jinshuang did not stop because of Gu Gan's arrival, and led Yu Sui forward. "Wait," Gu Gan reached out to block the way, "Let me talk to Sui Sui."
Li Jinshuang was stopped, and Yu Sui walked straight ahead. With a slight tug, she pulled Li Jinshuang away from the other end of the Dragon Binding Rope.
Gu Gan: "..."
He used his Wind Riding Technique to teleport to Yu Sui's side, his expression grave. "Sui Sui, this isn't the time in Taiyi or Qingyang, when you weren't protected by Dean Wu and the other Saints."
"Once you're inside, don't say anything. If they ask about Yin-Yang Pisces, just tell His Majesty that you can restore the Holy Maiden's core of light. Whether it's true or not, you have to answer like that, otherwise His Majesty will really kill you."
Yu Sui tilted her head and looked at the serious-looking Gu Gan with a puzzled expression.
Gu Gan said, "Just do as I say, and I'll find a way to save you."
“General Li,” Yu Yuan said as he approached the main hall and looked at the people outside.
Li Jinshuang led Yu Sui forward, and Yu Yuan said again, "General, please wait. I will take Nangong Sui inside."
Li Jinshuang did not immediately hand the person over, but instead asked in a low voice, "What are Your Majesty's orders?"
Yu Yuan shook his head.
"Let's go." Yu Sui easily took the Dragon Binding Rope from Li Jinshuang's hands.
Li Jinshuang looked at her with a slight frown, while Yu Sui winked at her gently.
Gu Gan wanted to follow, but was stopped by the others. He Xinsi only saw Yu Sui alone. Li Jinshuang and Gu Gan waited outside the hall and did not leave.
"How did you manage to catch Sui Sui?" Gu Gan asked.
"The Venerable One has taken action," Li Jinshuang said briefly. She knew in her heart that Yu Sui had deliberately revealed himself by having Zou Yuan take action.
"Sheng Fei has also been brought back?" Gu Gan asked again.
"He was taken away by the Venerable One."
Upon learning this, Gu Gan left the Wuwang Palace and headed towards the Tianxuan Palace.
Inside the Five Delusions Hall.
He Xinsi sat by the window watching the sunrise. The tea on the table steamed, carrying a faint fragrance that was particularly refreshing. He listened to the sounds outside, his dark eyes reflecting the red sun slowly rising from the distant cliffs.
Golden light illuminated the heavens and the earth, first falling upon this palace, and spilling over the window onto him.
Yu Yuan led the people in silently and stopped in front of the screen. The hazy, snow-pink gauze separated the space, and only a blurry shadow could be seen through the gauze adorned with gold leaf.
This is a painted screen of snow-capped mountains.
Yu Sui came to the screen, and the scene of the rising sun outside the window was reflected on the screen painting. She saw a sunrise descending among the snow-capped mountains, and at a certain moment the golden and red light spread across the entire snow-capped mountain.
"Your Majesty, Nangong Sui has arrived."
After Yu Yuan finished speaking, he bent down and left, leaving only He Xinsi and Yu Sui behind.
"Can a mere Dragon-Binding Rope restrain its master who possesses the Yin-Yang Twin Fish?"
He Xinsi's gentle, deep voice echoed in the room.
“It can’t be trapped,” Yu Sui replied readily.
He Xinsi added, "You deliberately let Li Jinshuang catch you."
“I took the Saintess’s core on purpose, too,” Yu Sui said with a smile, raising her bound hands.
These words caused He Xinsi to pause for a moment.
"If you did this on purpose, you must have something in mind. What do you want?"
He spoke like a kind old man, patiently listening to the troubles and wishes of the younger generation.
Yu Sui raised her head slightly, as if examining the sunrise over the snow-capped mountains before her, and spoke casually: "His Majesty deliberately handed Li Jinshuang over to the Holy Maiden for disposal, hoping that the Holy Maiden would subdue Li Jinshuang and give her an advantage."
From this perspective, He Xinsi seems to be taking good care of Xun Zhiya.
He Xinsi was not angry at Yu Sui's irrelevant answer. Instead, she said gently, "If Xiaoya could understand this principle, she wouldn't be in this situation now."
"Your Majesty, I'm a little curious, do you really believe that the Holy Maiden can subdue Li Jinshuang?"
"She doesn't need to be subdued."
Xun Zhiya only needed to understand He Xinsi's intentions. Even if she couldn't persuade Li Jinshuang to work for her, He Xinsi would make the arrangements.
"Your Majesty asked me what I want; isn't the answer obvious?"
Yu Suichao revealed a smile to the person behind the screen, appearing innocent and harmless.
The warm sunlight streamed in through a corner of the window, merging He Xinsi with its rays. The pale, sickly-looking man seemed decades younger at that moment, as if he had returned to his youth; even his slightly silvery hair regained its smooth, lustrous sheen, like black silk.
He Xinsi said, "You want to see me?"
Yu Sui: "The Holy Maiden lost her light core after fighting me. This is so strange that it will definitely attract your attention."
“You’re afraid of death, yet you still risked losing your light core to see me alone.” Yu Sui’s voice rose at the end, her tone crisp, with a hint of sudden realization. “Your Majesty knows the weakness of the Yin-Yang Pisces in devouring the light core, which is why you’re not afraid.”
Seeing that she had pointed it out, He Xinsi smiled and said, "It is indeed troublesome for those below the Saint realm to face the Yin-Yang Pisces."
He had previously tried to trick Gu Gan at the Holy Maiden's Palace to see if Gu Gan knew more about Yin Yang Pisces, but the boy was not sincere and wanted to cover for the Holy Maiden, so he didn't say anything.
He Xinsi knew that the Yin-Yang Pisces could only devour light cores below the Saint level, so he was not afraid to face Yu Sui directly.
Li Jinshuang's ability to bring back Yu Sui was unexpected.
"It is indeed quite difficult to fight against a Saint," Yu Sui also said.
“You were working with those two poisoners from the farm, they must have mentioned me to you.” He Xinsi reached out her hand to Yu Sui. “Tell me about it.”
"The two deans said that His Majesty is a person who is afraid of death."
He Xinsi laughed after hearing this. Her laughter revealed neither joy nor anger. Yu Sui then added, "He's also a dying man."
These were indeed unlucky words, causing He Xinsi's smile to flatten slightly.
"Did they really say that?"
"The two deans said that you should have died at their hands back then, but you survived by some kind of secret technique when you were on the verge of death, which is why you dare not leave the palace."
Yu Sui showed no remorse for being a prisoner. She reached out and touched the screen, casually looking around.
He Xinsi's eyes showed a hint of surprise. This was a secret known only to them, and she never expected that the two poisoners would tell the girl in front of her.
"Did Shen Tianxue send you to find me?" He Xinsi asked.
Yu Sui walked around the screen and came to He Xinsi's side, saying politely, "Dean Shen told me that I could come to His Majesty to discuss issues related to the power of the Earth's core."
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