Chapter 38 I don't want to lose this body and die
Yu Sui thought of a possibility: if Qing Kui had always been under Nangong Ming's control, would he have done nothing for his daughter?
Everyone sees Mrs. Su differently.
To the disciples of the Yan state's agricultural school, Lady Su was an enemy who stole the Breath Soil and seriously injured the Yan state's sage.
To Wei Ren and other peasant traitors, Lady Su was a great savior who saved them.
In Yu Sui's eyes, Madam Su was calm, intelligent, decisive, and ruthless.
Lady Su initially hesitated atop Mount Luo, wondering what to do with the child who had unexpectedly taken half of her life-giving soil.
She obtained the Breath of Earth by getting pregnant with Shangyu Sui's child, but no one expected that after giving birth to this child, she would steal half of the Breath of Earth.
From initial hesitation to later making a firm decision, he thoroughly carried out his decision and no longer showed leniency towards Yu Sui.
Simply because she had already made her choice.
Therefore, Yu Sui felt that Madam Su was resolute and ruthless. Once she decided to give up her daughter and choose the Breath of Earth, she would not turn back.
As for Nangong Ming, he is even more dangerous than Madam Su.
Even the formidable Lady Su was defeated by him, so what kind of strength does Nangong Ming possess?
In terms of ruthlessness, Nangong Ming is probably even more ruthless than Madam Su.
Madam Su may only want the Breath of Earth and the Green Sunflower, but Nangong Ming wants far more than she does.
As for the relationship between Madam Su and Nangong Ming, Yu Sui felt from his observations over the years that the two had some romantic entanglements.
The two were special to each other, using each other, depending on each other, and appreciating each other.
But these two people only had a slight interest in romance and poetry.
Often, it is just that one moment of infatuation that is enough to lead people to make many regrettable decisions.
If Yu Sui were to do anything, it would alert Madam Su and Nangong Ming. Yet, when faced with Yu Sui's question, the two would tacitly remain united.
Perhaps it's because they have two children.
Losing one is fine.
Seeing that Yu Sui was deep in thought, Wei Ren waited patiently and quietly without disturbing her. She seemed somewhat nonchalant, her fingers lightly resting on the Wind Listening Ruler. The ruler flickered between light and darkness, and when it was dimly lit, the rotating characters on it were reflected in Yu Sui's dark eyes.
Yu Sui went from being nonchalant at first to being serious and focused later on.
She replied to Zhong Lique's message first: "Do you like this Sister Chu?"
Zhong Lique replied quickly: "It hasn't gotten to that point yet."
"It's just that she gives off a very comfortable feeling, and being around her makes you feel at ease and comfortable." Zhong Lique paused for a moment when sending these messages while pointing at the crossword puzzle, and hesitated for a moment before sending the second half as well. "I have the same feeling every time I see Prince Nangong."
Yu Sui paused in the motion of lightly tapping the wind-listening ruler with her fingers.
Zhongli Que continued, "I want to get to know you for a while first. Everyone's aura is different. If we're too similar, we're either the same type of people or we've known each other for a long time. By the way, be careful in Taiyi too. I keep dreaming about bad things happening to you lately, but I can't remember them clearly when I wake up. Divination doesn't help either."
"Sui Sui, you're too far away, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up."
She had just finished sending the message when the carriage came to a stop.
Zhongli Que heard a commotion outside. Li, the guard of the Zhongli family, said in a deep voice, "Who dares to stop the carriage of the General's Mansion?"
Soldiers clad in golden armor stood on both sides of the road. The leader, a man in a black and gold robe with broad shoulders and a strong waist, held a white jade token and faced Guard Li. He had a handsome face and a cold expression. He said, "Gu Jun, the Golden Armored Army, is here by order of His Majesty to set up checkpoints in the four streets to investigate the Lan poison. Please delay General Zhongli for a moment."
Seeing that the Golden Armor Army had indeed set up a checkpoint ahead, and that many carriages behind were also blocked, Li, the guard, sent people to check.
"Miss." Guard Li turned around and whispered to Zhong Lique inside the carriage, "The Golden Armor Army has set up a checkpoint to check for drugs. Please get out of the carriage and wait for a moment."
Zhong Lique lifted the carriage curtain and, with the help of Guard Li, stepped down from the carriage. She turned around and met the gaze of Gu Jun, who was standing in the sunlight.
They were both momentarily surprised.
From their solitary moment under the tree in the hunting grounds not long ago to their current confrontation on the wide road between the army and their attendants, only a few days have passed, yet the difference in their social standing is clearly evident.
Zhong Lique suppressed her surprise and stood quietly to the side, watching the golden-armored soldiers. Gu Jun glanced at the golden-armored soldiers beside him, signaling them to search the carriage, while bowing slightly to Zhong Lique.
After sending the message to Elder Yan, Yu Sui put away the Wind-Listening Ruler, looked up at Wei Ren who had been waiting for a long time, and asked thoughtfully, "If I were to fight with Madam Su now..."
“You will die,” Wei Ren said with certainty.
Yu Sui added, "If I were in the Fifth Realm..."
“She will die too,” Wei Ren said. “I heard she was injured, but she was still able to fight off many thirteenth-realm cultivators on the summit of Mount Luo, not to mention her phantom beasts, each of which is at the thirteenth-realm level.”
"In other words, whether now or in the near future, you only have one path to take against Madam Shangsu: death."
Yu Sui said "Oh," blinked, and said, "So I'm only alive now because she showed mercy?"
Wei Ren paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It seems you've survived until now by deceiving Madam Su and Nangong Ming. You're not simple if you can fool both of them."
"It's impossible for Lady Su to fly directly to Taiyi to kill you now. Your problem still comes from the pursuers of the Farmer Clan. To be honest, I think you are safer in Taiyi than in the capital of Qingyang."
Wei Ren looked past Yu Sui toward the door and said with a forced smile, "You are now the disciple of Saint Chang Gen. You cannot kill within the academy, but outside the academy you can summon the saint to take action. If they want to kill you, they must first eliminate Saint Chang Gen. If anyone touches Saint Chang Gen, your senior brother Mei Liangyu will cut off that person's head first."
Yu Sui listened with a half-smile.
Wei Ren continued, "Why don't we take this opportunity to cultivate first, and then deal with the Breath Soil? As I said, I am only interested in the Breath Soil, so I have studied its existence over the years and thought about whether it is possible to remove the Breath Soil without killing anyone."
"Is that possible?" Yu Sui asked, not very interested.
Wei Ren laughed and said, "Theoretically, it's possible. You can die once first, so that the Breath of Earth will think that the host's physical body has disintegrated and fallen off, and then come back to life."
Yu Sui reached out and flicked her hair, saying seriously, "Are you really the most capable among the younger generation of the Farmer's Clan? Then this generation of Farmer's Clan disciples is hopeless, isn't it?"
Wei Ren said, "Didn't your master do it?"
Yu Sui looked at him and said, "Then why don't you join the Ghost Daoist sect?"
“My talent doesn’t lie in this,” Wei Ren immediately said. “I’m most comfortable learning how to use the Farmer’s Mythical Beasts.”
Yu Sui was quiet for a moment, then shook her head and refused: "I don't like it. Master can't even eat apricots. I like to eat meat. It's my only hobby in life."
Wei Ren watched in astonishment as she stood up. Yu Sui brushed a strand of hair that had slipped from behind her ear and looked at Wei Ren with a half-smile: "You'd better think of another way to let me peel off the Breath Soil alive."
"You're not going to give me a time limit, are you?" Wei Ren said awkwardly. "I'm not so talented that I can come up with this in just a few days. That's not my talent."
Yu Sui turned to open the door without looking back, but said with a smile, "If you don't think of it, then go die."
Wei Ren watched her departing figure. Yu Sui was a polite child; she would close the door behind her when she left.
The door closed, and the room became quiet again. Wei Ren could vaguely hear Yu Sui calling out to another person outside.
He looked down at the medicine bottle in his hand, recalling the news he had heard about Yu Sui over the years. Even in those years when Yu Sui was unaware, Wei Ren had seen her from afar in the capital of Qingyang.
Six years old, eight years old, eleven years old, thirteen years old.
Wei Rendu had seen Yu Sui standing with Lady Su in the crowd from afar.
Wei Ren was different from other children from a young age. When the children around him were inspired by their master's words to dedicate their lives to the farmers and vowed to take back the Xirang to save the farmers as their life goal, he only felt that the child standing next to Madam Su was really unlucky.
Not only is he unlucky, but he also seems rather dim-witted, even a bit dim-witted. You can tell at a glance that this kind of person will definitely not live past eighteen.
When Yu Sui was eighteen, Wei Ren saw her on a flying dragon chariot.
For the first time, they were not separated by crowds of people, long streets, or heavily guarded troops; they were only a few steps apart.
At such close range, Wei Ren realized that he had misjudged the situation.
The moment Yu Sui's image as a foolish and naive person was overturned, Wei Ren couldn't help but tremble with excitement.
From that moment on, he would not let Yu Sui die.
The moment Yu Sui left Wei Ren's bedroom, she had already composed herself. Over the years, she had mastered how to calm herself down quickly.
Only with precise emotional control can one evade Nangong Ming's scrutiny.
Yu Sui knocked on Mei Liangyu's door and said softly, "Senior Brother."
From inside came Mei Liangyu's nonchalant reply: "What?"
"Are you going to the Ghost Path Sanctuary?" Yu Sui asked.
Mei Liangyu: "Go."
Yu Sui: "Now?"
Before she could even invite him to come along, Mei Liangyu lazily replied, "I'll go when I want to."
"Alright." Yu Sui withdrew her hand from the door. "Senior brother, I'll go now."
Mei Liangyu did not respond.
Yu Sui left the dormitory alone on the dragon ladder and headed to the Ghost Path Holy Hall to continue his introductory training from yesterday.
After last night's torrential rain and thunder, the church grounds were a mess, littered with fallen leaves and broken branches. Most of the white flowers that used to adorn the green vines were gone, and the ditch along the wall was filled with nothing but flowing water and fallen leaves.
Unripe apricots, plums, and peaches also fell all over the ground.
Yu Suiqing swept out a clean spot, picked up a few fruits, and placed them on the ground.
The first one is a green apricot.
This is the physical body.
The second one is a slightly reddish plum.
This is the separated self, the three souls.
The third one is a peach.
These are the six souls that have emptied of the seven consciousnesses.
Yu Sui pointed her finger in the air, finally stopping on the peach representing the emptiness of the seven senses, her fingertip tracing the peach:
The introductory techniques of the Ghost Daoist school allow one to control the soul, stabilize the spirit, and empty the seven senses. In other words, one can survive physical injury without dying, and only by shattering the six spirits with the five elements can one be considered dead.
Yu Sui gathered golden Five Elements Qi at his fingertips, stared at the three fruits lined up in a long line, and pointed at the apricot at the front of the line.
All three fruits were smashed.
When Yu Sui settles her soul, her vision will no longer be primarily based on her eyes, but rather on the vision of another version of herself, separated from her soul, floating in the air and overlooking the entire situation from a high vantage point.
Three or five apricots that had fallen to the ground suddenly levitated and flew towards Yu Sui from different directions. The first consciousness separated from the soul control technique was able to see all the attacks from all directions. Yu Sui's figure blurred, and the afterimages created by the wind control technique grazed past the flying apricots.
The small apricot, carrying rapidly circulating Five Elements Qi, collided with Yu Sui's Five Elements Qi, like two heavy objects pressing together, producing a dull thud before bouncing away.
Yu Sui was repelled and didn't have time to avoid the last apricot.
An apricot fell and hit her forehead.
"Eh." Yu Sui exclaimed softly, covering her forehead.
Chang Gen the Sage: "Too slow."
Yu Sui bent down to pick up the apricot, wiped off the water stains, and smelled it. It had a faint apricot fragrance. She asked Saint Changgen, "Master, can you smell it?"
The Sage Chang Gen said, "I cannot smell it, but I can imagine it."
Yu Sui squatted down, stared at the apricot in her palm, and asked again, "Will I be able to cultivate to your level someday?"
Chang Gen the Sage: "No."
"Huh?" Yu Sui was stunned. Was it really that direct and certain?
"Master, why can't I? Is it because my talent isn't enough?" Yu Sui asked curiously.
Chang Gen the Sage: "You are attached to the flesh."
After hearing this, Yu Sui reached out and touched her face, then looked down at her clothes and nodded, saying, "I'm so good-looking, I really don't want to lose this appearance and die."
Chang Gen, the sage, said: "That makes sense."
Yu Sui smiled, stood up, and continued cultivating.
Yu Sui practiced with his master in the Ghost Path Holy Hall for a whole day. He was chased all over the Holy Hall by the flowers and fruits thrown by his master, and was so tired that he had to rest several times.
Mei Liangyu didn't come today. Yu Sui glanced at the darkening sky and knew she had to go to the doctor's house to change her medicine. She greeted Saint Chang Gen and used her Wind Riding Technique to rush towards the doctor's house.
The doctor on duty at the clinic today is still Shi Yuezhen.
However, there were many people here, and the clinic was quite lively. When Shi Yuezhen saw Yu Sui, she lifted the curtain of the partition for her and said, "You've come at the right time. This is the only room left. Today, the military formation has begun, and many injured disciples have come."
Yu Sui walked into the small cubicle: "Armor formation, what level is it activated?"
"The Black Wind City formation with its first-class armor is quite difficult; you absolutely cannot get past it by fighting alone," Shi Yuezhen said as she prepared the ointment.
Yu Sui sat on the edge of the small bed, took off her clothes, and turned her head to look at the scar on her shoulder. It was still very obvious, but it had healed somewhat.
"No wonder there are still so many people here so late," Yu Sui said. "Are they all disciples of the military school?"
Shi Yuezhen smiled and said, "Not entirely. The military formations are for disciples from other families to experience military formations, but our own disciples can also go."
Yu Sui nodded, sat upright by the bed, and quietly waited for the medicine to be applied. Even when she was silent, her eyes were still bright and lively, and her dark, moist eyes shone with a faint light, always appearing innocent and obedient.
Shi Yuezhen turned around and saw Yu Sui's expression softened: "If every patient were as obedient as you, that would be wonderful."
Yu Sui smiled, her eyebrows curving upwards.
Shi Yuezhen first applied medicine to her back. When she went out to change the dressing, she saw that someone else had come in, and that the person was seriously injured. Half of her body was covered in blood, her brows were slightly furrowed, and her forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat.
Li Jinshuang looked up at Shi Yuezhen, who was holding a bowl of medicine. There was a long and deep wound on her left cheek, a sword wound, with some flesh turned outwards, looking ferocious and terrifying.
Unfortunately, there were no spare cubicles available at the moment.
Yu Sui needed to remove half of her clothing, making it inconvenient for her to be with others, so Shi Yuezhen went to ask the disciple next door who wasn't seriously injured: "May I... with her..."
When the girl inside saw Li Jinshuang next to Shi Yuezhen, her eyes widened, and she refused before even hearing what was said: "No!"
And then the curtain was pulled shut with a swish.
Shi Yuezhen was stunned for a moment.
The girl inside said indignantly, "Li Jinshuang is neither male nor female, how could you let her live with me, Senior Sister!"
Shi Yuezhen said softly, "She is a woman, and you are a woman too. What's the difference?"
Hearing the arguing outside, Yu Sui raised her hand and knocked on the wall: "Senior sister, let her come to me."
Shi Yuezhen glanced back at Li Jinshuang. She was in poor condition, struggling to maintain her severely injured body, and looked like she might faint at any moment. So she didn't delay any longer and led Li Jinshuang into Yu Sui's cubicle.
Yu Sui, who was lying on the bed, sat up to make room for Li Jinshuang.
"Do you know each other?" Shi Yuezhen pulled Li Jinshuang to sit down on the edge of the bed, gently lifted her chin, and lightly touched the wound on Li Jinshuang's face with the Five Elements Qi at her fingertips.
“It’s my roommate.” Yu Sui said, tilting her head to examine Li Jinshuang’s injuries. “You went to challenge the armored formation too?”
When Shi Yuezhen pressed Li Jinshuang's shoulders and made her sit on the edge of the bed, the strength she had been holding on dissipated. As Shi Yuezhen's gentle Five Elements Qi caressed her body, her consciousness became clouded, and she slowly closed her eyes.
“She needs to rest for a while,” Shi Yuezhen said.
Seeing that Shi Yuezhen was serious and focused on guiding the five elements energy contained in Li Jinshuang's body to dissipate, Yu Sui carefully got out of bed and made room for Li Jinshuang to lie on the bed.
While Shi Yuezhen was busy cleaning Li Jinshuang's wounds, Yu Sui went to a corner to put on her clothes. Shi Yuezhen asked her to help bring in a few medicine bowls from the counter outside. Yu Sui responded and went out, lifting the curtain.
It was already late at night outside. Yu Sui walked to the counter, picked up the medicine bowl that Shi Yuezhen had asked for, and on her way back, she caught a glimpse of two figures walking in from outside and stopped.
There were still puddles on the ground from last night's rain. The man in front stepped into the water, and blood dripped into it.
Mei Liangyu carried his blood-stained coat on his shoulder with one hand. The clothes on his right hand looked as if they had been burned, revealing his strong arm. His forearm had smooth lines and contained immeasurable explosive power. Combined with the aura of blood and fire on his body, there was also the fighting spirit that he had not been able to completely suppress when he retreated from the battlefield.
Behind him followed Zhong Lishan, who was also injured and stained with blood, his neck covered in crimson mixed with specks of black. Zhong Lishan frowned slightly, and when he caught sight of Yu Sui standing in the clinic, he was momentarily surprised.
Yu Sui first took the medicine pot inside to Shi Yuezhen, then lifted the curtain and came out, looking at Mei Liangyu who came in, and said, "Senior Brother."
Mei Liangyu noticed her movement of picking up the medicine pot and asked in a tone that was neither too loud nor too soft, "Did you come to the clinic to do odd jobs?"
"I'm here to change the dressing, but I'm not done yet," Yu Sui said, seeing Mei Liangyu and Zhong Lishan walking upstairs without stopping, and asked him, "Senior brother, did you also go to challenge the armored formation?"
Mei Liangyu glanced at her sideways, raised an eyebrow, and said, "I'll take you with me another day."
The two went up to the second floor of the clinic one after the other.
Yu Sui went back and told Shi Yuezhen that the two people had gone to the second floor.
Shi Yuezhen smiled and said, "It's alright, the second floor is prepared for people who can heal themselves."
[Author's Note]
However, just to be on the safe side, I should still say that Wei Ren's feelings for Yu Sui weren't love (｀Д)!!
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
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