Chapter 254 The General Trend of the World
Outside Taixu Hall.
The thick fog at night dimmed the streetlights. More than a dozen Ninth Capital Guards stood in front of the mansion gate. Judging from the way they carried swords on their shoulders and their malicious expressions, they were clearly a group of thugs who were not to be trifled with.
Especially the young people standing at the very front.
The people of Taixu Hall guarded the gate, refusing to let anyone in no matter what they said. Mei Liangyu's expression was indifferent; as he listened to the other person speak, he lightly touched his forehead, his dismissive manner showing he completely disregarded them.
Manager Xiao of Taixu Hall said in a deep voice, "The fire has been brought under control, so please don't trouble yourself any further and return."
A rude sneer rang out from the crowd.
In the ranks of the Nine Capital Guards, Zhang Pinghui raised his thick black eyebrows and said arrogantly, "I think the fire in your Taixu Hall is almost burning up to my eyebrows. Don't brag that it's already under control. Your hall master won't be able to put out this fire tonight."
"Who do you think you are to talk to us like that..." the Taixu Hall members shouted angrily, but then Zhang Pinghui blew a loud whistle.
The whistle sounded like the sharp cry of an eagle. Suddenly, a black eagle appeared in the eyes of the Taixu Hall sorcerer, swooping down to snatch away his left eye, causing him to scream in terror and pain.
Things happened so fast that the people at Taixu Hall didn't even have time to react. Manager Xiao, seeing the eyeball lying on the ground, flew into a rage: "Outrageous! You…"
"Finished?" Mei Liangyu raised his eyelids and finally looked at people properly. "Since you don't take a nice talk seriously, there's no need to put out this fire. Tell your hall master that he should have thought of this day when he was fighting with Taiyi Academy for things."
He held a wind-listening ruler in his hand, and the lit-up surface of the ruler was still transmitting sound.
Mei Liangyu picked up the Listening Wind Ruler, which displayed the name of Zou Qian, the head of the Yin-Yang School.
"Go ahead, keep an eye on Taixu Hall first, don't let a single one escape." Zou Qian's voice came from the Listening Wind Ruler, "The other deans will be here soon."
Manager Xiao stared in disbelief at the Wind-Listening Ruler in Mei Liangyu's hand. Just as he was about to speak in his defense, he saw the others behind him immediately begin to form a formation by making hand seals.
The Nine Capital Guards cooperated seamlessly, having made preparations beforehand. In the blink of an eye, golden pillars of light rose one after another outside the walls of Taixu Hall, completely surrounding it.
Yu Sui knew that the Nine Capital Guards would set up a barrier to trap Taixu Hall, so she rushed out by climbing over the wall before they could. When she looked back, she saw that she was the only one who had come out.
Yu Sui: "..."
Wan Qi was dumbfounded when he saw the barrier that suddenly appeared.
ah?
What's going on?
He had no idea why Nangong Sui had run so fast!
Yu Sui stood under the wall and looked up.
Wan Qi used both hands and feet to climb up the wall with difficulty, and silently looked at Yu Sui standing below.
A moment later, Wan Qi couldn't help but curse, "Who's so wicked?"
Yu Sui pointed towards the gate: "Nine Capital Guards, right?"
Wan Qi: "Aren't we heading towards the main gate?"
"I was in such a hurry that I didn't remember the way," Yu Sui said innocently. "After Elder Zong caught up with us, I was thinking that I couldn't let him catch me, so I had to get out first and then meet up with the Nine Capital Guards."
Hearing her say that, Wanqi felt embarrassed to blame her and stammered, "Then, then I'll go to the main gate to find the Ninth Guard?"
“If you don’t know the way, you shouldn’t wander around. It wouldn’t be good if you ended up at Elder Zong’s door,” Yu Sui said. “Besides, there’s another group of people coming to Taixu Hall tonight.”
Wan Qi then remembered and hurriedly asked, "By the way, what happened to the person hiding in the Shadow Devourer?"
“They ran away,” Yu Sui said. “We had just exchanged blows when the people from Taixu Hall chased after us and scattered us.”
Wan Qi: "So you didn't see him come out of the Shadow Swallower?"
Yu Sui shook his head, his tone full of regret: "I don't have the strength to force someone out of the Shadow Devourer."
Wanqi could only comfort her, saying, "People grow up, it's okay, you'll definitely be able to do it in the future."
After saying that, he looked back and muttered, "To be honest, the Nine Capital Guards arrived quite quickly, even faster than I expected. I thought they were already prepared."
“Yes!” Yu Sui nodded, took out the Wind Listening Ruler and said, “There’s something else I need to tell you. Actually, I lied to you tonight. Look.”
"What?" Wan Qi was stunned for a moment and turned to look at him.
He saw that the Listening Wind Ruler in Yu Sui's hand displayed a message of conversation with Mei Liangyu.
The document states that Mei Liangyu ordered Yu Sui to withdraw from Taixu Hall.
Yu Sui took off the hood of his black robe and looked up at Wan Qi: "You should know who my senior brother is, right?"
“Of course I know him, he’s so famous.” Wan Qi nodded subconsciously, then suddenly seemed to remember something and couldn’t help but clap his hands, “I know, the Ninth Capital Guard who came is Mei Liangyu? He was originally the head of the Ninth Capital Guard, back then…”
He paused, staring at the Wind-Listening Ruler without speaking, while Wan Qi also took off the hood of his black wind robe, revealing his surprised face.
Wan Qi asked in a low, shocked voice, "You two planned this?"
"Actually, this was a task assigned to the Nine Capital Guards by the academy. The deans had long felt that Yue Shu and Taixu Hall were not right. I got the information from my senior brother and thought I would help, but I was a little unsure if I came alone, so I asked you to come along."
Yu Sui looked at Wan Qi with a sincere expression, her words tinged with apology: "At the time, my senior brothers and the others were still some distance from Taixu Hall, and I was afraid we wouldn't have enough time to catch them red-handed, so I hurriedly brought you here. Now that Yue Shu is dead, Taixu Hall will definitely have an excuse to escape punishment. Fortunately, we managed to steal the goods."
Wan Qi suddenly realized: "So it was the Nine Capital Guards. It was the Dean and the others who gave the order."
Thinking about it this way, everything made sense, and the last bit of doubt he had about Yu Sui vanished.
Alas, they were all just laborers working for the Nine Capital Guards.
"Wait a little longer and the deans will arrive, so don't be afraid. The deans will definitely not allow the people from Taixu Hall to lay a hand on the students."
Yu Sui comforted him, saying, "We didn't make a wasted trip. The dean will give us the academy points we're owed."
When Wan Qi heard that the college would still award her the points, she had no complaints whatsoever and became enthusiastic again.
He raised his hand and said, "Then I'll go over after the dean arrives?"
Yu Sui nodded, then took out a bamboo tube from under his clothes and threw it at Wan Qi on the wall. It was bounced back by the barrier.
Wan Qi: "..."
Yu Sui caught the bamboo tube that had bounced back and looked helpless. "I was going to ask you to take it with you, but it seems that won't work. You wait here, I'll go get it for my senior brother, and then you can come out."
"You don't need to change out of your black robe and expose yourself, lest Taixu Hall retaliate later."
Wan Qi nodded: "Okay, then be careful."
Yu Sui waved to him, her eyes reflecting Wan Qi's silly expression.
She didn't expect Wan Qi to come after her. She thought he was a coward because he was so afraid of being discovered by Yue Shu, but she never expected that he would actually follow the dazzling crane.
If we leave Wanqi to act alone, it would be difficult to explain. If we bring him along, he can help us out if we encounter trouble at Taixu Hall.
But Wan Qi's initiative to cover the rear surprised Yu Sui.
Some people may be stubborn but soft-hearted, and their actions speak louder than their words.
Moreover, Wanqi's cultivation physique greatly interested her, so she decided to keep him for the time being.
Yu Sui walked in the night, put her hat back on, and hid herself in the darkness.
After hearing Yu Sui's explanation, Wan Qi felt that everything was arranged and could finally relax completely. He wasn't afraid at all and simply hung on the wall, lost in thought.
Zou Qian stayed at the Taiyi Communication Academy, where he would be the first to see all messages.
Yu Sui cooperated by providing information about the fragments of the Floating Pagoda, and Zou Qian then took the opportunity to inform the other saints.
Ou Rushuang needs a focal point to overshadow the Lan Poison incident, and the news about the Floating Pagoda fragments comes at just the right time.
He was the first to respond, saying he would go to Taixu Hall immediately.
Secondly, there was Mr. Zhu, who also said he would rush over immediately, using the excuse that "the inscriptions of famous people should not be leaked."
Sitting in the chair, Zou Qian couldn't help but look up at Wei Xizhen: "You also know that Taiyi has three fragments hidden, right?"
Wei Xizhen: "I know."
Zou Qian then asked, "Did you know that a piece of it was already lost?"
Wei Xizhen glanced at him, her expression remaining unchanged: "I know."
Zou Qian stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "There are only two fragments left that haven't been found. There are seven fragments of the Pagoda, four of which are in the hands of the six kingdoms and three are in Taiyi. If these two remaining fragments are found, the world will be in chaos."
Wei Xizhen said, "The fragments were found scattered in various places."
Zou Qian asked him, "As long as all the fragments appear in the world, they will definitely be found and gathered together. At that time, the oath of no war will be broken, and the six countries can attack and annex each other. Isn't this more disastrous than the strange fire burning the whole world?"
“Even after the oath of non-aggression is lifted, things will be no different from now,” Wei Xizhen said. “The conflict between the six kingdoms is ongoing all the time, and the Floating Pagoda cannot stop it at all.”
Zou Qian asked, "Do you think war isn't a disaster, but the strange fire is?"
Wei Xizhen turned around and looked Zou Qian in the eye for the first time tonight: "The world's affairs, after a long period of unity, will inevitably divide, and after a long period of division, will inevitably unite. The Yin-Yang School controls the destiny of the Five Kingdoms and has foreseen the trend of the world before the other schools. Can you stop the unification of the six kingdoms?"
Zou Qian paused for a moment, then asked instead of answering, "Can you stop the prophesied strange fire from destroying the world?"
The two gazed at each other silently, their dark eyes both bright and cold.
The warlocks from the communications department nearby looked at each other, none of them daring to step forward and disturb them at this moment.
Finally, after Zou Qian's Wind-Listening Ruler made a sound, the silent confrontation between the two finally dissipated, and they tacitly looked away at the same time.
Zou Qian said, "We can go now."
Wei Xizhen turned around first.
Yu Sui stood in the night and looked up at the opposite side of Taixu Hall.
Gu Gan has been very clever lately; aside from daily communication, he never uses the "listening whistle" to handle confidential information.
Now that Xiang Feifei is also trapped inside the barrier, he must be quite anxious.
Gu Gan really didn't expect the Nine Capital Guards to arrive so quickly, and he certainly didn't expect that someone inside would take the initiative to tell Taiyi Academy about the fragments of the Floating Pagoda.
At this moment, Gu Gan pointed his fingers together in front of his eyes, and his gaze pierced through the thick fog, revealing the Nine Capital Guards standing in front of the Taixu Hall.
He believed that Mei Liangyu had led people to cause trouble. When he saw Mei Liangyu standing in the center of the magic array blocking Xiang Feifei from leaving Taixu Hall, he frowned and a hint of hostility appeared in his eyes.
This year has really been a clash with this kid; he's always getting involved in everything.
Xuan Kui is also a piece of trash. Several thirteenth-realm cultivators fought against a tenth-realm cultivator and still managed to let Mei Liangyu come back alive.
Gu Gan became angrier the more he thought about it.
Qian Ying said that Mei Liangyu was injured, and quite badly so.
This is just a pretense.
Gu Gan frowned, nocked an arrow again, and was surrounded by crackling lightning. His aura moved at will, and he roared wildly as if he wanted to shatter something.
Yu Sui has been looking for Gu Gan.
Following the direction from which the Thunder Arrow had come, Yu Sui released the Five Elements Light Cores, which had just locked onto the location and saw the boy standing on the top of the tall building, drawing his bow and nocking an arrow.
Yu Sui looked in the direction the arrow was pointing and, unsurprisingly, saw Mei Liangyu standing in the magic array.
The moment Yu Sui saw who the Thunder Arrow was aimed at, he ignited his protective aura, and the five elements condensed.
As the stars connected, the Azure Dragon Star Array shone brightly before her. Yu Sui raised her hand and took one of the seven constellations, the Tail Constellation Star General Fire Tail Tiger.
A pair of fiery red eyes opened behind Yu Sui, gradually taking on the complete shape of a tiger's head.
The fiery tiger's form appeared and disappeared, the heat wave distorted the space and dispelled the night fog, revealing a giant beast with a tiger's head and a dragon's tail beside Yu Sui.
With a flick of its crimson-blue dragon tail, it transformed into a long arrow of lightning that shot out.
The lightning arrow, sparks flying, intercepted Gu Gan's thunder arrow in mid-air. The two lightning-streaked arrows collided, producing an extremely piercing shriek.
Two long arrows raced against each other in the night sky, each trying its best to advance.
Gu Gan reacted quickly. The moment the Thunder Arrow was intercepted, he frowned and drew the bowstring again. After the bowstring was released, the Thunder Arrow was surrounded by lightning and its aura surged, forcing the Fire-Tailed Tiger's lightning arrow back.
Just as the lightning arrows were forced back, three thousand star seas appeared beneath Yu Sui's feet, their starlight shining brightly.
The cyan lightning arrow instantly turned fiery red, bursting with lightning and exploding in the night sky along with the lightning bolt.
Gu Gan's pupils trembled slightly as his eyes were filled with the dazzling flames. He stared at the scene in disbelief.
Who is it?!
The sudden, deafening explosion startled the people fighting in front of the Taixu Hall, who turned around in surprise and were drawn to the bursts of fire erupting from the sky.
Only Mei Liangyu seemed to sense something when she turned around, looking at the intersection beside her that was still shrouded in night fog.
The streetlights were dim, and a figure could be seen faintly in the mist.
Although the black robe completely concealed him, Mei Liangyu felt a strange sense of familiarity, a familiarity that surprised even himself.
Mei Liangyu noticed that the dark figure was also looking at Liu Huo behind him. Just as he was about to make a move, he realized that the other party was looking at him.
He saw the person in the black robe take out a wind-listening ruler.
The wind-listening ruler in Mei Liangyu's hand hummed. He looked down and saw the words "Senior Brother" sent by Yu Sui reflected in his eyes.
[Author's Note]
Sui Sui: Senior brother, can you help me cover up a lie?
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