Chapter 103 I Won't Wait for Anyone
Grandmother Situ gave the Wen Yang family time to receive the message, and she also removed the barrier that was blocking Chang Gen Saint at the right time. Now that Chang Gen Saint has come in person to ask for people, they must give an explanation.
The head of the Wen Yang gang was unaware of what had happened. He was having a great time playing with the beauty in the room when he was suddenly startled by the invading consciousness. He then got out of bed and dressed.
The beautiful woman huddled in the corner of the bed and asked timidly, "Master, will something bad happen?"
"What could possibly happen? It's not like I'm going to have to hand you over." The leader gave her a disapproving look, patted her back to reassure her, and then turned away with a grim expression.
As soon as he stepped out the door, someone quietly followed him and reported to him.
Upon learning that Wen Yanghui had tried to kill Mei Liangyu, taken away the mechanical nine dice, and imprisoned him in the double mechanical island, the head of the Wen Yang gang couldn't help but rub his forehead.
"Did he use the Golden Crow Red Arrow?" the chief asked.
The subordinate replied, "Yes, it was used."
The leader cursed under his breath, quickening his pace. His eyes flashed with anxiety and rage. This brat had better pray that Mei Liangyu wasn't dead, otherwise no one could protect him today.
The double-layered mechanical island is completely isolated from the outside world; even the Saint Changgen cannot invade this place.
Mei Liangyu returned to the Wind and Thunder Pillar Formation and saw the dead Sui Tianjun lying on the ground. Shock could still be seen in his gray eyes. Even in death, he could not believe that he would die under the sword spirit he had created.
He watched silently for a while, then woke up Yu Sui, whom he was holding in his arms.
Mei Liangyu said, "Junior sister, do me a favor."
Yu Sui opened her eyes, still somewhat bewildered.
Mei Liangyu was holding Yu Sui and couldn't free his hands, so he lowered his head and touched her forehead. A golden curse mark was transmitted to Yu Sui and flashed across her forehead.
"Remember to return it to me in two days," Mei Liangyu said.
Yu Sui withdrew her hand from his neck and gently touched her forehead. Fragments of memories flashed through her mind. She saw paper windmills on both sides of the road, a boy walking under the eaves, a woman in purple in the city, and so on, which made Yu Sui's eyes widen slightly.
"Is this you when you were a child, senior brother?" she asked.
Mei Liangyu: "..."
He looked back at Yu Sui with a strange expression: "You saw it?"
Yu Sui blinked blankly, "The memories hidden in the curse seal you transmitted? I saw them."
"Why can you see it?" Mei Liangyu asked, even more puzzled. "Logically speaking, I only stored the curse seal in you; you shouldn't be able to see the memories inside."
Yu Sui let out a soft "ah," snuggled closer to him, and said, "Perhaps I have a special talent."
“What I’m giving you is the Star Source Curse of the Yin-Yang School, which can record the most profound points of my memory. It’s valid for three days. Only the owner of this Yin-Yang Curse, which stores memories, can see its contents.” Mei Liangyu laughed at Yu Sui’s response. He said, “Study hard in Taiyi. When you return to Qingyang, let’s see who dares to look down on you.”
Yu Sui didn't laugh, but continued to ask, "Why preserve memories?"
“Because Master will not let me remember.” Mei Liangyu looked back at Wen Yanghui for the first time. “When I came to Taiyi, I forgot my past. If I say that Wen Yanghui made me remember, Master will definitely kill him and reseal my memories.”
Yu Sui was stunned.
She stopped sleeping, wrapped her arms around Mei Liangyu's neck again to straighten herself up, and stared at him intently from such close range.
"Gu Gan's Divine Mechanism Heavenly Official technique can affect the seal within my body, making me recall some fragments, but it's still too few. I don't know exactly what happened in the past, so I'm not sure if my master can reseal it and I'll still be able to recall this memory in the future."
Mei Liangyu turned to look at Yu Sui, her expression calm: "You want to know my secret, right? Then you'll have to remember this for me. These memories that will be erased are my secret."
Yu Sui asked, "Do you want to regain your memories?"
Mei Liangyu hummed in agreement.
Yu Sui looked at him for a while, then closed the distance between them again and whispered in Mei Liangyu's ear, "Senior brother, I like your secret."
It will be very interesting.
Mei Liangyu raised an eyebrow slightly: "I hope you like me."
Yu Sui hugged him and leaned on his shoulder. Neither of them could see each other's faces, only hear each other's voices. She spoke softly, but very clearly: "I will not take the initiative to like someone else."
Mei Liangyu, however, didn't care: "I will."
"You just need to wait patiently." Mei Liangyu placed his palm on the back of her head. The strength of his arm around her and the power of his words were so steady that they made her feel completely at ease. "Wait until the day when I tell you everything you want to hear."
Yu Sui paused for a moment, then said, "Senior brother, I won't wait for anyone either."
Mei Liangyu frowned: "How come you can't do anything?"
Yu Sui didn't even give a reason: "I just don't know how."
"Aren't you exceptionally gifted?" Mei Liangyu teased her. "Surely you can learn this kind of thing on your own without a teacher."
Yu Sui said slowly, "Master doesn't even teach this kind of thing, so there's no use in me learning it. I might as well not learn it."
Mei Liangyu was amused by her: "If I don't, I don't. Anyway, you'll hear me say it someday."
Yu Sui gently tightened her arms around his neck, remaining silent.
The two stood amidst the black array of wind and thunder pillars, with snow falling softly. Mei Liangyu gripped the iron chain in her hand and lashed it out like a whip, waking Wen Yanghui at the other end of the chain. At the same time, she said, "Master has arrived."
The Dongfeng Barrier, which could block the intrusion of the Ghost Daoist's consciousness, covered the entire Mechanical Island. It was activated and removed silently.
Wen Yanghui knew he would be discovered when he activated the Eastern Phoenix Barrier, but before that, he had enough time to kill Mei Liangyu several times with the Golden Crow Red Arrow.
At this moment, Wen Yanghui opened his eyes with difficulty. After regaining consciousness, he was overwhelmed by pain from all sides, which increased his hatred.
Unable to get up from the ground, Wen Yanghui turned his gaze and saw Sui Tianjun lying dead on the ground, his eyes widening in shock.
The world turned upside down, releasing them from the second layer of the mechanical island and returning them to the beach of the first layer of the mechanical island.
The bright snow scene instantly turned into dark, gloomy clouds. Thunder rumbled overhead, and the howling wind and rain raged in their ears. In the darkness, they could see a long corridor with lights on ahead, and the branches of the giant trees along the corridor were being blown about by the gale.
There were many people standing in the corridor, but most of them were from the Wen Yang family. Only the two juniors from the Situ family came. In the darkness where they couldn't see, there were also many mechanical insects hiding to gather information.
Although the other two families didn't send anyone, they were also paying attention to tonight's events.
Mei Liangyu stood at the foot of the hillside, looking up at the people in the corridor. They were all familiar faces, and he was not surprised to see them there.
Only the silver-haired old woman standing at the bottom of the downhill steps caught his attention.
The silver-haired woman had clear eyes and a kind expression. She wore a long indigo robe with lotus patterns and exuded a gentle and approachable aura.
Beside her were two academy disciples, both of whom Mei Liangyu knew: Qian Ying and Shi Yuezhen, both top-tier disciples of the medical school. The silver-haired old woman was Jiang Shulan, the only medical saint of Taiyi.
The appearance of the medical sage prompted Mei Liangyu to subtly pull Yu Sui closer to her, deliberately ignoring the people in the corridor and turning towards Wen Yanghui first, avoiding the gaze of the medical sage Jiang Shulan to prevent her from seeing through Yu Sui's injuries.
Shi Yuezhen and Qian Ying were summoned by Jiang Shulan. The Sage noticed the grudge between his two beloved disciples and wanted to persuade them to reconcile, but he encountered this incident on the Mechanical Island.
Qian Ying and Shi Yuezhen frowned silently when they saw the injured Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui. Qian Ying looked at Yu Sui for a while, then at the seriously injured Wen Yanghui, her frown deepening.
Yu Sui tilted her head up in Mei Liangyu's arms and asked softly, "Is that a medical sage?"
Mei Liangyu hummed in agreement and lowered her voice, saying, "Even if someone offers to treat you later, don't say anything. I'll have Shi Yuezhen do it."
Yu Sui blinked silently, indicating that he understood.
An invisible pressure spread across the beach, and both of them realized that their master had arrived.
On the sandy beach lay the dead Sui Tianjun and the seriously injured Wen Yanghui, but Yu Sui and Mei Liangyu were in no better shape, both covered in blood.
At first glance, there are no winners.
The chains that bound Wen Yanghui have disappeared.
Wen Yanghui stared at Sui Tianjun's corpse, struggled to sit up from the ground, dragging his severed hand, his body trembling slightly, but getting out meant an opportunity. So many people from the Wen Yang family were there, the three heads of the family were there, and his mother was there too. Would all these people just watch him die?
Wen Yanghui turned his neck and looked up at Madam Linxiang in the corridor above, his voice hoarse as he said, "Mother..."
He first sought help from Lady Rinka, because he knew his father was heartless and only his mother would be soft-hearted towards him.
Lady Linxiang stood beside Wen Yangzhi with tears streaming down her face, her hands gripping the fence tightly until her fingertips turned white. Her gaze swept past Wen Yanghui and fell upon the dead Sui Tianjun, her mind a whirlwind of thoughts.
"Mother, Uncle is dead. He was killed by Mei Liangyu. We can't just watch him die, can we?" Wen Yanghui tried to stand up, supporting himself with one hand, but fell back down. He was in so much pain that he was covered in sweat, and his eyes and nose were crooked, obscuring his face. But people could hear the hatred in his voice. "Mei Liangyu stole the Nine-Dice Mechanism and tried to kill my uncle and me with the Golden Crow Red Arrow. He..."
"Elder Chang!" The head of the Wen Yang family interrupted Wen Yanghui in a deep voice, his gaze signaling him to shut up. "Tonight's events have resulted in deaths and injuries, and we have deeply offended our two disciples by causing them such distress. Everyone's injuries are severe and require immediate treatment. Afterwards, the Wen Yang family will certainly give you a satisfactory explanation."
The chief wants to save Wen Yanghui first by locking him up in the Heavenly Cloud Court. Afterwards, whether it's apologizing and making amends or preventing Wen Yanghui from leaving the Cloud Court, it will ensure his survival.
Besides, one of the Sui Heavenly Lords has already died. Given the relationship between the Sage Chang Gen and the Mechanists, he wouldn't necessarily let the remaining people fight to the death.
"It's alright, I can still hold on," Mei Liangyu said indifferently, her gaze fixed on Wen Yanghui. "If I don't hear any explanation from the Wen Yang family, I won't be able to hold on."
The head of the Wenyang gang twitched slightly upon hearing this, and glanced at Mei Liangyu. This kid really didn't give them any face.
Wen Yangzhi, on the other hand, was able to anticipate Mei Liangyu's reaction. He knew that the child's tolerance for Wen Yanghui had reached its limit.
Mei Liangyu had tolerated her many times out of consideration for Lady Linxiang, but he was not one to tolerate everything. When he also decided to kill, his enemies had no way out but death.
Upon hearing this, Wen Yanghui looked at Mei Liangyu with a strange light in his eyes. He said in a hoarse voice with cold resentment, "If you hadn't ignored the instructor's warning yesterday and insisted on breaking the academy rules by using Golden Lightning to injure me, how could my uncle have trapped you on the Second Layer Mechanism Island tonight and tried to kill you? My uncle wanted to avenge me by killing you, but now that my uncle has been killed by you, what else do you want?"
Sui Tianjun is dead. Dead men cannot speak, so everything that happened tonight can be blamed on Sui Tianjun.
Mei Liangyu looked at him coldly, without mentioning Yu Sui. Wen Yanghui seemed to think that Yu Sui was already dead. If he were to mention that Yu Sui was shot by the Golden Crow Red Arrow, it would be difficult to explain the subsequent events.
So he tried to downplay Yu Sui's matter and focused on his conflict with Wen Yanghui: "Was it your uncle's idea to kill me tonight, or yours?"
Even now, Wen Yanghui can't help but sarcastically remark to him: "I think you don't love your own family, which is why you don't understand your uncle's intention to avenge me."
“I really don’t remember, after all, I’ve forgotten everything.” Mei Liangyu’s lips curved slightly, his eyes fixed on him, dark and deep. “But thanks to you this time, I’ve remembered some of it.”
These words elicited different expressions from the three heads of the Wen Yang family in the corridor, and even Wen Yangzhi's cold and deep eyes flashed with disbelief.
Wen Yanghui didn't care what Mei Liangyu was thinking; he was too angry to care. He turned to look at the Wen Yang family elders in the corridor: "Mother."
As soon as he finished speaking, a thunderbolt struck from the sky, and a giant screen of pale blue lightning snakes opened up in front of Wen Yanghui. Countless lightning snakes flashed, causing his pupils to shrink and his survival instinct to shrink back.
"Elder Chang!" The leader of Wenyang was the first to react, breaking out in a cold sweat. "Since tonight's events were Sui Tianjun's doing, and he's now paying the price, please consider Hui'er's young age."
“The child is still young, so I will punish him lightly,” said Sage Changgen. “My two disciples suffered an undeserved calamity and were seriously injured as a result, but I only used one move, and today’s matter is settled.”
Chief Wen Yang frowned. "Don't even mention a single move from you, even half a move would be too much for Wen Yanghui to handle."
If Chang Gensheng makes a move, Wen Yanghui will surely die.
The head of the gang looked at his second brother, signaling him to think of a solution. "Your own son, aren't you going to say something?"
Lady Linxiang no longer wanted to look, so she turned around and threw herself into Wen Yangzhi's arms. Wen Yangzhi looked down at Wen Yanghui, his gaze was calm, but he felt only exhaustion.
He had tried to guide the children back on track, but some children are hard to change and cannot be taught.
Wen Yanghui revealed his murderous intent towards Mei Liangyu when he was sixteen years old.
Wen Yangzhi had stopped him several times and had given Wen Yanghui a severe beating that year. From then on, he dared not openly clash with Mei Liangyu, but learned to kill him in secret.
Wen Yanghui would only feel that anyone who didn't stand by his side or did not meet his expectations was someone who was against him, and that everyone else was wrong and had let him down.
Seeing his mother turn away and his father remain silent, Wen Yanghui felt a chill run down his spine. A large group of lightning snakes blocked his way, their murderous intent pressing in, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.
Why don't you say anything?
"Mother, are you just going to watch me die in front of you like this? Father has always favored Mei Liangyu since I was little. He treats Mei Liangyu like his own son, but I am his biological son! I told you, Mei Liangyu provoked me first, he hit me first, so why is it my fault? Is it wrong for Uncle to help me get revenge? Is it right for everyone to be as biased towards Mei Liangyu as my father is?!"
Wen Yanghui's angry roar reached Madam Linxiang's ears, making her feel cold and sorrowful.
The son had clearly forgotten his father's past affection for him, and only remembered Wen Yangzhi's coldness towards him.
This time he wanted to kill Mei Liangyu, but who will it be next time?
Wen Yanghui couldn't believe his eyes and ears.
Why did no one stop Saint Changgen?
Why aren't any of you coming over?
"Father, Mother!" Wen Yanghui cried out, his expression contorted. Qian Ying couldn't bear to watch and wanted to speak, but was stopped by a look from Jiang Shulan.
As Wen Yanghui's fear reached its peak, and he roared at his elders for help with a ferocious expression, Razer pierced through his chest, sending him flying and crashing onto the beach. The man who had been screaming desperately just moments before now lay silently on the wet sand, his blood scattering everywhere as the waves crashed against the shore.
Wen Yanghui was no match for the lightning serpent attack from the Ghost Dao Saint, not to mention that Saint Changgen's attack was filled with killing intent. Even if someone tried to stop him, they would die along with Wen Yanghui.
Qian Ying stared wide-eyed in disbelief, unable to accept that Wen Yanghui was really dead before her eyes.
She subconsciously looked towards the Wen Yang family members on the other side of the corridor, and in the darkness and dim light, she could only see Madam Linxiang's weeping face.
Why?
A surge of anger rose in Qian Ying's heart. Was her own son really less important than Mei Liangyu?
Jiang Shulan sighed softly and said, "Go and call those two over. I'll let them take a look at me."
Shi Yuezhen responded and rushed towards Mei Liangyu and the other person. After a short while, she returned and said, "Master, Mei Liangyu said that although he was injured by the Golden Crow Red Arrow, he does not like to be touched or examined by others. He only thanked you for your kindness."
Jiang Shulan said gently, "Where is the other person?"
Shi Yuezhen lowered her head slightly and said, "They said it was because the five elements were in disarray and there were some external injuries. There was no need for Master to take action. I helped treat them on the way back."
Jiang Shulan nodded: "Then let's go."
“I’ll go too,” Qian Ying said. She wanted to ask Nangong Sui what had happened on the Second Mechanical Island.
Shi Yuezhen glanced at her and laughed, "Junior Sister Qian and Wen Yanghui are on good terms. If she goes there now, she might annoy people."
Qian Ying pursed her lips and said, "I also have a good relationship with Nangong Sui."
Shi Yuezhen's smile deepened: "I didn't know that, but Sui Sui only called me. Junior Sister Qian still has to accompany Master to Wushan Pavilion to identify herbs. This is your first time going to Wushan Pavilion, so you must make the most of this opportunity. I've been there many times, so this won't make a difference. I'll go back to the academy with them first."
After saying this, she bowed her head to Jiang Shulan before leaving.
Qian Ying watched Shi Yuezhen walk away with a hint of coldness in her eyes. If she were to say she wanted to go now, it would only make her seem like she had ulterior motives.
[Author's Note]
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