Chapter 106 Without me, you and she are enemies
Sheng Fei changed his clothes, frowning as he waited for Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui to reply. When he looked up and saw Gu Gan still standing at the door, he asked Mu Mengbai, "Why didn't you close the door?"
Mu Mengbai turned to Gu Gan and said, "Then I'm going to close the door."
He really will close the door.
Gu Gan knew this, so he grabbed the doorknob, looked past Mu Mengbai, and asked Sheng Fei, "Where did he say Sui Sui is?"
Sheng Fei didn't even bother to talk to him. He turned his face away and waved his hand at Mu Mengbai, signaling him to get rid of this annoying person.
Mu Mengbai was about to close the door when Gu Gan slapped the doorknob, knocking him back. Sheng Fei's anger flared up instantly and he couldn't control it. As he stood up, golden Five Elements protective energy ignited around him.
"Wait, don't fight!" Mu Mengbai steadied himself and stood between the two, reaching out to stop them. "Unless you two can guarantee you won't be discovered by the people on this floor, or you can kill someone in one move."
Gu Gan stared at Sheng Fei and asked, "Where?"
"Why don't you just ask Mei Liangyu?" Sheng Fei laughed angrily. "If I knew where he was, would I tell you?"
He did ask, but Mei Liangyu wouldn't answer.
Gu Gan originally intended for Sheng Fei to ask Mei Liangyu for information, but he did not expect that the relationship between Sheng Fei and Mei Liangyu seemed to be even better than he thought, which made him feel uneasy.
Not long after Sheng Fei finished speaking, the Wind Listening Ruler in his hand began to buzz. He checked it and found that the first reply was from Yu Sui:
"Did Brother Gu come to see you?"
"I don't want to see him for the time being. If it weren't for my master's intervention tonight, I would have already died at Wen Yanghui's hands."
“Wen Yanghui was killed by Master, Brother Gu must be feeling terrible.”
"I'll tell you where I am after I've calmed down."
After Sheng Fei finished reading Yu Sui's message, he looked up at Gu Gan again. The black and white chess pieces had already bypassed Mu Mengbai in the middle and were heading towards Gu Gan.
This sudden killing move startled both Gu Gan and Mu Mengbai, seemingly fulfilling Mu Mengbai's words when trying to mediate: to kill someone in one move.
As the two black and white chess pieces charged forward, they left a long black line. The explosive energy of the five elements created a visible shockwave. Caught off guard, Gu Gan was knocked back and crashed into the opposite door panel with a loud bang, waking the four people who were fast asleep in the room.
Gu Gan's back slammed into the hard door, and he winced in pain. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and his golden protective aura deflected most of the attack. Although the protective aura was shattered, it also blocked the attack.
The disciples on this floor were all awakened by the shockwave and began cursing. The one most affected was their neighbor across the hall, Pang Rong, who lived there. He wasn't even dressed properly, his hair was a mess, and he flung open the door, yelling in a loud voice, "Damn it! What's wrong with you in the middle of the night?"
Mu Mengbai's face was filled with the words "I'm doomed." He stepped forward to stop Sheng Fei, but Sheng Fei blocked him with one hand: "Get out of the way, I'm going to kill him here today."
A few rooms away, Yan Xiaochuan yawned, rubbed his eyes, and pushed open the door. He had just complained, "Who is it?" when he was startled back by the two opposing forces in the corridor.
Yan Xiaochuan peered through the crack in the door, his eyes darting around as he watched Gu Gan and Sheng Fei fight in the corridor.
Sheng Fei, his aura menacing and murderous intent palpable, said, "Wen Yanghui wanted to kill Sui Sui, did you instigate it? He almost killed Sui Sui tonight, if it weren't for Saint Chang Gen... There's no time like the present, you should go down and join your good brother tonight too."
Gu Gan retorted, "What Mei Liangyu said? Wen Yanghui would never..."
Sheng Fei sneered, "Sui Sui said it herself, she almost died, and you still think Wen Yanghui wouldn't? Save those words of brotherly affection for Wen Yanghui."
Gu Gan was stunned for only a moment when the white chess piece, materialized from the five elements, flew past his face. If he hadn't dodged it at the crucial moment, the white chess piece would have pierced his eyeball.
Sheng Fei's words made Gu Gan waver.
If Wen Yanghui kills Sui Sui tonight, regardless of what Chang Gen Saint will do, he himself will kill Wen Yanghui.
Gu Gan's desire to see Yu Sui grew stronger. Facing the dense array of black and white chess pieces in the passageway, he did not dodge but stood still, without even using his protective aura. He looked up at Sheng Fei and uttered, "Break through."
Sheng Fei's Nine Schools of Arts vanished in an instant.
The noisy onlookers stopped in their tracks upon seeing this scene, and the bustling aisle instantly became quiet.
Pang Rong, who was watching the show from the doorway, raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at Gu Gan thoughtfully.
Yan Xiaochuan, who had been hiding behind the door, opened it a little, scratched his head, and muttered to himself, "What kind of low-level technique is this?"
Sheng Fei frowned slightly. The black and white chess pieces rose again, only to disappear instantly as Gu Gan destroyed them.
Mu Mengbai, who was leaning against the door, glanced at Gu Gan, then looked back at Sheng Fei, and whispered, "When Mei Liangyu killed Wei Kun in the outer city, I heard that a disciple from the academy who knew the Divine Mechanism Technique helped him, which is why Wei Kun dared to leave the outer city."
Many people knew about this news, and Mei Liangyu deliberately released some details to encourage other interested people to look for it.
The academy disciples also discussed in private what kind of divine technique it was and which disciple it belonged to.
This floor also houses many top-tier disciples, as well as quite a few elites at the eighth and ninth realms. Although they haven't come out, there are quite a few secretly watching Gu Gan and Sheng Fei's fight.
Gu Gan was fearless and did not use any hidden means. He openly and honestly removed Sheng Fei's Five Elements Qi materialization technique.
He wasn't afraid of others knowing he possessed divine abilities.
Even if it revealed his secret of possessing divine divination techniques, he still wanted to know where Sui Sui was right now.
Ignoring the whispers and scrutinizing glances from the others on either side of the aisle, Gu Gan kept his eyes fixed on Sheng Fei and asked, "Where is Sui Sui?"
Sheng Fei's expression was inscrutable as he chuckled softly, "Is your confidence based on your divine calculation technique?"
Gu Gan said indifferently, "Divine divination is not my strength, but it is something you don't have."
Sheng Fei's forehead twitched slightly as he listened, his voice carrying a hint of coldness: "Is this also the reason why my father favored you?"
"Perhaps." Gu Gan looked back with a half-smile.
Sheng Fei said, "You dare to admit you have divine powers in front of so many people? I think you're courting death."
Gu Gan glanced indifferently at the people on either side of him: "I don't care, what are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid you'd rather die sooner." Sheng Fei sneered, his fingertips gathering the five elements again, but Gu Gan said, "I advise you not to fight me anymore. If I want, you will never be able to use any low-level techniques in front of me. When the instructor arrives, you will be demoted from a first-class disciple to a second-class disciple."
Gu Gan frowned, his impatience evident, and said, "I just want to know where Sui Sui is."
"Then get out of here. You don't deserve to know where my sister is." Sheng Fei raised his chin slightly, his expression condescending, his arrogance mixed with disgust. "She said she doesn't want to see you, and you, you presumptuously think that Sui Sui likes you. Today I'm warning you, stop pestering Sui Sui and ruining her reputation, making people think that she likes you so much."
Sheng Fei also glanced at the people who had come out to watch the commotion on both sides of the aisle, and said this to them as well: "It is you, Gu Gan, who is pestering the future heir of the Nangong Prince's Mansion, not Sui Sui who likes you so much."
Gu Gan's eyes grew even colder, his fists clenched tightly in his sleeves, but after a few breaths, he suppressed all his emotions and said seemingly calmly, "Say what you will."
Sheng Fei sneered, "Gu Gan, you're really shameless. Even now, you still don't want to give up climbing the social ladder of my Nangong family."
Gu Gan looked back at him with a mocking look in his eyes: "If that's all you can think of, I'm relieved. Although you are Sui Sui's older brother, you have done a lot of things to take your anger out on Sui Sui because of me over the years. You seem to be good to Sui Sui, but in reality, every time it was to target me."
"You seem to really consider yourself a 'good brother' who genuinely cares about Sui Sui. Sheng Fei, there's a limit to self-deception. If things really turn out as you wish, and Sui Sui and I separate, and I'm no longer an annoying presence, you'll be grateful if you can still remember that you have a sister."
Gu Gan stared into Sheng Fei's cold eyes, showing no mercy and piercing his heart with every word: "With me here, you and Sui Sui are siblings; without me, you and she are enemies."
Some of the bystanders knew a little about the relationship between the Qingyang Nangong family and these two people, and after thinking about it, they felt that Gu Gan was right.
Sheng Fei disliked Gu Gan more than Yu Sui.
If Gu Gan were gone, the mediocre little princess would be the heir to the royal family, while the exceptionally talented Sheng Fei would be nothing. Could someone as proud and arrogant as Sheng Fei be content with that?
Even if Sheng Fei is willing, his mother's family won't be.
Everything a person possesses must be earned through struggle and scramble.
They either fight with strangers or with their parents and relatives.
Gu Gan didn't think there was any deep sibling affection between Sheng Fei and Yu Sui. All of Sheng Fei's attention to Yu Sui was based on her interactions with Gu Gan.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have never asked Yu Sui about the Xirang and the peasants' pursuit, nor would she have said how badly Madam Su treated Yu Sui.
Over the years, Sheng Fei has only paid attention to Gu Gan.
Yu Sui was only caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of his eye as he stared at Gu Gan.
Gu Gan's gaze at Sheng Fei shifted from a sneer to indifference: "I am an outsider to the Nangong family, having received favors from them, and I have no right to speak. But Sheng Fei, you are different, aren't you? You are the prince's son, the young master of the Nangong Prince's Mansion, and Sui Sui's elder brother. You live under the same roof. Ask yourself, when have you ever shown concern for Sui Sui from the bottom of your heart, and not because of me?"
More and more people came to watch the spectacle. Those who had heard the news, even those not from this area, rushed to watch the disciples of famous figures debate "personal attacks," watching them seize upon each other's sore spots and relentlessly dabble in them. The power of words is invisible, but when they land on a person, they become tangible.
Shi Yuezhen's dormitory was five floors higher than Sheng Fei's. Yu Sui was alone in the room at the moment. She couldn't sleep well. She opened her eyes, blinked, picked up the wind-listening ruler and looked at it. There were quite a few messages. She picked and chose to reply.
Zhong Lique was also sharing happy things with her, and Yu Sui replied after reading them, without telling her about her injury.
When Yu Sui saw the message from Sheng Fei, he knew that Gu Gan had gone to find him.
If Qian Ying were present and learned of Wen Yanghui's death, she would definitely tell Gu Gan immediately. Since Gu Gan couldn't go to the Mechanical Island, he would come looking for her and Mei Liangyu, who had returned from the Mechanical Island.
His senior brother wouldn't tell him, so in his anger, Gu Gan would go to Sheng Fei for help to put pressure on Mei Liangyu.
Yu Sui directly used Sheng Fei to pass on the message to Gu Gan, prolonging the cold war, creating conflict, and paving the way for her to cause trouble for Shu Chujun and others and leave the dormitory to live on her own.
Living with others was a bit of a challenge for Yu Sui.
She'll only have more secrets in the future, so it's better for her to move out and live alone.
Yu Sui closed his eyes to rest for a moment, then noticed the bed shaking slightly. It seemed that some disciples downstairs were fighting.
Wei Ren sent her a message saying that Gu Gan wanted to use the famous calligrapher's method to find him and had been trying for a long time in the corridor. A little while later, he told her that Gu Gan had gotten into a fight with Sheng Fei and had also revealed that he possessed the divine divination technique.
Yu Sui opened her eyes and stared at the message in deep thought.
Since Gu Gan dared to expose the Divine Strategist Technique, it means that this is not his only means of survival. Besides the Divine Strategist Technique, he has other tricks up his sleeve.
What could it be?
Yu Sui rolled her eyes, unable to think of anything for the moment, and didn't care whether Gu Gan and Sheng Fei fought or not.
Wei Ren remained hidden on the front lines, keeping a close eye on every change and relaying the battle situation to Yu Sui in real time. The story began with the two of them poking at each other's sore spots, then Sheng Fei flew into a rage and attacked, and finally the instructors came to restrain them and take them both away.
Yu Sui didn't even look at it; she was already thinking about other things.
The room was filled with the rich aroma of medicinal herbs; a single whiff could soothe the mind and calm the nerves, making one more focused.
There's not much time left in the night.
Shi Yuezhen helped her turn off the light. Although the room was fully furnished, no one lived there on weekdays. Although the incense added a bit of warmth, it still felt somewhat cold and desolate.
Yu Sui stared at the dimly lit rooftop, recalling the fire orb that appeared when he was on the verge of death, as well as the voices of the other world destroyers.
Only a few days after the death of the previous world destroyer, a new world destroyer has already taken its place.
Does the death of one of the world destroyers necessarily mean that all five world destroyers will gather together? That strange fire would need to foresee the death of a certain world destroyer in advance.
Or perhaps it's just a coincidence.
The strange fire has existed for five or six hundred years, while she has only lived for eighteen years. She cannot determine the rules of the strange fire's descent based solely on information from these few instances.
It seems that even the destroyers of the world have their own ideas.
The newcomer, who was engaged in a life-or-death duel, wasn't in a much better situation. The initially hot-tempered man claimed to be hiding in the deep mountains and forests to escape the world; if he could, that kind of life was exactly what Yu Sui wanted.
Yu Sui's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled that this person had once said that he wanted the young man to reveal the name of the Legalist sage so that he could avenge him. It seemed that his strength was not bad.
Only those who are strong enough and confident enough to protect themselves have the right to live in seclusion.
Now only this androgynous person remains, who has not revealed any information.
As Yu Sui thought of this, her eyelids suddenly twitched. The reclusive man and the androgynous man both knew that she had been there for eighteen years. If it wasn't their individual abilities, then did it mean that when the Fire Spirit Orb resonated, the destroyers must have been five people?
Even the prophecy proclaimed to the world specified that there were five people involved.
What is the significance of the number of people?
Does the world end simply because the five of them get together?
Yu Sui recalled that when she was a child, she could hold the flame deep in her consciousness in her palm. As a child, she was fearless because she was ignorant. Now that she understands the terrifying power of the strange fire, she can no longer do such a dangerous thing.
After a moment of silence in the room, Yu Sui slowly sat up, spread her hands in the darkness, stared at her palm, and waited for the small flame to appear.
[Author's Note]
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