Chapter 178 Nian Qiuyan: That's enough, stop hitting me, I believe you.
Although Mei Liangyu was warned by Situ's grandmother, she was not disturbed in the slightest.
He didn't want to talk to Situ's grandmother about anything related to his junior sister.
After the conversation ended, Mei Liangyu left Yunxia Wooden Platform to find Yu Sui.
Li Jinshuang wasn't there at the moment. When Yu Sui came out to open the door, she was still sleepy. Mei Liangyu said with a half-smile, "Still not awake?"
"Senior brother." Yu Sui covered his hand and yawned, gesturing for him to sit wherever he pleased. "I didn't go to sleep until almost dawn."
Mei Liangyu asked, "What were you busy with last night?"
Yu Sui told the truth: "I was chatting with Li Jinshuang, and before I knew it, it was very late."
Mei Liangyu: "What did you talk about?"
Yu Sui blinked and turned to look at him: "It's a secret between girls."
Just then, a maid came to deliver breakfast. Mei Liangyu didn't ask any questions. She went out to help bring the breakfast in and put it on the table, telling Yu Sui to wash her face and wake up before eating.
After the maids left, Yu Sui returned and sat down. When Mei Liangyu handed her a bowl and chopsticks, she said, "Many saints have come to Shuizhou to drive away the sea eye on Jiji Island. They have waited so long, but they will not destroy the sea eye. Instead, they will drive the sea eye to Shuizhou before proceeding with the next step of their plan."
Yu Sui took the bowl of porridge, which was warm in her hands. She looked up at Mei Liangyu standing beside her and said, "They sealed off the entire coastline, so we can't see how the saints drove away the sea eye."
Her Five Elements Light Core couldn't fly over either; it shattered upon encountering the black light barrier. The one she had left beside Ou Rushuang was also destroyed when it was caught in the crossfire of Wu Huaiwei and Leng Rouyin's fight.
Twelve hours had already passed, and those six realm light cores had not yet disappeared. Yu Sui was currently reluctant to use them to break through the black light barrier by the sea, as losing one would mean losing one less.
Mei Liangyu added, "Grandmother Situ said that she had long since lost contact with Shui Zhou and had no way of inquiring about the strange fire from there."
"Did you ask Grandmother Situ?" Yu Sui asked, somewhat surprised.
Mei Liangyu replied, "I said it was for Gao Tianhao."
Yu Sui frowned: "Won't Grandmother Situ have any doubts?"
Mei Liangyu lowered his eyes and stared at her for a while. Yu Sui immediately realized that her attitude just now seemed to be blaming her senior brother for being nosy. Her eyelids twitched, and she heard her senior brother say, "Grandmother has a special connection with my family, and we have business dealings. She also knows about Gao Tianhao's relationship with me, so she has no doubts."
"Senior brother." Yu Sui put down his bowl and frowned in distress.
Mei Liangyu fixed his gaze on her and hummed in response, his voice rising at the end as if asking a question.
Yu Sui explained, "I didn't mean to blame you."
Mei Liangyu raised an eyebrow and said, "Do you think I wouldn't be able to tell?"
Just as Yu Sui breathed a sigh of relief, Mei Liangyu said, "What he meant was that I was being nosy."
Yu Sui: "..."
My senior's ability to perceive other people's emotions is truly terrifying.
Her expression and tone when she said those words were unconsciously guarded.
Before Yu Sui could think of a reply, Mei Liangyu pulled out a chair and sat down beside her. Showing no anger, he explained slowly, "If I had been hiding a secret that could endanger my life for years, living in constant fear, and then suddenly someone else found out about it and took action without my permission, I would have done the same."
Mei Liangyu would also be like Yu Sui, trusting no one but herself.
Yu Sui's gaze faltered slightly, and after a long while, she said, "I believe in you, Senior Brother."
Mei Liangyu: "It's best for you to remain vigilant."
He wouldn't force Yu Sui to completely trust him right now.
Yu Sui honestly replied, "I'm afraid that my subconscious doubts might hurt you, Senior Brother."
“It’s not that serious,” Mei Liangyu said. “It’s natural to be suspicious when you should be. I didn’t tell you about my relationship with Grandmother Situ beforehand, so it’s understandable that you’re worried.”
Yu Sui couldn't help but say, "Senior brother, sometimes your understanding is so good it's scary."
Mei Liangyu glanced at her: "Scared?"
Yu Sui picked up her bowl and drank her porridge, muttering, "I'm afraid I might really fall for my senior brother."
Mei Liangyu laughed when he heard this and coaxed her, "You'd better like me now."
After finishing her porridge, Yu Sui smiled slightly at Mei Liangyu and said, "It's not that serious."
After listening, Mei Liangyu slightly curled the corners of her mouth, leaned back slightly, and relaxed against the back of the chair, watching Yu Sui sip her porridge.
Yu Suicai's words echoed in Mei Liangyu's mind again and again, lingering in his thoughts.
Their conversation was so direct because, given Yu Sui's nature, any ambiguity would arouse suspicion and distrust.
My junior sister is a heartless person; she won't easily trust or like others.
That's really strange.
Why is it that he's the one who's starting to like it more and more?
Mei Liangyu lowered her eyes helplessly and smiled silently.
Yu Sui later asked about Mei Liangyu and the Water Boat Saint, and only later in the conversation did he remember and exclaim in surprise, "Senior Brother, have you regained your memories?"
“Not all of them.” Mei Liangyu narrowed his eyes in thought. “Some things are missing; the most important memories haven’t been recalled yet.”
Yu Sui asked, "Senior brother, is there anything I can help you with?"
The morning temperature was rather cold, which added a touch of chill to the fragrance of magnolia blossoms that drifted into the house on the breeze.
Mei Liangyu looked at Yu Sui calmly for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "I need to find a way to create my own sea eye. You just need to keep it a secret from Master."
“Okay.” Yu Sui agreed earnestly.
Mei Liangyu added, "I need to use the sea eye to teleport away from Taiyi."
Yu Sui already knew this, but she still feigned surprise: "Senior brother, is this feasible?"
"You'll find out when the time comes," Mei Liangyu said, raising an eyebrow with complete confidence.
Yu Sui nodded and said "Oh," showing that "my senior brother is so amazing, of course I have to believe in him."
She held up her chopsticks and gestured towards the last piece of meat on the plate, then asked, "Senior brother, would you like some?"
Mei Liangyu: "I won't eat."
Yu Sui then put the food into her own bowl and heard Mei Liangyu say unhurriedly, "There's something else I need to tell you."
"Mmm!" Yu Sui lowered her head and ate the meat pie, glancing at Mei Liangyu in between bites.
Mei Liangyu stared at her, but stopped short of speaking, only saying half of what she meant: "I knew Gao Tianhao when I was a child."
"Huh?" Yu Sui's eyes widened in surprise.
This was unexpected news.
Mei Liangyu reassured him, "I have a good relationship with him, so when I think of it now, using Gao Tianhao as an excuse to ask about the strange fire won't arouse suspicion. Don't worry."
Yu Sui swallowed the food in her mouth and asked curiously, "Senior brother, how did you meet Gao Tianhao?"
Mei Liangyu answered simply, "An acquaintance of mine was injured and only a disciple of the Ghost Daoist sect could help heal him, so I went to him for help."
Yu Sui asked, "Did he agree?"
Mei Liangyu said, "I agreed under duress and enticement."
Yu Sui was amused by him, but then she thought about it again and realized that it was something her senior brother would do.
Mei Liangyu recounted some amusing anecdotes about her interactions with Gao Tianhao to Yu Sui, who listened with great interest.
The Gao Tianhao that Yu Sui learned from Mei Liangyu was not the old man who carried a heavy fate and walked alone, but a bold, meticulous, humorous, and knowledgeable Taoist master of the thirteenth realm.
Mei Liangyu ultimately failed to tell Yu Sui that he was from the State of Yan.
When some words are spoken, it means that a choice must be made.
He would firmly tell Nian Qiuyan and Situ's grandmother his stance, that they were not allowed to interfere, but he could not tell Yu Sui at this time.
Mei Liangyu believed that the time for him to make a decision was not now, nor could it be now; it had to be when he had all the options.
After eating and drinking her fill, Yu Sui went to rest. She needed to take good care of her health so that she could recover faster and better. Mei Liangyu told her to go to sleep, but she didn't leave. Instead, she stayed in the main room, lost in thought.
Yu Sui didn't sleep for long either, waking up around noon to have lunch with Mei Liangyu.
The two siblings could easily spend an afternoon chatting. As dusk approached, Mei Liangyu took Yu Sui to the market on the mechanical island and bought some mechanical gadgets.
On their way back, the two rode the dragon ladder to the Heavenly Palace. Yu Sui glanced at Mei Liangyu's waist and realized something was missing. He deliberately asked, "Senior brother, where is your Wind-Listening Ruler?"
“It’s lost,” Mei Liangyu replied casually. “It must have been lost when it was swept into the eye of the sea.”
Yu Sui generously replied, "I'll buy you a new one when we get back to the academy."
Mei Liangyu laughed at her: "Don't you refuse to spend money on men?"
Yu Sui: "Does Senior Brother want it?"
Mei Liangyu: "Yes."
Yu Sui spent the entire day with Mei Liangyu, and they only parted ways after returning to the Situ family.
Yu Sui took out the trinkets and ornaments she had bought from the market that evening and placed them on the table to carefully count them, while recalling her conversation with her senior brother that day.
It's clear that her senior brother hadn't told her many things.
However, those were all matters related to my senior brother's memories, and were personal matters.
Although Yu Sui was a little curious, she didn't press him for details, because she sensed that her senior brother didn't really want to talk about it.
When the senior brother talked about his past with Gao Tianhao, he concealed his identity, background, time, and place. What's wrong with this information? Is it something that can't be said, or something that can't be told to her?
Just as Yu Sui was lost in thought, she noticed someone had arrived.
The person who climbed over the wall was Nian Qiuyan.
Nian Qiuyan had been waiting for Yu Sui all day. He thought that after he compromised, Yu Sui would come to talk to him, but there was no response from Yu Sui. She could even go out and play with Mei Liangyu until late at night as if nothing had happened. In the end, he had no choice but to take the initiative to go to her door.
Yu Sui heard the noise but did not get up. The layout of the guest rooms was the same. Tonight, she sat in the bright and warm room, looking up at Nian Qiuyan who had walked to the window across the table.
"Senior Brother Nian, what urgent matter requires your visit so late at night, and why did you even climb over the wall to enter the courtyard?" Yu Sui asked with a smile, his elbow resting on the table and his hand supporting his face.
She asked the question knowing the answer already.
Seeing Yu Sui's attitude, Nian Qiuyan felt strange, but didn't show it on her face.
They are both the type to say whatever comes to mind, depending on who they are talking to.
“I thought you would come looking for me,” Nian Qiuyan said gently, revealing no undercurrent of tension between them.
Yu Sui asked, "Is there anything I need to discuss with Senior Brother Nian?"
Seeing that she was pretending not to know, Nian Qiuyan said directly, "I have handed over the Milky Way water."
Yu Sui nodded and responded gently, "It's a decision that Senior Brother Nian made himself, so I can't say anything about it."
This nonsense is so ridiculous it makes you grit your teeth.
Nian Qiuyan stood by the window, blocking out most of the night light, causing Yu Sui behind the desk to hide in the shadows. At this moment, Yu Sui did not show any aggression as she had that night; she had restrained her claws and was as innocent and harmless as usual.
The more this was the case, the more wary Nian Qiuyan became.
“I talked to Meimei last night.” Nian Qiuyan stared at Yu Sui and asked her slowly, “Are you aware of this?”
Because Nian Qiuyan was standing and Yu Sui was sitting, she tilted her head slightly, revealing her long neck and gentle eyes: "Like my senior brother, I never expected you to have such a touching background. Given my senior brother's personality, I will definitely give you another chance."
Nian Qiuyan guessed correctly.
Nangong Sui did hear it.
Mei Liangyu could not possibly tell a second person about his conversation with her last night.
But how exactly did Nangong Sui manage to do it?
Was I under her surveillance all along?
There was no wind tonight, but a thin fog rose. Under Yu Sui's watchful gaze, Nian Qiuyan felt a chill run down his spine.
"It seems I guessed right, you don't want me to break up with Meimei," Nian Qiuyan asked in a low voice. "What will you do if I don't do as you say?"
Yu Sui placed a copper coin on the table and asked with a smile, "Senior Brother Nian, do you really consider yourself a friend of the senior brothers?"
Nian Qiuyan didn't know why she suddenly asked that question, but she answered, "Yes."
Yu Sui pointed at the copper coin with her finger and said softly, "You really are too cheap."
Nian Qiuyan was stunned by what she said. Meeting Yu Sui's calm gaze, her heart and brain both made a loud noise, soaring high and then falling heavily back down.
"You consider yourself their friend, you've given your heart, and you think you've done enough, so you can leave without hesitation. But to them, such feelings are cheap and useless."
If you start with the mindset that you will definitely leave, you will subconsciously treat your friends even better, as if you are making up for lost time. So when the day of departure comes, you will feel at ease.
Because: I have already done enough.
However, this friendship was not something he made alone.
Nian Qiuyan's forehead twitched rapidly and heavily. Yu Sui's eyes were like clear mirrors, reflecting him more and more clearly, making it harder for Nian Qiuyan to accept.
Because he discovered that he saw himself in those clear, bright eyes and found him to be so ugly.
“You’re right, I am that cheap.” Nian Qiuyan took a deep breath, suppressing all the emotions surging in her heart, and said with an extremely calm expression, “And you don’t want me to fall out with Meimei, because you think it’s more beneficial for you, right?”
Yu Sui also said, "It would be a pity if you were to die like this."
Nian Qiuyan asked directly, "What do you want?"
Yu Sui: "I want to know who the Xuan Kui are in Taiyi."
She didn't believe that there were only three people in the Xuan Kui Lan corpse in Taiyi: Zhang Xiangyun, Luo Fu, and Nian Qiuyan, and that there couldn't be only one saint, Ou Rushuang.
Nian Qiuyan didn't even blink: "Okay."
Yu Sui added, "There is also news about Xuan Kui outside of Taiyi."
Nian Qiuyan replied, "Since the prince has allowed you to participate in Xuan Kui's business, you will find out someday."
“Senior Brother Nian, to be honest, I don’t really like this job, but do you think I have a choice?” Yu Sui blinked at Nian Qiuyan and smiled, “If I don’t want to take on this business, I can only destroy it.”
Nian Qiuyan's eyelids twitched upon hearing this; Yu Sui had uttered a choice he had never dared to even consider.
"You want to destroy Xuan Kui?" Nian Qiuyan found it too funny and couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Do you know how far Xuan Kui's influence extends? Putting all that aside, you can't just talk to the Prince. He won't allow such a thing to happen."
Yu Sui replied, "That's my father's idea; it has nothing to do with me."
The smile on Nian Qiuyan's face gradually faded as she re-examined the person sitting behind the desk.
He suddenly realized that Nangong Ming seemed unaware of what his successor truly was.
Nian Qiuyan clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, tentatively asking in a low voice, "What if I don't agree?"
Yu Sui picked up the copper coin on the table, tossed it into the air, and smiled slightly, "Then die here."
Nian Qiuyan remained remarkably calm, saying, "Your proposal is unacceptable in itself, and your strength is insufficient to earn my trust. Unless you possess the power to contend with multiple Saints, I will not cooperate with you."
“But Senior Brother Nian, you didn’t have a choice either.” Yu Sui caught the copper coin that fell into his palm and placed it on the table, his words laced with cunning. “Even if you are lucky enough to survive tonight, you will live under my surveillance forever. I can do anything to you whenever I want. Can you guarantee that you can stay vigilant all the time?”
Even after hearing Yu Sui say the words about surveillance, Nian Qiuyan still felt a chill run down her spine.
"Aren't you afraid I'll tell the Prince?" he asked, frowning.
Yu Sui smiled and shook her head: "You haven't figured it out yet, you're going to die the moment you start doing this."
What Nian Qiuyan couldn't be sure of was Yu Sui's strength.
"How about this, let's have a contest," Yu Sui invited. "You can cast your protective spells beforehand and see if you can cast your spells faster or if I can kill you faster."
Nian Qiuyan simply couldn't understand where Nangong Sui got her confidence from, or what methods she had, since she was only at the first realm.
Wait, is there only one realm?
Nian Qiuyan paused in her grip on the divine wooden talisman, her eyes trembled slightly, and she asked with a strange expression, "Your cultivation level has improved?"
"What do you think of my suggestion?" Yu Sui didn't answer, but instead waved the copper coin in her hand at Nian Qiuyan. "If you win, we'll pretend nothing happened, and I won't continue to monitor you."
Although it was an invitation, the tone of the words left no room for argument.
Nian Qiuyan had no choice but to bite the bullet and proceed. As he ignited his golden protective aura, he was already calculating what methods Yu Sui would use.
Is it the School of Ghosts, or the School of Names?
The two attacked almost simultaneously.
Nian Qiuyan even broke through her own limits. When she flipped the divine wooden divination stick, the speed at which she cast the divination was the fastest she had ever been in her life. Blue lines flashed all over Yu Sui's body, and the divination array was formed in an instant, sealing her five elements of energy, so that she didn't even have time to use her protective energy.
Golden lightning bolts, like dragons, flew towards Yu Sui's face. The golden lightning and wind energy in the divination array blew her clothes and hair, causing the doors and windows to shake violently, but Yu Sui didn't even blink.
The doors and windows creaked open, and the Five Elements Light Core, which had been hidden under Nian Qiuyan's clothes, shattered. Ignoring his protective aura, a materialized water arrow pierced through Nian Qiuyan's left shoulder in an instant, splashing blood onto the wooden pillars of the corridor.
The water arrow's penetrating power was too strong, causing Nian Qiuyan to sway and stagger backward, instantly covered in sweat, staring in disbelief at Yu Sui standing up behind the table.
He clearly sealed Nangong Sui's Five Elements Qi first!
Yu Sui reached out and grabbed the long golden lightning thread in the divination array, unharmed, and quietly watched Nian Qiuyan retreat and lean against the wooden pillar.
The outcome between the two of them is already decided.
[Author's Note]
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