Chapter 187 Of the Nine Schools of Thought, Only Yin and Yang Reign Supreme
The night was deep and the fog was heavy. Mu Yong'an tightened his fox fur coat, the fur collar brushing against his cold cheeks, but bringing no warmth whatsoever.
As the two walked away from the Yin Yang School, Mu Yong'an coughed softly. He turned his head to look at Mei Liangyu, about to ask a question, when he saw Mei Liangyu, who had been walking normally just moments before, suddenly bend over, cover her mouth, cough up blood.
Mu Yong'an frowned, then grabbed Mei Liangyu's wrist and said in a deep voice, "Are you injured?"
"It's nothing." Mei Liangyu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth without turning around.
Mu Yong'an asked, "Was the injury sustained in the star map earlier, or on the mechanical island?"
“Yes, we have them all,” Mei Liangyu said.
The elite armored formation, Shura Hell, was filled with the omnipresent pressure of the city's defending general. The battle with the evil spirits had already depleted a large amount of Mei Liangyu's Five Elements Qi.
Then came the Thirteen Realms' Dead Army from the opposite bank of the river. Thousands upon thousands of black-armored cavalry attacked simultaneously; it was a miracle he didn't die.
The attack was launched in the blink of an eye, and the silver spear had already pierced through Mei Liangyu's protective aura, tearing through his skin and flesh. The shockwave, even faster than the silver spear, struck Mei Liangyu's soul directly.
Recalling that time, Mei Liangyu's blood couldn't help but boil.
If Yu Sui were a little slower
Mei Liangyu took a deep breath, straightened up and said, "I'll be fine in a couple of days, no need to worry. But Uncle Mu, you don't look too well."
He turned around, frowning as he sized up Mu Yong'an.
Mu Yong'an's gaze was somewhat strange, and he hesitated to speak.
He seemed to understand. Mei Liangyu was seriously injured, probably to the point of damaging her soul. Yet, just now, she was chatting and laughing with Nangong Sui in the Yin-Yang Five Elements Field, as if nothing had happened.
They are quite tolerant.
It's understandable that a young man, driven by youthful pride, wouldn't want to expose his vulnerable and hurt side to the girl he likes.
But that person was Nangong Sui, which Mu Yong'an couldn't understand.
"You and Nangong Sui..." Mu Yong'an had just started to speak when Mei Liangyu interrupted him, "Uncle Mu, this is between the two of us, and I don't want anyone else to interfere."
Seeing his cold gaze and refusal to discuss the topic, Mu Yong'an received no answer even when pressed for an answer.
Mei Liangyu has already provided the answer.
Mu Yong'an remained silent for a moment, and after taking only a few steps with Mei Liangyu, he sighed softly again.
Mei Liangyu glanced over and asked, "Why are you sighing?"
Mu Yong'an said, "I came with Dean Wu."
Wu Huaiwei?
Mei Liangyu stopped in her tracks. Why couldn't she see her?
Mu Yong'an stared intently at him and said in a low voice, "Dean Wu wants to take Nangong Sui as his disciple."
Mei Liangyu: "..."
Is Wu Huaiwei going to take her junior sister as her disciple?
So what am I?
Mei Liangyu turned around and walked back.
Mu Yong'an said, "It's too late for you to go back now. After we leave, she will teleport you directly back to Moon Mountain."
"You already knew?" Mei Liangyu looked at Mu Yong'an suspiciously. "Why did Dean Wu take my junior sister as his disciple?"
Mu Yong'an coughed softly and said, "You're her senior brother, how could you not know?"
Mei Liangyu looked at him quietly, wanting Mu Yong'an to explain clearly.
The incident happened suddenly, and Wu Huaiwei was a saint of the Yin-Yang School. She was also present when the incident occurred in the Abyss Sea, and the opening of the star map array was also under the jurisdiction of the Yin-Yang School. Mei Liangyu was afraid that Wu Huaiwei might have noticed something about Yu Sui, which might threaten Yu Sui.
Having no other choice, Mu Yong'an told Mei Liangyu about his previous conversation with Wu Huaiwei.
Wu Huaiwei took a liking to Nangong Sui because of her superior physique, which was perfect in all five elements.
That's why Mu Yong'an asked Mei Liangyu, "Don't you know?"
If you like Nangong Sui, how come you don't even know these things?
Mei Liangyu knew everything that couldn't be told, and she had no intention of telling anyone.
Yu Sui, who was still inside the Yin-Yang Five Elements Field, did not wait for Wu Huaiwei to come over. Instead, he found that the starlight under his feet was shining brightly, the dark scenery around him receded, and in the blink of an eye, everything changed.
Yu Sui looked up and saw that the misty Yin-Yang Five Elements Field was no longer in front of him. The winding mountain path was brightly lit with stone lanterns on both sides, and the mountain peak could not be seen at a glance.
Jacaranda trees are tall and lush, covering Yue Mountain.
Yu Sui was teleported to the foot of a small hill. Pretending to know nothing, she looked around with a puzzled and wary expression.
The red ribbon flew past her from behind, brushing against Yu Sui's shoulder as it moved forward, like a wisp of cloud drifting in the wind, instantly capturing her attention.
Yu Sui followed Hong Ling's gaze forward and saw Wu Huaiwei waiting on the hillside.
The bracelet on Wu Huaiwei's wrist, made of gold iron plates, made a crisp, crackling sound.
She looked down at Yu Sui from her high vantage point, her eyes half-closed, her expression unfathomable.
“Dean Wu.” Yu Sui was taken aback at first, then looked bewildered. “I was originally in the Yin Yang Five Elements Field, but I don’t know why I suddenly came here.”
“Of course I asked you to come.” With a wave of her hand, Wu Huaiwei sent the red ribbon that had been hovering in the air flying toward Yu Sui, stretching out in front of her like a long scroll painting.
The red silk is thin and smooth, adorned with gold powder, reflecting a mysterious and dazzling luster.
Yu Sui looked up and blinked at Wu Huaiwei, who stood alone and obediently at the foot of the hillside, her eyes filled with innocence and confusion.
This gentle and harmless appearance deepened Wu Huaiwei's impression of her.
Wu Huaiwei said softly, "I heard that when you entered Taiyi, your talent was tested and you were the same in every family."
It seems they intend to patiently guide Yu Sui.
Yu Sui nodded, obediently answering the question from the academy's sage: "Because I used to be a person of the Ping Shu."
"There has never been a case in the world where a person of ordinary skill could practice the Nine Streams Techniques. Those who can practice the Nine Streams Techniques are not ordinary people." Wu Huaiwei chuckled and waved her hand at Yu Sui, from which strands of gold thread flew out from the unfolded red silk.
"You possess exceptional talent, yet you are misled by illusions and conceal it, which is why it has gone unnoticed."
"Now I will test your talent again."
Before the words had even finished, the golden threads emerging from the red silk scroll flew toward Yu Sui's eight extraordinary meridians.
Introduce Qi into the body.
Yu Sui recalled that when she was a child, she didn't understand anything. Nangong Ming found a sorcerer from the Yin-Yang School to test her talent for the first time, which also involved using an object to guide Qi into her body.
The old man from the Yin-Yang School ultimately concluded that she had no talent whatsoever and was not compatible with the Yin-Yang School at all.
Now that she knows more and more, she is hesitant about whether to let Wu Huaiwei test her, fearing that there are still many low-level techniques she does not know about, and that she might discover something.
With a "let's give it a try, I'll take a gamble" mentality, Yu Sui didn't stop her.
To explore the flow of a person's five elements, it is not accurate to simply observe with the eyes. Only those who are masters of logic and legalism can do this, and even then, it requires the level of Wei Xizhen.
In the Xuan Gu Continent, only one Wei Xizhen appears every few hundred years.
By using an object to guide the flow of energy, there will be no clash between the two energies. If they are compatible, the energy within the test subject's body will resonate with it.
Yu Sui showed no reaction when tested before.
Now, the Five Elements Qi that passed through her meridians responded, summoning strands of golden threads from Yu Sui's body to intertwine with her, merging into one and transforming into delicate, twisted runes floating in the air.
Yu Sui slightly raised her head, her dark eyes reflecting the glowing golden runes, and faintly glimpsing twinkling stars within the runes.
The surrounding jacaranda trees rustled, and the jacaranda blossoms falling from the branches resembled falling stars. In the blink of an eye, Yu Sui felt as if he were in the Milky Way, with a faint purple light above and below. The stars in the sky were either chaotic or traceable.
They are not stationary, but rather moving slowly in response to some kind of force.
The starry path beneath Yu Sui's feet was winding and twisting, and everything in her eyes was chaotic and disordered. Yet, in the darkness, she felt a certain force guiding her, searching for her guiding star in the chaotic universe.
Guided by Wu Huaiwei's power, she directly pointed out Yu Sui's Star Sea, allowing her to see the chaotic universe.
Each disciple of the Yin-Yang School has their own unique Star Sea for cultivating the Nine Streams Technique.
When Wu Huaiwei glimpsed Yu Sui's starry sea, she couldn't help but be surprised.
She was known as a genius of the Yin-Yang School, and among the Yin-Yang School saints in Taiyi, she was the most talented.
When Wu Huaiwei first opened the Star Sea, it contained three thousand stars, making it the largest known Star Sea among the Yin-Yang School.
Yu Sui's Star Sea is no longer limited to the three thousand stars, but is a cross-class Star Sea, like that of Zou Qian, the sage of the Yin-Yang School, containing the primordial universe, and is called the Nine Provinces Star Sea.
If Wu Huaiwei is a genius of the Yin-Yang School, then Zou Qian is a monster of the Yin-Yang School.
The Zou family is a prominent clan of the Yin-Yang School. It's understandable that Zou Qian, this freak, came from such a family. But the Qingyang Nangong family... I've never heard of any connection with the Yin-Yang School.
The Nangong clan killed quite a few Yin-Yang sorcerers.
With such talent, Wu Huaiwei absolutely did not believe that Nangong Ming would not have noticed it.
Nangong Ming failed to realize that there was only one possibility: before entering Taiyi, Nangong Sui was indeed someone who was unable to cultivate ordinary techniques.
"The superior constitution of the Yin-Yang School, with the mutual generation of the five elements, is indeed correct."
Wu Huaiwei's voice came from the depths of the universe. Yu Sui raised his eyes and felt the stars that had been slowly rotating suddenly flash by, as if the world had changed drastically.
In Yu Sui's Nine Provinces Star Sea, she could not see Wu Huaiwei, but she could hear her voice coming from a mysterious and ethereal place: "Nine Schools of Arts and Crafts are based on the Qi of the Five Elements; when discussing the Five Elements, one must combine Yin and Yang; when discussing Yin and Yang, one must combine the Five Elements."
"We, the Yin-Yang School, are masters of the mysteries of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and follow the laws and destiny of Heaven."
"In the present Xuan Gu Continent, among the nine schools of thought and one art, only Yin Yang reigns supreme."
Wu Huaiwei's voice came from all directions, lacking its usual lazy and teasing tone, and exuding an undeniable authority.
In the Xuan Gu Continent, the Yin Yang School was indeed more powerful than the other schools. This power did not refer to strength, but rather to their status among the six kingdoms.
Within the six kingdoms, one may not have any other high-level sorcerers, but one must have a Yin-Yang sorcerer by one's side.
The royal families of the six kingdoms of the Xuan Gu Continent all believe in the saying, "The virtue and fortune of a nation follow the way of Heaven."
The Yin-Yang school views the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—as the five virtues.
The virtues of the Five Elements were manifested in the succession of emperors, each possessing one of the Five Elements.
It begins with wood and ends with water, thus it is the beginning of overturning.
Yu Sui had previously heard Nangong Ming mention the Five Virtues theory of the Yin-Yang school, which refers to the monarchs of dynasties throughout history, each representing one of the Five Virtues, which alternate and change in the order of mutual generation and restraint of the five planets, in a cyclical manner.
And the "virtue" here refers to the national destiny.
The reason why the Yin-Yang School was widely respected and held a prestigious position in all six states was because it possessed the power to control the national energy and reverse the order of things.
Whether it was the School of Military Strategists, the School of Names, or the Legalists, none of them could compare to the School of Yin and Yang under the influence of dynastic politics.
Among the six kingdoms, Qingyang is not the only one that wants to annex the other five.
Nangong Ming had hoped that Yu Sui would cultivate the Yin-Yang School, but after learning that she had no talent, he wanted her to befriend the children of the Yin-Yang School. Unfortunately, the Qingyang royal family only had Princess Shangyang as a promising candidate for the Yin-Yang School.
After Princess Shangyang and Yu Sui fought, Nangong Ming gave up on the idea.
He wouldn't stoop so low as to have his daughter, like Jinzhi and others, lower herself to become Princess Shangyang's lackey.
Yu Sui stood in his own starry sea of the Nine Provinces, curiously observing and exploring the secrets of the stars' rotation.
Wu Huaiwei's voice rang out again: "You were born into the Star Sea and possess the superior physique of my Yin-Yang School. Today, I wish to take you as my disciple and teach you the arts of Yin and Yang. Nangong Sui, are you willing?"
Yu Sui felt that a certain star in the universe was watching her. She turned to face the star in the sky, and her intuition told her that this star represented Wu Huaiwei.
Although she knew that Wu Huaiwei's move was to take her as a disciple, Yu Sui still hesitated when asked if she was willing.
If she hadn't joined the Ghost Daoist sect, and had encountered Wu Huaiwei asking her this question right after joining the Taiyi sect, she would definitely have agreed immediately.
The timing was wrong.
Yu Sui spoke up, "I used to really want to learn the Nine Schools of Yin-Yang, but I am a layman and didn't know I would have the superior physique of the Yin-Yang School. Now that I am a disciple of the Ghost Path, can I still practice Yin-Yang techniques?"
"Why not?" Wu Huaiwei snorted lightly, her previous sternness dissipating somewhat. "There are quite a few low-level sorcerers in this world who belong to the Xiu family. Your talent compatibility with the Ghost Dao family is too low, far less than your compatibility with the Yin Yang family."
"You should have been a disciple of my Yin-Yang School."
Yu Sui asked timidly, "But will my master agree?"
Before Wu Huaiwei could answer, the consciousness of Saint Changgen appeared in their minds: "Not permitted."
[Author's Note]
"The Five Virtues refer to the virtues of the Five Elements. From Fuxi onwards, emperors succeeded each other, each embodying one of the Five Elements. It begins with wood and ends with water, thus marking the beginning of the cycle."
This comes from Cai Yong's annotation of Ban Gu's "Preface to the Classics" in the Wenxuan: "The mandate of heaven was established for democracy, and the five virtues were first established."
The theory of the Five Virtues also originated from the historical concept advocated by Zou Yan, a Yin-Yang scholar during the Warring States period.
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