Chapter 167 Give me some face and let my junior sister see.
Zhong Lishan and Xing Chun surrounded Mei Liangyu, pressing him about the sword spirit. Mei Liangyu answered casually, saying that he didn't know where the sword spirit came from, while glancing at Yu Sui walking at the back of the corridor.
Yu Sui was still trying to understand the meaning behind Shen Siwei Xizhen's words.
The five elements are flowing too smoothly.
What did he see?
Fortunately, the others didn't delve into it further; perhaps it was just some unimportant information.
As she walked, she bumped into Mei Liangyu, who was waiting ahead of her. Mei Liangyu reached out to support her and asked, "Were you scared stiff?"
Yu Sui looked up in confusion.
Xing Chun said from the side, "Dean Leng's murderous aura will indeed scare her."
Zhong Lishan frowned: "Why do I feel like you're the one who's scared?"
Xing Chun: "Nonsense!"
Yu Sui pretended to be troubled and said, "This is the first time I've seen so many saints, and it's also the first time I've seen Dean Leng take action. It's terrifying."
This appearance fooled Zhong Lishan and Xing Chun.
“Our dean and Dean Leng do not have a good relationship. They either argue or fight when they meet. After seeing it a few more times, you won’t be afraid anymore,” Xing Chun comforted him.
Yu Sui nodded obediently and was led forward by Mei Liangyu's hand to prevent her from getting distracted and bumping into something.
Xing Chun and Zhong Lishan lagged behind, both watching Mei Liangyu holding Yu Sui's hand, their expressions varying.
After the fire was extinguished, the mechanical wizards acted quickly, starting to inspect the gaps in each level and estimate the damage.
After learning about the situation outside, Situ Jin led his men back underground to find Situ Lingkui, and finally found him in front of the gate of the Lingkui Pit.
Situ Lingkui stood in front of the door and turned to look at Situ Jin who had rushed over.
"Second Grandmother." Situ Jin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing her. "What brings you here?"
Situ Lingkui said, "I came here following the trail of your movements."
"I did leave from here. That person's initial target was our family's spirit puppet pit, which is why he kidnapped me to remove the restriction." After explaining to his second grandmother, Situ Jin found that the door was closed. Thinking of Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu, his eye twitched violently. Could they not have come out?
Situ Jin hurriedly stepped forward to undo the restrictions and open the door.
He spent some time opening the barrier, and as soon as the stone door opened, he saw Zhang Xiangyun, who looked extremely flustered, and Luo Fu, who was sitting on the ground meditating, not far from the doorway.
Hearing the sound of the stone door opening, Zhang Xiangyun's forehead twitched. He turned around and saw Situ Jin. He took a deep breath, resisting the urge to curse, and patted Luo Fu's shoulder, indicating that he could leave.
"Why didn't you two leave?" Situ Jin asked, puzzled.
Zhang Xiangyun couldn't help but sneer: "What do you think?"
He couldn't help but grit his teeth and speak.
Situ Jin walked inside, while Situ Lingkui didn't go in but stayed at the entrance to listen to the other mechanical sorcerers report on the situation.
Luo Fu got up from the ground, stretched his shoulders, and looked much better than before, having calmed down.
"Come on, the door's already open for you." Situ Jin didn't stand on ceremony with the two of them.
Zhang Xiangyun led Luo Fu outside, but before they even reached the door, they bumped into Mei Liangyu and his entourage who were walking in.
Yu Sui was still thinking about the Situ family's spirit puppet, so she used a little trick to pull Mei Liangyu toward the secret warehouse. Xing Chun and Zhong Lishan were also very curious about Beikun City, so they walked around and looked at things.
As soon as Mei Liangyu and his group rounded the screen, they saw Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu emerging from the stone gate. Both stopped at the same time, their expressions different.
"Oh." Xing Chun was quite surprised. He looked at Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu, then at Situ Jin behind them. "You guys are here too?"
What a coincidence!
The person who had been troubling Zhang Xiangyun to find had now appeared right in front of him.
He squinted, his gaze shifting between Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui. He knew from Nian Qiuyan that Mei Liangyu was underground in Beikun City, but where did Nangong Sui come from?
Nangong Sui found the person before him.
Before he knew it, Zhang Xiangyun’s gaze had landed on Yu Sui.
Yu Sui met his scrutinizing gaze without flinching, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.
Situ Jin stood there with a blank face, his gaze sweeping over Xing Chun and the other two. His fox-like eyes widened slightly, a mixture of amusement and helplessness in them.
How many academy disciples are still under the walls of Beikun City?!
Mei Liangyu and Nangong Sui were expected, but what's going on with you two?
Situ Jin stared intently at Xing Chun and Zhong Lishan: "I'd like to know why you two are here too."
"It's a long story." Xing Chun and Situ Jin had a good relationship. He walked past Zhang Xiangyun, blinking curiously as he went inside. "We were brought here by the Sea Eye. By the way, is this place one of your family's secret facilities? What kind of good things are inside?"
He walked up to Situ Jin, but before he reached the edge of the platform, he couldn't see the many spirit puppets below.
Situ Jin reached out and grabbed Xing Chun's clothes, glancing at them before saying irritably, "You were brought in by Haiyan, and you're still wearing Baili family clothes?"
"Is this from the Baili family?" Xing Chun also looked down to look. "I don't know either. I just grabbed it when I passed by."
Situ Jin took a deep breath: "Stolen?"
Xing Chun immediately shook his head: "It's a loan, it's a loan. I'll repay it to the Baili family once I get out of here."
Zhong Lishan ignored Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu and walked straight ahead. Before Situ Jin could stop him, he saw the mechanical puppet below and said "Oh".
"What is that?" Xing Chun took a few steps forward and peered out, then his pupils contracted, and he grabbed Zhong Lishan's shoulder in fright, hiding behind him, and exclaimed, "What the hell is that!"
Seeing Xing Chun's frightened gaze, Situ Jin raised an eyebrow and said, "A mechanical puppet? How could you be frightened by a puppet?"
Yu Sui followed ahead with a curious look, while Mei Liangyu followed slowly behind, stopping beside Zhang Xiangyun. The two of them glanced at each other at the same time.
The candlelight at the stone gate was dim, casting shadows on the two people's profiles, making their originally indifferent eyes appear deep and unfathomable.
"To be swept into the eye of the sea and still come out alive," Zhang Xiangyun's voice was neither loud nor soft, just between him and Mei Liangyu, "you're really lucky to have survived."
Mei Liangyu responded with the same sarcastic tone: "I am still alive, but some people are about to die."
"Oh?" Zhang Xiangyun's gaze turned slightly cold, a string in his heart tightening. Judging from Mei Liangyu's attitude, he must have obtained the Milky Way Water.
What should he do?
Since Nangong Sui found Mei Liangyu first, why didn't he take the Milky Way Water from him? This little princess is indeed unreliable.
Zhang Xiangyun's mind was already racing with countless thoughts because of Mei Liangyu's words, but before he could hear Mei Liangyu's follow-up words, he had already started walking towards Yu Sui.
Luo Fu frowned and gestured to Zhang Xiangyun with his eyes, asking whether they should take immediate action to silence him.
Zhang Xiangyun gently shook his head.
Mei Liangyu was not alone, and killing him to silence him was a last resort. Besides, Xing Chun and Zhong Lishan were with him. These two were traveling with Mei Liangyu and probably knew about the Milky Way.
It's all Nian Qiuyan's fault for making such a mess!
Zhang Xiangyun was seething with anger and decided to let Nian Qiuyan handle the situation herself.
He no longer expected Yu Sui to be able to do anything.
Situ Jin was originally mocking Xing Chun for being afraid of the spirit puppets, but when he saw Mei Liangyu coming over, his gaze swept over Zhang Xiangyun and the other person, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Why did you and Zhang Xiangyun come to Beikun City?"
“I didn’t come here voluntarily,” Mei Liangyu replied in a low voice. “Didn’t you see the sea eye outside?”
Situ Jin was even more surprised after hearing this: "You were really brought in by the sea eye?"
"How could it be false if it was personally verified by a sage of Legalism?" Mei Liangyu said. "Didn't you know that the attack on Beikun City was carried out by a man-made sea eye on a water boat?"
Situ Jin stared at him and said, "I've heard of man-made sea eyes, but I've never heard of a sea eye that can sweep people into Beikun City."
Mei Liangyu: "Now you've heard about it."
He was talking to Situ Jin, but his gaze was fixed on Yu Sui, who was comforting Xing Chun.
The relationship between Situ Jin and Mei Liangyu was neither particularly good nor bad.
As a child, Situ Jin disliked playing with the children of the Wen family and also disliked her own arrogant and domineering cousins. Although she knew that they would talk about Mei Liangyu as a wild child behind her back and would even fight with her, Situ Jin ignored these things.
He was busy learning mechanical arts from Situ's grandmother. Mei Liangyu was known for her exceptional talent in mechanical arts, but Situ Jin didn't care because he knew that he and Mei Liangyu had different areas of expertise in mechanical arts, and their pursuits were also different.
There's absolutely no need to be jealous or target them.
Situ Jin felt that unless Mei Liangyu could become a master of mechanical arts by the age of eighteen, he would barely feel jealous of the boy's talent.
Mei Liangyu was taken to live in the Situ family by Situ's grandmother for about half a year, and it was during that time that the two became familiar with each other. As Mei Liangyu's cultivation level increased and she became invincible on the Mechanical Island, she lived in Taiyi Academy and would only return when she needed to make up for her academy credits.
Situ Jin would occasionally greet Mei Liangyu when they met at the academy, and they would chat for a few minutes.
Therefore, compared to Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu, Situ Jin could barely be considered to be on Mei Liangyu's side. He whispered, "I think they're up to no good. Be careful."
"Senior brother!" Yu Sui turned his head and called out to Mei Liangyu, gesturing with his eyes to the deep pit below.
Mei Liangyu then turned to look at Situ Jin beside her and said, "They are nothing to fear. Are you busy?"
"It's alright," Situ Jin replied.
Mei Liangyu said, "Then let my junior sister go down and play for a while, and get a close look at the ingenuity of the Situ family's mechanisms."
It's not impossible.
Situ Jin agreed and turned to send someone to inform Li Jinshuang, who had returned to the Spirit Bird, that Nangong Sui was here.
Situ Lingkui ignored these matters, did not recognize Yu Sui, and had no memory of the time when she lost consciousness.
Mei Liangyu walked towards Yu Sui, and casually pulled Xing Chun along as well: "Go down and practice your courage."
"They don't have faces!" After being taken down to see the spirit puppets up close, Xing Chun turned around and scrambled back up. It was too creepy; he couldn't stand it.
Mei Liangyu looked up at Xing Chun, who had already come ashore, and said irritably, "They're just a bunch of puppets, what's there to be afraid of?"
Xing Chun howled, "Do puppets have any shame? They don't even have eyes or noses!"
Yu Sui bent down and touched the little spirit puppet's face. The touch was similar to when she touched Situ's spirit puppet's face. Putting aside the face, just looking at the back, she didn't think it was a mechanical puppet at all, but a living person.
"Senior brother, what are these made of?" Yu Sui asked Mei Liangyu, touching the little spirit puppet's hand. "They feel just like human skin."
Mei Liangyu looked back at Yu Sui and said, "That's made of human skin."
Yu Sui and Zhong Lishan turned to look at him at the same time, their eyes clearly saying, "Are you kidding me?"
Mei Liangyu said without changing his expression, "I'm not joking, it's human skin. The puppets made by the Situ family are very meticulous. As soon as a living person dies, before the remaining warmth dissipates, the skin must be peeled off and preserved with medicine."
Xing Chun turned to look at Situ Jin, silently questioning, "Why is your family's mechanical art so ugly?"
Situ Jin explained, "We use all legitimate channels. People voluntarily sign contracts with the Situ family, and all of them are purchased at high prices."
After saying that, he glared at Mei Liangyu, thinking to himself, "Why are you explaining this to an outsider?"
Because of the controversial practices of Situ's grandmother in practicing puppetry, there were many outside Taiyi who opposed the Situ family and regarded them as the scum of the martial arts world.
Yu Sui looked at her hands, frowned and hesitated for a moment, but finally walked to Mei Liangyu's side and, under Mei Liangyu's lowered gaze, reached out and wiped her hands on his clothes.
Mei Liangyu: "..."
Xing Chun asked in a trembling voice, "Then these spirit puppets don't also have internal organs, right? Are the internal organs also taken from dead people? Is it because you didn't pay enough for them that they don't have eyes, noses, or mouths?"
Situ Jin's forehead twitched as she listened, and she said irritably, "Spirit puppets nourish their bodies with qi, unlike living people who are dirty and have all sorts of things."
Yu Sui believed this.
Because she had seen it inside Situ Lingkui's body; outwardly it appeared to be a body of flesh and blood, but inwardly it was filled with the five elements of energy. Her physical body was more like a materialized manifestation of the five elements of energy. Besides the methods of the mechanical masters, what controlled the Lingkui's actions was the five elements of energy supplied to it.
[Author's Note]
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