Chapter 23 Will you tell others that I possess the Divine Eye of Heaven?
It only has half of the Breath Soil, yet it can't control itself from absorbing everything.
What it most wants to absorb is the Qi of the Five Elements.
Lady Su obtained and then lost the Breath Soil after reaching the thirteenth realm, which is different from Yu Sui, who possessed half of the Breath Soil before even starting to cultivate.
With her own strength and divine soul core, Madam Su was still able to suppress the Breath of Earth, which was constantly absorbing the five elements' energy, thus enabling her to use the Nine Streams Technique. Moreover, she was originally a disciple of the Farmer's School, and the Nine Streams Technique she cultivated had a high degree of compatibility with treasures like the Breath of Earth.
Yu Sui had nothing.
Even after more than ten years, when she had three hundred Five Elements Light Cores, as the number of Five Elements Light Cores increased and the Five Elements Qi gathered in her body, the damaged Breath Soil sensed the increasing Five Elements Qi and began to stir, vying with her for it.
Each time Yu Sui connects to the light core and mobilizes the five elements of Qi, the Breath of Earth will preemptively absorb it and pull against it. The five elements of the light core, however, do not want to transfer their power to the Breath of Earth and begin to fight.
The strange fire remained silent, observing the changes. It hid deep within Yu Sui's consciousness, for even the Breath of Earth dared not approach it because of its power to destroy everything.
Having too many elements in Yu Sui's body can sometimes be a bad thing.
Once she knew it was a problem with the Breath of Earth, she could start looking for a solution.
The problem lies in how to prevent the Breath of Earth from competing with her for the five elements' energy.
Killing Lady Su and reclaiming the complete Breath Soil is out of the question for now; it's time-consuming, laborious, and risky. Her success rate is one percent, while killing Lady Su with a different kind of fire is one hundred percent, but that would expose her identity as the Destroyer of Worlds, and then she would be hunted down by the six kingdoms. Yu Sui has no confidence that she can survive.
As for the second method...
Just ask the Sage Chang Gen!
Yu Sui rolled over and got out of bed. After greeting Zhong Li Que, she ran outside.
Hearing the commotion coming from Yu Sui's side, Li Jinshuang in the next room suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils twitching slightly as she looked towards the next room. Her gaze was somewhat hesitant, but in the end, she ignored it and closed her eyes again.
Yu Sui ran from the dormitory to the Ghost Path Sanctuary in the dark. On the way, she encountered patrolling teachers who all looked at her with suspicion and asked, "Where are you going in such a hurry?"
“To the sanctuary,” she replied, pausing.
The patrolling teachers were even more puzzled: "Are you in a hurry? Why don't you use the Wind Control Technique?"
Yu Sui waved and said, "I was just about to go learn!"
Watching Yu Sui run off into the distance, the patrolling teachers couldn't help but sigh. Old Master Chang had finally taken on a normal apprentice—well-behaved, adorable, diligent, and eager to learn.
Yu Sui ran all the way to the Ghost Path Holy Hall, covered in sweat. The cool night breeze entered through his collar and brushed against his skin, but the coolness disappeared in an instant.
She wiped the sweat from her brow, sniffed, calmed her breathing, and then ran into the main hall of the sanctuary.
She's all alone tonight.
Even the Sage Chang Gen was not present.
Yu Sui looked at the portrait whose ink hadn't changed, raised her hand to rub her face, and tried to clear her mind.
She took out the Wind Listening Ruler, wanting to ask where Master Mei Liangyu had gone, but since they weren't friends on the Wind Listening Ruler, even though she could send the message, there was no need to cause any further trouble.
Yu Sui waited patiently inside the main hall.
Tonight, she stood alone in the main hall, where she could see the magnificent golden statues of saints bowing their heads in compassion, and the candlelight shining brightly, making everything below appear radiant.
The chirping of insects and the sound of the wind outside were blocked out. In the silence, Yu Sui could hear the sound of blood flowing, breathing, and heartbeat that had not yet stopped after running so hard. Suddenly, she seemed to be in a wonderful and indescribable world.
An unknown power enveloped her, just like when she first saw the communication array of the National Academy. Yu Sui could feel that the Holy Hall in her eyes was clearer than usual, so clear that she could even catch the wind passing in front of the portrait.
His dark pupils seemed to be illuminated by flames, revealing a faint crimson gold color that made them appear magnificent.
Yu Sui's vision underwent a significant change; she saw scenery she had never seen before, and the five elements of energy flowing between heaven and earth.
Something indescribable, invisible, silent, and colorless, yet she could "see" it.
It exists in the candlelight above, as well as in the domes, doors, windows, and stone statues of houses, all connected in Yu Sui's eyes to form a net, marking the five elements of energy gathered at each point on the net. These are the places within the main hall of the sanctuary protected by spells.
As Yu Sui concentrated, a consciousness invaded:
"Divine Strategist and Heavenly Eye".
She came to her senses, the overwhelming power dissipated, and the ink on the portrait before her flowed.
"Master?" Yu Sui asked tentatively in a soft voice, her five fingers slightly clenched inside her sleeve.
At the same time, someone approached outside the sanctuary. Mei Liangyu had completed his trial and rushed back in the middle of the night to ask his master about cultivation, but he was blocked by an invisible force when he entered the gate.
Mei Liangyu, standing at the main gate unable to get in: "?"
Inside the main hall:
"It seems you haven't realized how powerful you are." The consciousness of Saint Changgen spoke to Yu Sui, who automatically provided a voiceover: "The Nine Schools of Arts are the arts of a hundred schools; those who enter the Nine Schools can all cultivate them."
"Techniques are divided into two types: Heavenly Secret Techniques, which are superior ninth-class techniques that can be acquired through talent, enlightenment, and cultivation."
Standing in the main hall of the sanctuary, Yu Sui felt for the first time that someone was watching her, but this gaze was not malicious; on the contrary, it was gentle and even had a reassuring quality. Yu Sui felt that it was Saint Chang Gen watching her.
"A kind of technique called Divine Mechanism is a rare skill that those with talent are born with. It cannot be acquired through cultivation. Each one is unique in the world, but it can be taken away."
Yu Sui broke out in a fine layer of cold sweat.
She has so many things on her!
Valuable, troublesome, highly lethal, constantly posing a danger, giving her power.
Those who possess unusual fire will be killed.
Those who possess the Breath of Soil will be killed.
Even those with divine abilities can be killed.
Mei Liangyu knocked symbolically on the open door of the sanctuary, his face dark, and said, "Master, what do you mean?"
The Sage Changgen did not answer him.
Mei Liangyu then wondered if Yu Sui had come to cultivate again in the middle of the night. He picked up the Listening Wind Ruler to ask, but quickly realized that he hadn't added Yu Sui's Listening Wind Ruler as a friend.
"..."
We can only wait.
Inside the main hall:
Yu Sui spread his hands and said, "Master, I can't even mobilize the five elements, how could I possibly have such a powerful divine technique?"
She came tonight to talk about the Breath of Earth, but she didn't expect to be caught off guard.
The Sage Changgen said, "The Divine Mechanism Technique does not require the Qi of the Five Elements."
Yu Sui: "..."
That's really impressive.
"The Divine Eye of Heaven can see through all illusions, weapons, prophecy, and divination, capture the Qi of the Five Elements, and see what ordinary people cannot see."
“You just saw every magical defense hidden in the sanctuary.”
"In the past decades, you must have seen many things that are even more difficult to detect than hidden spell defenses."
Upon receiving the information from the Sage Changgen, Yu Sui fell silent.
Master is right.
When she first saw the National Academy Communication Array, and for the first time closed her eyes and drew the three core digital mountains in her mind, able to memorize all the characters and incantations that enabled their operation, she knew something was wrong, and some kind of force was naturally drawing her in.
Yu Sui knew that her existence was special, but she didn't know what to call that specialness.
Now she knows.
Divine Mechanism and Heavenly Eye.
It sounds like something extraordinary and impressive.
"Master, how many divine techniques are there in this world?" Yu Sui asked softly.
The Sage Changgen replied, "Ninety-seven kinds are recorded."
More than I expected.
That's still "cheaper" than the one and only Breath of Earth in the world. Killing her and seizing the Divine Eye shouldn't be much more difficult than stealing the Breath of Earth, right?
As soon as Yu Sui opened his mouth, Sage Chang Gen said, "The Heavenly Eye ranks among the top ten in the Divine Mechanism Techniques."
"...Wow, amazing!" Yu Sui stammered. "Does Master also want the Heavenly Eye?"
Chang Gen the Sage: "No."
Yu Sui then said, "Isn't it very useful?"
Saint Changgen said, "I am a dead man, and no amount of divine arts can be of any use to me."
Yu Sui: "..."
In her mind's automatic voiceover, her master's words should be calm and composed, with a hint of playfulness and disdain.
“Divine divination is a personal art, and I cannot teach you the relevant knowledge. You can only explore it on your own,” said Sage Changgen. “You have come here tonight, presumably with other questions.”
Yu Sui gently released her hand from under her sleeve and asked, "Master, will you tell anyone that I have the Divine Eye?"
Chang Gen the Sage: "No."
Otherwise, they wouldn't have kept their eldest apprentice outside.
"Thank you, Master," Yu Suizhen said sincerely.
"I have a guess about why the light core couldn't extract the power of the five elements before: half of the Farmer's Treasure Breath Soil is in my body. It has been with me since I was a child. A physician and sorcerer once said that this half of the Breath Soil will absorb everything it can sense. I think the problem lies here."
Yu Sui paused for a moment, then humbly asked, "The Breath of Earth is absorbing the power of the five elements from my light core, so I cannot cultivate the Nine Streams Technique. I wonder if Master has any way to help me?"
Without much thought, the Sage Changgen responded: "It's very simple, retrieve the other half of the Breath Soil."
Yu Sui made a gesture, slightly embarrassed: "My other half is with my mother, and I can't beat her."
Previously, she had only a vague concept of Madam Su's strength, but now, thinking back, she realized that Madam Su was a ruthless person. Even while suppressing half of the Breath Soil and still recovering from old injuries, she was able to repel the thirteen realm experts who came to Luo Mountain.
It's no wonder Nangong Ming is unwilling to let go of such a high-quality tool.
Sage Changgen added, "It's quite simple: seal the power belonging to the Breath of Earth lineage."
Yu Sui was stunned, seemingly surprised by this unexpected method: "Sealing it?"
"However, after the seal is applied, you will be unable to cultivate any of the nine types of arts with properties similar to the Breath of Earth, such as any of the Kun-Gen Life-Giving Arts, until you obtain the complete Breath of Earth," Saint Chang-Gen asked. "Are you willing?"
Are you willing?
Yu Sui thought about it carefully, but who knew when she would be able to kill Madam Su and obtain the Breath Soil?
How can we seize the other half of the Breath of Soil without becoming stronger?
How can one become stronger without extracting the power of the Five Elements and the Nine Schools of Techniques?
She doesn't have many opportunities, and she doesn't have much time.
Given the choice between a foolish and talentless daughter and a powerful thirteenth-realm expert like Lady Su, Nangong Ming is no fool. He will definitely choose Lady Su. When the time is right, Nangong Ming will have Yu Sui return half of the Breath Soil to Lady Su.
Over the years, Yu Sui's life and death have actually been decided by a single thought between Nangong Ming and Madam Su.
Learn as much as you can before they notice or become wary.
Yu Sui said, "I'm willing."
A Bagua diagram appeared beneath her feet and spun rapidly.
Yu Sui didn't look at it, but stared at the portrait and said, "Master, did you already know I had the Breath Soil?"
The Sage Changgen did not hide anything and simply answered, "Yes."
Yu Sui then asked, "Do you also know the problem with my cultivation?"
Chang Gen the Sage: "Yes."
Yu Sui asked, puzzled, "But you didn't say anything."
Sage Changgen said, "Some problems you need to discover yourself. If others interfere, it will make you dull."
"Your future will be even more difficult than your senior's. Before that, you will gain some things and lose others."
Yu Sui was bewildered and didn't dare ask her master if he still knew she possessed a strange fire. Even without her master's words, she knew the future would be difficult.
From the day she was born into this world until now, every step she has taken has been difficult.
The rotating Bagua slowed down. When the Kun character aligned with Yu Sui, it quietly disappeared. When the Bagua rotated again and the Gen character aligned with her, it also disappeared.
The Breath of Earth was sealed by the Sage Chang Gen. Yu Sui closed her eyes and reconnected with the Five Elements Light Cores. When she transmitted the message that she needed the power of the Five Elements to the light cores, as many as three hundred light cores responded to her and lent her power.
Mei Liangyu, who was playing with the wind-listening ruler at the entrance of the sanctuary, suddenly sensed the fluctuation of the five elements and looked up thoughtfully toward the direction of the main hall of the sanctuary.
As if he had thought of some possibility, he couldn't help but smile lazily.
It seems his junior sister, who stays up all night, won't die of exhaustion anytime soon.
[Author's Note]
Just a quick update!
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