Chapter 205, the family sorcerer
The four people in the room were well aware of Mei Liangyu's ruthlessness.
Because they had fought against Mei Liangyu and experienced his skills firsthand. Before becoming friends or enemies with Mei Liangyu, they had heard of him and even witnessed his actions firsthand.
Therefore, Gu Gan would always tell Yu Sui that Mei Liangyu was not a good person.
Because the Mei Liangyu he encountered was cruel, cold, and dangerous, Gu Gan's prejudice against Mei Liangyu, even setting aside his own selfish motives, was not without reason.
Yu Sui, on the other hand, never had the chance to experience the consequences of being an enemy of Mei Liangyu because of her relationship with her fellow disciple.
Because of the Sage Chang Gen, Mei Liangyu never intended to do anything to her.
The two had a friendly relationship from the beginning. Yu Sui saw Mei Liangyu's best side, but never his worst side.
The timing of the encounter determines whether the first impression is good or bad.
Based on Nian Qiuyan's analysis, Mei Liangyu was cleared of suspicion by Zhang Xiangyun and Gu Gan.
“To know that you took the Milky Way Water, I think only someone close to you could do that,” Zhang Xiangyun said, staring at Nian Qiuyan.
Nian Qiuyan said, "The only two people around me who know that I took the Milky Way Water are you two."
He smiled slightly and said, "So, was it you who sent the message to the Communications Institute and tricked Gu Gan on the Listening Wind Ruler, or was it Luo Fu?"
"You still dare to doubt me?" Zhang Xiangyun's smile vanished, replaced by a mocking look in his eyes. "Do you know that your current attitude is making Bai Kou very suspicious of your loyalty?"
Nian Qiuyan stood up and said, "I know myself what is good for Xuan Kui and what is bad for Xuan Kui. But have you thought about whether cooperating with this person is good or bad?"
Gu Gan coldly swept his gaze over the three people in the room. When he picked up the wind-listening ruler on the table, the porcelain shards that were floating in the air fell to the ground with a second crisp sound.
Luo Fu listened to the noise and endured it for a long time.
“You go find the person behind the Listening Wind Ruler, and I’ll go find the farmer’s disciple who stole it.” Gu Gan had composed himself and said calmly, “It seems we have a common enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Since you’ve helped me find the person, I will keep my promise.”
Just as he finished speaking and was about to leave, Zhang Xiangyun called out, "Leave the Listening Wind Ruler here."
Gu Gan casually tossed it back.
Zhang Xiangyun waved and took it, then whistled: "Pleasant to cooperate."
“There’s one more thing.” Gu Gan paused at the door, turned to look at Zhang Xiangyun, and said coldly, “You’d better stop ordering Sui Sui around. If you need anything in the future, just tell me.”
After he finished speaking, an eerie silence fell over the room.
Zhang Xiangyun and the other two stared intently at Gu Gan. Only when he was about to leave did Zhang Xiangyun ask in a low voice, "Do you know what it means to be unable to control oneself?"
Gu Gan gave him a cold look; he was sick.
Even after the door closed and Gu Gan walked away, the room remained silent for a long time.
Once he was sure Gu Gan was far enough away that he couldn't hear him anymore, Zhang Xiangyun finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing, slamming his hand on the table while tears streamed down his face.
Look at how pretentious he is, protecting Nangong Sui. He's just a clown!
Gu Gan took Zhang Xiangyun's divination results to a farmer's family instructor he knew. Checking the information of the academy's disciples was easier for the family instructor.
Besides, it's just a matter of checking birth information, which is extremely simple.
While waiting for news in an empty farmhouse study hall, Gu Gan summoned Ji Meng and Huo Xiao.
Upon hearing the divination results, both of them were filled with disbelief. How could he be a disciple of the Farmer's School?
“There are traces of the Ghost-Armored Sky Spider. Could this person have climbed in through the window?” Ji Meng found the idea absurd. “No, how could he climb in? There were so many saints and instructors there that day. Wasn’t he afraid of being discovered?”
“Perhaps it’s a group of people working together.” Huo Xiao stood with his arms crossed against the wall, his brows furrowed in thought. “To be able to avoid us right outside the door, this person must be an expert. But they didn’t use any avoidance techniques, so they seem like a novice. It’s all contradictory. So I think there’s more than one person trying to steal the fragments.”
Gu Gan sat behind the desk in the study hall, playing with another wind-listening ruler in his hand. Outside the window, the bamboo shadows swayed in the wind, casting green bamboo shadows onto the window of the study hall.
The boy had already shed his childishness and weakness in the year his family was destroyed, and had become increasingly cold-blooded.
As he listened to Ji Meng and Huo Xiao's analysis, he also had his own unspoken doubts.
That is the secret lock of the masters.
Only he knows the correct name and the decryption password.
Zhang Xiangyun's divination also made him suspect that it was a collaboration of multiple people, that is to say... someone was responsible for unlocking the master's secrets, and someone else was responsible for stealing things.
At the beginning of the incident, Gu Gan trusted the people around him, but after today's divination, he began to waver.
Because apart from those around him, he couldn't imagine how the other party had obtained the famous family's secret code.
So he summoned Huo Xiao and Ji Meng, asking them to search for the peasant disciples who stole the fragments, hoping to glean some information from them and dispel his own suspicions.
Many people are born on the same day, month, and year, but they have many differences in their astrological signs.
Gu Gan didn't intend to miss anyone, so he asked the instructor for information on all the farm disciples who were born on the same day.
After all, Zhang Xiangyun's divinations will still have some minor discrepancies.
Because Gu Gan no longer believed in the Wind Listening Ruler, Chu Qiu, the farm instructor, did not inform him of the result through written communication, but instead came to the study hall to find him in person.
On the surface, Chu Qiu is Taiyi's instructor, but in reality, he is a member of the Nangong family, a clan sorcerer who has served the Nangong family for generations.
Only Gu Gan knew that Chu Qiu was a sorcerer from the clan.
Even the Blackbeard shopkeeper didn't know his identity.
Chu Qiu had already received instructions from the head of the Nangong family that he would do his best to meet all of Gu Gan's needs in Taiyi.
This was the first time Gu Gan had asked Chu Qiu for help.
While Ji Meng and Huo Xiao were still discussing how the farmer's disciple had stolen the items, Gu Gan spotted a tall figure walking towards the entrance of the study hall.
Chu Qiu, the farm tutor, knocked on the half-closed door, then pushed it open and came in, holding several sheets of paper.
"Of the people you're looking for, I think only this one fits the criteria." Chu Qiu came to the three of them, placed the letters in his hand on the table, and then took out one and handed it to Gu Gan. "The others haven't been able to refine the Ghost Armor Heavenly Spider's ability, but this person already had the Ghost Armor Heavenly Spider before coming to Taiyi."
"But he later offended the princess because of the assassination attempt in the outer city and had his cultivation crippled."
Upon hearing the title "Princess," Ji Meng and Huo Xiao instinctively looked up at Chu Qiu.
Could it be the princess they're thinking of?
Gu Gan stood up, took the letter from Chu Qiu, and stared at the information recorded on it, which was exactly the same as Zhang Xiangyun's divination result.
This person's name also looks familiar.
Wei Ren, a disciple of the peasant family.
"Wei Ren?" Ji Mengchu was a little confused at first glance, but after remembering, he gasped and pointed at the letter, saying, "Wei Ren! A freshman in the same year as the princess, and he even went through the Yin Yang Five Elements Field trial with the princess before. Yes, I remember now, he was indeed a disciple of the Farmer's School. He was quite arrogant when he first arrived, but then I don't know how he disappeared."
Not many people knew the details of the assassination attempt on Yu Sui in the outer city.
The students of Taiyi come from different parts of the six kingdoms and have different backgrounds. Some of them don't even know that the Farmer's Breath Soil Treasure is inside Nangong Sui's body.
Although we are all in the same college, some of us are in a different world.
“Wei Ren is only at the first realm now, but his identity before coming to Taiyi…” Chu Qiu glanced at Gu Gan, without directly stating it, but Gu Gan sneered, “I know.”
The peasant traitor organization was sent by Ji Shuyan to keep an eye on Sui Sui.
Because he was one of Madam Su's men, Gu Gan initially only warned him and didn't pay much attention to Wei Ren, since his cultivation had been crippled and he posed no threat to Sui Sui.
However, when Ji Shuyan came to arrest Wei Ren last time, he almost killed Sui Sui, but was instantly killed by the Sage Chang Gen. This matter made Gu Gan somewhat concerned, so he wrote back to Lady Su, who was far away in the capital of Qingyang.
Lady Su then stopped sending people to Taiyi.
Gu Gan never imagined that it was Wei Ren who stole the fragments of the Pagoda.
What reason would he have to steal the fragments of the Pagoda? And how did he know the fragments were with me?
Gu Gan couldn't wait any longer and asked, "Where is Wei Ren?"
Chu Qiu replied, "He doesn't go to the study hall much. He usually goes to Gong Lesheng's residence to cultivate. I asked for you before I came. Wei Ren didn't go to Gong Lesheng's place today."
Ji Meng gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go find it!"
Gu Gan sent Wei Ren's information to others and also told Zhang Xiangyun that the person he was looking for was Wei Ren.
If the other party is a group of people working together, then Wei Ren is very likely to know who is hiding behind the Listening Wind Ruler.
Luo Fu was still cleaning up the broken porcelain pieces scattered all over the room. After receiving news from Gu Gan, Zhang Xiangyun said to Nian Qiuyan, who hadn't left yet, "Gu Gan has identified the thief: Wei Ren, a disciple of the Farmer's School. I'll leave the task of finding him to you. Aren't you best at this?"
After listening, Nian Qiuyan, who was playing with the wind-listening ruler, looked up, her expression unreadable.
Zhang Xiangyun propped himself up on the table and said, "I need to go find Song Yubai and have him take a good look at this Wind-Listening Ruler."
He had just withdrawn his hand from the table when he saw the cracked wooden table finally give way, the cracks spreading and it shattering into pieces with a loud crash.
Zhang Xiangyun was so frightened that he raised his hands. Luo Fu, who was still sweeping the floor, turned his head and looked over, his eyes full of murderous intent.
Nian Qiuyan turned and left the two people's dormitory. After leaving, he frowned for a moment and walked towards the dragon ladder, but lowered his eyes to look at the wind-listening ruler in his hand.
He always had a bad feeling.
This matter is probably related to Nangong Sui.
Nian Qiuyan had already sent a message to Yu Sui about Gu Gan's request to cooperate with Zhang Xiangyun, but had not yet received a reply.
Meanwhile, Xun Zhiya and the others also received news that Wei Ren had stolen the fragments of the Floating Pagoda, so they were also secretly looking for him.
During the military trials, Li Jinshuang was unable to see the message on the Wind Listening Ruler in time.
Because of the two near-death experiences and severe injuries in a short period of time, Yu Sui was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep after dealing with Mei Liangyu during the day.
As she faced death more often, it seemed that certain forces within her body would undergo some kind of change.
The near-death state is real; even if one uses the Divine Eye to forcibly preserve her life force, it will stimulate other forces within her body.
For example, the Nine Provinces Star Sea that was just born deep within her consciousness.
As Yu Sui was on the verge of death, the Nine Provinces Star Sea also fell into chaos, with signs of impending collapse and the stars teetering on the brink of destruction, while the dark light of the sun in the sky grew increasingly intense.
Just as the black light was about to engulf the entire world, it slowly receded.
While in a deep sleep, Yu Sui's consciousness was enveloped by a warm flame. She seemed to gaze at that cluster of flames in the boundless darkness for a long time until she heard the sound of a babbling brook, just like the faint sound of flowing water she had heard when she practiced swordsmanship with Li Jinshuang.
But gradually, the faint sound of the flowing water became rapid and eventually turned into the sound of giant waves sweeping away life and death.
The water was boiling, scalding hot.
The invisible gaze of the "Heavenly Eye" gradually calmed the power that was about to collapse and erupt.
Yu Sui felt as if she had slept for a long time, as if she had recuperated for many years. When she opened her eyes again, it felt like a lifetime had passed.
She vaguely sensed that the change in time brought about by the gaze of the Divine Eye was different this time, making her feel that more than ten years had passed. After more than ten years of recuperation, her consciousness was much better than it was during the day.
Before Yu Sui could even assess how well her powers had recovered, she saw the Wind-Listening Ruler beside her pillow making a loud noise. Her eyelids twitched, and she had a bad feeling.
[Author's Note]
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