Chapter 32 Senior Brother, I Don't Spend Money on Men
When Yu Sui saw Blackbeard and the others, her mind cleared instantly, and all her emotions were suppressed. As she floated toward the shore, she glanced at Wei Ren, who was far away from her.
She thought she had only torn a small opening and used a tiny cluster of strange fire, but just like before, it was still difficult to control.
It was Zhongli Que who brought her back to her senses back then, and if it weren't for that lightning serpent tonight, her strange fire would have ignited this sea area, and everyone in the outer city would have been able to see it.
As Yu Sui grows up, the power of the strange fire also increases.
At this moment, the backflowing seawater continued to crash and splash, and Blackbeard and the others rushed over to pull Yu Sui ashore. When they saw the wounds and blood on her body, they were shocked and turned pale. They quickly took off their coats and put them on Yu Sui.
"It was my fault for arriving late, which allowed the princess to be seriously injured by those despicable peasants. I deserve to die." Blackbeard and the other Nangong family sorcerers were terrified and covered in sweat.
Mei Liangyu looked back at Wei Ren, who was still in the sea.
He came out of the city tonight to kill Wei Kun. Halfway through the chase, he encountered Blackbeard and his men. He was in a panic, saying that the princess was missing, there were traces of a peasant family, and that if the princess was dead, then this and that would happen.
Blackbeard knew that he was Yu Sui's senior brother, so he asked if there was any way to find Yu Sui.
He was, after all, his master's precious disciple. If he were really killed by the peasants, his master would probably be so sad that he wouldn't speak to him for days.
Mei Liangyu used divination to locate Yu Sui and brought his men over using wind manipulation. There were obvious signs of a battle here; the five elements of energy were erupting in the seawater. The seawater was deep and still, and he couldn't see Yu Sui and Wei Ren because Yu Sui had pressed Wei Ren too deep, and the moonlight at night couldn't penetrate the cold, deep seabed.
He could only sense the turbulent energy of the Five Elements and wait for the Thunder Serpent to repel the two forces in the sea before assessing the situation.
The seawater swept people from the seabed to the surface. Mei Liangyu initially thought that the powerful, suppressive force was meant to kill Yu Sui, but when he saw Wei Ren being swept out by the seawater, and then looked at Yu Sui, he seemed to be deep in thought.
Wei Ren was tossed about by the seawater. Just as he approached the shore and was about to go ashore, a flash of lightning made him pull his outstretched hand back and look up at Mei Liangyu.
"Oh," Mei Liangyu greeted him, "a lackey of the peasants."
Wei Ren smiled wryly and raised his hands, saying, "I really didn't lay a hand on her."
Mei Liangyu glanced back and saw that there were quite a few people coming. In addition to the low-level sorcerers of the Nangong family, there were also people who had been watching the Nangong family on various roads in the outer city, or people who came to watch the excitement. At this time, they were all hiding on the cliff behind and spying on the situation at the seaside.
There must have been farmers among them.
Mei Liangyu roughly calculated that there were no fewer than thirty people who came.
Previously, the five elements of energy gathered here, causing the seawater to tremble. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought that some sage was disrupting the five elements of energy.
Therefore, it will attract some people. Blackbeard is looking for Yu Sui, and it will also alert those who are watching the Nangong family.
Mei Liangyu's Wind Listening Ruler made a buzzing sound, and he opened it to check.
Nian Qiuyan: "They ran away."
Wei Kun escaped back to the academy.
Mei Liangyu clicked his tongue and turned to walk towards Yu Sui, who had come ashore. In those few short steps, his gaze caught sight of Lu Haiye, who had a large hole in his chest and had died from a heart attack.
Yu Sui wore the black coat given to her by Blackbeard. The water stains on her pale face were still visible. Her head drooped, and water dripped from the ends of her hair. Blood mixed with seawater spread out, making her lips appear even darker.
Mei Liangyu stared at her for a while and said, "If you can't beat them, call your master."
Yu Sui's eyelashes fluttered slightly as she looked up: "...Is that alright?"
Wei Ren, who was still trapped in the sea and not allowed to go up, had a subtle expression. She didn't even know that she could summon the Saint Chang Gen?
“You are his disciple. If a disciple is being chased, why can’t he call for his master to save him? He just can’t come out on his own. He’s in the outer city, so someone has to summon him. Only you and I can summon him in Taiyi.” Mei Liangyu said to Yu Sui, “Call him when it’s time.”
These words seemed to be a reminder to her that now was the time.
Yu Sui opened her mouth, and with difficulty, a sound escaped from her throat as she softly called out, "Master."
At the moment the raging seawater ceased its backflow, the wind and waves subsided, yet people felt a silent oppression descending from the heavens, an irresistible invasion of consciousness. Those on the beach and cliffs all received a response from the Sage Changgen:
"I am here."
Yu Sui's gaze faltered slightly, and she subconsciously looked up to search for the dark traces. She found nothing, yet she felt her master's presence with unmistakable realism.
The feeling of receiving a response when you pray is truly wonderful.
Mei Liangyu glanced at the crowd watching the commotion from the distant cliffs.
After being invaded by the consciousness of the Saint Changgen, they all ran faster than rabbits, leaving the area without stopping.
Blackbeard and the other low-ranking sorcerers of the Nangong family all lowered their heads and looked respectful, not daring to have any disloyal thoughts or ideas at this moment.
Yu Sui gazed at the dark night sky for a while, then saw the bright moon and suddenly smiled.
Mei Liangyu looked back at Wei Ren, who was trying to get ashore, when another bolt of lightning struck him back. Wei Ren surfaced from the water, staring at him.
“Once you leave Taiyi Academy, the academy will not interfere in your grudges, disputes, or life-or-death battles with others. However, if you kill an academy disciple, the academy is not entirely unaware. The academy knows everything that happens on this island, so you will still be penalized when you return.” Mei Liangyu looked at Wei Ren, but her eyes swept over Yu Sui. “So, are you going to kill him, or let him go?”
Wei Ren wiped the seawater off his face and reiterated, "I really didn't lay a hand on her!"
Mei Liangyu said with a half-smile, "Aren't you in cahoots with that old man who died later?"
Wei Ren paused for a moment, not answering immediately. Mei Liangyu raised her chin slightly and said, "It's no use telling me. See if my junior sister believes me."
Yu Sui stood on the shore watching Wei Ren bobbing in the sea. Just like when she looked at Lu Haiye before, her dark pupils stared straight at him, sending a chill down Wei Ren's spine. The moment he felt the first trace of fear, he had no strength left to resist Yu Sui.
Wei Ren took a deep breath. Although he was soaked through, he was covered in sweat. He made a gesture of giving up and solemnly said to Yu Sui, "I did keep my promise to you and did not tell anyone that you know the Nine Streams Technique. I only told him about the problem of the Breath of Earth and your whereabouts. I thought you would summon the Saint of Chang Gen."
"What happened tonight was my fault, I..."
Yu Sui interrupted him: "You know Madam Su?"
Wei Ren reacted quickly: "I know him."
Yu Sui asked again, "Do you know a lot about her?"
Although Wei Ren felt that these words were somewhat cruel, he knew that this was the only way to prevent Yu Sui from killing him, so he replied, "I should know more than you do."
"I see," Yu Sui wiped the seawater from her face, then looked at Wei Renshi and smiled slightly, "I won't kill you, but could you please destroy your Five Elements Light Core?"
She looked like she had transformed back into that elegant and polite young princess.
Even such cruel words were spoken with such politeness.
Wei Ren was stunned.
Blackbeard and the others remained silent. In their view, even if Yu Suizhen really wanted to kill Wei Ren, they would have to act immediately.
However, Blackbeard was a bit suspicious. The peasant disciple in front of him seemed to have a close relationship with Madam Su. Perhaps he should keep him alive and take him back to the prince for interrogation.
“Princess…” Wei Ren had just started to speak when Yu Sui interrupted him again. She said very seriously, “The thought that you are a fifth-level sorcerer and that I see you every day in the academy, and that someone so much more powerful than me might kill me, makes me scared.”
If Wei Ren wants to survive this moment, he should find a way to make Yu Sui believe him and eliminate any resentment he might have towards him.
Even now, Yu Sui didn't mention that Wei Ren was practicing forbidden techniques of the Farmer's School, nor did Wei Ren mention that Yu Sui had activated the Asura Hell Formation.
They kept their promise to each other, but they also had other conflicts to resolve.
Previously, Yu Sui faced a life-or-death decision; now it's Wei Ren's turn.
Wei Ren felt a chill run down his spine, and under everyone's gaze, he dared not make a move. He had been severely injured by Yu Sui's sudden outburst, and with the arrival of the low-level sorcerers from the Nangong family, he had no chance of escape.
Not to mention Mei Liangyu.
Although Mei Liangyu is a strange person and may not always get involved, I heard that when Zhong Lishan was beaten up in front of him, Mei Liangyu just watched without intervening.
But Nangong Sui was his junior sister, a disciple of the same lineage as him, the disciple of the Sage Changgen. Wei Ren did not think that Mei Liangyu would remain indifferent and not take action.
And the Sage Changgen, perhaps with just a word from Yu Sui, he would also help.
“I cannot abandon my Five Elements Light Core; it would be tantamount to death for me,” Wei Ren said in a serious and tense voice. “But I can abandon my cultivation and descend to the first realm.”
Mei Liangyu glanced at him sideways. He didn't want to break the Five Elements Light Core because he didn't want to lose the Ninth-Rank Technique he possessed. For a Ninth-Rank Technique, losing the Five Elements Light Core was indeed equivalent to his death.
This self-inflicted damage to cultivation will also cause irreversible damage to the Five Elements Light Core. Although it is still possible to cultivate again, it will be much more difficult than before. In this lifetime, one will never be able to surpass the Ninth Realm and will have no chance to reach the Divine Soul Light Core Realm.
Yu Sui knew all this, but she still looked at Wei Ren for a long time.
She also wanted to see what it would be like for other people to be driven to the brink of despair.
Will I end up in the same sorry state as her?
Yu Sui used the power lent to her by the strange fire to enhance her Bagua Life Technique. When she instantly killed Lu Haiye, lightning flashed. Wei Ren didn't even see what happened before he was whipped into the sea by the lightning snake.
In the sea, a strange fire rose from the depths of the seabed, awakening Yu Sui's destructive desires. Just as he was about to succumb to the killing intent, it was repelled by another lightning serpent.
Therefore, Yu Sui was certain that Wei Ren had not discovered the strange fire.
He didn't have time to notice.
Because the timing was too perfect.
Yu Sui has only used the power of the strange fire twice so far.
When she was thirteen, by the pond, she used her strange fire to burn that careless ninth-rate sorcerer to death. Her eyes were drawn to the black flames. The power that ignored all ninth-rate sorcery was too strong, too wonderful, and addictive.
From that day on, Yu Sui knew that she couldn't use the power of the strange fire because she couldn't control it.
If she loses control of her mind, the first thing the strange fire will kill is Yu Sui.
She endured so much just to survive.
The strange fire devoured and burned the entire Xuan Gu Continent; such a world was no different from her death.
Yu Sui did not want to be consumed by the strange fire, to be controlled by it, to completely lose herself, and to become a ball of fire that could only burn the heavens and earth in anger.
But the urge to kill always made her angry.
Yu Sui stared at Wei Ren, watching him being driven to the brink of despair, sweat pouring down his face, his teeth clenched, and the veins on his neck bulging. His eyes trembled slightly, and his hands, perhaps clenched tightly beneath the seawater, dared not let go, yet Wei Ren met Yu Sui's gaze without flinching.
They were all in the same sorry state.
Yu Sui raised her hand to cover her face and coughed lightly, saying, "Let's do it."
Wei Ren's pent-up anger dissipated quietly with Yu Sui's words.
He gathered the energy of the five elements and said in a hoarse voice, "Alright."
Wei Ren abandoned his cultivation, falling from the fifth realm to the first realm. Coupled with this serious injury, he had no strength to return to the academy.
Yu Sui was also injured and was taken back to the restaurant by Blackbeard and his men. After she was cleaned up, they brought in a physician to treat her. Mei Liangyu was eating downstairs. He said he hadn't eaten dinner before coming out to kill Wei Kun. Blackbeard said everything at the restaurant would be free for him that night, and Mei Liangyu felt he couldn't waste this opportunity.
Anyway, he couldn't watch the process of treating and applying medicine to Yu Sui.
Incense was lit in the room to calm the mind, and the smell was refreshing. Yu Sui sat on the edge of the bed and watched the female doctor bandage her wrist. Her upper body was covered with white gauze with medicine after she took off her clothes.
The female doctor said softly, "The pain will subside in a little while. We can remove the medicated bandage tomorrow night and then apply the ointment I gave the princess."
"Will it leave a scar?" Yu Sui frowned as she looked in the mirror, pointing with her other finger to the spider silk scratch on her left cheek. "Then I'll be disfigured."
"Princess, rest assured, this Cleansing Cream will completely remove your scars, leaving you looking brand new. It will absolutely not leave any scars or disfigurement," the female physician coaxed softly. "Your Highness will still be the most beautiful princess."
Yu Sui looked at herself in the mirror.
Tonight, only the doctor's words won't annoy her.
The female healer gently pressed on her waist and abdomen, and the gentle Qi of the Five Elements flowed through Yu Sui's body with her movements, repairing her broken ribs.
“The Five Elements Light Core is unharmed, and the toxins have been cleared. There’s nothing seriously wrong,” the female healer said to Blackbeard outside the door. “The pain has subsided. Let’s talk to the princess after she’s rested for a while.”
Blackbeard nodded and closed the door for Yu Sui.
Yu Sui felt very tired, and her eyelids were heavy. The heat brought by the strange fire made it impossible for her to sleep. Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She reached out and wiped them away, then sat up in bed.
She let Blackbeard in.
Blackbeard was already prepared to be scolded by Yu Sui. After entering the room, he respectfully asked, "Princess, what are your orders?"
"In Taiyi, do you listen to me, my third brother, or Brother Gu?" Yu Sui asked him softly.
Blackbeard was startled and quickly expressed his loyalty: "Of course I will listen to you, Princess. You are the future heir to the royal family. I am a member of the Nangong family and will only serve the master of the Nangong family."
Yu Sui made him look up at her. At this moment, Princess Nangong's eyes were clear and her words were sincere: "I was unable to cultivate before, and my relationship with my mother was not good. My father often disliked me, but I also wanted to prove that I was worthy of the name my father bestowed upon me. You are the first person I met when I came to Taiyi Academy, and you are also the person who has taken care of me in every way since I was able to cultivate."
“Unlike those people in the capital who look down on me because they know I am Ping Shu, I like you very much and hope that you can become one of my people, because you are the person I trust the most right now. When I inherit the throne in the future, I will definitely take you away from Taiyi and return to the capital together.”
Blackbeard was captivated by the girl's sincere and bright eyes, and after hearing her earnest words, he was convinced and moved.
Leaving Taiyi and returning to the capital has been his goal all these years.
Besides, the princess herself said that I am the person she trusts the most right now.
“Serving the princess is a blessing I have earned in three lifetimes. I will do my utmost to fulfill the princess’s every word,” Blackbeard said solemnly.
"I don't want my father to know what happened tonight," Yu Sui said with distress. "Firstly, I don't want him to worry, and secondly, I've noticed something related to the Breath Soil that I want to investigate it myself so that my father will be impressed."
"Would you be willing?"
Blackbeard hurriedly bowed and said, "If the princess doesn't want the prince to know what happened tonight, no one will report it back to the capital."
Upon hearing this, Yu Sui loosened her grip on the blanket.
How did she kill Lu Haiye?
Nangong Ming will definitely think more about it after he knows this.
Now is not the time; we should try to stop the news from reaching the capital.
Fortunately, her talent and her status as a disciple of the Sage Changgen gave Blackbeard confidence in Yu Sui, believing that she would turn the tide and return to the capital to amaze all those who had looked down on her.
She is definitely the one who will inherit the royal family in the future.
I need to cultivate a good relationship with the princess.
Blackbeard remained steadfast.
After Yu Sui finished talking with Blackbeard, she said a few more words to calm him down and chatted about the Nine Schools of Farmers' Arts. Once the pain in her body had mostly subsided, she stood up and asked, "Where is my senior brother?"
Blackbeard hurriedly said, "It's downstairs. Would you like to go down and take a look, Princess?"
Yu Sui reached up and touched her neck, which was wrapped in bandages, and asked curiously, "What is he doing downstairs?"
“He was having a meal earlier,” Blackbeard said. “He said he hadn’t eaten dinner, so I had the kitchen prepare a meal for him, free of charge.”
Yu Sui followed Blackbeard downstairs.
It was already late at night, and the first floor was no longer as lively as it had been during the day. There were no guests at the moment, only Mei Liangyu, who had finished eating, sitting by the window, playing with the wind-listening ruler.
Mei Liangyu ignored the sound of someone coming downstairs.
It wasn't until Yu Sui walked towards him that he looked up and saw Yu Sui with white bandages wrapped around her neck and wrists. He raised an eyebrow, looked her up and down, and thought she looked both pitiful and cute.
"Senior brother, are you going back?" Yu Sui asked.
Mei Liangyu pointed at the Wind Listening Ruler and replied, "My master asked me to keep an eye on you. I'll leave once you're alright."
“Let’s go then,” Yu Sui said. “I also want to go back to the academy.”
Mei Liangyu then looked back at her: "Don't you want to rest a little longer?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Yu Sui raised her bandaged hand and waved it gently.
Mei Liangyu smiled, put away the Wind Listening Ruler, and stood up: "Alright, let's go."
Yu Sui went out, got into the carriage, and lifted the curtain to look at Mei Liangyu, who was still standing outside with an inscrutable expression.
"Senior brother, do you need to use the Wind Riding Technique to travel?" she asked.
The long street was quiet, with only the night breeze rustling the lanterns on the pillars.
Mei Liangyu replied lazily, "I'm tired, I don't really want to use the Wind Riding Technique to travel."
Yu Sui looked around and, seeing that there were no other tools for him to travel, tilted his head and gestured for him to come up.
Mei Liangyu paused for a moment after seeing Yu Sui's little action.
The carriage's speed was comparable to the wind manipulation technique. Blackbeard personally drove and escorted Yu Sui back to Taiyi Academy. Three low-level sorcerers from the Nangong family accompanied them, protecting them from the shadows just in case.
Yu Sui and Mei Liangyu sat facing each other in the carriage. Mei Liangyu did not play with the wind-listening ruler, but looked at Yu Sui calmly.
She blinked, meeting Mei Liangyu's gaze. After a moment, realizing that Mei Liangyu was still looking at her, Yu Sui couldn't help but touch her face: "Senior brother, why are you staring at me?"
Mei Liangyu crossed his arms and leaned lazily against the car wall, replying, "What else can I look at?"
Yu Sui rolled her eyes: "Want to look at something else?"
"What else?" Mei Liangyu glanced back, gesturing with her eyes, "It's so small, it would seem pretentious for me to look at other things while avoiding you. Besides, what's so interesting about the scenery in this carriage?"
Yu Sui sometimes couldn't help but admire how outspoken he was.
Yu Sui asked again, "Then what did you see, Senior Brother?"
Mei Liangyu replied, "I didn't look closely. What do you expect me to look at?"
Yu Sui thought for a moment and asked him, "How is your divination skill, Senior Brother?"
Mei Liangyu slightly raised her eyelids: "Very good."
Yu Sui opened her eyes slightly, looking curious: "Then, senior brother, please take a look at my face and predict my luck in love."
Mei Liangyu refused decisively: "I won't look."
Yu Sui lowered her head and said, "Oh."
Mei Liangyu asked her, "Why do you look at your love luck instead of good fortune and wealth?"
“I was born into wealth and have never lacked money, so I don’t need to look at this at all,” Yu Sui said honestly. “Good and bad fortune are always mixed, as they were before and as they are tonight. There’s no need to look at this; all that’s left to look at is this.”
Mei Liangyu narrowed his eyes as he listened, his dark eyes reflecting Yu Sui sitting opposite him. She alone filled his eyes: "You were born into wealth and have no shortage of money, so naturally you have no shortage of good fortune in love. This thing is the most useless thing to you."
Yu Sui seemed pleased by his words, her eyes crinkling with laughter.
"Senior brother..." Mei Liangyu interrupted him halfway through his sentence, "If you're tired, go to sleep. If you don't want to talk, don't force yourself."
Yu Sui was stunned.
A look of exhaustion appeared on her face. She sighed softly and said with her eyes downcast, "But I can't sleep well."
It's not that I can't fall asleep, it's that I can't sleep well.
Mei Liangyu didn't respond. If he asked, Yu Sui would answer, but he felt that Yu Sui was tired even speaking.
He didn't speak, and Yu Sui didn't say anything more.
Neither of them mentioned what had happened to Yu Sui that night. The carriage was quiet, but Yu Sui felt more at ease than before.
After returning to the academy, Yu Sui bid farewell to Mei Liangyu and went to the Ghost Path Sanctuary on her own.
Mei Liangyu didn't follow either. He watched the figure leave using the Wind Control Technique. On the foggy road at night, he was like a small flower that had been swept up into the sky by a hurricane and was about to fall back into the mud. He just wanted to land quietly and alone.
The Ghost Path Sanctuary was very quiet.
There wasn't even a whisper of wind in the dead of night, and the chirping of insects had ceased. Yu Sui walked up the steps with her head drooping. She thought this place was nice; there were too many people in the outer city, too many people in the academy, and too many people in the dormitories.
This world is full of people.
She wanted to go somewhere where there were no people, or somewhere that people couldn't go or come to.
Yu Sui stopped moving after stepping onto the stone steps. Her strength could only support her to this point, and she could not take another step forward.
She sat down on the stone steps, next to the edge of the stone pillar.
The open space outside the main hall was covered with green vines. Besides the vines, there were also many flowering and fruit trees. Spring was coming to an end, and many of the flowering trees had withered, leaving only green branches and leaves. After the flowers on some of the fruit trees had faded, small green fruits could be seen hanging on the branches.
Yu Sui's gaze drifted aimlessly over the fruit trees, finally settling on the distant horizon, where he stared into the unknown distance.
She simply watched quietly, and even the heavens and earth were unaware of her thoughts.
She only gently closed her eyes and fell asleep when the light of dawn shone upon the world.
Yu Sui fell asleep in the Ghost Path Holy Hall, undisturbed, and slept until the afternoon. The sunlight sometimes hid behind the clouds, casting a cool shade, and sometimes broke through the clouds, giving warmth to the earth.
The warmth caused Yu Sui to slowly wake up.
Mei Liangyu, who was playing with the wind-listening ruler in the main hall of the sanctuary, looked up and saw that the person who had been sleeping all day had woken up because of the intense sunlight.
Yu Sui wiped her face with her sleeve, raised her hand to shield her eyes from the sun, looked around, and when she noticed someone behind her, she turned around to look.
Seeing Yu Sui crouching and turning around to look at him, Mei Liangyu felt that she had been fully recovered, so he took the food box and put it down next to Yu Sui.
"Should we eat here or go inside?" he asked Yu Sui, squatting down.
Yu Sui washed her face like a kitten, then wiped it with her sleeve, and looked up at Mei Liangyu with bright, clear eyes: "Thank you, senior brother, for eating here."
Mei Liangyu pushed the food box forward: "Remember to pay. Your senior brother isn't rich and is short of money."
Yu Sui opened the food box, poured herself a drink, and took two sips to moisten her throat: "Mmm!"
Mei Liangyu propped his head up with one hand and looked at her: "Junior sister, if you have too much money to spend, you can give it to me."
Yu Sui held the cup, paused for a moment, looked at Mei Liangyu and said, "Senior brother, I don't spend money on men."
[Author's Note]
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