Chapter 137 Princess, Get in the Car
Luo Fu didn't quite understand this approach and pondered, "Nangong Sui has nothing that can threaten her and is no match for her. Even though she is now a disciple of Saint Chang Gen and has obtained the cultivation method, I can't see anything about her that I need to be wary of."
In Luo Fu's view, Nangong Sui's only skill in divination was obtained through Mei Liangyu, and even under the tutelage of the Sage Chang Gen, she herself did not make much progress.
Their cultivation level remained at the first level. Anyone with a little talent and the same cultivation resources would have already advanced to the fourth or fifth level.
In Luo Fu's eyes, Nangong Sui was utterly insignificant and had nothing to offer that warranted his attention.
"Who knows what a woman is thinking?" Zhang Xiangyun shrugged, screwed the kettle lid on, and looked in Yu Sui's direction, noticing that she seemed to have glanced in their direction as well.
Was it discovered, or was it unintentional?
Zhang Xiangyun thought for a moment, his eyes reflecting Yu Sui walking forward, waving to Li Jinshuang, her face upturned with a bright smile.
Indeed, as Luo Fu said, there was nothing about this Princess Nangong that was worth paying attention to.
That night, Nangong Sui used a move called the Ghost Daoist's Heavenly Secret Technique to capture spirits at the Taixu Hall in the outer city, which barely left an impression. As for the rest, it could be attributed to the Nangong family's power in uncovering those messages, rather than Nangong Sui's personal ability.
In Zhang Xiangyun's view, Qingkui did this mainly because Nangong Sui and Mei Liangyu were getting too close.
Mei Liangyu had caused trouble several times before, and Qingkui had come to hate him after learning about it. She would never let go of the opportunity to kill him.
Secondly, this opportunity can be used to test Nangong Sui and see if she has any tricks up her sleeve.
If Nangong Sui is truly useless, then this pawn is useless once it's been used up.
Thirdly, there was the rivalry between the two young ladies of the Nangong family, but Zhang Xiangyun didn't bother to think about it. Nangong Sui had no chance of winning against Qing Kui.
To his surprise, the prince actually agreed.
No matter how others fight, Zhang Xiangyun only needs to protect his own interests.
Zhang Xiangyun stretched his neck and said, "The people outside will arrive tonight. We'll invite Nian Qiuyan to go with us then."
Luo Fu glanced at him: "Your Love Poison..."
Zhang Xiangyun looked back coldly, and Luo Fu turned his gaze away, swallowing his words.
Li Jinshuang was delayed by her sparring match, which is why Yu Sui had to wait outside. After the match, she immediately rushed to the training ground to find Yu Sui.
Yu Sui waved to Li Jinshuang in front of him, and the two walked towards the indoor training platform instead of competing outside.
While indoor martial arts training platforms offer high privacy, the space is limited, making it somewhat restrictive and more suitable for one-on-one instruction.
It is not advisable to use highly destructive Ninth-Rank techniques in combat.
When Yu Sui went in, she grabbed a sword and followed behind Li Jinshuang. She heard Li Jinshuang say, "Gu Gan is still keeping an eye on the instructors. He doesn't seem to have given up his suspicions, and he hasn't found anything useful."
“We can’t fool him for long, but it’ll make him put in some effort.” Yu Sui drew his sword, took his place with Li Jinshuang in the arena, gripped the hilt with one hand, and looked down at the gleaming blade. “What was your reaction when you first sensed the sword spirit?”
Li Jinshuang gripped her sword with both hands, her eyes clear and bright: "The first thing I heard was a sound."
Yu Sui then looked up at Li Jinshuang and said, "I've heard that some sword spirits are special, like yours, they have their own thoughts and can talk to their masters."
Li Jinshuang said, "This is very rare."
"Is the sword spirit unique to disciples of the Military School?" Yu Sui asked. "Even if disciples from other schools learn the Military School's swordsmanship, they cannot develop their own sword spirit?"
Li Jinshuang nodded and said, "Theoretically, it's impossible. At least I've never heard of it or seen any relevant records."
After a pause, she continued, "For example, your senior brother Mei Liangyu, although he knows the swordsmanship of the military school, even the art of divination and military formations, he has not developed his own sword spirit."
Yu Sui knew this, and blinked after hearing it.
“Some extraordinary abilities and techniques are exclusive and unique. Mei Liangyu seems to be an exception, but he can only master the common ninth-class techniques and cannot obtain the more core exclusive extraordinary abilities and techniques. On the contrary, Gu Gan…” Li Jinshuang pondered, “He is a true practitioner of both the Fa and Ming schools. He can master the unique extraordinary abilities and techniques of both Fa and Ming schools at the same time.”
The most representative of these unique and extraordinary abilities mentioned by Li Jinshuang are the sword spirit of the military strategist and the star sea of the Yin-Yang school.
Mei Liangyu can use the military formations of the strategists, but he has no sword spirit; he can use the spells of the Yin-Yang school, but he has no personal star sea capable of cultivating Yin-Yang techniques.
Since discovering the "unowned energy" within the Five Elements Light Core, Yu Sui guessed that the reason his senior brother knew so many different schools of martial arts was because he had transformed that Five Elements energy into his own.
First comes the master, then the skill.
However, Yu Sui's Five Elements Light Core was created first, and then it had a master.
The former's low-level skills will always have an upper limit due to the master's influence.
The latter has no restrictions; any technique is materialized using the five elements, and Yu Sui can master all the nine schools of techniques materialized using the five elements.
Theoretically, this also includes the sword spirit of the military strategist and the star sea of the Yin-Yang school.
Yu Sui privately tested her talent compatibility with the nine families again, and it was still 10% as before.
Even with just one percent compatibility, once she masters the unclaimed energy within the light core, it will be one hundred percent.
Li Jinshuang's sword spirit arises from the third realm. Although Yu Sui's current appearance is still at the first realm, his strength is not just that of a first realm.
She wanted to test her theory, starting with the sword spirit of the military strategist.
Seeing that Yu Sui was ready, Li Jinshuang moved. The two swords clashed instantly, striking and then disengaging, exchanging blows multiple times, producing short, continuous clanging sounds in the arena.
Yu Sui used only the simplest military swordsmanship to crush three Five Elements Light Cores and guide the "unclaimed energy" within them to materialize into the Nine Schools of Military Arts.
Li Jinshuang pointed her sword downwards and slashed, the blade reflecting four eerie, pale skulls.
She chose to stay indoors so that she could learn to control the sword spirit, both in terms of its abilities and its physical form.
The sword spirit, whose full power had nearly burst the space, shrank considerably under Li Jinshuang's control, but still nearly filled an entire wall. The sword spirit lowered its head, staring at Yu Sui, who was moving using the Wind Control Technique, and precisely threw its blade towards her location.
Yu Sui doesn't use his Heavenly Eye; he relies entirely on the swordsmanship skills he has learned.
The sword spirit's thrown blades are fast and accurate, carrying different frost and flame auras. Even if you are not hit, you will be frozen by the frost or burned by the flames.
Yu Sui only felt pressure when facing Li Jinshuang's sword spirit. Without using her Heavenly Eye, she quickly fell into a disadvantageous position under the sword spirit's fierce attacks and could only dodge around the room.
Li Jinshuang and the sword spirit were working together more and more seamlessly, one suppressing the enemy and the other blocking their movement, forcing the enemy into the trap they had already set up.
In this space that had become cramped after the sword spirit appeared, Yu Sui was quickly forced into a desperate situation. The invisible and tangible blades struck her sword with loud bangs, making her hands go numb.
It was as if ten thousand swords were falling from the sky, landing in front of and behind Yu Sui, grazing her clothes and hair. Li Jinshuang controlled the attack very well, only suppressing it, but not hurting her.
As Yu Sui leaned against the wall and raised his sword to defend himself, he suddenly caught a sound beyond the sword's clang: a soft sound of flowing water coming from deep beneath the surface, like a bubbling sound about to burst forth from the water.
She froze for a moment, and the longsword in her hand was knocked away, falling to the ground with a dull thud.
Li Jinshuang stopped her attack, looking somewhat puzzled. She could tell that Yu Sui was no longer in top form.
Yu Sui moved the five fingers holding the sword, and after a moment bent down to pick up the fallen sword, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"Again," Yu Sui said after picking up the sword.
Li Jinshuang asked, "Are you feeling alright?"
“It’s even better than before.” Yu Sui looked up and glanced at Li Jinshuang’s sword spirit. “Did you name it?”
"Not yet." Li Jinshuang's gaze flickered with a moment of unease before she pursed her lips and said, "I'd like to ask a renowned calligrapher to bestow a title upon me; that would be better."
Some people on the Xuan Gu Continent have an unwavering superstition about the words of famous people, believing that they will always have a better meaning than the "name" they choose themselves.
It brings good fortune, happiness, peace, and joy.
Yu Sui didn't expect that Li Jinshuang was also someone who deeply believed in names bestowed by famous calligraphers. She couldn't help but laugh and say, "It's yours, why let someone else name it? Famous calligraphers aren't necessarily better than you."
Li Jinshuang hesitated.
Yu Sui practiced with her until evening and did not notice the strange sound of the flowing water again. She originally planned to try the Asura Hell of the Armored Formation again, but received a message from Blackbeard informing her that people from the Prince's Mansion would be coming tonight.
Upon seeing the message, Yu Sui paused, repeatedly confirming before asking, "Who is it from the Prince's Mansion?"
Blackbeard was also a little anxious and replied, "They only said that they brought the prince's order to have the princess come to the outer city tonight, but they didn't say who it was."
If Nangong Ming has any orders, he wants someone from the Prince's Mansion to personally deliver them.
Li Jinshuang, who was walking down the street, noticed Yu Sui's strange expression and stopped to ask her, "What's wrong?"
“The people from the Prince’s Mansion have come to Taiyi. I have to go to the outer city,” Yu Sui said.
Li Jinshuang asked her, "Want to come along?"
Yu Sui shook her head, putting away her guesses, and said, "It shouldn't be anything serious."
She returned to her quarters to bathe and change her clothes, then got up and hurried to the outer city.
Blackbeard also suddenly received the news. He suspected that the person had already arrived in Taiyi, but had not yet shown up because he had to meet with other people first.
Could it be Young Master Gu?
Or is it the Third Young Master?
Blackbeard guessed what was going on in his mind and then told Yu Sui all the information.
When Yu Sui left Taiyi Academy, she saw Gu Gan returning to his dormitory. He looked tired and gloomy, still preoccupied with the loss of the Floating Pagoda fragments.
Nangong Ming probably doesn't know this news yet.
The people from the Prince's Mansion weren't here for the fragments; it was because of Xuan Kui and Lan Du.
Yu Sui frowned unconsciously, but neither of these things seemed to have anything to do with her, unless... Thinking of a certain possibility, her eyelids twitched, and she had an ominous premonition.
Darkness fell quickly. Perhaps due to the recent incident involving the orchid poison, everyone was being cautious, and there were far fewer people at the academy gate.
As soon as Yu Sui stepped out of the academy gate, she saw Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu standing on the road. The two of them were looking at her clearly, making it impossible for Yu Sui to pretend she didn't see them.
Zhang Xiangyun slowly stepped forward and blocked Yu Sui's path. Meeting her slightly puzzled gaze, he smiled and said, "Princess Nangong, we're going the same way, so why don't I give you a ride?"
He spoke the words "Princess Nangong" with great whimsy.
Yu Sui stood in front of the carriage, puzzled, and asked, "Why are we going the same way? Do you know where I'm going?"
From Zhang Xiangyun's words, she understood that the people from the Prince's Mansion and the orders from Nangong Ming were related to Xuan Kui.
Nangong Ming wanted her to know about Xuan Kui's existence.
Hearing the girl's crisp question, Zhang Xiangyun remained calm and even gestured for Yu Sui to get in the car: "Going to the West German Restaurant in the outer city is naturally on the way."
He caught a glimpse of the obvious wariness in the girl's eyes, but he wasn't annoyed and continued to smile.
Yu Sui took out the Wind-Listening Ruler and said, "I can't beat you, but I have to tell my senior brother. What if he finds out..."
Luo Fu, who had been silent all along, easily snatched the Wind-Listening Ruler from her hand. Yu Sui was both angry and anxious: "Give it back to me!"
Zhang Xiangyun lightly tapped the carriage door with his finger, looking at Yu Sui with amusement, and said, "Princess, it doesn't matter if you and Mei Liangyu are on good terms, but if Mei Liangyu finds out about tonight's events, it will be difficult to explain to the Prince."
The last paragraph carried a clear threat. When Yu Sui heard him mention Nangong Ming, her eyes widened slightly, and she became cautious.
Seeing that she was sensible, Zhang Xiangyun politely invited her again, "Princess, please get in the carriage."
Yu Sui glared at Luo Fu, who had taken away her Wind Listening Ruler, with a hint of annoyance. Half aggrieved and half angry, she bent down and got into the carriage.
[Author's Note]
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