Chapter 17 Who is your junior sister?
Gu Gan and his group made a grand entrance, attracting much attention, and seemed to be heading towards the dining hall.
Zhong Lishan and the others looked at Gu Gan outside, then at Mei Liangyu, their eyes conveying their doubts.
Mei Liangyu lifted his eyelids, giving me a look that said, "What are you looking at me for?"
“He’s coming in,” Zhong Lishan reminded him.
Mei Liangyu gave a cold laugh that was neither too loud nor too soft.
"Aren't they supposed to lock people outside so they can't get in?" Xing Chun asked while eating.
Mei Liangyu said without changing his expression, "Obviously, she has figured out a way to get in."
Cang Shu spoke slowly: "The sanctuary's doors and windows are protected by spells of at least Grade A, right?"
Zhong Lishan also asked him, "Could it be that Elder Chang opened the door?"
Mei Liangyu lowered his head and ate his food: "Master can't open the door."
Xing Chun scoffed, "That's her business. You still call her a mediocre person? You can be wrong about people too."
Mei Liangyu smiled insincerely and said, "If this Ping Shu person didn't have some skills, would she be my junior sister?"
"You really never seem to lose out no matter what I say." Xing Chun expressed her disdain for his shamelessness, then peeked outside again, "Who's your junior sister down there?"
Mei Liangyu casually replied, "The one who's the prettiest."
Xing Chun glanced downstairs: "Which one is the prettiest?"
Mei Liangyu: "Whichever one you think looks the best is the one."
Xing Chun: "That one!"
Mei Liangyu: "Which one?"
Xing Chun: "That!"
Mei Liangyu: "No."
Zhonglishan and Cangshu silently pulled their rice bowls closer to their chests, turned to the side to cover their faces as they ate, unwilling to accept the embarrassing reality that they knew these two people.
They couldn't help but think that when Gu Gan came up and punched Mei Liangyu on the table, he would probably still be playing the childish game of finding out who his junior sister was with Xing Chun.
Fortunately, Gu Gan did not come to the second floor. He bought some things on the first floor of the dining hall and then returned to the disciples' quarters.
According to Gu Gan, he had been locked up for several days and smelled terrible. No matter how big the problem was, he had to go back and take a shower and change into clean clothes first.
I only stopped at the dining hall to buy some food for Yu Sui.
Yu Sui didn't mention that she saw Mei Liangyu upstairs. If Gu Gan knew, he would definitely go upstairs to "exchange pleasantries" with her.
The disciples' quarters are the accommodations arranged by Taiyi Academy for its students.
Because Taiyi Academy advocates disregarding class, regardless of status, and promoting equality for all, the disciples' dormitories are not divided into A, B, C, and D levels, allowing disciples of all four levels to live together.
Blackbeard helped Yu Sui with her hospital admission, asking her whether she wanted to stay in the disciples' quarters or go to the outer city.
Without a second thought, Yu Sui agreed to stay at the disciple's residence.
Living on campus will definitely allow you to learn more.
Blackbeard then helped her get the key to the disciples' quarters.
The disciples' quarters are surrounded by peach blossom forests, with pink and white blossoms covering the mountains and plains. The round building sits in the hundred-mile peach forest, and at a glance, its height of over a hundred stories seems to reach straight into the clouds, creating a breathtaking sight.
The four remaining mechanical families on the Xuan Gu Continent are all located at Taiyi Academy.
The Taiyi Academy, comparable in size to a country, has one-third of its buildings constructed by these four major institutional families, each one a masterpiece of craftsmanship and exquisite artistry.
Looking at its size and actual capabilities, Yu Sui felt that it shouldn't be called an academy, but rather "Taiyi Kingdom".
The black circular building in front of us serves as the dormitory for Taiyi's disciples, accommodating all the disciples within the academy.
Although all students live here, it's not so outrageous as to allow men and women to live in the same building.
The house is for four people and consists of four individual cabins with a common area where guests can eat, sleep, and bathe.
The houses are numbered from 001 to 3600 at the very top. Although there are many numbers, not every house is inhabited.
Students must learn the art of wind manipulation to move around the dormitories. Those who cannot learn the art of wind manipulation must use the dragon ladder.
The Dragon Ladder resembles a dragon chariot, with a long golden dragon moving up and down inside the building. The black doors of the ladder are covered with ink runes to activate it. To ride the Dragon Ladder, one must also learn how to draw its activation runes.
Occasionally, disciples who don't want to use the Wind Riding Technique to travel will also ride the Dragon Ladder.
Gu Gan told the others to go first, and he took Yu Sui up the dragon ladder.
Inside the door, there are ingenious wooden frames and mechanisms on all sides, and glowing moon pearls are embedded in the walls, illuminating the not-so-spacious space with a warm light.
Yu Sui looked around curiously. After Gu Gan closed the car door, he drew runes and wrote the number sixty-six.
Gu Gan leaned against the wall, seemingly finally relaxing completely. He looked at Yu Sui with a smile in his eyes, and his beastly aura subsided, becoming gentle.
"The dorm is so high, what if this suddenly falls down?" Yu Sui asked, tapping the wall with her finger while carrying the food box, producing a dull echo.
“There are many ways,” Gu Gan said. “The simplest way is to use the Wind Control Technique to stay airborne.”
Yu Sui tilted her head and looked at him.
Gu Gan smiled and said, "I'm very happy to see you."
Yu Sui also laughed and said, "Since Third Brother wouldn't save you, Father had no choice but to send me."
Gu Gan stroked his chin and teased, "Sui Sui, you always appear when I need someone to lend me a hand the most. I really don't know what I would do without you."
Yu Suizhen said sincerely, "You still have my father and my mother."
Neither of them would stand idly by and watch Gu Gan get into trouble.
Gu Gan: "..."
“However, Brother Gu, I came this time because Father said he wanted me to help you find the Floating Pagoda.” Yu Sui looked at him, her eyes bright and full of curiosity. “Was your incident at the Upside-Down Moon Cave and your subsequent judgment related to the Floating Pagoda?”
Gu Gan paused slightly: "It can't be said that they are completely unrelated, because the fragments of the Floating Pagoda are in the Upside-Down Moon Cave."
Yu Sui slightly widened her eyes.
Gu Gan suddenly looked at her: "Do you know what a pagoda is?"
Yu Sui: "..."
Nangong Ming, that old man, didn't say anything either.
Gu Gan chuckled at her bewildered expression and wanted to reach out and pat her head like he did when they were little, but he consciously refrained from doing so.
He said, "The prince sent you here without saying anything?"
Yu Sui nodded: "Yes."
Gu Gan criticized, "He's really irresponsible, letting you do such a dangerous thing."
"How can it be considered dangerous? I haven't seen Brother Gu in a long time either," Yu Sui said with a smile, looking up at him.
The ascending dragon ladder stopped at this moment, and Gu Gan walked outside and said, "Let's go inside and talk."
Yu Sui followed behind.
The corridors inside the dormitory meandered, and at intervals, there were dormitory doors on both sides with numbers written on them, but the order of the numbers was scrambled, some were 3, 6, 7, and some were 1009.
Gu Gan lives in No. 807.
He opened the door and went inside. The room was lit, clean and tidy, with paper, pens and ink on the table, and a flower stand in front of the window, where different flowers were in full bloom.
Ji Meng and Huo Xiao were both there.
“Wen Yang hasn’t come back yet,” Ji Meng said. “You should go wash up first; it really smells awful.”
Gu Gan turned to look at Yu Sui, who smiled without saying a word, but gracefully covered her nose.
Gu Gan didn't say anything for a moment, and took his clothes to wash up.
Yu Sui stood by the window, opened the food box, and ate. She hadn't eaten much on the Cloud Chariot Flying Dragon, and was feeling a bit hungry now.
Gu Gan ordered all meat dishes for her, all of which were her favorites.
Huo Xiao returned to his room, the door closed, and it was unclear what he was doing. Ji Meng glanced at Yu Sui by the window, unsure of what to say.
He and Yu Sui weren't actually very close.
Previously, the topic naturally arose because of Gu Gan's situation, but now that Gu Gan has been rescued, what else is there to say?
The window was not open, but a vast expanse of pink could be vaguely seen through the grille. Yu Sui ate a meatball, then looked down and smelled the flowers blooming in front of the window. The petals were numerous and large, with a faint fragrance.
Yu Sui asked, "What kind of flower is this? It's the first time I've seen it, it's very beautiful."
Ji Meng, who was sitting at the table pretending to be reading, was taken aback. He looked up and saw the double-petaled blue flower that Yu Sui was pointing to. He explained, "It's called Five-Fragrance Ling, a medicinal flower that I cultivated."
"Are all of these here?" Yu Sui looked at the other flowers on the long flower stand. They all looked almost exactly like the Five-Spice Ling, only the colors were different.
“Yes, that’s right. This year I’m trying to advance to the next level and compete for a top-tier disciple position. The Medical Examination requires that I cultivate at least five different medicinal flowers with different effects.” Ji Meng got up and walked over, holding up the slender leaves of the double-petaled blue flower. “This is the first one I’ve cultivated.”
"How beautiful!" Yu Sui reached out and touched the petals, and a Five Elements Light Core quietly fell into the double petals.
Hearing the praise, Ji Meng couldn't help but feel pleased and asked, "Are you planning to stay in the outer city or at the inn?"
“I’ve already got the key to the dormitory,” Yu Sui said.
Ji Meng asked, "Where is it?"
Yu Sui took out the key and looked at it: "Sixtieth floor, 607."
Ji Meng was stunned: "This is not Xun Zhiya..."
Yu Sui looked up at him. Ji Meng coughed softly and said again, "Xun Zhiya also lives here. There are only two people living in 607. One is her, and the other is Shu Chujun."
"That's great, they're all people I know." Yu Sui smiled innocently.
Ji Meng thought Yu Sui made sense. If Gu Gan wasn't worried, why should he be? Besides, Xun Zhiya wasn't the type to have a bad temper or cause trouble for no reason.
As Yu Sui listened attentively to Ji Meng's description of the medicinal flowers he cultivated, he was actually glancing around out of the corner of his eye.
A while later, Gu came out of the dry cleaners, changed into a clean and refreshing set of clothes, with only his bangs still wet and clinging to his skin. He sat down at the table and casually brushed his bangs aside.
“What are you doing standing there eating? Come sit down here,” Gu Gan said to Yu Sui.
Yu Sui came over carrying a food box: "I'm looking at the medicinal flowers that Ji Meng is cultivating."
Gu Gan said irritably, "Don't listen to his bragging. It's a good flower if it hasn't poisoned anyone."
Ji Meng watered his precious medicinal flowers, grunted, and didn't argue.
Gu Gan watched Yu Sui eat, picked up a piece of paper and pen and drew a picture. His first words were: "Do you know about the oath of no war between the six kingdoms?"
“Yes!” Yu Sui nodded.
Gu Gan drew a small and exquisite tower shape on the paper, with a total of seven layers, stacked one on top of the other.
"Thousands of years ago, when the six kingdoms divided the Xuan Gu Continent, they made a vow of no war. The six kingdoms would not plunder or invade each other. Even the strongest ninth-class technique in the world, or the most powerful ninth-class saint, would die if they used their power to plunder the land of other countries."
"Even the strongest armies of the six kingdoms cannot cross the border to attack other countries, because there is always an invisible force that stops them and crushes any attempt to break the oath of non-aggression."
In their initial period of prosperity and peace, the six kingdoms each grew strong, and there was no such thing as a weak kingdom. However, as people's ambitions grew and their desires became insatiable, they greedily craved all the land on this continent.
The "oath of no war" was the stumbling block to the unification of the world by the six states, and their strongest obstacle.
"It is said that the Floating Pagoda is the key to breaking the oath of non-war between the six kingdoms. As long as all the fragments of the Floating Pagoda are found and restored, the oath within the pagoda can be lifted." Gu Gan frowned slightly as he spoke, his expression becoming somewhat serious. "For hundreds of years, the six kingdoms have been searching for the Floating Pagoda. It is said that it has seven layers of fragments, three of which are in Taiyi."
Yu Sui rested her chin on one hand, listening attentively, but she didn't really care.
What does the conflict between the six kingdoms have to do with a nobody like her? Let alone the fact that the six kingdoms want to conquer the world on their own, once her identity as the destroyer of the world is exposed, the six kingdoms will unite as if they were one family and hunt her down to the ends of the earth.
Yu Sui only wanted to know where the Heavenly Character script was located in Taiyi, what it looked like, and how to use it to remove the strange fire mark from her body.
And how to separate the Breath Soil without dying.
Only after getting rid of these two threats can she live a more comfortable life.
As for this "oath of no war," it seems to be what Nangong Ming threatened Lady Su to do.
Lady Su was working for Nangong Ming in order to find a way to break the oath of no war.
Who does Qingyang want to fight? Or does he want to fight everyone?
Gu Gan said, "We found the Pagoda to reseal it, so that the other three kingdoms will not have the opportunity to break the oath."
Um?
Yu Sui's expression remained unchanged, but he was inwardly astonished.
"Which three countries?" Yu Sui asked, puzzled.
“The three kingdoms of Zhou, Dan, and Yan.” Gu Gan put down his pen and tapped the drawing paper on the table. “The four known fragments of the Floating Pagoda are located in Taiyuan, Qingyang, and Nanjing respectively, with two fragments in Qingyang.”
Yu Sui asked in surprise, "Are these three families going to cooperate to seal the Floating Pagoda?"
Gu Gan nodded: "That's right."
Yu Sui glanced at Ji Meng, who had just finished watering the flowers, and Huo Xiao, who had come out to listen for a while. Then she looked at Gu Gan. Either the three of them were idiots, or they thought she was an idiot.
"I see." Yu Sui nodded and said earnestly, "Brother Gu, don't worry, I will do my best to help you."
[Author's Note]
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