Chapter 377 Shoot on the Spot
Through the sword spirit Jinghong, Gongsun Qi could only see the smooth chin of the girl peeking out from under her black hood. She was slender and fair-skinned, and the sea wind on the cliff was raging and violent, blowing her soft black hair up and obscuring her face.
Yu Sui reached up and pressed down a strand of hair, saying in a surprised tone, "Is it the 'Jinghong' from the 'Jinghong Sword'? It's very famous. Then aren't you that wanted criminal from the Yan Kingdom?"
Gongsun Qi neither denied nor admitted it.
Anyone who recognizes the sword in his hand can easily guess his identity.
After all, he was once famous.
"I've given you the fragment." Gongsun Qi looked back at the sword spirit before him with displeasure.
Yu Sui took the box from the sword spirit Jinghong, thanked her politely, and then asked, "Do you think the strange thing is the Heavenly script on the fragment, or is the fragment itself strange?"
Gongsun Qi: "These are questions you're curious about; I'm not interested."
“I thought you contacted me because you were interested,” Yu Sui said in surprise. “So what are you going to do next? I heard that Dean Leng Rouyin has already announced your whereabouts to the public, and now many people are preparing to capture you for the reward.”
Gongsun Qi: "Then let them come."
Yu Sui said, "I won't let you get caught by them."
The little girl's earnest tone amused Gongsun Qi, who said, "Instead of holding onto something like the fragments of the Floating Pagoda, you should protect yourself first."
Just as Yu Sui was about to speak, she noticed that the sword spirit beside her had vanished in the blink of an eye and reappeared behind Gongsun Qi in an instant.
This distance
She surveyed the distance between the cliff and the small building in the sea. This distance was the limit of her control over the sword spirit, but it didn't seem to be for Gongsun Qi.
"Let your sword spirit rest for a while, it's terribly hot," Gongsun Qi said.
The surrounding seawater was boiling, and the rising sea mist was scorching hot; every breath felt like it was burning one's internal organs.
"You shouldn't be bothered by the heat."
Despite saying this, Yu Sui obediently put away the sword spirit.
"Besides the Heavenly Script, I'd also like to ask, what are your thoughts on the Strange Fire?" she asked earnestly. "Can it really destroy the world and burn everyone on the Xuan Gu Continent to death?"
Gongsun Qi said, "The prophecy is like this."
Yu Sui: "When I was chosen by the strange fire, I also saw the prophetic dream of divine gift."
"The Dream of Heaven only appeared on a large scale once when the prophecy descended upon this continent, and afterwards only the chosen destroyers could see it," Gongsun Qi said. "If there are any people who can perceive the dream of Heaven but are not the destroyers, they are the sorcerers of the Fangji family."
"phantom?"
“Only the dream bestowed by heaven seen by the destroyer of the world is real and complete.” Gongsun Qi turned around, facing the small black dot on the distant cliff. “What do you see in it?”
As Yu Sui pondered, he recalled: "I saw the earth burning, all living beings suffering, the sky filled with flowing fire, and the whole world engulfed in black flames."
"There are also five world destroyers whose appearances are unclear."
"That's just the number that will definitely appear in the prophecy, not specific people," Gongsun Qi said. "No matter how the people of the Water Boat kill, the Strange Fire will definitely descend upon the new Destroyer."
Yu Sui frowned: "Do you believe that the selection of different flames follows a certain pattern?"
"No," Gongsun Qi said calmly. "Anyone is fine."
It's completely random, so people have no way of knowing who the next world destroyer will be, nor can they predict it.
Yu Sui asked him, "Then what did you see?"
Gongsun Qi paused for a moment, then asked in return, "Is this all you saw in your divinely bestowed dream?"
"Anything else?" Yu Sui hadn't expected it. "Is there anything different about our Heavenly Dream?"
"You can go ask Mingyueqing," Gongsun Qi suggested.
Yu Sui said helplessly, "He hasn't contacted me yet."
Gongsun Qi didn't seem to care much: "Perhaps he has already been captured."
Yu Sui sensed from Gongsun Qi's attitude that his Heavenly Dream was definitely different from hers, but Gongsun Qi didn't seem to want to tell her. She didn't know if he didn't trust her or if he had no interest in analyzing the strange fire at all.
This attitude made Yu Sui even more hesitant to reveal her identity.
The dream bestowed by the gods received by the destroyers is different, which can be considered another new approach.
Why didn't she ask Xue Mushi back then?
Yu Sui curled her fingers and lightly wiped her cheek. They hadn't paid any attention to what they had seen for that brief moment.
Perhaps Xue Mushi, like her, didn't find anything particularly noteworthy about the divinely bestowed dream he received.
Yu Sui muttered, "Why didn't you reciprocate this time? I told you about the vision I saw in the dream of the gods."
Gongsun Qi: "Because people who are too polite are prone to being taken advantage of, moderation is key."
Yu Sui: "...I've learned a lot."
"I'm leaving." It seems that Gongsun Qi really only came tonight to deliver the fragments.
He didn't even ask the little girl hiding behind the black cloak what her name was.
"Hey," Yu Sui called out to him, "I still have a question. Don't you want to contact anyone else?"
“It’s pointless,” Gongsun Qi said. “I believe you have no hope of separating yourself from the strange fire, and you should understand that yourself.”
“Even if we don’t strip away the strange fire, we can’t be burned to death by it.” Yu Sui looked at the small building on the sea. “If we can unlock the secret of the strange fire, then we won’t have to hide from the water boat anymore, afraid that one day we will burn everyone to death.”
"What difference do you think there is between me being a wanted criminal by the six kingdoms and being hunted down by the six kingdoms as a destroyer of the world?" Gongsun Qi said with a faint smile. "You may not want to burn them to death, but I may not. Besides... the one who most wants to burn everything is you, isn't he?"
"Your sword spirit is still burning. Be careful. If you release it for too long, it will be burned to death by the strange fire."
Yu Sui fell silent.
She realized this ever since she burned down the summit of Mount Luo in the Nine Provinces Star Sea.
His destructive urges did not disappear; on the contrary, they became even stronger as his strength increased.
Those hatreds, anger, and malice are only being suppressed by the two people currently available, forcibly suppressed, rather than weakened or resolved.
"Do you want to stay on Mechanical Island?" Yu Sui asked in turn.
Gongsun Qi said, "It depends on the situation."
“The academy is currently undergoing the Hundred Families Night Trial, so I can’t come out often, but you can still contact me if you need anything,” Yu Sui said. “You can call me Little Fish.”
When Gongsun Qi heard her introduce herself, he paused in his steps as he left the small building on the sea. He seemed to think for a moment before asking, "What country are you from?"
That's a very insightful question.
“He can be considered half a Yan citizen,” Yu Sui said.
Her mother, Su Xing, was from the State of Yan, so she could certainly be considered one as well.
Yu Sui answered in this way in order to get closer to Gongsun Qi, increase his favorability, make him believe in her, and tell him about the different kinds of dreams bestowed by heaven.
If she answered Qingyangren, Gongsun Qi would immediately cut off the telepathic communication.
Unfortunately, Yu Sui was unaware of Gongsun Qi's loathing for the Yan Kingdom. After learning that she was from the Yan Kingdom, Gongsun Qi remained silent, used his Wind Control Technique to land on the shore, and walked away without even glancing at the cliff.
Before Gongsun Qi could hang up the telepathic message, Yu Sui spoke up: "If you continue to stay on the Mechanical Island, I would like to ask you to keep an eye on Mei Liangyu, who was taken away by the water boat."
Why?
“I’m very worried about him.”
"Is that so?" Gongsun Qi said calmly, "I'm worried he'll tell..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yu Sui replied, "I'm worried that he might be forcibly taken away by the saints of the Water Boat and become resentful, leading to a conflict with the saints and injury."
“I like him very much and I don’t want him to get hurt.”
Gongsun Qi: "..."
Faced with the girl's blunt statement, he was momentarily at a loss for words.
Gongsun Qi glanced back at the cliff; the girl was still standing there, her black robe billowing in the wind.
"Doesn't he like Nangong Sui?"
Yu Sui replied without batting an eye, "I don't care who he likes, as long as I like him, that's enough."
Gongsun Qi laughed: "Then why don't I help you kill Nangong Sui and make Mei Liangyu like you?"
Yu Sui thought to herself, "I don't know if you're crazy or I'm crazy," but she calmly said, "I can handle this myself. Can you take care of Mei Liangyu for me?"
“Yes,” Gongsun Qi replied.
Yu Sui felt a slight sense of relief.
With Gongsun Qi's help, even if Master goes mad and goes to cause trouble for him with Nangong Ming, he still has a way out.
If Gongsun Qi were to meet his senior brother and discuss this matter, he would likely be able to guess what had happened.
Although Yu Sui knew that Gongsun Qi was her senior brother's uncle, she wasn't sure to what extent Gongsun Qi would do for her senior brother, or what the relationship between the two was like. After all, in her eyes, kinship wasn't so reliable; in fact, it could be quite cruel.
It is not impossible that Gongsun Qi might have taken his anger out on Mei Liangyu because of Chang Gen Sheng Zhe or Nan Gong Sui.
They are separated by thousands of unfamiliar days and nights; no one can say for sure.
Yu Sui watched Gongsun Qi's departing figure, listened to the buzzing of the wind ruler, and heard the voice of the mountain spirit in his ear: "The academy shall immediately issue a wanted notice for the entire academy. The wanted target is Shi Yuezhen, a first-class disciple of the medical family."
"The wanted notice was personally issued by the hospital's president, Jiang Shulan."
"Open up the live audio transmission platform for you at the Institute of Communications."
The Institute of Communications was bustling with activity at that moment.
Qian Ying helped the injured Jiang Shulan to the front of the mountain range. Jiang Shulan's clothes were stained with blood, and Qian Ying herself was also seriously injured. She angrily announced to the outside world that Jiang Shulan was injured while protecting herself from Shi Yuezhen. She claimed that Shi Yuezhen had gone mad, stole her master's magical weapon, the Purple Plate Pot, and then injured her.
“The rules for night patrols don’t actually say that you can steal the special weapons and treasures from the dean.” Zou Qian scratched his neck and walked up to Jiang Shulan, gesturing for Qian Ying to help her sit down.
Jiang Shulan waved her hand, dismissing the worried Qian Ying, and stepped forward to say to Zou Qian, "That's not the case... cough cough..."
Zou Qian was somewhat surprised: "Are you really injured?"
“The treasure-stealing is secondary. The most important thing is that she has committed another wrongdoing. You were also present at the original trial, so you know that this child…” Jiang Shulan’s eyes revealed a hint of sadness. “During the months that Yuezhen was on duty at the clinic, she collected the Five Elements Qi from many disciples and even instructors, and left wormholes on their Five Elements light cores, so that every wisp of Five Elements Qi that these people would inhale and transform from their light cores would go into Yuezhen’s body.”
"Those people whose inner energy she implanted with insect eyes will become weaker and weaker due to the leakage of their inner energy. They may even self-destruct and die during their cultivation due to the mutation of the light core. The only other outcome is that the light core is completely devoured by the insect eyes and they die."
"Her eyes are not simply empty eyes, but rather a deep abyss of vipers."
After explaining Shi Yuezhen's secret to Zou Qian, Jiang Shulan's reluctance gradually faded, replaced by determination: "I once gave her a chance, as long as she stopped using other people's energy to fill the abyss of suppressing worms, but she ultimately disappointed me."
Zou Qian suddenly remembered: "So it was that disciple who was almost sentenced to death."
Shi Yuezhen was judged by the Legalists in her early years for trying to manipulate the five elements of others, but Mei Liangyu helped her out that time because the evidence was insufficient and Jiang Shulan was soft-hearted and willing to give her a chance.
Yu Sui understood, her brow furrowed slightly, and she hurried towards the academy.
Jiang Shulan had made up her mind. She went to the megaphone and announced the whole story: "All disciples who have been treated by Shi Yuezhen at the clinic, please go to the medicinal bath hall immediately to check if there are any wormhole marks in your body."
"If any insect-hole marks are found, the Five Elements Qi must not be used again before they are removed, to avoid the light core accelerating the backlash."
"The evidence is conclusive that Shi Yuezhen used the Abyss of Vipers to secretly place insect eyes on her injured disciples who went to the clinic for treatment, thereby stealing their Five Elements Qi. Effective immediately, she will be expelled from Taiyi."
Following Jiang Shulan's announcement to the entire academy, the disciples in Taiyi also received a wanted notice from the Communication Academy at the same time.
"Apprehend Shi Yuezhen, the criminal doctor, and execute her on the spot."
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