Chapter 165 Senior Brother, Aren't you looking at me?
Wu Huaiwei watched the battle, and only when the two sword energies clashed, creating a raging fire and shockwave, did she step in to protect Li Jinshuang, who was beside Situ Jin.
The locations marked by the mechanical sorcerer with red strips, where the sea fire was located, were completely overturned by the clash of sword energy, and the ground that had been cleaned up became a mess again.
"What was that just now?" Wu Huaiwei looked at Leng Rouyin. "It was a mixture of yin and yang, neither human nor ghost."
Leng Rouyin lowered her eyes to look at the tiger's mouth holding the sword, lost in thought.
When Li Jinshuang looked up, she happened to see Wei Xizhen, dressed in a black robe, with her hands tucked into her sleeves and crossed in front of her chest. She even did a mental calculation to confirm that this saint's hands actually had six fingers.
The Legalist sage Wei Xizhen looked to be only in his thirties, appearing much younger than his actual age. His slightly curled hair at his temples contrasted with his excessively fair skin, giving him an air of tranquility.
"An object that gathers qi and condenses form." Wei Xizhen's pale eyes swept towards the long sword in Leng Rouyin's hand, her voice as cold as jade striking jade, "and it carries an inherent killing intent."
The renowned physician Sun Heng, dressed in a white robe, with a full head of silver hair, a long beard, and even the tips of his eyebrows were white, had a kind face. He and the physician Jiang Shulan were known as the "Two Kind Elders".
Sun Heng stroked his white beard and looked at Leng Rouyin, saying in a deep voice, "It should be the spirit of the military strategist."
"I wonder whose sword spirit it is. Its wild and domineering Five Elements energy is even more arrogant than yours." Wu Huaiwei stared at Leng Rouyin with a half-smile. "You just exchanged blows with it. How did it feel? What kind of person has such a sword spirit that can block your Lin Sha Sword Intent?"
Leng Rouyin sheathed her sword and looked up at Wu Huaiwei: "Who else here do you think has such abilities? That sword spirit is clearly out of control and not under its master's control."
After they finished speaking, the two of them looked at Li Jinshuang, who was standing to the side. She was the most obvious disciple of the military school at the scene.
Situ Jin sensed something was wrong and instinctively stepped in front of Li Jinshuang, saying, "Esteemed Saints, why don't we go down and take a look? The sword spirit from earlier also jumped out from below."
Wu Huaiwei covered her mouth with her hand and smiled at Situ Jin, "Why are you so eager to protect her? It's no secret that her sword spirit is special. If it were her sword spirit, how could she not notice if she were standing right next to her? How could our Rouyin sister still be called a strategist saint?"
Leng Rouyin glanced at Li Jinshuang and asked, "Why are the academy disciples here?"
Situ Jin said without changing his expression, "The incident at Haiyan happened suddenly, so I brought her along."
He paused, then said, "It was thanks to her that I was rescued from the kidnapper. That person knows the Heavenly Secrets Technique of the Ghost Daoist School, is very familiar with Beikun City, and stole my family's mechanical puppet. He is currently hiding underground. I ask the Saints to take action to capture him."
“They really should be caught.” Wu Huaiwei’s eyes darted around, glancing at the edge of the sea eye. “But those sea fires that devour the five elements have actually been extinguished.”
She flashed to Wei Xizhen's side and raised her chin slightly, asking, "What did your Shuizhou side say?"
Wei Xizhen glanced at her, then looked back at the sea eye after a moment: "It concerns the secrets of the watership. I can only say that the sea eyes that are growing frequently on the mechanical island are indeed man-made, as are the sea eyes that were destroyed in Beikun City."
Wu Huaiwei leaned close to his ear, making an intimate gesture, and whispered softly, "What secret is it that you didn't even tell me?"
Wei Xizhen only felt an itch beside her ear and her eyelashes trembled slightly, but she did not answer.
“You call it sea fire, which is not wrong. Shui Zhou has made quite a few gains in the study of strange fire over the years.” Sun Heng walked to the mouth of the sea eye, looked down into the deep darkness below, and said with a hint of sigh, “The sea eye swallows everything, and it has also swallowed strange fire. However, out of hundreds of sea eyes, only one was not swallowed by the strange fire, but disappeared along with it.”
"That bite should be the final form of the Sea Eye, named the Eye of Return to the Ruins, only then can it stand against the strange fire."
"But no one knows when it will appear, where it will be, or how to find it. When Shui Zhou was studying the sea eye, he also engraved a strange fire in the sea eye."
Sun Heng's words attracted everyone's attention, and no one dared to interrupt.
“Give Shui Zhou some more time, and we will find a way to completely destroy the strange fire.” Sun Heng’s words drew astonishment from the others. Sun Heng placed his hands on the air above the sea eye cave entrance, his left hand on his right wrist, and his right hand extended two fingers to form a character in the air.
Master's secret techniques, enlightenment.
The five elements of energy flew out from Sun Heng's fingertips, transforming into the character "fire" which floated in the air, surrounded by golden five elements of energy. Sun Heng said in a deep voice, "Collect."
A massive surge of the five elements emanated from his body, drilling downwards towards the sea eye opening. Like a fierce wind, it swept through every corner of the stone wall, sweeping away the remaining sea fire.
The weak sea fire rose against the wind, transforming into wisps of fire that flew upwards and merged into the character "fire".
Those who had witnessed the power of the sea fire stared in disbelief at this scene. How could the strange fire, which was supposed to devour the five elements, now obediently follow the five elements of the saint?
The insights of a master can command the things derived from this word.
It wasn't a real strange fire, but a fake made by Shui Zhou. Wu Huaiwei wasn't surprised that it could be enlightened and subdued.
What bothered her was the method Sun Heng mentioned for destroying the strange fire.
Did the people of Shuizhou find the Eye of Guixu?
Yu Sui and Mei Liangyu, both below the Panlong Grotto, felt an invisible force of the Five Elements sweeping and surveying their surroundings. Yu Sui's Li Gua Flowing Fire was completely extinguished by the force. This domineering and powerful force exuded an irresistible power, making Yu Sui's heart skip a beat, while the strange fire deep within his consciousness remained unmoved.
"The master's secret, the enlightenment, is aimed at fire magic." Mei Liangyu came to Yu Sui's side and pulled her out of the water. "There must have been a saint above. Did you create that dark thing?"
The flames were extinguished, and the surroundings turned dark again. Yu Sui, with her arms around Mei Liangyu's neck, nodded upon hearing this: "It should be, Senior Brother, what do you think it looks like?"
Mei Liangyu laughed at her words. Yu Sui, who was pressed against his chest, could feel his chest trembling slightly. Then she heard him ask, "What do you mean by 'should be'?"
"It won't listen to me," Yu Sui said in distress. "It just flew away on its own, and I don't know where it is now or if anyone has seen it."
Mei Liangyu, in the dark, carried her back to the Buddha statue and said, "Concentrate and sense it."
Yu Sui closed her eyes and did as he said, then opened them and said, "No response."
“That means it has disappeared,” Mei Liangyu said. “It is a thing that gathers qi and condenses form, with yin and yang in opposition. It is not a Taoist purple talisman, nor a Buddhist mental image, nor a constellation of the Yin-Yang school. It is the most suitable one for the sword spirit of the military school.”
He turned his face, his forehead touching the person in his arms. A bright flame lit up beside them, dispelling the darkness. Mei Liangyu stared at Yu Sui and said, "Is that the sword spirit that is compatible with your five elements?"
His gaze held a mixture of inquiry and surprise. Yu Sui blinked at his gaze and said softly, "Yes."
Yu Sui stared intently at Mei Liangyu, observing his reaction.
Mei Liangyu pondered, "Isn't this something only military strategists possess?"
"I don't know!" Yu Sui buried her face in his neck and shoulders, avoiding eye contact. "It just happened without me even realizing it. I've been practicing swordsmanship with Li Jinshuang during this time."
“If simply practicing swordsmanship can give birth to a sword spirit, then you are exceptionally talented, and other disciples would be extremely envious of you.” Mei Liangyu shrugged lightly, gesturing for her to raise her head and not hide.
"Senior brother." Yu Sui was forced to look up at him, her voice trailing off. Her gaze fell on the bloodstains near Mei Liangyu's ear. She reached out and touched his ear, asking, "Is your ear injured again?"
Mei Liangyu gave her a look to stop trying to change the subject and said, "Even if I know other schools of martial arts, I can't cultivate the Star Sea of the Yin Yang School or the Sword Spirit of the Military School. These are their unique symbols, requiring a sufficiently compatible talent. If that black mass really is your sword spirit, you need to understand what it represents."
Yu Sui met his gaze and said, "This shows that I have a high talent for military strategy!"
Mei Liangyu recalled the compatibility test she had done with her talent and said with a half-smile, "You'd better be."
Yu Sui said, "I only found out today, Senior Brother. Why do you know the Nine Schools of Military Arts, but not the Sword Spirit of the Military School?"
"What else could it be? Not enough talent." Mei Liangyu released her, letting her stand up on her own. Yu Sui grabbed his hand and asked, "Senior brother, aren't you looking at me anymore?"
"I can hear you." Mei Liangyu answered casually, and then heard Yu Sui say "oh" and let go of his hand. Although he felt that something was wrong, he couldn't figure it out for a while. His attention was on the sword spirit. "Your sword spirit seems to be unruly. Before you can fully control it, you should keep it hidden and not let anyone find out."
Yu Sui nodded and said, "That's what I'm planning to do too."
She needs to study this carefully. If people find out she has a sword spirit, Zhang Xiangyun might suspect her of the underwater attack.
"What those two said just now..." Yu Sui was interrupted by Mei Liangyu halfway through her question, "Don't let Master know."
Yu Sui raised her hand as if to swear: "I definitely won't tell anyone."
Seeing her serious expression, Mei Liangyu was amused. He lowered his eyes, concealing the deep meaning in them. Although he wanted to reach out and pat his junior sister's head, he stopped and said instead, "If the saints who come later ask about that black thing, just say you don't know, or push it to the two who left from the sea eye."
Yu Sui responded, indicating that he understood.
Mei Liangyu looked her up and down, and asked suspiciously, "You really haven't been secretly cultivating some other weird stuff behind my back?"
Yu Sui looked completely bewildered: "Senior brother, what exactly constitutes 'rubbish'?"
Mei Liangyu paused when she asked him a question. He thought to himself that she was already different from others because she possessed a strange fire, and there was also half a piece of the Breath Soil that was causing trouble. Perhaps, as Yu Sui said, she had a high talent for military strategy, but various reasons combined made it impossible to detect.
How many people in the world have tested the compatibility of talent with a world destroyer who possesses a strange fire?
It's normal for measurements to be inaccurate.
"Senior brother, shall we go up?" Yu Sui looked up.
Mei Liangyu asked her, "Is Nian Qiuyan up there?"
Yu Sui looked back at him in surprise. Mei Liangyu's face was unreadable as he asked her, "Just tell me if you're here or not."
“…Yes, I am,” Yu Sui told him anyway.
Just as Mei Liangyu was about to tell her to leave, she heard a commotion upstairs. Xing Chun's voice came from afar: "Meimei! Junior Sister Nangong! If you two are still alive, say something!"
Zhonglishan made a hand seal and lit a fire, illuminating the grotto below. He saw two people standing on the wrist of the Buddha statue and threw the clothes he had stolen from the sorcerer at Mei Liangyu.
Mei Liangyu waved and took it, not in a hurry to put it on, but casually draped it over her shoulder.
Before Zhongli Shan and Xing Chun could reach the Buddha statue, they felt a hurricane pass through them, accompanied by a sword wind carrying a hint of warning. The Yin-Yang School's sphere of light rose into the air, illuminating the darkness of the grotto and also the graceful figure standing above the Buddha statue, surrounded by red ribbons.
The sudden burst of blinding light made Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui squint.
Leng Rouyin and Ou Rushuang stood on the other two standing Buddha statues, and together with Wu Huaiwei, they looked down at Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui.
[Author's Note]
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