Chapter 244 Violent Law
Taiyi Communications Institute.
Today, the sorcerers of the Communication Academy are busier than usual. Many of them are standing below Tianyuan Mountain, observing the changes above and recording them.
Zou Qian sat at the back of the crowd, the bench draped with a fierce tiger skin. He sat there lazily, much like a well-fed tiger quietly surveying its territory.
Compared to Zou Qianyi, the other sorcerers in the Communication Academy were not so leisurely and comfortable.
Zou Qian swung the gourd of wine around in his hand, and every now and then a sorcerer from the Communication Academy would come over to report to him, while he kept his eyes on Tianyuan Mountain.
Shushan Tianyuan is responsible for positioning; one side of the triangular Shushan is covered with red monitoring dots.
Taiyi students on missions must carry the academy's Listening Wind Ruler, which is covered with dense red dots on the golden mountain plane, distributed throughout the outer city.
During this blood test in the outer city, both Taiyi instructors and students were monitored by the Communication Academy.
Wei Xizhen walked from the shadows to the chair, gazing at Tianyuan Mountain in a daze, speechless.
Zou Qian tilted his head back and took a sip of wine, then said to the densely packed mountain surface, "Each dot has its own cipher, which will not be repeated. The cipher represents all the information of its owner."
Wei Xizhen replied calmly, "I know."
Zou Qian lay back in the chair, tilted her head back, and asked him, "How many did you remember?"
Wei Xizhen said, "I've remembered everything I needed to remember."
"It seems you already have someone you suspect," Zou Qian said with a smile. "Tell me about it?"
Wei Xizhen continued gazing at the mountains, neither turning around nor answering his question. Instead, she countered with, "Do you think things should continue like this?"
Zou Qian lowered her head back down, resting it on the chair back, and stared at the moving red dots, saying, "They seem to be having a lot of fun."
Whether they are Taiyi's students or his instructors.
Wei Xizhen tucked her hands into her sleeves and placed them in front of her, her expression calm: "They dare to touch Mei Liangyu, so they can only kill other students. Not all students at Taiyi are rich or noble."
"Thirty-seven students died at Taiyi last year."
"Fifteen people have died so far this year."
Zou Qian shook the wine gourd in her hand, examining the half-full wine inside: "These are all personal grudges. According to the rules of Taiyi, we won't interfere too much in these matters."
Wei Xizhen said calmly, "Some people use the rule of not interfering in personal grudges to exclude those who are detrimental to them."
Zou Qian sat up from the recliner, crossed her legs, scratched her neck, and looked somewhat helpless: "Every time this happens, I want to ask you a question."
Wei Xizhen glanced back with her pale eyes.
Zou Qian put down his wine gourd, stretched out his left hand to Wei Xizhen, and said, "Do you want to save the people of the world who are troubled by the prophecy of the strange fire?" He then stretched out his right hand, "Or do you want to save the Taiyi student who is troubled by the orchid poison?"
Wei Xizhen frowned slightly.
Zou Qian asked, "Should we save those who might die in the future, or those who are about to die right now?"
Wei Xizhen turned to look at him: "They are all people who need to be saved."
“Yes,” Zou Qian nodded. “So which one are you going to choose? I’m curious.”
Wei Xizhen said, "I will save them all."
Zou Qian burst into laughter after hearing this, her chest heaving. This was the first time she had laughed so unrestrainedly this year.
He laughed again, leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and swung the wine gourd in his hand, saying, "You, you, you already gave up on Taiyi when you went to Shuizhou. What you want to save is someone who might die in the future."
Just as Wei Xizhen was about to speak, Zou Qian pointed at her and said, "Hey, don't tell me you don't know. The saint chosen by the power of the earth's core knows best what's going on with Taiyi."
"Moreover, the progress of the Water Boat research over the years can be described as slow in my opinion. In these years, many things have happened in Taiyi, and many people have died."
Zou Qian raised an eyebrow at Wei Xizhen: "They are all people you could have saved but chose not to."
Wei Xizhen remained silent.
He didn't seem to be affected by Zou Qian's words that were trying to confuse him.
He said, "Taiyi is not the only saint, and I have never thought of saving the world by myself alone."
Zou Qian grinned and said, "Dean Wei, do you know that your answer just proves your hypocrisy?"
“Human nature is evil; goodness is feigned,” Wei Xizhen said indifferently. “The Legalists have always believed that human nature is inherently evil.”
Zou Qian continued, "Since the Legalists value rules, why do they never intervene when it's time to maintain order? Or is it that the rules you uphold only apply to the conflict between the strange fire and the common people? That seems rather..."
Before he could finish speaking, a clear bell rang out, and a wave of air rushed towards him, causing the rocking chair to sink. Zou Qian felt as if he had lost his footing on the ground, which startled him so much that he immediately sat up.
A slender hand reached out from the second-floor railing and rested on it, the bell on her wrist jingling softly.
Wu Huaiwei tapped the fence lightly with her fingers, her gaze sweeping over Zou Qian, and said lazily, "Instead of criticizing Lan Shi for his hypocrisy and the ugliness of the evildoers, why are you making random comments about the juniors of the Legalist school?"
Zou Qian felt the wine sloshing in the gourd, then looked at Wei Xizhen, who hadn't moved a hair, and exclaimed with wide eyes, "Wasn't I helping you persuade him to come back from the water boat?"
Why did they attack me?!
Zou Qian pointed at Wei Xizhen with an annoyed look: "Besides, he is the one who maintains the rules and order. When something like the orchid poison happened in the academy, the Legalists should be the first to be held accountable!"
Wu Huaiwei said with a half-smile, "The first person the Legalists should punish is someone like you who knows the truth but doesn't report it."
Zou Qian: "What law is violated by not reporting such information?"
Standing on the high ground, Wu Huaiwei looked down at the two below with an arrogant expression: "How dare you stand on the sidelines and criticize our Dean Wei, who cares about the common people, for being hypocritical?"
Zou Qian silently withdrew her hand from pointing at Wei Xizhen.
Wei Xizhen also fell silent.
Her words were a sarcastic remark to both of them.
“Almost 80% of the students are already in the outer city,” Wu Huaiwei said, looking at the two below. “The people of Pingshu have a separate blood testing area and groups, led by several deans. I’m going there too.”
There are quite a few people who study martial arts at Taiyi, and these students are mostly rich and powerful.
However, this time, even those who were skilled in magic were required to participate in the blood testing mission in the outer city. A separate blood testing area was set up and guarded by the academy's saints.
Before turning to leave, Wu Huaiwei said, "You'd better resolve this matter completely this time."
Zou Qian pondered her last words and asked Wei Xizhen, "Why did she suddenly change her mind and take the initiative?"
Wei Xizhen replied, "Her reason is the same as yours."
They thought Lan Du was just doing business in the outer city and harming the martial arts practitioners there, but they never expected that he would be so bold as to attack Taiyi's students.
Zou Qian nodded, tilted his head back to drink, and then snapped his fingers at the mountains, turning some red dots blue.
“These are the people who have switched groups,” Zou Qian said. “Some of them are highly suspicious, and the instructors, following your instructions, did not stop them from switching groups.”
Wei Xizhen began to pay attention to those who turned into blue dots.
A moment later, Zou Qian asked, "What should we do with the orchid corpse we found?"
Wei Xizhen heard the wind chime buzzing. He answered the telepathic call and heard Zou Qian's voice on the other end. It was an instructor from the outer city who was asking how to deal with the captured orchid corpse.
"Is it confirmed?" Wei Xizhen asked.
The instructor replied, "It's confirmed."
Wei Xizhen said, "Kill them on the spot."
His orders were passed down from top to bottom.
Someone asked, "What if it's a student from the academy..."
Wei Xizhen said calmly, "The same treatment will be applied."
The other instructors responded, "Yes."
Zou Qian touched his nose and knew that the person in front of him was a man who used punishment to stop punishment and abused the law.
The task of conducting blood tests in the outer city is not particularly difficult.
Because it was an order from the Twenty-Four Sages of Taiyi, most people in the outer city dared not disobey.
Taiyi students and Yulansi's people came to collect blood, and the people obediently waited inside to cooperate.
There's no way to escape; there are guards on every street and downstairs in the city.
Taiyi Academy also has various organizations, and students can choose to join different academy organizations.
For example, the Nine Capital Guards, composed of first-class disciples, are basically responsible for arranging the outer city's guard and patrol duties.
It was already noon when Yu Sui and the others arrived at the outer city.
She stood at the back of the crowd, holding a tray, observing Pu Heng, who was at the front having his blood drawn for verification.
Pu Heng, the president of the Qingyun Society of Taiyi Academy.
The Qingyun Society is an academic organization for ordinary people. Students who are targeted because of their social class can go to the Qingyun Society for help.
After investigating, Yu Sui discovered that Pu Heng was quite prestigious in the academy.
He is upright, gentle and calm in dealing with people and things, and his talent and strength are not bad. He is also appreciated by Dean Wu of the Yin Yang School and can come and go from Moon Mountain.
Many people were helped by Pu Heng, and they all became devoted to him afterward.
Pu Heng has dealt with many people, from arrogant and domineering scions of powerful families to...
Yu Sui turned and looked towards You Yuntian.
From a prince of a nation to a prince.
Judging from Pu Heng's deeds, he was indeed an upright, gentle, and righteous person who helped the weak and oppressed, but the reason for his conflict with Xing Chun remains unknown to Yu Sui.
Pu Heng suddenly turned around and saw Yu Sui staring at him. Yu Sui was also open and honest, without any intention of hiding or dodging.
He smiled politely at Yu Sui, then turned back to continue with his work.
Yu Sui stood behind the table, guarding the table full of green sprout water, waiting for Pu Heng and the others to bring back the blood samples from everyone in the inn.
Last night's conversation at the Tianjian Division was leaked, revealing more information about the Academy's Chalan poison. People like Pu Heng, who have close ties with instructors and saints, must know about it.
He also has a certain influence and can mobilize other disciples.
Yu Sui took out the Listening Wind Ruler and glanced at it. The Qingyun Society inscription appeared on the ruler's surface.
Pu Heng released a message last night, requesting that he cooperate with the academy in investigating the Orchid Poison. He also instructed members of the Qingyun Society to inform him of any information regarding the Orchid Poison and to be careful to prevent Xuan Kui's infiltrators from using the Orchid Poison on them.
They also distributed several templates of the college's introduction to the dangers of orchid poisoning.
They even sent people to keep an eye on Zhang Xiangyun, who was considered a prime suspect.
Mei Liangyu sent the instructors and others to Dongfeng Sea to help, so that more people would realize that Xuan Kui had someone lurking in the academy and that Taiyi students would face the danger of Lan Poison.
He wanted to involve Taiyi's instructors as well.
Yu Sui's first thought was to let more Taiyi students know about Xuan Kui, and then use these students to expose the matter of Lan Du.
Only by leveraging the sense of justice of the majority can we confront the identities of Ou Rushuang and the Twenty-Four Saints of Taiyi head-on.
Yu Sui spread the news on the Listening Wind Ruler last night, and many people have started to take action in private today.
Judging from Pu Heng's actions, he also seems unable to tolerate the existence of the Orchid Poison.
The midday sun was scorching, making people irritable and restless.
She caught a glimpse of someone approaching out of the corner of her eye and discreetly put away the Wind Listening Ruler.
"Are you hot?" Pu Heng asked gently. "Would you like to move inside and wait?"
Yu Sui shook her head: "It's not hot anymore, there's only a little bit left."
She looked down at the green sprout water on the table: "None of them showed any reaction to the orchid poison."
Pu Heng said, "That's good."
He brought it up himself: "The people of Pingshu have a separate blood testing area, which is guarded by a sage. Dean Wu has also gone there."
"Where?" Yu Sui asked curiously.
Pu Heng pointed in a direction: "Over there, the 40th Street in the south of the city is all under the jurisdiction of the academy's Ping Shu people."
Yu Sui looked in the direction he pointed: "Because they are people of the Ping Shu sect, they are protected by the Saints, after all, they are facing the extremely ferocious Lan Shi."
Pu Heng discreetly observed the naivety on Yu Sui's face as she spoke.
Yu Sui, however, believed that Pu Heng had brought up Wu Huaiwei to her in an attempt to extract information from her.
“By the way, Senior Brother Pu,” Yu Sui began, but Pu Heng interrupted her with a smile, “Just call me by my name.”
"How can that be?" Yu Sui blinked. "You don't like me calling you 'Senior Brother'? Then I'll call you 'President Pu'? Or 'President'?"
Pu Heng wanted to correct her, but hearing the teasing in Yu Sui's words, he could only shake his head helplessly: "Never mind, let's just call him Senior Brother again."
"I only recently found out you're the president of the Qingyun Society in our academy; even Dean Wu didn't mention it to me," Yu Sui chatted with Pu Heng. "I heard the Qingyun Society is specifically opposed to the sons of noble families and aristocratic clans..."
Before she could finish speaking, Pu Heng interrupted her with a smile: "That's not how it should be understood."
Although he was smiling, his action of interrupting Yu Sui was forceful.
"At least half of the students in Taiyi were selected by the instructors from outside the city, while others came through their own efforts by obtaining places in the Six Kingdoms Academy. These people do not have illustrious family backgrounds, and they will inevitably encounter many troubles in Taiyi Academy and the outer city."
Pu Heng said gently, "The Qingyun Society exists to help these students who are in trouble."
"Oh," Yu Sui feigned sudden realization, "So, Senior Brother Pu, you don't dislike people with backgrounds like mine?"
Pu Heng laughed at her: "Of course not."
"That's good. After learning about the existence of the Qingyun Society, I was afraid that you would dislike me, Senior Brother Pu." Yu Sui breathed a sigh of relief, her smile charming and innocent. Pu Heng could sense the goodwill emanating from the girl's smile.
He said, "Among the children of noble families, there are arrogant and domineering ones, but there are also gentle and kind ones like you."
Yu Sui nodded: "Yes, there are good people and bad people in this world."
Pu Heng smiled.
Yu Sui glanced at Xue Jiayue and Qiu Cang not far away, and frowned with some worry: "But I also have some worries. I wonder if I can ask Senior Brother Pu for help since I am not a member of the Qingyun Society."
Pu Heng generously replied, "Sure, please speak freely."
“Look, Jia Yue is the first person I met when I came to Taiyi, so I always have some lingering feelings for her.” Yu Sui pointed to Xue Jia Yue, who had her back to him, and said, “Her personality changed drastically because of her cultivation. Perhaps the cultivation of the medical profession is too tiring, making her feel like she can’t keep up, so she has always been very frustrated. But Qiu Cang, who is by her side, is not as upright and honest as you, Senior Brother Pu!”
"Qiu Cang privately told Jia Yue that he was being bullied by the young masters of noble families, while outwardly flattering them in every way. He also told Jia Yue that I was abusing her because of my status as a princess, which caused Jia Yue and I to have a big fight."
At this moment, Yu Sui was like a wronged child, naively pouring out all her troubles.
Yu Sui said angrily, "Now Jia Yue believes him but not me, and she won't talk to me anymore. Senior Brother Pu, you have to help me expose Qiu Cang's hypocritical mask!"
It's hard for anyone to resist the girl's aggrieved and angry accusations. Pu Heng's eyes softened a bit, feeling that Yu Sui was like a cat with its fur standing on end, making him want to reach out and stroke her.
Pu Heng said, "If he really has ulterior motives, I will certainly not let him continue to deceive others."
Yu Sui gave a heavy "hmm".
Pu Heng laughed and said, "Calm down."
He poured a glass of water for Yu Sui, but before he could hand it to her, Sheng Fei, who was standing next to Yu Sui, reached out and snatched it away, handing it to Xia Feichen, who was a step behind, without even glancing at it.
Xia Feichen took the water glass, but instead of drinking it, he held it in his hand and gently shook and played with it.
He squinted as he sized up Pu Heng.
Xia Feichen and Sheng Fei saw the two chatting and laughing together from afar, and this time he could understand Sheng Fei's eagerness.
After all, under the blazing sun, the intense light illuminated the girl's fair skin and bright smile, making her too dazzling and eye-catching.
[Author's Note]
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