Chapter 100 If Senior Brother dies, then he's dead.
Yu Sui did not die.
Therefore, other world destroyers will not experience this death.
Xue Mushi took a deep breath, picked up the wind-listening ruler that had fallen to the ground, and stood up again.
He remembered that Yu Sui went to the Mechanical Island to visit Mei Liangyu. After coming out of the Dragon Head, Yu Sui's condition seemed a bit off. She and Mei Liangyu were both disciples of the Ghost Daoist School. Could something have happened at the Three Thousand Crossroads?
The strange fire could cause unusual activity in the Dragon Slayer Cave, and Mei Liangyu may have seen something beside her.
Could it be that Mei Liangyu was behind it?
If Mei Liangyu knew that Nangong Sui possessed a strange fire, he wouldn't have been so bold as to handle it alone. He would definitely have told Saint Changgen, and then all the saints from the academy would have been mobilized.
But now the academy is calm and peaceful, without the slightest sign of anything unusual.
Was Nangong Sui's trip to the Mechanical Island today her own idea, or was someone deliberately leading her there to make a move on the Mechanical Island?
Xue Mushi's mind is usually blank, which is the opposite of Mei Liangyu's.
One is to keep your mind constantly active, and the other is to empty your mind so that you are only willing to act at crucial moments. Otherwise, thinking too much will make you lose control of yourself.
It's too late to get to the Mechanical Island now. The Fire Spirit Orb has disappeared, and there's no sense of death. Perhaps, as Nangong Sui said, she won't die.
At this point, Xue Mushi could only wait for Yu Sui to take the initiative to contact him.
He had barely stood up when he heard a knock on the door.
Xue Mushi asked warily, "Who?"
Wei Ren's voice came from outside: "It's me."
Xue Mushi stepped forward to open the door. Wei Ren was looking at the long lines of talismans strung up above the corridor and in front of each dormitory room. The corridor was dimly lit. He couldn't help but say, "You must all be Taoist disciples living on this floor. Why do you make the place so gloomy and terrifying, like a Taoist execution ground to suppress demons and ghosts?"
"What is it?" Xue Mushi wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Wei Ren tilted his head slightly, gesturing for them to go inside and talk.
Xue Mushi let him in and stood guard by the door. He looked up at Wei Ren, who didn't waste any words and simply explained, "Didn't Nangong Sui want to keep an eye on Gu Gan and his group when they went to the Upside-Down Moon Cave? One of them, Wen Yanghui, went back to the Mechanical Island today. It's possible that she went back to her home to get mechanical magic to help Gu Gan. She could have investigated while she was on the Mechanical Island, but I sent a message and she hasn't replied yet."
Wen Yanghui?
Xue Mushi's eyelids twitched.
To put it bluntly, Wei Ren came to see if Xue Mushi was a suitable candidate because he hadn't been able to contact Yu Sui.
Is she simply too busy to check the Wind-Listening Ruler, or is she just not replying to me?
"She's probably busy; she hasn't replied to my message." Xue Mushi stared at Wei Ren. "Did she bring the farmer's communication beast?"
Wei Ren stretched out his hand, and in his palm was a communication beast sleeping peacefully. He said, "I didn't bring it."
Xue Mushi asked again, "What did your communication beast hear? Did Gu Gan tell Wen Yanghui to return to the Mechanical Island?"
Wei Ren sat down at the table in the main room, poured himself a glass of water, and found that it was Xue Mushi's glass, so he didn't drink it. He looked around to see if there were any other glasses. "I think Wen Yanghui can't stand yesterday's humiliation and plans to go back to his hometown on the Mechanical Island to cause trouble for Mei Liangyu. Helping Gu Gan get the mechanical magic is secondary. Gu Gan only said that he would recuperate for the next two days and take action on the fifteenth."
Xue Mushi listened in silence.
Wei Ren looked around the dormitory where Xue Mushi lived alone. It was a luxurious place with four large rooms, and he was the only one living there. He was envious.
"Don't you have any other cups?" Wei Ren asked, frowning.
Xue Mushi shook his head, sat down opposite him, and frowned, saying, "Is it possible that Wen Yanghui also harbors resentment towards Nangong Sui for eliminating him, and when he causes trouble for Mei Liangyu, he won't let her off the hook either?"
Wei Ren listened thoughtfully, tapped the table with his finger, and, thinking of Wen Yanghui, nodded: "That's possible."
Xue Mushi lowered his eyes to look at the Listening Wind Ruler in his hand, and hesitated.
The choice is between believing Nangong Sui or trusting your own judgment.
Inside the double-layered mechanical island, the wind and snow swept in, and beneath the snow-capped mountains, there was no warmth from the hanging sun, only a bone-chilling cold that penetrated to the core. Yet, Yu Sui felt no coldness either.
The golden energy of the five elements transformed into countless long threads, repairing the fatal wound on Yu Sui's chest. The returning vitality made her feel her heart beating slowly, each beat incredibly clear, and the burning sensation brought by the strange fire became more pronounced.
Yu Sui used all his strength to condense new Five Elements Light Cores.
Each Five Elements Light Core born from the Strange Flame carries a small amount of the Five Elements Qi. Yu Sui noticed this when she was young; the birth of a new Five Elements Light Core was related to the strength of her own body.
When she first gave birth to new Five Elements Light Cores from the Strange Fire, she was so exhausted that she only managed to nurture three to five light cores before fainting.
She was only six years old at the time.
Even a six-year-old girl can lose her balance and fall if she runs too fast.
As she grew older day by day and year by year, the more she learned and the more hardships she experienced, the more stable her physical growth became. This is why she was able to generate three hundred Five Elements Light Cores in a single day when she first entered Taiyi.
After reaching the second level of Soul Control, there are 600 Soul Pills; after reaching the third level, there are 900 Soul Pills.
On the night the Breath of Earth was sealed, Yu Sui condensed three hundred light cores into "unity," transforming them into the Five Elements Light Cores for her to cultivate the Nine Schools of Ghostly Dao techniques.
Looking back now, I can still feel the "gaze" from Tianmu back then.
The Divine Eye can see through all illusions, divinations, and military tactics, and can also capture the Qi of the Five Elements, seeing what ordinary people cannot see.
At this moment, Tianmu's gaze is focused on capturing the flow of the five elements around her, allowing the dissipated five elements to gather back into her dying body and reconnect her flesh and bones.
Yu Sui stood motionless in the wind and snow, white snowflakes falling on her black hair and disappearing in an instant.
She slowly raised her hand and gently placed it on her chest, which had been pierced by the golden crow's red arrow. Her gaze, however, was directed towards the other side of the snow-capped mountain. Golden light shone on the mountaintop, and the snow-capped peak, shrouded in black, white, and gold, was majestic and solemn.
During their close-quarters battle, Yu Sui took the opportunity to place two Five Elements Light Cores on Wen Yanghui.
While destroying the light core could cause it to explode and create small-scale damage, it might not necessarily break through Wen Yanghui's Five Elements Qi protection.
Yu Sui had never met someone like Wen Yanghui before, someone who knew exactly what he was doing but disregarded the consequences.
The people around her are all very calculating. They know how to avoid things that are not in their favor, how to wait patiently, how to endure when they should endure, and how to act when they should act. They don't act impulsively and they have thought out all the countermeasures before they take action.
Yu Sui had already made things clear to Wen Yanghui, but Wen Yanghui wasn't afraid at all.
He believed that the mechanic was more important than the saint, and that Wen Yangzhi would not kill his own son because of Mei Liangyu.
Wen Yanghui also knew that his uncle, mother, and some elders in the clan would protect him.
All you need to do is wail and cry a couple of times, recounting all the grievances you've suffered over the years, to garner sympathy from the elders in your clan.
Perhaps Wen Yanghui wasn't unaware of the consequences, but rather believed he could bear them.
Yu Sui tried to take a step forward, but her legs gave way and she fell to the ground.
She didn't get up, but lay down on the ground, squinting at the sunlight and feeling the return of the five elements. Because her face was covered with black sand particles from the fall, Yu Sui gently wiped them away. She didn't even have the strength to use the second level of Soul Control to see the other side of the snow mountain.
Yu Sui still felt extremely tired and exhausted, but she couldn't rest yet.
We need to find a way to get out of here.
Wen Yanghui did not come to the Double Mechanism Island alone; he must have had the help of a close elder, otherwise he would not have obtained the mechanical nine dice that could control the Golden Crow Red Arrow.
The more powerful elders in the Wen Yang family are clearly on the senior brother's side.
If my senior brother dies, then he dies.
She could barely help with the revenge.
The prerequisite is that she has to live.
Thinking of Mei Liangyu, Yu Sui closed his eyes for a moment, then used the Five Elements Light Core to check on Wen Yanghui's situation.
On the other side of the snow-capped mountain, instead of bare black sand and gravel, there was a thick layer of snow, a vast expanse of white, where your feet would crunch as you walked.
Mei Liangyu stood in the middle of the snowfield, surrounded by majestic snow-capped mountains of varying heights, which blocked all paths.
He saw the crimson sun hanging between the snow-capped mountains. The huge, fiery sun, which looked like the sun from afar, was actually a weapon that could kill a saint in one move. Hanging high in the sky was a burning golden crow arrow.
Wen Yanghui really went all out to kill him this time.
They even used the Golden Crow Red Arrow from the mechanical experts.
Few people even know that Mechanical Island possesses such a powerful weapon, and Wen Yanghui shouldn't have been able to obtain the mechanism that uses the Golden Crow Red Arrow.
Mei Liangyu withdrew her gaze from the sun and glanced to her side, where a figure was walking down the low ridge at a leisurely pace.
Sui Tianjun had an imposing presence even without anger. He wore a black robe with auspicious cloud patterns. The silver hair on his head made him look somewhat old. In addition, he had a bad temper and was always angry. His face looked very fierce.
He walked down from the snow-capped mountain, stood in the snow, kept his distance from Mei Liangyu, put his hands behind his back, and scrutinized Mei Liangyu with a critical eye.
When Mei Liangyu saw that the person who came was Sui Tianjun, she became even more certain that Wen Yanghui was behind this night's mischief.
Sui Tianjun said with disgust, "No matter how you look at it, there is no reason to spare your life tonight."
Mei Liangyu laughed and said, "I'd like to know how you see it, whether you see it with your eyes open or with your eyes closed."
Sui Tianjun couldn't stand anyone being more arrogant than him, and he also had a violent temper. Immediately, his aura darkened, and boundless pressure surged towards Mei Liangyu from all directions, causing him to instantly ignite his Five Elements Qi for defense.
"Before I kill you, I'll only ask you one question: how exactly did you bewitch Brother Zhi and the others, allowing them to tolerate your repeated harm to Hui'er?" Sui Tianjun asked coldly.
Mei Liangyu stood still, thinking about how to solve the current problem, and replied calmly, "Second Master Wenyang has his own ideas. He won't be so easily swayed. I don't need to do that either. It's reasonable that the Second Master is heartbroken and unwilling to care about his son anymore after seeing him grow up to be such a wretched person."
"How dare you speak ill of Hui'er! If you hadn't repeatedly bullied Hui'er and sown discord between him and his father, how could he have ended up like this today!" Sui Tianjun roared in fury, his voice causing the falling snow to tremble and disperse. "No matter what, Hui'er is still Zhi Ge's biological son, raised with love and care from his parents and the clan. You, a bastard without parents, are probably just jealous of Hui'er."
Since Mei Liangyu's talent became apparent and his cultivation became increasingly powerful, and after killing several people in the outer city, few people in Taiyi dared to call him a bastard or mock him for being an orphan.
Wen Yanghui didn't dare to openly say such things about Mei Liangyu.
He only dared to do so on the island of machines.
Hearing someone say this again after several years, Mei Liangyu, who had previously paid no attention, frowned as her memories resurfaced recently.
Sui Tianjun was no longer willing to waste any more words; he only wanted to vent his anger and kill Mei Liangyu to save face for Wen Yanghui.
He raised his arms and spread them wide, sending the falling snow flying around him. Golden energy from the Five Elements circulated around him, accompanied by a sharp, long howl that stirred up the snow debris rising from the ground. The air crackled with the crisp sound of mechanisms in operation. Unseen beneath the earth, gears and couplings imbued with the Five Elements energy were spinning rapidly.
People from wealthy families are always surrounded by valuable possessions.
As a 13th-level sorcerer of the Mechanist class, Sui Tianjun was not particularly skilled in physical combat, but he was very good at constructing mechanisms. He never had to fight with his own hands; he only needed to use the mechanical treasures he had made.
He wore a jade ring on each thumb of his hands. The rings were slightly wide, glowing with a soft green light, and had a rich, smooth color. Different longswords and scabbards were carved on the rings.
The jade ring on her left hand is carved with sword sheaths of various styles, while the jade ring on her right hand is carved with eighteen fierce swords.
Sui Tianjun lived for several decades and subdued a total of eighteen sword spirits, each of which was a famous killing sword in history.
After the blades of these killing swords were destroyed, he collected the sword intent and killing aura left behind by the killing swords in the world, reshaped them, and perfectly replicated the powerful force of the eighteen killing swords, naming it the Sword Ring.
This is Sui Tianjun's masterpiece, and also his most powerful offensive technique.
When it came to killing Mei Liangyu, Sui Tianjun believed that two sword strikes would suffice.
Two sword shadows, brimming with murderous intent, appeared behind Sui Tianjun, one black and one red, one a heavy sword and the other a light sword.
At the same time, countless black pillars emerged from the snow-covered ground. These pillars were constructed of ancient wood, each carved with the fierce appearance of demons. The snow was carried into the sky by the gale, and the snow debris clinging to the black pillars rising from the ground melted away.
Mei Liangyu's eyelids twitched. The ground was covered with dense black pillars, making it difficult for him to dodge. When his movement was blocked, these wind and thunder pillars, which were engraved with the fierce appearance of evil ghosts, also restricted his nine-class techniques of controlling the soul and fixing the spirit of the ghost Taoist, making it impossible for him to escape the transfer of damage. If they hit his physical body, he would die.
This Wind and Thunder Pillar is specifically designed to target the Ghost Daoists.
Sui Tianjun was not afraid that Mei Liangyu knew other schools of martial arts; he believed that as long as Mei Liangyu's Ghost Daoist school of martial arts was restricted, that would be enough.
Snow particles transformed into snow blades in the gale and attacked Mei Liangyu. He rose up on the wind to dodge and retreated behind several pillars of wind and thunder.
At that moment, the wind and snow were raging. A few snowflakes landed on his sleeve in the chaos, instantly freezing his clothes. Mei Liangyu reacted quickly and abandoned his left sleeve, thus avoiding being frozen.
Do not get caught in the wind and snow, or you will freeze into an icicle and die as the icicle shatters.
With one arm bare, Mei Liangyu drew the Li trigram's Zhou Tian Huo (a type of fire formation), and the raging flames swirled and burned around him to keep the wind and snow away.
He listened intently. Every mechanical array has a central point, and a large-scale array like this would have countless connecting links. The array was constructed with exquisite precision and ingenuity, but destroying just one connecting link would disrupt the operation of the entire array.
The black heavy sword behind Sui Tianjun emitted a buzzing sound, and the black aura surrounding him made even the wind and snow retreat. Sui Tianjun raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Mei Liangyu, and said in a deep voice, "Go."
Heavy sword, broken blade; light sword, snowy waves.
Mei Liangyu did not hold back at this moment. He stood on the Wind and Thunder Pillar amidst the wind, snow and flames, and with a wave of his hand, he unleashed a star array of shimmering, dark blue light.
The Yin-Yang School's Xuanwu Star Array and the Void Constellation Star General.
The Frost Python flicked its scarlet tongue, its enormous body nimbly weaving through the pillars of wind and thunder, stirring up the snow and ice. It moved at an extremely fast speed, freezing the snowflakes in the air wherever it went, preventing them from falling. The crisp sound of icicles breaking was continuous.
Its crimson-gold vertical pupils stared at Sui Tianjun on the ground ahead. Mei Liangyu's Zhen trigram thunder serpent lurked beneath the belly of the frost-white python, attempting to approach Sui Tianjun.
The heavy sword, Remnant Blade, and the light sword, Snow Wave, clashed before Sui Tianjun. The two swords struck each other with great force, and the clang of the swords made the ground tremble. In an instant, ten thousand sword shadows were unleashed, flying towards Mei Liangyu's location in a black and red pattern.
The snowflakes frozen in mid-air by the Frost Python were instantly shredded and disappeared by the sword energy of the twin swords that swept across the heavens and earth. The wind and snow seemed to be repelled as well, and ten thousand sword shadows attacked Mei Liangyu from all directions.
They follow the five elements, and as long as they do not disappear, they will surely hit their target.
The sweeping sword energy also sent Mei Liangyu, who was standing above the Wind and Thunder Pillar, flying. He caught sight of the thousands of sword shadows that were already close by, and he flipped his body in mid-air to avoid several of them that grazed his cheek and throat, retreating several meters away on the wind.
The Wind and Thunder Pillar Formation restricts the Ghost Daoist's soul control, preventing Mei Liangyu from using multiple Nine Stream Techniques simultaneously.
The Frost White Python charged out of the Wind and Thunder Pillar Mechanism Formation in the form of a dragon swinging its tail. Just as it emerged, it was struck on the head by the Heavy Sword Remnant Ying from above, pinning it to the ground and shattering it with a crack.
The lightning serpent, flashing blue light, bypassed the heavy sword and broken sword. The small, fanged lightning serpent had already reached the space between Sui Tianjun's eyebrows. A look of surprise flashed in Sui Tianjun's eyes. He turned the jade ring on his hand, and the wind and thunder pillar mechanism also turned.
The evil spirits carved on the black cylinder all turned their eyes and looked at Mei Liangyu. The fierce light bursting from their eyes suppressed Mei Liangyu's Nine Streams of Ghost Daoist Techniques, preventing him from detecting the life talisman within Sui Tianjun's body.
The Frost Serpent shattered, the Star Array was subsequently destroyed by the sword shadows, and the Thunder Serpent was also blocked by the light sword Snow Wave.
Mei Liangyu was being chased and besieged by countless sword shadows. Now, only Zhou Tianhuo was able to shred the wind and snow to protect him from being frozen. If he stayed in this trap array for too long, it would indeed be a dead end.
The black and red sword shadows, varying in weight, surrounded and attacked Mei Liangyu, forcing him to dodge in a sorry state. Seeing the Wind and Thunder Pillar suppressing his Ghost Daoist Nine Streams Technique, Mei Liangyu's gaze turned cold. A sharp sword shadow slashed across his throat, severing a strand of hair. Before the hair could fall back down, several sword shadows were already in front of him, slashing across his hands and feet. Even if they only touched a piece of his clothing, the sword shadows had already completed their mission.
The myriad sword shadows came with overwhelming force, and the dense attack was so powerful that even Mei Liangyu, who used his Wind Control Technique to its fullest extent, could not dodge them.
As Mei Liangyu dodged, her mind raced. Besides the death talisman from the Ghost Daoist school, what else could she use to deal with the situation?
Mei Liangyu, who was moving above the Wind and Thunder Pillar using the Wind Control Technique, was surrounded by thousands of swords. The impact of the heavy sword shadows was more ferocious than that of the light swords. There were so many of them that even before they got close, they brought a strong sense of oppression and made people feel suffocated.
Mei Liangyu was struck in the shoulder blade by a heavy sword shadow, which brought his lightning-fast dodge to a halt. As he fell, two more swords flew past him from the front and back. He was forced to parry the swords, and the light sword shadows left deep wounds on his palms. When he landed, blood splattered all over the ground.
But he didn't loosen his grip on the sword shadow; instead, he forcefully shoved it into the ground.
Ancient battlefield with its armored soldiers.
As the military formation was deployed, the battlefield shifted.
The dark sky, floating ashes, and armored corpses littering the ground—the murderous intent of the ancient battlefield permeated every corner.
Mei Liangyu stood in front of the city gate, looked back at the sword shadows that were still relentlessly pursuing him, and said in a deep voice: "The three armies."
At his command, countless skeletal warriors sprang from the blood-stained, ruined armor on the ground.
The myriad sword shadows clashed with the undead warriors in the armored formation, both sides perishing in an instant. These skeletal warriors alone were not enough, so Mei Liangyu ordered the soldiers on the city walls to fire arrows. Thousands of long arrows, lit on fire, emitted sharp sounds as they clashed with the sword shadows, and the burning flames illuminated the dark and gloomy sky above the ancient battlefield.
The city's defenders were killed by the sword shadows. In less than three seconds, the armored formation was broken, and the sword shadows tightly held in Mei Liangyu's hand disappeared. Half of his body was covered in blood, and he stood up from the snow with a cold expression.
At this moment, he stood alone in the tall and dense array of wind and thunder pillars, ten feet away from Sui Tianjun, who was standing on the edge.
Sui Tianjun's expression was not good at the moment. He thought that he could deal with Mei Liangyu with just two sword strikes. How could he possibly avoid these ten thousand sword shadows?
The power of the Ghost Dao family has been suppressed by the Wind and Thunder Pillar Formation. Even if he knows other schools' ninth-class techniques, he cannot stop him. However, he did not expect that as a disciple of the Ghost Dao family, he could still use the Armor Formation!
Using the puppet soldiers in the armored formation to block the sword shadows was a move he hadn't expected.
If Mei Liangyu hadn't also possessed other martial arts techniques besides those of the Ghost Daoist school, he would have died tens of thousands of times tonight.
Although he had dealt with the myriad sword shadows, Mei Liangyu was not in good shape. He frowned and glanced at the sword wounds on his arm and palm. The wounds were filled with the malevolent energy belonging to the heavy sword Canying and the light sword Xuelang. When he was circulating the Five Elements Qi, it invaded his body, disrupting the circulation of his Five Elements Qi and causing it to become disordered.
Sui Tianjun walked forward and shouted loudly at Mei Liangyu in the formation, "You can stop me once, but there will be a second time, a third time! Let's see how long you can last!"
The disorder of the five elements is something that every low-level sorcerer fears.
Even a disciple of a medical family, though skilled in medicine, can eliminate disorder, but cannot heal himself.
He absolutely cannot withstand the second attack of ten thousand swords.
Just as Sui Tianjun was about to launch his attack, he suddenly noticed something unusual in the sky. The sun was emitting the cry of a golden crow and a red arrow. Both of them were startled and looked up at the sky at the same time. They saw a dazzling golden streak across the sky and land on the other side of the snow mountain.
Mei Liangyu had a bad feeling.
If tonight's event was a trap set by Wen Yanghui to kill him, then the Golden Crow Red Arrow should have been aimed at him.
What's on the other side of that snow-capped mountain?
The people on the Second Mechanism Island were not the only ones who noticed the unusual nature of the Golden Crow Crimson Arrow.
Tonight, the island of Jiguan will be hit by thunder and lightning. The waves will roll and rise dozens of feet high. Black-feathered, white-headed sea eagles will fly into the distance amidst the thunder and rain, and fly up to the Situ family's residence located above the Eastern Heavenly Palace.
In the open-air courtyard of the Situ family grandmother, many flowers and plants were planted, with several towering trees surrounding the flowers in the center.
Each tree is over a thousand years old, with deep roots and lush foliage, nestled in a spacious garden full of flowers and plants.
The eagle landed on the bare branches of the ancient tree, rolled its eyes, and stared at the girl in white cleaning the chessboard at the stone table under the tree.
Thirteen-year-old Situ Ling had all her hair tied up, forming two flower buds, secured with hairpins, and then tied with two gold hair ribbons embroidered with patterns that hung down her back, making her look very cute.
Situ Ling looked up at the eagle and waved to it. The eagle landed lightly on the edge of the stone table, its claws pitifully gripping the edge, not daring to step on the chessboard that she had not yet cleaned.
“It’s been a long time since you’ve been here,” Situ Ling said thoughtfully. Seeing the eagle looking at her with its head held high and its eyes unblinking, she took out two thin gold needles from her sleeve and used them to pry open the eagle’s left eye, removing its mechanical eyeball.
Situ Ling used a golden needle to hold a dark, mechanical eyeball, staring with one eye open and the other closed. A wisp of golden energy, representing the five elements, rotated within the eyeball, causing her eyes to gleam with golden light as she glimpsed the scene recorded by this energy:
Mei Liangyu was called away, and Wen Yanghui held nine dice.
"Oh no!" Situ Ling rushed towards the depths of the courtyard after reading it, shouting as she ran, "Grandmother! Something terrible has happened! Wen Yanghui has taken Brother Liangyu to Nijū Island with the mechanical nine dice!"
Inside the Jiqiao Pavilion, the grandmother of the Situ family, with her temples full of silver hair, was standing under the eaves watching the distant lightning. Her withered and wrinkled face showed no emotion, and she looked like a centenarian in her twilight years. However, her straight back was like that of a young person. Her hands, which were exposed outside her sleeves, had fair skin and distinct knuckles. Upon closer inspection, one could see faint golden threads in the skin texture.
Grandmother Situ heard Situ Ling's shout and only moved her dark eyes slightly.
Situ Jin, the young man in black standing to the side, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had been listening to his grandmother's reprimand, but Situ Ling's shout came at the right time. It sounded like something serious had happened, and his grandmother would definitely not have time to scold him anymore.
Everyone knows that Wen Yanghui dislikes Mei Liangyu. They were children of the same generation who grew up together. Although they don't have much contact now and live their own lives at the academy, Situ Jin still has a deep memory of what happened when they were young.
Situ Ling rushed over, the mechanical eyeball held by the golden needle still in place. She handed it to her grandmother and said, "Look."
Situ Jin also went to watch the excitement, but saw nothing. She looked at Situ Ling suspiciously and saw her shake the mechanical eyeball, frown her delicate eyebrows, and say in a somewhat childish voice, "Oh dear, the five elements energy in the mechanical eyeball doesn't last long and has disappeared."
“But I saw it! It’s true, Wen Yanghui was holding the mechanical nine dice, and he even locked a pretty lady up inside.” Situ Ling said solemnly, “He wanted to kill two of them.”
“Pretty girl, could it be Nangong Sui?” Situ Jin pondered. “I saw her on the mechanical island when I came back.”
Situ's grandmother said calmly, "The Qingyang Nangong family?"
Her voice was hoarse, revealing the weariness and vicissitudes of old age.
Situ Jin nodded: "Nangong Sui is Mei Liangyu's junior sister. Given Wen Yanghui's temper, it is indeed possible that he would take his anger out on someone who is close to Mei Liangyu."
He dared to kill Mei Liangyu, so why would he be afraid to kill one more Nangong Sui?
The more Situ Jin thought about it, the more convinced she was of her point.
Grandmother Situ's expression was cold and stern. Neither of the two younger generation could guess her attitude. After a brief silence, Grandmother flipped her hand and nine dice appeared in her palm. She then handed them to Situ Jin: "Go and tell the Wen Yang family that if these two children die on the mechanical island tonight, then the Wen Yang family will also suffer casualties."
Situ Jin smiled and took it, saying, "Alright, Grandmother, I'll go right away."
No more scolding, just running errands and delivering messages, plus watching the fun at Wen Yang's house—Situ Jin was overjoyed.
"I want to go too!" Situ Ling chased after Situ Jin and ran outside.
Situ Jin looked down at the girl who barely reached his waist. This little sister seemed to never grow taller no matter what she ate. He reached out and tapped Situ Ling's forehead, pushing her back: "Adults are doing things, what are you doing following along? Go away, go away."
"I'm going, I'm going!" Situ Ling pushed forward against the force of his fingers, bumping into Situ Jin's waist. He cried out in pain and bent over. The mechanical nine dice in his hand was snatched away by Situ Ling, and she ran forward like a gust of wind.
"Situ Ling!" Situ Jin gritted her teeth in anger and hurriedly chased after her.
Two-tiered mechanical island.
Mei Liangyu didn't want to think about the other side of the snow mountain where her junior sister, Nangong Sui, was.
He wanted to cross the snow-capped mountain to the other side, but Sui Tianjun wouldn't let him go so easily.
The heavy sword Canying and the light sword Xuelang clashed and struck each other again, producing an even more powerful sword cry, summoning ten thousand sword shadows to surround and kill Mei Liangyu for the second time.
Having only traveled a short distance on the wind, Mei Liangyu was forced to turn back, grabbing the fastest sword that reached him, and once again unleashing the Ancient Battlefield Formation, using thousands of troops to counter the myriad sword shadows.
The five elements were in disarray, and Mei Liangyu tasted a metallic sweetness in his throat, but he suppressed it. He emerged from the formation of soldiers and stood in the wind and snow on a black pillar, his brows and eyes cold, looking at Sui Tianjun, who was also standing on the Wind and Thunder Pillar in the distance.
Blood-stained black hair flew up and brushed past his eyes. The glance from the young man in black in the distance made Sui Tianjun's heart sink, and his face turned somewhat ugly.
That disdainful glance seemed to say: You can't kill me with just two sword strikes. Either let me go, or you'll have to use a third, fourth, and fifth sword strike to see what you have to do to kill me.
This was a silent insult to someone as confident as Sui Tianjun.
Sui Tianjun's eyes grew colder, yet he was too arrogant to add another sword strike. Why would he need a third sword strike to kill him?
Wen Yanghui rode the wind over the snow-capped mountain and happened to see the two standing silently facing each other on the black pillar of wind and thunder. Although Mei Liangyu was injured, he was not as disheveled as he had imagined.
But that's good, it means he didn't miss it.
As soon as Wen Yanghui arrived, he was noticed by Sui Tianjun and Mei Liangyu. They saw him calmly descend from the snow mountain and land on the wind and thunder pillar a little distance away. He held the mechanical nine dice in one hand and looked at Mei Liangyu opposite him with a leisurely air.
"Fortunately, we didn't spend too much time with Nangong Sui, and we were just in time to witness you being pierced by a thousand arrows and die." Wen Yanghui's seemingly amused remark successfully drew Mei Liangyu's attention.
Snowflakes fell on Zhou Tianhuo, flames swirling around Mei Liangyu. His dark eyes reflected Wen Yanghui's disgusting face as he coldly asked, "You locked her up here?"
Wen Yanghui answered decisively: "It's on the other side of the snow mountain."
On the other side of the snow-capped mountain.
Mei Liangyu just stared at him without saying a word. The north wind howled, but protected by the five elements, the north wind could not stir his clothes or hair.
Yu Sui happened to start looking from here. The wind and thunder pillars and sword marks all over the ground were shocking. Looking at his senior brother's bare left arm, it was covered in blood and no intact flesh could be seen. Moreover, his five elements were in disarray and he was in poor condition. Against Wen Yanghui, who could control the Golden Crow Red Arrow, his chances of winning were almost nil.
My senior might really be doomed this time.
Yu Sui couldn't figure out how he could dodge the Golden Crow Red Arrow attack.
Perhaps my senior brother will reveal his divine skills here, but even if I can stop him once, there will be a second time. I wonder where my senior brother's limit will be.
Yu Sui saw Mei Liangyu in the Five Elements Light Core and remembered that he knew other Nine Schools of Arts, so his brows slowly furrowed.
Five Elements Light Core.
The Five Elements Light Core of a low-level sorcerer stores and refines his own "qi".
All kinds of arts and techniques are the embodiment of the five elements.
The "qi" in the human body can be ever-changing. Taming, sensing, interacting, and so on are all ways of cultivating the five elements of qi. The flow of the five elements of qi will be different in different schools of thought.
The trends and concrete manifestations of the Qi of each of the nine schools of thought are different, but those with high talent can perceive and comprehend it faster than ordinary people and control the Qi of the five elements more accurately.
Only those who have joined a school of thought can learn to control the flow of the five elements and visualize the "qi". With the visualized form of the nine schools of thought, scholars can perceive and manipulate it accordingly.
When you join a school of thought, the direction of your "five elements" is already determined. Only those with high talent, like Gu Gan, have a high degree of compatibility with the nine schools of thought of the School of Names and the School of Legalism, and are therefore able to practice the nine schools of thought of the School of Names and the School of Legalism.
People like Gu Gan, who can cultivate two families, are outliers. People like Mei Liangyu, who can master almost all the strange arts and supernatural abilities of the nine schools of thought, are even more outliers.
The five elements light cores in the human body store "qi" that has a master, but the five elements light cores that Yu Sui can infinitely generate and give birth to contain "qi" without a master.
The unowned energy, which is also the energy of heaven and earth, can be absorbed and integrated. Theoretically, it can also be visualized.
It can be materialized into any of the nine schools of martial arts.
The flashback during her near-death experience reminded Yu Sui of her childhood.
She thought she was incapable of cultivation. When she first discovered the Five Elements Light Core, she thought that if she couldn't learn other people's Nine Stream Techniques, she would create her own.
Looking back now, it's kind of funny.
After she entered Taiyi, she was attracted by the power of countless strange arts and abilities, and had long forgotten her former bold words.
But now that I think about it, it's not entirely impossible.
Yu Sui struggled to sit up, but found it impossible; she couldn't muster any strength in her fingers. When she tried to generate new Five Elements Light Cores again, she felt an unbearable headache, as if a thousand swords were piercing her brain. The tearing pain almost made Yu Sui faint.
If I faint now, I won't be able to do anything.
Yu Sui's nose was sweating. She took a deep breath, and despite the freezing winter day, she was sweating profusely, her clothes and hair were damp. A gust of snowy wind made her feel an instant, bone-chilling cold.
The strange fire seemed to be testing her endurance. Only when Yu Sui felt the pain reach its peak and exceed her tolerance did she see a sliver of silver in the light of the strange fire.
When the Five Elements Light Core was separated into her palm, sweat dripped down Yu Sui's forehead. She slowly raised her hand and placed the Five Elements Light Core in front of her eyes, and suddenly realized that when she was a child, she could even hold that cluster of flames in her palm.
When she was young, the flame in her palm was so small.
As she grew up, the flame remained small, but its power far surpassed hers.
Countless images flashed through Yu Sui's mind, from the arrival of the strange fire to being pierced by the Golden Crow Red Arrow. She suddenly withdrew her hand and gripped the Five Elements Light Core tightly, forcing herself to temporarily stop thinking about other things and solve the problem at hand first.
The five elements energy in the light core is scarce, and the unrefined energy is weak. Only when the light core is destroyed will the remaining five elements energy inside erupt.
Yu Sui wanted to try whether she could manipulate the five elements within the strange fire core and materialize it into the Nine Streams Technique.
Although it is an unowned aura, it was ultimately created by her and should be used by her.
Yu Sui lightly rubbed her fingers together, crushing the Five Elements Light Core. Her eyes were fixed on the few strands of golden thread that were barely visible to the naked eye that overflowed from the shattered core. In an instant, they transformed into tiny lightning snakes that twisted their bodies, revealing their fangs and letting out crackling roars.
She was seriously injured, and her mind and physical strength were exhausted, so she could not use higher-level Nine Stream Techniques. This level of Eight Trigrams Life Technique could only cause unexpected damage after Wen Yanghui's Five Elements Protection was broken.
For example, it destroyed his Five Elements Light Core.
Unclaimed energy can be absorbed and integrated, thus it can also invade Wen Yanghui's body, causing more fatal damage inside than outside.
Yu Sui's eyelashes trembled slightly as she looked back at the other side of the snow-capped mountain, patiently waiting for the right moment.
My senior brother isn't the kind of person who just lets himself die.
On the other side of the snow-capped mountain, the three remained locked in a standoff, neither having made a move.
Wen Yanghui believed that Mei Liangyu was afraid to act rashly because the five elements were in disarray, and he didn't even dare to say a few words. However, he couldn't hold back and gently pressed his brow with one hand, pretending to be troubled and thinking: "How should I describe to you the matter of me killing Nangong Sui with the Golden Crow Red Arrow?"
Wen Yanghui thought Mei Liangyu wouldn't dare to speak, but then he heard him ask in a deep voice, "You killed Nangong Sui with the Golden Crow Red Arrow?"
“I didn’t want to kill her at first. I just wanted to destroy her Five Elements Light Core and turn her back into a person of ordinary skills. You didn’t see how she eliminated me in the Dragon Slayer Cave. Thinking about it now still makes me feel disgusted.”
Wen Yanghui toyed with the mechanical nine dice in his palm with one hand, his eyes scrutinizing Mei Liangyu's every move, not missing a single moment of emotional fluctuation: "Your junior sister is more formidable than you think, and her mind is not simple either. She insisted on fighting me. Come to think of it, if it weren't for eliminating Nangong Sui, you wouldn't have dared to strike me with the Golden Thunder in front of so many people, making me look bad and lose face in public."
As he spoke, a sinister murderous intent appeared in Wen Yanghui's eyes, and even his tone became chilling.
Wen Yanghui said, "Since Nangong Sui was the cause of this matter, she should bear the consequences she deserves."
Mei Liangyu asked again, "So you killed her?"
Wen Yanghui raised an eyebrow and said, "What, you seem to care a lot about this."
Mei Liangyu's dark eyes were fixed on him, and she spoke slowly and deliberately: "You killed the princess of the Qingyang Nangong Prince's Mansion, the disciple of the Taiyi Saint, and my junior sister. Do you think I care?"
"There's no need to remind me of these things," Wen Yanghui sneered. "Blame it on her being your junior sister."
Wen Yanghui held up the mechanical nine dice in his palm and said to Sui Tianjun, "Uncle, you can just watch from the side. Mei Liangyu, I'll also show you the most powerful weapon of our mechanical family. Don't worry, I'll make it miss a bit. I'll keep you here a little longer, after all, I still have a lot to say."
Mei Liangyu's figure disappeared, and Wen Yanghui was surrounded by golden Five Elements protection. Without hesitation, he was about to press his finger onto the nine dice mechanism.
Yu Sui did not hesitate.
The five elements light core, as fine as dust, that landed on Wen Yanghui's fingertip shattered before him, and the bursting out uncontrolled energy materialized into the Xun trigram wind, knocking the nine dice of the mechanism away from Wen Yanghui's fingertip.
Unable to break through Wen Yanghui's defenses, Yu Sui changed his target.
The nine dice were suddenly knocked away, leaving Wen Yanghui and Sui Tianjun stunned. The unexpected and even unbelievable development left them both speechless.
Wen Yanghui's eyes still reflected the image of the nine dice flying forward, his gaze shifting from stunned to shocked.
The two were startled when they caught sight of Mei Liangyu and immediately rushed forward to compete for the nine dice.
What happened?!
As Wen Yanghui set off to chase the mechanical nine dice, a sense of fear inexplicably arose in his heart.
Mei Liangyu saw the mechanical nine dice suddenly fall out, but he didn't care what happened. He was already heading towards Wen Yanghui, but he instantly changed his target and rushed to grab the falling mechanical nine dice.
The twin swords rang out again with a heavy clang, triggering countless sword shadows. Mei Liangyu also inserted the black demon-sealing pillar he was holding into the wind and thunder pillar. The golden barrier blocked Wen Yanghui's path, and he opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
The demon-sealing formation was triangular in shape and covered a large area, perfectly encircling Wen Yanghui and Sui Tianjun.
Sui Tianjun was stunned for only a moment before realizing that Mei Liangyu had silently thrown two Demon-Sealing Pillars at the edge when she dodged the myriad sword shadows.
The Demon-Sealing Barrier restricts all Nine Schools of Celestial Secrets.
With only a brief time difference, Mei Liangyu caught the falling mechanical nine dice, changed his target without hesitation, and activated the mechanism.
Wen Yanghui broke out in a cold sweat, momentarily thinking that the Golden Crow Crimson Arrow was aimed at him. His face twisted slightly as he retreated, turning his head to call out to Sui Tianjun, "Uncle!"
Fear flashed in his eyes, and Sui Tianjun's expression changed slightly. He also thought that the Golden Crow Red Arrow was aimed at him.
But nothing happened.
The Golden Crow Red Arrow has already been locked up by Grandmother Situ.
Mei Liangyu was the first to notice the unusual situation that the Golden Crow Red Arrow could not be deployed. He made a decisive move and rode the wind to attack Wen Yanghui inside the Demon Sealing Barrier.
Sui Tianjun immediately reacted and used his Wind Control Technique to rush towards Wen Yanghui. However, another black-clad, blood-stained figure was even faster than him, faster than anyone else's Wind Control Technique.
This shouldn't be!
He's still in a state of chaos regarding the Five Elements!
Sui Tianjun's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly realized that if Mei Liangyu was not using the Five Elements Qi at this moment, then could it be... the Divine Strategist Technique?
Thinking that the Golden Crow and Red Arrow would come to kill him, Wen Yanghui ran desperately on the wind, almost crashing into the Wind and Thunder Pillar. He ran to the end of the barrier, unable to get out, and looked back in anger and fear.
Thinking he would be shot to death by the Golden Crow Red Arrow, Wen Yanghui didn't even have time to use any other mechanical scrolls. He turned around and saw Mei Liangyu, who had arrived in front of him before Sui Tianjun. His heart stopped.
Wen Yanghui saw a man covered in blood, his eyes filled with ferocity, walking out from behind the rows of black wind and thunder pillars. The wind and thunder pillars behind him were majestic and sinister, and the evil ghosts carved on them paled in comparison to Mei Liangyu at this moment.
At this moment, Wen Yanghui finally reacted, his face grim as he reached for the mechanical scroll and purple talisman hidden in his sleeve. A bolt of golden lightning struck down from the sky, shattering Wen Yanghui's five-elemental protection and sending him flying. As he did so, Wen Yanghui threw out the purple talisman, and the Divine General Zhaoming reappeared to protect him.
Everything happened simultaneously.
This includes the Five Elements Light Core that Yu Sui crushed at the last moment and left on Wen Yanghui.
Mei Liangyu crushed the purple talisman with his bare hands. Wen Yanghui, who had just gotten up from the fall, witnessed this scene and stared in disbelief as the Zhaoming God General vanished amidst the thunder.
The Five Elements Light Core attached to Wen Yanghui's chest shattered, and the overflowing unclaimed energy invaded his body. Just as the second golden lightning struck Wen Yanghui, he took out the mechanical scroll but hadn't even had a chance to use it. The Zhen Gua lightning snakes that erupted from his body, countless tiny lightning snakes, had already passed through his Five Elements Light Core and shattered along with the thunder.
Wen Yanghui, who was knocked away again, gripped the mechanical scroll in his hand. The moment the Five Elements Light Core in his chest shattered, excruciating pain spread throughout his body. His plea for help turned into a wail, and he vomited blood after falling to the ground.
"Hui'er!"
Sui Tianjun, who had just summoned the light and heavy swords to break the demon-sealing barrier, looked up and saw Wen Yanghui fall to the ground, vomiting blood and spilling a large amount of blood from his chest.
Mei Liangyu realized that the attack was not his own, but it posed no threat to him at the moment. When Sui Tianjun angrily unleashed his third sword strike, he instantly appeared in front of Wen Yanghui, holding the defenseless Wen Yanghui in his hand as a shield.
Looking at the sword shadow that was about to pierce his head, Wen Yanghui said, half weak and half panicked, "Uncle!"
Sui Tianjun immediately waved his hand to withdraw the attack. Looking at Wen Yanghui, who was being held hostage by Mei Liangyu, his forehead twitched violently. His eyes turned red with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Mei Liangyu, release Hui'er, and I'll guarantee your life!"
"It's too late to speak, and besides, you have no right to interfere in my life or death." Mei Liangyu kicked Wen Yanghui in the back of the knee, forcing him to his knees, then twisted his hands behind his back. Hearing Wen Yanghui's screams, Sui Tianjun roared, "Mei Liangyu! How dare you!"
"Hand over the sword ring," Mei Liangyu interrupted him coldly. "If you don't hand it over after three calls, I'll kill him."
"One." Mei Liangyu twisted off Wen Yanghui's right hand.
Sui Tianjun roared, unleashing eighteen sword spirits that pressed down on Mei Liangyu with murderous intent: "Stop!"
"He wouldn't dare kill me!" Wen Yanghui roared out in his agonizing struggle. Mei Liangyu grabbed his hair, forcing him to lift his head. The black demon-sealing pillar in her hand pierced Wen Yanghui's eye with precision and force. Listening to his agonizing screams, she looked up at Sui Tianjun and said, "Two."
Wen Yanghui lay on the ground, writhing in pain. Blood from his pierced left eye streamed down his face. He tried to reach out and touch it, but his broken right hand wouldn't obey him.
He couldn't understand why things had turned out this way.
From the moment the nine dice slipped from his hand and flew away, everything spiraled out of his control.
Should he beg for mercy from Mei Liangyu at this moment?
Absolutely impossible!
In his agony, Wen Yanghui screamed wildly, "He dared to destroy my light core! I will never forgive him! Uncle, kill him!"
Blood was flowing from the taut lines of Mei Liangyu's forearm, but he himself seemed to be in no condition. His body was even burning with golden Five Elements Qi, and the Five Elements Qi in the world seemed to be gathering on him, giving him an inexhaustible source of power.
When Sui Tianjun saw Mei Liangyu grasp the Demon-Sealing Pillar and pull it out, Wen Yanghui cried out in pain, and Mei Liangyu, who was holding the Demon-Sealing Pillar, seemed to be about to pierce his throat.
"Stop! Here you go!" Sui Tianjun could no longer hold back, pulling the sword ring off his finger and throwing it to Mei Liangyu. "Take it! Release Hui'er!"
He couldn't bear to let Wen Yanghui die, and he couldn't stand seeing Mei Liangyu abuse Wen Yanghui in front of him.
Mei Liangyu lifted her eyelids slightly to look at Sui Tianjun, who threw out only a sword ring with a mocking look in his eyes. He nimbly twirled the finger holding the Demon-Sealing Pillar, about to poke out Wen Yanghui's other eye.
"Stop!" Sui Tianjun angrily threw the second sword ring at him.
The north wind blew the two sword rings to Mei Liangyu, who reached out and grasped them both in his hands. Looking up at Sui Tianjun, he said softly, "How many sword strikes would it take to kill you?"
Sui Tianjun said with a stern face, "It recognizes its master."
"Is that so?" Mei Liangyu chuckled. The Five Elements Qi surrounding him was too abundant and needed an outlet.
Mei Liangyu took the sword ring and released all eighteen sword spirits.
Eighteen sword spirits lined up behind him, each exuding killing intent and emitting a buzzing sword sound.
Mei Liangyu raised his head to look at Sui Tianjun, just as he had looked back from the Wind and Thunder Pillar, and said clearly, "Behead the traitor."
Famous sayings on words.
Sui Tianjun watched coldly, thinking that it wouldn't be so easy to use the words of a master to make the sword spirit betray him.
The eighteen sword spirits stood still, but when the Five Elements Qi surrounding Mei Liangyu landed on them, they began to tremble.
At this moment, Mei Liangyu's Nine Streams Technique was more powerful than ever before.
The sword spirits emitted sharp cries and were still almost out of control. Sui Tianjun went from initially looking down on them with disdain to now having a solemn expression. He could not accept that the sword spirits he had spent his whole life creating would one day be turned against him!
"Impossible." As soon as Sui Tianjun finished speaking, the eighteen sword souls moved.
The first to move were the light sword Xuelang and the heavy sword Canying. Their combined attack summoned countless sword shadows, which instantly engulfed Sui Tianjun.
Mei Liangyu didn't even bother to look at Sui Tianjun, who was forced into the Wind and Thunder Pillar Formation by the sword spirits. He bent down, picked up Wen Yanghui, who was still cursing, and hurried towards the other side of the snow mountain.
Even though he was traveling at a speed so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye, the blood flowing from his body was still everywhere, as if it would never stop flowing. Even in places where he was not injured, blood was still oozing out.
This is the price he paid for using the Divine Strategist Technique.
Prematurely shortened lifespan.
Mei Liangyu stopped on the slope.
Wen Yanghui was trampled underfoot, utterly wretched and filled with resentment. He had fainted from the pain, but Mei Liangyu kicked him awake. He struggled to open his bloodshot eyes and looked at Mei Liangyu's figure: "The Wen Yang family... will not let you go. If you... dare to kill me..."
Mei Liangyu looked down at him, chuckled softly, stepped on his face with one foot, bent down, and increased the force under her foot. It was as if you could hear the sound of bones breaking. That originally delicate and beautiful face was now slightly deformed by being crushed.
"Why do you have to find a reason for humiliating you with Jin Lei in front of so many people?" Mei Liangyu stared unblinkingly at Wen Yanghui's unwilling eyes with his dark eyes. "Even if it wasn't for my junior sister, I could do it anytime I wanted."
"After all these years, you still haven't figured out the difference between you and me."
Mei Liangyu stepped on Wen Yanghui and squatted down. The cruel and murderous intent in his heart was still rising, but he looked very calm. He just became more and more ruthless.
"I won't kill you until I see my junior sister, because I haven't figured out how to kill you yet." Mei Liangyu stood up and said coldly, "Once I see Nangong Sui, I'll know how to kill you."
He kicked Wen Yanghui down and watched him roll down the hillside.
The bleeding on Mei Liangyu's body stopped a little. He stared intently at the foot of the snow-capped mountain and strode forward.
If Nangong Sui really died
That was all he could think of.
I don't want to think about the rest.
Unless he saw the dead Nangong Sui.
[Author's Note]
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