Chapter 28 Should I Die Now? (Bonus Chapter with 9k Nutrient Solution)
Yu Sui and his group came out quickly and left just as fast, without giving Gu Gan and the others who were waiting on the side a chance to ask what was going on. They were back in the Star Chart Trial in a flash.
Ji Meng raised his hand to wipe his face, the shock in his eyes still lingering: "Isn't she just starting out in the beginner trial? How could Nangong Sui be in this state? Li Jinshuang is at the fifth level of military strategy, she can't possibly not even pass a beginner trial, can she?"
It doesn't make sense that it's just an introductory trial to the Five Elements Generating Technique.
It's understandable that Nangong Sui, being of average skill, couldn't win, but wasn't she with Li Jinshuang? How did she end up in such a sorry state, covered in injuries?
This is definitely not normal.
Standing next to Xun Zhiya, Shu Chujun sneered, "Li Jinshuang is the one with the highest cultivation level among them, so their highest trial level is the fifth realm. The fifth realm's armor formation is difficult even for someone with basic skills or a newly initiated disciple to attempt."
"Besides, Li Jinshuang is the kind of person who likes to leave people to die and only cares about herself. She wouldn't care even if others died in the midst of the enemy's armor."
Xun Zhiya glanced at her, and Shu Chujun looked back at her: "Am I wrong? Wasn't Li Jinshuang at the Dingshan hunting grounds last year..."
“There’s no need to say any more,” Xun Zhiya interrupted her. “She didn’t save you that time because it was her duty as a member of the Li family; she had to save the royal family first.”
Shu Chujun pursed her lips, and although she didn't say anything more, her expression was displeased.
Gu Gan was deep in thought as he waited for Yu Sui to come out from the Five Elements Field. She left too quickly, and he didn't even have time to get over to her.
A moment later, he caught a glimpse of Mei Liangyu and the others who had come out of the martial arts arena and were also walking in this direction.
As Xing Chun walked, he said to Mei Liangyu, "They look like they've been beaten up pretty badly; the little girl's face is all scratched up."
As Nian Qiuyan pulled Kong Yiyi along, she said, "Look at something else to distract yourself. Don't keep thinking about Wei Kun. Instead of thinking about him, think about me."
Hearing what Xing Chun and the others said, Kong Yiyi's attention was indeed diverted, and she peeked into the Five Elements Yin Yang Field: "Where? They broke into the Armored Formation. The newcomers are no more than the third realm. How come all four of them came out with their faces bruised and swollen?"
"Isn't there someone named Ping Shu?" Cang Shu yawned and said, "Meimei's junior sister."
Mei Liangyu said, "She is not."
Xing Chunchao gave Cang Shu a thumbs up: "He's a sorcerer from the lowest ranks of the realm."
Cang Shu, Nian Qiuyan, and the other two looked over: "Hmm?"
Xing Chun said, "Nangong Sui hasn't slept all month, studying at the Ghost Path Sanctuary until dawn. Every time I go to find Mei Liangxin for dinner, I can see her at the Ghost Path Sanctuary. Her perseverance is not to be underestimated. It seems that her hard work will pay off."
“Hey,” Kong Yiyi said as she approached the Five Elements Yin Yang Field, “I haven’t met Mei Liangxin’s junior sister yet.”
Nian Qiuyan said, "The person with her seems to be your junior sister from the Bing family."
Kong Yiyi sat on the edge of the steps, cupping her face in her hands: "Then I'm even more eager to see it."
Nian Qiuyan raised her hand and pinched the bridge of her nose; she had finally managed to distract herself.
Many students witnessed Yu Sui's trial in the Yin-Yang Five Elements Field, including some who knew Sheng Fei. Everyone was surprised to see Yu Sui covered in blood and looking quite badly injured when he came out of the trial. This news eventually reached Sheng Fei.
Sheng Fei had just finished bathing and was lying on the bed when Mu Mengbai slammed his fist on the table and stood up, saying, "My sister was injured in the Yin Yang Five Elements Field and is covered in blood!"
Sheng Fei scoffed, "Which new 'good sister' have you met this time?"
Mu Mengbai turned his head and said, "Your sister is my sister!"
Sheng Xun: "..."
Only then did he see the message on the Wind Listening Ruler, discovering that it was about Yu Sui's trial in the Yin-Yang Five Elements Arena. He then sneered, "She's only at the mediocre level and she still dares to try the trial. Serves her right."
Mu Mengbai waited for a while, and then the person on the bed got up with a dark face, put on his coat and walked outside. He followed after him.
Li Jinshuang restarted the Star Chart Challenge and teleported into a new armored formation.
The general guarding the city was dressed in red armor, holding a blood-red longsword, and sat steadily on his horse.
The unarmored skeletal soldiers made a clattering sound as they moved, slowly picking up the swords and blades that had fallen to the ground and forming ranks to meet the enemy.
The four stood in the center of the battlefield, looking up. Finally, the city's defending general, whose presence was larger than the city itself and whose oppressive aura overwhelmed the entire battlefield, was no longer there.
The Pact of the Five Realms' Armored Battlefield and the City of Death.
In the blood-red desert, the wind and sand swirled, causing the tattered flags on the field to flutter. The four people on the field secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Wei Ren wiped his face and looked up at the waning moon in the sky: "The city garrison commander is finally back to normal."
Xue Mushi was choked by the sandstorm, covered his face and coughed, sitting down on the spot with a pale expression.
"Don't be lazy." Wei Ren looked down at him.
Xue Mushi said, "The previous consumption was too great. If Nangong Sui hadn't expanded the Qi of the Divination Technique and disrupted the balance of the five elements in the Asura Hell, it wouldn't have disappeared so quickly."
He said, spreading his arms and lying back, staring blankly at the sky: "I need to rest for a while before I play again."
Wei Ren couldn't help but recall the last scene: the black-armored cavalry on the opposite bank of the river drew their swords, and in the dim light, thousands of golden divine soul cores seemed to be burning. Warhorses neighed, and the powerful force of the five elements exploded in the Asura Hell. The scene he saw was trembling, as if it were about to tear his eyeballs apart. The overwhelming killing intent and fear made his heart leap.
Just as they were about to be torn apart by this terrifying force, the five elements of Asura Hell became unbalanced and unable to maintain the formation of soldiers and armor, giving them a chance to escape. All the black-armored cavalry who tried to cross the river disappeared into the water.
Wei Ren turned around to look at Yu Sui beside him and found that she had also collapsed on the ground, seemingly exhausted.
Yu Sui rolled his eyes and stared at the waning moon in the sky.
In that final moment, she saw the black-armored cavalry charging at the forefront on the opposite bank. It held a silver spear, its target clear, and its eyes, glowing with a crimson-gold light beneath its helmet, were fixed on Yu Sui's position.
Even though we hadn't crossed the river, the attack by the Black Armored Cavalry shouldn't have been triggered.
At that time, however, the black-armored cavalryman issued an order to the entire army to kill Yu Sui on the opposite bank.
What triggered the Black Armored Cavalry's attack? Was it a strange fire?
Unable to verify her guess, Yu Sui stood up and looked at the black-armored cavalry at the last moment. A familiar power was circulating. Her eyes caught the Five Elements Qi that had been drained and lost. So she reached out and grabbed it, causing the Five Elements Qi of the Asura Hell to become completely unbalanced. In an instant, everything in the formation turned to ashes.
Divine Mechanism and Heavenly Eye.
She needs to carefully study how to use this power herself.
“It’s normal for Li Jinshuang to activate it; it’s a military formation that matches her strength. Only you activated the Asura Hell.” Wei Ren squatted down and stared at Yu Sui as he spoke.
Yu Sui tilted her head and looked back innocently, saying, "You're the one who said you could carry me."
Wei Ren: "..."
The wind blew his wide robes and messy hair across his forehead, making Wei Ren's soul feel as chaotic as the wind itself.
He initially just wanted to get these few people involved so he could show off.
Who knew that the people they brought in would be more capable than the last?
They were either unfathomably powerful or possessed sinister forbidden techniques. In comparison, Li Jinshuang, who had already reached the fifth realm upon entering the academy, seemed quite ordinary.
Wei Ren found it absurd and sneered, "Who can lead the elite armored formation through the trials of Asura Hell?"
Yu Sui sighed and said, "Didn't we come out alive in the end? By combining our wisdom and abilities, we successfully caused the five elements of Asura Hell to become unbalanced, accelerating its disintegration."
"Since you're not dead, don't worry about it so much."
Wei Ren said, "Something's really not right."
Yu Sui smiled inwardly. If he wanted to keep pressing him for answers, then he would kill him.
Li Jinshuang looked at the two of them and said in a low voice, "You possess the forbidden magic of the Farmer's Clan, the Illusionary Beast, yet you are a disciple of the Farmer's Clan. That's not right."
“Oh,” Yu Sui sat up and pointed at Wei Ren, saying, “I know this. I heard my master say that the Farmer Clan lists magical beasts as forbidden arts because they are harmful to both oneself and others. If any Farmer Clan disciple learns this, the Farmer Clan will kill them on sight.”
Wei Ren rolled his eyes to look at Xue Mushi lying behind him: "I'm not the only one who has learned forbidden techniques."
Xue Mushi, who was being stared at by the three men, scratched his head, sat up again, and after a moment of silence, tentatively said, "How about... we keep it a secret from each other and pretend we don't know anything?"
Faced with the threat of the elite armored formation, he had already decided to take a desperate gamble, which is why he exposed the forbidden technique Seven Killings Divination.
“I have no objection,” Yu Sui said first.
Li Jinshuang looked at the city guard in front and said calmly, "It's fine."
Wei Ren remained squatting on the ground, resting his chin on his hand, looking at Xue Mushi and saying, "If I say I don't want to, will you kill me?"
Xue Mushi was taken aback, then shook his head: "No."
“You’ve learned the Seven Killings hexagram, why don’t you learn to be more ruthless?” Wei Ren clicked his tongue. He stood up and looked at the city guard in front of him. “Fine, pretend you don’t know anything. Once you get out of this armored formation, forget everything that happened tonight.”
In the brief silence, someone's stomach rumbled.
Everyone: "..."
silence
"Gurgle"
Xue Mushi lowered his head and silently pressed his hand against his hungry stomach.
Yu Sui pretended not to hear anything and stood up. She stretched her neck, her eyes reflecting the skeletal soldiers picking up swords and knives: "Killing the city's general is the only way to complete the trial, right?"
Li Jinshuang did not reply, but instead drew her sword.
Xue Mushi silently stood up, the copper coin faintly visible between his fingertips.
The phantom python beneath Wei Ren's feet had spread into the skeleton soldiers. The black python soared into the sky, biting the skeleton soldiers in formation and disrupting their ranks.
None of the four spoke, yet they all tacitly wanted to finish the matter quickly.
Thus, the two practitioners of forbidden arts lost all restraint and used the Seven Killings Divination and phantom beasts to wreak havoc on the field.
For Wei Ren and Xue Mushi, this opportunity was extremely rare.
Li Jinshuang, sword in hand, led the charge, engaging in a fierce sword fight with the city's defenders on horseback.
Yu Sui stood at the very back, her body gathering the five elements of energy. Tiny lightning snakes flickered around her, but Yu Sui did not move. She was still observing and testing, trying to use the Divine Eye of Heaven again.
It can see through all illusions, weapons, prophecies, and divination; it can capture the Qi of the Five Elements and see what ordinary people cannot see.
Then why can't I use it freely?
What went wrong this time?
Yu Sui calmed her mind and focused intently on sensing everything around her. She tried to see the five elements flowing within the armor formation before her, but she failed.
After Li Jinshuang beheaded the city's defenders, the army's formation collapsed, and everything vanished like ashes after the battle.
Yu Sui sighed softly, and saw the people in front of her turning around to look for her.
The four of them emerged from the armored formation much faster this time than last time.
However, because Yu Sui was covered in blood, the waiting outside felt incredibly long. Finally, the star map opened and teleported the people in the trial back. Gu Gan immediately used his wind-riding technique to rush to the star map field.
"Someone beat us to it." Xing Chun nudged Mei Liangyu. "Shall we go take a look?"
Before Mei Liangyu could reply, Kong Yiyi stood up and said, "Li Jinshuang!"
"Do you know them?" Nian Qiuyan asked.
Kong Yiyi nodded: "Recently, the one who has been the most talked about in the military field is her. She entered the academy at the fifth level, so it seems that their military formation just now was based on Li Jinshuang's strength."
Xing Chun suddenly realized: "Then it's understandable that he was beaten up like this."
Although Yu Sui and the others looked covered in blood, these sharp-eyed individuals could tell that the blood was only on their clothes. The four students who had just passed the test had at most minor injuries, and they just looked a bit disheveled.
Mei Liangyu stood still, glancing out of the corner of his eye at Sheng Fei, who was rushing towards the Yin-Yang Five Elements field using the Wind Control Technique. He then looked at Gu Gan, who had already arrived, and couldn't help but smile. He slowly walked over to watch the excitement.
Yu Sui brushed the sand and reeds from her hair and said, "Go back and wash up first. I'll treat you to dinner at the vegetarian hall later."
Gu Gan had already come to her side and whispered, "Sui Sui."
As he approached, he smelled the blood on Yu Sui's body, and Gu Gan's already furrowed brows deepened. He couldn't imagine what his timid and gentle childhood sweetheart had gone through in the battle formation.
"Hmm?" Yu Sui looked up, and Gu Gan grabbed her hand, frowning as he looked at her. "What happened? How did you get these injuries?"
Wei Ren raised his hand to wipe his face, and replied as if he couldn't see Gu Gan, "It's evening, and the vegetarian meal is very expensive."
“I have money.” Yu Sui ignored Gu Gan and turned to look at Wei Ren first. “You can eat whatever you want then.”
Wei Ren, whose entire being screamed "poor," was speechless.
“Okay.” Wei Ren draped his coat over his shoulder and followed Xue Mushi.
"Brother Gu, I only suffered some minor injuries in the trial's armor formation, it's nothing." Yu Sui looked at Gu Gan, her eyes crinkling with laughter, "Did you get scared by me like this?"
Gu Gan frowned and said, "You've never been injured so badly before. Your face is all scratched up."
Yu Sui withdrew her hand and touched the injury on her face.
"Don't touch it, I'll apply medicine for you when we get back," Gu Gan said. "Since you're a level 1, why didn't they let you open the star map so your level would be lowered to the lowest? Why did they let Li Jinshuang open the highest level? And she still managed to hurt you like this."
His words were rather harsh, suggesting he had a negative impression of Wei Ren and Xue Mushi, and his expression was rather cold.
Wei Ren and Xue Mushi, who hadn't gone far: "..."
Wei Ren gave a silent sneer and continued walking forward: "Never mind him, he's just a fool who's been completely fooled by her."
Xue Mushi nodded in agreement.
Just as Yu Sui was about to explain that she was already a ninth-rate sorcerer of the first realm, Sheng Fei came over. Sheng Fei pulled Yu Sui behind him and gave Gu Gan a cold look.
Gu Gan said expressionlessly, "I don't want to argue with you right now."
"Third brother, brother!" Yu Sui grabbed Sheng Fei's hand and stopped him before he could speak.
Yu Sui pulled Sheng Fei away first, waving to Gu Gan in astonishment, "Brother Gu, you go ahead and do your work, we'll talk later."
As she left, she saw Mei Liangyu and his group walking to the sidelines and waved to Mei Liangyu.
Mei Liangyu's gaze followed Yu Suila into the distance.
Gu Gan felt a little uneasy. This was the first time Yu Sui had left with Sheng Fei, leaving him alone in the same place.
Xun Zhiya asked Li Jinshuang, who was standing silently to the side, "Are you injured?"
Li Jinshuang gently shook her head.
Shu Chujun questioned, "You're using the Fifth Realm Armor Formation, aren't you?"
Li Jinshuang lowered her head and remained silent.
Shu Chujun continued, "With your strength, would you really lose so miserably in the Five Realms Armor Formation? And there were four of you. Even if one of you, Ping Shu, dragged us down, it shouldn't have come to this."
Gu Gan turned around and asked, "Why do you have to drive? Wouldn't it be better to let Sui Sui drive?"
Li Jinshuang looked at Xun Zhiya: "If there's nothing else, Holy Maiden, I'll be leaving now."
She bowed slightly in greeting, then turned and left.
Shu Chujun said angrily, "Look at her, she doesn't listen to anyone at all!"
Xun Zhiya looked helpless, unsure how to resolve the conflict between the two.
Gu Gan felt uneasy, but Sheng Fei was delighted. It was rare for Yu Sui to express her opinion, which pleased him greatly. His originally cold and harsh expression softened considerably.
"How did you get hurt like this?" Sheng Fei looked down at Yu Sui walking beside him. "Besides these injuries on your face, where else are you hurting? Does it hurt?"
"No, I was just scratched by the arrows from the enemy formation. The blood wasn't mine; it was from the enemy formation," Yu Sui said with a smile.
Sheng Fei was taken aback by her smiling face with her eyes crinkling.
In a daze, I felt that something was different.
Even though the person in front of him was clearly his sister, Nangong Sui, he felt that something was different.
Has she ever laughed like that before?
Sheng Fei couldn't help but ask himself the same question, but he couldn't find the answer.
Yu Sui interrupted his thoughts and said softly, "Third Brother, those two points are very important. I'm risking my life for them today."
"What kind of military formation are you practicing? Is it really that difficult?" Sheng Fei frowned. "Are those three next to you all useless?"
Yu Sui shook her head and laughed, "They're not. I'm the one who's useless, which is why it took me so long to learn the ninth-rate technique."
Sheng Fei stopped involuntarily, and Yu Sui stopped as well, turning around.
The brother and sister stopped in the middle of the wide road. The stone lanterns on both sides attracted a few moths to flutter around them, and their shadows on the ground were stretched.
Since they would be participating in activities at Taiyi Academy together from now on, Yu Sui wouldn't be able to hide it even if she wanted to, so she preemptively confessed: "Third Brother, I have a Five Elements Light Core, so I'm a first-realm, ninth-class sorcerer!"
Her face, though dirty, wore a bright smile that even the blood and gruesome wounds couldn't conceal.
The night breeze ruffled the strands of hair on Yu Sui's face and the hem of her skirt. The golden hairpin with tassels on her head swayed as she turned, making a crisp, lonely sound.
Sheng Fei stared at her in astonishment.
He finally realized that something was wrong.
In his memory, Nangong Sui had never smiled at him like that.
At this moment, Yu Sui seemed dazzling to him.
The little girl who used to quietly follow him, either bewildered or attentively watching his teaching, has grown taller and taller without him realizing it. Just as he thought when he was a child, this little sister has never been so stupid as to be beyond redemption, but because of her stupidity, she is not a threat.
Yu Sui could live under his protection for the rest of her life.
Sheng Fei was certain that he could protect the weak Nangong Sui.
However, at this moment, the person he thought was destined to live under his wing suddenly spread his wings and flew away.
"...Is that so? Your master, Saint Changgen, helped you?" Sheng Fei pursed his lips and continued walking forward, his eyes following Yu Sui out of the corner of his eye.
“Yes!” Yu Sui nodded, and said as they walked, “Master is very powerful. He can solve any problem I have.”
Sheng Fei scoffed, "That's a saint. You've just started cultivating, and you have a head full of little problems that even a saint can solve."
Yu Sui laughed along with her.
Sheng Fei asked, "Does Father know?"
"I don't know." Yu Sui looked up at him. "Third Brother, you're the first one to know."
Sheng Fei nodded: "Then he will definitely look at you in a new light when he finds out. He has misjudged you all these years. I don't think his Asura Eye is as powerful as the experts say. He can even misjudge his own daughter's talent."
Yu Sui scratched his head: "The Asura Eye is a famous celestial technique, it must be very powerful."
Sheng Fei chuckled and urged her to hurry back to her dormitory to take a shower and then apply medicine to her face so as not to leave scars.
When Yu Sui returned to her residence, Sheng Fei gave her the medicine for her injury before leaving.
On his way back, Sheng Fei frowned slightly. He didn't know why, but his mood was neither good nor bad. He recalled what Yu Sui had said before, over and over again, and finally noticed the sentence: "Third Brother, you are the first to know."
So, Gu Gan didn't know?
Hey.
I suddenly felt great.
While taking a bath, Yu Sui replied to Gu Gan's message via the Wind-Listening Ruler, briefly informing him of tonight's trial and explaining that his disheveled state was due to the battle within the armored formation.
She countered, "Didn't you go to challenge yourself to a higher level today? Did you succeed?"
Gu Gan said, "No, almost."
He also told Yu Sui about his battle with Kong Yiyi in the ancient battlefield of the Bingjia Formation that day. Because they were both in the Bingjia Formation, the two talked for longer than usual and had more to say.
After the water cooled down, Yu Sui put down the wind-listening ruler. As she got up to get dressed, she was still thinking about all the information she had just received from Gu Gan.
Yu Sui originally wanted to ask Li Jinshuang to go with her, but she didn't see her at the dormitory. She thought she might have gone to the bathhouse on the first floor, so she took the dragon ladder down to the first floor and sent a message to Li Jinshuang on the way, asking where she was.
Li Jinshuang replied that they had already arrived at the dining hall.
Yu Sui then went directly to the dining hall.
Li Jinshuang arrived first, and Xue Mushi arrived last. After Xue Mushi arrived, the vegetarian hall served dishes, and a large table was filled. Yu Sui generously said, "You can eat as much as you want tonight, I have money."
Having tormented in the Asura Hell for so long, both body and mind had suffered to some extent. They were exhausted and hungry, but Yu Sui had never seen Xue Mushi eat in such a whirlwind manner.
This kid looks delicate and thin, and a bit dull and wooden, but unexpectedly, when he starts eating, he becomes huge in the eyes of Yu Sui and the others.
Xue Mushi eats very seriously and attentively. He doesn't care about others and only focuses on eating his own food. When he's hungry, he seems to eat anything. What others can finish in three or five bites, he can swallow in one gulp.
Yu Sui and the other two watched Xue Mushi eat for a while, unsure whether to eat the food on their chopsticks or put it down, while Xue Mushi ignored them and emptied plate after plate.
He looked like a starving ghost who had been abused for hundreds of years without food.
To prove that Xue Mushi wasn't a starving ghost from their own family, Yu Sui and the other two quietly took their bowls to another table.
The dining hall was quiet late at night, and the bustling second floor during the day was now empty except for the four of them. Usually, there were hardly any people at this time. Princess Shangyang just happened to be craving something sweet today, so she brought her group of sisters to the dining hall for dinner.
Princess Shangyang also liked to dine on the second floor of the dining hall, so she never expected to meet Yu Sui at this time when she came up.
"Nangong Sui!"
Yu Sui, who was engrossed in eating, suddenly heard someone call her name and looked up blankly.
This shout also stopped Mei Liangyu and his two companions, who were stealing food from the dining hall in the next room. Zhong Lishan and Xing Chun, who were on his left and right, looked out the door at the same time.
Princess Shangyang, leading her group of three or five sisters, raised her chin slightly towards Yu Sui, walked over, ignored Wei Ren sitting next to her, and elegantly pulled up a chair to sit down opposite Yu Sui.
As the beloved daughter of Empress Qingyang, Princess Shangyang was the center of attention in the Qingyang Kingdom, and was still pampered and spoiled by many people at Taiyi Academy.
He is now a ninth-level sorcerer of the Yin-Yang School, apprenticed to a Yin-Yang School sage in the academy, and possesses great talent and a promising future.
Princess Shangyang, who was born into a noble family and was pampered and spoiled from a young age, had everything she wanted, and became more and more arrogant as she grew up.
She always remembered the time when Yu Sui was assigned a desk at the National Academy when she was little. She had already asked her to come back, but Yu Sui chose the annoying Zhong Li Que and said that she wanted to play with Zhong Li Que instead of her.
He stole the spotlight and saved Gu Gan on his very first day at the academy.
snort.
Princess Shangyang had been busy these past few days and hadn't run into Yu Sui. But today, she suddenly bumped into him, and all sorts of past memories came flooding back to her. She couldn't swallow this insult.
Seeing Princess Shangyang's aggressive approach, Wei Ren took his bowl back to Xue Mushi's table and, while biting his chopsticks, went to watch the lively scene unfold around Yu Sui.
Yu Sui blinked at Princess Shangyang.
Princess Shangyang said arrogantly, "Why didn't you bring your favorite playmate, Zhongli Que, to Taiyi?"
Upon hearing his sister's name, Zhong Lishan, who was inside the room, moved his eyes and walked towards the door, listening quietly.
Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun continued to stuff things into the food box.
Before Yu Sui could answer, Princess Shangyang gently covered her mouth as if in surprise and said, "Oh dear, I forgot, you selfish woman still looked down on Zhong Li Que and didn't become friends with her. At the banquet, you left poor Zhong Li Que to play alone, with no one to keep her company."
“Yes.” Yu Sui nodded in agreement.
Princess Shangyang tapped the table with her finger: "I said you're hypocritical and selfish, why are you nodding?"
“Because you’re right, Princess.” Yu Sui propped her head up with one hand and looked at her, sincere and innocent.
Xing Chun and Mei Liangyu also pricked up their ears to listen.
Yu Sui's attitude always infuriated Princess Shangyang, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. Princess Shangyang continued her elegant tapping of the table with her fingers, and said sarcastically, "Weren't you and Zhongli Que very close before? I asked you to come back, but you wouldn't!"
"That was all when I was a kid." Yu Sui lowered her head and ate her rice.
"Don't eat!" Princess Shangyang slammed her hand on the table, causing the bowls to shake. Yu Sui and Li Jinshuang immediately picked up their bowls.
"What's wrong with things from when we were little? Do you think I'd be so petty as to hold onto things from when we were little?!" Princess Shangyang glared at her. "You were the one who wanted to play with Zhong Lique first, and then abandoned her because of your father. You're even more annoying than Zhong Lique!"
Xing Chun took out the Wind-Listening Ruler and sent a message to Mei Liangyu: "???"
Mei Liangyu replied to him: "?"
Xing Chun: "Keep an eye on Xiao Shan later, don't let him rush out and beat up your junior sister."
Mei Liangyu pointed to the crossword puzzle: "He dares to hit me?"
Xing Chun: "The guy who spoke ill of his sister last time got beaten up by Xiao Shan and lost three of his teeth."
Mei Liangyu: "Why did he hit Nangong Sui?"
Xing Chun: "It sounds like her current situation is not good in Xiao Shan's eyes."
The two looked toward Zhonglishan at the door.
Zhong Lishan was about to raise his hand when, just as his sleeves began to flutter, he was simultaneously frozen in place by two people behind him using the Nine Streams Technique.
“?!” Zhong Lishan slowly turned around, looking at Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun with a head full of question marks.
Princess Shangyang slammed her fist on the table in anger once more from outside: "What kind of attitude is this?!"
"What kind of attitude is that?" Yu Sui asked, holding the bowl and looking at her with a puzzled expression. "I'll just go along with whatever you want to say."
Princess Shangyang was so angry she wanted to lash out, but Yu Sui's anger left her speechless: "You... I just don't like you!"
Yu Sui blinked and said, "I don't like you either."
These words instantly ignited Princess Shangyang's fury: "Nangong Sui, how dare you speak to me like that!"
"Princess! Princess, please stop!" The group of sisters rushed forward to stop Princess Shangyang when they saw her about to jump over the table to hit Yu Sui.
"Let me go! Jinzhi, let me go! I'm going to have a match with her today! How dare you come to Taiyi? You're just a nobody!" Princess Shangyang was dragged away from Yu Sui's table by her friends and rushed to the third floor.
The girl, who was called Jinzhi by Princess Shangyang, hurriedly turned around and glanced at Yu Sui.
Yu Sui was also looking at her.
Those dark pupils reflected only himself, a different expression from when he spoke with Princess Shangyang; his bright almond-shaped eyes were calm and cold when he looked at her.
Jinzhi felt a tightness in her chest, as if she had returned to that winter day last year.
She held Princess Shangyang's hand, which trembled slightly, and hurriedly avoided Yu Sui's gaze, running to the third floor faster than the others.
"Let me go!" Princess Shangyang broke free from the others and tried to go downstairs to find Yu Sui, but Jinzhi blocked her at the top of the stairs. "Princess, don't go!"
Perhaps startled by the fear in Jinzhi's eyes, Princess Shangyang said in a daze, "Why are you so afraid? I'm going to cause trouble for Nangong Sui, not for you."
Jinzhi hurriedly lowered her head, but still opened her arms to block Princess Shangyang from leaving.
Princess Shangyang turned around angrily and found a seat. Jinzhi breathed a sigh of relief and went over to coax her along with the others.
This time, Jinzhi couldn't put in the effort to coax the angry Princess Shangyang as usual. After sitting down, she couldn't help but recall the look Yu Sui gave her when she went upstairs.
It is common knowledge that Princess Shangyang and Zhongli Que are at odds. Yu Sui, who had a good relationship with Zhongli Que when they were young in the Imperial Academy, no longer had much contact with Zhongli Que after leaving the Imperial Academy.
Because of the mutual hostility between Nangong Ming and Zhongli Ci, the relationship between the children of the two families has become delicate.
Most people are on good terms with Nangong Ming. Zhongli Que's situation is considered somewhat dangerous by the Qingyang ministers. Since childhood, Zhongli Que has only been close to her clansmen, and she is very cautious about communicating with outsiders.
Otherwise, they might end up like Yu Sui, who got along well with others at the National Academy but started keeping their distance after leaving.
So when the young ladies from aristocratic families gathered to chat, they would occasionally talk about Zhong Lique. Some people thought she was pitiful, while others thought she was pretending to be innocent. There were all sorts of opinions.
Jinzhi belongs to the group that dislikes Zhongli Que.
Sometimes you don't need a reason to dislike someone. You only need to see their face to know that they make you uncomfortable, and then nothing they do will please you.
The Golden Branch and the Zhongli Sparrow are like this.
In addition, she followed Princess Shangyang, who also disliked Zhongli Que. This gave Jinzhi even more reason to dislike Zhongli Que.
The young ladies from noble families ostracized Zhong Lique, and Jinzhi often mocked Zhong Lique for how she used to fawn over Yu Sui like a puppy trying to please its master. Now that Yu Sui no longer played with her, she had truly become an unwanted dog.
Last winter, Jinzhi also attended a banquet in the palace.
While Princess Shangyang and the others were strolling in the garden to admire the plum blossoms, she was delayed by something and couldn't keep up with the group. When she caught up with them alone, she happened to run into Zhongli Que standing under the plum tree, holding a sword.
Both of them were startled upon seeing each other. Zhongli Que instinctively explained, "I'm not..."
Jinzhi covered her mouth and said, "How dare you take a sword?"
She was both surprised and excited. If word got out that Zhongli Que was holding a sword, tonight would be quite a spectacle.
Jinzhi ignored Zhongli Que and ran forward to call Princess Shangyang and the others to come and see.
But she had only run a few steps when she tripped over the exploding Five Elements Light Core beneath her feet and fell into the icy lake water. Before Jinzhi could even scream, she was about to surface when someone grabbed her hair and shoved her back down.
The lake water was icy cold, and the biting chill made Jinzhi panic. She knew the Nine Streams Technique, but there was an even more powerful force suppressing her.
During her struggles of surfacing and being pushed back underwater several times, Jinzhi saw a slender hand wearing a jade bracelet through the swaying water. Just as she struggled to the surface and saw Yu Sui so close to her, she was ruthlessly pushed back into the water.
That brief encounter plunged Jinzhi's heart into despair.
The sound of splashing water rang out, and Jinzhi struggled desperately, shouting, "Nan...Nangong Sui!"
She heard Nangong Sui laugh, grab her by the neck and say, "I've been wanting to talk to you for a while now. How about today? Are you planning to tell others what you just saw and then die, or do you want to die right now?"
how so?
Jinzhi, struggling to breathe as Yu Sui choked her by the neck, was in disbelief. Her eyes trembled as she tried to reconcile the person before her, who sounded like a demon, with the usually naive and innocent Princess Nangong.
Jinzhi nearly fainted, struggling in the icy lake water as her strength waned. She felt the fear of impending death as she suffocated. She cried and begged for mercy. Yu Sui slowly released her, stood up, and looked down at Jinzhi, who was lying disheveled on the shore.
That night, standing behind Yu Sui was Zhong Li Que.
Jinzhi covered her neck and looked up, water dripping from her forehead and sliding down her eyelashes, but it did not blur her vision.
She saw that standing behind Yu Sui was not only Zhong Lique, but also Su Feng, the second son of the royal family who was traveling with Yu Sui.
It was Su Feng who just allowed Yu Sui to use the Nine Streams Technique to suppress Jin Zhi's power, preventing him from rising from the water.
People always say that Yu Sui and Zhong Li Que have fallen out, but Jin Zhi knows that the Nangong siblings have an incredibly good relationship with Zhong Li Que.
The night breeze blowing in from the window brushed against the back of Jinzhi's neck, its coolness pulling her back from her reverie. Jinzhi thought of Yu Sui downstairs and couldn't help but shiver.
[Author's Note]
Nangong Sui is seen differently from different people's perspectives.
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