Chapter 172 The Spirit Puppet of the Countless Mountains
The golden sun illuminated the water curtain, and the sea and sky merged into one. The mechanical sorcerers guarding behind the water wall saw the Spirit Bird returning from underwater in the blink of an eye.
It was already night, and the chaotic energy above the Abyss Sea was much farther away from the surface, but many sea eyes still threatened the Mechanical Island.
Back at sea, Li Jinshuang woke Yu Sui up and saw her sitting up sleepily, sitting there blankly without moving. She spoke to her in a soft voice.
After Yu Sui rubbed her face and gradually woke up, she got out of bed.
The area outside was teeming with people, both on land and at sea. Almost all of them were sorcerers from the four major mechanical families. Anyone not dressed in the uniforms of a mechanical family would be extremely conspicuous as soon as they stepped out of the Spirit Bird.
The saints were still discussing matters on the helm. After Yu Sui and the others came out, they learned that they would not be able to return to the academy for a while because there were also sea eyes appearing on the way back to the academy. They would have to wait for the saints on the water boat to solve the problem of the sea eyes first.
The Taiyi students standing on the edge of the ship's railing fell silent.
They didn't want to stay on the island with certain people for even a second longer.
Yu Sui asked, looking bewildered, "How do we solve this?"
Baili Mo, who came to deliver the message, replied with a smile, "I don't know either."
However, another steward named Situ, who was passing by, said to Li Jinshuang, "Our young master instructed that if you cannot find a place to stay on the Mechanical Island, you can stay at the Situ family's residence temporarily."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Sui and the others followed the gaze of Steward Situ and looked at Li Jinshuang.
Yu Sui thought to herself, "Situ Jin knew all along that they wouldn't be able to leave after they got ashore."
Zhang Xiangyun sneered inwardly; this kid was being far too obvious.
Li Jinshuang was puzzled as to why everyone was suddenly looking at her. However, she was used to being silent and only knew how to follow orders rather than make her own decisions, so Steward Situ was destined to receive no response from her.
In the stillness, the cry of a sea eagle came from the sky. The white-headed, black-feathered sea eagle flew towards Mei Liangyu, who was leaning against the ship's railing, with clear purpose. It grazed his shoulder with its talons, circled him once, and then landed on his other shoulder. It spread its wings and flapped them twice, looking quite excited.
"Brother Liangyu!"
Before they could see her, they heard her voice. The girl's sweet voice drew everyone's attention. The girl, who had emerged from a group of Situ family sorcerers, looked cheerful and waved to Mei Liangyu. As she ran, two golden ribbons in her hair fluttered in the wind.
Situ Ling cheered when she saw Mei Liangyu: "Brother Liangyu, I've come to take you to see Grandmother!"
When Steward Situ saw her, he respectfully greeted her as Miss Ling, feeling fortunate that she had come to his rescue.
Situ Ling completely ignored everyone else, chattering like a little sparrow around Mei Liangyu, unable to stop once she started: "Where's my brother? Didn't he come up with you?"
"There are so many sea eyes here! If they get through the Heavenly Water Wall, will our Mechanical Island be doomed?"
"If Mechanical Island is destroyed, then the entire Taiyi region will be destroyed along with it!"
"Is the Undersea Mechanical City fun? What's there? Is there a giant Golden Crow there? I heard the first Golden Crow is down there!"
"..."
The little girl could liven up the atmosphere all by herself, leaving no one else able to get a word in edgewise. Mei Liangyu was already used to Situ Ling's talkativeness, so she didn't ask her to finish talking first.
Steward Situ tried to speak several times, but was silenced by Situ Ling's self-talk. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, waited with a bitter face for a long time, and finally found an opportunity to tell Situ Ling about the young master's invitation to these Taiyi students to stay temporarily at the Situ family home.
"Really? Is that what my brother said?" Situ Ling turned to Yu Sui and the others and generously invited them, "Then come on over! My house is big enough to accommodate everyone."
With just one sentence, Miss Ling took these academy students who had nowhere else to go away.
Yu Sui didn't expect that Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu would come along too.
She kept glancing at Zhang Xiangyun on the way, and Zhang Xiangyun raised an eyebrow at her, looking completely relaxed and not flustered at all.
It seems the problem of the Milky Way water has been solved.
Senior brother has already given the Milky Way Water to Nian Qiuyan?
Yu Sui blinked and looked away.
The Situ family's palace is located on the Heavenly Palace of the Mechanical Island, and everyone must take the Dragon Ladder to reach it.
Some of the dragon ladders here are fully sealed and used for transporting goods, while others are made of translucent jade. When the dragon ladders rise to a high point, you can see the entire mechanical island brightly lit up, and you can also see the dark clouds and lightning gathering above the abyss sea in the distance.
Because Situ's grandmother wanted to see Mei Liangyu, he was asked to leave as soon as he stepped off the dragon ladder. Situ, the steward who came with him, led Yu Sui and the others away and arranged accommodations for them.
The Situ family home is filled with various green plants and flowers. Even in the guest residence courtyard, there are several towering ancient trees, one with red leaves and one with green leaves complementing each other.
On either side of the stone screen wall after entering, there are several green bamboos. Under the light at night, the bamboo shadows dance gently on the stone wall in the night breeze. Inside, there is an open-air stone table, enough for three to five people to sit.
Further in, you'll see rows of carved wooden windows along the long corridor, adorned with blooming magnolias and climbing trumpet vines.
Steward Situ arranged the best lodgings for them, with each person having a private courtyard, all connected in this area, and servants guarding the outside, so they could be informed at any time if needed.
Yu Sui stood under the eaves, looking at the exquisite and luxurious courtyard, as if she had returned to the royal palace, which was just as luxurious and elegant.
Entering through the door, you find yourself in the main room, furnished with tables and chairs for receiving guests. Further in, past a screen, lies the bedroom, with a separate small bathroom at the far end. Hot water is already prepared, and Yu Sui tested the temperature with her hand; it was just right. Clean clothes were also laid out on the clothes rack beside her.
Incense was lit in the room; the scent was faint, yet it provided a sense of warmth in the night, which was just right for those of them who had just returned from the cold, deep sea.
It was Situ Jin who gave the order, and Steward Situ took it to heart, arranging the best accommodations. Then it was Situ Ling who gave the order, and the treatment was upgraded, with the servants taking care of every detail.
Yu Sui had rested the whole way and was in much better condition than before.
Seeing that hot water was ready, he simply took off his clothes and took a bath. He looked around the room, from the screen frame to the murals, and then to the tables, chairs and curtains. Finally, he came to a conclusion: the Situ family was indeed very rich, worthy of being a prominent family of mechanical engineers.
I wonder who bought the spirit puppets from their house.
Or perhaps, the reason the spirit puppet is priced so high is because they don't want to sell it.
According to my senior brother, creating a spirit puppet is very expensive and difficult. Wouldn't it be even more difficult to create a spirit puppet like the Situ Spirit Puppet or the second grandmother of the Situ family?
Yu Sui propped her head up with one hand in the bathtub, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw the Listening Wind Ruler on her clothes, and the thought of Counting Mountains came to mind.
Counting mountains.
Spirit Puppet.
If the operating rules of the mountains were applied to spirit puppets, wouldn't they become spirit puppets with intelligent learning capabilities? We could even customize the preferences and abilities of the spirit puppets ourselves.
Yu Sui's expression was strange. She thought of the small mountain on the Spirit Bird. The mechanical engineers had the ability to create mountains, so her guess was not unreasonable.
The mechanical gears seen deep within Situ Lingkui's eyes were engraved with faint numerical runes.
Those might be the mountains connecting to the mechanical island, no, they should be the mountains belonging to the Situ family.
If the Situ family can manipulate the spirit puppets by relying on several mountains, then Yu Sui has a bold idea.
The operating rules of the mountain are quite mysterious, because the five elements can transform into all things. The mountain acts as a transit point, and its owner can set the mode in which the five elements are to be materialized into something.
We should have used the Divine Eye and Heavenly Insight technique to take a look back then.
Yu Sui raised her hand and tapped her head, reminding herself to remember next time.
When it comes to research on mountains, Yu Sui is quite confident.
She lost interest in bathing, got up, dressed, picked up the Wind Listening Ruler, sat on the edge of the bed, and drew a line on the ruler with her finger. The ruler flashed with jade light, and a long string of black and gold intertwined numerical runes flew out, resembling colorful ribbons that circled around Yu Sui.
Yu Sui had an idea before, but at that time she was still a person who could not cultivate the arts and could only act by relying on her unconscious power of the Heavenly Eye. Her Five Elements Light Core had not reached its current level, so she put it aside.
Now, staring at the rapidly sliding inscriptions on the Wind Listening Ruler, her fingers itched. She tapped the fill-in-the-blank square and began to continue writing the cipher text that had been interrupted earlier.
Yu Sui's touch on the word-filling grid was slow, but the ribbons of inscription characters overflowing from the Listening Wind Ruler were increasing. When they reached a certain length, they would merge together and form a new ribbon of runes after Yu Sui finished touching the grid.
The room was brightly lit by candlelight, and the girl sitting on the edge of the bed had beautiful eyes. If you looked closely, you could see the rapidly flashing inscriptions in her clear eyes, but even if you were lucky enough to see them, you would hardly be able to understand their meaning.
Yu Sui had considered creating several mountains himself before, but the materials for creating several mountains were complex and could not be bought even with money. Furthermore, he might attract the attention of various forces, so he had to give up.
Instead of wasting time, energy, and money creating mountains of resources yourself, it's better to seize what belongs to others and use it for your own benefit.
In Yu Sui's eyes, both Qingyang National Academy and Taiyi Communication Academy were very beautiful places, and she liked them very much.
Time passed by unnoticed until Yu Sui reached a bottleneck. She stopped, pondered for a moment, put away the Wind Listening Ruler, got out of bed, stretched, and stood at the door watching the night for a while.
I wonder how my senior brother's talk with Grandmother Situ went.
This time, Yu Sui didn't send the light core with her. After thinking for a moment, she stepped into the night and quietly went to the guest house where Nian Qiuyan was.
Nian Qiuyan is still awake.
His room contained writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, and he was quietly preparing ink, as if he knew someone would definitely come tonight, since the door was not even closed.
Yu Sui climbed over the wall to get in.
She had no intention of hiding. When Nian Qiuyan heard the noise, she looked up and saw a beautiful figure in red reflected in her eyes.
As expected.
Nian Qiuyan picked up her brush, dipped it in ink, and drew three stars on the paper.
Yu Sui didn't go inside. Instead, she followed the wall around to the window, looked at Nian Qiuyan standing behind the table by the window, and called out, "Senior Brother Nian."
“I did guess you would come.” Nian Qiuyan looked up at her, her expression gentle.
Yu Sui cut to the chase: "Did Senior Brother give you the Milky Way water?"
Nian Qiuyan generously replied, "Yes, I gave it to you."
“At the Panlong Grottoes, I didn’t mention that you were also in Beikun City. It was my senior brother who guessed it and asked me to tell him whether you were there or not.” Yu Sui looked at Nian Qiuyan with a helpless expression and said, “It seems that my senior brother has suspected you for a long time. He even gave you the Milky Way Water on his own initiative. What does he mean by that?”
Nian Qiuyan held her paintbrush and continued to refine the divination array on the paper. Facing the helpless Yu Sui, she didn't seem anxious: "Your senior brother is such a smart person, it's hard to guess what he's thinking."
Yu Sui asked, "You couldn't guess either?"
Nian Qiuyan said, "When he doesn't want people to guess, they really can't."
Yu Sui nodded blankly, then asked, "Senior Brother, what are your plans next?"
[Author's Note]
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