Chapter 71 Should we fight? That's Nangong Sui's own brother! (21,000+)
Wen Yanghui never imagined that he would be eliminated at the Dragon's Tail, especially on the third day of the Dragon Slayer Cave challenge.
Many disciples emerged from the teleportation point.
Disciples who lose consciousness from a fatal injury are teleported away immediately without waiting for their instructors to take them away.
Only disciples who are injured but not fatal, or who have fallen into dangerous places and cannot leave, can destroy their own exquisite heart mechanism. The mountains will then send a location to the instructors of the thirteen realms, who will then teleport the disciples there to take them away.
This also applies to the Dragon Slayer Cave, where malicious disciples may abuse and torment others, attacking but not killing them. When a disciple is trapped, they can protect themselves and escape.
To Wen Yanghui, he was the one who abused the other disciples, not the one who needed to destroy his own cleverness to seek liberation and actively eliminate himself.
The injuries he sustained in the Dragon Slayer Cave caused Wen Yanghui to cough. The instructor came over to check on him and said in surprise, "Oh, why are you out so early too?"
Wen Yanghui's face was gloomy, and he refused to answer.
The two instructors in front of him seemed oblivious to his gloom. They even pulled out their Wind Listening Ruler to check his location, and then laughed and said, "How come you were eliminated from the Dragon Tail again? What are you doing at the Dragon Tail, a Class A disciple?"
That's even more unacceptable to answer.
Sitting on the ground, Wen Yanghui tilted his head back and said, "Remove the lightning seal from me."
Even Taoist disciples themselves cannot eliminate it.
Many people recognized Wen Yanghui at the academy's open teleportation point. When they heard the instructor say that he had been eliminated at Dragon Tail, some people couldn't help but burst out laughing and mocked him without any restraint, and began to whisper among themselves.
Wen Yanghui kept a straight face and endured it.
Inside the Dragon Slayer Cave.
Yan Xiaochuan stood on the boulder, the look of surprise still lingering in his eyes.
He had previously heard Yu Sui mention underwater mechanisms that could dispel the Five Elements Qi that suppressed their Nine Streams Techniques in the water, making the river fierce and turbulent, capable of devouring people on the shore.
But he didn't expect it to be so fierce. The seemingly gentle river water stirred up a huge wave and swallowed Wen Yanghui in the blink of an eye.
Before swallowing it, it also unleashed a bolt of golden lightning.
The giant waves brought splashing water, and the dark clouds in the sky dispersed. Su Tong finished her divination array of mountains and rivers. Yu Sui landed instantly from the boulder and heard Yan Xiaochuan ask her, "Little Princess, did you see that? Wasn't there a golden lightning bolt that struck Wen Yanghui just now?"
Yu Sui turned around and asked in surprise, "You saw it too?"
Yan Xiaochuan nodded repeatedly, rubbing his wrists which ached from sparring with Wen Yanghui. He instantly appeared beside her and pointed to the spot where Wen Yanghui had been standing, saying, "The moment he opened the scroll, a bolt of golden lightning struck him. Strange, where did that lightning come from?"
“I don’t know either,” Yu Sui said, puzzled. “I just activated the underwater mechanism and knew he would be pulled down by the river, so I had him open the scroll to see what kind of mechanism he had this time.”
Seeing that Yu Sui was just as puzzled as he was, Yan Xiaochuan pondered for a moment, then stroked his chin and said, "Could it be that he triggered the hidden Nine-Style Technique in the Dragon Slaying Cave? He's really unlucky. It could also be caused by the underwater trap array, which first uses golden lightning to immobilize people, then pulls them into the water."
Yu Sui looked at him with a slightly brighter gaze, filled with curiosity and admiration: "Is that so?"
Who could resist being looked at with a slightly adoring gaze by a pretty girl?
Yan Xiaochuan laughed awkwardly on the spot: "Haha! I was just guessing."
Yu Sui just blinked at him without saying anything, but her dark eyes seemed to say, "I think you're absolutely right."
Yan Xiaochuan was feeling elated and completely unable to resist.
“Although Wen Yanghui has been dealt with, Princess Shangyang is still here. We need to teleport away from here before she breaks the divination array and comes out,” Yu Sui said. “You go and check the teleportation point first, and I will go and bring Senior Sister Su over.”
Yan Xiaochuan repeatedly said "good," and after watching Yu Sui safely cross the river to the other side using the Wind Riding Technique, he turned and walked towards the dark mountain pass.
Su Tong was still in the bushes where she had previously set up the divination array. As the person controlling the array, she could not be exposed. If someone attacked her while she was controlling the array, the array would become unstable.
She cast two divination spells tonight.
The first person trapped Princess Shangyang and her sisters in the forest and did not participate in the fight against Wen Yanghui.
The second one is aimed at Wen Yanghui's divination array landscape painting.
The area obscured by the dark clouds was the area where Su Tong could control the five elements. She drew away Wen Yanghui's power, preventing him from sensing the surrounding five elements, while simultaneously absorbing his own.
Wen Yanghui's golden thunder power was also weakened as a result. He reacted quickly and, after discovering that the Dao Talisman Breaking the Divination Formation had been blocked by Yan Xiaochuan, he immediately switched to using the mechanical scroll, intending to use mechanical techniques. However, he did not expect that Yu Sui would enter the scene at the right moment.
Wen Yanghui was surprised that Yu Suihui would make a move.
He even felt that he had already shown leniency to Yu Sui out of consideration for Gu Gan.
Wen Yanghui believed that the biggest threat was Su Tong, and it was because of Su Tong that he took the initiative to attack. Among the three, he only acknowledged Su Tong as his opponent.
Given enough time, Su Tong could indeed pose a formidable threat by casting divination spells and setting up formations in advance.
However, Su Tong was severely injured by the golden lightning. In her injured state, she could not maintain the formation for long. In the end, it was Yu Sui who delivered the fatal blow to Wen Yanghui.
Yu Sui used the communication array to alter the operating rules of the universe within the Dragon Slayer Cave.
The five elements of Qi within the Dragon Slayer Cave circulate continuously, therefore all the Nine Streams Techniques used by everyone inside are recorded on the mountain.
Yu Sui took out the Nine Streams Technique runes that had existed in the records of the mountains, used the Divine Eye of Heaven to capture the Qi of the Five Elements, changed the time point, and made it reappear.
Inside the Dragon Slayer Cave, any man-made scenery—that is, the settings left by the Taiyi Saints of past generations—can be altered through the mountain communication array that connects the five elements.
For example, the river in front of us that restricts disciples from using the Bagua Life Technique was also artificially created.
All the teleportation arrays inside the Dragon Slayer Cave were also created and built by humans.
Although she could hack into the communication array of the Dragon Slayer Cave and change some of the settings of the Five Elements Qi, Yu Sui had to use it carefully because the Dragon Slayer Cave Trial was patrolled and guarded by instructors from the Thirteen Realms and saints from various families. She couldn't attract too much attention.
By the time Yu Sui arrived at Su Tong's side using his wind manipulation technique, it was getting dark. Su Tong stood up, supporting herself on a tree trunk with one hand. Her lips were scarlet, and there was blood on her sleeves.
When she saw Yu Sui, she asked, "Did you succeed?"
"Yes! Thanks to your divination array, Senior Sister, let's teleport to the front quickly and find someone to remove the lightning seal for you." Yu Sui reached out to help Su Tong, but she shook her head and refused. "It's okay, don't worry about me. It's just that casting the divination consumes energy. I'll feel much better after a night's rest."
Hearing from Yu Sui that Wen Yanghui had been dealt with, Su Tong was happy, and even the burning pain from the lightning and fire on her body was relieved a bit.
Yu Sui led Su Tong to the mountain pass where the teleportation point was located.
The dark cave entrance was illuminated by Yan Xiaochuan's Zhou Tian Huo. The cave ceiling was high, the cave walls were smooth, and the cave seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance, while the ground was covered with countless small stones.
Yan Xiaochuan was squatting on the ground, his expression focused, his eyes scanning the pebbles one by one. As he made a hand seal, the pebbles on the ground made a slight trembling sound, and then slowly stood up and floated in the air.
"Xiaohua, greet your friends and politely ask them what their names are."
Yan Xiaochuan threw the small black stone in his palm into the ground. The stone shimmered with golden light and began to spin rapidly with a hum, crashing into the floating pebbles.
The black stone struck, resonating with its name and activating the teleportation array. The named fragments of stone gathered into the shape of a door, standing before the three.
Yan Xiaochuan beckoned, and Little Black Stone flew back, which he caught in his hand.
"It's done." Yan Xiaochuan turned around and smiled brightly at Yu Sui and Su Tong.
Yu Sui exclaimed in a crisp voice, "That's really amazing!"
As she said this, she separated her Soul Control Divide Consciousness to check the situation at the docking point. There were no other disciples nearby, but two or three groups of people were moving around a little further away.
This is the third night, and the red dots on the head have moved forward quite a bit more.
Yu Sui led Su Tong and Yan Xiaochuan into the teleportation array, heading from the dragon's tail to its claws.
The mountains divide the dragon's belly in the Dragon-Slaying Cave into twelve sections.
Taiyi's challenger disciple was the fastest in the ninth section of the dragon's belly.
The number of people in the seventh and eighth sections was large, and the number kept increasing while people kept disappearing.
Before reaching Dragon's Maw, the entire area is a battle for teleportation arrays. The only known publicly available teleportation array route goes all the way to Dragon's Maw, which allows you to avoid many troublesome trials.
Beyond Dragon's Throat, there are no more teleportation arrays; you must proceed through the trials honestly.
Mei Liangyu is in the eighth section of the dragon's belly.
He had just finished clearing out the terraced tea fields in the mountains, eliminating all the disciples in this area. Tonight, there were flashes of lightning and booming thunder in the clouds, making it an ominous night.
Xing Chun squatted on the edge of the field, bent down and scooped up water to wash his face.
Zhongli Shan was wiping his longsword. Mei Liangyu stood on the mountaintop, looked up at the lightning behind the clouds, felt an itchy sensation on his hand, and then looked down.
The farm's communication beast crawled onto his fingertip, bringing news from the front.
Mei Liangyu said to the two behind him, "Cang Shu said that in the ninth section, we should go south. The military strategist Pang Rong was in the ninth section, and Liu Shan was eliminated."
Cang Shu and Shi Yuezhen were the strongest members of their team, so they took the lead, clearing out the competitors ahead and then sending the safest and fastest route back.
"How could Pang Rong be so fast this time?" Zhong Lishan was a little surprised.
Mei Liangyu said, "He collaborated with the renowned artist Sheng Fei and the master of esoteric arts Mu Mengbai."
Xing Chun wiped his face and turned his head. "Can these three really work together?"
Mei Liangyu raised an eyebrow slightly, as if asking why not?
“Pang Rong and Sheng Fei both have fiery tempers and want to be in charge. I’m curious who will listen to whom when they work together.” Xing Chun wiped himself and took out some dry biscuits from the puzzle box to fill his stomach.
“I’d like to know too,” Zhong Lishan said thoughtfully. “Sheng Fei definitely won’t listen to Pang Rong.”
Xing Chun sat on the edge of the field, the back of his neck stung by the cold tea leaves. He looked back and said, "This must be a virtual medicine field for the medical family. Every time I see the familiar academy scenery in the Dragon Slayer Cave, I feel a little disoriented. The illusion and reality are so well done."
Zhonglishan said, "You can understand it as it does exist, but it's just similar to the medicinal fields of the doctors in your memory."
Mei Liangyu replied, "It's the same medicinal herb field."
Xing Chun, munching on a dry biscuit, raised his head and said in a soothing tone, "I believe everything you two say so that we can stay harmonious and not fight."
“Some scenes in the Dragon Slayer Cave are indeed based on the evolution of each academy, but wherever the dragon corpse travels, it will incorporate the real scenery of that academy into the Dragon Slayer Cave, so the reality and illusion are intertwined.” Mei Liangyu tilted his head at Zhong Lishan to indicate, “What he said is not wrong, but based on the medicine field in front of us, we can confirm that the dragon corpse’s abdomen is passing through the area of the Medical Academy.”
Zhong Lishan nodded and said, "So, when the dragon corpse travels through the Legalist school, the Legalist school's scenes will be integrated into the Dragon Slaying Cave. The places that can be integrated into the Dragon Slaying Cave are places that no one usually goes to or is not allowed to go to, which are the forbidden areas of each school."
"Oh! Like the Upside-Down Moon Cave, right?" Xing Chun understood as well. "So Gu Gan and the others are waiting for the dragon corpse to pass by the Legalist school before exploring the Upside-Down Moon Cave?"
Mei Liangyu said calmly, "The Upside-Down Moon Cave, which has been integrated into the Dragon Slayer Cave, is free of patrols and guards. Such an opportunity is rare, and he will not miss it."
"Shall we go?" Xing Chun made a mischievous gesture.
"We'll talk about it later." Mei Liangyu gestured for him to get up, preparing to go down the terraced fields to the teleportation point. "Let's deal with Pang Rong who's ahead of us first."
They arrived at the teleportation point at the cave entrance below the terraced fields and were teleported to the ninth section of the dragon's belly.
Mei Liangyu and his two companions stepped out of the Star Chart Gate. The starlight, a deep blue, shimmered and adorned the dark cave. Thunder rumbled throughout the night, and the sound of flowing water could be heard in their ears.
Looking out from the cave entrance, there is a long and wide shallow pool, with high cliffs extending all the way forward. Gentle water flows down the cliffs, and the thin layer of water veils the dark cliffs.
The shallow water was stained with blood, along with some broken longswords.
Mei Liangyu and his two companions walked slowly out, where they met several figures standing on the shallow beach in the distance.
Lightning flashed intermittently in the clouds. Pang Rong, a disciple of the military strategist, stood in the shallow water, his long sword still sheathed. Beside him stood Sheng Fei, dressed in blue, elegant and noble.
Mu Mengbai was squatting behind Sheng Fei, washing his face with water, when he sensed something was wrong. He turned around and was startled to see Mei Liangyu and the others coming out of the teleportation cave: "Again?"
It just finished!
Pang Rong saw Zhongli Mountain and said with a forced smile, "What a coincidence."
"What a coincidence, we just ran into them when we were about to deal with them," Xing Chun said in a low voice. Both groups of people looked calm and collected, but they were secretly on guard.
Zhong Lishan stepped onto the icy water and looked at Pang Rong not far ahead, asking, "Did you wait here on purpose?"
"We just took care of a group of people and haven't had time to leave yet." Pang Rong gripped his sword with both hands, his fighting spirit still lingering. "What, want to fight?"
Zhong Lishan said, "That is indeed a coincidence."
His expression was calm and composed, revealing neither joy nor anger. He drew his longsword from its sheath, the blade reflecting a dazzling light.
Mei Liangyu glanced at Sheng Fei and Mu Mengbai, his body already ignited with the Five Elements Qi to protect him. The key to the fight was to see who would use the Armor Formation first, Pang Rong or Zhong Lishan.
Sheng Fei and Mu Mengbai will definitely stop Zhong Lishan first.
Mu Mengbai stood up, wiped his face, and said to Sheng Fei in a low voice, "Should we fight? That's my sister's senior brother!"
Several black and white chess pieces floated around Sheng Fei, who said with a cool face, "He's my sister's senior brother, not my sister."
Why can't we fight?
Xing Chun, sitting opposite Mei Liangyu, asked the same question: "Are you going to fight? That's Nangong Sui's own brother!"
"Let her say it herself." As Mei Liangyu raised her hand, black Five Elements Qi gathered at her fingertips and transformed into a talisman.
Xing Chun shrugged, made a hand seal, and a star map appeared above his head. The stars connected in a line, and just as the Void Constellation General appeared, the two military disciples made their move.
The once calm water surface rippled, the clash of swords sparked like starlight, and the sound of the two swords striking each other drowned out the sound of the water cascading down from the cliff.
Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun focused their attacks on Mu Mengbai, preventing him from using the divination formation.
Sheng Fei blocked Mu Mengbai's path. The black and white twins moved rapidly, and the sound of the twins colliding was like an invisible blade of sound that pierced straight into the heart of the person.
With a wave of his hand, Mei Liangyu summoned several black and white twins to clash and return the sonic blade to its original form.
White mist filled the water, and the temperature suddenly dropped. The Frost Python suddenly appeared from behind, its scarlet tongue flicking out right above Mu Mengbai's head. He felt a chill run down his spine and dodged in a flash just as the Frost Python lunged to bite him.
With a wave of his hand, Sheng Fei's black and white pieces circled around to Xing Chun's back. The black and white pieces lined up in a long line and exploded one after another. The shockwaves and sound waves caused the earth to shake and water to splash everywhere, destroying all the five elements energy circulating around Xing Chun and forcing him to retreat and avoid it.
Xing Chunshun retreated one after another, and raised an eyebrow slightly when he looked at Sheng Fei. As expected of a top disciple of a famous family, he could use words without even uttering a sound, and it was impossible for anyone to guess what move he would make.
He had just finished praising Sheng Fei in his heart when he saw Mei Liangyu use the same move, destroying the five elements energy around Mu Mengbai with black and white chess pieces, forcing Sheng Fei to turn back to save him.
What kind of classical Chinese terminology do you, a disciple of the Ghost Daoist school, use?
Xing Chun landed and stood firmly on the water's surface, thinking to himself: "Looks like my brother is still the more awesome one."
The battle here was fought at the same speed as the two disciples of the military strategist beside him, all in the blink of an eye. Just as Sheng Fei drew three lines to raise a barrier in front of Mu Mengbai, the teleportation portal behind him opened again.
The commotion of the opening of the Star Chart Gate attracted everyone's attention. After exchanging a blow, Zhongli Shan and Pang Rong separated and looked towards the cave entrance.
In the vast darkness, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed. Qian Ying, the first to emerge from the cave, slightly widened her eyes and surveyed the people in the shallow water. Xun Zhiya and Li Jinshuang followed, and finally Gu Gan, who was in the middle of the group, slowly raised his eyes to look ahead.
They were all familiar faces.
Li Jinshuang's gaze swept over the two senior brothers from the military school. Her delicate hand lightly rested on the hilt of her sword at her waist. She hesitated, as if a battle was inevitable.
Xing Chun was closest to the teleportation point. Looking at Gu Gan and his group, he thought to himself that they were practically handing themselves over to him.
The combatants, who were originally engaged in battle, reversed their five elements in a flash.
The suspended black and white chess pieces rearranged themselves, aiming at Gu Gan's team at the cave entrance. Even Zhong Lishan turned slightly to the side.
Pang Rong glanced at Gu Gan and his group at the cave entrance, then at Zhong Lishan and his group, and said to Sheng Fei in a low voice, "Shall we leave?"
Let them fight.
Sheng Fei remained silent, his expression indifferent.
Gu Gan hadn't expected so many troublesome disciples to gather at this teleportation point. Although he found it troublesome, he couldn't show any fear. He and Sheng Fei came from the same famous family and were rivals.
Xing Chun and Xiang Feifei are both practitioners of Yin-Yang philosophy.
Xiang Feifei was seriously injured while helping him last time. This time, during the Dragon Slaying Cave challenge, he must protect Xiang Feifei and help her enter the Dragon Head Ye Pool so that she can obtain a Yin-Yang School Heavenly Secret Technique.
Gu Gan looked at Xing Chun, having already made his choice. However, before he could make a move, dozens of black and white chess pieces had already flown over.
As soon as Yu Sui stepped out of the teleportation point, he heard a thunderclap outside.
Yan Xiaochuan said, "It's not safe to rest at the teleportation point. People might come at any time. Let's take Senior Sister Su to a safe place to rest."
Su Tong pinched the bridge of her nose, her head was already a little dizzy, but she still persevered.
Yu Sui shut down all the connection points of the teleportation array to ensure that no teleportation would come from the dragon's tail. He then said to Su Tong, "Let's rest here for the night. Senior Sister is not in good condition and needs to rest as soon as possible."
"There's also Senior Sister Su's divination array at the end of the dragon's tail, which ordinary people can't easily pass through. Moreover, the underwater mechanism array is still active, making it very difficult for them to cross the river alive and reach the teleportation point."
Yu Sui's words were reasonable and well-founded, and Yan Xiaochuan was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it again, he felt that they made a lot of sense.
Su Tong was also persuaded by Yu Sui. She sat down against the wall and said softly, "Then I'll rest for a while. I'll trouble you to keep watch."
Yu Sui said gently, "Go to sleep."
Yan Xiaochuan wanted to transfer the Five Elements Qi to Su Tong to stabilize her body, but Su Tong shook her head and refused, telling him to just guard his own power.
After the two watched over Su Tong until she fell asleep, they tiptoed forward.
Yan Xiaochuan lit the Zhou Tian Huo and said, "Little Princess, you should go and rest too. I'll keep watch."
Yu Sui shook her head: "You stay here and watch over Senior Sister Su. Maintaining the fire all night is also very tiring. I'll go find some firewood to burn."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Yan Xiaochuan said hurriedly.
"You have to stay and watch over Senior Sister Su." Yu Sui stood outside the cave and waved to Yan Xiaochuan at the entrance. "You're more capable than me. Senior Sister Su is injured again. If something happens to her, leaving me here will only make things worse."
Yan Xiaochuan scratched his head, still somewhat hesitant.
Yu Sui added, "I'm just gathering some firewood. I'll also scout out the area. Don't worry, I have Senior Sister Su's divine wood divination slip; I'll have good luck."
Yan Xiaochuan was relieved to see that she was holding the sacred wooden divination stick.
"Alright, then you must be careful. If you're ever in trouble, just run away. Don't try to tough it out. Come back and we'll figure something out together." Yan Xiaochuan naggled on like an old father instructing his youngest daughter on her first long journey.
Yu Sui waved to him in the darkness and walked towards the dense forest ahead.
There was indeed no one nearby. The red dots were scattered and should be considered the end of the Dragon Claw area. In the past three days, most people had moved forward, and only a few were still lingering in this last area.
Despite the thunder rumbling in the sky, Yu Sui remained unaffected. Before the heavy rain began, he walked along the river and gathered some dry firewood.
The surroundings were quiet except for the sound of the river. As Yu Sui gathered firewood, she pondered: Senior Sister Su's lightning seal seemed to be quite severe and had a significant impact on her.
Although Yan Xiaochuan was good at fighting, he was also simple-minded and easily deceived. However, he mainly believed in Senior Sister Su's abilities. With his own strength at the first realm and this being his first time in the Dragon Slaying Cave, if he suddenly pointed out a shortcut that was not publicly known, it would be troublesome to tell too many lies and would easily arouse suspicion.
Even if they said it was their master or senior brother who told them, they would be exposed as soon as they asked Mei Liangyu.
But Shi Yuezhen is definitely at the head. If Su Tong doesn't go through the nearest teleportation array, she will suffer even more.
Yu Sui herself also wanted to take the shortcut to the front. It would be fine if she were alone, but she couldn't suddenly abandon Yan Xiaochuan and Su Tong, at least not until Su Tong recovered from her injuries.
As she pondered how to avoid suspicion, she noticed a red dot approaching from the river.
It's still quite far away for now.
Yu Sui got up, carrying the firewood, and walked out of the jungle to the riverbank. She looked down at the dark water and saw a red dot approaching from afar; there was only one.
It seems that he accidentally fell into the water and was restricted by the five elements of water, unable to use his power, and could only drift with the current.
Yu Sui was ready to see which unlucky guy it was.
As the red dot approached, the water flowed rapidly, and the rushing sound drowned out the thunder in the sky.
A figure emerged from the water, struggling to look out. As the current swept him away, he caught a fleeting glimpse of Yu Sui on the shore.
Yu Sui, however, saw clearly who the unlucky guy in the water was and stepped in to stop him.
She withdrew the fierce five elements energy from the water, calming the river. Xue Mushi, who had been submerged by the waves, resurfaced and found the water now flowing peacefully. He was able to stay still and stare blankly at the shore.
Yu Sui put the firewood she was carrying on the bank, squatted down, and reached out her hand to Xue Mushi in the water: "Come on up."
The moment she saw Xue Mushi, she thought of:
Taoism, divination.
There's a way to persuade Yan Xiaochuan and Su Tong.
[Author's Note]
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