Chapter 179 Geniuses of the Wind-Listening Ruler Domain
The contest between Nian Qiuyan and Yu Sui was kept within a certain range and did not attract the attention of others. Nian Qiuyan left that night and did not go out the next day.
He frowned and closed his eyes as he treated his wounds, recalling the incident countless times, but he still couldn't understand how Yu Sui had managed to do it.
Is it Divine Strategist Technique?
Very likely.
Nian Qiuyan considered all the divine divination techniques she knew, but still couldn't be certain.
Zhong Lishan and Xing Chun came to find Nian Qiuyan during the day and asked him to go out and visit the Mechanical City. Nian Qiuyan put on his coat and tied his belt and agreed.
Qiu Yan pretended to be nonchalant when she came out, only to find that there were quite a few people there when she got to the Dragon Ladder entrance.
Situ Jin was also there, and was seriously criticizing Situ Ling for pestering Li Jinshuang.
Situ Ling was initially quite assertive, but after Situ Jin lectured her with the air of an elder brother, she gradually became deflated and eventually lost her voice.
Li Jinshuang stood between the two, somewhat embarrassed, racking her brains for what to say.
Yu Sui was chatting with Mei Liangyu while holding the Wind Listening Ruler. Mei Liangyu stood beside her, looking down at her, occasionally responding with a few words.
When Nian Qiuyan saw Yu Sui, her eyelids twitched involuntarily. The other party seemed to sense this, looked up from the Listening Wind Ruler and looked at her, and softly called out, "Senior Brother Nian."
Nian Qiuyan's heart skipped a beat.
Mei Liangyu looked up at Nian Qiuyan as Yu Sui shouted.
Xing Chun put his arm around Nian Qiuyan's shoulder, which happened to be on his injured side, and turned him around, avoiding eye contact with Mei Liangyu.
The autumn geese remained unchanged.
Xing Chun whispered to him mysteriously, saying that Situ Jin was treating everyone today, and they could buy whatever they wanted. However, when they went out to spend money, they shouldn't hold back and should definitely pick the most expensive items in the store.
Zhong Lishan and Xing Chun were both talking to Nian Qiuyan, their voices overlapping in a buzzing tone. However, Nian Qiuyan's mind was filled with the word "cheap" that Yu Sui had said last night.
Although Nian Qiuyan's emotions were in turmoil, his strength lay in not showing the slightest abnormality, making it impossible for anyone to detect.
Because the sea eye blocked their way, Yu Sui and the others were trapped on the mechanical island and could not return to the academy. Situ Jin simply took them out to play. Today they went to Wen Yang's house, tomorrow to Baili's house, and the day after tomorrow to Murong's house.
For a few days, Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu followed along, and unsurprisingly, they got into a fight with Mei Liangyu and Zhong Lishan. Situ Jin tried to mediate and decided never to take these two groups out with him again.
By the seventh day, the sea eye had not been completely cleared.
Just after midnight, the Taiyi Communication Institute restored the connection to the Listening Wind Ruler, lifted the time limit for sound transmission, and added many functions to the Listening Wind Ruler.
The academy issued a notice instructing disciples to take their Wind Listening Rulers to the Communication Academy to re-register the inscriptions. The academy would then distribute new Wind Listening Rulers to receive notifications regarding the academy's training programs.
At night, the wind-listening rulers of Yu Sui and others kept clanging.
There was a unified announcement from the Twenty-Four Sages of Taiyi Academy, as well as an upgrade notice from the Communication Academy regarding the Listening Wind Ruler.
Different practitioners of various schools of magic also issued separate announcements.
These days, the busiest people in Taiyi are the sorcerers of the Communication Academy. Just re-examining all the data mountains in the Communication Academy is a huge project.
The three schools of divination, Taoism, and Yin-Yang all had sages supervising the construction of the Communication Institute, and some even joined the operation.
Taoist and Yin-Yang masters also brought their students to join the Communication Academy reform initiative.
These students all specialize in the "Nine-Tailed Techniques" of the School of Communications. Two of them are already well-known, while one is quite unexpected.
“This time, a total of three academy disciples have joined the Communication Academy. The first is Chen Xian, a Taoist, and a disciple of the Sage Liang Zhen.” Nian Qiuyan opened her Listening Ruler and handed it to Yu Sui, who was sitting behind the desk. “The second is Fan Xi, a Taoist, and a disciple of the Sage Li Qiuwen.”
The two have been meeting at night recently to discuss business.
Nian Qiuyan had already convinced herself that, in any case, Nangong Sui was Nangong Ming's daughter, a princess of the royal family, and Nangong Ming, Qingkui, and Nangong Sui were family, while she was the outsider.
They're fighting amongst themselves, so what difference does it make who they help?
Besides, Nangong Sui is indeed quite capable; she's unfathomable. If she really wanted to kill him, he couldn't stop her.
Nian Qiuyan's strengths are her quick reactions, decisiveness, and ability to remain unaffected by emotions and feelings.
He always chooses what is best at the moment.
Yu Sui reached out and picked up the wind-listening ruler on the table, casually scanning the information on the ruler.
Nian Qiuyan said gently, "The third person is named Song Yubai. He is a sage of the Yin-Yang School and a disciple of Yin Ziwu."
Yin Ziwu is the sage with the most disciples in the Yin-Yang School. He accepts disciples based on their family background rather than their talent.
Especially those who spend a lot of money to gain prestige at Taiyi, as well as students with poor talent, as long as they get in touch with Yin Ziwu and become disciples of the Yin-Yang School Saint, even if Yin Ziwu doesn't teach them anything, the reputation of "disciple of the Taiyi Saint" is enough to shock many people.
After these disciples return to their home country, their own status and position will also rise to a higher level.
Yin Ziwu's disciples were either princes and nobles from various countries or descendants of aristocratic families that had existed for hundreds or thousands of years. In terms of their talent in the Nine Schools of Arts, they could not compare with the disciples of other saints, but in terms of their status and position in the six countries, no one could surpass Yin Ziwu's disciples.
Yu Sui had also heard about the rules for accepting disciples of this Yin-Yang School Saint. The disciples of the academy privately said that they wanted to become Yin Ziwu's disciples. In addition to having a strong enough background, they only needed to offer enough money.
Whether it's money or treasures, the more the better.
Although Taiyi always emphasizes to the outside world that there are no differences in status and everyone is equal, people do not always intend to follow this rule.
Everyone knows how capable Yin Ziwu's apprentices are; they are absolutely no match for the Taoist Chen Xian and Fan Xi, and they are not qualified to enter the Communications Institute to participate in this operation.
But Yin Ziwu is a sage of the Yin-Yang School, and it is up to him to decide who joins the Institute of Communications.
“Song Yubai is a Dan Kingdom citizen and the youngest son of the Marquis of Linjiang in Dan Kingdom.” Nian Qiuyan stood by the window and explained to Yu Sui, “The Song family is a prestigious family in Dan Kingdom with many branches. The Marquis of Linjiang is one of the three war gods of military strategists, on par with Zhong Lici of Qingyang and Xu Dingning of Nanjing.”
The youngest son of a military strategist and war god of our time, a descendant of a prestigious family.
This background certainly caught Yin Ziwu's eye, but the fact that he was the son of a military strategist and had spent money to have a Yin-Yang master take him as a disciple was something that sounded rather shameful.
Yu Sui stared at the surface of the Listening Wind Ruler and casually asked, "Is Song Yubai a person of Ping Shu?"
She did know about Marquis Linjiang of Dan Kingdom. Besides his reputation as one of the Three War Gods, he was also known for his womanizing ways. Although he had never married a wife, he had countless concubines and many children.
Before Song Yubai, there were six older brothers and four older sisters.
Nian Qiuyan shook her head and said, "No, Song Yubai's talent aptitude is highest in the military school, but he was unwilling to study the military school and went to the Yin-Yang school, which has no talent aptitude at all."
"Song Yubai and Zhong Lishan entered the academy at the same time. Both of them are the sons of the God of War of the Military School, so they have received a lot of attention. On his first day at the academy, Song Yubai abandoned the Military School and switched to the Yin-Yang School, which caused a sensation."
This is most likely related to his philandering father.
Just as Yu Sui was thinking this, he heard Nian Qiuyan say again: "When Song Yubai switched to the Yin-Yang School, he did not become Yin Ziwu's disciple. When news of his affair spread back to Dan Kingdom and the Marquis of Linjiang found out, the Marquis of Linjiang sent a lot of gifts to Yin Ziwu and asked Yin Ziwu to take Song Yubai as his disciple."
"Is this meant to make Song Yubai give up and go back to studying military strategy?" Yu Sui asked.
Nian Qiuyan said, "The Marquis of Linjiang is fair to all his children, giving them whatever they want. Although he is fair, he doesn't care. The Marquis of Linjiang doesn't care which school Song Yubai chooses to study at. He gives gifts to Yin Ziwu because since Song Yubai has gone to the Yin Yang School, he wants him to have a better life there."
Yu Sui looked up at him, somewhat surprised: "You seem to know quite a bit about the Marquis of Linjiang."
“I’ve met him before when I was in Dan Kingdom.” Nian Qiuyan smiled slightly. “Song Yubai dislikes his father very much. He has been living a very low-key life in the Yin Yang School all these years and has not cultivated seriously. Although he entered the academy at the same time as Zhonglishan, several years have passed and he is only at the second level now.”
"Based on my understanding of Yin Ziwu, he wouldn't just send Song Yubai to the Communications Institute to handle things when he has nothing better to do. If Song Yubai hadn't asked for it, Yin Ziwu wouldn't even remember that he had such a disciple."
After listening to Nian Qiuyan's words, Yu Sui seemed to be deep in thought. She tapped her finger lightly on the table and glanced at Tingfengchi out of the corner of her eye: "Is there a problem with Song Yubai joining the Communication Academy?"
There are many things that cannot be known from the monitoring and sounding instruments.
Nian Qiuyan said, "Song Yubai was also a member of Xuan Kui."
Yu Sui's eyelids twitched upon hearing this.
Nian Qiuyan said, "He was assigned to the Institute of Communications this time, probably to find the person who sent the last message to the institute exposing the Lan Poison and Yinhe Water."
Looking for me?
Yu Sui remained calm, leaning back slightly against the chair back.
"What abilities does he have? Isn't he only at the second realm?" Yu Sui laughed.
But Yu Sui had already thought of the answer as soon as he asked the question.
It is a divine technique.
Nian Qiuyan looked at Yu Sui, who seemed unaffected. Although she suspected that Yu Sui was the one who did the things at the Communication Institute, she did not show it and continued, "Song Yubai has the Divine Strategist Reversal Divination, ranked twenty-seventh."
“In ordinary divination, the reverse hexagram is a mirror image or an opposite hexagram. However, the Divine Strategist Reverse Hexagram can actively reverse a single hexagram into an opposite one. The master of the Divine Strategist sets the rules and, within a certain range, actively turns danger into safety, evil into good, and overturns the universe.”
Nian Qiuyan pointed to the Listening Wind Ruler: "There are countless Bagua images in the mountains. He can use the Divine Calculation to reverse the Bagua images in the mountains, thereby obtaining information or making changes."
Yu Sui listened attentively.
“If the Communications Institute receives news related to Lan Du again, Song Yubai can stop it in advance.” Nian Qiuyan observed Yu Sui’s reaction and said gently, “Before, he couldn’t enter the Communications Institute, so he couldn’t get close to Shushan. Now that he has the opportunity to enter, he can also use the divination in Shushan to find the other party’s location and the five elements of Qi.”
Yu Sui nodded and sighed softly, "That's really amazing. No wonder it's ranked twenty-seventh in the Divine Mechanism Technique."
She smiled and looked up at Nian Qiuyan: "Is Xuan Kui a divine technique that everyone possesses?"
It was meant as a joke, but Nian Qiuyan pondered and said, "You can think of it this way."
Yu Sui stared at Nian Qiuyan: "You have one too?"
“I suggest you don’t underestimate Xuan Kui. You can treat it as an organization where all members possess the Divine Mechanism Technique.” Nian Qiuyan sighed softly. “There are all sorts of people here, from ordinary practitioners to low-level sorcerers, and even academy saints. As for academy saints, I only know of one farmer, Ou Rushuang.”
"I will remember that." Yu Sui looked like he was humbly asking for advice. "Xuan Kui is so complex and vast, I will have to rely on Senior Brother Nian a lot more."
Nian Qiuyan immediately turned her gaze away, refusing to look at her.
Yu Sui didn't pay any attention, tracing the surface of the Listening Wind Ruler with her finger as she asked, "Do Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu possess the Divine Calculation Technique?"
Nian Qiuyan said, "Neither of them did."
Yu Sui nodded, thinking to herself, "That means you have it."
Nian Qiuyan's Listening Ruler kept popping up with messages, some private chats and some group messages. Nian Qiuyan glanced at them casually and paused when she caught Kong Yiyi's message.
"In the past, the Communication Academy did not open up the exchange area between different schools. Those who had mastered certain techniques could only learn from those who had mastered others. However, the Academy's disciples were full of hidden talents. There were geniuses everywhere in Taiyi High School, and many of them would privately modify the Listening Wind Ruler themselves."
Nian Qiuyan looked down at her Listening Wind Ruler and said, "Chen Xian of the Taoist school is famous for her anonymous transactions by modifying the Listening Wind Ruler. The academy has an underground trading market called Ghost Market exclusively for its disciples. To enter or leave Ghost Market, one must have an anonymous Listening Wind Ruler modified by Chen Xian, which cannot be traced."
Yu Sui listened intently, her face clearly showing her admiration.
“Fan Xi, a Taoist, has some unorthodox methods,” Nian Qiuyan said. “His main research is how to steal the messages from other people’s Listening Wind Rulers. Fan Xi modified the Listening Wind Ruler so that two Listening Wind Rulers can share the same Star Sea, so the messages from both sides will be in the same Star Sea, and he can use this to read your message records.”
"But because Fan Xi was very talented and was restrained by the sage Li Qiuwen, he was only punished a few times."
Yu Sui nodded.
She also knew that there were quite a few students in the college who studied the wind-listening ruler.
Everyone has their own talents, but only a few people show off. Some people just want to keep a low profile and don't want to be in the limelight.
For example, the person who often asked his senior to help him test the wind-listening ruler.
In Yu Sui's opinion, that person's research methods and talent in the Wind Listening Ruler were even more advanced than the two people Nian Qiuyan had just mentioned.
She admitted that Nian Qiuyan was right about one thing: Taiyi Academy was a place where hidden talents were everywhere.
“There’s something else I don’t know if you know,” Nian Qiuyan said to Yu Sui. “Chen Xian, Fan Xi, and Song Yubai all have a very good relationship with Gu Gan.”
"Song Yubai and Wen Yanghui have a better relationship, perhaps because they both have a father who favors other people's sons, and the two get along well because of this common topic."
Yu Sui said casually, "Brother Gu has always been good at making friends since he was a child. I can't even dream of matching that ability."
Nian Qiuyan asked with a smile, "You don't know what Gu Gan's goal is in Taiyi, do you?"
"Looking for fragments of the Pagoda." Yu Sui said thoughtfully, then asked Nian Qiuyan, "Does Gu Gan know what you and Zhang Xiangyun are doing?"
Nian Qiuyan said, "He knows."
After a moment of silence, the wind-listening ruler that Yu Sui had placed on the table suddenly started buzzing. Nian Qiuyan glanced at it and saw that it was a voice transmission notification from Gu Gan.
[Author's Note]
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