Chapter 304 He had never looked forward to seeing anyone so much.
Yu Sui took Li Jinshuang to see Blackbeard, and only after the Nangong family's physician treated her hand injury did they have dinner. (Yuexia)
After dinner, Blackbeard came to report to Yu Sui that many sorcerers from the outer city were heading towards the Fog Sea that night.
“It seems something has caught fire over in the Fog Sea. The temperature in the vicinity has risen considerably, and the Five Elements Qi has become chaotic,” Blackbeard said. “We sent people over to check, but the academy also sent people to block them, so we couldn’t find out the specific situation in the Fog Sea. We could only see the Saints frequently running towards the Fog Sea, as if something major had happened.”
Yu Sui asked with a smile, "What important matter?"
Blackbeard looked around, then lowered his voice and whispered to Yu Sui, "Princess, you asked me to keep an eye on the Destroyer. According to reliable sources, what's happening in the Fog Sea is probably related to the Strange Fire."
Yu Sui knew without asking that Blackbeard's information came from the mechanics family.
Because of frequent collaborations, acquaintances inevitably share information in advance.
Blackbeard took out a small red stone from his sleeve and said, "The mechanics have been forging a large quantity of a stone these past few days. We've never seen this stone before, and they won't reveal its name. I'll have to return it to you later after showing it to you."
"They say they urgently need these stones, and every single one is recorded. If even one of the Water Boat's saints is missing, they'll be furious with him."
Is it that important?
Yu Sui reached out and took the red stone handed to her by the black-bearded man. It looked square and had been polished by hand. It was a little smaller than her palm and felt cool and smooth to the touch, with a very good texture.
The texture on the stone's surface resembles the patterns of snowflakes. Upon closer inspection, each line appears to be the shape of a spark about to be extinguished after burning, eerie, mysterious, yet beautiful.
"A stone?" Yu Sui examined the object in her hand, frowning. "What do they need this stone for?"
Could it be used to put out a fire?
As Yu Sui thought of this, her eyelids suddenly twitched.
Blackbeard was unaware that the Fog Sea was ablaze, but she knew that the Water Boat Saints and the Mechanists were currently trying to figure out how to extinguish the sea fire burning in the Fog Sea.
Her light core couldn't even get into the misty sea at this point. The barrier set up by the saints was constantly suppressing the five elements to prevent the sea fire of the misty sea from spreading outside. So the light core was shattered just as it was about to get close to the misty sea.
Blackbeard pondered along with her: "I heard that a large quantity of these stones is needed, and they look quite small. Surely they're not going to be used to fill in the sea?"
Land reclamation?
You are the reincarnation of Jingwei, the water spirit.
Yu Sui turned to look at him, and the black-bearded man was startled, asking, "Princess, am I right?"
"How do you feel the stone?" Yu Sui handed the stone back to him.
Blackbeard held it in his hand for a while and replied, "It feels cool and refreshing, even better than some high-quality jade."
Yu Sui then asked, "Can you sense the Qi of the Five Elements from it?"
Blackbeard shook his head: "I can't sense it."
It looks beautiful and eerie, but if you can't sense the five elements, you'd think it's just an ordinary stone.
How could an ordinary stone have such patterns?
Could it have been crafted by a master craftsman?
Yu Sui noted down the matter of the stone and asked Blackbeard to continue inquiring about it.
Before leaving, she asked again, "Does the Criminal Investigation Department have any news related to the World Destroyer?"
Blackbeard sighed as he said this: "They're all fake news. Most of them are people who got into conflicts and disputes and then took revenge on each other, running to the Criminal Division to report that their enemy is the Destroyer of Worlds."
Yu Sui had more or less guessed it, nodded, and left with Li Jinshuang.
It was midnight when the two returned to the academy. The academy, which was usually quiet, was now bustling with people.
The disciples were all making preparations for tomorrow's Hundred Families Night Parade, scouting out each family's night parade routes. Someone posted a partial route map on the Listening Wind Ruler, and everyone from that courtyard mobilized.
Yu Sui glanced at the Listening Wind Ruler and saw that it displayed the nighttime routes of famous families. Most of those who came out to scout the area were disciples of famous families, as well as people from other courtyards who were interested in famous families.
Yu Sui, who was originally going back to her dormitory, saw Gu Gan waiting at her door through the Five Elements Light Core left in the dormitory.
Gu Gan frowned, glancing down at the Wind Listening Ruler in his hand every now and then.
Originally, because of Wei Ren's incident, he had stopped using the Listening Wind Ruler much. However, after learning about Yu Sui's experience at the Golden Pearl Banquet tonight, he picked up the Listening Wind Ruler again to wait for news of Yu Sui.
Yu Sui slowly said to Li Jinshuang, "Go back to your room first, don't come to mine. Gu Gan is waiting at the door."
Li Jinshuang: "You don't want to see him?"
Yu Sui entered the Dragon Ladder with her and said, "When Brother Gu was in Qingyang, he was imprisoned in Chongtai Third Prison. At that time, only my two older brothers and I were at home. My second brother had already entered the military strategist Chongtai and could not interfere. My third brother would not care whether he lived or died, so I had no choice but to negotiate with Chongtai Third Prison."
"Unfortunately, the supervisor of the Third Prison that year disliked the Nangong family and, seeing that I was young, would only reply with 'follow the rules' no matter how much pressure I put on him, leaving me waiting outside all night."
Although this person was later killed by Nangong Ming, the person waiting for him in Chongtai Third Prison that night was not Nangong Ming, but her.
Yu Sui said, "I'm a little curious now. I could wait for him all night back then, so what would he do when it was his turn?"
Li Jinshuang understood; everyone hopes to receive something in return for their efforts, especially in matters of the heart.
Yu Sui watched Li Jinshuang return to her dormitory, and then went to Mei Liangyu's dormitory by herself.
Mei Liangyu had given her the cipher and the key before, but Wei Ren hadn't returned, nor had Mei Liangyu. The dormitory had been empty for several days.
On the left was Mei Liangyu's room, and on the right was Wei Ren's. Yu Sui looked around and finally chose to enter Wei Ren's room.
Last time, Gu Gan sneaked into Wei Ren's room at night to look for clues and found Wei Ren's notebook, which contained many speculations about the Breath of Earth.
Yu Sui easily found the booklet, flipped through it for a while, and then put it down.
The more she learned, the more she realized that the Breath of Earth was of no use to her.
Thinking of the Breath of Earth made her feel even worse. Yu Sui closed the booklet, placed it on the table, turned around, and went to Mei Liangyu's room.
My senior brother's room looked crammed full, but it didn't appear messy; on the contrary, it looked very orderly.
On the shelf between the bedside and the desk were some trinkets, all of which were mechanical beasts he had made himself, almost all of them in the shape of rabbits.
Rabbits were drawing bows and shooting arrows, rabbits carrying other rabbits, rabbits stepping on bells, rabbits holding bowls, and so on. They were all strange and unusual. Yu Sui initially glanced at them casually, but gradually became engrossed in watching them, and his restless heart gradually calmed down.
Yu Sui picked out a rabbit standing on a bronze plate holding flowers, reached out and tapped the rabbit's head, and it began to run around the bronze plate.
The copper plate spun around, making a rustling sound. After the little rabbit ran around a few times, circles of glowing patterns lit up on the copper plate. Yu Sui looked closely and found that it was a map of the Big Dipper.
As the Big Dipper illuminates, the rabbit leaps from one star to another, and with each leap, colorful flames appear on the star chart.
If you look closely, you'll find a tiny line of text hidden within the fireworks:
Lao Tzu's starry sea is invincible.
Yu Sui: "..."
She couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Yu Sui could imagine what Mei Liangyu, who wrote this sentence when he created this mechanical rabbit, was like: his hand writing with disdain, but his eyes filled with resentment.
On the surface, my senior brother seems indifferent to the fact that the Yin-Yang School doesn't have a Star Sea, but now it seems that he was probably frustrated about it before.
Yu Sui relaxed immediately and looked around with his eyes.
Senior brother, you have so many fancy things to wear.
It was only around 3 AM that things quieted down a bit at Taiyi Academy.
Mei Liangyu walked along the deserted path, scratched his collar, turned his head and sniffed. He smelled the burning smell of a workshop. His eyes showed a hint of disgust, but he did not stop walking. He turned back from the Ghost Path Temple to the dormitory.
The tall buildings hidden in the peach blossom grove were still brightly lit. Mei Liangyu looked up at the buildings, and her sense of urgency reached its peak.
He had never looked forward to seeing anyone so much.
Mei Liangyu walked into the dragon staircase, watching the numbers increase layer by layer. Thinking about her current feelings, she couldn't help but laugh.
He and Xing Chun used to mock Zhong Lishan for rushing back to Taiyi after only a few days at home just to see Su Tong, and then leaving again after only two days in Taiyi.
Why bother? It's too much trouble to come back and forth. You can come back when the academy officially starts teaching. Why do you have to spend the New Year with your family in Qingyang and then rush to the academy to be with Su Tong?
Even Su Tong wouldn't be so dramatic as to argue with you over something like this. You, a grown man, are still clinging on and on, it's embarrassing.
Zhong Lishan didn't feel ashamed. He felt that at that moment he really missed Su Tong and wanted to see her, so he came back.
He told it to Mei Liangyu and Xing Chun, and the two brothers both had expressions that said, "I don't believe your nonsense."
Zhong Lishan also gave a cold laugh and said that the two of you had better not let me see who you liked in the future.
Mei Liangyu now thought that he really couldn't let this kid see it, otherwise Zhong Lishan would definitely put on a condescending expression, his face full of "I knew you would have this day too".
As Mei Liangyu walked out of the dragon staircase, his steps quickened. But just as he was about to open the door to his dormitory, he felt he shouldn't waste time. Even if he ended up covered in the pungent smell of ashes, he wanted to go find Yu Sui and see her first.
Just as Mei Liangyu was about to turn and leave, a slight sound came from inside the house, making him stop and turn back with a frown.
Just as she was about to become wary, she saw the door open from the inside. The corridor was quiet and dimly lit, but enough for Mei Liangyu to see who was standing in the doorway.
Mei Liangyu stared at her without blinking.
Just as Yu Sui was about to speak, someone grabbed her waist and spun her back into the house. The door was closed again, and Yu Sui put her hands on his shoulders, looking down with a smile in her eyes.
Mei Liangyu looked up at the person she was holding, her breathing slightly heavy, and said in a low voice, "I don't care how dirty I am right now."
Yu Sui asked, "Will I have clothes to change into later?"
“Yes,” Mei Liangyu said. “If you don’t like it, I’ll get it from you.”
"That won't do." Yu Sui wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "Brother Gu is still waiting at my door."
"Let him wait," Mei Liangyu sneered. "You're not going back tonight."
Yu Sui didn't plan to go back tonight either. She turned her head slightly and gave the man a light kiss on the cheek.
Mei Liangyu paused for a moment, then turned around in the dark and gave a warm response.
He touched Yu Sui's burning skin, yet stubbornly drew closer to her, letting the scorching heat transfer to him, igniting him and causing him to burn himself.
Every moment of this time will leave a deep mark on Mei Liangyu's heart.
Both physical reactions and deep inner emotions will become invisible shackles that bind him.
This made Mei Liangyu realize that no matter what the future held, there would never be anyone else but her.
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