Chapter 282 I really don't know!
Yu Sui's eyelashes trembled slightly, her heart filled with shock as to why Ou Rushuang had left Red Island without Zou Qian and the others noticing. She quickly composed herself, feigning relief, and said, "Dean, are you alright? The other deans said you were seriously injured and unconscious, and then all that happened—I was terrified!"
She continued to pretend to be innocent and naive, which was her best form of disguise.
Because of the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly resting on her neck, Yu Sui dared not make any rash moves. Even if she moved a finger, Ou Rushuang, who was full of suspicion and didn't trust anyone, might cut off her finger.
Ou Rushuang asked her, "Where are you going?"
"I need to go to the outer city to send a message home," Yu Sui replied obediently, taking the initiative to explain, "After the investigation into the Lan Poison incident in the outer city, some disciples who were suspected but had no evidence had to be placed under the academy's supervision for a month, and they were only just released today."
Ou Rushuang had already investigated all of this; he just wanted to see if Yu Sui was telling the truth.
As soon as Ou Rushuang sensed anything was wrong, a single bite from the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly would be enough to kill the person before her.
Yu Sui also knew that the Jade Blood Golden Butterfly was here, but Ou Rushuang might not be here either. Even if he made a move now, he could only escape for a while.
If she were to fall out with Ou Rushuang here and the other saints found out about her relationship with Xuan Kui, she could forget about continuing to stay in Taiyi.
“I don’t know anything about what’s happened recently,” Ou Rushuang lied to her. “I just woke up not long ago and I don’t dare to do anything rash. Go to the Fog Sea and tell me what has happened recently.”
"Going to the Fog Sea?" Yu Sui asked, feigning surprise as if considering Ou Rushuang's question. "I heard there are saints there. Wouldn't that be dangerous for you, Dean?"
Actually, she wasn't too willing to go to the Misty Sea with Ou Rushuang, because if Ou Rushuang dared to say that, she must have found a new mirage in the Misty Sea.
Ou Rushuang replied, "I only believe in the Sea of Fog now."
Yu Sui could no longer refuse and drove to the foggy sea.
Ou Rushuang now clearly doesn't trust anyone, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't try to kill her.
As long as he stays in Taiyi, Ou Rushuang is invincible and immortal. So what if he kills Nangong Ming's daughter?
Nangong Ming has more than one daughter.
All Ou Rushuang wants to know now is who caused her to end up in this situation.
No matter who that person is, he will not show mercy and will personally send them on their way.
Yu Sui tried to strike up a conversation on the way, but Ou Rushuang did not respond, seemingly determined to wait until they entered the foggy sea before speaking.
Yu Sui's palms were slightly sweaty; Ou Rushuang's sudden appearance was indeed unexpected.
She couldn't monitor the situation at Red Island Mirage all the time, and the Five Elements Light Core couldn't get in. But Zou Qian said that there were always Saints watching Ou Rushuang. With so many Saints, how could they not keep an eye on Ou Rushuang?
Now it seems they really couldn't keep an eye on things.
Even though it was daytime, the sky above the foggy sea was gloomy and there was no light at all. There were also many more small boats near the shore than before.
Following Ou Rushuang's instructions, Yu Sui boarded the ship and sailed away from the shore into the depths of the foggy sea.
Soon she entered a world of only white mist. Yu Sui shrank her shoulders slightly in fear and called out, "Dean Ou, are you still there?"
The Crimson Golden Butterfly was still pressed against her neck. Yu Sui was highly focused at this moment. She had already manipulated several Five Elements Light Cores to her collar while she was in the carriage, but because Ou Rushuang was in the shadows, she did not rashly let these Five Elements Light Cores get close to the Crimson Golden Butterfly.
"How do I get into the new Fog Sea?" Yu Sui asked.
She had barely finished speaking when she heard Ou Rushuang's voice in her ear: "You're already in."
A gust of hot wind blew by, feeling like fire rolling across her cheeks, causing a burning pain. Yu Sui raised her hand to block it, and the white mist was blown away by the wind and waves. She looked down and saw that the wooden boat beneath her feet was moored in the soft, wet swamp.
The green duckweed swayed gently, and she opened her eyes wide in slight surprise. In the water that seemed to stretch to the horizon, there were large patches of lush calamus growing near the shore, and further ahead was a jungle with a somewhat eerie atmosphere, with towering trees everywhere that blocked out the sun.
The new mirage is a seemingly deep and tranquil jungle swamp.
The water surface, covered with duckweed, occasionally emitted gurgling bubbles. Just as Yu Sui was about to look down and examine it closely, she heard Ou Rushuang say in a deep voice, "Now you can speak."
Yu Sui looked up and saw that the world here was vast and open, unlike the gray and dark fog in the sea of mist. Floating clouds drifted in the sky and the light was bright. She saw Ou Ru sitting cross-legged in the purple calamus bushes on the opposite bank.
Ou Rushuang was still wearing the gray and white clothes she wore when she was trapped in the mirage of Red Island. The person who used to exude an air of mediocrity had now become aloof and dignified, with an imposing expression and sharp eyes.
His first question was, "Who leaked the information about the Mirage to Zou Qian, betraying me?"
Yu Sui frowned and said, "Dean, I really didn't know about this. That night, I was patrolling the streets with the other disciples in the team when I suddenly heard the Communication Academy announcing that Xuan Kui had been wiped out."
"Was it Nian Qiuyan? I didn't see Zhang Xiangyun or Nian Qiuyan that night." Yu Sui looked annoyed, innocent, and frightened.
The Crimson Gold Butterfly perched on her neck remained quiet, only its long, thin, black antennae trembled slightly.
Ou Rushuang asked again, "Do you really know nothing?"
Yu Sui shook his head and said, "I really don't know!"
The antennae of the Crimson Golden Butterfly suddenly curled into a circle.
Yu Sui also noticed this detail, but did not show it on his face. However, he heard Ou Rushuang burst into laughter.
She knew then that something was wrong; the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly's reaction just now must have revealed something.
“Nangong Sui,” Ou Rushuang said in a sinister tone after laughing, “you actually dared to lie to me.”
"Dean!" Yu Sui said in a trembling voice, "I...what did I say that I lied to you about?"
"Do you know that my Azure Blood Golden Butterfly possesses the power to detect a person's five senses, emotions, and mind?" Ou Rushuang pointed at her. "Simply put, it can smell the 'qi' and reveal your truest thoughts within that qi."
“Beasts also have emotions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, but fear is more common.” Ou Rushuang stared at the girl’s panicked and frightened face. “I never thought of using this trick on you before, but now I’m amazed at how exquisite your acting skills are.”
The message relayed by the Crimson Golden Butterfly indicated that the girl before them was not as terrified, frightened, or sincere as she appeared.
Yu Sui's breathing slowed down at that moment, and the muscles on the side of her neck tensed, making her slender collarbone line even more prominent.
She still looked timid, flustered, and annoyed: "Dean! People's hearts are unpredictable, how can you judge the truth based on the Jade Blood Golden Butterfly? I didn't lie to you! What good would it do me to expose your identity? My father wants me to take over the Taiyi Xuankui business properly, how dare I disobey my father's orders!"
Ou Rushuang also had some doubts about the two points she mentioned later.
At this point, there was no reasonable explanation to convince Ou Rushuang to believe that Yu Sui had betrayed her and destroyed the Xuan Kui location, because she had no reason to do so.
No matter how hard I try, I can't figure out why Yu Sui did this.
Ou Rushuang spared her life for the time being and sneered, "You don't believe the judgment of the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly and you still want to argue? Fine, then let's see which of those saints will come looking for you first if you don't return to the academy."
Yu Sui said helplessly, "If I were to disappear, my master would naturally look for me first. If he couldn't find me, he would ask the other deans for help, and none of them would refuse."
Ou Rushuang stared at her and said, "I'm asking you, how did the other deans discover the mirage of Red Island?"
Yu Sui said with even more helplessness, "There are countless mirages in the sea of mist. My knowledge of mirages comes entirely from the Dean. If you don't even know about them, how could I possibly know?"
Ou Rushuang then asked, "Didn't you find any useful information in this past month?"
Yu Sui said, "I've stayed in the dormitory for the past month and haven't gone out much. I haven't even attended any classes at the Ghost Dao Academy, let alone dared to inquire about any news related to the Orchid Poison."
Ou Rushuang no longer believed her, so no matter how Yu Sui tried to deny it, he was convinced that Yu Sui was the one with the problem and was just waiting for proof.
While talking to Yu Sui, Ou Rushuang's other eye transformed into a vertical pupil, a fierce red pupil that radiated a bewitching light.
Yu Sui couldn't recognize what kind of low-level technique this was.
In the past, when the Jade Blood Golden Butterfly discovered Yu Sui's unusual behavior, Ou Rushuang would at most think that she just had some ulterior motives and that it was not bad that she was a little clever. But now, Ou Rushuang's mentality has changed drastically.
If Ou Rushuang sensed even the slightest falsehood or unreality in Yu Sui, she felt it was dangerous and untrustworthy.
“You don’t know? Let me tell you,” Ou Rushuang said slowly. “Zou Qian, along with Liang Zhen, Kuang Chu, and Wei Xizhen, followed Zhang Xiangyun into the Misty Sea and found the Mirage Red Island, where Xuan Kui’s stronghold was hidden.”
Yu Sui angrily cursed, "That's Zhang Xiangyun! It was Zhang Xiangyun who betrayed you!"
“Zhang Xiangyun is stupid, stupid enough to be used by others,” Ou Rushuang said. “He had been hiding himself very well before, so why was he suddenly targeted by Zou Qian and the others?”
“Dean, Zhang Xiangyun always opposes my senior brother, and Xuan Kui sent people to assassinate my senior brother, which led to the later investigation of the Lan poison in the outer city,” Yu Sui said. “Dean Zou may have found clues related to Zhang Xiangyun from this incident.”
Ou Rushuang: "Then why do you think Zou Qian got involved in this matter?"
Yu Sui said aggrievedly, "Apart from my master, I don't know any of the other deans. How would I know what they're thinking?"
Ou Rushuang coldly laughed: "The mirage in the fog sea is a dream connected to the sea fish. As you just said, there are thousands upon thousands of mirages in the fog sea. They simply cannot find out which sea fish's dream we are in."
"The only way to quickly find the mirage of Hongdao Island is to catch people who have been there, because they bear the marks of the mirage."
Ou Rushuang began to feign ignorance towards Yu Sui: "You know this, which is why you sent Zou Qian to capture Zhang Xiangyun."
Yu Sui's eyes widened, both anxious and angry: "I didn't!"
Ou Rushuang continued to press: "How did you convince Zou Qian?"
Yu Sui felt wronged: "I really didn't! Although Zhang Xiangyun is annoying, I wouldn't dare to use him to cause trouble! Not to mention Dean Zou, Master doesn't like the Yin Yang School, as you know, Dean. Master also warned my senior brother and me not to associate with the Dean and instructors of the Yin Yang School. How could I dare to disobey Master's words!"
She knew that the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly had been probing her aura, but she couldn't let Ou Rushuang's suspicions grow any more. So she risked crushing a few Five Elements Light Cores and used them to transform the unclaimed aura that flowed from the cores each time she spoke.
The Azure Blood Golden Butterfly detected the aura of being without a master, so it could not discern anything, nor could it tell whether her words were true or false.
Seeing that the antennae of the Crimson Golden Butterfly had not changed and that Ou Rushuang had not noticed anything, Yu Sui finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Yu Sui's wronged expression, Ou Rushuang felt sorry for her. Although her answer was not clear, the Jade Blood Golden Butterfly did not respond.
Therefore, at this moment, Ou Rushuang's doubts outweighed her killing intent, and she wavered somewhat. If Nangong Sui was truly alright, that would be good, but what if...?
Ou Rushuang is now very cautious.
He decided to detain Yu Sui for a few days first.
Without his permission, Yu Sui cannot leave this jungle swamp.
Ou Rushuang, who had been sitting cross-legged behind the calamus bushes, slowly stood up. Both of her eyes turned into vertical pupils, crimson-gold vertical pupils, sharp and fierce like the eyes of a flying eagle.
"Do you know what kind of technique this is?" Ou Rushuang asked.
Yu Sui shook her head.
Ou Rushuang curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a meaningful smile: "Divine Mechanism Technique: Pseudo-Beast."
Yu Sui froze, her eyes widening in surprise.
How could this be?
When Leng Rouyin and Kuang Chu unleashed their swords at the same time, they both assumed that the other had killed Qiao Jun. However, they never expected that the person who actually killed Qiao Jun was Ou Rushuang, who was also in the dormitory.
“I will go out and see for myself how Zou Qian will react to your disappearance,” Ou Rushuang said. “If you can prove that you are not someone who cooperated with Zou Qian, then I will believe you.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a flash of golden light appeared, and Ou Rushuang transformed into a black eagle and flew away.
Yu Sui looked up and gazed at Ou Rushuang, who had distanced herself from him in the blink of an eye, and her heart sank.
If she were missing, Zou Qian would definitely have reacted.
Although Ou Rushuang had left, the Azure Blood Golden Butterfly remained on Yu Sui's neck, preventing her from making any rash moves.
Once inside the mirage, the passage of time outside becomes blurred.
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