Chapter 42
The dining hall was crowded at noon. Xing Chun had arranged to meet on the fourth floor of the dining hall. When Mei Liangyu brought Yu Sui along, Xing Chun wasn't too surprised, as he had known for days that Mei Liangyu was taking Yu Sui to attempt military formations today.
Seeing them arrive, Xing Chun asked with interest: "How did the military formation go?"
Yu Sui sat down and smiled: "Senior Brother is really amazing!"
She spoke as if it were her first time seeing a large-scale military formation, praising Mei Liangyu to the skies. After listening, Xing Chun kept turning to look at Mei Liangyu sitting beside him, as if wondering whether the Senior Brother Mei Liangyu that Yu Sui described was the same person he knew.
Mei Liangyu didn't stop her, letting Yu Sui blindly praise him with her eyes wide open.
After lunch, Xing Chun left first to observe star charts. Yu Sui went to pay the bill and brought two small food boxes when leaving. With a small meat sandwich in her mouth, she ran toward Mei Liangyu by the roadside, stumbling and nearly falling forward, but managed to steady herself.
However, the Wind-Listening Ruler hanging at her waist fell to the ground.
Yu Sui's eyes signaled to Mei Liangyu: Senior Brother, please pick it up for me.
Mei Liangyu stared at her steadily. Yu Sui held food boxes in both hands and had something in her mouth, not knowing if she hadn't eaten enough just now or what.
Mei Liangyu bent down to pick up Yu Sui's Wind-Listening Ruler, which was buzzing with sound.
Yu Sui crouched nearby to adjust the contents of the food boxes.
When Mei Liangyu returned the Wind-Listening Ruler to her, he unexpectedly saw a lit interface displaying a message:
"The Prince asked you to handle the matter of driving Zhongli Shan out of Taiyi, so you don't need to worry."
The sender was Gu Qian.
The accidentally lit Wind-Listening Ruler dimmed again.
Mei Liangyu calmly took in that message and said to Yu Sui who was still crouching on the ground: "Take it."
"Thank you, Senior Brother." Yu Sui took the Wind-Listening Ruler and put it away, then picked up the food boxes again. "Senior Brother, are you still going to attempt military formations?"
Mei Liangyu said: "No time today."
Yu Sui nodded.
She and Mei Liangyu parted ways by the dining hall road. Watching Mei Liangyu's departing figure, Yu Sui casually withdrew her gaze and carried the food boxes to Ghost Way Saint Hall.
To let Mei Liangyu see that message, she had deliberately put down the food boxes and crouched on the ground waiting. She couldn't directly bypass the Wind-Listening Ruler inscription and send Gu Qian's plan against Zhongli Shan to Mei Liangyu, as that person would definitely turn the Communication Courtyard upside down.
Senior Brother played with his Wind-Listening Ruler every day, but Yu Sui hadn't looked at his.
Taiyi's communication array was so large, with information being created or destroyed every moment. She didn't have time to constantly watch the communication array to read others' message contents, only setting up some keywords.
Like Strange Fire.
But useful information was too scarce. Even when Strange Fire was mentioned, it might just be private jokes between others, of no use to her at all.
People like Nangong Ming and Gu Qian would never discuss important matters through Wind-Listening Rulers.
Yu Sui slowly finished the meat sandwich in her mouth, thinking that Mei Liangyu was Zhongli Shan's friend. If he knew Gu Qian wanted to drive Zhongli Shan out of Taiyi, he should find a way to help, or tell Zhongli Shan to be careful.
……
Yu Sui arrived at Ghost Way Saint Hall and continued being chased around by Master throwing apricots at her.
During a break, she asked Saint Chang Gen: "Master, did Senior Brother modify the Eight Trigrams Life Techniques Nine Schools Arts himself?"
"Yes."
Yu Sui said thoughtfully: "Can anyone modify Eight Trigrams Life Techniques?"
"Theoretically, yes," Saint Chang Gen said. "Usually it's Ghost Way School, Yin-Yang School, and Taoist School that modify more advanced Eight Trigrams Life Techniques."
"Besides cultivating three souls and six spirits, does our Ghost Way School have other things?" Yu Sui asked curiously. "When I went to attempt military formations with Senior Brother today, I found his Eight Trigrams Life Techniques thunder snakes were different from mine."
Yu Sui created a technique in her palm, with a tiny thunder snake floating there: "His thunder snakes can twist into strange shapes."
"That's a type of 'curse,'" Saint Chang Gen explained while another thunder snake appeared before Yu Sui's eyes, thin and long like a needle, flashing with electric blue light. The small snake twisted its body into a strange symbol. "The School of Names' word bestowal is also a type of 'curse.' Even a stone, once given a name by the School of Names and granted meaning through naming, has life and death, and its life and death are controlled by the School of Names member who named it."
"The School of Names' word bestowal creates something from nothing, while the Ghost Way School's 'curses,' opposite to the School of Names' bestowal, reclaim known curse symbols."
"This is also similar to the Legalist School. Because the Legalist School believes human nature is inherently evil, people are born guilty, and everyone can be punished. The Legalist School's 186 types of judgment techniques are trials for people's innate evil."
Yu Sui listened carefully.
"'Symbol' marks can be seen everywhere, 'runes' are also mastered between five fingers, 'curses' refer to the existence of every person and thing."
"Every person exists as a special symbol."
Following Saint Chang Gen's explanation, Yu Sui looked around at the silent building stones, green vines and small flowers climbing the walls, fruit trees gently swaying their branches and leaves in the sunlight and breeze, all appearing unusually clear in her eyes.
"What people's eyes reflect of heaven and earth's myriad things have form and shadow, but in the vast heaven and earth's view, their shapes are just insignificant symbols."
As Saint Chang Gen's consciousness invaded, the world before Yu Sui's eyes instantly became bizarre.
The originally colorful world instantly became outlined in black and white lines. The concrete flowers and trees became a black long line, which twisted itself into a strange symbol as her gaze focused on it.
When she reached out to crush the black symbol, the world suddenly became clear, while the cluster of green vines on the wall lost their vitality and withered to death.
Yu Sui stared in shock at the green vines that had withered and died in an instant, recalling the eerie symbol formed by the twisted black line. This Ghost Way School curse technique made her feel somewhat bone-chilling.
"This is a life symbol, which can extract the life force of living things."
Saint Chang Gen said: "Your Senior Brother used a death symbol when attempting formations today, which can extract the Five Elements energy that dead things possess or can control."
The undead warriors in military formations were all considered dead things, unable to be attacked or controlled by Ghost Way School soul control and spirit stabilization, so only Ghost Way curses could be used. Death symbols were most suitable.
Yu Sui listened thoughtfully. Looking at it this way, Mei Liangyu was even more formidable than she had thought. Since he was Saint Chang Gen's disciple, he definitely wasn't ordinary. His strength couldn't be judged simply by saying Ninth Realm meant only Ninth Realm, it also depended on the Nine Schools Arts he mastered.
She even suspected whether Mei Liangyu also had Divine Mechanism Arts.
She had heard before that during rank advancement challenges, Mei Liangyu had blocked Xun Zhiya, using the same Nine Schools Arts as Xun Zhiya throughout the battle.
Yu Sui had seen in the books stolen from Gu Qian that among the 97 types of Divine Mechanism Arts, one could copy others' Nine Schools Arts.
But this type of Divine Mechanism Arts ability was too obvious, anyone would suspect it. Mei Liangyu wasn't a fool and wouldn't expose his possession of Divine Mechanism Arts so clearly.
So how did he do it?
Like Gu Qian, cultivating two schools simultaneously?
But what he knew wasn't limited to Ghost Way School and Legalist School. He even had involvement with Military School, School of Names, Taoist School, and Yin-Yang School. He practically knew Nine Schools Arts from every school.
Such a person would be troublesome as an enemy.
Yu Sui couldn't help thinking of Gu Qian, who seemed to already consider Mei Liangyu an enemy. Gu Qian wouldn't treat his enemies as gently as he treated pretty girls, showing mercy everywhere.
After thinking about it, she added the keyword "Mei Liangyu" to her monitoring of Gu Qian's Wind-Listening Ruler.
Her previous monitoring keywords were: "Pagoda," "Heavenly Character Text," "Lady Su," "Prince." Now there were two more: "Zhongli Shan" and "Mei Liangyu."
……
At sunset, Yu Sui bid farewell to Saint Chang Gen and went to the Military School alone.
The instructors sitting behind the desk were still the same two from the day.
Seeing Yu Sui, they asked with a smile: "You and the two mutes, right?"
"No," Yu Sui shook her head. "Just me this time."
"Going alone isn't easy," the instructor handed her the formation jade token. "For safety's sake, better call those two mutes."
Yu Sui: "The mutes are busy."
She took the formation jade token alone to a corner with fewer people. Yu Sui could predict that her frequency of entering and exiting military formations would be very high.
The first time she shattered the formation jade token and entered the formation, Yu Sui still appeared in the same place she had entered during the day.
The opening wails and howls were sharp as if trying to pierce her eardrums, directly assaulting her soul. Yu Sui couldn't help raising her hand to cover her ears.
This time there was no Li Jin Shuang's sword song to help suppress these sonic attacks, she could only find a way herself.
Yu Sui raised her hand, stirring up waves of Five Elements energy.
Xun Trigram, Life Technique, Wind Sound Shift.
Small whirlwinds rose from the ground, dispersing the blood mist shrouding Yu Sui. Those screaming wails were also suppressed by the wind sounds. Though they still existed, they were much quieter than before.
After all, this was a Level One Military Formation with overall strength matching Ninth Realm practitioners. Yu Sui, a First Realm practitioner, could only achieve this much.
Yu Sui used Wind-Riding Techniques to reach the rooftop and saw the distant city gate. Her position was at the very back of the city, with smoke and blood fire filling the space between.
She closed her eyes to concentrate, trying to use Divine Mechanism Heavenly Eye. Yu Sui recalled the scene when she first saw the communication array in childhood, that mysterious power naturally guiding her. But if it was Divine Mechanism Heavenly Eye, it shouldn't only respond to communication arrays.
Seeing through military formations was also Divine Mechanism Heavenly Eye's specialty.
Didn't they say Divine Mechanism Arts didn't require Five Elements energy?
While Yu Sui was still seeking answers, she suddenly felt scorching flames coming from all directions. She abruptly opened her eyes to see five undead warriors riding red horses, wielding long swords and using Nine Schools Arts to kill her.
Wind Sound Shift dispersed many of the fireball falling from the sky, but many still crashed to the ground, smashing large holes in the already ruined rooftop. With thunderous crashes, it collapsed.
The undead warriors used Wind-Riding Techniques to reach the rooftop, pursuing the retreating Yu Sui.
Both sides were using Eight Trigrams Life Techniques. When an undead warrior's thunder snake crawled to Yu Sui's wrist, it was swallowed by her thunder snake. Dazzling blue lightning flickered above the rooftop, making continuous crackling sounds.
The opponents were fast. Yu Sui could barely handle one, but five undead warriors surrounding her from all directions left absolutely no chance of victory, so she unhesitatingly shattered the formation jade token.
Exit formation, then re-enter.
Yu Sui wiped the fine sweat from her forehead. Such opportunities to practice with military formations were rare and should be treasured.
She spent the entire night going in and out of Black Wind City, repeatedly attempting to find a way to skillfully use Divine Mechanism Heavenly Eye, but unfortunately never succeeded even once.
However, she spent the whole night fighting and fleeing from undead warriors, getting herself disheveled and being knocked off rooftops countless times.
Yu Sui never fought to the death, retreating by shattering jade tokens when the timing wasn't right.
Through her multiple formation attempts, she learned that the undead warriors in the military formation acted in groups of five and never alone.
Initially only discovered by one group of undead warriors, but as prolonged fighting continued without eliminating them, other undead warriors sensing Five Elements power would be drawn over.
Tonight Yu Sui was chased by over a hundred undead warriors across rooftops and streets at most. When she exited the formation, she was gasping for breath and took a long time to recover before re-entering.
Divine Mechanism Heavenly Eye showed no response, but Yu Sui practiced Ghost Way School introductory soul control to the second level.
Fighting Nine Schools Arts against the undead warriors in military formations, especially when the formation puppets multiplied, left Yu Sui with no chance of victory. One person using one Nine Schools Arts technique, a hundred people meant a hundred Nine Schools Arts techniques attacking her simultaneously, directly scaring her out of the formation.
If following Mei Liangyu's method, using death symbols to extract the undead warriors' Five Elements energy and turning them into ordinary soldiers unable to use Nine Schools Arts, then Yu Sui could cut through them like vegetables all the way to the city gate to directly challenge the final city guardian.
The techniques Saint Chang Gen taught during the day weren't yet familiar to Yu Sui, so this method wouldn't work either.
For Yu Sui, she just needed to shatter their Five Elements Light Cores.
The 130th time entering Military Formation Black Wind City, Yu Sui was already sweating profusely, her clothes soaked with sweat then dried by Strange Fire's heat, over and over.
The scars on her face that had just faded now had new injuries added.
Yu Sui couldn't help raising her hand to touch them, feeling blood on her hand. Her brow twitched slightly. Since being able to practice Nine Schools Arts, she seemed to be constantly getting injured. The hardships she had never suffered before, she had experienced them all in just over a month.
Compared to the death resonance with Strange Fire's world destroyer, it was nothing.
Yu Sui twisted her neck, making stiff cracking sounds. Wind Sound Shift helped her dispel sonic obstacles and monitor horse hoof sounds ahead. The undead warriors had discovered her and begun pursuing.
In the blood mist-filled street, five Five Elements Light Cores glowing with lustrous light hovered in the air.
Second Level Soul Control, the second soul Yu Sui separated could independently generate Five Elements Light Cores.
300 plus 300, she could mobilize 600 Five Elements Light Cores in one day.
They could act simultaneously, mobilize Five Elements energy simultaneously, and cast Nine Schools Arts simultaneously.
Yu Sui unexpectedly discovered that the consciousness separated by soul control was another self, a complete, identical "me," even inheriting Strange Fire and the power to generate Five Elements Light Cores.
The undead soldiers completely ignored the floating Five Elements Light Cores, their target clear: pursue all living things. Ignoring those glowing Five Elements Light Cores was their biggest mistake.
Yu Sui wiped her face in the blood mist, lightly rubbing her fingertips. Five Elements Light Cores pressed against the undead soldiers' hearts and shattered, the exploding Five Elements energy penetrating their armor and crushing the undead soldiers' own Five Elements Light Cores.
The soldiers who had been majestically raising swords on horseback all fell from their mounts. The charging warhorses neighed as their masters fell, rearing up and stopping in place, then disappearing into blood mist as their masters vanished.
Ha, indeed evil and unorthodox methods suited her better.
If relying on normal Nine Schools Arts, even if she entered the formation 300 more times, she couldn't kill this squad of undead warriors.
This time Yu Sui exited the formation uninjured. Dawn had broken outside. After fighting all night, both her mental strength and Five Elements energy were greatly depleted. Clutching the formation jade token, she walked to sit on stone steps in a corner, raising her hand to touch her face, accidentally touching a curled wound that made her gasp from pain.
The Military School formation had three more days remaining. Yu Sui didn't want to waste a single moment.
After a brief rest, she went to the Medical School to change medicine, then returned to Ghost Way Saint Hall for a short nap before rushing back to the Military School by noon to continue attempting formations.
With no clue about Divine Mechanism Heavenly Eye, Yu Sui gave up on it for today and focused on the Five Elements Light Cores that had shown progress.
In military formations, Five Elements Light Cores wouldn't be noticed by formation puppets, which only pursued living things.
Five Elements Light Cores weren't considered living things.
Ghost Way School Second Level Soul Control, the separated second soul could control Five Elements Light Cores to approach formation puppets while Yu Sui fought using Nine Schools Arts, crushing light cores at the right moment to destroy the formation puppets' Five Elements Light Cores.
Yu Sui sat on the rooftop, examining the small, lustrous Five Elements Light Core in her palm. In her eyes, she could see a thread of golden Five Elements energy flowing inside the light core. The power contained within seemed stronger than before.
As she closed her eyes to concentrate, Five Elements Light Cores were separated one after another, floating in the air. More and more lustrous glows gradually dispersed the surrounding blood mist.
A full 600 Five Elements Light Cores flickered in the blood mist like stars in the sky. Positioned in the galaxy, Yu Sui who commanded the stars opened her eyes and looked toward the city gate.
Perhaps she could attempt a breakthrough.
With thought following intention, Yu Sui shadow-stepped forward. She charged all the way as undead warriors from all directions pursued her, blood mist ahead forming warhorses to intercept her.
Enhanced by Wind-Riding Techniques, Yu Sui's figure nimbly wove through streets and alleys. Having run this route over a hundred times before, she was already familiar with the path.
The first undead warriors to approach Yu Sui all disappeared due to Five Elements Light Cores that silently attached and exploded. Yu Sui advanced at full speed with hundreds of stars, unstoppable.
War horse neighing roared in Yu Sui's ears, with sounds of thousands of cavalry seemingly pursuing from front and behind, making her heart beat like drums. She gripped the formation jade token tightly, knowing that if she hadn't reached the city gate and met the city guardian before exhausting her 600 light cores, she could only shatter the token and exit to try again.
The stars surrounding Yu Sui grew fewer and fewer, their lustrous glow dimming as more and more blood mist enveloped the city.
When the last star shattered and the last warhorse turned to dispersing blood mist, Yu Sui burst from the street, blood mist stretching endlessly behind her.
Banners flew before the city gate, archers on the walls had already nocked arrows, beacon fires blazed in the night, sparks cascading down toward the city below.
Yu Sui wiped sweat from her face, her eyes bright with unending battle spirit. She saw a tall figure riding a red warhorse emerge from the dark city gate, horse hooves unhurried yet elegant and majestic.
She had seen it, the military formation's city guardian.
At this moment, the massive black shadow riding the red warhorse emerged from the heavy city gate. Sparks scattered all around, and each forward step of the warhorse made the ground tremble. Those light horse hoof sounds struck Yu Sui's heart like heavy blows, shaking her very soul, impossible to dispel with Wind Sound Shift.
Yu Sui had only one last Five Elements Light Core remaining. She glanced at the light core still floating in the air, then looked at the city guardian who had reached the illuminated area.
It brought silent oppressive force, its eyes under the blood-colored helmet emitting sun-bright dazzling light, terrifying and impossible to look at directly.
The city guardian stared intently at Yu Sui, slowly drawing its sword toward the frail figure in the blood mist ahead.
……
Upon seeing the city guardian, the instant it drew its sword to strike her, Yu Sui shattered the jade token and exited the formation.
The power disparity was too great. Just hearing its horse hooves made Yu Sui feel her heart would be crushed by the oppression. The closer to the city guardian, the stronger that compelling pressure became, as if she too had become a soldier in this city who followed its lead, unable to resist military orders.
Even so, she had charged right up to the city guardian!
Exiting the formation felt like having all strength drained from her body. Yu Sui collapsed on the long steps and sighed lightly, her eyes bright with smiles. Though she had used up all her light cores for the day, she felt thrilling accomplishment.
The final three days saw even more people coming to attempt military formations.
Having exhausted her Five Elements Light Cores for the day, that evening Yu Sui began frequently entering and exiting formations, practicing her Nine Schools Arts while trying to trigger Divine Mechanism Heavenly Eye.
When Sheng Hao, who had come with friends to attempt formations, was about to leave, he noticed Yu Sui alone going in and out of military formations in the corner.
Recently Sheng Hao had been busy with School of Names examinations and had no time to watch Yu Sui. He thought Yu Sui had just entered the academy and hadn't even finished Ghost Way introductory cultivation, what could happen?
Seeing Yu Sui now dusty all over with blood on her face, he couldn't help widening his eyes slightly and quickly walking over. Just as he opened his mouth to call "Sui Sui," he saw Yu Sui enter the military formation.
Sheng Hao: "..."
"Where's little sister?" Mu Mengbai immediately perked up his ears, widening his eyes to look around.
Sheng Hao waited in place with an unpleasant expression.
Yu Sui came out quickly, immediately encountering Sheng Hao staring at her: "Look at yourself, who did this to you?"
"Third Brother," Yu Sui hid her hands behind her back and smiled foolishly, "you're also here attempting military formations."
Sheng Hao said coldly: "I asked you a question."
"From attempting formations," Yu Sui told the truth. "But I went to the Medical School, so all this will heal in a few days."
"Your old wounds haven't healed and new ones have appeared." Sheng Hao found the fierce scars on her skin displeasing everywhere. "You're only First Realm attempting Ninth Realm military formations, aren't you just being a punching bag for formation puppets inside?"
Yu Sui played dumb: "Practice makes progress."
"Is this how you practice?" Sheng Hao sneered. "I think before you finish practicing, you'll practice yourself to death first. Go to the Medical School."
Sheng Hao dragged Yu Sui to the Medical School for treatment.
Yu Sui obediently followed, since she had no Five Elements Light Cores left to continue attempting formations anyway.
This time at the Medical School, Yu Sui didn't have to wait on the first floor for Medical School disciples to help. Sheng Hao took her to the second floor and personally applied medicine for her, with Mu Mengbai helping adjust medicine on the side.
Mu Mengbai said to Yu Sui: "Little sister, if you want to challenge Black Wind City, we'll take you."
Sheng Hao nodded: "If you really want to go, come with me."
"No," Yu Sui shrank her neck in refusal. "Third Brother, you're going for rank advancement. I'm afraid of holding you back."
You can't even see the city guardian, I won't play with you.
"Oh my, what use is our rank advancement? It's more interesting taking little sister for rank advancement. First to Second Realm is very easy!" Mu Mengbai brought the medicine jar to her front, about to help Yu Sui apply medicine to her cheek when Sheng Hao slapped his hand away and snatched the medicine jar from him.
Mu Mengbai grimaced and rubbed his slapped hand, still not forgetting to praise: "Little sister, you're so smart and talented, you can definitely do it!"
Yu Sui was amused by his reaction and turned her face away.
Mu Mengbai exaggeratedly winked at Sheng Hao: Look, look! Little sister was made to laugh by me! You useless brother who only scolds people!
Sheng Hao's eye twitched violently.
The medical clinic was still lively today. Yu Sui sat in the small room, rolling up her sleeves to apply medicine herself. The window was open for passing medicine from outside.
Sheng Hao temporarily left due to School of Names matters, leaving Mu Mengbai to accompany Yu Sui. He was a talkative and sociable person, always having endless things to say. His conversation was humorous and witty, making Yu Sui laugh continuously. The smile never left her eyes and brows.
When Mei Liangyu and Zhongli Shan reached the second floor, they heard Mu Mengbai's exaggerated voice telling Yu Sui academy stories. Turning their heads, they saw the two by the window, one standing and one sitting. Mu Mengbai was mixing medicine with a light, cheerful tone while Yu Sui applied medicine to her own arm. When hearing something amusing, she'd look up at Mu Mengbai, tears of laughter in her eyes.
Zhongli Shan said to Mei Liangyu: "Your Junior Sister gets injured rather quickly."
Mei Liangyu withdrew his gaze, saying lazily: "As long as she doesn't feel pain, it's fine."
The next day Yu Sui went to the Military School again. She didn't even go to Ghost Way Saint Hall, completely absorbed in challenging military formations and sparring with the formation puppets inside.
Such opportunities were rare.
Sheng Hao said he'd take her, but Yu Sui refused.
That evening, Yu Sui exited the formation covered in sweat, happening to encounter Mei Liangyu and Zhongli Shan and others who had also just exited nearby formations.
Yu Sui was gasping for breath, hands on her knees, body bent over. Suddenly feeling a shadow cover her, she looked up to see sweat beads running down her chin and along her neck, leaving a trail. She said softly: "Senior Brother."
Mei Liangyu quietly assessed Yu Sui's condition and asked with raised eyebrows: "Want to come along?"
Yu Sui shook her head and straightened up.
She blinked and smiled playfully: "I want to play by myself."
An expected answer. Though Mei Liangyu didn't know what Yu Sui was practicing, he could see she was having great fun alone in the military formation.
So the two continued attempting their separate military formations.
On the final day of military formations, they would close at midnight.
When closing, all disciples still in formations were forcibly ejected. The Military School instructors who had kept watch for seven days stood up and stretched lazily, shouting to everyone: "Everyone worked hard. Those who should rest go rest. Next time we open formations, we'll see you embarrass yourselves again."
Academy disciples: "..."
The trial ground was noisy with chatter. Disciples familiar with the instructors joked with each other, and people left in groups of three to five.
Yu Sui was in the farthest corner, sitting on stone steps rubbing her neck. She glimpsed Li Jin Shuang leaving alone in the crowd and was about to call her when her Wind-Listening Ruler suddenly buzzed.
It was her keyword message alert.
Yu Sui took out her Wind-Listening Ruler, her heart trembling as she prayed for news related to Heavenly Character Text. But looking, she found it was a message conversation from Gu Qian's side.
Gu Qian sent messages to someone named Wei Kun:
"You help me eliminate Zhongli Shan, I'll help you deal with Mei Liangyu."
"On the night of the 15th, you lure Mei Liangyu to the Outer City."
Yu Sui's fingertip gently slid across the Wind-Listening Ruler, touching these two messages.
Gu Qian and Wei Kun had joined forces.
What method did he have to suppress Mei Liangyu? Yu Sui looked down. Going to the Outer City, he was probably planning to severely injure if not kill. But in the Outer City, if Mei Liangyu really couldn't win, he could summon Saint Chang Gen. How would Gu Qian proceed?
Cool night wind brushed her face, but due to Strange Fire's heat, Yu Sui felt even the approaching wind carried slight warmth.
She looked up, her gaze unconsciously sweeping over the crowd, seeing Mei Liangyu walking with Zhongli Shan and others ahead.
His expression was lazy. Nian Qiuyan beside him said something that made him shake his head and smile momentarily. When glancing at Nian Qiuyan, the night wind disturbed his eyes, making him notice Yu Sui sitting on the stone steps behind them, staring at them with a stunned expression, causing him to stop.