Chapter 87
Mei Liangyu looked at Yu Sui, sitting up by himself, asking her in a low voice: "What are you doing?"
"The barrier just broke, and Senior Brother, you were knocked back and fainted." Yu Sui's gaze followed his movements upward, patiently explaining: "The Five Elements Energy in the mountain valley became imbalanced, causing strong winds that blew fallen flowers onto your hair."
Only then did Mei Liangyu slowly release his grip on her hand, his pitch-black eyes staring at her unblinkingly.
The mountain valley where Five Elements Energy had been chaotic earlier was now gradually calming down. The clear stream was full of fallen flowers swept in by the fierce wind, piled up and blocking the waterway, with many dead fireflies fallen on the ground.
The two were by the stream next to the Divine Wood seed. The barrier was gone, and Xue Mushi was scouting ahead, only turning back when he noticed Mei Liangyu had awakened.
Yu Sui hesitated under Senior Brother's gaze. Just as she was about to withdraw her hand, she heard Mei Liangyu say: "Remove them."
Her hand, which had paused in mid-air, reached out again to pick off all the fallen flowers stuck in his hair.
"What did Senior Brother see?" Yu Sui asked softly, looking at him with some curiosity.
Mei Liangyu also asked himself what he had seen.
He had wanted to see divination related to his own life and death, but who knew he would instead see his obedient, adorable Junior Sister releasing Strange Fire and burning everything.
Mei Liangyu quickly recalled the scene on the cliff plateau. He had even seen Saints from Taiyi Academy, but he alone was nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps before Yu Sui released Strange Fire to destroy the world, he had already died.
He didn't even get a chance to be burned by Strange Fire.
Was Junior Sister so heartbroken that I died?
Heartbroken enough to directly destroy the world?
Mei Liangyu's expression became momentarily strange.
The Divine Wood seed had no reason to specifically show him how Yu Sui released Strange Fire.
She had obviously been exposed as someone possessing Strange Fire, surrounded and hunted by the strong fighters of Xuangu Continent. It looked like she had been fighting for who knows how long, her body already at its limit. If Strange Fire was her last resort, it wasn't too surprising.
Mei Liangyu was even hesitating whether he should be shocked that Junior Sister possessed Strange Fire and was a World Destroyer, or shocked that I actually died first, but the Divine Wood seed didn't let me see how I died.
What connection did Junior Sister's world destruction have with my death? There should be a connection, which is why he could see it.
Was she really so heartbroken that I died?
Mei Liangyu lightly lifted his eyelids. Yu Sui reached out to help him remove fallen flowers from his hair, her sleeve sliding back to reveal a section of jade-white arm. Perhaps after not getting Senior Brother's answer for a while, she tilted her head from behind her arm to glance at Mei Liangyu.
"Anyway, it's nothing good." Mei Liangyu said with a stern face.
Yu Sui hesitated: "If it's foreseeing future causes of death, then we can avoid it in advance, right?"
Well said.
If I had seen it, I could think of ways to avoid it.
Unfortunately, the Divine Wood seed didn't give him a chance to avoid it.
Mei Liangyu said inscrutably: "People all die eventually."
After brushing off Yu Sui, he stood up from the ground and looked toward the Divine Wood seed standing in the stream.
"You two go ahead first." Mei Liangyu said without allowing refusal. "The barrier is already broken, I'll follow shortly."
Yu Sui also stood up. After hearing this, she and the returning Xue Mushi looked at each other, both somewhat hesitant.
Mei Liangyu didn't want to explain further, only saying expressionlessly: "Go."
"Then we'll go ahead and take a look." Yu Sui said softly, walking with Xue Mushi toward the front of the mountain valley, their figures gradually disappearing into the night.
Only after walking far away did Xue Mushi say to Yu Sui: "He wouldn't want to do something to the Divine Wood seed, would he? If something happens to this thing, the academy Saints might notice."
Yu Sui said slowly: "I'm more curious about what he divined from the Divine Wood seed."
"Probably saw himself die," Xue Mushi said. "Anyway, we should stay away from Technical Arts School things. Although not everyone can accurately divine the future, just in case."
There are higher heavens beyond heaven, and people beyond people.
In this world, even rare treasures aren't all on the World Destroyers' side.
Yu Sui left a Five Elements Light Core in the stream, concealed by the pile of fallen flowers, unnoticed by anyone.
She saw Mei Liangyu stop in front of the Divine Wood seed, slightly lowering his head, staring at the word "death" on the seed, his gaze carrying deep thought and inquiry.
Though Mei Liangyu was surprised that Junior Sister possessed Strange Fire, thinking carefully about the unusual things about Junior Sister, it was quite easy to accept.
Those strange aspects couldn't necessarily be said to be definitely related to Strange Fire, but knowing Junior Sister had Strange Fire, they became understandable.
Mei Liangyu looked up toward the front, no longer able to see Yu Sui's figure.
His Junior Sister was quite unlucky too.
First, because of Breath Soil, she had been hunted since childhood, her relationship with family wasn't good either, even to the point of life and death, and she couldn't cultivate, could only be a little white rabbit at others' mercy, her final struggle before death could only be frantically kicking her legs.
Finally able to cultivate and beginning to have self-protection abilities, even gaining a good Master, but she had Strange Fire that opposed the entire world.
Master definitely wouldn't protect her.
Mei Liangyu was very certain.
Master seemed gentle, but it might be because he was too old, having lived for who knows how long, looking at them all like looking at three-year-old children.
Elders always had more tolerance and patience with young ones.
He said he and Junior Sister had a connection, a good one, but good connections came in many types, and good connections didn't necessarily mean he could protect her from death.
Mei Liangyu never considered his Master, Saint Chang Gen, to be someone who was easily soft-hearted or blindly benevolent.
On the contrary, Master had always maintained worldly order. His consciousness persisted in the human world to guard this land and protect Taiyi Academy.
The existence of World Destroyers was exactly opposite to his ideals.
If he hadn't stopped Gao Tianhao that day, giving him time to make full preparations, even if he couldn't burn down all of Taiyi Academy under others' obstruction, he would have burned countless people to death, possibly people from the Outer City, possibly people from the academy.
And Master's attitude, Mei Liangyu and Yu Sui had the same view.
The time was too short.
Master wouldn't develop deep feelings for a disciple in just a few months, protecting her in every way. What Saint Chang Gen could do now were all things that came easily to him.
Even though Junior Sister seemed very likable, this kind of superficial goodwill was easy to come by. Getting someone to risk their life for her wasn't easy.
Unless, like him, she had spent ten years or more with Master, only then might Master waver.
For a very long time, Mei Liangyu thought there were only him and Master in this world, only the two of them depending on each other.
Later he discovered that wasn't the case.
Master cared about more than just him.
If Junior Sister lost even Master's protection, who else in this world could protect her?
Her father who was busy invading the six kingdoms? Her mother who wanted to kill her for Breath Soil? Or her useless brothers who knew nothing of her situation?
She was truly unlucky.
Unlucky and pitiful.
If only she could hide for a lifetime, but there would always be a day when she'd be discovered in the future.
Thinking carefully about the scene of her standing on the cliff plateau, perhaps that wasn't the first day Junior Sister was discovered to be a World Destroyer. Perhaps she had been hiding and running for a long time.
Junior Sister could no longer walk openly into shops to buy her favorite clothes and jewelry.
The scene of Yu Sui standing on the cliff confronting the crowd reminded Mei Liangyu of himself kneeling on the rainy night street, facing murderous intent from all directions. The people trying to kill him weren't as numerous as those trying to kill Yu Sui, but there was a strange sense of empathy.
They were both pitifully infuriating.
Mei Liangyu took a deep breath. Whether it was Junior Sister's Strange Fire or his own death divination, it would be best if others didn't discover them.
Yu Sui saw through the light core surveillance that Senior Brother raised his hand toward the Divine Wood seed. She couldn't sense any Five Elements Energy flow, but the pebbles on the ground were trembling, fallen flowers floated in the air, stopping at different positions. Golden talismans flashed across the pink-white petals, and the next moment the fallen flowers formed a barrier trapping the Divine Wood seed within, transforming into a flowering tree for concealment.
This was... Divine Mechanism Arts?
Just as Yu Sui was stunned, she sensed Mei Liangyu looking in the direction of the light core. Senior Brother's obviously vigilant gaze made her heart skip, and she immediately destroyed the light core.
Before the light core shattered, an invisible force flew over. If she had been any slower, it would have been bad.
Yu Sui's heart raced for a moment, and she couldn't help but look back.
Mei Liangyu didn't let go of his earlier suspicion. His power extended to more distant places, trying to capture the fleeting Five Elements Energy from just now, but he found nothing.
Perhaps it really was just his imagination.
Mei Liangyu withdrew his hand, lightly pressing his brow, standing quietly for a moment. After confirming there were no problems, he left.
The Technical Arts School's Divine Wood seed, if not for all the Divine Wood in the High Tree Garden withering and no longer growing, they wouldn't have specifically come to check the seed's condition.
Dragon Throat Mountain originally had many rare treasures, so encountering it here wasn't very strange.
Fortunately, Dragon Slaying Cave opened once a year, and very few disciples could reach Dragon Throat Mountain.
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Yu Sui and Xue Mushi waited for Mei Liangyu at the front of the mountain valley. Before Mei Liangyu arrived, they encountered a surprise attack from Military Formation evil spirits.
The two tactfully retreated in different directions. Yu Sui was already familiar with the swordsmanship and speed of Military Formation evil spirits, handling them with ease.
When Mei Liangyu arrived, he happened to see the two cooperating to defeat a Military Formation evil spirit. The evil spirit turned into sparks and dispersed on the ground, and only then did Yu Sui turn back and gently call: "Senior Brother."
Hearing Yu Sui's gentle, soft voice, Mei Liangyu couldn't help thinking that Junior Sister was even better at acting than him.
Mei Liangyu recalled Yu Sui throwing herself into his arms in Military Formation: Dragon Fish, crying pitifully, afterward saying the thunder mark hurt too much.
The thunder mark burning hurt too much, did it?
Mei Liangyu walked toward Yu Sui, his expression unchanged: "Let's go, continue traveling. We broke the Divine Wood seed's barrier to take a shortcut, we can't waste it."
Yu Sui followed behind him, walking and asking: "Senior Brother, the Divine Wood seed is just there. Won't its position change? If other people come, can they also use the Divine Wood seed for divination?"
"No one has the same courage as me to actually dare let the Divine Wood seed divine to break the barrier." Mei Liangyu glanced at her with one eye open, one closed.
Yu Sui asked again: "Then after I pass Dragon Head, can I come back to find the Divine Wood seed for divination? It no longer has a barrier."
You want to divine?
Mei Liangyu stopped walking and turned to look at Yu Sui.
Seeing him stop, Yu Sui immediately stopped too, blinking somewhat puzzled.
Xue Mushi didn't know what was wrong with these two either, silently waiting not far behind Yu Sui.
"Junior Sister, I have a question I'd like to ask you." Mei Liangyu gazed steadily at her, slowly asking: "If I died, would you be sad?"
Yu Sui was only stunned for a moment before nodding: "Yes, I would definitely be sad."
Mei Liangyu thought to himself that you'd better not be too sad.
But then he thought, Junior Sister's words should only be believed about thirty percent, maybe even just ten percent. At least there'd be ten percent sadness, right?
If you weren't sad at all, I might get angry enough to crawl back from hell to the living world.
"Senior Brother, did you see something bad at the Divine Wood?" Yu Sui looked at him with some worry. "Since it can be foreseen, it can definitely be changed too. Tell me, and we'll think of a solution together."
Telling you would just make me die faster.
Mei Liangyu instantly thought of Lu Haiye's death, and that unlucky Wei Ren. Wei Ren could still live probably because he didn't see Yu Sui's methods of killing Lu Haiye.
But all of this was Junior Sister protecting herself, which was understandable.
Mei Liangyu withdrew his gaze without showing his thoughts, speaking casually with obvious teasing intent, making it impossible to tell if he was serious: "You'd better not be too sad. When I die, if you cry too hard, I'll be crying so much I won't want to die."
Yu Sui also heard this was a joke, taking two quick steps to catch up with him: "So will Senior Brother really die?"
Mei Liangyu sneered: "What do you see now?"
Yu Sui laughed: "I mean in the future!"
"No." Mei Liangyu sneered equally: "I won't die."