Ch. 170
Chapter 170
Wei Xizheng followed Wu Huaiwei's question, thinking it over again, and spoke thoughtfully: "Before refining Masterless Energy, it will more or less clash with the human body. A person's energy can be peaceful and restrained, or violent and wild, but it absolutely cannot make the surrounding Masterless Energy submit before being refined."
He looked up at Wu Huaiwei: "Using your Yin-Yang School's words, her Five Elements are mutually generating, not conflicting. She's naturally close to Five Elements Energy. Such people have extraordinary talent and can even avoid Five Elements Energy Chaos."
The Yin-Yang School believed that most people in the world lacked Five Elements. What was lacking must be supplemented. If the Five Elements were complete, that was a superior physique.
Superior physiques with complete Five Elements were divided into Five Elements mutual generation and Five Elements mutual conflict.
Those with generation had the best harmony with Five Elements Energy, could generate Five Elements Energy themselves, avoiding the suffering of Five Elements conflicts, making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.
Those with conflict had the most resilient physiques in the world, able to resolve techniques through Five Elements conflicts.
In Wei Xizheng's view, Yu Sui had a superior physique of Five Elements mutual generation, but he could also see her low cultivation realm, so he was somewhat uncertain. Despite having talent far exceeding others, she performed so mediocrely.
"Superior physique, Five Elements mutual generation." Wu Huaiwei actually took his words to heart, her eyes showing some deep thought. "She's the daughter of Qingyang's famous Nangong Ming, and her mother is an Agricultural School Thirteenth Realm master who cultivates Agricultural School forbidden technique Phantom Beasts. It's not strange for these two people's child to have such talent."
That's what she said, but there were too many strange aspects.
"Since she's Nangong Ming's daughter, isn't the Agricultural School sacred object Breath Soil in her body?" Wei Xizheng asked.
Wu Huaiwei winked her left eye at him: "Do you want it?"
Wei Xizheng remained calm and answered: "No."
"A superior physique with Five Elements mutual generation." Wu Huaiwei murmured softly. "Oh dear, I'm afraid I'll have to compete with Master Chang for disciples. I wonder if the old man would be willing. If not, it doesn't matter. I can see he hasn't put much effort into teaching this disciple anyway."
Wu Huaiwei stood up from the Buddha statue. Wei Xizheng looked at her squinting, smiling expression with some surprise and asked: "You really want to steal her?"
"The academy hasn't had any superior physique disciples with complete Five Elements in recent years. Why should I give such a good seedling to the Ghost Way School?" Wu Huaiwei raised her eyebrows at Wei Xizheng below. "She's naturally meant to be my Yin-Yang School disciple."
Wei Xizheng said: "Since she didn't enter the Yin-Yang School, it means her entrance examination didn't show Yin-Yang School talent."
Wu Huaiwei snorted lightly: "I heard this child's entrance examination showed no compatibility with any school. Since she has no talent for any, why must it be Ghost Way School and not Yin-Yang School?"
Wei Xizheng remained silent in contemplation. He actually found Wu Huaiwei's words reasonable.
Although Wu Huaiwei had made her decision, she wasn't in a hurry to act. She continued accompanying Wei Xizheng wandering around underground Northern Kun City, wanting to see what else he might discover. If he found anything related to Hu Gui and Lin Chenghai, she could quickly destroy the evidence.
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The Saints planned to search the sea whirlpool opening of Northern Kun City from top to bottom.
Nian Qiuyan took Xing Chun to find the kitchen on the Spirit Bird. Since the Mechanism practitioners were all busy, they cooked for themselves.
Xing Chun took out his Wind-Listening Ruler and found he couldn't send anything out, feeling very puzzled. Only then did Nian Qiuyan tell him about the Communication Courtyard maintenance.
"What happened to the Communication Courtyard?" Xing Chun wondered. "Why the sudden long maintenance?"
Nian Qiuyan brought back a bowl of hot noodle soup and placed it on his table, saying: "You'll know when you join the Communication Courtyard later."
"My cultivation goal isn't the Communication Courtyard." Xing Chun put down the Wind-Listening Ruler with one hand and picked up chopsticks to eat with the other.
Zhongli Shan sat across from him with an empty bowl. He asked Xing Chun: "Then what's your cultivation goal?"
Xing Chun slurped several mouthfuls of noodles, tapped the bowl rim with his chopsticks making crisp sounds, and said seriously: "My goal is to become a Saint."
Nian Qiuyan patted his shoulder: "Not bad."
Zhongli Shan turned to look at Nian Qiuyan: "What about you?"
Nian Qiuyan lowered his eyes and thought, then smiled gently: "I don't seem to have any goals I must accomplish. If I can cultivate, I'll cultivate. If I can't, then forget it."
"With that attitude, you're actually a Taoist School disciple!" Xing Chun looked at him irritably.
Nian Qiuyan just smiled.
Zhongli Shan's expression was steady, his tone carrying a hint of probing as he asked: "Don't you have any short-term cultivation goals either?"
"I do have those." Nian Qiuyan said. "Get a Class A ranking in this year's Hundred Schools Night Walk."
Zhongli Shan looked at Nian Qiuyan's smiling face and gave up. He felt he was no match for Nian Qiuyan and couldn't probe anything out. Better leave it to Mei Liangyu.
He looked toward Mei Liangyu who was still selecting vegetables. Mei Liangyu seemed to dislike the fruits and vegetables in the basket very much. Rolling up his sleeves, he held them under water to wash, dry, and cut them. He focused on cooking without thinking about other things.
After Mei Liangyu finished cooking, he went back to find Yu Sui, knocking on the door to call her up to eat something.
Li Jin Shuang, who had been standing at the door with closed eyes in contemplation, opened her eyes and looked toward Yu Sui who was still lying on the bed without movement. She could only answer: "She's still asleep and hasn't woken up."
Yu Sui was currently observing the self-evolution of light cores inside the Spirit Puppets. She discovered they all stopped at the Sixth Realm and no longer continued cultivating.
The Five Elements Light Cores that went into the Spirit Puppets' bodies were still connected to Yu Sui's consciousness. This made Yu Sui fall into contemplation, wondering if she was limiting these light cores' performance. After reducing competitors, the strength of individual light cores' self-evolution represented her current realm.
Now she needed to see if she could extract these Sixth Realm light cores again.
Yu Sui concentrated on this one matter. Even knowing Mei Liangyu had come, she didn't get distracted.
The pearl-white light cores moved within the Spirit Puppets' bodies. Under Yu Sui's conscious control, they separated from the Spirit Puppets' bodies. After leaving the Spirit Puppets, they turned into dust again, but their light core realms hadn't changed.
Before Yu Sui could get excited, she discovered the Sixth Realm light cores couldn't leave the Situ family's Mechanism formation. The stone door was tightly closed, plus the Situ family's restrictions meant even a speck of dust couldn't fly out.
She had to go back once more.
She needed to find a way to get Situ Jin to open the stone door.
Li Jin Shuang had just told Mei Liangyu that Yu Sui was still sleeping when Yu Sui suddenly turned over and got up, startling Li Jin Shuang. Mei Liangyu outside the door heard the commotion and stopped his departing figure.
"You're awake?" Li Jin Shuang asked somewhat hesitantly.
"Jin Shuang, I want to ask you for a favor." Yu Sui sat up, her long hair half draped over her shoulder. Because she had been lying on her side sleeping, some strands of hair were now stuck to her cheek when she got up.
Her gaze was sincere, skillfully displaying the vulnerability she should show when asking for help.
Li Jin Shuang was most susceptible to this approach.
She asked: "What is it?"
Yu Sui beckoned to her. Li Jin Shuang stepped forward and bent down close to her. Yu Sui quietly told her request, asking Li Jin Shuang to find Situ Jin and go to the Spirit Puppet Deep Pit again.
"I left something very important inside, but I can't let others know." Yu Sui looked at Li Jin Shuang pleadingly.
Li Jin Shuang was silent for a moment, then nodded.
Seeing Li Jin Shuang agree, Yu Sui finally got out of bed and called toward outside: "Senior Brother!"
Mei Liangyu was still waiting outside.
When Yu Sui went to open the door, she was already explaining: "You eat first, I'll be right back."
She opened the door and saw Mei Liangyu standing outside. Mei Liangyu asked her: "Where are you going?"
"Back downstairs for a trip to find something. I'll come as soon as I find it." Yu Sui looked very anxious, pulling Li Jin Shuang along as she ran.
Mei Liangyu frowned as he watched, but didn't stop her.
Yu Sui and Li Jin Shuang returned underground and asked other Mechanism practitioners before finding Situ Jin. Learning that Li Jin Shuang's Wind-Listening Ruler had fallen into the Spirit Puppet pit and wanting to go back to look for it, Situ Jin didn't hesitate much and readily agreed.
Situ Jin had Li Jin Shuang and Yu Sui wait at the Spirit Puppet pit first while he finished his current tasks.
About half an hour later, Situ Jin came over full of apologies, removed the restrictions for the two and opened the door, even going in to help look for Li Jin Shuang's Wind-Listening Ruler.
Yu Sui recovered all the Five Elements Light Cores inside that had upgraded to the Sixth Realm and left over a hundred new light cores.
Currently, she had a total of ten Sixth Realm light cores in her possession.
Receiving Yu Sui's signal, Li Jin Shuang indicated she had found her Wind-Listening Ruler and thanked Situ Jin.
Situ Jin generously said it was a small matter requiring no thanks. Before leaving, he said: "When I came, I heard Director Sun say that once the Sea Fire in Northern Kun City is resolved, there will be no more problems. The trouble is the sea whirlpool outside. In another hour or two, the Spirit Bird can return to the sea."
"Aren't you going back?" Li Jin Shuang asked.
Situ Jin shook his head: "I have to return later."
Li Jin Shuang nodded to show she understood and asked no more questions. Yu Sui was fiddling with her Five Elements Light Cores, following behind Li Jin Shuang without much conversation.
Situ Jin was usually quite talkative, but today his words kept hesitating at the tip of his tongue in various ways, making him quite mute.
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as Li Jin Shuang and Yu Sui walked toward the Spirit Bird.
Yu Sui looked down at the road. The Sixth Realm light cores were hidden in her sleeves. She tried recalling one of the Sixth Realm light cores. It could indeed return to her body, but after entering her body, what managed her cultivation realm was still that First Realm light core.
The Sixth Realm light cores couldn't replace it.
Did she need to destroy her light core first?
Yu Sui looked up toward Li Jin Shuang walking ahead. She had Li Jin Shuang go to the kitchen first while she returned to her room to get something, then would join her shortly.
Li Jin Shuang believed her again.
Yu Sui appeared to be walking back to her room but took a detour, coming to the deck and looking down below. Once outside the barrier, below was the deep sea.
Deep, dark, cold. Yu Sui looked down below and took a deep breath, deciding to take a gamble. She felt her luck had been pretty good lately.
Destroying her light core would cause severe injury and near death, but she still had Divine Mechanism: Heavenly Eye as a backup plan.
If she was in a near-death state... perhaps she could trigger the Fire Spirit Orb like last time and contact other World Destroyers.
She attached an Instant Shadow Talisman to herself and fell toward the deep sea.
Five Elements Light Cores were irreplaceable and uniquely special to others, but to Yu Sui, they were frequently used consumables.
The moment she entered the water, Yu Sui decisively destroyed that First Realm light core. Intense pain spread from her chest to all her limbs. Heavenly Eye's gaze suppressed her leaking Five Elements Energy, helping to slow the loss.
Yu Sui's muffled groan under intense pain was swallowed by the boundless sea.
Strange Fire flickered.
World Destroyers far and wide simultaneously felt intense pain from their chests.
Xue Mushi, who was walking on the road to the dining hall, directly collapsed with weak legs, covering his chest as he rolled toward the pond.
Wei Ren, who had been walking beside him looking down at his Wind-Listening Ruler: "?"
How did the person disappear when he looked up?
"Who?" Two male voices rang out simultaneously.
An androgynous voice: "Not me."
Xue Mushi, who had rolled into the pond water, opened his eyes. Nangong Sui again?
Wei Ren put away his Wind-Listening Ruler and walked to the pond edge, looking at the ripples on the water surface with an inscrutable expression. Did this kid walk with his eyes closed?
A casual male voice probed: "The little girl who said she wouldn't die last time?"
At this moment, no one cursed and complained like before. The World Destroyers were all waiting for Yu Sui's answer.
The Sixth Realm light core emitting pearl-white light settled in the vacant spot in Yu Sui's chest. The Five Elements Energy that had been slowly flowing out was instantly pulled back.
Yu Sui opened her eyes in the deep, cold seawater and answered softly: "It's me."