Yu Sui hadn't expected these two would encounter each other this way.
Gu Qian had co by often before, mostly looking for Xun Zhiya.
When he wanted to find Yu Sui, he had to send ssages through Wind-Listening Rulers first, otherwise he might co to the dormitory only to find nothing, because Yu Sui often stayed at the Ghost Way Saint Hall and didn't return to sleep.
Yu Sui had no choice but to check the Five Elents Light Core she had placed in her room to see what was happening there.
At this mont, Gu Qian looked at i Liangyu walking out of Yu Sui's room as if no one else existed, his expression darkening slightly as he stared at the food box in i Liangyu's hand and demanded: "What did you take from Sui Sui's room?"
i Liangyu smiled, his tone light and airy: "Want to know? Go ask my Junior Sister."
He wasn't hiding his troublemaking intent at all right now, his expression malicious.
Yu Sui was sending ssages to Gu Qian to explain. She thought that if Gu Qian didn't want to expose being suspected, he'd better hold back now and not fight with i Liangyu.
Gu Qian's Wind-Listening Ruler was buzzing, but he had no mind to look at it, still staring at i Liangyu.
i Liangyu's mocking gaze tinged with slight ridicule made Gu Qian very displeased. What right did he have to show such an expression?
Gu Qian said: "Open it."
He pointed to the food box i Liangyu was carrying.
"If you have the ability, co and snatch it." i Liangyu ignored him and stepped toward the exit.
Anyone with half a brain would know he couldn't possibly listen to Gu Qian.
i Liangyu had just taken one step forward when Gu Qian blocked him. Their Five Elents Energy collided silently. When Gu Qian moved to snatch it and i Liangyu lifted it to dodge, Ji ng shouted: "Hey! Don't fight in their room!"
Seeing them start fighting, Yu Sui had no choice. Gu Qian wouldn't even look at the ssages she was sending him.
Wen Yanghui, who had been standing at the door looking down at his Wind-Listening Ruler, only looked up toward the inside when he heard the commotion, and called out when he saw i Liangyu: "Brother."
Brother?
Yu Sui blinked in confusion.
i Liangyu used his energy to push away Gu Qian who was trying to snatch sothing, his gaze neither cold nor indifferent as he glanced at Wen Yanghui: "Who's your brother? Don't randomly claim relationships."
Wen Yanghui said to Gu Qian: "Stop fighting."
There was no benefit to fighting i Liangyu right now.
After Ji ng pulled Gu Qian back, he glared at i Liangyu unwillingly.
When i Liangyu walked to the doorway, he looked at Wen Yanghui standing beside him. Wen Yanghui stood there obediently, like a good child listening to a lecture.
"Did you give them the Demon Sealing Pillar that night?" i Liangyu lifted his eyelids to look at him, his tone as casual as if discussing today's weather.
Ji ng and the others felt their hearts shake upon hearing this, all looking toward Wen Yanghui simultaneously.
Wen Yanghui opened his mouth, disappointnt appearing on his face: "You could tell?"
i Liangyu turned sideways, his gaze lightly sweeping over the several people in the room: "The numbers roughly match up too, it's just that there are more who know Legalist judgnt techniques."
When he finished speaking, i Liangyu was looking at Gu Qian and Xun Zhiya. Both were from the Legalist School, but he had fought Xun Zhiya on the martial arts arena during advancent challenges and could confirm it wasn't her.
Plus when the other party saved the Shadow Swallow's master, that embracing posture was obviously a man's.
And there was Gu Qian's Five Elents Energy that had just activated.
Coincidentally, i Liangyu was particularly sensitive to others' Five Elents Energy. Theoretically, everyone's Five Elents Energy was the sa, but there were always so exceptions or special identification techniques.
Shi Yuezhen's investigation into dical School's Qian Ying hadn't yielded results yet, but i Liangyu had solved the puzzle himself through Wen Yanghui.
That night, the person who used Divine chanism Arts to eliminate his Nine Schools Arts was Gu Qian.
Yu Sui, who had already arrived at Ghost Way study hall and taken her seat, touched her nose. She really hadn't expected this developnt, she had only asked Senior Brother to co get so apricot jam.
Shu Chujun and Ji ng both tensed up, carefully not letting their surprise show.
Gu Qian calmly positioned Xun Zhiya behind him, blocking i Liangyu's scrutinizing gaze. Though shocked that i Liangyu had directly pointed this out, his face showed no emotional fluctuation, still looking at i Liangyu coldly.
"You've made so many enemies that you've reached the point of suspecting everyone wants to harm you. Isn't that thinking too highly of yourself?" Gu Qian mocked coldly.
i Liangyu completely ignored his words, that handso and aloof face showing so amusent, with a contemptuous look like soone looking down at ants from above, making Gu Qian clench his fists.
"The sa words back to you." i Liangyu said softly and slowly, "Thinking that blocking your judgnt technique once ant wanting to harm you, so you joined forces with Wei Kun, believing four against one would be foolproof. Isn't that thinking too highly of yourself?"
He didn't reveal the Divine chanism Arts matter though.
i Liangyu glanced at Wen Yanghui as he left, but said nothing.
Gu Qian watched i Liangyu leave, frowning deeply, thinking as expected, he and i Liangyu were destined to be unable to coexist peacefully.
Ji ng pulled Wen Yanghui into the main room and closed the door, asking him: "How could he tell about the Demon Sealing Pillar? Can he also tell who made it?"
This challenged his understanding of chanism techniques too much.
"Others might not be able to, but he definitely can." Wen Yanghui sighed, "His chanism techniques talent is even better than you imagine. If everyone didn't know he was brought back to Taiyi by Saint Chang Gen, people would guess he's an illegitimate son from one of the four great chanism families."
Shu Chujun glared at them: "Since you knew his chanism techniques talent was good, why did you still use a Demon Sealing Pillar you made yourself? Isn't that deliberately giving him clues?"
"Using other Demon Sealing Pillars would be easier to trace, they all have chanism serial numbers." Wen Yanghui retorted, "Mine doesn't have any."
"What do we do now? Gu Qian is exposed, i Liangyu will definitely retaliate viciously afterward." Shu Chujun looked at Gu Qian, finding him walking straight toward Yu Sui's room.
Gu Qian circled around Yu Sui's room but didn't notice anything wrong. His brow furrowed when his gaze fell on several jars of apricot wine on the table, as he didn't know when his little childhood friend had started drinking.
Xun Zhiya stood at the doorway, frowning as she looked at Gu Qian with so concern: "You need to be more careful in your actions from now on."
"I know." Gu Qian closed the door for Yu Sui, thinking deeply, "The Dragon Slaying Cave challenge is coming up soon too. Next ti before entering the Inverted Moon Cave, I'll be careful."
But Ji ng said to Gu Qian: "Now we've completely fallen out with i Liangyu, but what about the Princess? She's Saint Chang Gen's disciple like i Liangyu, and often stays at the Ghost Way Saint Hall instead of returning to the dormitory. Her private contact with i Liangyu is definitely more than we imagine. i Liangyu can even co to her room to take things, their relationship is better than we thought."
He hesitated, then probed: "Going forward, wouldn't it be inconvenient to let the Princess know about our affairs?"
Hearing this, Yu Sui couldn't help but smile silently.
Only now they think of her? And they think her relationship with i Liangyu is quite good.
Thinking about it carefully, the relationship really wasn't bad.
"I never wanted her to know about these complicated matters." Gu Qian said grimly, "I'm just afraid that if she becos close to i Liangyu, she might be used by him instead."
"As long as she's still Saint Chang Gen's disciple, she can't completely separate her relationship with i Liangyu." Wen Yanghui's mind worked much faster after waking up than when he was half-asleep, "On the contrary, as long as Nangong Sui is still Saint Chang Gen's disciple, i Liangyu won't make a move against her."
Wen Yanghui looked at Gu Qian: "This is actually a point we can effectively utilize."
After hearing this, Gu Qian frowned in thought but didn't give a direct answer, instead saying: "Let's focus on recovering from injuries for now, wait for the second trip to the Inverted Moon Cave. i Liangyu needs to recover too, so we won't have major troubles in the short term."
……
Yu Sui had no need to expose Gu Qian's targeting of i Liangyu, and didn't plan to do so, because Senior Brother and his friends could find the person themselves. Finding the person was just a matter of ti.
Not to ntion she didn't even know about the relationship between i Liangyu and Wen Yanghui.
The Demon Sealing Pillar was made by Wen Yanghui and recognized by i Liangyu. Who could have expected such a thing? Wen Yanghui himself hadn't expected it.
As for Gu Qian's final response, it seed that if possible and necessary, he would also use her brotherly relationship with i Liangyu.
It seed that after two years apart, they had both grown.
Grown more rational and calm, and more ruthless.
Yu Sui didn't think there was anything wrong with this. They had been using each other from the beginning anyway. It just depended on what Gu Qian wanted to do and whether she would cooperate.
When Gu Qian saw Yu Sui's ssage explaining that i Liangyu had co to get the apricot cakes she made, he couldn't help rembering what Ji ng and Wen Yanghui had said, indirectly confirming that these two really had a good relationship.
In just over two months, why could Sui Sui have such a good relationship with i Liangyu? I've never even eaten apricot cakes she made, and didn't even know she could cook!
Could she have learned during these two years?
Gu Qian hadn't returned to Qingyang for over two years, always staying at Taiyi Academy. He had many mories with Yu Sui, but undeniably, all their mories stopped two years ago, stopping on that night when he left the capital to go to Taiyi.
That night the moon shone high, fireflies rose and fell along both sides of the road, their light dispelling the night mist. When the young man looked back, the girl standing in place gazed at him with slightly stunned eyes, her bright black and white almond eyes holding shimring tears. Seeing him look back, the girl smiled with curved eyes and waved goodbye.
Gu Qian felt he would never forget that scene in his lifeti.
But he always rembered those beautiful mories vividly, yet forgot the bad things that happened to the girl. He wanted too much, walking determinedly forward, and because he couldn't bring Yu Sui along, he prayed in his heart that she would stay in place and wait.
She would wait.
And he wouldn't forget either.
Gu Qian stared at his Wind-Listening Ruler in a daze. After coming back to his senses, he still felt uncomfortable and asked Yu Sui: "When did you learn to make apricot cakes?"
Clearly compared to i Liangyu, he was the one with the best and closest relationship to Yu Sui. Why didn't he know, while i Liangyu could directly co to her room and take things away?
The more Gu Qian thought about it, the more he regretted it. He should have stopped i Liangyu and snatched back the food box. Since he had already guessed, falling out completely would be falling out completely, it would actually make things easier.
"I learned last year." Yu Sui replied, "Those were apricots picked from the Saint Hall, said to be planted by Master when he was still alive. It's an old apricot tree. Senior Brother picks apricots to eat every year. When he wasn't there this year, I was practicing Five Elents Energy and accidentally picked them all clean. I was afraid Senior Brother would be angry when he returned and couldn't eat apricots, so I made the picked apricots into other things."
Seeing Yu Sui's patient and detailed reply, Gu Qian felt much comforted and his stuffiness dissipated considerably.
But he was still quite indignant, telling Yu Sui directly: "I want to eat so too."
Yu Sui replied: "Sure, I've been pretty busy recently with lots of classes. When I have free ti I'll make so for Brother Gu. By the way, Brother Gu, how are your injuries healing? Senior Brother probably doesn't know yet that you were the one cooperating with Wei Kun. Brother Gu, you must not get into conflict with Senior Brother again."
Gu Qian thought it was too late, not only had they conflicted, but he'd been discovered.
He wanted to reply but suddenly paused, wanting to see whether i Liangyu would tell Yu Sui or not.
If i Liangyu didn't say anything, then he truly doted on Sui Sui as his Junior Sister and didn't want her involved in these matters.
On the matter of Yu Sui being likeable, Gu Qian shared the sa view as Zhongli Que, believing that no one wouldn't like Yu Sui.
Gu Qian's gaze turned cold as he decided not to tell Yu Sui first, waiting to see i Liangyu's reaction.
……
i Liangyu really didn't say anything.
After taking the items, the ssages i Liangyu sent Yu Sui were all asking about the apricot jam and apricot cakes.
Yu Sui asked him: "Senior Brother, Brother Gu didn't argue or fight with you, did he?"
i Liangyu lazily replied: "He can't out-argue or out-fight ."
After replying, he suddenly thought that if Gu Qian was feeling frustrated, he might go confide in Yu Sui and end up having Junior Sister comfort him.
Just thinking about it made i Liangyu feel disgusted and nauseated.
He tapped the character grid lightly with his finger, typed a paragraph, then felt it wasn't appropriate. What was he saying this for? So he deleted it.
At noon, Xing Chun and the others called i Liangyu to the dining hall for lunch. Only then at the dinner table did they learn that Gu Qian was the one who had cooperated with Wei Kun.
"Not surprising." Cang Shu said mildly, "Qian Ying has a very good relationship with Gu Qian. Last ti during Hundred Schools Night March, she even lectured Sheng Hao, who has a bad relationship with Gu Qian, in front of so many people. She doesn't easily treat others, but if it's Gu Qian, Qian Ying will help unconditionally."
i Liangyu's neck and hands still had white dicinal cloth attached. As he reached with chopsticks to pick up food, he said to Zhongli Shan: "He's also trying to find ways to get you expelled from the Academy because of Nangong Ming's orders."
Zhongli Shan wasn't surprised to hear this, just frowning slightly with so confusion as he looked back: "Nangong family orders, how do you know?"
"Saw it by accident." i Liangyu said.
Zhongli Shan asked: "From Nangong Sui?"
i Liangyu glanced at him, indicating you know what you need to know, what's the point of asking.
"Wait, if I rember correctly, Nangong Ming is Nangong Sui's father. Why is Gu Qian carrying out his orders?" Xing Chun asked his companions in confusion, "Is Gu Qian a subordinate of the Nangong family?"
"Much better treatnt than a subordinate." Zhongli Shan said, "Su Feng and I both thought Gu Qian was Nangong Ming's illegitimate son when we were young."
Xing Chun, who had been focusing on eating, gasped in shock: "Then wouldn't he and Nangong Sui be half-siblings with the sa father? That's not allowed!"
Zhongli Shan: "......It was just a guess."
Xing Chun tried another line of thinking: "Then isn't this a child husband raised for Nangong Sui, to assist her in managing the manor in the future?"
Zhongli Shan was convinced by him and actually felt there was so truth to this.
i Liangyu felt his Junior Sister was more like the one who would assist Gu Qian in managing the manor, otherwise she wouldn't have co to Taiyi to save Gu Qian.
The Academy also had many Ordinary Practitioners, all children of noble families from various countries, whose family elders hoped they could co out to see the world and build connections. Even if they couldn't cultivate Nine Schools Arts, they could at least "understand" Nine Schools Arts.
The dignified future princess of Qingyang manor ca to Taiyi to study because of saving soone, indicating that Junior Sister's family never planned to make her excellent enough to inherit the manor from the beginning.
i Liangyu unconsciously thought more deeply, but only let his mind wander and stopped himself from continuing to think about such problems in ti.
"In a few days Dragon Slaying Cave will open, we'll go to Dragon Head Ye Pool to compete for Heavenly chanism Arts and help you find a way to break the Asura Eyes." i Liangyu said, "Since Gu Qian wants to break through the Inverted Moon Cave, he won't give up this Dragon Slaying Cave challenge opened by the Legalist School. Maybe if he focuses on the Inverted Moon Cave, he won't have energy to cause you trouble."
Zhongli Shan nodded: "Good."
Xing Chun asked Cang Shu: "Is Yuezhen coming to this Dragon Slaying Cave challenge?"
Cang Shu said: "She should co."
Xing Chun turned to ask i Liangyu: "What about your Junior Sister?"
i Liangyu said without changing expression: "Didn't ask, don't know."
Xing Chun asked again: "Gu Qian wouldn't be low enough to use your Junior Sister against you, would he?"
i Liangyu said lazily: "I wouldn't be low enough to be attacked by such tactics either, would I?"
"That's true, but it's always good to be careful. You won't have fully recovered by the ti Dragon Slaying Cave opens." Xing Chun buried his head to eat a couple bites then added, "And your Junior Sister is caught between you two, which is quite difficult. Helping either side or not helping either side, soone will criticize her."
i Liangyu frowned slightly: "Who would criticize her?"
"If she helps you, Gu Qian's side will definitely think she's doing wrong." Xing Chun lifted his chin slightly, gesturing with his eyes, "If she helps Gu Qian, I'll definitely think she's failing you as her Senior Brother."
i Liangyu looked away expressionlessly: "My expectations for my Junior Sister aren't that high. She can help whoever she wants, as long as she's happy."
Xing Chun nodded, breathing a sigh of relief: "Oh, that's good. Then when she helps Gu Qian, I won't have to worry either. After all, criticizing your Junior Sister goes against my conscience too."
After they finished talking, they looked up at Zhongli Shan as if asking what he would do.
Being stared at by both, Zhongli Shan put down his bowl and chopsticks, sat up straight, and answered: "My sister likes her very much, so as long as Nangong Sui is happy."
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