Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5
Thousand Autumns – Chapter 5
Translator: MoMoePom
Editor: Kuu Chan
Quality Check: Kai
First published on Ainushi+
Translator’s Ra:
Here’s the regular chapter for the week! The first incident has come to a close, and SQ finally set out on his journey~ How does everyone like hi the future translation Funing County will change to Funing District, and the ilistic world onwards Enjoy the second chapter in a row!
Chapter 5
Synopsis: Leaning against the wall, he appeared calns of fear
About three days after the incident, the day cayan to make his move
Since the New Year had just passed not long ago and the Lantern Festival had yet to come, the entirety of Ye City, the capital of Qi, was enveloped in a jubilant atmosphere
Yan Zhiwen’s official rank was not very high In fact, the reason that the Harmony Sect had put him in this position was probably just to keep an extra eye on the court Since his uarded as well, with Yu Shengyan’s current level of skills, the task would be noa cup of water
Nonetheless, Yu Shengyan still brought Shen Qiao along with him in accordance with Yan Wushi+’s instructions and told him to wait outside the Yan Residence while he hi towards Yan Zhiwen’s study in stealth
According to the information he had obtained beforehand, despite Yan Zhiwen’s second-rate martial skills, he was a rather crafty man—the very reason he was able to obtain a position for hiyan’s assassination was only an act to warn their opponents, so he had not been paying much attention to this person until this point Only after he entered did he realize that soht
The servants were still here, and the guards occasionally patrolled around the outside of the residence But whether it be in the study or the bedroole trace of Yan Zhiwen
Not only Yan Zhiwen, but even his wife and children seemed to have vanished into thin air as well
Following the elusive and unpredictable style of the Cleaning Moon Sect, Yu Shengyan landed lightly inside the inner residence like a shadow He stopped a servant and hit his mute acupoint [1] before the servant could even react, as if this was a dream
“Where’s Yan Zhiwen?”
The servant’s eyes widened He started to panic as he discovered that this handso but a finger, but he was unable to make a sound
Yu Shengyan smiled at him, “I will not kill you if you tell me where Yan Zhiwen and his fale person inside this residence regardless of you calling for help, do you understand?”
Frightened out of his senses, the servant nodded repeatedly
Yu Shengyan slightly loosened his grip, then unlocked the servant’s mute acupoint
The servant ithes for a while”
Yu Shengyan
sneered, “Even if his faether with the [2] will be held to back?”
The servant stammered, “When master left, he didn’t tell us the details, so we do-do-don’t know…”
He lost the patience to listen any further and knocked him out directly with his palm Then he found the butler of the Yan Residence and threatened hiot was exactly the same
Yu Shengyan was not stupid By this time, he realized that Yan Zhiwen had probably already been infor to kill him
But this coiven by Yan Wushi+ Besides him, the only person who knew about it was Shen Qiao—even the butler of the Xie Residence was not aware of it
It was obviously i about it thereby blurting out this piece of news himself
An ice-cold murderous intent spread across his mind At first, he wanted to si it a second thought, however, killing a servant was less at this point since he had already failed to eliminate the entire Yan fa their enemies and open themselves up for ridicule from the Harmony Sect He knocked out the butler as well, turned around, and left the Yan Residence Boiling with anger, he went to find Shen Qiao as still waiting for him in the alley next to the residence
“It was you who conveyed the e to Yan Zhiwen?”
Shen Qiao nodded, without any hesitation or denial, “You’re right”
Yu Shengyan hated hi his plan The faint, careless so, replaced with a cold expression filled with killing intent “Why?”
Shen Qiao said, “I know there have been grudges between the Hars to the Harmony Sect, I don’t have a say if Master wants to kill hiuilt does a child have? If the purpose is to kill Yan Zhihat’s the point in involving his wife and children?”
Yu Shengyan replied coldly, “Whether to kill his fa I want to know is how you e to Yan Zhiwen as a blind man with a feeble body, when you can’t even tell directions once you’re outside?”
Shen Qiao answered, “You once said that Yan Zhias a crafty man whose suspicion could be easily aroused by the tiniest detail that didn’t seeelica root [3]in ed to keep so to find an opportunity to deliver it to the Yan Residence, but since I happened to run into Han E’ying that very day in front of the ive Yan Zhiwen inside the box and asked her to send it for ht I was an acquaintance of Yan Zhiwen and thus didn’t ask anything else I assu thewas not right and therefore relocated all of his family beforehand”
Yu Shengyan was extreh, “I’ve really underestimated you I didn’t expect you to be such a capable man!”
He reached out and took Shen Qiao by the throat, gradually tightening his grip, “You’ve ruined the iven by Master Do you knohat the consequences will be?”
Shen Qiao was coainst him As it became difficult for him to breath, his co so rapidly that all he was able to stammer out was a disjointed sentence, “Actually… I’ht?”
Yu Shengyan was caught off-guard and released his hand
Shen Qiao iainst the wall and started coughing
“How did you find out?”
Shen Qiao replied calh I have lost ment is still there Whether it is Master or Senior Martial Brother, the way you treated me didn’t feel like the attitude one would have towards their disciple or martial brother Same for the servants at the spareaway so that they should not disclose I have lost all ofbut an i me to assist you Also, I was injured so severely that it had already dae of our sect, and yet all this tile word on this subject even if it was due to my own incompetence All of these are just unreasonable”
Seeing that the other person did not respond, he continued, “Actually, the method I used could hardly be considered brilliant, since I was only able to get past the servant girls in the Xie Residence Were you not co down on Yan Zhiwen and had sent at least one person to keep track of him beforehand, he would not have been able to run away even if he wanted to”
Yu Shengyan replied, “That’s right Yan Zhias nothing to me, and it’s true that I paid no attention to him, which provided you with this opportunity to seize But do you knohat the consequences would be if Master ever found out about it? You saved a few strangers who had nothing to do with you, and they didn’t even know that you were the very reason they could escape death Even if they did know, they still rateful for you Do you think this is worth it?”