Chapter 13 (1/2)
Thousand Autumns – Chapter 13
Translator: MoMoePom
Editor: Draygan, Forseti
First published on Ainushi+
Chapter 13
Synopsis: What taste of ecstasy would it be?
Early the next , they hastily buried the abbot and the two littlethe city
After the event that happened last night, Chen Gong was like a bird that would be startled by theof a bow He didn't want to stay in the city any longer Even when he saw the distant sign of the Six Haro forward and only wanted to drag Shen Qiao to walk faster Caught between a laugh and a cry, Shen Qiao said to him, ”nobody will notice us They don't even know our nao after the others You don't need to worry this much”
Right after he finished, they heard so from the wall next to theht was so di face this mister has I almost missed it!”
The voice eet and cute Most importantly, it sounded extremely familiar
Chen Gong thought he recognized the voice As he raised his head, he saw a young girl sitting on top of the wall, s a red dress, her black hair was held up in two buns by two gold rings Apart from her voice, there was not even one spot on her reseht
Were it in the past, if such a beautiful woive her quite a few glances However, now as he thought of the horrible deaths of the three monks in Beyond Cloud Monastery, he only felt a chill creep over hiive her another look
Bai Rong smiled, ”Why are you so scared? Shouldn't you be happy that you get to ain? I came here just for you two!”
Shen Qiao couldn't see, so he only cupped his hands towards the source of the voice ”May I knohy this lady is looking for us?”
Bai Rong pouted, ”What do you ers My fa It's another name for 'peony', therefore you can also call me 'Little Peony'!”
As she spoke, her body moved and appeared in front of them in a flash
Bai Rong seereater interest in Shen Qiao, she even tried to touch his face
Just as her finger was about to caress his face, Shen Qiao seemed to have noticed her intentions and took two steps back
Bai Rong giggled and said straightforwardly, ”Last night, one of you was reading the script, while the other heard the entire thing, so I assume both of youto write them down from memory now, but there are some places that I can't recall accurately, therefore, I need your help As for the reward… after we finish, no et what you wish for~”
She dragged out the last sentence There was an underlying current of seduction in her coquettish voice, it was enough to sway the heart of any man
Chen Gong felt his ear burn and he was about to agree, but he suddenly felt a vice-like grip from the hand on his shoulder He recovered from his muddled state and started to shake his head at once so rapidly like it was like a rattle-drum ”But I can't read!”
Shen Qiao also said, ”You're looking for the wrong people He's illiterate, and I'ht was to read word by word fro after I finished reading, so I'm afraid that we can't offer any help”
Bai Rong smiled, ”Of course you can't reht now You can take your tio back with me, maybe you can remember a lot by then Do you really have the heart to reject such a pretty girl like me?”
She didn't wait for theht towards them
Alar's head went off His body wanted to run away, but as he saw that slender white hand approach hith and could only watch that hand brush across his shoulder His legs went soft and his entire body collapsed onto the ground, paralyzed
”Juniorto kill soain?” An extremely handsome face but with an old voice appeared at that same moment
A ht as a feather on the ground Bai Rong's face turned slightly pale as he smiled at her ”We don't see each other often Isn't junior martial sister happy to see me?”
Bai Rong had to put Chen Gong and Shen Qiao aside for now and focus on dealing with the unwelcouest before her eyes ”What is seniorabout? I was unable to react just now because I was too happy with surprise I haven't seen you for such a long time”
Huo Xijing glanced at her with a faint saze landed on Shen Qiao His expression changed, revealing his interest in the latter ”Such a prettyto kill hiive me his face first and kill him afterward?”
Bai Rong stepped forward in between Shen Qiao and Huo Xijing unobtrusively ”Junior ht about killing the of which, why is junior marital brother here? Don't tell me that you traveled thousands of ood old days?”
Huo Xijing answered, ”I've heard that junior ht I happened to be passing by, so I decided to drop in and take a look”
Bai Rong replied, ”What kind of riddle is seniorabout? I don't seem to understand~”
Huo Xijing gave a light snort, ”Last night, the Six Harmonies association appeared outside thescript of The Strategy of the Ver, but the script was destroyed by Yan Wushi+ You were also present at the time I've heard that before the script was destroyed, Yan Wushi+ asked so to how smart junior martial sister is, I believe you've already written it down and are ready to hand it over to Master, aht?”
Bai Rong stuck out her tongue like how little girls coquettishly feigned anger ”Considering howlike this, of course, I have to hand it over to Master directly and let him decide how to handle it It can't be that seniorthe news, right? Because I certainly won't allow that~”
Huo Xijing said, ”Your senior ood idea Why don't you let o back and report to Master together This on't have to worry about you losing it”
Bai Rong laughed, ”Senior martial brother, do you think I'm stupid?”
Huo Xijing also laughed, ”It breaks my heart that you distrust your senior martial brother this much!”
This pair ofwhile s, but the truth was that there were swords and blades hidden behind each of their words Both of theuarded weak spots as they spoke
Bai Rong didn't dare lower her guard for even a split second She knew clearly that Shen Qiao had run aith Chen Gong, but she was too busy to take care of the for fear that she would fall into his traps before she was even aware
Huo Xijing raised his eyebrows, ”They left Isn't juniorto chase after them?”
Bai Rong smiled, ”I think senior martial brother is more important than them”
The conversation sounded extre and sentimental, but both of them knew in their heart that was not the case at all
…
Chen Gong didn't kno Shen Qiao ether Shen Qiao couldn't see, even with the help of his stick, he had been running into this and that as he ive Shen Qiao directions from behind The two of the finally panted, ”S-Stop, I can't run anymore…”
Shen Qiao slowed down, but his expression didn't beconified, as he walked towards the nearest inn
Chen Gong hurriedly asked, ”Are we not exiting the city? Let's hurry and get out, so that devilish woman can’t catch up with us!”
Shen Qiao explained, ”All theus to leave the city as well There are more people in the city, so it won't be that easy for theht first and find a chance to leave the city tomorrow She won't be able to pay any attention to us for a while with that man there”
They walked into the inn and asked for a roo pretty fast, he looked utterly exhausted He remembered that Shen Qiao's body was much weaker than his and how normally Shen Qiao had to stop to catch his breath every ti a bit sorry for hiht, you can take the bed”
Shen Qiao didn't decline the offer out of modesty like he norer Ever since Yan Wushi+ poured inner qi into his body andweak fro onto his tension prior to this, and now once he was able to relax, he immediately became dizzy and was about to collapse
Chen Gong was quite curious, ”They're martial brother and sister, but how couy is a little weird, too His voice sounds like an old !”
Rubbing his temples, Shen Qiao replied, ”Because he practices ‘Solar Scheme’ [1]”
Chen Gong asked, ”What's 'Solar Scheme'?”
'That naht
Shen Qiao explained, ”It's a face-switching art Peeling the skin of other people and fusing it with his own using so and beautiful forever For those two people, either one of them would be a thorny person to deal with If it weren't for the with each other, ould not have escaped successfully today”
Chen Gong felt his blood run cold fro out, ”How can there be skill this malicious?!”
Shen Qiao couldn't force himself to stay awake anymore and lay doith his clothes on He turned to his side, his body slightly curling up and his eyebrows faintly furrowed together on his pale face–it almost looked like he was in his final days
When Chen Gong first started to travel with Shen Qiao, he orried that Shen Qiao would collapse at anythat Shen Qiao was like that all the time
He suddenly thought of so and asked, ”Didn't you say that you don't re face-switching art?”
”Oh, I can remember a little sometimes”
Chen Gong's mouth twitched
”Let's sleep We still need to get up early tomorrow” Shen Qiao clearly didn't want to talk about it any
Chen Gong was left with no choice but to lie down after him
He had a nightht In it, his face was peeled off and replaced by a wrinkled face of an old nize himself from the mirror He was horrified and woke up at the end with a shock It was almost noon, and the bed was already empty
Shen Qiao was gone
It gave Chen Gong a start He jumped up while his head was still muddled and touched the bed It was already cold Just when he was trying to decide whether he should go out and look for Shen Qiao, he saw Shen Qiao push open the door and walk in
He heaved a sigh of relief, ”Where have you been?”
After these days of traveling together, even though Chen Gong never said anything, but deep in his heart, he was already used to having Shen Qiao as a co it
In the eyes of the others, since Shen Qiao was blind and his health was not good either, there had to be a lot of inconvenience in his everyday living that needed Chen Gong's help However, the truth was that Chen Gong often listened to Shen Qiao Thanks to Shen Qiao, they had avoidedpaths
Shen Qiao closed the door and said softly, ”Let's part here today”
Chen Gong went blank for a moment, then he jumped up ”Why?!”
Shen Qiao explained, ”After Bai Rong finishes dealing with her senior ht turn around and look for us As for the Six Hared to send theether with us, it's not guaranteed they won't regret it afterward”
He paused for a second and sighed, ”Also, that Murong Qin should be an expert fro us would be a piece of cake for hiovernment to look for us It's true that one of us is blind while the other is illiterate, but the te is si that et a hold of Compared to the other people ere present, we could not be any less of a pushover–anyaway our lives”
Chen Gong stammered, ”T-then what should we do? It's not like ant to hear it That thing sounds so abstruse, no one wants to hear it!”
”It is not a ht together, and it has already created an impression for the others The only way out for us now is to part and be on our oay”
After arealized that this was indeed the only possible way out If they were to really be involved in a confrontation, other people could probably beat theround with no ed inside hi hated hi he could do
”…Fine then” Agreeing reluctantly, he looked at Shen Qiao ”But will you be alright by yourself?”
Shen Qiao laughed, ”Why wouldn't I? Back then ere in Funing District, you saell I could do by myself”
Chen Gong agreed, but he couldn't feel happy about it no ain after we leave the city?”
”It would depend on fate then Are you still going to Six Harmonies association?”
Chen Gong shook his head He was quite clear on that ”Their vice chairht into a trap if I were to go there again Everyone knows I've heard that stupid script, and they would certainly try to dig up so from me”
”Where are you planning to go then?”
Chen Gong was disheartened ”I'll see as I go Perhaps there would be a tiht just settle down at the place I'm in Anyway, people have to eat”
”The Six Har sect after all and therefore has a high threshold You ht not be treated well even if you can make it It's better to find a sht and just With your wisdoh”
”Whatever I don't want to go south anymore I want to head to the north, all the way towards Ye City I heard it's pretty prosperous there, so maybe there are more opportunities for me to make my mark”
Chen Gong wasn't very spirited when he said it He didn't have s to pack–only two sets of clothes with him that he could just tie his bundle and leave Before he left, he looked back and saw Shen Qiao quietly sitting there, with his bah his eyes had no focus, he was faced towards hi off
Chen Gong couldn't tell why, but he felt his nose twitch and his voice caught in his throat as he said, ”Y-you, you take care”
Shen Qiao nodded, ”You too”