Chapter 19 (1/2)

Thousand Autumns – Chapter 19

Translator: MoMoePom

Editor: Isalee

First published on Ainushi+

Chapter 19

Synopsis: I’m not very fond of it

Shen Qiao asked, ”What if I insist on going?”

Instead of answering, Yu Ai asked back, ”This is the place where you grew up, and there are martial brothers and sisters who have acco me that you have the heart to abandon Mount Xuandu and walk away fros just like that?”

Yu Ai tried to persuade him with affection and reason at the same time, but Shen Qiao's reply was the sa with the Tujue people, I' to approve it”

After he saw that Shen Qiao was still holding fast to his original opinion, Yu Ai's tone chilled, ”What difference does it make whether you approve it or not? There are now seven elders on Mount Xuandu, and four of the in Closed Door Meditations They don't care about secular affairs any our martial brothers, eldest senior brother is a peace him about it would be useless Fourth junior brother and little junior sister will be very happy to see you back, but they are not necessarily going to agree with you either Mount Xuandu's reforreatest sect of its generation slowly decline during my lifetime, and neither do they

”Otherwise, why do you think I was able to stabilize the situation and becoent sect leader in such a short amount of time? Without their acquiescence and support, could I have succeeded all by myself?

”You, Master, and even the previous generations of sect leaders' way of thinking is not going to work anymore How is it possible for Mount Xuandu to mind only ourselves if the world we're in is filled with chaos?”

The night was very quiet, as if even the birds had vanished Winds stopped as well The rustling sound of the leaves could no longer be heard Everything seemed to have come down into a still

No one could tell when the moon had hidden itself behind the clouds The world sunk into an iht in Yu Ai's hand flickered It gradually dimmed, and then suddenly went out

Ever since he becahts had been the same for Shen Qiao

He was still human after all He also felt hurt when injured, and distressed when running into predicaments But he always believed that there was hope ahead of hi with an optimistic attitude After his memories returned, he didn't beco up inside hi an answer from Yu Ai face-to-face

However, at this very moment, when the truth was placed in front of hi up frorasped hi him into an icy ocean

He couldn't help but tightly grip the bamboo stick in his hand

Yu Ai felt a little sorry after seeing Shen Qiao's expression, but since things had reached this stage already, he felt that he had to state these words clearly, ”Senior brother, no one would willingly shackle himself to loneliness Mount Xuandu is the nuth to support a wise ruler, spreading the Daoist school's influence to the entire world Then why should we stubbornly keep ourselves deep in the mountains like those hermits? Almost everyone in Mount Xuandu thinks so, except for you You're the one who is too naive!”

Shen Qiao drew a deep breath, ”Kunye is froo as far as to assist the Tujue people in entering and ruling over the Central Plains, did it?”

Yu Ai replied, ”Of course it didn't I have said before that cooperating with Kunye was but one of the steps in ain step into the secular world, I won't choose someone like Tujue Violent and ruthless as they are, how could they be counted as wise rulers?”

Shen Qiao's brows tightened into a knot He had a vague feeling that Yu Ai was leading Mount Xuandu into an enorht now, and he couldn't figure it out at the moment

Yu Ai said again, ”If you come back noe can still be the close brothers we used to be There won't be any estrangement Your eyes haven't recovered yet, and you still have internal injuries It reat effort to even climb up the mountain How much farther can a body like this still travel? Only Mount Xuandu is your home”

Shen Qiao slowly shook his head ”You can take the thoroughfare, but I’ll pass e [1]A puppet sect leader as it is… I'd rather not take a position like this From now on…”

He wanted to say some fierce words to break all of their friendly ties, but scenes of the unexpectedly flashed across his eyes

Those me that he could really cut off just by saying a sentence like 'We're done with each other

Shen Qiao sighed in silence In the end, he didn't say anything He just pursed his lips, turned around, and left

Back in those years when these e, Shen Qiao had the best aptitude a all of them However, with someone like 'the number one martial artist under the Heavens' as their master, it was impossible for the other people to be really bad For a person to be taken as a disciple by Qi Fengge, both his talent and constitution must have been excellent

If the for, Yu Ai probably wouldn't be able to stop hiive Yu Ai any reason to not attack!

He appeared in the front of Shen Qiao in a flash and blocked the other person's path without even thinking about it

”Senior brother, don't go” He said in a low voice as he raised his hand, ready to knock out the other person with a chop

However, as if Shen Qiao had already anticipated his action, he retreated first while holding his baly to parry

Yu Ai didn't care about this move of his of course He reached out towards the bamboo stick

This snatch should have been guaranteed to succeed, but it simply missed!

The bamboo stick slipped away and passed his hand Instead of retreating, it actually advanced, striking at Yu Ai's wrist

Yu Ai slightly frowned He flicked it with his finger, while his other hand went towards Shen Qiao's shoulder There was no wind, but his sleeves moved, and he himself shi+fted towards Shen Qiao's back in an attempt to block Shen Qiao's way out

Shen Qiao's shoulder fell right into Yu Ai's hand Yu Ai exerted a little power, and it inflicted a slight pain in Shen Qiao But Shen Qiao paid no attention to it — the bamboo stick in his hand still hit Yu Ai's waist Yu Ai had an old wound there fro He broke his bone at that tih he had recovered completely from it, it still left a shadow in Yu Ai's e when this place was attacked

Shen Qiao only had thirty percent of his martial power left He was not Yu Ai's match at all However, since they had known each other since childhood, even though he couldn't see with his eyes, he still knew inside out about the other person's each and every ht use He was also confident that Yu Ai was not going to take his life, and therefore Shen Qiao could attack without s

Yu Ai clearly knew about Shen Qiao's plan After fighting hand to hand for a radually beca it on like this He struck out a pal his inner qi this time

Shen Qiao heard the wind created by the palm and subconsciously raised his bamboo stick to block it However, it was useless The inner qi caht at his chest The bamboo stick broke into two pieces with a 'crack', while he himself took several steps backward He sturound

”Ah-qiao, stop fighting and go back with ine how happy little junior sister and the rest will be when they know you're back!” Yu Ai took a few steps forward and was about to pull him up

Shen Qiao didn't say a word

Right after Yu Ai grabbed his wrist, he saw the other person holding half of that ba it at hi and thunder

Shen Qiao had been saving his power to wait for such an opportunity when the other person's guard was down!