Chapter 42 (1/2)
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Chapter 42: What a pity
Shen Qiao had no desire to take the conversation any further The ba so fast that it had practically turned into a shadow Together with the wuthering rapped around it, they poured down in torrents froes of inner qi The torch had long been extinguished, and the ht which had secretly invited itself in intertwined with the ant that it was like a deluge from heaven
Every collision of inner qi turned into a sharp blade In just a few seconds, Li Yue's face and hands were already showing bleeding cuts Only Yan Wushi+ was still sitting there cross-legged just like before, as if he was dae-proof External forces and inner qi could hardly leave any traces on hiht lead to undesired turns, Bai Rong had no patience for a long fight She shook her sleeves Countless specks of colorless and odorless powder spread into the air along with the wind brought forth by her pale them in time with no problem, but in Shen Qiao's case, no matter how sharp his ears were, he couldn't detect theht nu weak He knew he had fallen into the other person's trap
”Shen-lang,I still showed ood deal This drug is not poisonous It will only weaken your limbs for a while You should remember this favor from me, but for now, could you please move out of my way?”
When she said this, her tone was as suave and gentle as if she was playing coquettish with her sweetheart, but at the sas were not perfectly safe She'd rather beat the person till he had no strength left to fight back so she could set her mind at rest as she took care of Yan Wushi+
Shen Qiao was hit by her palainst a pointy, crude rock on the wall A sharp pain penetrated his body So warm and wet started to spread out underneath his clothes
Bai Rong said gently, ”Shen-lang, don't bla him I had no choice but to take you down first But relax, I've changed my mind A dead Yan Wushi+ isn't worth a lot, but a stupid, brainless sect master would best serve the Harmony Sect's interests Therefore, I won't take his life!”
As she said that, she had already lifted her fine, delicate palm and ai thought she had the poell under control Her pale the braincould land the attack successfully, she had to turn her body to the side in order to dodge the ba after her like a shadow
”You didn't inhale the drug?” Bai Rong almost couldn't believe it
”I did, but just a little I was able to hold h, and thespotted the opportunity and attacked Using the Sixteen Steps to Heaven, she approached Shen Qiao from the front like a phantoht at Shen Qiao's heart,it almost impossible to defend She wanted to take this opportunity to force the other person to withdraw, but to her surprise, not only did Shen Qiao refuse to step back, but he evenany further
”Do you really like hi to protect hie
Shen Qiao didn't say anything It was hard to tell whether it was because he didn't wish to explain or because he thought it too troublesoht at that htly shut all this ti open!
Shen Qiao had his back towards hi did
It shocked her quite a bit to see Yan Wushi+ staring directly at her She couldn't tell what state he was in right now ”Shen-lang, your lover boy just woke up Are you sure you still have tinored her He only felt alerted when he sensed a cool breeze co fro advantage of this opportunity, Bai Rong drifted to the entrance of the cave and said, ”You thought I was trying to trick you? Well, I'll leave you two alone Hope you have a good tile, she disappeared outside the cave
She could handle Shen Qiao alright, but with Yan Wushi+ joining, especially a Yan Wushi+ that was capable of fighting, it would undoubtedly be a road to death Therefore, as soon as she confirmed that Yan Wushi+ ake, she immediately decided to slip away
The ba straight at his face Before Shen Qiao could say anything, sohtly by the throat
”Shen Qiao”
The voice was bone-chilling There seemed to be absolutely no e that it was al to break his neck!
Shen Qiao was shocked In spite of the fact that he was about to suffocate, he still struck out a pale at all The palm landed solidly on his body, and his hand loosened at the same time He took a few steps back, but he didn't spit out any blood
On the other side however, Shen Qiao bent down and coughed so hard that he couldn't stop crying His body, after losing all its power, felt to the side
After quite soain, ”Why are you here?”
The tone of this sentence sounded much more normal, but Shen Qiao dared not be careless about it He leaned against the cave wall and gasped, ”You had a qi deviation”
Yan Wushi+ glanced at Li Yue as still lying on the ground and turned his eyes back to Shen Qiao He suddenly laughed, ”I , yet not only did you let go of the opportunity to killit?”
Shen Qiao asked, ”Why would I kill you?”
Yan Wushi+ burst out laughing, ”Ah-qiao, having been together for such a long ti, Shen Qiao said slowly, ”I' my kindness?” Yan Wushi+'s smile now looked a little a you was just a momentary impulse of mine I want to see if you were qualified to bewhether a poor soul like you, after being betrayed by everyone including your closest friends and left with nothing, would collapse or even go crazy because of these heavy blows”
”Whatever your original intention was, it does not change the fact that you saved my life Even if you decide to save rateful for it before I ah even harder, ”Ah-qiao, I think you should really be practicing Buddhism instead of Daoism Someone as soft-hearted as you would have probably becoo Then you wouldn't have been knocked off a cliff and ended up in such a nored his sarcas's governance, life in Zhou today can still be considered as peaceful But without you, Bian Yan Moon Sect against all the a because of this, the officials can still live on serving a different emperor But if other countries take this opportunity to declare war against Zhou, ordinary people will eventually suffer”
Yan Wushi+ s sharper”
As they were talking, Li Yue also woke up
At first he looked startled and at a loss, but when he saw Yan Wushi+ gazing at him full of interest, the blankness on his face immediately turned into terrified alarm, and he scrambled to escape without a word
Yan Wushi+ unhurriedly flicked out the pebble in his hand The stone frag behind a trace of blood
Li Yue shrieked in fear and ran even faster
If Yan Wushi+ had the intention to kill him, he would have turned into a cold corpse already
Shen Qiao didn't knohy Yan Wushi+ suddenly changed his th to ainst the rock wall The cut on his back which had already dried up began to hurt more andin his body, he would have been dead and frozen
However, Yan Wushi+ turned to him and said, ”I won't kill him There are many other ways to make him live a life worse than death He wanted to killforward, he will surely spend the rest of his days lost in fear, dreading my retribution His life won't be any more relaxed than it is now; all I need to do is to send people from time to time underhi?”
But Shen Qiao suddenly re else, ”Even if I didn't try to stop the couldn't have killed you, could they?”
”That's right Though I couldn't move, I could still sense the outside world and I heard the conversation between all of you You felt that icy stream of the qi within me If they tried to kill me, they would have been sed by it as well”
Shen Qiao heaved a sigh of relief and suddenly said, ”Bai Rong left”
Until just now, Bai Rong was probably still lurking outside the cave trying to confirm whether Yan Wushi+ had truly recovered or not It was not until she saw Li Yue running out and heard the conversation between Yan Wushi+ and Shen Qiao did she really give up and leave
Yan Wushi+ laughed, ”There's no need to sigh You climbed all the way up this mountain to search for ers How could I not do you this favor? If you don't like to see o this ti were to die right now! With her presence, there's going to be a lot of fun awaiting the Harmony Sect in the future!”
He bent down and carried Shen Qiao in his arms When his hands touched Shen Qiao's back, the latter shook slightly It was probably due to the clothes rubbing against the wound
Yan Wushi+ noticed it andfroerous qi deviation just a little earlier, but now he looked all fine and nor down the round After a short while, they had already reached the foot of the uest house and applied ulate his breaths and heal his wounds, he took a three-day Closed Door Meditation