Chapter 43 (1/2)
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Chapter 43: Ah-qiao cried
Shen Qiao held his forehead, feeling almost speechless ”I don't think this is what you can describe as a 'coincidence' anymore”
Yan Wushi+ slowly picked up the cup which was placed upside down on the table and poured himself half a cup of water But he didn't drink it He just set it there ”It's such a sain at night I would say we're pretty destined”
Shen Qiao asked, ”What brought Sect Master Yan here?”
Yan Wushi+ asked back, ”What brought you here?”
Shen Qiao said, ”I' to Ye City, the capital of Qi”
”I see What a coincidence I' to Ye City too”
Divided between tears and s there to look for a certain so for someone there, can it?”
”That's a funny state for so attention to hi the bill, he went back on the road with his bamboo stick
Yan Wushi+ stood up too With his hands clasped behind him, he followed behind Shen Qiao at an unhurried pace
They reht steps apart, not any closer, nor any further
Despite all of this, Shen Qiao kept his own pace After entering the City of Liang Prefecture, he first booked a hotel to put down his close-to-no-weight travelling bag, then ordered some food and enjoyed it slowly on the second floor
It was a little past noon Most guests had already finished their lunch and left The second floor was already empty, but the first floor was still quite lively The noon oods over their shoulders as they rushed towards the market
Shen Qiao ordered a pot of pluulp when Yan Wushi+ showed up at the corner and sloalked up the stairs
He smiled at Shen Qiao and said, ”I don't see the happiness and surprise you'd usually find on people's faces when they run into an old friend in a distant land”
Shen Qiao replied helplessly, ”I'd be happier if Sect Master Yan didn't come just for me”
”I didn't come for you”
He sat down next to him while Shen Qiao called over the waiter and asked hi up another pot of pluhed, ”Ah-qiao can't wait to draw a line with me!”
Shen Qiao didn't take it seriously, ”I re clean and don't like to share a pot with others”
Yan Wushi+ didn't say anything
Shen Qiao asked, ”If Sect Master Yan didn't come for me, then why are you here?”
Yan Wushi+ said, ”Yuwen Yong has ainst Qi The news made the Qi people so extremely worried that there was even discord within the Harmony Sect”
He didn't use the new pot that the waiter just brought Instead, he picked up the one Shen Qiao was using and poured some into his bowl, then took a sip from it
”Yuan Xiuxiu wanted to cooperate with the Cleaning Moon Sect, but Sang Jingxing was against it They ended up with a fallout Yuan Xiuxiu sent ht now She wantshi Jingxing, as the only disciple of the last sect leader Cui Youwang, actually developed a rather intimate relationshi+p with Yuan Xiuxiu and became the superior Chief Elder in the Har a reunification of the Demonic Sect However, if anyone were to look down on hih, then they couldn't possibly be h he was a murderous lunatic with a special interest in beauty and countless ene the Top Ten, his ranking was particularly hard to locate Some said he could be ranked as one of the Top Three while others disagreed
It was said that he was able to absorb all of Cui Youwang's martial power before the latter died So was so disgraceful that he killed his own h no one saith their own eyes, because of the horrible reputation he had,one more line to his list of cri must have put in a lot of effort for Yuan Xiuxiu to establish the Harmony Sect Even if they see each other as enemies now, there's no need to kill each other!”
Yan Wushi+ sneered, ”Even Mount Xuandu has cases where ainst each other, let alone a place like the Dele is evenhas his owner power sector inside the Harmony Sect, and his disciples pay only lip service to Yuan Xiuxiu This has virtually under in public, but that doesn't mean she doesn't hate hied you for killing Sang Jingxing's disciple, Huo Xijing, right in front of her face?”
Shen Qiao said, ”There's a great possibility that Yuan Xiuxiu wants to use your hand to eli”
”Even if that's the case, won't Sang Jingxing's death benefit ainst the Cleaning Moon Sect without Sang Jingxing After the Zhou succeed in annexing the Northern Qi, these people won't even have the power to stir up trouble anymore”
Shen Qiao shook his head, then raised his bowl, ”Then I can only wish you success in what you pursue”
”Thanks”
Their soup bowls clinked, producing a crisp, pleasant echo Shen Qiao reht that one day, he and Yan Wushi+ could chat face-to-face peacefully like this He couldn't help but raise a smile
Yan Wushi+ saw the smile on Shen Qiao's face He averted his eyes and picked up a piece of asparagus with his chopsticks ”Weren't you looking for soo? Did you find them?
”Not yet I heard they went all the way north Unfortunately, I wasn't able to catch up with theroup, aren't you?”
Shen Qiao wasn't going to hide it from him, ”Yes Now that I've recovered soain and a Even if we can't coreement, I can at least leave with no probleht two Elders as well as Martial Sister Gu with him on his way to Eastern Tujue I want to find an opportunity to talk to Sister Gu first”
Yan Wushi+ said, ”Since Yu Ai has already left Mount Xuandu, the sect is now in a headless state Why don't you first go back to Mount Xuandu and take back the sect leader position? This way, he won't be able to do anything even after he gets back”
Shen Qiao shook his head, ”Yu Ai is very careful in what he does Even for the previous poisoning, he didn't reveal anything about it Now that he dared leave Mount Xuandu for Eastern Tujue just like this, I can only assu planned out so that he is not worried about s hi, apart from those ere kept completely in the dark from the truth, there must be other people on Mount Xuandu who support hiht now, it would be no different than walking right into his trap On the contrary, the people that he decided to bring with hiht actually be the ones he had the hardest tirow up since she was still a child, and I still have some confidence in her”
Yan Wushi+ listened to him carefully and then nodded with a smile, ”Then I'll wish you the best as well”
Normally, even if he were to talk softly, there would still be some mockery in his tone It was very rare for him to speak so normally and calmly this time Shen Qiao responded with a sood a Prefecture to Ye City The two of the Prefecture and then set off for the north After they left the city, the closer they were to Ye City, the ees they saw Shen Qiao had been to Ye City before, but the scene appeared to be eventhan last time He couldn't help but stop and look ahead In the far distance, refugees were heading towards the capital direction as they walked slowly along the dried-up river bed, all of the extremely low-spirited and lifeless
In his memory, he had encountered such scenes countless times It was a world alilists
In fact, most people ere able to ilistic world had a few extra coins in their pockets While so landlords thee businesses For example, the Six Harmonies association conducted trades both by water and by land,and their businesses extended to aliant of its sort As for the Cleansing Moon Sect, there was even less to be worried about Due to its close relationshi+p with the imperial court of Northern Zhou, it had many businesses and estates not only in the capital, but also many other cities in Zhou
Even the Purple Mansion of Mount Xuandu who had insisted on staying away froenerations had in fact, as early as the tiht out all of Mount Xuandu Even the farmland at the foot of thein Xuandu Toere rented froenerations of Mount Xuandu's sect leaders were all kind-hearted people that they would only ask for fair rental fees, but even in that case, the ether with the products produced on Mount Xuandu, were already enough to for its disciples to live a stable life
Only by having a prosperous and carefree life could a person concentrate on studyingfurther down the path If they couldn't even feed the to be, how could they possibly be in the ees in front of him, their children faced natural calamities as well as man-made disasters since their births and were unable to fill their stoht even become their parents' ”reserved rations” Even if there existed one or two geniuses a aptitude in martial arts, they could very likely lose their lives even before their talents were discovered
”Ah-qiao's being soft-hearted again!” Surprisingly, Yan Wushi+ didn't ridicule hi, half-emotional tone
Shen Qiao shook his head ”Actually, I was an orphan, too I don't knoho my parents are They left me in a desolate and uninhabited land From what I heard, my health was really bad and I al clothes Maybe this hy my parents abandoned me, or maybe they were just too poor to raise me Fortunately, I met my master and my life was saved Therefore, every time I see these people, I always feel sorry for how little I have done for them If I realized this earlier when I was still in Mount Xuandu and reopened the sect to the secular world, I ht've been able to take in more children from poor families as disciples and thus save a few more lives”
Yan Wushi+ said, ”Life is never fair Some people are born with silver spoons in their mouths and never have to worry about ainst poverty, not even having any relatives to rely on There are few people like you who can put themselves into other people's shoes Most people rese They are filled with insatiable desires, not knohat they are capable of, and they never stop wanting more Even if Mount Xuandu takes in et a few more thankless wretches like Yu Ai”
Shen Qiao set a few more talented people who can help those in distress and save the morals of the time!”
Yan Wushi+ didn't think so, ”Whatever you want, you have to fight for it yourself You can't just hope that so to help you No matter whether they live or die, it's their own choice and it has nothing to do with others”
Shen Qiao didn't say anything else
Not far fro as they hile dragging a little boy that was nothing but a bag of bones Both Shen Qiao and Yan Wu-shi+ had sharp ears, so they were able to hear part of the argued their own child with other people for this little boy, and were on their way to find an einal intention was to prevent other people frohting each other over the distribution The husband thought the legs and the back of this boy were his only meaty parts so he wanted to keep them to himself Meanwhile, the wife insisted that she should have the right to pick the ”food” first since the child they used for the exchange was the one she delivered herself after tenThe two of theed to start a fight
The little boy that they exchanged back just stared at theht to eat him first His face was expressionless, as if his consciousness had already left hio
Shen Qiao had reached the end of his forbearance He stepped forward and seized the boy Seeing their ”food” was taken, the couple stopped fighting and pounced on him i wole-handedly, let alone soht back by Shen Qiao, there was not even a tiny change in the boy's expression Not to htest amount of relief after one's survival
”What's your na first?” Shen Qiao asked, reaching an arm out to him