Chapter 46 (1/2)
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Chapter 46: If you can start over, will you regret?
There was a gap between their martial arts levels Not to mention that ever since Shen Qiao found out that Yan Wushi+ planted a De inside his body, and his foundation was on the verge of collapsing The advantage he obtained by striking first had now coht was forcibly suppressed, turning frolow, just like the spark of Shen Qiao's own life as it flickered in the wind and was about to extinguish at anywas initially surprised by the fact that he had underesti that Shen Qiao couldn't keep up anyhed, ”Looks like the rumors were true You really lost most of your martial arts Noonder why Yan Wushi+ didn't just absorb whatever was left but instead chose to leave you toat all Wherever ”Dragon Iue shape of a dragon along its path However, instead of assuon charged at Shen Qiao with a frantic and devastating xing wasn't planning on killing Shen Qiao right now, therefore he didn't strike with full strength He only used about eighty percent of hisall of Shen Qiao'senough for Sang Jingxing to have his fun
The wild dragon covered the entire sky, preventing even h In such complete darkness, one could not even see the trees around therave storon was forced to halt in midair!
Because from within Shen Qiao suddenly cay so extreht exploding in the darkest night
The ”light” quickly expanded, becoon which refused to retreat without its share of blood was instantly engulfed by its energy and reduced to nothingness!
Sang Jingxing didn't even have time to express his shock His face paled as he forcibly turned himself around in midair in preparation to retreat
However, it was too late Shen Qiao shot upright fro Celestial Sword in his hand, thrust straight at hi blow!
There was no fancy technique to it, nor was it a profound move The sielded out in such a plainin the wind like a piece of paper but at the sa Jingxing with an al felt a chill running down his back, as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over his heart
However, he was not Huo Xijing, nor would Huo Xijing's way of death reoccur on him
He used one hand to strike out a palm towards Shen Qiao, while his other hand went after Shen Qiao's wrist that was holding the sword
But it was to no avail Sang Jingxing could feel the extrerounded into pieces The inner qi protecting his body seemed to have lost all effectiveness He could even feel the flesh on his paled drastically, finally revealing a trace of fear and unbelievableness He stared at Shen Qiao as if he was looking at a lunatic
”You destroyed your own foundation?!”
Foundation was undoubtedly what all martial artists treasured the h years of unre practice ever since their childhood It could not be faked
Shen Qiao's foundation was his Daoist Core Now, by destroying his own Core, he was deterether with hier than hiht continued, unless Sang Jingxing was also willing to risk destroying all of his own ht Shen Qiao tooth and nail, he would not stand a chance
Of course Sang Jingxing was not willing, so he chose to withdraw and retreat!
But even so, the inner qi bursting out of Shen Qiao's body had already co hiled flesh and unbearable pain
He's insane!
Truly insane!
He clenched his teeth in rage but at the sa to accept his defeat However, because of the tiny slon in his enerated by the other person's self-explosion had already penetrated his inner qi The sword light directly left a cut so deep on his chest that one could even see the bones through it!
”Ahhhh!” Sang Jingxing couldn't help but scream Without any hesitation, he turned around and fled at once
However, behind hiible Sword Intent was alreadyits descent as it shrouded the land
”Master! Master! Just nohen Ah-yu and Ah-ying were practicing the Azurewave Sword Arts, both of their postures for the last ht us Why didn't you correct the upward' is just a vague description There's no established rule defining whether one should point it up by an inch or two Ah-qiao, rigidly adhering to the rules will only lihts and visions, and this is true for learningyourself”
The child's steps were a little unsteady due to being wrapped in too rab onto the robe of the lofty figure in front of him He didn't seem to have fully understood as just said, but still, one could not have mistaken the admiration and attach onto saw it and sht as well bend down and pick the boy up before continuing
”There are ood, and some of them are bad But there are even ood' or 'bad' They may not think in the same way you think, or walk the sa —— even the sahtly different in different people's hands Don't deny others just because they are different fro water fro and tolerant to diversity, and it is the sa martial arts People who are narrow-minded can only achieve so much Even if they do reach the su”
”What about ood person or a bad person?” The round eyes were extree of the person most intimate to him
Someone briefly struck his hair The hand ar on his body
”My Ah-qiao is the cutest person”
The answerhappily because of satisfaction
All of a sudden, however, the war scenery shattered al him
He was still on Mount Xuandu
Back then when I first planted thaton the southern bank of the Han River, it used to be so green and fresh with its branches swaying in the wind But today when I saw it again, it was all withered and cranked,the river bank all the more somber and pitiful to look at Even trees are like this, let alone a person
Even scenery oes by, let alone people
The little boy who used to chase after hi hirown up to be the sa hi to be left in the cold Mount Xuandu is already the nuth to support a wise lord and spread the Daoist sects' influence to every corner of the world Why should we keep ourselves in the deep mountain like those her the sa, except you You're too naive!”
Is it true? Was he really too naive?
All he wished was to protect this piece of land left to hienerations of sect leaders and to keep these martial brothers and sisters safely away froilist world
Was he wrong?
”Yes, you're wrong” So because you don't understand people enough Do you think that everyone is as desireless and easily content as you are? Humans are evil by nature No et in their way, they will eliminate you without any hesitation Are you still not aware of it?”
”Naive people like you are destined to live a short life Without Mount Xuandu, without Qi Fengge's halo, you are nothing, and there's nothing you can do”
”I don't need friends Only one kind of person has the right to stand by me, and that is my rival”
”You destroyed your ownyour own boat?! You must be insane!!!”
All of the flashbacks and voices suddenly vanished after this sentence
Everything see
He experienced a sharp pain in all of his lireat that it was as if so his bones with a blunt knife or if there were thousands of ants drilling through his flesh He always thought he had a high level of endurance for pain, but at this roan, a cry, or even to take a sharp sword and stick it in his own heart just so he could stop this endless suffering
But what he thought to be screaht as mosquito buzzes in other's ears
”Mister Shen, are you awake?”
The voice was very soft and only faintly discernible, as if it was co right next to Shen Qiao's ear It was just that with Shen Qiao's current state, it was hard for him to hear clearly
He tried his best to respond with his voice, but in the end, he was only able to er
The other person saw it and whispered to him, ”Mister Shen, you can hearYou can just listen If you can hear er”
Shen Qiao quickly responded
He recognized the other person's voice It was that young daoist priest froest disciple, shi+wu
As expected, the other person said, ”I' herbs oninside a cave Your body was so cold, and you were barely breathing It scared h to o back to tell ht Shen Qiao now remembered At that ti to take down Sang Jingxing together with hih he didn't succeed, the other person was also seriously injured, which gave Shen Qiao the opportunity to escape and hide inside the White Dragon Mountains He thought there was no way he could have lived, but it turned out shi+wu had found hi had found his way here, or if he had implicated them But despite some strenuous efforts, he still failed tohow anxious he was
shi+wu noticed it He quickly found him a cup of water and carefully fed it to hih and moistened his throat After quite some time, Shen Qiao finally felt a lot better He opened his eyes and, just as he had expected, there was nothing but darkness
He thought it was his eyes, but shi+wu said to hion Monastery's baseht —— that's why it's so dark”
Shen Qiao opened his nize it himself, ”Did…did anyone…co became a difficult and strenuous task for him He could only force out one word at a ti'sthat happened the other day Thankfully,and moved us down here ahead of time The monastery itself is very shabby and there's not much for them to smash They came in and looked around, but they didn't find anyone so they just left They probably thought we had run away!”
By the end, he couldn't stop hi out loud
Shen Qiao said, ”I'm sorry…”
shi+wu quickly replied, ”Mister Shen, please don't say that!”
He seemed to have perceived Shen Qiao's confusion and quickly added, ”Do you re City? He then koed to you and said he would set up a longevity tablet for you”
After another wave of excruciating pain slowly died down, Shen Qiao thought hard about it and vaguely recalled soh shi+as a little thin, he was a fair and neat boy, and looked completely different from that emaciated and sickly child in Shen Qiao's memory