Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu Vol. 1 by Meng Xi Shi

Author:Meng Xi Shi [Shi, Meng Xi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2023-01-19T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19:

Inquiry

“AND WHAT IF I insist on leaving?” asked Shen Qiao.

Instead of answering, Yu Ai countered, “This is where you grew up, and the martial siblings you grew up with are here. Can you really bear to abandon Xuandu Mountain? To leave like this?”

Yu Ai tried both reason and affection to move him, but Shen Qiao still said, “If you’re asking if I’ll work with the Göktürks, I will not.”

When he saw that he wouldn’t budge, Yu Ai’s tone grew even colder. “What difference does it make if you agree or not? Four of the seven Xuandu Mountain elders are already in favor of my plan. The other three are in secluded cultivation and unconcerned with mundane affairs. As for our martial siblings, Da-shixiong43 is too kindhearted to take a side, so it’s useless to talk to him. Si-shidi and Xiao-shimei44 will be very happy to see you again, but that doesn’t mean they’ll agree with you. It’s imperative that we reform Xuandu Mountain. I won’t watch our sect suffer a slow decline, not in my lifetime, and neither will they.

“How else do you I think managed to become acting sect leader and stabilize things so quickly? Could I have made all this happen alone, without their tacit support and approval?

“You, Shizun, even the older generations of sect leaders, your ideas aren’t going to work anymore. How can Xuandu Mountain only focus on our moral purity when there’s so much unrest in the world?”

The night was silent—even the birds had disappeared completely from the sky. The wind had subsided; the leaves rustled no more. It was as if all the world had come to a standstill.

At some point, the bright moon had ducked behind the clouds, drowning heaven and earth in darkness. The candle in Yu Ai’s hand flickered, slowly growing fainter until it finally went out.

Ever since Shen Qiao had gone blind, night and day made no difference to him.

He was also a human being—felt pain when he was injured and brooded when he was troubled. But he’d always believed that hope lay ahead, and he was willing to face any obstacle with an optimistic mind. Though many heavy doubts had weighed in his heart after he recovered his memories, he didn’t become disheartened or discouraged. He still wanted to go to Xuandu Mountain, to get an explanation face-to-face.

But at this moment, with the truth laid out before him, Shen Qiao felt a deep exhaustion rise up inside him all at once. It was as if there was a hand clutching at him, trying to drag him down into the freezing sea.

Involuntarily, he clenched the bamboo cane in his hand.

When Yu Ai saw the expression on Shen Qiao’s face, it did anguish him a bit. But at this point, he felt that there were some things he had to say clearly.

“Shixiong, nobody wants to wallow in solitude. Xuandu Mountain is clearly the world’s number one Daoist sect, and it has the strength to support an enlightened ruler who can help Daoism influence the world.

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