Remould the Glory of Sword Art
Chapter 66 - 66 66 Old Friends Old Times Two in One

66: Chapter 66 Old Friends, Old Times (Two in One) 66: Chapter 66 Old Friends, Old Times (Two in One) “It’s been a long time since I’ve heard any news about Jiang Miao Yin.”

After the banquet of You Hai King ended, Ye Qinglian found an opportunity to pull Jiang Qihu to a secluded spot where no one was around.

The two were alone together.

Ye Qinglian crossed her arms and leaned against the window, the river wind gusting, blowing through her hair.

She looked into the distance and, in a distant voice, said, “How has your sister been doing recently?”

“Da Sui Sword Palace has closed off from the world, and Yu Ping Peak is Sealing Mountain.”

Jiang Qihu earnestly replied, “If I calculate carefully, it has been a whole ten years since we last met…

Throughout the year, we only occasionally write letters to each other, and even the Ruyi Orders sent to Yu Ping Peak have never been used by her.”

“For a full ten years, hasn’t Jiang Miao Yin been in contact with the Jiang Family at all?”

Ye Qinglian said with a touch of sarcasm, “This woman, she’s even colder than I imagined.”

“Tsk!”

Jiang Qihu immediately retorted, “My sister is not like that!”

Ye Qinglian laughed softly, calmly leaning against the window to enjoy the breeze.

She had said it on purpose.

Just to see this annoyed and embarrassed look on Jiang Qihu’s face.

In Qing State, aside from the Chu Family and Jiang Family, there were also other families, but they lacked depth and couldn’t be considered ‘noble’.

The Ye Family was one of them.

The head of the Ye Family was also one of the one hundred and eight garrison commanders of the northern border, having a close relationship with the head of the Jiang Family.

The younger members of the two families often intermingled.

Ye Qinglian and Jiang Miao Yin were both the outstanding talents of their respective families.

The two were of similar age, and during their youth, they would often spar, with Ye Qinglian always being outmatched.

Later on, Jiang Miao Yin was sent to Da Sui Sword Palace, and she was taken in by Baihua Valley…

Ye Qinglian had been practicing diligently because she always had the existence of ‘Jiang Miao Yin’ ahead of her.

For decades, every time she reached a new height, she would find that Jiang Miao Yin had gotten there a step faster.

In terms of appearance and charm, she was pressed even more firmly.

Jiang Miao Yin was hailed as the once-in-a-millennium beauty of Qing State, envied by countless in the Dachu Dynasty as a fairy banished from heaven…

Back then, many people, just for a glimpse of her, nearly broke the threshold of Yu Ping Peak.

“Alright, I’ll stop teasing you.”

Ye Qinglian shook her head and said seriously, “Lichao City business is over, and I would like to see Jiang Miao Yin.

Can you help arrange that?”

“No, I can’t help with that.”

Jiang Qihu waved his hands continuously upon hearing this, “The entity ruling over Da Sui Sword Palace is of such stature, you should be well aware.

Who dares to provoke such a taboo with the mountain sealed for ten years?

Even my own master might not be able to step into the threshold of Sword Palace.

Ms.

Ye, don’t you think you’re overestimating me a bit?”

Ye Qinglian fell silent.

“You…”

Jiang Qihu knew what kind of person Ye Qinglian was.

The two of them had had a great relationship since childhood, but as they each pursued their own cultivation, Ye Qinglian always saw her own sister as her biggest rival.

Pausing for a moment, Jiang Qihu tentatively asked, “Do you want to challenge my sister to a duel?”

Ye Qinglian hummed in acknowledgment, “I want to know, in these ten years…

to what realm she has truly ascended.

I was narrowly defeated by her during the Northern Hunt, and now I want to try again.”

“I see.”

Jiang Qihu laughed upon hearing this, his words tinged with a bit of schadenfreude: “I can’t be of much help with the big things, but I can do something about the small.

How about I give you one of the Jiang Family’s Ruyi Orders to see if you can get in touch with her?”

Ruyi Order?

Jiang Miao Yin hadn’t even been in contact with the Jiang Family, nevermind herself.

Ye Qinglian sighed softly, a touch disappointed.

She had had high hopes for Jiang Qihu, but to her surprise, with Da Sui Sealing Mountain for ten years, Jiang Miao Yin had cut off all contact with the outside world so decisively.

“The reason why she’s like this with the Jiang Family…”

Ye Qinglian thought back on the past and couldn’t help but ask, “Is it because of Xie Xuanyi?”

The question made the smile on Jiang Qihu’s face gradually disappear.

“Hmm…”

He responded heavily, with a somewhat sorrowful look in his eyes.

“The failure to save Xie Xuanyi is not something the Jiang Family should be ashamed of,” Ye Qinglian said calmly.

“In the face of great trends, who can avoid being swept along, even the Sword Palace didn’t intervene…

How could Jiang Miao Yin hold a grudge against the Jiang Family for this, to the point of closing off for ten years?

Can she really close off for a century and never see her family again?”

“It’s not like that…”

Jiang Qihu let out a heavy sigh, wanting to explain something, but in the end, he swallowed it all back down.

“All in all, it’s my fault.”

He shook his head, “The Jiang Family hasn’t wronged her, it’s me who has wronged her, and I have also wronged Xie Xuanyi.”

Back then, the Jiang Family covertly sheltered Xie Xuanyi.

The matter was supposed to be flawless.

Just waiting for Xie Xuanyi to quietly recover for a while, for his injuries to heal, for the accusations of treason to be investigated…

Perhaps everything would have been vindicated.

Even if not, the Sword Palace might have stepped in to quash this ‘farce’.

But, regrettably, the news leaked out.

Jiang Qihu could only watch helplessly as Xie Xuanyi left for the North Sea while wounded.

Later, the news came that the most talented young Sword Immortal of the Dachu Dynasty in a thousand years had perished in the North Sea, his life and Dao vanishing.

Da Sui Sword Palace closed off.

Jiang Miao Yin secluded herself in Yu Ping Peak, severing ties with the Jiang Family.

Jiang Qihu had always been reluctant to mention those past events…

Because in his eyes,

all the faults ultimately lay with him.

If only he had managed to hide Xie Xuanyi properly back then, perhaps everything that followed wouldn’t have happened.

Ye Qinglian still had things she wanted to discuss.

But seeing the dejected figure of Jiang Qihu leaving, she chose silence and said no more.

The affairs of the past, not having been experienced by her, were not for her to truly understand.

But there was one truth she did grasp.

In this world there is everything, except for ‘what if’.

Xie Xuanyi had died, and no matter how much Jiang Qihu regretted it, it was meaningless.

…

…

“Thump, thump—”

Jiang Qihu gently knocked on the door, following the prearranged secret code, he knocked on Xie Xuanyi’s door.