A Journey Against the World
Chapter 24

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"Lou Yue!?"

"Yes," Lou Yue replied with a sweet smile. Lou Yue clasped Shua Xie's right hand, leaving Shua Xie stunned.

Shua Xie suddenly released Lou Yue's grasp on her, "Why are you here? Why aren't you in Star Village?!" sharp Shua Xie with serious eyes.

Lou Yue still kept smiling sweetly, clasping Shua Xie's hand as gently as possible. This time Shua Xie did not let go, inexplicably Shua Xie felt there was a hint of warmth from Lou Yue's hands. And that warmth flowed into his hands all over his body, making Shua Xie go limp.

"Let's go home, Xiao Mei and the chieftain need our help. I'm here to pick you up, Ye's family has come to Bintang village. I can't act without you, I'm afraid the Ye family took advantage of the situation when you weren't around." Lou Yue put on a sad look, her hand grips getting stronger holding onto Shua Xie's hand, and made Shua Xie even more powerless. It was as if Lou Yue's hand was absorbing her power.

'Huh! Huh! Why am I getting tired? It felt like my strength was drained of something, Shi Xia murmured in his heart as he wiped the sweat on his forehead.

Shua Xie let go of Lou Yue's hand and pushed Lou Yue away from her, "Can't, I have to finish my exam first. You go home first," Shua Xie said in a limp tone.

Shua Xie bowed while holding his entire body weight by holding onto his two thighs. There was faintly the sound of Shua Xie breathing heavily like he had been given a stimulant drug. Shua Xie's body also began to heat up and even sweat very much, like having a bath.

A thin pink mist began to envelop the surrounding air, the arrival of the fog further made Shua Xie lose control.

Shua Xie shook his head which started to feel dizzy, "What is this? Why am I feeling hot and dizzy?" muttered Shua Xie quietly.

From the other side Lou Yue smiled slightly then approached him and patted Shua Xie's right shoulder, "Are you okay? Better stop your exams."

Shua Xie was getting more and more contaminated as Lou Yue held onto it, very quickly Shua Xie pushed Lou Yue as hard as possible.

"Ah ... Stay away! Don't touch me again!" firmly Shua Xie was loud with increasingly sighing breath.

"What's wrong? Am I wrong?" Lou Yue tried to get closer again, but Shua Xie immediately gave her some distance. Without caring for Lou Yue anymore, Shua Xie continued his journey up the stairs.

From behind Lou Yue continued to call out to him and chase after him, "Why not just stop!? Look at you no longer powered!"

Shua Xie paused and smiled slightly, "This trick is still not perfect," Shua Xie replied, making Lou Yue frown.

"What do you mean?"

Shua Xie chuckled slightly, "Hehehe .. This illusion is still less than perfect. Until when do you want to disguise yourself as Lou Yue!"

"I-I don't understand what you mean? An illusion? disguised? What's all that, I'm the real Lou Yue!"

Shua Xie turned to look at Lou Yue with a hard to interpret look, "Do I need to tell you where the illusory mistake is?" Shua Xie's eyebrows rose next door, his gaze was challenging Lou Yue's illusion.

"First, Lou Yue doesn't like to intercept what I like to do even if it's dangerous. Second, Lou Yue could not possibly come to this place, because this place was only reserved for me. Third, from the start I noticed you you didn't feel as exhausted as you were walking on a regular staircase. Fourth, you purposely clasped my hand and absorbed my strength little by little, then after enough you asked me to just give up! I know Lou Yue better than you! If not an illusion, then what? Do I need to mention all your lapses in cheating!?" the cynical Shua Xie was sharp accompanied by a cold smile.

When Shua Xie finished speaking, Lou Yue immediately shouted loudly saying that no one could find his illusory weakness. As he shouted, the pink-colored fog started to dissipate, as did Lou Yue's illusion.

"You don't know the weakness of this illusion!"

The air became wider and lighter after the fog and illusions had already disappeared. Several times Shua Xie sighed heavily from feeling tired. Shua Xie did not expect that the illusionary test of the Illusionary Pressure ladder was so powerful. Whereas before Shua Xie had already solidified his heart if the stairs he was going to pass would give off an illusion. But still Shua Xie was hit by an illusory attack.

"It's dangerous, I almost got the illusion call. Even though I was determined, it turned out that my determination was still not strong. This staircase was truly a perfect test of illusion, thankfully I was able to realize it quickly."

Shua Xie resumed his steps up the stairs, but before continuing, Shua Xie calmed himself down first a few minutes. Meditating in a standing position, as Shua Xie meditated, Shua Xie felt something like being able to feel the power rules of the stairs. Shua Xie could feel there was something in every rung like a row of piano steps played based on the beat of a song.

Shua Xie gradually learned the rules of the strength of the stairs, although it looked difficult and the first time for Shua Xie, but Shua Xie wanted to try it first. From where Shua Xie stood at the moment, he could feel there were webs of strength rules from the stairs, each of those webs had one red dot and a blue dot.

Within an hour of Shua Xie meditating on understanding the rules of the power of the stairs finally Shua Xie was able to break the rules of strength of the first ladder. It turns out that every footing of the stairs there is one place that is stepped on not to release heavy pressure, while the other side releases heavier pressure.

Shua Xie gave a small smile, confidently continuing his footsteps according to the rules of the strength of the stairs. As Shua Xie had guessed, the side that Shua Xie had stepped on did not exert such great pressure, but instead the opposite.

"It turns out there is a rule of force on this ladder, it's appropriate that I felt this ladder there is something strange."

In the village of Bintang the match between 2 families already took place a few hours ago. Originally the Ye family was one point ahead, but that advantage was on the side of the Xiao family. In the second and third matches the Xiao Family was superior 2 times, Xiao Ming and Xiao Tong managed to defeat the seed of the Ye family thanks to their hard work.

Since the Ye family did not accept the result, the head of the Ye family broke the agreement he had previously agreed with the head of the Xiao family.

Ye Linghui burned the covenant paper with his spirit flame while saying he would still own the Star village especially Xiao Mei. Xiao Jhu as the head of the Xiao family was furious, he immediately attacked Ye Linghui. A fierce battle between the two heads of the family, they fought in the air and issued each other's mainstay moves.

As well as the others, the Ye family began to invade the Xiao family. The war between the two families was so fierce. On the other hand aunt Xiao Ning carried away Xiao Mei as far as possible on the orders of the chieftain. Xiao Mei had rebelled while being taken away, but her aunt Xiao Ning explained that what the Ye family wanted was her.

Xiao Ning brought his nephew and Shua Xie's body into the Xiao family temple. The temple was usually used by the Xiao family to teleport to other places. In the Xiao family temple there was a teleportation formation that had been unused for a long time, usually the Xiao family used the formation to travel far away. But since the chaos era of Bintang village, the temple was closed and considered a forbidden place because it holds a lot of important information about Bintang village and Xiao family.

"Mei'er go with Shua Xie as far away from the village as possible. We'll arrest them as much as possible, make sure you don't get caught!" firmly Xiao Ning while pushing Xiao Mei inside the formation line.

"Auntie why you brought me to this forbidden place! Didn't Grandfather already forbid the family from using this formation? Let me help you! I'm strong!" Xiao Mei refused to leave.

"Mei'er you don't understand, they want your ice crystal body! You can't get caught by the Ye family!"

"Why Bi? I don't understand why they want me! If it's like that better just give me up than have to sacrifice you!" Xiao Mei started crying loudly.

"May'er if you get caught by them, we'd rather die. You mean a lot to our village, if you want our family's revenge, train as hard as you can with Shua Xie. Later if you are strong, avenge us!" xiao Ning said with a sobbing voice. Xiao Ning had also started activating the formation with his own blood.

Instantly the formation let out a purple-colored bright light, Xiao Mei wanted to run to where her Aunt was but was blocked by the formation wall. From within the formation, Xiao Mei shouted loudly calling out her aunt's name. The light of the formation grew brighter, as the light was Xiao Mei and Shua Xie started to disappear.

"Hiks! Take good care of Mei'er!" Xiao Ning said after his nephew had already disappeared from before him.

From the back came a middle-aged man who was none other than Ye Linghui. It seemed like Ye Linghui had already managed to defeat the head of the Xiao family.

"Xiao Ning, where's your niece!" yee Linghui shouted loudly.

Suddenly Xiao Ning was shocked because of Ye Linghui's shouting voice. He quickly turned to face Ye Linghui.

"It's too late! You won't get it!" reply Xiao Ning.

"You! How dare!" Ye Linghui moved quickly, and the instant he was already in front of Xiao Ning while strangling Xiao Ning's neck, "You send where she is! Don't you know how much I need him!"

Xiao Ning tried to let go of Ye Linghui's strangulation but she was uselessly outclassed in terms of energy. Xiao Ning started to run out of breath, Ye Linghui's chuckle getting stronger and stronger the longer.

"Erg! Y-you won't be able to get it! N-no matter how hard you try!" muk Xiao Ning with a cold smile.

"Damn it! Just die you!" Ye Linghui steeled his strangulation to the point of making Xiao Ning's neck break. Xiao Ning's head fell rolling on the floor, loudly Ye Linghui threw Xiao Ning's body in any direction.

Ye Linghui groaned loudly, "Fucking Xiao family!"

"What would I say to Mr. Lou Zo's orders if he came to my family! They're gonna kill my whole family! Goddamnit! Goddamn bum!" ye Linghui sage is hard.

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