HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
114 - Concealment (3)

"really?" Liu Wei Lin looked surprised upon hearing Zhi Shu's story. "I didn't expect that there was ever a chaos of two Continents at once and that was even at the same time."


Wang Zhao was just as surprised, he held his breath and stared in disbelief at this bridal-clothed girl. He could not imagine how such a terrible situation could happen.


Zhi Shu nodded and went back to eating a piece of meat as he continued saying, "This wither of mine will not be trusted by anyone who has never tasted it himself. But you know, even though I like being a hero to the crowd-but I don't want to experience that kind of thing anymore."


Zhi Shu was actually telling a lot to Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao. Starting from his residence in the remote region of the Lower Cultivation Realm all the way to the war against Wyvern and ending with a great war that engulfed two continents at once.


Telling the past like this is actually not good, because not everyone wants to hear the stories of other people's past. But the case was different with the disciples of the Butterfly Sect, let alone those who were a generation with Zhi Shu.


Previously, Liu Wei Lin asked about Zhi Shu for wanting to get to know this girl better, but unexpectedly his new friend who he thought was a graceful and authoritative girl turned out to be very talkative.


Zhi Shu's story was really something for Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao. They did not expect that the girl they were with at this time grew up with such a lot of experiences.


Liu Wei Lin opened his fan, he said. "I've always heard that the cultivation world is harsh. For people like me, we think of the world as a parent and experience is a teacher. Both have a role to play to educate us into adulthood,"


Liu Wei Lin turned his head towards Wang Zhao and resumed his words, he smiled faintly. "However it is not uncommon also-the world punishes a person without mercy at all,"


Wang Zhao gasped and realized Liu Wei Lin's gaze. He breathed slowly and picked up his bamboo glass containing tea. Wang Zhao turned his gaze while drinking his tea.


Liu Wei Lin snorted softly, "Yeah... Although I feel that punishment is still too light for some people,"


Wang Zhao held firmly onto his bamboo glass. His facial expression was still the same, but if he paid better attention - his eyes were a bit different when he heard Liu Wei Lin's words just now. Clearly, there was something hidden until Wang Zhao felt somewhat insinuated.


Liu Wei Lin looked back at Zhi Shu. He waved his fan and smiled, "I'm very interested in Miss Shu's story, but what I never thought was that I had apparently heard the fact that my Brother Xiao was apparently an alchemist. Seriously, I was so surprised."


"My Xiao Brother is the most talented alchemist ever. Not only was his alchemist ability alone, he was also the protector of the Eastern Continent."


Wang Zhao frowned, looking astonished. He muttered, "Protectors?"


"Mn," Zhi Shu nodded. He gasped when he realized something, "Did my Brother Xiao not say anything?"


Liu Wei Lin blinked, as did Wang Zhao. Seeing the expressions of these two handsome men made Zhi Shu feel strange. He muttered, "Mm... This is unusual. My brother Xiao loved to boast about his abilities and talents until I gave up advising him myself. But if you don't know, then there are only two reasons. You rarely find my brother praising himself and you don't ask him anything,"


"My Xiao Brother is well... If you don't ask, he won't say anything. Once upon a time, my junior and I were chasing an intruder in our sect. Everyone was trying to find the intruder until they didn't sleep. We're worried about the chaos that could have been caused by the intruder. And you know what happens next? One of my juniors saw that the intruder had been hung to dry on the back wall of the sect."


Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao were surprised, Zhi Shu continued saying. "No one knows how it happened, we only found out when WeiWei's aunt asked my Xiao brother. Because of this, my brothers and I did not sleep for days. If anyone can sleep, he will wake up again because he feels restless. And again, there were many far more severe experiences."


"Miss Shu?" liu Wei Lin's voice sounded solemn, "What exactly is Xiao Shuxiang that cruel person?! I mean, you're not kidding me when you say he hangs someone dry on the back wall of your sect?"


"Mh... How do I say it.." Zhi Shu thought for a moment before continuing to say, "If it is said to be 'cruel', it is indeed my brother who is cruel. But actually he's just mean to the guy who really deserves it."


Zhi Shu recalled and then said, "My Xiao brother once released two or three criminals who could be said to be very detrimental to many people. Instead of killing, my Xiao brother even treated their wounds. My brother said that the criminal didn't deserve to die. But a week later, my brother Xiao skinned the criminal in the middle of the city. Lucky it happened in the early hours. Otherwise, many people would consider him a monster."


"Wait a minute," Liu Wei Lin interrupted. "Isn't that cruel as well?! It was even more cruel compared to my shadow,"


Wang Zhao, "I'm not at all sure that mister Xiao can act that way. He didn't look like someone who could skin others. Please Miss Shu not to say such a thing about her. Mr. Xiao is a good man,"


Zhi Shu was stunned, he blinked and stared at Wang Zhao. "I didn't say my brother Xiao was a bad person. But he can do that. After all my brother is also a cultivator. He had taken many lives, not only Demonic Beast-but also human. In this world, there were no cultivators who never killed,"


Wang Zhao gasped, Zhi Shu's words were a heavy blow to him. Is it really impossible for him to become a swordsman without having to take the lives of others? Couldn't the sword be used to protect without having to make others lose their lives?


Wang Zhao was just about to speak when he heard the sound of the door opening. He and the others immediately looked over. They saw Ling Qing Zhu walking over.


"Miss Ling...?" Mo Huai watched as Ling Qing Zhu approached Lan Guan Zhi. He had actually just been silent since hearing Zhi Shu talk.


Mo Huai did not want to not get involved in the conversation between Zhi Shu with Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao, it was just that he had no chance because this beautiful girl was so excited about talking about so many things. Even the secret of Xiao Shuxiang being an alchemist was dismantled by Zhi Shu.


To Lan Guan Zhi himself, it was indeed his rarely-spoken personality. Lan Guan Zhi became a listener even when asked-he only answered briefly.


Ling Qing Zhu stood beside Lan Guan Zhi and then said, "I need help."


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