HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
124 - Other Talent

Wang Zhao noticed how Mo Huai was so painstakingly treating the wound on Zhi Shu's palm, he turned his head towards Liu Wei Lin.

Wang Zhao asked, "I'm curious. If the rabbit we were holding earlier could injure the palm of the hand so badly, then why are my hand and that of Mr Xiao alright?"

Xiao Shuxiang flinched and came to a realization, "Right as well. I hugged the rabbit tight and nothing happened,"

Liu Wei Lin played his fan plan and said, "I think those beasts are harmless. They'll only discharge electricity in their bodies if they feel threatened-"

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Liu Wei Lin and his companions were shocked when they heard the extremely loud sound of lightning. They had previously been used to the thunderous roar to the point of not being too distracted, but the sound of lightning this time was too fierce to be ignored.

Lan Guan Zhi stood up, "I'll check. You guys wait here,"

"I'm coming along," Ling Qing Zhu couldn't let Lan Guan Zhi go alone. He sensed something from the lightning sound that was so powerful earlier.

"Then I will also go check on him," Liu Wei Lin felt a sense of responsibility as his new friends were cultivators from the Lower Cultivation Realm.

"You guys don't go anywhere," Xiao Shuxiang prevented Lan Guan Zhi, Ling Qing Zhu and Liu Wei Lin. "We'll go together. I don't want any other problems when we part ways. Wait until Zhi Shu's hand is bandaged, and we're leaving."

Wang Zhao nodded in agreement, he also did not wish for them to go their separate ways. A city that is not inhabited by any human being is more suitable to be suspected.

As Zhi Shu's hand finished being bandaged with the rag torn from her own-she white clothes, Mo Huai and their friends began to continue on the journey.

Xiao Shuxiang and the others no longer rode on the horse carriage, their vehicles followed behind and were as if being led by Mo Huai and Wang Zhao.

Xiao Shuxiang returned to pick up a rabbit he had met on the street. He smiled and rubbed the white-haired animal furiously. Liu Wei Lin seemed to notice him.

Zhi Shu gave a pale expression, "Brother Xiao. You shouldn't be holding the animal anymore, let's put it down. He could hurt you,"

"Calm down, Zhi Shu. We should know what is happening in this city and the right figure to ask is this cute little guy," Xiao Shuxiang kissed the rabbit-thug in his hand.

Xiao Shuxiang smiled, "Alright. Little friend, you want to explain it to me, right?"

"Brother Xiao? He's just a rabbit, you sure you can talk to him?" Liu Wei Lin blinked. He wouldn't be this good if the rabbit in Xiao Shuxiang's hand was a talking Demonic Beast, yet what he saw was not like that. In Xiao Shuxiang's hands was an animal that was not even classified as a 'Demonic Beast'.

The rabbit in Xiao Shuxiang's hand started to let out a voice that made Liu Wei Lin and Zhi Shu flinch. The rabbit seemed to know what Xiao Shuxiang had said.

Zhi Shu and Liu Wei Lin frowned, this was the first time they had heard the sound of a rabbit. Wang Zhao and Mo Huai seemed to blink, they could not decipher the sound of the white-haired animal.

Xiao Shuxiang himself looked calm, he seemed to raise the rabbit in his hand and then said, "Thank you for talking. So how long have you and your family lived in this town?"

"Brother Xiao? You can seriously understand what the rabbit said?" Liu Wei Lin froze so unreliably.

Xiao Shuxiang muttered, "Mn.. Sure do. Is something wrong?"

Liu Wei Lin did not know what to say, he calmed down before finally making a sound. "Not many people have the ability to communicate with animals, you obviously have a rare talent, Brother."

"really? I don't even know, I think everyone can do it." Xiao Shuxiang was so innocent as to speak. He looked at Lan Guan Zhi and asked, "Lan'Er? How're you? You can also understand what this cute bunny says?"

Lan Guan Zhi replied calmly, "I only understand what Lan Xiao said,"

Xiao Shuxiang flinched, "So you can't?"

"Mn, can't."

"Well, seriously? What about you, White Cat?" Xiao Shuxiang asked the white-haired girl who was walking beside Lan Guan Zhi.

Ling Qing Zhu shook his head slowly, "I don't either."

Xiao Shuxiang blinked a few times, he smiled bitterly. "It... Am I not normal? What about you, Wang Zhao?"

"I used to talk to horses and donkeys in the stables, but when they were making noises I wasn't sure I could interpret their voices. I don't have the ability to translate,"

"So I'm the only one who can...?" Xiao Shuxiang shook his head and then exhaled, "Excellent. I didn't expect this could also include talent,"

Xiao Shuxiang flinched as the rabbit in his hand made a sound again, he smiled and responded. "really? You want to talk to me 'cause I'm handsome and look good? But I wanted to ask, did you hurt my brother's hand?"

Mo Huai noticed how Xiao Shuxiang was talking to the white-haired rabbit. He several times circulated his gaze and looked around the buildings around him. If not for the chatty Xiao Shuxiang, this trip would definitely have been heavy and frightening.

Xiao Shuxiang, "I will tell Zhi Shu to apologize to you. But you should also apologize to her, my brother just just said he was going to bake you-but he didn't really do it, did he. It's you who hurt her, so you should apologize. Okay?"

The white-haired rabbit let out a shrill sound, as if he was very excited to chat with Xiao Shuxiang. To him, this young man who was carrying him had warm hands and a very soothing embrace. He liked this dazzling young man dressed in white.

Ling Qing Zhu walked up to Xiao Shuxiang as he watched how his Guardian Master was so close to the adorable beast.

Ling Qing Zhu asked, "What did you discuss with that Adorable Feather?"

Xiao Shuxiang blinked, it was not usual for Ling Qing Zhu to take the initiative to ask him first. Xiao Shuxiang answered, "My little friend wants to get me married,"

Xiao Shuxiang lifted the rabbit in his carriage and said, "Little Friend? You see this very beautiful Miss, she's my wife. I can't marry you,"

Ling Qing Zhu gasped and blinked. His face was calm, but his eyes were colder than usual. He looked at the white rabbit in the hands of the dazzling young man beside him and felt somewhat disturbed.

Ling Qing Zhu said coldly, "Even rabbits want to marry you?"

Xiao Shuxiang, "Yeah. I was amazing. So you need to pay more attention to me. The charm of your husband is not only alluring to girls, but also rabbits like this. You really need to be careful, White Cat. I could've been kidnapped to marry you,"

Ling Qing Zhu snorted at the sight of his Guardian Smiling. He was just about to call out to Xiao Shuxiang when the white-haired rabbit made a sound again.

Ling Qing Zhu saw the change in look on Xiao Shuxiang's face and asked, "What did he say?"

Xiao Shuxiang, "We will soon arrive at the place that these animals used to eat. They are creatures that consume fire and lightning,"

Liu Wei Lin and the others gasped, they listened to the explanation from Xiao Shuxiang.

"Said my little friend, the rabbits came a year ago. They like to move around for food and Xiliang City is the longest location they live in. He said, the people of this town were gone when they came."

Xiao Shuxiang continued, "It is these rabbits that consume fire when there is lightning striking the building until it burns. It could be said that the fire they ate actually helped the existing building not to burn completely,"

Wang Zhao said, "I remember hearing something about animals that liked to eat fire and lightning from shizun. But it's a bird, not a rabbit."

Liu Wei Lin heard it and turned his head towards Wang Zhao, he explained. "There are some animals that can make fire and lightning for food, not just birds."

Liu Wei Lin watched Wang Zhao from top to bottom, his forehead shrinking as he said. "What are you actually being taught by the old man? She doesn't seem to be intending to be your Shizun,"

Wang Zhao gasped, it was obvious that Liu Wei Lin was insinuating him. Both of his hands seemed clenched, he stared dislikefully at the young man and then said. "He was such a good shizun, I was the one who sucked at being unteachable. But at least, my shizun did not make you his disciple."

Mo Huai gasped with the suddenly tense atmosphere between Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao. This was the first time he had seen Wang Zhao dare to reply to Liu Wei Lin's words, whereas normally the young man only lowered his head and said nothing despite hearing the most painful insinuations.

Liu Wei Lin snorted, "Wouldn't your shizun have raised someone like me as his student instead of him having a useless student like you? You're just a burden. Be fed and bedded, like cattle."

Xiao Shuxiang gasped at the rude innuendo from Liu Wei Lin. He saw the young man opening his fan and waltzing away first, he looked at Wang Zhao and then exhaled.

Xiao Shuxiang walked up to the young man and shook his head slowly, he patted Wang Zhao on the shoulder and said. "You've lost a lot, but it doesn't matter. I'll also teach you how to properly insinuate people, okay?"

"Shuxiang," Lan Guan Zhi kept her good friend's hand away from Wang Zhao. He advised, "Don't teach him anything that isn't right."

"Lan'Er, I'm calming him down." Xiao Shuxiang did not accept it and then argued, "What do you mean by 'untrue teachings'? You want Wang Zhao to just shut up hearing such insults? I just can't take it,"

"You triggered a fight,"

Zhi Shu no longer knew what kind of expression to look at his Brother Xiao who did not want to lose and seemed to be really looking for trouble with Lan Guan Zhi.

On the other hand, Ling Qing Zhu appeared to be attentively wiping and patting Wang Zhao's back gently. His expression was calm as he said, "Don't put it in your heart, words that hurt you."

Wang Zhao was actually very surprised to be able to get this close to a figure like Ling Qing Zhu, let alone this girl to the point of wiping and patting her back.

The other surprising thing was that Ling Qing Zhu did not mutter as usual and actually spoke to him. Being close to another girl alone had never existed in the shadow of an Wang Zhao, let alone now that she was even so close to Ling Qing Zhu.

Mo Huai also approached Wang Zhao and calmed him down, "Young Master Wang. I don't think you're a burden to your shizun. No teacher sees his students as a burden. And if anything, he doesn't deserve to be a teacher."

Wang Zhao smiled, "Thank you. I'm fine now,"

Zhi Shu saw that Wang Zhao could already smile and was unaffected by Liu Wei Lin's insinuations. He then directed a glance at his Brother Xiao who was puffing his cheeks and looked like he was going to reply to Lan Guan Zhi. I don't know where the two good friends are arguing with each other, but the obvious-Xiao Shuxiang is the one who talks the most.

Zhi Shu sighed and then said, "Brother Xiao. Let's stop the spousal quarrel between you, household matters don't be taken out and shown to others. Aren't you ashamed?"

Xiao Shuxiang flinched and then looked at Zhi Shu. He snapped, "About! We're not husband and wife,"

"We're married,"

"Lan Zhi's..! You start again," Xiao Shuxiang looked at his good friend. "What's so good about humiliating me in front of so many people like this, huh?!"

Lan Guan Zhi expressed calmly, "When do you have shameless veins?"

"Lan Guan Zhi..!"

Zhi Shu spontaneously dodged when Xiao Shuxiang chased after Lan Guan Zhi. She was shocked because she almost fell.

Zhi Shu rubbed his chest and calmed down, "Oh my goodness..."

Wang Zhao, "You okay, Miss Shu?"

"I'm fine. I'm just shocked,"

Mo Huai looked at Xiao Shuxiang who was still holding a rabbit and appeared to point at Lan Guan Zhi while lashing out at the young man 'outrageous'. Somehow Xiao Shuxiang was now debating Lan Guan Zhi around Liu Wei Lin.

Zhi Shu shook his head slowly, "Try to see them. I told you, right? My brother Xiao and young master Lan have a complicated relationship."

Zhi Shu smiled and placed hands on both of her cheeks, "I'm usually goosebumps amused at seeing two men so close by, but for the case of brother Xiao-ku and young master Lan it---- they are very compatible~"

Mo Huai gave a pale expression and looked at Zhi Shu, he said. "I think Miss Shu has to go for treatment, you seem to have a rare disease. Please, it is enough that I have heard about young master Lan with young master Xiao. You don't poison Young Master Wang Zhao's mind either,"

"What did I say, hm?" Zhi Shu was clearly fishing for Mo Huai.

Wang Zhao himself was so innocent that he meant what Zhi Shu said. He looked at Xiao Shuxiang and Lan Guan Zhi from afar before saying, "They are very close and don't look like friends."

Mo Huai flinched, while Zhi Shu seemed to be smiling from feeling that she had succeeded with her efforts.

Zhi Shu nudged Wang Zhao, "Right, right? Their relationship is like--"

"They are like two brothers,"

Zhi Shu gasped at Wang Zhao's words. He was just about to speak when this young man returned to his voice.

Wang Zhao smiled and did not notice Zhi Shu's current facial expression at all. He said, "I saw young master Xiao and young master Lan who were like two siblings who were so familiar. They fight, but love each other. It is very difficult to find brothers like them, I am lucky to be able to get to know young master Xiao and young master Lan."

Mo Huai heaved a sigh of relief, he almost cried out in gratitude. "Young Master Wang, I am also lucky to meet a person who has normal thoughts like you. True enough, young master Xiao and young master Lan were good friends, brothers, and sisters. That was what I saw from their relationship, not like the thoughts of the brothers of young master Xiao who were full of many misunderstandings and deviations."

"..............." Ling Qing Zhu watched silently how familiar the Guardian of his Guard was with Lan Guan Zhi. He liked it when he saw Xiao Shuxiang who was full of expression, it was very beautiful in his eyes.

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