HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
140 - Conference of the Eternal Alliance

Among the participants of the Thousand Swords Palace were seen Li Huanshou and Jian Yang. The two of them continued to stare towards Xiao Shuxiang without turning their attention elsewhere. The gaze of Jian Yang's eyes was the most visible so nurtured hatred towards the young man.

On the highest floor, the Conference of the Eternal Alliance opened with the welcome of the Great Elder from the Holy Star Tower college. This was a natural thing and was not a big deal considering the Holy Star Tower had spent a lot of their money.

Xiao Shuxiang seemed so attentive listening to the great elder of the Sacred Star Tower explain every rule of the Conference. The voice from the figure of the man known as Wang Haoran was heard to all the ears of the cultivators. It clearly proved that Elder Wang Haoran had a capable ability.

"The "conference lasted for ten days. After entering the gate of light, all participants will arrive at Xiling Canyon. Their communication to the outside world would be cut off, but the spectators in this place were still able to witness the situation faced by the conference participants."

Xiao Shuxiang blinked and stared in amazement as a silvery light suddenly formed that grew thick and also quite wide. The light was in front of the participants and gradually changed color until it attracted attention.

Elder Wang Haoran again gave an explanation, "You should know that there are about five thousand or so monsters within Xiling Canyon. Those monsters have different levels of strength and your task as a participant is to take down those monsters and collect their Demonic Cores."

"The silver bracelet that was distributed to you has a function like a Spatial Ring," Elder Wang Haoran's speech made some participants see the silver bracelet they wore on their left hands.

Elder Wang Haoran further said, "The Demonic Core stored inside the silver bracelet will automatically sort and be instantly visible on the top 100 leaderboard here,"

Mo Huai who was also one of the participants of the Eternal Alliance Conference seemed to stare in admiration at the leaderboard before him. He blinked before his face turned pale.

"More than five thousand monsters, then provided the leaderboard...." Mo Huai muttered with bated breath, "Thinking my name is among the top hundred is already an impossibility. The only sure thing is .... My name was first written as the first fallen participant. That's for sure,"

Wang Zhao who was standing near Mo Huai heard him. He could see the expression on the face of this young man who was almost like an undead. Not only was Mo Huai's face pale, even this young man nearby seemed to be trembling with fear.

"Mo Huai, calm yourself." Wang Zhao voiced softly, "The Eternal Alliance Conference is held for the reason of developing self-empowerment. I'm sure you can,"

"Young Master Wang, my own life is a burden.." Mo Huai's tone of voice sounded trembling, "Before I continued to be helped by young master Xiao and the others, he said, but now I have to help myself. I can't do it. I really can't,"

Wang Zhao was breathing slowly as he saw the water start to accumulate in Mo Huai's eyes. He exhaled and said slowly, "Mo Huai. I'm not a great person myself. But there is nothing we can do if we keep following the fear. Don't worry, I'll always be with you."

Mo Huai wiped the water that almost fell from his eyes. The young man with the sweet canine teeth had just wanted to thank Wang Zhao when Elder Wang Haoran's voice surprised him.

"Each participant who enters the Gate of Light will arrive at a different place. The Spirit Owl will cross the sky and keep an eye on the situation of the participants. It is strictly forbidden for sectarian fights to occur! If that happens, then the right to participate in the conference will be revoked and the participant will be punished according to the applicable regulations."

Mo Huai was more focused on listening to the first remark from Elder Wang Haoran just now. He smiled bitterly and looked at Wang Zhao. Water was back in his eyes.

Wang Zhao looked rather guilty as he said he would always be with Mo Huai, but the explanation of the Great Elder of the Holy Star Tower who said the participants would arrive at different places was like a fire that burned his words just now.

"Mo Huai, I'll find you." Wang Zhao made sure to look for Mo Huai and protect him.

"Young Master Wang.... You don't need to bother," Mo Huai softly said. "I'm not going to change anything. After a day has passed, my name will not be remembered..."

Wang Zhao held his breath, this young man beside him was extremely pessimistic. Mo Huai was too easy to give up, moreover he had now started muttering something like 'loads', 'figures', 'most ordinary people' and so on.

The Sacred Star Tower Elder was still conveying some things, but Wang Zhao's hearing was somewhat troubled by the surrounding sounds.

At this moment, both the male and female disciples who were participants-even including the spectators were quietly discussing.

"Is he Dao Elder Fang An? He's very handsome."

"It's the first time I've seen the Great Elder of the Cloud Sea Sect, he's so very young."

"During this time the famous handsome elder of the Cloud Sea Sect was the Peak Elder Xuyang, Elder Jing Shang Yu. But look at the young man ..... They both seem to come from different worlds,"

"You look at it from the face, take a good look at the practice. That young man was only at Forging Qi Level 7, was it possible that he was the Great Elder of the Cloud Sea Sect?"

?!!

The cultivators were shocked and seemed to have just realized it. Their eyes immediately fell on one point and made the person being stared at feel divisive.

Xiao Shuxiang stood on the highest floor and seemed to notice Elder Wang Haoran speaking. Feeling the target of the conversation, he immediately looked down.

Xiao Shuxiang blinked as he felt that many pairs of eyes were on him.

"..............."

Instead of being nervous, a line of smiles actually formed on Xiao Shuxiang's face that even made people cheer.

A woman exclaimed, "He is more handsome than Elder Jing Shang Yu..!!"

I don't know who it was, but Yan Tianhen felt his ears ringing. Li Huanshou had a bad face, too many voices around him and most were the voices of women.

"I love the smiling friendly young man. He really has already captured my heart~"

"It's temptation. My heart that belonged entirely to Elder Jing was now partially stolen by her.." a woman to the point of shedding tears and making the men give her a strange look.

The Xuyang Peak Elder, Jing Shang Yu was indeed famous not only for his talent but also for the face. He was nicknamed the Jade-Faced Elder.

The persona of a Jing Shang Yu is very calm, rarely open-sounding and honestly very cold. She was some kind of Unachievable Beauty. Anyone had never even seen him smile, but even so--many cultivators from the various sects admired him.

"Either of you would like to vote for him, but I remain a fan of Elder Jing. He is my soul mate,"

"I will also still choose Young Master Lan. He will always be the owner of my heart,"

"Hmph, how long can you endure facing the 'Eternal Ice Mountain'? You try hard however you still can not melt it. I'd much prefer a smiley and playful young man like him,"

Not only was Xiao Shuxiang the center of attention, even Lan Guan Zhi was in the conversation.

Those cultivators seemed to be divided into 3 groups of fans. The first were those who admired Elder Jing Shang Yu, the second were those who became fanatics of Lan Guan Zhi and the latter became die-hard fans of Xiao Shuxiang.

To male cultivators, they were actually also divided into groups of fans. This was because in every sect there were always female disciples who were not only charming, but also full of talent.

Zhang Xiao Lian and Yun Qiao Yue were among the disciples of the Cloud Sea Sect who were extremely beautiful. Merely, the hearts of the entire young man seemed to have been snatched away by a single absolute beauty named Ling Qing Zhu.

"The Sect of Heaven Flower is famous for the beauty of its elders and disciples. So did the disciples of Xiyue Peak Mountain from the Cloud Sea Sect. But after seeing the beautiful lady.... All the girls look normal in my eyes,"

"The white-haired lady replaced elder Liu Lang from the Jiang Peak Mountain, there was a chance that she was the granddaughter of elder Liu."

"I've never heard of elder Liu having a grandchild, but whoever that miss-she-she's been seizing my heart."

To Ling Qing Zhu, he was well aware that he was also a topic of conversation. But for him right now what was more important was to seek answers to his Guardian Guardians abandonment attitude.

"..............."

Xiao Shuxiang smiled earlier, but it was not aimed at him. He really wanted to know why this young man could change such a drastic attitude. Maybe he made a mistake?

"..............."

Secretly Ling Qing Zhu held firmly onto his clothes. 'A waiver' was something he had never experienced in this entire time. Even if his 'Ling' family was famous as the most 'Cold' family ever-itself was never ignored at all.

Ling Chu Zhen who was the father of Ling Qing Zhu had even said that the flying birds had immediately fallen because they were fascinated with the beauty of their daughter and it was not a joke. This fact clearly became proof that Ling Qing Zhu was an 'impossible' figure to ignore.

But why was Xiao Shuxiang different? Is it possible that the young man's head hit something? Xiao Shuxiang has a disorder? Is it possible that the young man saw the face of others shaped like an egg, or it could be the shape of a 'flat board'. Xiao Shuxiang didn't you mention that word often enough?

The more he thought about it, Ling Qing Zhu's eyes grew even colder. Even until Elder Wang Haoran was about to finish reading the rules of the even-Xiao-shuxiang conference still did not turn his head or talk to him.

Ling Qing Zhu was breathing slowly. He has to finish this thing. Xiao Shuxiang was a talkative young man, so if this person was so very quiet-then there must be something wrong.

"..............."

"Chicken!" Xiao Shuxiang spontaneously exclaimed as suddenly someone poked hard at his waist. He made the entire conference audience shocked and directly stared at him.

The elders on the highest floor also looked at him and made Xiao Shuxiang smile in embarrassment. The charming young man fused his hands together and turned to the elders as well as Elder Wang Haoran.

Xiao Shuxiang said and still with a timid smile. "I'm sorry. I was hungry to hear the Elder's welcome until he accidentally mentioned 'chicken'."

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The honest words of Xiao Shuxiang instantly made the TongTian temple filled with laughter. Even the famous elder Jing Shang Yu had never smiled at all, revealing a faint smile that was clearly impossible to see by the cultivators below.

Mo Huai who had so far continued to be shrouded in fear now felt better. He became very calm and even smiled when he heard Xiao Shuxiang's words. Wang Zhao beside Mo Huai also seemed to be holding back a laugh.

"My brother..! You represent our voice..!" Zhi Shu exclaimed and then laughed.

Honestly around it were many voices complaining about when Elder Wang's welcome was over because they wanted to immediately enjoy the dishes available before the participants were asked to enter the portal to start competing.

The cultivators actually did not need to think too much about food because they practiced 'inedia', but if there was a dish that happened in plain sight-it would certainly be a waste when it was missed.

Xiao Shuxiang was brave for stopping Elder Wang Haoran's welcome in such an unexpected way. The young man was able to drastically change the atmosphere in this place to be full of laughter.

"He really is my soulmate" Liu Wei Lin smiled and waved her fan.

"Xiang 'Er..." Lan Guan Zhi shook his head slowly and smiled faintly. It's not your best friend if you don't do something unexpected.

On the other hand, both of Xiao Shuxiang's ears looked flushed in embarrassment. He also looked at the perpetrator who made him call the word 'chicken' accidentally.

"White Cat.." Xiao Shuxiang's voice softly. He snarled, but was not angry at all.

"..............."

Ling Qing Zhu himself just looked forward. His eyes looked as calm as ever, as well as the look on his face. The thin veiled beautiful girl acted as if she was not involved at all. His posture is without gaps and without sin. Absolutely the perfect attitude.

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