HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
185 - Heavenly Light Valley Sect

Due to the Mad Beggar Boy's actions and his words, the Great Elder of the Heavenly Light Valley directly lowered the order to gather the disciples as well as elders.

Yi Wen noticed and felt that there were over 1000 people lined up neatly in the backyard of the Great Elder building. There were even those standing on the roof, on tree branches and on top of the pillars of this sect.

The place seemed to be surrounded by many people and all of them had tattered clothes with bamboo sticks in their hands. Yi Wen did not even hesitate to call this place the headquarters of the beggars.

"There are still students coming out. I can't call those who are far away," Big Elder Shang spoke up and made Yi Wen surprised.

The girl blinked a few times, "So there is still?! Great..!" Yi Wen shook his head and chuckled in admiration inwardly, "I became curious as to how many whole members of this sect were."

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

The Mad Beggar Boy nodded and then walked slowly while circulating his gaze around. He used two Breathing Techniques to track the presence of intruders in this place.

Grand Elder Shang and the few people who had previously seen the Mad Beggar Boy's aggressive actions became tense, while the others were wondering just why they were all called out so suddenly.

"Who is that guy? I just saw her for the first time,"

"Why is she wearing weird makeup on her face?"

"He carried a bamboo stick, but the color was different from mine. That .... Black bamboo?"

"wait. I seem to recognize that person..."

"I also feel like I've seen it, but where is it..?"

The Crazy Beggar Boy heard many voices, but he did not care. He is currently in a more focused state on other issues.

His Vision Breathing Technique was able to help the Crazy Beggar Boy to see various directions sharply and his Temperature Breathing Technique was able to make his sense of smell and taste stronger.

The Mad Beggar Boy was the first to know that Xiao Shuxiang's body was the body of a 'dead', it was he who revealed the identity of the Destroying Star. Hence, distinguishing the dead and the living had become a skill of the Mad Beggar Boy.

Sure oes. This skill can not be obtained haphazardly. The Mad Beggar Boy had lived for a very long time and had interacted a lot with various humans, so it could be said that he knew very well the characteristics of a 'living' human' even without having to make physical contact such as shaking hands and so on.

"........... How's it?" Yi Wen asked as the Crazy Beggar Boy returned and stood nearby as well as Great Elder Shang.

"Three people" the Mad Beggar boy said softly, he half whispered. "We can't just finish them off. That'll make a mess. I'll take care of one, Elder Shang also takes care of one, and Yi Wen-you the rest."

Grand Elder Shang seriously nodded slowly, "Tell me where the exact positions of those people are."

The Mad Beggar Boy briefly explained and the way the whispers attracted the curiosity of the members of the Heavenly Light Valley Sect.

The Great Elder Shang exhaled and gave a calm expression as if there was nothing. He even smiled and then greeted the members of his sect.

"You must be wondering why I asked you to gather here," the voice of Great Elder Shang quietly-yet still could be heard by all the sect members, this was because he used Qi to make his voice become strong to reach everyone's hearing.

"Our place is the arrival of an old family member" Grand Elder Shang smiled as if he was showing his happiness.

He patted the shoulder of the man beside him and again said. "This young man is my Pride Son, Shen Long-"

"True, it's Swordsman Shen Long..! I know him!" one of the disciples exclaimed and made Grand Elder Shang flinch.

"Oh, right! That's her! He is indeed the Swordsman of Shen Long..!"

"I only heard about him, but it was him..."

Yi Wen blinked a few times and was shocked at three things. First, of course was the statement of Great Elder Shan who said that the Mad Beggar Boy was his son. Second, related to the name of the Crazy Beggar Boy in this place and the last one is the reaction of these college students.

Yi Wen did not know what to say. He really needed an explanation from the Mad Beggar Boy.

"As a welcome to my Son, I ask you to be on good terms with him. His cultivation practice is not as good as yours, and I'm sure you guys must have seen it. He still needs a lot of guidance, so I ask for your help to teach him a lot."

The Mad Beggar Boy smiled and spread out his bamboo stick. He bowed in greeting which made Yi Wen flinch again.

"Shen Long saluted the teachers as well as the seniors..!" The Crazy Beggar Boy exclaimed excitedly.

!!

The disciples of the Heavenly Light Valley Sect gasped with such a courteous action. They unhesitatingly did the same by stretching out their bamboo sticks and then bowing in return for that respect.

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

No one was suspicious as this action did indeed include manners within the Heavenly Light Valley Sect. And the Crazy Beggar Boy had made excellent use of it.

The man wearing the hanging ghost-like makeup immediately gestured to Grand Elder Shang and Yi Wen as well. They immediately shot out without warning and attacked the three people who were already targeted.

!!!

The incident was very shocking, especially for the sect disciples who were beside the figure who was considered an intruder.

Yi Wen used his strongest technique and attacked the body of a disciple until it bounced into the air. Big Elder Shang and the Crazy Beggar Boy did the same.

With two movements of his bamboo staff, the final attack was carried out by the Crazy Beggar Boy making the bodies of the three people explode in midair. The resulting sound was extremely loud and so shaking, it felt as if lightning had suddenly struck just like that.

The attack was filled with the element of Deep Power and until it made the enemy's body burn was not left. They did not even have time to fight back, let alone question why it could be attacked in this way.

"Big Chief Shang--"

"There are intruders in our sect," Grand Elder Shang interrupted when one of his shocked disciples was about to ask.

Grand Elder Shang then explained everything and about how he could know about the intruder. He also explained about his son and how he put his trust in his son.

Yi Wen was completely amazed by the manner in which the Great Elder of the Heavenly Light Valley Sect spoke. No one doubted the man because indeed the body of the finished intruder had emitted a pitch-black smoke that everyone knew could not possibly belong to a human.

No one refuted much less to the point of critically questioning the identity of the Mad Beggar Boy. Yi Wen even saw that there were some elders who actually greeted and hugged the Crazy Beggar Boy as if he had missed the man so much.

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Inside the private room of Great Elder Shang, the Mad Beggar Boy and Yi Wen heard about the attack from the Demon Valley Sect.

The Great Elder Shang told me. "Actually not this long, there was chaos during the Eternal Alliance Conference. There were many casualties from various sects, but it was fortunate that me and my disciples were late. If no... There's a chance the victim will fall on our side, too,"

"How can you be late? What distance is the location of the alliance conference far?" Yi Wen spontaneously asked and made Grand Elder Shang exhale heavily.

"This .... Nor was it actually a good story," Big Elder Shang lowered his head and with a sad breath, he said. "The distance was good, but we actually arrived on time. It's just that me and my students were forced to stop the journey because the city we passed was in a disaster. Somehow the entire population was massacred,"

The Mad Beggar Boy and Yi Wen were shocked, especially when the Great Elder Shang said that not a single townspeople had survived the massacre.

Yi Wen asked in a nervous voice, "What .... No help from the nearest town?"

The Great Elder Shang shook his head slowly and grew heavier to tell it. "Even nearby cities .... Almost the same fate,"

!!

"Did it be the members of the Demon Valley Sect who did it?" The Mad Beggar Boy asked, his eyes looking so serious.

"I can't be sure yet, but from what they did at the Conference-then it's not impossible that they have committed such atrocities, either,"

"Haaahs... This turned out to be more complicated than I thought," the Mad Beggar Boy exhaled.

"What is the Demon Valley Sect that has no other job? Why are they looking for trouble in the city? I mean, even to the point of massacring the population." Yi Wen was too shocked and incredulous.

Yi Wen said, "I don't think it out. Imagine that! It's a 'City', not a village. It was impossible for them to do so just by relying on 4 or 5 people. And again, this is the Upper Cultivation Realm. There are no ordinary people in this world, right? At least, the residents of that city had cultivation talent. Right, right?"

Grand Elder Shang, "Miss Wen would even be very surprised if I told you the townspeople were slaughtered overnight."

"What?! Ma-I mean you---" Yi Wen to the point of running out of words was so shocked. He looked at Grand Elder Shang and was sure this old man was telling the truth.

Yi Wen so shuddered in horror, "I myself have never massacred a city, let alone overnight. That's impossible to do. Guess .... Those Demon Valley Sect members were completely insane. Did they deploy an army to commit such a big mess?"

Big Elder Shang had a pale face, but he tried to calm down. "From the investigations I did with my students-we found that the townspeople were killed by the same people. They were slaughtered by .... One man."

!!!

Yi Wen was surprised not to play, he closed his mouth so surprised to hear the words of the old man in front of him. While on the other hand, the Mad Beggar Boy remained silent despite the look in his eyes revealing a bad expression.

"One person ...." Yi Wen tried to calm himself down even though his heart was still pounding incoherently. He said despite his trembling voice, "You're sure if .... It was only done by one person?"

"Mm, the attack pattern is the same. No one can fight. I .... I even wanted to doubt what I saw at the time." Great Elder Shang had a hard time swallowing his saliva, "I don't know why the Demon Valley Sect did all that. I saw no trace of the man looking for something in the city. It felt as if he really only wanted to slaughter everyone. I'm not done thinking with the contents of the head of the Demon--- Valley Sect"

"Not the Demon Valley Sect." The Crazy Beggar Boy interrupted. The expression on his face and the look on his eyes were very pale.

Great Elder Shang gasped, "What do you mean by 'not the Demon Valley Sect'? Was it not the sect members who massacred the townspeople?"

"Big Chief Shang," the Mad Beggar Boy said, "The members of the Demon Valley Sect can't possibly just kill without aiming for something. They are impossible to do in vain and impossible to play around with so many human lives. I investigated what they were doing in the Lower Cultivation Realm, and every place that was destroyed by their actions-is not a random place."

Grand Elder Shang exhaled and then rubbed his chin. He nodded, "I also thought the same thing. But if it wasn't the Demon Valley Sect .... Then who? All I know, in this Upper Cultivation Realm-there is no most powerful Black Stream sect and can perform inhumane actions other than the Demon Valley Sect. Moreover, the move to slaughter one city is only one person. Who else could, if not come from that sect?"

Yi Wen was curious and he gasped as the Crazy Beggar Boy looked seriously at him, "W-what? What's?! Why are you looking at me like that?"

"............ There aren't. I just want to know what you think,"

Yi Wen found it strange to be looked at by the Mad Beggar Boy, moreover it was not usual for this man beside him to behave so. It felt as if the Mad Beggar Boy was demanding him to think of who could do the act of slaughtering the city indiscriminately, let alone move just one person-!!!

Yi Wen was startled and felt like lightning was striking his head. He immediately looked at the Mad Beggar Boy who was still looking at him as if he had been waiting for his extremely shocked reaction.

"Th-that ...." Yi Wen smiled bitterly, "Ti-no way 'him', right?"

"Is there anyone else you can think of?" The Mad Beggar Boy asked in a serious tone and made Yi Wen even more furious.

"But ..." Yi Wen's expression was very pale and his head was throbbing pain. He couldn't think of anyone other than 'That figure'.

In this world. Many of the famous Black Stream cultivators were extremely ruthless, but only one person could carry out a massacre for the mere reason of pleasure. Yi Wen to the point of feeling afraid if that person was indeed 'her', the real figure Yi Wen recognized.

"Long 'Er? Do you know the identity of the perpetrator of the massacre?" Grand Elder Shang asked as he looked at Yi Wen's expression which was like a shock. "Miss Wen seems to know that, too,"

!!

"His eyes are very observant..." The Mad Beggar Boy smiled bitterly and tried to be calm. "I don't know how to explain it..."

The Mad Beggar Boy explained, "Although the person who massacred the city did not come from the Demon Valley Sect, but the massacre still had the sect's interference. Emm... Big Elder Shang knows about the Dream Devil?"

Grand Elder Shang gasped and seemed to start to understand, "That demon is indeed the one that has caused the most trouble over the past few years. But that demonic ability could only affect cultivators with a high level of practice as part of the Immortal Reaching Stage. Why are you asking that? There may be...."

"It's actually a personal matter.." The Mad Beggar Boy massaged his forehead and said, "I have Brother-in-law who endowed the heavens with abundant power. But because of his young age and not a learned person, the power was out of control. He didn't get an invitation from the Upper Cultivation Realm, so I thought he couldn't possibly get here. But if I remember again, the boy has a very unyielding and courageous nature. I think he did something risky to get to this realm. But..."

Crazy Beggar Boy, "Honestly actually I'm not sure he managed to ascend to the Upper Cultivation Realm. Unless he attracts the attention of a Great Elder of a sect."

"He's not a very interesting person?" Yi Wen also said, "He's a type of person that is hard to ignore. The proof, the Dream Devil alone is attracted to him-"

"Is he Xiao Shuxiang?"

!!!

Yi Wen and the Mad Beggar Boy were shocked to hear that. The two spontaneously looked at the Great Elder Shang with an incredulous look. It felt as if cold water had just been doused into their heads.

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