HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
195 - Disclosure

Wang Zhao's eyes widened. He immediately looked at Xiao Shuxiang with an extremely shocked expression on his face. He did not hear wrong.


Wang breathed slowly and then asked in a low voice, "What .... Shizun said it?"


"Elder Meng said it," Xiao Shuxiang knew who 'Shizun' Wang Zhao was referring to, but not that person.


Wang Zhao took a breath. He saw that Xiao Shuxiang was not angry at all, only that the expression of this young man was indeed more serious than usual.


With a slow breath, Wang Zhao began to say. "I .... I don't want to be the leader of that place at all. I don't want to .... Doing,"


"I want to hear everything from you directly."


"Mr Xiao .... But-"


"Not to worry. I am a cultivator of the Black Stream. Nothing will change from my attitude towards you,"


Wang Zhao flinched. He did not know this and tried to look for the lies from Xiao Shuxiang's words, but did not find them at all.


"What .... Miss Ling knew you were from the Black Stream..?" Wang Zhao asked in a quiet voice.


"of course. Lan Guan Zhi also knew and all my friends knew this." Xiao Shuxiang said, "This entire time. The view towards black flow cultivators was bad, bearer of calamities, curses, cruel and inhumane oppression. I don't deny it at all. The name Black Flow had been broken from the beginning and it was hard to fix it. But it doesn't matter, we so don't have to keep a good image like a cultivator from another stream."


"Now say it," Xiao Shuxiang asked. "How can you be the leader of the Demon Valley Sect?"


Wang Zhao squeezed his clothes and then started to reply, "I stayed there for a long time. The area was vast and full of poisonous plants, but it was actually a beautiful place. The palace is as luxurious as the Thousand Sword Palace and I have an old man living there."


Xiao Shuxiang flinched, "You have a father and mother?"


Wang Zhao nodded slowly, "I also have three brothers. Our lives are good because all who live there focus on improving our cultivation-practice so never leave the region. It's just .... I have an uncle who has other thoughts,"


Wang Zhao said, "My uncle said. That power is not to be saved, but to be shown to the world. At first I didn't know what he meant, I thought he wanted recognition from people other than us. Of course, exchanging abilities from other sects was a natural thing. He also went, to the Lower Cultivation Realm."


Xiao Shuxiang could already see the root of the appearance of the Demon Valley Sect in the lower cultivation realms. He again heard Wang Zhao's words.


"My uncle built another sect. He's recruiting his members. He was looking for a strong and the same as the teaching in our sect-they isolated themselves and did a closed cultivation."


Wang Zhao exhaled, "I don't know what happened to him, but he went back up to the Upper Cultivation Realm. He's planning a rebellion."


"Didn't your father know?"


Wang Zhao shook his head softly, "My father trusts uncle too much. He did not know that his own sworn brother had planned death for him. My father .... Dad ...."


Xiao Shuxiang saw Wang Zhao looking down with his eyes closed. The young man in front of him shook his head slowly and was like refraining from crying.


"My father ..." w.a.n.g Zhao's voice trembled, he said, "Uncle cut off my father's head and showed it in front of everyone,"


Wang Zhao felt a pain in his throat when recalling the incident. He still clearly remembered it as if it had just happened yesterday.


"..............." Xiao Shuxiang waited for Wang Zhao to be a little calmer before he asked quietly, "You .... Not yet a sect leader back then?"


".......... Already," Wang Zhao felt a tightness in his chest, but he kept talking. "My previous brothers were killed in various situations. It happened at different times and was an accident. This incompetent me precisely .... Being a substitute for father."


"Where is your mother?"


"I last saw my mother when she was 14 years old, she was doing closed-door cultivation and never came out. When I came to see him, he wasn't there. He disappeared. I don't know where he is. Not knowing, either,"


Xiao Shuxiang exhaled, there were many events that Wang Zhao had already experienced and none of them were good. He would not ask anything more about the young man's mother because it was not part of his plan.


"What about your Rooted Dantian?"


"It's been there since the beginning. There was a mistake, I don't remember clearly. But because of it .... My cultivation practice never increased. Guess .... This was also the reason why uncle had a rebellion. The leader of the Demon Valley Sect should not be a flawed figure,"


Xiao Shuxiang was breathing slowly. Cultivators with Rooted Dantians would indeed be considered flawed, useless and even worse than trash. Making people with this kind of dantian as sect leaders ..... Of course it would be embarrassing.


Xiao Shuxiang said softly, "Did you never find out the truth of the deaths of your three brothers? I don't want to accuse, but I'm very familiar with how their nature is darkened by power. He can do anything,"


Wang Zhao flinched. He looked at the young man before him, "You .... Also think so?"


Wang Zhao tried to catch his breath, "I know .... I thought about it too. My brothers dying was not an accident. That includes a plan, too. They are very strong and will certainly be a hindrance. I'm not getting rid of because they don't see me as a bitch. But .... Everything changed when Dad chose me,"


"Master Xiao ...."


"There's no 'family' in the Black Stream, not even an old man who's taken care of you. One law in such a place is .... 'Live with your own two hands.' Honestly, I was surprised when you said you had parents and siblings. Where I live, there is nothing like this. The child who was still dependent on both parents would be sent to the arena of life and death. They live there and keep fighting every day."


!!


Wang Zhao was surprised, he held his breath when he heard Xiao Shuxiang say. With a trembling voice, he said. "The sect I live in is not like that. We .... Just focus on cultivating,"


"Hmph, Black Flow like that. Either in the Lower Cultivation Realm or in the Upper Cultivation Realm. I wouldn't be surprised if it was you who actually killed your three brothers."


"Master Xiao..!! That's impossible!" Wang Zhao was shocked not to play. He was like hearing an explosion above his head as the young man in front of him gave an unexpected revelation.


"I've never killed anyone, not at all." Wang Zhao's expression was so pale. He felt a tightness in his chest.


Xiao Shuxiang himself smiled instead. He said, "You didn't kill anyone. When I first came here, I didn't take anyone's life. But isn't there a Dream Devil in your sect?"


!!!


"Let's listen to some shady thoughts, Brother Wang. Your sectarian rebellion is planned. Your mother was doing closed cultivation alone to improve her practice, it meant that she was no ordinary cultivator. Your father became the sect leader, of course he is not an ordinary person either. You said your three brothers were extremely strong cultivators, meaning they were not ordinary people either. Do you really think you're the only piece of trash in your family?"


Wang Zhao again had trouble swallowing his saliva. The point of sweat was even visible on his forehead. His breathing was heavy as he listened more and more to Xiao Shuxiang.


"Brother Wang, you have the blood of your father and mother. Your dantian can take root not because of a mistake in your cultivation technique, but because your power is too great that it naturally-your body forms its own protection,"


"Mr Xiao ...." Wang Zhao shook his head softly even though his heartbeat was pounding incessantly now, "That's .... That's not true,"


"The Demon Valley Sect is filled with poisonous herbs, do you think the air there is healthy for ordinary cultivators?"


!!!


Wang Zhao was surprised, his eyes widened as he heard Xiao Shuxiang's words just now. He looked at the young man in front of him and really did not expect this.


"You have no ordinary body, Brother Wang. The people living in the Demon Valley Sect Region were unlikely to be able to survive with mediocre physiques. The plants where you make the air around them are also poisonous, you understand?"


"But .... You said I was the-"


"Kill your brother? Sure do. You might look weak with that Rooted Dantian, but you're a quick learner. The proof, you can swing a wooden sword that is so heavy, can float in the air and you also fight in that Eternal Alliance Conference. You're not even afraid of the ghosts we were dealing with back then."


Xiao Shuxiang said, "You don't want to kill people. But you have no doubt about killing the Demonic Beast. The Devil's Dream exists .... To test you. Show me something else. Possibly .... You dream of fighting a Demonic Beast that you never thought of ..... That what you're dealing with is-"


"No-no"


"Your brother"


"No...!"


"Looking at your reaction this seems to be true," Xiao Shuxiang woke up as he looked at the body of the young man before him who was trembling in fear.


He put away the table in front of him and then woke Wang Zhao up. He hugged the young man who was currently starting to cry.


"It's okay ...." Xiao Shuxiang made a soft voice and gently rubbed the young man's back in front of him. He calmed his friend.


Wang Zhao hugged Xiao Shuxiang tightly as if holding on to his life. He hid his face on the young man's shoulder and tried to hold back his cry.


"They ...."


"No. Don't think about it," Xiao Shuxiang knew what Wang Zhao wanted to say. Of course, this young man was devastated and would probably feel guilty for the rest of his life.


"Mr Xiao ....."


"This is not your fault," Xiao Shuxiang gently rubbed Wang Zhao's head. For someone who wants to swing a sword without killing-this is actually very bad news. But it was also because of this that made Xiao Shuxiang know what he should do.


"You're not alone now, okay..? No problem, mm..?" Xiao Shuxiang tried to have Wang Zhao calm down. He gently rubbed his friend's back and felt a little envious.


"This kid is really good. He has a heart as soft as knowing. If I remember, I never even felt guilty about beheading my father and mother. This child .... He couldn't even be half of Xiao Shuxiang,"


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