HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
202 - Dao Fang An (3)

Xiao Shuxiang was currently in an open room together with Dao Elder Fang An and Lan Guan Zhi. They parted ways with Elder Meng Hao Niang earlier.


At that place, Xiao Shuxiang was seen sitting cross-legged with an unsettled manner. The dazzling young man circulated his gaze and looked around.


Sometimes he pointed at a tree and asked the type of plant, either to Lan Guan Zhi or Elder Dao Fang An. Sometimes, too, his hands were tapping on the sitting table and playing around with brushes on the table.


Undeterred, Xiao Shuxiang even moved to get close to Lan Guan Zhi and made the shoulder of his good friend as a headrest. He was in stark contrast to Lan Guan Zhi who was so calm and did not act much.


"Fix your way of sitting," Lan Guan Zhi patted his good friend's thigh softly and without turning her head towards Xiao Shuxiang.


Elder Dao Fang An exhaled and said, "You haven't sat for five minutes and you've had a lot of behavior. Aren't you embarrassed?"


Xiao Shuxiang heard him and then looked towards Elder Dao Fang An. He said, "Why should I be ashamed? A lot of questions are not embarrassing. Anyway .... What are we here for? You told me and Lan Zhi to sit down, but not to entertain us."


Lan Guan Zhi blinked, his good friend is so brave. Even saying such a thing to a Great Elder. Fortunately, Elder Dao Fang An was a patient figure and was not at all offended by this.


"Basic Reliability ...." Elder Dao Fang An shook his head slowly, he smiled faintly at how attractive this young man before him was.


He said, "Sit down well and start listening to me,"


Xiao Shuxiang no longer made his friend's shoulder a headrest, but he still sat very close to Lan Guan Zhi. It was just that he had indeed listened to Elder Dao Fang An this time around.


"Chairman Meng Hao Niang actually wanted to directly test your abilities. But after seeing that you have quite a formidable forging talent, elder Meng Hao Niang so put it away."


Xiao Shuxiang frowned, he was clearly astonished. Elder Dao Fang An then continued, "The forging talent is still too beginner, you are still using tools and that is not how cultivators should work. Just like that, even your sword techniques are irregular."


Elder Dao Fang An asked, "For this long .... Have you ever mentored a teacher in your sword technique?"


Xiao Shuxiang blinked, "My sword game is a mess? Huh, wow .... You really suck Grandpa."


Xiao Shuxiang protested, "A lot of people are not in my hands, and you said my swordplay is a mess?"


Xiao Shuxiang shook his head, "Huh. I don't think you can say such a thing-"


"How much did you get injured during the fight?" Elder Dao Fang An suddenly interrupted. He made Xiao Shuxiang flinch.


"Let me guess, every time you fight-you must get hurt. Whether it's a minor or a heavy wound." Elder Dao Fang An said back.


Xiao Shuxiang frowned and said, "I don't know how many times I've been injured while fighting, but isn't that a natural thing? A person can get a scratch or incision--"


"You're weak,"


"Hey-"


"The powerful swordsman doesn't let there be any scratches of enemy weapons on his body." Elder Dao Fang An interjected, "Remember well, how many times have you been injured while fighting."


Xiao Shuxiang blinked and tried to remember, he indeed quite often suffered a scratch and to the point of almost losing his life several times.


"Seeing you can't answer means you experience it very often" Elder Dao Fang An said.


"I will face a strong enemy. Because that's-"


"The word is only said by the weak." Elder Dao Fang An pitched firmly and made the two youths before him flinch.


This time, Dao Fang An looked completely like an elder and Shizun. He asked, "Who's the teacher who taught you the sword technique all this time?"


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Xiao Shuxiang was surprised, he very rarely heard this question being asked of him. Even in his past life to his present-day reincarnation this was the rarest question addressed to him.


Xiao Shuxiang could be said to have two memories of life. First was his heyday as the Destroying Star. Second, of course, is his life now. So it could be said that he had experienced childhood twice.


Xiao Shuxiang breathed softly as he remembered it and said, "I ... He was taught how to hold a dagger when he was very young. Then .... I was taken to the sect but only saw disciples there practicing and when I was 5 I was sent to the arena of life and death."


Xiao Shuxiang said, "I got out of that place when I was 7 years old. Thereafter... I think I set fire to the house, then slashed my parents' heads off. I then made trouble in the sect, I cut off the tongues of the children who dared to call me 'Xiang-Er' and I thought I also burned the sect."


The expression of Elder Dao Fang An had already changed when Xiao Shuxiang said he had already slashed the heads of his parents, but it seemed that the young man was unaware of this and continued to speak.


Xiao Shuxiang said, "I lived in the forest until I was 14 and started looking for villages to mess with. I made my name famous and became feared even until I was an adult. So .... There really was no interference of someone who could be considered, 'Shizun'."


Elder Dao Fang An had somehow since when to hold his breath. He was shocked, but tried to calm down. He said, "Are you talking about your life or someone else's? Why is it so dark,"


"My life is that bad. It's so amazing and awesome," Xiao Shuxiang was excited. He was proud to say, "You won't find a child born a genius like me. Imagine, I've done great things at a very young age. The other children were still her mother's tail at the time. Haaah... Tsk, tsk, tsk, my day is amazing."


There was no regret and even sadness on the face of the dazzling young man who was noticed by Elder Dao Fang An. Instead, he saw a sense of satisfaction and pride in this young man who looked like a good person.


Elder Dao Fang An shook his head slowly, "What is there to be proud of from your story. You're a real demon,"


"Hey-"


"What's? You think slashing the head of a person who has given birth and taking good care of you is a good thing? You have sinned greatly. What a great sin,"


Xiao Shuxiang watched Elder Dao Fang An. This Old Grandfather did not look at it from another point of view. Should have been, Elder Dao Fang An asked the reason he had to do the act of slashing the heads of his parents. Not even ....


"Help ...." Xiao Shuxiang took a slow breath. He does not defend this kind of thing. Everyone can have different opinions about it. He does not need to give an explanation that makes himself seem to do something right.


Lan Guan Zhi himself just sat quietly and listened. He didn't say much, but both of his hands stiffened. He was once shown by the incident in which Xiao Shuxiang beheaded his own two parents.


If you wanted to talk, Lan Guan Zhi could have defended her best friend. But Xiao Shuxiang did not say anything about it, so he kept quiet. Lan Guan Zhi knew that his good friend did want this.


Xiao Shuxiang puffed his cheeks and looked at Elder Dao Fang An. He said, "Grandfather ... It was only in the past. Now I have a parent I love enough, a sister who, though annoying-but I don't hate her. My life is pretty good now,"


Elder Dao Fang An frowned and asked, "You're telling me whose past it really is?"


"Who else is it?"


"Haw.." Elder Dao Fang An shook his head softly when he saw Xiao Shuxiang who appeared to be smiling foolishly. He was the one who was wrong for being affected by this strange story of the young man before him.


Of course, Xiao Shuxiang was impossible to carry out such a ruthless act. Just look at his face..! There was absolutely no face of the criminal in sight other than that innocent face without sin.


"Son, I'm not kidding. It's also for your own good. Do you have shizun?"


"Shuxiang had a grandfather who was not from among warriors. He studied in the sect I live in, but often ditches training. He only had a shizun teaching him sword forging. That's it,"


Xiao Shuxiang blinked and looked at Lan Guan Zhi. For the first time, the handsome figure with the forehead ribbon finally spoke.


Dao Elder Fang An rubbed his chin and looked at Xiao Shuxiang, "So you don't have a shizun training you sword techniques?"


Xiao Shuxiang innocently replied, "My sword technique is obtained from the fighting experience all along. There's nothing to call, 'Shizun'."


"Simply your sword technique is so messy and so wild. There is absolutely no sword art in it,"


"Come on, Old Grandpa. This sword technique you're trying to cut is feared by everyone, i-"


"I need to see your abilities,"


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