HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
204 - Decision

Xiao Shuxiang was currently walking in the thickets of bamboo trees. He thought about what Elder Dao Fang An said as he continued to step up.


It was just that unexpectedly, Xiao Shuxiang stepped on a rope hidden behind the dried leaves and the incident made several daggers dart from various directions.


Xiao Shuxiang flinched and immediately jumped dodging, yet another attack came while he was in the air.


!!


The arrow somehow came out from the trunk of the bamboo tree and it was fortunate that Xiao Shuxiang was still able to fend it off. He used a kick even though there was an arrow that he could not avoid.


Xiao Shuxiang retraced on the ground with a hand that held his arm. He was seen grimacing and began to pluck out arrows that pierced deep enough on his left arm.


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


Xiao Shuxiang could see his clothes were starting to stain with blood. He looked for a place to sit and then noticed the arrow that had injured him.


"Leave all your sword techniques and create a new sword technique..."


"..............." Xiao Shuxiang recalled the words of Elder Dao Fang An and then took a slow breath, he could feel the wound on his arm start to close.


"....... Leaving all my sword techniques .... How is..?" Xiao Shuxiang muttered, "That's not something that can be left behind just like that."


Xiao Shuxiang breathed softly, "For over a hundred years .... Nothing has changed from my sword technique. Irregularity actually gives an advantage until the opponent will be difficult to predict the next movement. But the old man said ...."


Xiao Shuxiang exhaled. A point of light gathered in the air and formed an insect with silvery-white wings. The butterfly flew slowly before Xiao Shuxiang.


"Little Friend, what do you think?" Xiao Shuxiang asked and there came a voice like a daughter of a beautiful winged butterfly in front of her.


"Master can try,"


"Do you think this will work?"


"..............." the butterfly perched on the end of Xiao Shuxiang's blood-stained arrow. It can be noted that the flying insect began to suck the blood attached to the arrow until its silvery-white wings turned as red as blood.


The voice of a child is heard again.


"Lord is training to master one part of the Sun Killer Book. The Spirit and Death Chapter combined with the Spirit Controlling Technique had quite a strong relationship with mental techniques. That technique is also part of self-control, while Master is weak in this."


Xiao Shuxiang noticed the insect in front of him and said without a tone, "I shouldn't have asked you. You answered what I already knew,"


"I'm a part of you, sir."


Xiao Shuxiang looked at the lush bamboo tree and was still thinking about it. He said, "I never want to admit this, Little Friend. I seem to have bad self-control. Because of that too, the Dream Devil can play tricks on me."


"I do have to do something, indeed" Xiao Shuxiang stared at the tip of the arrow in his hand and then without any warning-she began to slide the arrow with all her might.


The red-winged butterfly immediately flew over and did not expect to get such an attack. The arrow stuck deep in a bamboo tree trunk.


Xiao Shuxiang saw the arrow he slashed turn into ash and leave a deep enough mark. If the one affected by the attack was a human-head or neck-then there was no way that person would have survived.


"..............." Xiao Shuxiang stared intently at the bamboo tree and began to stand up. His blood rippled as he imagined that the one who had been hit by his attack earlier was a human.


Xiao Shuxiang said, "I love fighting, Little Friend. All this time I assumed that my sword technique was perfect and of course it was very hard to change it, let alone abandon-"


"But the enemy Master is now very strong,"


"You're right," Xiao Shuxiang looked at his little friend and said. "I'll try it, though, but if I find any discrepancies while training with the old man or what he did was to get this part of the book to me-then I'll definitely finish him off,"


"Sir, I don't think he might know"


"When I took part of the Sun Killer Book on Yi Shisi's body back then-there were many people watching him, Little Friend. Old Bangka was not there, but sooner or later the news must have reached his ears."


Xiao Shuxiang took a breath and again said, "I do not know anyone who witnessed the incident and perhaps-the cultivators who saw it tried to hide this. Of course, because they want to seize it themselves."


Xiao Shuxiang walked away. He has now made the decision that before any unwanted event happens - he must make preparations.


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


The blood-red winged butterfly slowly turned into a grain of light and then disappeared. Xiao Shuxiang's expression was so calm, yet his eyes seemed to contain a hidden plan.


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The Mad Beggar Boy was still together with Elder Dao Fang An and the others. They were conversing as the Mad Beggar Boy began to look at Xiao Shuxiang who was walking over.


"You're back ...." Elder Dao Fang An spoke as Xiao Shuxiang had been before him.


"I'll follow your lead. So, when did my training start?"


The Mad Beggar Boy gasped, he looked at Xiao Shuxiang while blinking.


Elder Dao Fang An said, "I didn't expect you to make a decision this fast. Are you sure you've thought about it?"


"I don't have to think about it for too long if the goal is in my favor. Anyway .... I can't calm down if I have to leave my Lan'Er for too long with this shitty guy."


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The Mad Beggar Boy was shocked to the point of being flabbergasted as he watched Xiao Shuxiang grab his Lan'Er Gege hand. On the other hand, Lan Guan Zhi gasped as her hand was suddenly held by her good friend.


"..............." Lan Guan Zhi did not say anything, but looked at Xiao Shuxiang with a hard-to-understand look.


The Mad Beggar Boy himself seemed to be pouting and could only tightly hug his bamboo staff. He gave Xiao Shuxiang a dislike look as it was very upsetting.


Elder Dao Fang An blinked and then coughed softly. He said, "I'll start right away. It's an easy training. You and Wang Zhao follow me. While the others, you guys wait here."


Xiao Shuxiang flinched and asked, "Can't it be if my good friend comes along? I feel uneasy about leaving him with this ghost-faced, hanging man,"


When Xiao Shuxiang said, he pointed at the Crazy Beggar Boy wearing his eyes. It made the man with the bamboo stick shocked to the point of saying nothing to protest.


Dao Fang An said, "Young Master Lan can't come because she already has good self-control. Young Master Lan will teach you another technique. You and Wang Zhao-were the ones who need more attention, let's follow me."


Wang Zhao gulped and nervously nodded. He followed Dao Elder Fang An who started walking away.


Xiao Shuxiang breathed softly and then looked at his good friend, "You should cut down along with this strange man. As much as possible keep your distance from him, you understand?"


Lan Guan Zhi blinked, she stared inside her good friend and started to slightly bow. His actions shocked Dao Elder Fang An and even made Li Huanshou spontaneously close Jian Yang's eyes.


The Crazy Beggar Boy opened his mouth wide while Wang Zhao seemed to blink a few times.


Lan Guan Zhi made a soft voice, right beside Xiao Shuxiang's ear. "What are you doing?"


Xiao Shuxiang spontaneously replied in a voice that was no less quiet. "Of course protect you, I don't want you contracting the 'strange' disease of the Mad Beggar Boy."


"..............." Lan Guan Zhi exhaled and muttered softly.


Xiao Shuxiang smiled and then patted his good friend's arm. He turned to look at Li Huanshou and Jian Yang. Xiao Shuxiang said, "You guys take care of Lan Guan Zhi. Don't let my friend get close to this weird bitch, okay?"


Xiao Shuxiang frowned, "Li Huanshou. Why did you close Jian Yang's eyes like that?"


"G ...." Li Huanshou flinched, he also laughed crisply and said. "Ha-only spontaneity, Brother Jian is 'Master' to me. So it is my duty to keep and ... Protecting her from something that threatens her self as well as her mentality,"


There was no strange thing that Xiao Shuxiang had done with Lan Guan Zhi between each other, but somehow whatever they both did-people would consider him 'something else'.


Lan Guan Zhi watched as his good friend started to leave with Dao Elder Fang An and Wang Zhao. Xiao Shuxiang should not worry about him too much, Mad Beggar Boy is not that dangerous to the point that it should be avoided.


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At the moment when Xiao Shuxiang and Wang Zhao were about to do their first practice under the guidance of Dao Elder Fang An-Old Meng Hao Niang was currently facing off against the Great Elder of the Thousand Sword Palace and the Great Elder of the Heavenly Light Valley Sect.


Elder Meng Hao Niang met these two elders as he was about to walk into the Medicine Pavilion. The Grand Elder of the Thousand Sword Palace, Elder Chen Duan Shan unceremoniously asked Xiao Shuxiang for whereabouts.


Elder Meng Hao Niang did not reply and instead requested that these two elders accept his banquet. He was lucky that these two great elders were willing to go visit the Medicine Pavilion.


"Chairman Meng, we came here for Xiao Shuxiang. There's something I want to confirm from him directly" Elder Chen Duan Shan said. He did not even touch the ceramic cup containing his tea.


Elder Meng Hao Niang with a facial expression that looked like a heavy drunk started to say, "Chairman Chen. I know what you want from that punk, but even with me you can get the answers."


"Chairman Meng-"


"Xiao Shuxiang has already admitted his mistake to me. It's true that he's the one who massacred the townspeople,"


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