HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
206 - Trust

It was true that Xiao Shuxiang was focusing on listening to Wang Zhao recite the Soul Control Sutra, but that did not mean he did not know the arrival of the Great Elder of the Thousand Sword Palace and the Great Elder of the Heavenly Light Valley Sect.

Xiao Shuxiang was more focused on hearing the elders talk and he had expected it before.

"I appreciate you, Elder Dao. But I want to speak directly to the young man. The actions he took were no trivial matter, please don't hinder me." Elder Chen Duan Shan said.

"Chairman Chen, I'm sorry if I had to interfere." The Mad Beggar Boy finally opened his voice and nervously said, "I know what Shuxiang has done, but to impose severe punishment isn't it unfair? He .... It could be said that it was also the victim here,"

Elder Chen Duan Shan frowned and looked at the foreign man who had strange makeup on that face.

He took quite a long time to notice and became jolted as the Great Elder of the Heavenly Light Valley Sect began to introduce the figure of the man.

Elder Shang Quan Yi said, "He is my son who lives in the Lower Cultivation Realm, Shen Long."

"Shen Long .... Ah, I know you." Elder Chen Duan Shan smiled and patted the Crazy Beggar Boy on the shoulder. He said, "How to greet you? It's an awkward meeting,"

"Chairman Chen is too kind. I had absolutely no problem," the Mad Beggar Boy smiled before he looked towards Xiao Shuxiang and said, "The person Elder Chen wants to meet is my acquaintance, he is a figure close to me... Uhm ..."

The Mad Beggar Boy nervously said, "He is indeed not like my Lan'Er Gege that Elder Chen knows for himself how his personality is. Shuxiang that ... I will not lie to you, he is a man unfettered by the rules of the world. He replied to what was given to him many times over, there was absolutely no tolerance."

The Mad Beggar Boy saw Elder Chen Duan Shan looking at him and he continued. He breathed softly, "I know Xiao Shuxiang. That young man is not a good man. He doesn't live in the same neighborhood as us. He is cruel, but he is trying to change. He has tremendous power and honestly is scary, but his desire to be accepted as part of our environment is huge. He's a Black Stream cultivator who needs help, we're helping him so he can form his new self."

Lan Guan Zhi noticed the Crazy Beggar Boy who turned out to be able to speak seriously. At a time like this it felt like the Mad Beggar Boy actually acted as a swordsman who 'little' had some dignity.

The Mad Beggar Boy said, "If Elder Chen punishes him .... Not only would he lose faith in us, he could have gone back to taking that dark path. We will find it very difficult to stop him. He was the one who could help defeat the Demonic Valley Sect,"

"Shen Long," Elder Chen Duan Shan sighed and then said, "I understand your words. But what Shuxiang did was no trivial matter. There's a lot of lives lost because of it,"

Lan Guan Zhi took a breath and then said calmly, "If Shuxiang is punished now, then there are more lives lost."

Jian Yang, Li Huanshou and his other companions gasped. So was the Mad Beggar Boy and Dao Elder Fang An. They looked at the handsome young man with the forehead ribbon.

"D-Yuan ...." Elder Chen Duan Shan had not expected Lan Guan Zhi to talk like that, just now he wanted to talk back--the-Lock Mad Beggar suddenly interrupted.

"Big Chief Chen, what my Lan'Er Gege said is indeed true. You and the college that intend to attack the Demon Valley Sect will regret it if it does not accept Xiao Shuxiang,"

Elder Shang Quan Yi frowned, this was the first time he could see a deep expression of confidence in the look in the eyes of the man in front of him.

Elder Shang Quan Yi asked, "How are you sure that he can contribute to helping us take down the Demon Valley Sect? How likely are we to win with his help?"

"Fifty percent," the Mad Beggar Boy replied seriously.

Elder Chen Duan Shan tonelessly said, "That means it hasn't convinced you yet"

"And I will fulfill it" the Mad Beggar Boy interrupted. "With Shuxiang's help, the certainty that we will win is fifty percent. And with me also participating in it, then this victory will be even greater."

"Shen Long," Dao Elder Fang An looked at the Mad Beggar Boy and asked, "You compare yourself to him? Are you serious about what you're saying..?"

Of course there was a sense of unexpectedness within the look in the eyes of Elder Dao Fang An. He knew that the Mad Beggar Boy was a powerful swordsman and an Unparalleled figure. This title had been around for a long time and there was absolutely nothing comparable to the Mad Beggar Boy.

In fact, if the strength of the elders of the five great sects were combined even-this was still not comparable to that of the man who always carried this bamboo stick. Such was the magnitude of the strength of the Mad Beggar Boy in the eyes of Elder Dao figure Fang An. Hence, he did not expect that the Mad Beggar Boy so looked up at Xiao Shuxiang high.

"Big Chief Dao, I know you probably won't believe this..." The Mad Beggar Boy said, "If Xiao Shuxiang can control his strength-then I can assure you, he can even kill me."

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Elder Dao Fang An involuntarily held his breath, "..... Shen Long,"

"Therefore, please consider this carefully. I did not ask that Xiao Shuxiang not be punished, he was guilty and entitled to the most severe punishment, but not now. At least delay his punishment until he helped me overthrow the Demon Valley Sect,"

Yan Tianhen heard that remark, he and Liu Wei Lin were there. But they did not know what problem was entangling Xiao Shuxiang to the point that the Great Elder of the Thousand Sword Palace and the Sect Elder of the Heavenly Light Valley came directly to meet their Brother Xiao.

"Let's see him, Elder." The Mad Beggar Boy looked at Xiao Shuxiang who was quite far away before him. The young man seemed to be sitting cross-legged while closing his eyes, looking very focused on hearing Wang Zhao recite the First Soul Control Sutra.

The Mad Beggar Boy said, "He has a great passion for change. No one would even have expected that he was from the Black Stream just by looking at his face alone. Was the Elder sure he could actually take up arms and kill ordinary citizens without blinking? Can he slash the neck of an innocent child?"

Xiao Shuxiang almost laughed when he heard the Mad Beggar Boy speak. His position was quite far away from the man, but he could hear every word spoken by the Mad Beggar Boy.

In exchange for his focus, Xiao Shuxiang so did not listen to Wang Zhao. He does look in a sitting position and closes his eyes, so seriously - but this is not all the way it is.

Xiao Shuxiang smiled so faintly. Really, she wanted to jump towards the man wearing the strange makeup on that face and hug him tightly.

The Mad Beggar Boy clearly understood who Xiao Shuxiang really was. But he easily asked that could it be possible for a Xiao Shuxiang to be able to take up arms and kill ordinary citizens without blinking? Can a Xiao Shuxiang slash the neck of an innocent child?

"Hmphs. His Highness Xiao Shuxiang is not only able, but also very happy to do so. Let alone slashing the necks of small children, this Your Majesty is even able to play around with their internal organs until satisfied."

Xiao Shuxiang took a slow breath and slowly exhaled. His blood rippled and his heart was refreshed. It just didn't take long until he gasped and shook his head inwardly.

"Cannot ... Don't think about it for now. Even if it was very beautiful," Xiao Shuxiang calmed himself down and refocused his listening to Wang Zhao.

On the other side. After gaining a lot of enlightenment, the inducement from the Mad Beggar Boy, and seeing the figure of Xiao Shuxiang who was so focused on studying-finally Elder Chen Duan Shan gave up.

The Great Elder of the Thousand Sword Palace let out a slow breath and then looked at the Crazy Beggar Boy, he said. "This is because of you, Shen Long. I trust you and I'll trust him,"

"But ..." Elder Chen Duan Shan said back, his voice so serious. "I want him to also study in my sect. I want to assess it personally,"

Elder Meng Hao Niang said, "That's what you'll get. But of course after he got the teaching from the elders in this place,"

Elder Chen Duan Shan nodded slowly, he also looked at Lan Guan Zhi, Jian Yang and Li Huanshou. He asked the three cultivators, "What about you guys? Do you want to return to the Thousand Swords Palace with me?"

Li Huanshou held his breath, he did not speak and instead looked at Jian Yang. His brothers looked down and did not say a single word.

Lan Guan Zhi, "......... I still want to be here,"

Jian Yang and Li Huanshou gasped. The two immediately turned their heads, they looked at Lan Guan Zhi who was very brave to talk to Big Elder Chen. They also nervously nodded slowly and seemed to agree with Lan Guan Zhi's words.

Elder Chen Duan Shan exhaled, "Alright. But remember to always maintain good behavior, you do not bother the people here. And A-Yuan, especially for you-you take care and watch over them."

"Well," Lan Guan Zhi said briefly.

Elder Chen Duan Shan looked at Elder Shang Quan Yi for a moment before he looked at Elder Dao Fang An and started to say goodbye.

They were about to leave, but Elder Dao Fang An held back and forced so that they could stay longer. After all, this trip to his Cloud Sea Sect was quite far away and that Elder Chen Duan Shan, as well as Elder Shang Quan Yi had no time off.

Elder Meng Hao Niang also did not wish for these two elders to simply leave. He also invited Elder Chen Duan Shan and Elder Shang Quan Yi to go to another place. They left the Mad Beggar Boy, Lan Guan Zhi and the others.

Liu Wei Lin looked at the back of Dao Elder Fang An who had already almost disappeared from his sight. He opened the fan and said, "We should go too. Let Brother Xiao focus on practicing,"

Jian Yang and Li Huanshou actually still wanted to stay, but remaining silent while waiting for Xiao Shuxiang who was somehow about to finish training was also not something good. So they now decided to follow Liu Wei Lin and Yan Tianhen who were slowly walking away.

Lan Guan Zhi stared long enough at his good friend before leaving. He remembered Yi Wen who was either already human or not. He needed to check on the girl and at once look at Ling Qing Zhu.

The Crazy Beggar Boy was about to catch up with Lan Guan Zhi who had walked away, but he immediately gasped and immediately looked back. He immediately looked at Xiao Shuxiang who was far away.

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

The Crazy Beggar Boy had somehow swallowed his saliva, whereas Xiao Shuxiang had only given him a casual glance. He saw the young man get up from sitting cross-legged and walking over.

Wang Zhao himself did not realize that Xiao Shuxiang was walking away. He focused on reciting the Soul Controlling Sutra and took it very seriously.

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

The Crazy Beggar Boy held his breath, Xiao Shuxiang was now in front of him. He hugged his bamboo stick tightly and nervously asked, "What's wrong?"

"I heard everything," Xiao Shuxiang said without a tone, he looked at the man before him.

"O-oh, it's good that you heard it," the Mad Beggar Boy still in a nervous voice, "You must remember that I saved your life. You owe me your whole life now-"

"Is your saying true?" Xiao Shuxiang interrupted and made the Crazy Beggar Boy flinch.

"What do you mean?"

"When you say that I can kill you, is that true?" Xiao Shuxiang looked at the man before him with a serious face.

The nervousness in the Mad Beggar Boy's heart was just a pretense, so it immediately disappeared. The Mad Beggar Boy asked in a serious tone, "What do you want?"

"I just want to make sure, can I really kill you?"

"You want to kill me?"

"You are the Pillar of the World which I understand .... You're an immortal. Is it true that I can kill you?" Xiao Shuxiang repeated back as he watched the man before him.

The Mad Beggar Boy without a tone said, "You can. But it won't be easy, nor can I allow you to do that."

"If we fight with my full strength, what do you think will happen?"

"Of course it's a big mess. But it's good it doesn't get real. I don't want to have to fight if it's just to satisfy your curiosity, especially if it's about you beating me or not."

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

"Xiao Shuxiang, I can see it. Are you .... Really want to kill me?"

"........ I don't know. It's just gonna be really disappointing if you can really die in my hands." Xiao Shuxiang was so serious about noticing the Mad Beggar Boy before sighing softly, "While I wish it would be the other way around."

"Just calm down, it won't go easy. You will never be able to kill me before you can control your power. Currently .... You still look like a little grasshopper in my eyes,"

"Hmph, Crazy-Beggar Boy"

"You better continue your training. Look at your friend who is alone, you don't think you can kill me - those things are still very far from your reach" the Mad Beggar brushed Xiao Shuxiang's head and smiled.

He walked away without seeing Xiao Shuxiang giving him a look of dislike.

Xiao Shuxiang looked at the back of the Crazy Beggar Boy who was slowly getting away. He breathed slowly, "I don't want it to actually happen. I put my trust in you other than my best friend. You two are the chosen ones .... To be able to fight to the death and at the same time break the curse that is on His Highness Xiao Shuxiang,"

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