HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
23 - Rutukan

Xiao Shuxiang cleaned himself up and changed clothes for the better.


He wears three layers of clothing. The deepest part is red, then white and the outermost is black.


He tightened his red hair ribbon and took out his butterfly-winged black robe as well as his White Jade Flute before he stepped out of the room.


?!


Outside his room was already a Mad Beggar Boy. The man leaned against a wooden pillar and stared at him.


"Hi, are you going?"


"......."


Xiao Shuxiang did not reply and simply stepped over.


His face looked bent and this made the Crazy Beggar Boy feel uncomfortable.


The man who always carried the bamboo stick followed Xiao Shuxiamg. He saw that the look on the face of this Alchemist Chef was still pale and seemed to have forced himself to use spiritual energy to get to his room quickly.


Honestly actually... Ling Lang Tian's room was a considerable distance away from Xiao Shuxiang's room. The Crazy Beggar Boy even used his Deep Air Force to arrive in front of this young man's room quickly.


"Son, all you need to know is that Floating Island is very far from this town..." The Crazy Beggar Boy walked beside Xiao Shuxiang.


He continued, "... When you take the train, you can spend about 20 days or more. Not to mention that your journey will not be as smooth as Yi Wen's thigh. I can guarantee it,"


Xiao Shuxiang flinched and immediately turned his head towards the Mad Beggar Boy. He looked at the man beside him fixedly, "What did you say about Yi Wen earlier?"


"M..." The Crazy Beggar Boy blinked. He refrained from smiling at this moment. Xiao Shuxiang was indeed the easiest person to persuade. This Alchemist Chef did not have the talent to be angry for too long.


"I just..." The Mad Beggar Boy said slowly, "... Sometimes accidentally staring at the foot of Yi Wen. It's not my fault! I'm not wrong anything! Her... He himself sometimes acts shameful. I really didn't see it,"


"Huh, do I look to corner you?" Xiao Shuxiang shook his head and then exhaled softly, "You want to do what with Yi Wen it is none of my business. But... How's he doing now?"


"Ehm... He was healthy and wild as ever. It's just that he still doesn't want to go to the Western Continent even though I've already explained what he is obliged to do as one of the Pillars of the World."


Xiao Shuxiang saw the Mad Beggar Boy bowed, he crossed his arms and asked. "What did you tell him?"


"I say that the Western Continent is in alarming condition. They needed a helper and for this condition-Only Yi Wen was a needed one. But the girl did not think twice about rejecting him."


The Mad Beggar Boy exhaled, "He doesn't want to hear me talk about anything about the Western Continent. Even hearing the continent's name-he didn't want to. Yi Wen was like he did not care about what the continent would become without a figure like him."


"Well... I think there's only one reason he's behaving that way,"


The Crazy Beggar Boy looked at Xiao Shuxiang. The two were seen walking along with the destination to the outer gate of the Sky Pagoda Sect.


The Mad Beggar Boy said, "What reason did he use to be able to act like that? He is one of the world's change holders. It is appropriate for a pillar to save the land of his own birth."


Xiao Shuxiang exhaled, "You've lived a very long time, but it's still plain. Do you know that Yi Wen and his family are escapees from the Western Continent?"


Seeing the Mad Beggar Boy just staring at him without answering made Xiao Shuxiang continue his words. "There was one reason why Yi Wen and his family left. They're... Not wanted anymore."


The Crazy Beggar Boy gasped, yet still heard Xiao Shuxiang speak. Although the voice of the young man beside him was mediocre... Yet from those eyes he knew-Xiao-Shuxiang was very experienced at this.


Xiao Shuxiang, "You know Yi Wen is one of the 'Pillars of the World' replacing the previous pillar, so of course his parents have the responsibility of protecting him. And the connection with what I said was... Their lives are threatened in the Western Continent."


The Mad Beggar Boy thought about it and began to understand, but before he spoke-Xiao Shuxiang resumed.


"If only there were people in the Western Continent willing to protect them, perhaps Yi Wen and his family would not leave. He and his parents could not escape to a very distant and foreign place. So the moment you said that the Western Continent needed the help of Yi Wen... Of course the girl refused. Why should he help the land that has driven him away?"


"But Yi Wen was not expelled. Her... And his parents went alone,"


Xiao Shuxiang looked at the Mad Beggar Boy before shaking his head softly, "Truly stupid. Why would anyone as stupid as you be able to live so long..?"


Xiao Shuxiang exhaled, "If there is no shelter and no one intends to help you-then you have been indirectly expelled. That means you don't chill anymore."


"......."


"Crazy Beggar, people have their own problems..."


Xiao Shuxiang toyed with his White Jade Flute, "You know? When viewed from the eyes of someone like me... Yi Wen's nature was honestly good. If he went there, his past would instantly be imagined. He might not help anyone, but it would make the place even more chaotic. Perhaps the exact word of this is, 'Vengeance Revenge' as usual. That's why he doesn't want to go back to his homeland. Yi Wen was unwilling to have any thoughts of revenge. Isn't she a good girl?"


The Mad Beggar Boy would indeed not understand the mind path of people like Xiao Shuxiang. On the one hand this young man's speech was like supporting Yi Wen's decision, but on the other hand it also sounded selfish. It was just that he had not been able to decide whether to agree or not.


"Shuxiangsu... So you think Yi Wen should not go? But if he doesn't leave... The people of the Western Continent will-"


"If only Yi Wen were me, maybe I would go to the Western Continent." Xiao Shuxiang's remark made the man walking beside him flinch.


Xiao Shuxiang smiled faintly before returning to continue. "Of course I won't go home as a figure to protect them. I will definitely make life on the continent worse than the worst. I will take it all out until no one will hope to live. Who told them not to care about me and my family? It's me, not Yi Wen."


Xiao Shuxiang patted the Crazy Beggar Boy on the shoulder, "If it's for the girl... Try to keep persuading him. Yi Wen could not have had such a bad mind like me. He lives in a good environment of people. If only he had a Black Jade Heart... It can't be as dark as mine."


"Shuxiang..." Crazy Beggar Boy impressed.


He stared fixedly at the young man beside him, "You... It seems to know very well. I don't know why your words sound wise in my ears. You're like... It's changed. Now it looks more mature..."


"......."


Crazy Beggar Boy rubbed his chin, "Sssh.. Mm.. Is it because your wavy hairstyle is your way of mind is also affected? Is it possible that I should meet Ling Qin Qi and ask him to change my hairstyle as well? Usually, you always have a bad solution, not far from 'mock-fell'. If it was Shuxiang that I had known all along, she wouldn't have told me to persuade Yi Wen so well,"


Xiao Shuxiang laughed instead, "Oh. So you want an amazing solution, eh? Good. All right, I'll give you. You tie Yi Wen's legs, hang him upside down on the cliff and if he still doesn't want to go to the Western Continent, then just call me. I'll help you check the boy's head. It's possible that his brain needs to be washed or-"


"Already, already, already! The way you're talking about brainwashing you mean it's not-"


"Xiao Shuxiang is an Alchemist, have you forgotten? Of course I mean 'Brain Washing' for real."


!!


That sneer...! The Mad Beggar Boy will never forget. This is the real Xiao Shuxiang! Handsome, so dazzling with a face like a kind-hearted young man. It's just that his thoughts are really a derivative of the devil.


"Geez.." Crazy Beggar Boy's heart throbbed, "Can't you not show that evil sneer? I feel like your words are gonna make it happen in a minute,"


"Calm down, I'm currently learning to be as gentle as a white lotus.." Xiao Shuxiang smiled before exhaling, "... I still have to get used to my weak powers anyway."


The smile looked friendly, but the look in his eyes hid something else.


Anyone knew that Xiao Shuxiang had a principle of life. He had always been true to every single one of his words and the bad thoughts he had expressed to the Mad Beggar Boy just now were the pent-up wishes of Xiao Shuxiang. Either the bamboo stick man realized it or not.


"......."


Xiao Shuxiang stopped his steps while already facing the outer gate of the Sky Pagoda Sect.


He became reminded of Ling Lang Tian saying that everyone already knew about his sealed strength.


"Crazy Little Beggar, do you think the big brother of the White Cat lied to me?"


"Ehm... You can't smell a lie? What say?"


Xiao Shuxiang shook his head softly, "He is not lying at all."


"Me too..." The Mad Beggar Boy said softly, "As long as you are unconscious, I go to the diner and to the market. Everybody's talking about you. I think this news is spreading very quickly. Some of the warriors I saw in the store... Seems excited to see you soon."


Xiao Shuxiang snorted, "Mn.. I think I have a lot of fans. They must have come for Xiao Shuxiang's signature."


"You can't face them... Your present-day strength" the lips of the Mad Beggar Boy were suppressed by Xiao Shuxiang's White Jade Flute. This Alchemist Chef stopped him from speaking.


"You'll see if this seal can prevent me from beating them or not" Xiao Shuxiang smiled and began to take a position.


He clenched his hand and directly struck the gate of the Sky Pagoda Sect until a loud thud sounded.


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