HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
270 - Yi Wen (5)

"Actually what happened to Brother Xiao?" Zhi Shu could not hide her anxiety at all. He continued to ask as he followed Yi Wen and the others.


No one thought about the secret path belonging to Elder Chen Duan Shan. Zhi Shu and his friends only focus on one thing, which is seeing the true condition of Xiao Shuxiang.


The Crazy Beggar boy arrived first at Elder Chen's residence Duan Shan who was in the middle of the forest. He asked for Xiao Shuxiang's whereabouts when Elder Chen Duan Shan was nearby.


When he was taken to one of the rooms and saw Xiao Shuxiang lying on a bed, the Mad Beggar Boy immediately sat down and inspected the vein of this young man.


He looked at Xiao Shuxiang like a person who was asleep, but the most surprising thing was that this young man was really not breathing.


"Chairman Chen, what really happened?" Hu Li asked as he had just arrived and looked at the condition of his Young Master.


Lan Guan Zhi was seen checking in on Xiao Shuxiang and gasped when he found out his best friend's heart was not beating at all. This condition was not like when Xiao Shuxiang hibernated first.


Elder Chen Duan Shan said, "Over this time he trained very diligently. I was even stunned because the improvement during training was so amazing. He was fine, there was absolutely no sign of Qi deviation or anything."


Elder Chen Duan Shan was breathing slowly, "That day I was waiting for him at the training ground as usual, yet this child did not come around as well. Too long to wait, I ended up here and saw him lying in this condition."


"Where is my Brother Xiao?!" Yi Wen had just come and was so panicked. He rushed over to see Xiao Shuxiang.


"Lan'Er Gege's? Hows it? Can you hear anything?" The Mad Beggar Boy did not care about Yi Wen who was calling out softly Xiao Shuxiang while holding water in his eyes.


Lan Guan Zhi shook his head, "Nothing at all ..."


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Zhi Shu was startled and spontaneously closed his mouth. Since then, his steps have been very heavy and his heart beat is not because of. Her tears had fallen and even she had trouble speaking.


"Brother Xiao? Brother Xiao..!" Yi Wen snatched Xiao Shuxiang's hand from the Mad Beggar Boy and was shocked. His voice trembled, "Why is his hand so cold?"


"What ... What Brother Xiao-" Zhi Shu wanted to talk, but the words he issued choked and he started crying.


"..............." Ling Qing Zhu gasped to watch Zhi Shu sitting on the floor and had such difficulty supporting her body. The girl tried to hold back her cries to the point that her body seemed to be trembling.


Hu Li himself also called out the name Xiao Shuxiang, he did not want to think about anything that was not even though the truth was before him.


"Shuxiang ..." Lan Guan Zhi reached out, gently patted Xiao Shuxiang on the shoulder and still tried to calm down despite the obvious uneasiness in the look in his eyes.


Elder Chen Duan Shan took a deep breath and said, "I've checked his pulse and heartbeat. But there was nothing at all, even his entire blood flow seemed to come to a halt. That's why I called you myself, you have a strong sense of hearing."


The Crazy Beggar Boy turned his head as Elder Chen Duan Shan stared at him. He breathed slowly and said, "I can't hear anything at all. His heart beat has completely stopped-"


"My Xiao Brother ..." Yi Wen was wide-eyed in surprise at something, "The soul of my Brother Xiao was pulled out by something."


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Hearing him made everyone in the room startled and immediately set their eyes on Yi Wen.


"Miss Wen ..." Hu Li looked at Yi Wen and felt that maybe this was what made him not too afraid of losing his Young Master Xiao.


All this time, if his Young Master was in such a difficult condition that he almost lost his life-Hu Li would be able to feel it. But looking at the state of his Young Master, he was only fidget-but not afraid of loss.


"Yi Wen, what are you saying?" zhi Shu's voice trembled, he hiccupped. He was the one who cried more in this room.


Yi Wen seemed to be staring at empty air, but he actually saw a stretch of soul thread floating in the air. This was extremely thin and indeed only cultivators who studied spirits and the undead seemed to be able to see that stretch of soul thread.


"..............." Ling Qing Zhu did not see the soul thread, yet he could still sense the presence of his Guardian Master. He was not sad at all, the anxiety he experienced was not like before.


On the other hand, the Mad Beggar Boy looked at Yi Wen with a look of disbelief. "You see what Yi Wen?!"


"It's a Soul Summoning technique," Yi Wen gulped and said, "There's something that has made Brother Xiao's soul detach from his body. All we see now is an empty body,"


Yi Wen said, "I'm not saying this is a good thing because if Brother Xiao's soul doesn't return soon-he'll actually die."


"What is the Devil's Dream again?" Ling Qing Zhu could not help but think of the Dream Devil. All this time, his Guardians had a serious problem with the creature.


Yi Wen exhaled and then shook his head slowly, "I don't know for sure. But the possibility of the Dream Devil being involved in this matter was also a great possibility,"


The Crazy Beggar Boy saw Yi Wen wiping away the tears that were soaking his cheeks. He shook his head and then took a handkerchief of his own and then gave it to the beautiful girl.


Lan Guan Zhi kept hold of Xiao Shuxiang's one hand and asked Yi Wen, "Does Miss Wen have any way of bringing Shuxiang back?"


Elder Chen Duan Shan, Hu Li and the Crazy Beggar Boy were waiting for Yi Wen to answer. They were curious because only this girl knew of the condition that Xiao Shuxiang was experiencing right now.


Yi Wen looked at Elder Chen Duan Shan before saying, "First of all. I wanted to apologize in advance because what I was about to say might not be in line with the sect elders' rules,"


Yi Wen took a deep breath and then explained, "The cultivation I have is more towards spirits, something related to death as well as poison. This kind of cultivation was actually off limits as it was considered to be against the heavens and this was more inclined towards Black Flow cultivators."


Yi Wen said, "I want to save my Brother Xiao. But if Elder Chen objects to the method I will use, we can go take Brother Xiao's body elsewhere."


Elder Chen Duan Shan was actually startled by Yi Wen's remark. Spirit-related cultivation was indeed a taboo in the White Flow region. It was related to a black Qi filled with grudges and fury. Not only can make people wretched, even this technique will damage its users to become insane.


Putting that aside, Elder Chen Duan Shan took a breath and asked Yi Wen to continue. There was no other way, nor could he possibly speak to the patriach. The news about Xiao Shuxiang could have spread widely and he did not want that to happen.


Getting approval made Yi Wen rub her face and then said, "To bring Brother Xiao's soul back ... Then someone has to go to the landscape of his soul. That place could be bad, a part of the past, or something else."


Yi Wen said, "We once learned about how man dies and his soul is separated from the body, then between the souls there are those who remain. But the case of my Brother Xiao, not even the soul that should have settled inside his body was there. That's why someone has to put it back together,"


"How is it, Yi Wen?" The Mad Beggar Boy looked at this girl, his countenance serious and his eyes wide open.


To the Mad Beggar Boy, Yi Wen was the grandson of the World Pillar who came from the Western Continent and whom he had never met. That is why what the ability of the World Pillar-itself has not been able to know clearly.


Yi Wen solemnly said, "I need a person who wants to go to find Brother Xiao's soul and then bring him back,"


"Let me go..!" Zhi Shu immediately raised his hand.


Yi Wen looked at his brother and then said, "Don't you remember what Brother Xiao looked like? I said that the soul span could have been a bad place, it was likely that this would have been more likely to happen to Brother Xiao's soul span. If you leave, I don't guarantee you'll be able to deal with it."


Yi Wen said, "In addition ... What I'm doing is more effective if the one who leaves is a close figure and knows our Brother Xiao,"


"Then let me go." The Mad Beggar Boy said, "I know this boy better than himself."


"You can't," Yi Wen firmly rejected him. He said, "Your practice in terms of cultivation is very low. You're just an ordinary swordsman and this can be very troublesome for me. Besides, I wish you were the one guarding this place. Protect me when the process begins,"


"What about me?" Hu Li opened his voice, "I followed Young Master Xiao for a very long time. I know him well,"


Yi Wen looked at Hu Li and breathed slowly. He said, "It would be much better if in addition to being close to Brother Xiao, that person also had an emotional attachment to him."


Yi Wen took a breath, "This is very necessary to consider carefully. I can only send a maximum of three people with a note that they are full of confidence and will never back down,"


Hu Li nodded steadily, "I will still leave."


"Me too" Ling Qing Zhu finally opened his voice. He looked at Yi Wen, "Can I?"


"..............." Yi Wen watched Ling Qing Zhu and said, "You are the wife of my Brother Xiao. There are some things that only you know personally about him and we do not know as his brothers and sisters. And again ... You were pretty much involved in a lot of things with him. I'm sure you can,"


Ling Qing Zhu nodded slowly and looked at Xiao Shuxiang who was still lying on the bed. He clenched his hands and convinced himself to do his best so that the young man could return.


Yi Wen then looked at Lan Guan Zhi and got a nod from the young man. Needless to ask, the young man would also go to help Xiao Shuxiang.


Elder Chen Duan Shan and Zhi Shu helped Yi Wen to prepare the place. It was a spacious room where the Crazy Beggar Boy was seen guarding the door of the room while hugging his bamboo staff.


Yi Wen made a pattern with a brush and ink on the floor. He looks focused and every scratch will produce a dim red light. Yi Wen chanted something that even Elder Chen Duan Shan was hard to figure out.


Xiao Shuxiang was laid down, right in the middle of the pattern and Yi Wen began to tie a thread to one of the dazzling young man's hands.


Yi Wen then asked Lan Guan Zhi, Ling Qing Zhu and Hu Li to lie down on the spot he had also prepared. Just like before, Yi Wen tied every hand of her friend with a thread. Elder Chen Duan Shan and Zhi Shu noticed from outside the pattern drawn by Yi Wen.


When all was done, Yi Wen began to sit cross-legged. Every thread she tied was strung together in such a way that the end of the thread she tied was alone in her hand.


Zhi Shu held her breath, moreover the thread she saw started to glow red and there was a strange pattern that appeared around the hand until it rose into Yi Wen's face.


To summon Xiao Shuxiang's soul, it required a refined soul and that was why Yi Wen used this forbidden technique to help draw out the souls of Lan Guan Zhi, Ling Qing Zhu and Hu Li.


The connected thread in his hand served so that the souls of his three friends would not become wild souls and could return to their respective bodies later.


Lan Guan Zhi, Ling Qing Zhu and Hu Li themselves felt like they were dreaming. A long dream and of course all three experience different events.


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