HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
311 - The Black Lotus Palace

The splendor of the Black Lotus Palace was no longer even visible in the eyes of someone like the Mad Beggar Boy. The man with the bamboo stick was in a difficult predicament of having to face the members from the Demon Valley Sect. He had nowhere to escape.

"Nurse, urgent, urgent..! What am I supposed to do? What should I do in this situation? Where are those kids? Where is Xiao Shuxiang?"

This was the umpteenth time the Crazy Beggar Boy gulped. The expression on his face contained such obvious panic. He was really like a rabbit in a wolf's siege.

"I asked once again, tell me who you are and what you want in this place..!?" The Poisonous Thorn Monster snapped and swung its thorny mace towards the man wearing this strange makeup. He had never seen anyone like this before so it was clearly a sign that someone dared to infiltrate his sect.

The Mad Beggar boy held his bamboo staff firmly and smiled bitterly, "Relax ... I-I just passed by. I'm really just a crazy person passing by,"

"No madman calls himself crazy, you're obviously lying. Kill her!"

"Hold it!" The Crazy Beggar Boy quickly raised his hand and seemed to have completely given up. "I really don't want to get into trouble with you guys. I ... I ..."

The Crazy Beggar Boy thought quickly and then said, "I came here to cooperate. Yep. I'd like to offer you a partnership,"

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Thorn Monster Poisonous despite having a body wrapped in muscle and a strong barbed shield, and has a fierce face but actually in terms of intelligence he is a little below.

This was clearly evidenced by how he raised his hand as a sign for his people to stop attacking.

The Poisonous Thorn Monster gave a sharp look and asked, "What cooperation do you want to offer us?"

"That's ..." The Crazy Beggar Boy blinked. He felt he could take advantage of the situation. He said, "I need strength. My cultivation practice is very low, but I want to avenge someone and I want to cooperate with you guys."

The Mad Beggar Boy said, "I was able to come here because it was brought by Wang Zhao, forgive me. I tried hard to be trusted by him, but I only wanted to meet the leader of this sect and beg to be given strength. I want to avenge me,"

"You said ... Wang Zhao?"

The Crazy Beggar Boy quickly nodded, "Right. Right enough. He said ... He is from this sect, but I don't believe it. He said he wanted to retake this palace, but he did a foolish act by coming unprepared. I don't care about him, I just want to meet your Mighty leader and beg for strength."

A swordsman, at least have one principle that they abstain from breaking. Even the Mad Beggar Boy had the same thing.

However if Xiao Shuxiang was the one who upheld the honesty of his words, then this did not apply to the Mad Beggar Boy. The man with the ghostly face hanging makeup was a figure who would never hesitate to lie.

The only principle he had until recently held was to not improve his cultivation practice as a form of respect for his teacher. Other than that, he could make his life a ludicrous joke.

The Mad Beggar Boy initially felt that perhaps as foolish as this person, the Toxic Thorn Monster could definitely still doubt him. But who would have thought this figure clearly laughed and quickly called him brother.

"You're really crazy, brother." The Poisonous Thorn Monster patted the Crazy Beggar's shoulder without any sense of caution at all. He said, "You are so brave. I like it, ha ha ha."

The Mad Beggar Boy blinked a few times and then also laughed along. He thought inwardly and became increasingly convinced that this figure had a below average level of intelligence.

"I am the Poisonous Thorn Monster, Gao Bao Tian. What's yourname?"

"My name is Mu Chen," of course the Mad Beggar Boy would not mention his real name, nor the name 'Shen Long'. This was an undercover mission, so even a pseudonym had to be prepared.

"Sir, shouldn't you trust him too much?" one of the guards of the Black Lotus Palace opened his voice. "She wears makeup on her face and that means she wants to hide her true look, this person is unbelievable."

The Crazy Beggar Boy gasped. Everything initially went according to his plan, but out of nowhere came the courage of the Demon Valley Sect members to speak up to make him swallow again.

Not only one person, there were even members of the Demon Valley Sect who were in opposition to the familiarity displayed by this Poisonous Thorn Monster.

The Crazy Beggar Boy tried to change their thinking by saying quickly, "I'm not lying. I came here for myself. This makeup ... I purposely made it so you could know I was an intruder. The proof is I'm here, right?"

Those Demon Valley Sect members still looked incredulous and this was well known to the Mad Beggar Boy. But that doesn't mean he'll give up.

The Mad Beggar Boy said, "If you don't believe ... You can see my cultivation practice now. You can check it out too. I actually came with Wang Zhao,"

"If that was indeed true, then where was Wang Zhao now?" one of the Demon Valley Sect members asked as he pointed at the figure in front of him wearing a sword.

The Mad Beggar Boy without hesitation said, "He is downstairs with the others. We didn't come together, there were four more people coming."

The Poisonous Thorn Monster, Gao Bao Tian seemed to glance at some of his comrades and they rushed to check on this young man's words.

He patted the shoulder of the figure beside him and said, "You want to meet the leader of this sect, right? I'll take you to see him myself, come follow me."

The Mad Beggar Boy tensed up and subconsciously held his breath. He began to follow Gao Bao Tian as he continued to apologize and pray for the safety of his friends.

The white-winged butterfly that had always accompanied him all this time either flew to where. The Mad Beggar Boy no longer saw them when he was discovered. He only hoped that the flying insects would not completely disappear.

The butterfly that accompanied the Mad Beggar Boy was still there, but now only one remained. The insect perched on one of the roofs of the building and the color of its wings adjusted to the color of the roof so that it was not visible to anyone.

This one remaining butterfly was a sign that Xiao Shuxiang had already expended a lot of his spiritual energy. The Alchemist Chef who was currently still holding Chu Gu Xiang appeared to be breathing slowly.

Wang Zhao and Liu Wei Lin who had already finished binding the members of the Demon Valley Sect, were both now seen walking beside Xiao Shuxiang. The butterflies around them were reduced one by one.

They had no idea what the Mad Beggar Boy had done and about the Demon Valley Sect members rushing towards where they were now. On the other hand, those ill-intentioned sect members were also ignorant of what they would encounter.

"Well, that ugly girl?" Chu Gu Xiang snorted. He was still carried by Xiao Shuxiang as he looked at Wang Zhao and said, "Since I was humiliated by him ... He's not my brother anymore."

Xiao Shuxiang blinked and then said, "Even though you're upset with him, but you shouldn't vent your anger on me. You're clutching my clothes too tightly, you know!"

Chu Gu Xiang flinched and without warning pinched Xiao Shuxiang's cheek. His actions left Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao shocked, even without guilt he said, "What happened to me is also because of your fault!"

Xiao Shuxiang was stunned, not believing his cheeks would get an attack like this. He did not stay silent and then replied by pinching the thigh of the girl in his carrier.

Chu Gu Xiang was shocked to the point of screaming, he tightly hugged Xiao Shuxiang's neck and again made Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao speechless other than opening their mouths in shock.

"You're outrageous!" a red color was seen on Chu Gu Xiang's cheeks, "How dare you do that to me?"

"You started first, right?"

Liu Wei Lin blinked and waved his fan. He noticed how Chu Gu Xiang and Xiao Shuxiang were arguing with each other in such a close, almost intimate position.

"Brother Xiao," Liu Wei Lin opened his voice and said, "Sorry if I say this will be a little offensive. But do you two have a relationship ehm ... Close to each other?"

Xiao Shuxiang frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Aiyo, aren't you married. This Miss Chu will not be a part of your household life with Miss Ling, right?"

Chu Gu Xiang gasped at it and he stared at Xiao Shuxiang, "You're married?"

"Really, why? You're starting to fall for me?"

"Hmph, absolutely not!" Chu Gu Xiang looked annoyed. If the pain in his knees had disappeared and he could walk again, then he would have jumped down from Xiao Shuxiang's sling.

Liu Wei Lin himself was not an innocent young man to the point of not knowing about this pattern. He could see Chu Gu Xiang's expression and the other look in his eyes while talking to Xiao Shuxiang.

Liu Wei Lin was just about to notice Xiao Shuxiang's expression when a loud thumping sound rang out from above them. He and Wang Zhao were shocked, they even turned their heads up.

Chu Gu Xiang also heard it, there was the sound of a sword clash and it was a sign that someone might be fighting. Xiao Shuxiang recalled about his good friend and immediately rushed over.

"Lan Zhi might need some help, let's go..!"

"Master Xiao, wait!" Wang Zhao ran after Xiao Shuxiang followed by Liu Wei Lin.

The ones currently fighting were indeed Lan Guan Zhi and Hu Li. The two people accidentally met the members of the Demon Valley Sect who had come.

The Black Lotus Palace guard already knew of the intruder coming from that strange man named Mu Che. So now they could fight with a power that was not playful.

"Young Master Lan, watch out..!" Hu Li exclaimed as he saw the stone roof above Lan Guan Zhi crack and the next second collapse from the impact from the opponent's attack.

Luckily, Lan Guan Zhi was able to timely avoid being hit by the ruins. It was just that the opponent did not waste any chance and went back to attacking him.

Hu Li shot out his fox fire. He also attacked the opponent by using his long fingernails. Originally he wanted to kill them, but Lan Guan Zhi forbade.

On the other hand, the butterflies that had been with them had begun to disappear one by one even without realizing it. The sound of the fight was getting clearer and the subsequent ruins were even bigger.

Lan Guan Zhi repelled the attack of one of the Demon Valley Sect members and at the same time his eyes blurred for a moment. He had almost been attacked by another opponent if he had not been protected by Hu Li's fox fire.

Previously, Lan Guan Zhi had already looked for the best path so that he and Hu Li would not meet any obstacles like this. But in the end they had to fight too.

"Young Master Lan, I can't continue to face them without killing intent."

Hu Li felt difficulty. He could have done it, but that was if his opponent was at a weak level of practice. But right now he was facing people who were quite strong, agile and troublesome. Once one steps wrong, then the wound exposed to the opponent's attack will be a severe wound.

"Young Master Lan, how is it now?" Hu Li tried to catch his breath and said. "They were different from the previous members of the Demon Valley Sect. They're strong,"

Lan Guan Zhi was also a difficulty, but to take a life of a living human was too burdensome. In any case, these opponents only obeyed orders, but he also had to make decisions.

"You can with one strike?" Lan Guan Zhi asked without tone and made Hu Li turn her head towards him.

"What do you mean kill them with a single attack?"

"At least with this they were not too tormented," Lan Guan Zhi was unwilling to hear any groans of pain or give his opponent the most painful death, it was a torture.

Hu Li himself was about to open his voice when one of the Demon Valley Sect members exclaimed.

The Black Lotus Palace's guard snorted, "Huh. You guys want to kill us? It's a pity that the only ones who will die are you..! Set formation..!"

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