HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
313 - Fighting (2)

Xiao Shuxiang watched as something strange happened from the fight of his friends. He knew that Lan Guan Zhi, Wang Zhao, Hu Li and Liu Wei Lin held back the strength, but there was something else again and this was very uncomfortable in his eyes.

Xiao Shuxiang's eyes became sharp as it began to awaken. He seemed to be holding back anger and even the color of his eyes turned red for a moment.

Xiao Shuxiang circled in the air and then kicked the chest of a member of the Demon Valley Sect. The kick was powerful and precise regarding the internal organ that was the heart, his opponent even instantly died with just a single strike.

Chu Gu Xiang blinked a few times, not expecting this young man to have such great strength. He was just about to open his voice when his body was suddenly lowered and the young man shot up.

Wang Zhao who was fighting looked surprised when a lesion came from the side of his body. He saw Xiao Shuxiang lunging at the opponent just like that. The young man's hand seemed to enter the opponent's chest and was only a blink of an eye, something like being grasped by the young man.

Xiao Shuxiang was aware of the attack patterns of his friends and in fact he was quite upset about this. Lan Guan Zhi, Liu Wei Lin, and Wang Zhao seemed to not want to kill the opponents they faced. Hu Li even went along and he was forced to intervene on his own.

There were members of the Demon Valley Sect who had fast movements and were quite strong, but Xiao Shuxiang was no problem at all. He took out his sword and it only took one strike, the opponent's body was split into two.

On finishing the last opponent, Xiao Shuxiang reinserted his sword into the Universal Bracelet and was seen exhaling. His right hand was slightly stained with blood, but this was not what was more important now.

"Master Xiao ...?" Wang Zhao did not know how to say it. Xiao Shuxiang killed the Demon Valley Sect members just like that and did not appear at all guilty.

This figure ... The one who looked like this good young man had already taken the lives of others. He and his friends did not even have time to stop this terrible act.

"It seems like I never explained or indeed you guys forgot," Xiao Shuxiang said without a tone and looked at his friends.

Hu Li knew how the character of Xiao Shuxiang was and indeed from the very beginning he already had the thought that his Young Master Xiao would be upset to see this. His Young Master did not like to see a fight without a single opponent dying.

Xiao Shuxiang said, "We came here on a mission to reduce the strength of the opponent. Not make our energy run out by fighting without the intention of killing like this..!"

Xiao Shuxiang clenched his hands together and said, "From the beginning I've been helping you with the moving mirror, using my little friend and this consumes a lot of energy. Then what am I seeing? If you really have no intention of reducing your opponent's strength, then just go home there."

Wang Zhao's. "Master Xiao, but they're not-"

"Not guilty you mean?" Xiao Shuxiang interrupted and sighed softly, "Wang Zhao. What while going to the Cloud Sea Sect to make a fuss they also thought of the lives of others?"

Xiao Shuxiang took a breath and then shook his head slowly, "The world is not that good. I don't want you to have an unmerciful heart, but for a leader - he must strengthen his heart."

"Hu Li and Liu Wei Lin, you two are annoying for following Wang Zhao." Xiao Shuxiang crossed his arms and then said, "You're the same, Lan'Er. You guys have made me waste my energy. If you don't want to do it, go home."

Xiao Shuxiang puffed his cheeks and then walked away. He cursed along the way, nagging his friends to the point of making Liu Wei Lin, Hu Li, and Wang Zhao blink.

"Is he angry?" Liu Wei Lin asked his three friends and then blamed Wang Zhao.

Liu Wei Lin said, "It's all your fault. Since you wanted to save the members of your sect, brother Xiao got angry."

Wang Zhao bowed, saying nothing. While Lan Guan Zhi seemed to exhale and then overtake his good friend.

Chu Gu Xiang blinked as Xiao Shuxiang passed by without returning to carry him, not to mention Lan Guan Zhi and Hu Li were also as if they were only focusing on following Xiao Shuxiang.

Liu Wei Lin waved his fan and called out to Xiao Shuxiang. He did not even care about Chu Gu Xiang until the girl was flabbergasted.

"Wait!" Chu Gu Xiang held back Wang Zhao's hand as the young man also nearly passed by him. He said, "Are you going to leave me here?"

Wang Zhao blinked and then exhaled, "You can't walk?"

"If I could, would I still be sitting like this, huh?"

"Tsk," Wang Zhao wrapped back his sword and then started carrying Chu Gu Xiang. He also caught up with Xiao Shuxiang and the others.

Chu Gu Xiang watched Wang Zhao and then asked, "Are you and your friend fighting?"

"It's none of your business,"

"Hmph, so don't be too good." Chu Gu Xiang said, "That handsome young man is right. The world is very tough and only strong people can survive. Goodness and stupidity are not so different. If you're too good, then people will easily take advantage of you."

"Just like you did? Or did the Devil Dream do to you?" w.a.n.g Zhao's voice sounded insinuating and made Chu Gu Xiang purs his lips.

Although not saying it, but Wang Zhao also knew how cruel this world was. It felt as if the sky was only siding with those who were strong and he knew his own limits.

But can he not be a good warrior? He was never willing to take anyone's life, could he become strong without killing people?

"I just want to punish my uncle," Wang Zhao opened his voice, "He has a big mistake. Not only to my parents, but to all the people who were under the rule of the Demon Valley Sect. He even had debts to the other humans, but the lives that Mr. Xiao took were the lives of innocent people."

Chu Gu Xiang exhaled and said, "A person standing in front of the burning wood, there's no way he'll feel the cold. A sense of warmth would definitely envelop his body and if not careful, his hands would probably get hurt."

Chu Gu Xiang said, "Those who know the dangers of playing with fire, but still do so are the ones you do not deserve to save. If you want to know, the corpses you see in this place are the ones who oppose your uncle. And those who died because of that handsome young man were the ones who could not be given another chance at life,"

"Including yourself?" Wang Zhao looked at Chu Gu Xiang and made the girl flinch.

"And oh, you can't hurt me." Chu Gu Xiang said, "I am the key who knows a lot of information about this palace and the Demon Valley Sect. This place has changed a lot since you left, just so you know that."

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The Mad Beggar Boy had no idea where and what his friends were doing at the moment. He also could not think of anything else because his own situation was not good either.

Walking into the cage of the enemy is like entering the mouth of a lion. He could see the wooden pillars looming around him, like the teeth of a savage beast. So pressing with a scary feel.

"Can't they choose another color?" The Mad Beggar Boy held his bamboo staff firmly and muttered in his heart.

He said, "Fully this place is filled with shades of black, even the jade jars that are ornaments in this place are similarly colored. The shawl I saw around me was only a little red. Okay, people who have designed the arrangement of this room really suck or are really crazy about the dark color."

The Mad Beggar Boy was breathing slowly and gently rubbing his bamboo stick. It felt as if he was calming his frightened little girl.

"Why do the people from this Demon Valley Sect really like the color black. If it was me, then I would make this place full of shades of pink and gold. At least it's better than dark and creepy like this,"

"Brother, the sect leader is inside the room. He will definitely give you whatever you want," the Toxic Thorn Monster smiled widely and indeed had been keeping the Crazy Beggar Boy company for all this time.

"What ... You think I have a chance?" The Mad Beggar Boy made a soft voice, his facial expression was so nervous even though this was a mere pretence.

The Poisonous Thorn Monster laughed and then said, "The leader of this sect is very strong and if he likes you, then you will definitely get whatever you really want."

The Mad Beggar Boy smiled, "If? He based it on the word, 'if he likes me'. What if I don't like it? Doesn't that mean I'm gonna be one of those corpses thrown in and left to rot away?"

The Mad Beggar Boy shook his head inwardly, "Can't. This is no longer my fight, but my own life is under threat. I might be forced to destroy this sect if the children don't come and help immediately,"

The Poisonous Thorn Monster and the Crazy Beggar Boy were close to the room where the sect leader was when suddenly a red mist came and enveloped the floor they were on. In an instant the atmosphere became different.

The Mad Beggar Boy was jolted with this change of atmosphere, even now the Poisonous Thorn Monster that was with him was now non-existent.

"Where is that guy?" The Mad Beggar Boy looked around and there was only himself in this room full of strange red mist. He had even summoned a Poisonous Thorn Monster, but there was no legitimacy at all.

Crazy Beggar Boy gulps, "Don't tell me I-!!"

Just about to speak, dozens of arrows shot out at high speed towards the Crazy Beggar Boy. The man who wore a ghost-like hanging face ornament moved and tried to avoid the incoming attack.

The shawls that had previously been decorating this room also darted and one of them managed to wrap around the bamboo stick of Mad Beggar Boy.

"Wine,"

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The butterfly belonging to Xiao Shuxiang who had previously perched on one of the roofs of the palace seemed to move. He flew up and slowly his body became a grain of light before finally disappearing.

The flying insect did not disappear by itself, but instead became a marker for the current Xiao Shuxiang. The dazzling young man stopped stepping and his expression became tense.

"What's up?" Lan Guan Zhi noticed the look on his good friend's face and asked.

"Crazy Beggar is in danger,"

Liu Wei Lin and Wang Zhao gasped at Xiao Shuxiang's words. Chu Gu Xiang held his breath and then said, "He might be entering the Qiao Nuan Dream Landscape. The woman is improving her cultivation practice,"

"Dream landforms..?" Wang Zhao looked at the girl he was carrying and Chu Gu Xiang explained.

"There was every night, Qiao Nuan would draw people into the dreamland landscape he had. Sometimes the scope of this span is broad and can attract anyone, I often experience it."

Chu Gu Xiang said, "Anyone who enters the dreamland landscape will be able to come out by itself. But there are situations where we have to fight against the people of Qiao Nuan's creation and if killed in this dreamland landscape, then there is no turning back."

"I want to see it clearly, let's go." Xiao Shuxiang darted. Dots of water formed in the air, solidifying until it turned into a moving mirror. Even Xiao Shuxiang unhesitatingly entered the powerful mirror, he was followed by Lan Guan Zhi and his companions.

The butterfly that was previously on the roof was one of the markers of Xiao Shuxiang's moving mirror. That was why when he entered the moving mirror, he would instantly arrive at the vast courtyard of the palace.

The appearance of a mirror had already attracted the attention of the guards. Lan Guan Zhi and Hu Li darted first when they found out the opponent was exclaiming and directly targeting them.

The fight was fierce and Xiao Shuxiang took advantage of this opportunity to invite Wang Zhao into the palace. Liu Wei Lin who realized it said that they could leave and this place would be taken care of by him, Lan Guan Zhi and Hu Li.

Wang Zhao thanked him and followed Xiao Shuxiang into the palace. It was just that at that very moment their feet were shrouded by a red mist where only Xiao Shuxiang was precisely pulled into Qiao Nuan's dreamland landscape.

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