HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
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The attacks from the red cloths Chu Gu Xiang grabbed were so wild. He was so angry and did not even hesitate to slash the body of the guard of the Black Lotus Palace.


Chu Gu Xiang's practice of being at the Earth-level Grand Master and that seemingly indiscriminate attack had no gaps in its defense.


The palace guards who were in practice one level below Chu Gu Xiang could still dodge the attack, but not so with the other guards who were so troubled.


"Damn it, he's really crazy."


"If we get caught by that red cloth, we'll die."


"BEAUTY..!!"


!!!


Chu Gu Xiang clenched his hands, "I'm angry ... I was angry until my body trembled. You all ... How dare you do this to me!"


Chu Gu Xiang described one of his cloths towards the Black Lotus Palace and exclaimed, "Qiao Nuan! Get out and face me..!!"


The second image again came and made one part of the palace until it suffered damage. Liu Wei Lin who managed to bring Lan Guan Zhi and Hu Li over looked shocked when she saw how brutal Chu Gu Xiang's attack was.


"He seems very angry ..." Hu Li said softly and made Liu Wei Lin turn towards him.


Waving his fan, Liu Wei Lin said. "It's not 'it seems' anymore ... But he's really angry. If it was me, then I would have done the same. Who would not be angry if we were betrayed by our own comrades and even given severe punishment? Only a fool would not be angry after all the inhumane treatment given to him,"


"What have the palace guards done?" Hu Li asked as he adjusted his breath carefully.


Liu Wei Lin replied, "Chu Gu Xiang is locked up in a place called the Thousand Grief Pool. The dungeon I heard was filled with blazing flames. Some say it was the artificial hell most feared for its endless torment,"


Hu Li held his breath hearing it and looked straight ahead. He was currently standing on top of the gate wall of the Black Lotus Palace with Lan Guan Zhi and Liu Wei Lin. He witnessed the devastating attack carried out by Chu Gu Xiang.


Liu Wei Lin waved his fan and said, "If he continues like that-I'm sure that the palace building will definitely collapse,"


Lan Guan Zhi gasped to hear him, the twinkle in his eyes changed and this was realized by Hu Li. The white-haired young man opened his voice, "Young Master Lan? What's up?"


"Shuxiang ... He's in there."


Liu Wei Lin turned his head, watching Lan Guan Zhi who despite her calm expression, but was so concerned for Xiao Shuxiang. He blinked and waved his red fan, slightly curious about the 'friendship' relationship that Lan Guan Zhi and Xiao Shuxiang had.


Hu Li himself gasped, he just remembered that his Young Master Xiao was inside the Black Lotus Palace along with Wang Zhao. If Chu Gu Xiang continued to attack that palace, then it could be that his Young Master Xiao had fallen victim.


"W-How is this?" Hu Li became anxious, "We can't get close. The red cloths were moving very wildly, the pattern of the attacks was hard to guess."


Lan Guan Zhi noticed Chu Gu Xiang's attack and tried to find a way to get inside the Black Lotus Palace. At the same time, from a distance-seen Elder Meng Hao Niang, Elder Chen Duan Shan, Ling Qing Zhu, and several cultivators from various other sects.


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Ling Qing Zhu mounted the sword carried by Elder Meng Hao Niang, moving as fast as an arrow until it arrived at this place.


To travel wearing flying swords and with the speed of an ordinary cultivator, it would normally take them more than ten days to arrive at this place. However Ling Qing Zhu came with Elder Meng Hao Niang. They arrived sooner than expected.


The cultivators who were in the border region and looked desperate by the guards of the Black Lotus Palace saw help coming. They could barely survive, but now with a figure who practices his cultivation - they could see a chance of winning.


Shen Gu, one of the cultivators from the Demon Valley Sect seemed to growl when he saw the coming help from the opponent. He and his friends wielded their strong swords and prepared for the next fight.


Xiao Feng who was one of the white flow cultivators appeared to be pressing down on his chest and coughed in blood. He and a few other cultivators had suffered quite severe injuries, barely if the opponent's gaze was not sidetracked by the arrival of those elders.


The one who also witnessed the relief was a corpse whose body was possessed by a black shadow earlier, which, he hid behind one of the trees and looked towards the cultivator who had come before his gaze was fixed on Xiao Feng.


The pale lips of the corpse were attracted to form a smile. At the same time, the corpse clothes turned into like one of the clothes from the white stream sect. The wounds on his face and the pale on his lips also turned brighter.


Xiao Feng again coughed in blood and looked groaned stifled. His breathing was wheezing, even he found it difficult to hold his sword. His right hand was almost limp when something sped up and instantly grabbed his right waist. He was taken away by a white-robed figure.


None of those cultivators realized that among them was a figure that should have already become a corpse. This is proof that the mysterious black shadow that possessed the corpse has a power that is not playful, it may even be difficult to measure.


"Where are you going..!!" Shen Gu only realized that the cultivator he and his friends were facing was trying to escape.


Shen Gu and the others were about to dart out to attack them, but a huge attack brought his steps to a halt.


An old man stepped on the ground, right before Shen Gu. The figure was none other than Elder Chen Duan Shan. Such great help to the cultivators of the other sects who had already arrived first to this place.


"It seems like I didn't come too late," Elder Chen Duan Shan opened his voice and began to pay attention to his surroundings. He sighed and said, "Young man. I asked you one thing. Are you going to keep following your current leader's orders, or recombine your sword."


Some of Shen Gu's colleagues were gasped at Elder Chen Duan Shan's words. The cultivators from the Demon Valley Sect were staring at Shen Gu as if wanting to wait for the order from their chief.


Elder Meng Hao Niang stepped on the ground, right beside Elder Chen Duan Shan and his presence made Shen Gu and the others surprised instead of playing.


"Chairman Meng..!!"


"It's impossible ..!"


Some of Shen Gu's comrades exclaimed. The palace guards were shocked to see Elder Meng Hao Niang standing a place before them. No one could forget the woman's face even though her clothes were no longer a mess.


"............" Meng Hao Niang did not speak at all, even the facial expression he showed was so flat. He also noticed the cultivators from the Demon Valley Sect who saw him like they were looking at a ghost.


"Ba-how could Elder Meng bi-can ..." Shen Gu was obviously shocked. He remembered that the former elder Meng Hao Niang injured his para while trying to save Wang Zhao. The wound was not impossible to recover even if he was an alchemist with an immortal pill.


Elder Meng Hao Niang started to open his voice. He said, "Look at you guys being so obedient to that guy. Whatever the order is, you and your friends will do it right away. That's great, hmph."


Elder Meng Hao Niang said in a cynical tone, "What has Qiao Nuan promised you so faithfully wagged your tail and licked your feet? Did he promise you immortality, huh?"


Between his gritted teeth, Shen Gu said. "We didn't obey Miss Qiao Nuan's orders. We are simply obeying the orders of the Demon Valley Sect Elders that you cannot even defeat!"


Seeing Shen Gu's sword connected towards him made Elder Meng Hao Niang stare coldly at the cultivator. The female alchemist made a cold voice, "Oh. You obeyed the orders of your Sect Elders? The man who killed your whole family?"


"The one who killed them was Wang Zhao! If Great Elder Huang Lianyi had not saved my life, then I would have been gone, too."


"Omong empty!" Elder Chen Duan Shan snapped, "Wang Zhao ... My student never took anyone's life. He could not even think of swinging the weapon to injure his opponent. I know because I've been watching and guiding the boy for a long time,"


Shen Gu snorted before finally laughing, "That's great ... Wang Zhao was so great at theatrics. He could even fool an elder like you. Really great,"


Shen Gu clenched his hands. She bit her lips as she began to say, "Do you want to know ... Why did the Great Elder stage a rebellion? It was because of Wang Zhao! He is a terrible monster. He kills whoever he wants and his shitty father - he shamelessly hides his son's true nature."


Shen Gu said, "The Great Elders are fed up with this injustice, which is why he went to the Lower Cultivation Realm to gather strength. If not for the Great Elder, this place would have already become the Skull Valley by now."


Elder Chen Duan Shan did not know what to react to after hearing the remark from this young man. Shen Gu's face was like someone who had been a victim of oppression, the young man's gaze as if it contained hatred not directed at him.


Without turning his head, Elder Chen Duan Shan spoke to Elder Meng Hao Niang. "What do you think? Is this guy's word right?"


"............. No," Elder Meng Hao Niang said, "As far as I know ... Wang Zhao wasn't that kind of person."


Meng Hao Niang looked at Shen Gu and said, "The Wang Zhao you're talking about is very much different from the Wang Zhao I've always known. You must have been influenced by the thought that man made. Have you ever seen him kill people, huh?"


"He didn't kill directly!" one of Shen Gu's colleagues spoke up, "He can take people's lives without even moving from where he stands. He really is a monster!"


Elder Meng Hao Niang shook his head slowly. These people had already fallen into the trap of Huang Lianyi and Qiao Nuan. This was because he thought it was very easy for the two people to manipulate anyone's mind in order to side with them.


At the time when Elder Meng Hao Niang and Elder Chen Duan Shan were facing off against Shen Gu as well as the cultivators of the Demon Valley Sect, the, Ling Qing Zhu and the few cultivators who were with him darted into one of the cities that seemed to be in a chaotic situation.


Ling Qing Zhu was intending to head to the Black Lotus Palace and search for his Guardian, but the conditions he was facing right now were far too complicated. He wasn't sure he could arrive in time to where Xiao Shuxiang was.


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