HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
353 - The Sky Sword Sect

"Lan Zhi ...!" Xiao Shuxiang tried to chase after Lan Guan Zhi, but just as he was about to catch up with his good friend - he heard a cry from someone.

"Lan'Er"

"Young Master Xiao!"

Xiao Shuxiang flinched. His feet were on a tree branch and he stared in the direction where the cry came from. The one who called out his name was none other than Hu Li. He gasped at the young man's condition which seemed unkind.

Xiao Shuxiang clenched his hands. He wanted to chase after Lan Guan Zhi, but Hu Li needed more help. He was forced to get down from where he stood and meet Hu Li first.

"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Shuxiang hurriedly held Hu Li's body that was about to collapse. He said, "How can you be like this?"

"I'm fine. I'm just exhausted," Hu Li's voice was so heavy. He has fought so many people that he has no time to rest. His power was completely drained.

"Young Master Xiao, where do you really want to go? You look in a hurry,"

"Hu Li's..." Xiao Shuxiang helped Hu Li to sit under one of the trees and rested the body of the white-haired young man. The feeling of uneasiness was still evident on his face and this was realized by Hu Li.

"Young Master Xiao, did something happen?"

Xiao Shuxiang looked at Hu Li and then took a deep breath. He said, "I seem to make Lan Zhi angry."

Hu Li blinked, "Young Master Lan is angry? Thats impossible. There's no way Young Master Lan could be angry at you,"

"Of course, maybe not angry..." Xiao Shuxiang rubbed his neck and said, "I feel compared to being angry... He's probably disappointed in me,"

Hu Li watched his Young Master Xiao and from the facial expression of this young man-he seemed more or less to know what Xiao Shuxiang had already done.

Hu Li tried to catch his breath and then said, "This very long war... I don't think that there will be many cultivators who survive. But even though they were killed even once at the hands of others, there was nothing more terrifying than dying at the hands of Young Master Xiao. Is it okay because of this Young Master Lan so... Uh. So it turns out I was right?"

Seeing Xiao Shuxiang's expression and the actions of this young man who lowered his gaze, Hu Li exhaled. He shook his head slowly, "Young Master Xiao..."

"Hu Li, I dare swear that I did not kill many people with my own hands, but.." Xiao Shuxiang's feelings grew increasingly uncomfortable. He massaged his head and then said slowly, "But... I seem to be a little too much."

"If Young Master Lan can come to such a disappointment, I think Mr. Xiao is indeed guilty."

"Yes my... Hu Li's. Shouldn't you have defended me" Xiao Shuxiang was about to protest, but something immediately flashed across her mind and then made her speechless.

"Young Master Xiao?" Hu Li was astonished when Xiao Shuxiang suddenly stopped talking. He saw the serious expression of his Young Master and somehow his feelings were strange with this gaze of his Master's eyes.

"It seems like you are fine now," Xiao Shuxiang opened his voice and then said, "The sound from the war is also no longer heard. It looks like it's all done,"

Xiao Shuxiang then stood up and said, "I will try to catch up with Lan Zhi. If your strength has recovered, please take care of my White Cat."

?!

"Young Master Xiao..!" Hu Li blinked a few times. He frowned because it was not usual for Xiao Shuxiang to have such an expression. He did not even know how to describe the look of his Master's face.

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Xiao Shuxiang was currently in the Thousand Sword Palace, he was following Lan Guan Zhi who had come home first. The war had already ended with the victory of the Alliance of warriors and at this time all the cultivators from the various sects returned home to their respective residences.

The time needed to go home was the same as when they came, even now there are still on the way because they have to recover power first. To Xiao Shuxiang himself, he did not appear to be resting at all. Hence when he arrived at the Thousand Sword Palace, he shocked the disciples there with his appearance.

"Master Xiao?" a female student flinched. He was just about to say hello to Xiao Shuxiang, but the young man left just like that and seemed to be in a hurry.

"You see Lan Zhi?" Xiao Shuxiang asked a Sword Palace disciple he had met.

The male disciple blinked, "Lan Zhi?"

"Lan Guan Zhi, have you seen him?"

"Ah... Young Master Lan. I didn't see it,"

"Tsk,"

Xiao Shuxiang continued walking. He questioned the other Thousand Sword Palace disciples and got the same answer. Anxiety was on his face because no one knew where his best friend was.

"Did you see Lan Guan Zhi?"

"I didn't see it,"

"What about you?"

"I didn't see Young Master Lan either."

"If you were, would you have seen Lan Guan Zhi?"

"Two days ago Young Master Lan to Nanhai Great Hall. That's all I know,"

"Supreme Balai Nanhai?"

"You can walk straight and turn right at the end of the road."

Xiao Shuxiang rushed over, he was indeed two days late when chasing after his good friend. This meant that when Lan Guan Zhi arrived at the Thousand Swords Palace, the young man went straight to Nanhai Great Hall.

The place that Xiao Shuxiang had come to was a place for cultivators to return to their home. That was why when Xiao Shuxiang knew his good friend had returned to the Lower Cultivation Realm, he became extremely shocked.

"Young Master Xiao, what exactly happened to you?" a disciple of the Thousand Sword Palace who was the guardian of this place also looked curious.

One of the fellow disciples said, "Young Master Lan also looks rushed home. Is there a problem?"

It's a problem, even a big problem! Xiao Shuxiang had all this time never seen Lan Guan Zhi really get angry, so he was of course very surprised and felt uneasy. I don't know if this is true or not... But he was a little scared.

"Send me to Lan Zhi's place,"

!!

The guard disciple of Nanhai Great Hall was shocked. The two were just about to speak again when Xiao Shuxiang urged. They now had no choice but to comply with the young man's request.

With a circle of seals, Xiao Shuxiang was brought home to the Lower Cultivation Realm which was located outside the surroundings of the Sky Sword Sect.

It was just that the coincidence that Xiao Shuxiang's landing spot was unexpected. He was like someone who had suddenly fallen from the sky. His position fell until he had to hit someone who was looking at the beauty of the peach tree.

!!!

There was a girl dressed Beautifully in pink who was a guest from the faraway Sky Sword Sect. The figure had just walked out of the sect gate with his two nannies to enjoy the beauty of the flowering peach tree.

The day is so beautiful and peaceful. He had just stood under one of the peach trees to enjoy the rain of flower petals when someone suddenly appeared just like that and directly hit him.

"Miss!!"

Two nannies of the girl exclaimed. Their eyes opened wide with shocked facial expressions. Out of nowhere did the person who suddenly fell down come from and badly he was a man?!

"Ouch..." Xiao Shuxiang did not seem to be aware of his current condition. He tried to get up and subconsciously his hand touched something.

!!!

"....................."

"....................."

The faces of the two nanny women instantly froze. It didn't take long until there was a loud shout from the beautiful girl dressed in pink.

"Basic crazy pervert..!!"

Xiao Shuxiang was startled and rushed away from whatever he hit, it was just that the sky was like it was being unfriendly to him at the moment. The figure who screamed loudly was now instead of falling and befalling him.

!!!

"Oh.." the pink-clothed girl whimpered. His nose hit something and tried to get up - he was amazingly shocked to be between someone's thighs.

"Well..!!"

"Whispering. I accidentally touched your top and you screamed. Now you're the one who hit the 'piton' residence and you're the one who screamed?! Hah, that's amazing."

"Ka-Ka-You uncivilized pervert!!" the pink-clothed girl hurriedly stood up with the help of her two nannies.

They also just noticed the person who had messed up this beautiful day and was shocked. The figure of the young man dressed in white is amazingly charming. Even her hair that was filled with flower petals also made her even more extraordinary.

"God..."

"He's..."

"..................!!"

Xiao Shuxiang did not care about the sight of these three women who had shut their mouths from being fascinated by him, let alone at the 'piton' who had barely gotten any harassment. His mood was really in a frenzy at this moment.

Xiao Shuxiang started to stand up, he had not come to the Sky Sword Sect for a long time. He wanted to reminisce about some past memories if he had time for that now. For him now what was more important was the problem he had to solve with his good friend.

He never worried about Ling Qing Zhu, it was because he believed the beautiful girl would be fine. After all Ling Qing Zhu was more focused on saving the citizens than participating in the war, so he would not sustain any serious injuries. It's just that maybe his White Cat would have looked for him if he knew he wasn't around.

"He-Hei wait! Our business is not done..!"

"Hey, Nonaku is talking to you. Stop..!"

"....................." Xiao Shuxiang stopped walking and then gave a sharp look that made these three foreign women surprised instead of playing.

Xiao Shuxiang's eye color flashed red as he sounded cold. "Dare to interrupt, I'll burn you."

!!!

The three women were surprised. They froze in place and even involuntarily held their breath. The three of them saw the foreign youth walking towards the gate of the Sky Sword Sect.

Xiao Shuxiang was actually not used to entering the Sky Sword Sect through the front gate. So he darted straight through the wall, only that second he was thrown out and fell to the ground.

Xiao Shuxiang's actions shocked the three foreign women who were currently unmoving from where they were standing.

One of the babysitters said softly, "Miss. Who is that young man? Does he want to infiltrate the Sky Sword Sect,"

!!

"I won't let it."

When the pink-clothed girl started walking, on the other side Xiao Shuxiang moaned. He had not expected the Sky Sword Sect to have already strengthened the sect barrier seal to the point of not being able to break through just like that. Even while he was using the Moving Mirror, Xiao Shuxiang was also experiencing similar problems.

"Haaahs... Geez," Xiao Shuxiang woke up and brushed off the dust on his clothes. Now he was forced to enter the Heaven Sword Sect through the means of normal people. It was fortunate that the disciples guarding the gate were instantly able to recognize him.

"Young Master Xiao?"

"Why not tell me that the seal has been renewed and is getting stronger?" Xiao Shuxiang looked annoyed. He cursed the two disciples guarding the main gate of the Heavenly Sword Sect as it began to open the door.

One of the disciples said, "I've just wanted to call you, but Young Master Xiao just jumped in."

"Reason. Just tell me you like it,"

The other sect gatekeepers seemed to sigh. "Haaah, Boy. Are you unable to enter this sect in the way of ordinary people? Don't you realize how old you are,"

"Do I hurt you?"

"Aahs... It sucks."

"Calm down" another disciple of the Sky Sword Sect seemed to be trying to calm down his comrade. He also watched as Xiao Shuxiang's back increasingly walked into the sect.

"You guys..!" the cry of a girl made the two gate guard disciples of the Sky Sword Sect turn their heads. They saw the beautiful girl dressed in pink running followed by her two nannies.

"You ... Why did you let that young man in?" the breath of the sweet white girl seemed to sting. He spoke again, "The young man... Her... He's an intruder!"

"Ah.." a gatekeeper disciple of the Sky Sword Sect smiled and kindly said, "Miss calm down. That young man was Young Master Xiao Shuxiang, he was a person who was quite familiar with this place."

The pink-clothed girl flinched, "Xiao Shuxiang? Haaa... Her name is good but her behavior sucks,"

"Mn?" the gate guard disciple blinked. He looked astonished, "Sucks? Has she ever met him?"

!

Recalling the incident just a moment ago made the pretty girl's cheeks blush red with embarrassment and anger. He grumbled and then walked into the Sky Sword Sect while being followed by his nanny.

"Why is that girl?"

"Miss Rana looks really pretty, doesn't she?"

"Yeah, but I'm curious about what Xiao Shuxiang did. How did they meet?"

"It's as if you don't know the nature of Young Master Xiao. He could even make a stranger instantly antagonize him even though he had only met for the first time,"

"Hey, that kid never changed."

"But I'm more curious about something,"

"Mn? What's?"

"You remember when Young Master Lan came? Right now Young Master Xiao is also here and seems to be in a hurry. What happened between them?"

"Mn, I don't know. They have a complicated relationship that I don't understand at all,"

"That's a real friend,"

"really? Their relationship is too close to be called friendship,"

"His name is also soulmate, a person like us would never be able to understand."

"..................."

"What do you think Young Master Xiao will react to when he finds out Young Master Lan is getting married?"

"I think it's going to be heartbroken. I heard from the girls, Xiao Shuxiang it's actually-"

"What are you gossiping about?" someone suddenly interrupted. He was a senior disciple of the Sky Sword Sect who would take turns watching over the sect gate. He and his partner heard that both of their friends had started talking about something that seemed very exciting.

"You're just disturbing. I'm talking about Xiao Shuxiang,"

"really? Then I'll come along. What's the news?"

"Ssh, lower your voice."

"Isn't one of the rules of the sect not to talk about others?"

"Who cares, there is no Patriarch Lan Xu Jian here."

"If you don't want to hear it, then go there. Don't join here. Let's say what's going on?"

"Wait, I'd like to hear it too."

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