HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
356 - Cyan Feng

Xiao Shuxiang was currently inside one of the rooms with Han Li. What was offered to him were black fruits and water that tasted so bitter. The thing is, this bitter taste is quite unique and actually quite decent as well.


Inside the room was only old man Han Li. Xiao Shuxiang talked to him alone even though he was aware that many people out there were trying to peek at them. It can be ascertained from the noise of the commotion.


Although it was quite noisier outside, but what Xiao Shuxiang and Han Li were talking about could not be heard by the people out there.


Paying attention to Han Li well made Xiao Shuxiang so keep in mind about this old rascal. Han Li was a 9-year-old boy with a thin body and long unkempt hair.


The situation at the time was even worse. Han Li was one of the humans raised by Wu Yu. Don't talk, Han Li used to walk with his feet and hands. He did not even know his identity as a human.


"Now you look different..." Xiao Shuxiang started to open his voice, "Do you already have a grandson?"


Han Li smiled, "I even have a great-grandson. I thought I'd never see Mr. Xiao again,"


"How did you recognize me?"


"I will never forget my God of Rescue," Han Li exhaled and said softly, "I have been trying to live well for so long. Maintain my health to keep me long-lived. Not a single day where I forget you,"


Xiao Shuxiang took a breath and took a sip of the foreign drink he had just tasted for the first time. He said, "You did it. You look so healthy,"


"Looking at Mr. Xiao now, I think you've also lived well."


Xiao Shuxiang flinched and then chuckled, "Right. I look very young and also handsome. No one's gonna believe I'm older than you,"


"Is Mr Xiao married?"


"Mn, she's an amazingly beautiful girl." Xiao Shuxiang had long since endured this and then said, "Do you have no clothes other than those weaved leaves?"


"Nothing," Han Li explained, "In this place... Residents use the leaves and roots of trees that are processed as clothing. There are also those who use moss and vines. The process is long, but at least the results are decent."


"Then what about where you live? I've seen a lot of buildings in this place."


"True, we used rocks that were scraped into weapons. We used it to cut down some trees, but there were also residents who lived in old tree holes, some even lived in caves and underground."


Xiao Shuxiang was impressed, "You guys are living well, right?"


"So far..." Han Li nodded, "We are living very well. Nature provides shelter and food. What else can you be thankful for in all of that,"


"Well... I feel calm hearing it."


"It has been a very long time since I met you, how was Mr Xiao's life all along?" Han Li had always admired the figure before him. There were many questions he wanted to ask, but the most important of them all was about the life Xiao Shuxiang lived as long as they never met.


Xiao Shuxiang picked up one piece and calmly said, "If I tell you the story of my life... That would be unusually long. But the point is that I live well even though I'm sometimes involved in this and that."


Xiao Shuxiang looked so relaxed and as if he did not want Han Li to know his current permanence. He was more concerned about the human condition in this place.


Xiao Shuxiang asked, "Aren't you guys having problems with Demonic Beasts?"


Han Li flinched before exhaling softly. He said, "That's what we worry about every day."


Han Li said, "This place reconciles. Nature provides unlimited resources, but to what extent we do not know. I even thought that maybe after I'm gone, the residents will continue to be confined to this place."


"I also can't hold them off for too long" Han Li said. "I see there are many young people who are very curious about what the outside world is like. I didn't tell them that the outside world was inhabited by Demonic Beasts, not even parents like me dared to explain it to them."


"It's my fault,"


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"Absolutely not a mistake, Mister Xiao. Not like that-"


"Han Li," Xiao Shuxiang interrupted. "I didn't think of this before. I thought you would be able to live a quiet and totally unfettered life, but the protector that becomes your shield is just like a prison wall to yourself. I forgot the basic thing that you too have the right to live freely,"


Xiao Shuxiang weighed a few things in his mind before exhaling. He said, "You guys wait a minute. I'll get you all out of this place,"


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Han Li was surprised, he did not even say a single word in his shock. He was silent for quite a while before nervously saying, "I... Honestly, I'm glad to hear that. But Mr. Xiao..."


"You're worried about humans living outside, right?"


"Right, they don't even know his own identity as a human being."


"I can't do anything with it," Xiao Shuxiang said, "To wrestle over the rights of human life that were made into cattle all this time means to raise the war flag for the Demonic Beast. I cannot defeat them all alone and even if you help-there is a massacre on your part. The chances of you guys winning are not even visible at all,"


Xiao Shuxiang looked at the old man in front of him and then said, "I know this is cruel because it seems to be indifferent to the lives of others, but there is nothing that can be done. Unless there's a human out there who wants justice for his people, maybe something will change. But it's not your job to live in this place,"


"Master Xiao,"


"You remember what I said when I saved you in the past? 'Never engage in anything that provokes rebellion'."


Do not engage in anything that provokes rebellion. I have a relationship with the most powerful Demonic Beast in this place. You live well without crossing your boundaries.


The words were like a blaze that gave others permission to feel warmth, but also provided a threat to not be too approachable if not to burn.


"I know how you feel," Xiao Shuxiang opened his voice, "But you should know that this world does not belong to mankind. Even I have limits on my actions in this world,"


Han Li watched Xiao Shuxiang and then let out a slow breath. He knew that in order to save people like him, Xiao Shuxiang alone would not be enough. He also could not possibly impose his will on this figure. Xiao Shuxiang had already helped him too much.


Han Li took a breath and then no longer intended to discuss it. He said, "Master Xiao must be hungry, right? They may have finished their preparations. Come,"


"You don't bother like this, but what food is there? I'm curious,"


Han Li laughed, he took Xiao Shuxiang to the place where the townspeople were preparing a banquet. The food was simple, but the atmosphere in the place felt very warm. Xiao Shuxiang even felt that he was being surrounded by the citizens of Cold Cloud City as well as the disciples in the Butterfly Sect.


Xiao Shuxiang had already decided on it. He would settle for a few days in this place while looking for himself at how the lives of the people who lived in the blanket of the death wind in the forbidden land. On the other hand, perhaps he could also obtain a little... Just a little calm.


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