HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
43 - Half-Step Peak Mountain

Nie Shang closed his fan, "Isn't it if Brother Xiao is able to dart fast like that---he doesn't need to walk this way?"


Hu Li, "Young Master Nie. My master measured the distance, not carelessly expending such a huge amount of energy. Do you know what kind of land in the Middle Continent is? Especially this mountain..."


Nie Shang, "Then what about you? Can you also take me so fast?"


Hu Li blinked before finally saying, "Indeed Young Master Nie wants to be carried in what position?"


Nie Shang smiled bitterly, "It's too romantic if I ask to be carried from the front. People who see will misunderstand. Hurry up, squat down,"


Hu Li complied and carried Nie Shang on his back. He followed Siu Yixin and Xiao Shuxiang.


In that case he was a White Fox Demonic Beast who was very familiar with the mountainous region and had a sharp-edged instinct of these rugged mountains did not bother Hu Li at all.


Not only that, he also knew of the forbidden technique so as to be able to help Nie Shang so that the young man did not feel asphyxiated as he darted quickly.


When viewed from above, these mountains are very large and towering upwards. To be able to ride it even, cultivators had to walk around it. Its height reaches hundreds of meters and it is honestly impossible that this mountain does not take its toll.


Yun Qiao Yue no longer saw Xiao Shuxiang, including the white-haired girl and the four people who were with them. This was all because he was preoccupied with guarding the other cultivators to the point of not having a chance to monitor Xiao Shuxiang from a distance.


"Miss Yun, is it still a long time? It feels like climbing this mountain like there is no purpose" someone said. He's been sweating a lot.


"I heard that the height of this mountain is very frightening. The peak that was always covered in clouds was a terrible mystery. Although I have no doubts about myself, however, there is still a limit to each ability,"


Yun Qiao Yue said softly, "Master take it easy. Qiao Yue will continue to accompany you,"


It was not that those cultivators would continue climbing to the top of the mountain, but there was a place at a special height that had indeed been provided by cultivators of the Upper Cultivation Realm. The place has a flat surface, quite wide, but sandwiched between rock cliffs.


The time they need to continue walking without a break is about three to four days. Yet because among these people there were cultivators whose practices were so weak-they were finally only up to after six days of travel.


Xiao Shuxiang himself arrived at the time of the third day, right at night. He carried Ling Qing Zhu and about 7 times he almost fell down when one took his stand. Honestly, he is very tired right now. But he must not look weak in front of his friends.


Ling Qing Zhu was finally able to stomp the ground again. He stared coldly at his Guardian Protector and it was realized by the young man.


Xiao Shuxiang, "What?"


Ling Qing Zhu, "You carry me."


"Really, then?" Xiao Shuxiang astonished.


Ling Qing Zhu flatly said, "You said I'm heavy."


Xiao Shuxiang innocently replied, "Yes. You're heavy, though,"


"But you're holding me."


"I do carry you," Xiao Shuxiang blinked, "Didn't you like it?"


Ling Qing Zhu snorted. This young man did not understand. Though Xiao Shuxiang had already said it was heavy, but instead carried it up to here. Shameless.


Xiao Shuxiang who did not hear the reply from his White Cat actually smiled, "I know. I know, you'd love it. There's no shame in admitting it, I'm amazing. Next time do you want me to carry you again?"


"No will." Ling Qing Zhu's voice coldly, "Shameful,"


Hu Li himself was seen sitting leaning against a rock and trying to catch his breath. On the other hand, Siu Yixin was similarly tired. But the young man remained standing straight without fading his smile.


"♬♩ Yo yo, this place is very dangerous. Yet awesome. I can go faster. This height's nothing, yo! ♪♬"


"Young Master Siu, you've sweated a lot and said this is nothing yet? L'm... I thought I was gone," Mo Huai gasped for breath. The air supply within his body was thin, but Hu Li who was sitting beside him still had time to drain Qi to help him.


Nie Shang, "I was so exhausted and you want to climb again? Had enough... Really, it's the hardest and most exhausting trip. Miss Ling, thank you."


The blood on Nie Shang's body started to run normally again and his heart no longer pounded uncontrollably. His breathing began to be regular even though the air supply in his body was not the same as usual.


Xiao Shuxiang had also improved, it took him longer than Siu Yixin to catch her breath. But when he succeeded, he had already returned to his usual body condition. Her practitioners who were currently at the fifth level Forging Qi were as if they were not a hindrance.


?!


Siu Yixin frowned when suddenly a line of light formed on the ground and instantly brought about a cool breeze. Hu Li and Ling Qing Zhu also noticed it. They have the same mind. On the ground where they stood had already been given a seal before.


The light from the seal slowly faded and the ground returned to normal. Yet Nie Shang and Mo Huai no longer felt tightness in their chests. Hu Li also felt as if he was healed. This seal pattern was like restoring his condition.


Xiao Shuxiang also noticed it. He also turned around. Not far in front of him, a strange light appeared and slowly saw two men dressed in white. They are like standing on the edge of a cliff and do not last long until some stairs are formed.


Nie Shang stood up so surprised, "Sa-Brother Xiao?! You saw it too?!"


Xiao Shuxiang muttered softly. He was not as good as Nie Shang, precisely the look on his face seemed difficult to interpret. Hu Li and Siu Yixin herself also looked so serious.


As a cultivator who had talent and ability. Xiao Shuxiang, Hu Li and Siu Yixin knew that the suddenly formed staircase was not something that was easy to do. Even if their practice was at the Sky Level Grand Master stage. 


Worse, the three of them couldn't even read the practices of the two strangers they saw. This proved that it did not rule out the possibility of those Upper Cultivation Realms in the habitation of the Immortals. Cultivators like them more often called him the 'True Half-God Man'.


Although Xiao Shuxiang's expression was difficult to decipher, it was not so with his tightly clenched right hand. Somehow he looked angry, as if he did not accept any such kind of cultivator. 


Hu Li walked up to Xiao Shuxiang, he made a soft voice. "Young Master, what's wrong?"


"Hu Li, I don't like seeing them. Feels like... I want to pull those guys' neck veins,"


"Sir...?"


"The Mad Beggar Boy once explained to me that the Upper Cultivation Realm was a bit similar to the Realm of the Gods. This word 'God... Not worth juxtaposing them. Because you know, Hu Li. As high as any practice a cultivator-he remains human. He was still tied up in a life and death circle. Living for hundreds to thousands of years has its limits. He cannot live eternally. I'm alone..."


Xiao Shuxiang exhaled and then shook his head slowly. His right hand was no longer clenched, but Hu Li was still watching him.


"Young Master Xiao, your thoughts are correct. But they don't seem to want to be called ordinary people. Even from my vision, they look down on cultivators like us."


"Mn, of course. That's why I should be able to ascend to the Upper Cultivation Realm. Maybe I can give them some valuable experience,"


Hu Li smiled bitterly when he saw Xiao Shuxiang's expression. "Young Master? You don't think it's gonna mess up again, do you?"


"Did I always look evil in your eyes?"


"No... It's just that your facial expressions and smiles always make me worry about other people's lives."


"Hu Li, I'm 'Your Master'. Why are you worried about other people's lives? You should have given Xiao Shuxiang more priority. You don't owe them, you only owe me. Understood?"


"I understand, Young Master Xiao is the best." Hu Li smiled. Inwardly he hoped that Xiao Shuxiang would not make a mess, let alone to the point of making things difficult for others. At the very least, he wanted his Young Master to learn something useful to change his personality. He loved Xiao Shuxiang and wanted his Master to be a good person.


Ling Qing Zhu saw that his Guardian Guard seemed to be talking to Hu Li, but he did not get close to them and preferred to be with Mo Huai. The young man beside her already did not feel any pain in her chest due to the difficulty of breathing-but Mo Huai was seen still sweating and was likely able to be unconscious if left alone.


Ling Qing Zhu had also actually seen the appearance of two cultivators who were out of nowhere, let alone with the tillers of the stairs that seemed to point towards the sky. But since it was indeed his flat facial expression, he did not look surprised.


Siu Yixin herself slightly flinched as Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li suddenly walked over to the two foreign cultivators. He asked Nie Shang to stay in his place with Mo Huai and Ling Qing Zhu. He rushed after Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li.


The two foreign cultivators dressed in all white appeared to be around 27 years old. They had quite attractive looks and had practices that Hu Li, Siu Yixin, and even Xiao Shuxiang could not read.


??


The two cultivators had previously known that there were people who had first arrived up here. Unexpectedly, only six people came. It was also that the three figures walking over to them were not people who had received an invitation from the Upper Cultivation Realm.


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