HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
5 - Truth

Xiao Shuxiang did not pay attention to the Mad Beggar Boy's gaze on him nor guess the meaning of the gaze. He was too late in memory when he heard the senior disciple of the Sky Pagoda Sect just now.


"Nineteen days..." Xiao Shuxiang muttered, "... I actually did not commit a massacre in the village or sect you mentioned, including in Long Yan's tavern. But indeed for the past three months... I had a strange dream,"


Curiosity was seen on the faces of the Crazy Beggar Boy and the senior disciple of the Sky Pagoda Sect. Ling Dong Hun also noticed, his hearing had now improved.


Xiao Shuxiang, "Initially I didn't want to bring this up because I thought it wasn't important. But there are certain nights where I often dream about my old days. Always making a fuss wherever you are,"


Xiao Shuxiang let out a long sigh, "I miss that kind of feeling..."


The Crazy Beggar Boy listened back to his words. He gasped when Xiao Shuxiang said that in his dream he was involved in the massacre of a village with Mu Zan. 


Xiao Shuxiang, "I massacred my own sect and even every detail of the dream was incredible. It felt so real that I could feel the softness and warmth of the organs I was holding. I don't know if such a dream has anything to do with the incident. And despite the bond, I can't explain myself."


Ling Dong Hun immediately uttered, "Such traits are the deeds of the Dream Devil."


!!


Xiao Shuxiang, the Mad Beggar Boy and the Sky Pagoda Sect Senior Disciple gasped when they heard him. They immediately turned their heads towards Ling Dong Hun and noticed the old man who started to stand up.


Xiao Shuxiang, "Dream Devil...? What do you mean, Uncle?"


Ling Dong Hun looked at Xiao Shuxiang before turning his gaze to the Mad Beggar Boy, he did not answer the question of the young man. "The meeting I should have attended this afternoon was about the Skull Sword Party and this sect..."


Ling Dong Hun started walking, he gestured with an eye gaze for Xiao Shuxiang and the Crazy Beggar Boy to follow him. Meanwhile, the Sky Pagoda Sect Senior Disciple was seen helping his juniors who seemed to have yet to recover.


"... After the destruction of the Skull Sword Party, word broke out of the emergence of the ancient scriptures. This was actually already a legend in the Middle Continent..." Ling Dong Hun was so calm, Xiao Shuxiang who was walking by his side also looked very solemn listening.


Even the Mad Beggar Boy had not said anything since. He was seriously watching Ling Dong Hun even though one hand seemed to be playing with Xiao Shuxiang's hair.


The bamboo stick man was unable to hide his curiosity on two things. The first was Ling Dong Hun's story and the second was Xiao Shuxiang's wavy hair.


Ling Dong Hun, "It is said that the ancient book contains the greatest skill and anyone who can master it can even kill the sun"


"Well!" The Mad Beggar Boy exclaimed, he accidentally pulled Xiao Shuxiang's hair and made the young man moan.


"Ouch! What are you?!" Xiao Shuxiang smacked the back of the Crazy Beggar Boy wearing the flute he was holding. "I've been watching your movements ever since, let alone my hair. Can you not fool around? You think my hair's just a patch until it can be pulled away, huh?"


Originally Xiao Shuxiang did not reprimand the Crazy Beggar Boy because this man only touched and twirled his hair strands with his fingers, but when he heard the remark from Ling Dong Hun-when his hair was pulled hard.


"While.." Crazy Beggar Boy tried to rub his back, he did not listen to Xiao Shuxiang's curse. His eyes focused on Ling Dong Hun.


The Mad Beggar boy asked, "You said it was a book that could kill the sun? Doesn't that belong to my teacher?"


!!


The words of the Crazy Beggar Boy were of course shocking as well as curious. Xiao Shuxiang could not even believe hearing it. "Crazy Beggar, do you have a teacher?"


"All great people have a teacher and life makes them more honed. Don't you have one too?"


"Yeah.. But I can't believe anyone would accept you as a 'student'. I think he's also a crazy person like you, right?"


"My teacher has a unique taste.." The Crazy Beggar boy seemed to rub his chin. It seemed that he did not know the meaning of the word 'insane' that Xiao Shuxiang had uttered leading to the behavior of the Deviant Mad Beggar Boy.


".... My teacher ... He was an elder of the Beggar Stick Party or something like that.. Aah," the Mad Beggar Boy scratched his head, ".. I don't remember the name of my college, which was obviously a beggar's party,"


Xiao Shuxiang blinked, "Actually how long have you lived?"


"You know, Crazy Beggar Boy. Sometimes I want to twist your kidney. I'll even bet you've forgotten what your teacher's name is, right?"


"The two rangos died decades ago, Xiang Didi. Who wants to remember his name. I never set foot in that school again and the generation that now doesn't even recognize me,"


"......." compared to these two young men, Ling Dong Hun might look the oldest due to his face and posture. But the truth is he is the one who has the youngest age. Xiao Shuxiang and the Mad Beggar Boy were difficult figures to pin down.


"They are people who have lived a long time. Yet apparently... None of the two can actually behave like adults" Ling Dong Hun exhaled. Perhaps this is the meaning of 'The older a person is, the more childish his behavior will be.'


The Mad Beggar Boy did not know what Ling Dong Hun was thinking, he appeared to be seriously talking. "Before the old man died-he gave his ancestral inheritance to his beloved disciple. It's a book with many of the greatest styles and the most popular are those capable of killing the sun."


Xiao Shuxiang, "So you've mastered all the skills in the book?"


Ling Dong Hun had just wanted to ask, but Xiao Shuxiang had already started with the same question he had in mind.


"I told you my teacher gave an inheritance to his 'favourite student'. Definitely not me." The Mad Beggar Boy exhaled.


Although he does not remember the name of the teacher or the name of his party - but when trying to remember some events - he is still able to do so. The Mad Beggar Boy did have the same habits as Xiao Shuxiang. They will only remember the things that really matter in life.


The Mad Beggar Boy said, "... My teacher had one favorite student. He was a bright, talented and principled student. His character is gentle, loving and worthy of guidance. It's just... I don't like it,"


Xiao Shuxiang, "You're jealous because he's your teacher's favorite, while you're not?"


Ling Dong Hun, "You think Young Master is a great swordsman, or is there perhaps another disciple who exceeds Young Master's ability?"


The Mad Beggar Boy exhaled softly for the umpteenth time before finally speaking, "I'm a less prominent disciple. And though diligent in training and never doing any delinquency, still in the eyes of the teacher there are people who are more worthy of his trust."


Xiao Shuxiang and Ling Dong Hun listened as the Crazy Beggar Boy gave an explanation of the Sun Killing Book and how it was up for grabs. In the end, it could not be separated from the interference of the Demon Valley Sect.


The Mad Beggar Boy looked at Xiao Shuxiang and returned to talk, "Far before you and your friends came to this place, including with the presence of the Scarlet Blood-society Middle Continent actually did not just regard the Skull Sword Party as its only tyranny. There were even worse than that, they were from the Demon Valley Sect."


Ling Dong Hun nodded, "That's right. The movement of this sect was unexpected and for the past few years... They disappeared from civilization. Even when the clash caused by the Sect-first Skull Sword Party never took part,"


Xiao Shuxiang exhaled softly, "So... The reason why you are now bringing up the name of this sect is because of the appearance of the ancient book?"


Ling Dong Hun, "Mn. Right,"


"What does this have to do with me?" Xiao Shuxiang was curious before he started guessing, "... Don't tell me that because my name's been popular lately until they're interested?"


The Crazy Beggar Boy nodded, "That's also true. They will certainly be very curious about the figure whose presence has made a lot of excitement. Especially that last one... You've made a lot of shocks on the land of this continent."


Xiao Shuxiang, "You don't say that... It feels like I'm the cause of all the chaos."


Crazy Beggar Boy, "But in essence it does come from you, right? The formation of Blood Scarlet isn't because Qian Kun is so intent on targeting you? Hence now the appearance of the Demon Valley Sect was not much different from him. You've even unknowingly made a new enemy."


Xiao Shuxiang did not deny, "It is common for me to accidentally become the target of hostility. Just what intrigued me was how could I be accused of a massacre I didn't commit?"


Ling Dong Hun replied, "Related to the conscious slaughter or not. He was able to relate his target's dream to the reality at hand. Young Master may dream of hunting a bunch of monsters, but what happens is that Master's spirit roams around without a body and actually harms a creature that is really alive."


!!


This time Xiao Shuxiang was very surprised. Ever since he heard that the Devil's Dream was able to connect the dream with reality-he started to feel bad and now the premonition was actually happening.


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