HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
67 - Meeting (2)

That day and within the quite dense forest, Wang Zhao began to train.


Xiao Shuxiang initially asked himself to do push-ups up to a hundred times. Wang Zhao could certainly do it since he was already used to this practice. But when he arrived at the second commandment, he began to struggle.


Xiao Shuxiang touched a large tree with his right hand and used his Qi in nature to flow on the trunk of that living tree. A strange wind blew and the next second dots of light formed, condensing until it became a beautiful white-winged insect.


Wang Zhao looked extremely amazed at the sight before him. Moreover, insects that are of the type of butterfly that fly enveloped the tree trunk and like entering it.


It did not take long until the tree trunk shook and began to shrink until the branches and leaves disappeared. Wang Zhao was stunned when he saw one tree trunk in time quickly become a sizable wooden sword.


Xiao Shuxiang calmly held the wooden sword and threw it to the ground, right in front of Wang Zhao.


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The problem was when the tip of the sword was stuck-ground instantly cracked and made Wang Zhao startled. It could be said that this sword was likely very heavy.


"Let's swing that sword" Xiao Shuxiang said.


Wang Zhao gulped, he hesitantly reached out before starting to breathe out softly. Wang Zhao then held onto the wooden sword hilt and tried to pull it away.


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"It's heavy." Wang Zhao looked at Xiao Shuxiang as it was very difficult to pull the wooden sword stuck in front of him.


"You're a man, right? Are your muscles just a display?"


"But I don't have any muscles, ouch!" Wang Zhao tried hard to pull the wooden sword before him. He even wears two hands.


"Then form your muscles from now on. Don't be a pretty man!" Xiao Shuxiang clenched his hands and cheered Wang Zhao on.


"Use your spiritual energy, combine it with your physical strength, then mix it with spirit. You can do it!" Xiao Shuxiang grew tired himself from talking, he exhaled and saw how Wang Zhao was trying so hard.


It took a few minutes until the one-meter-high wooden sword was successfully lifted-but still Wang Zhao dropped it. The young man seemed to have run out of energy.


"I... I'm like... Lifting a tree..." Wang Zhao was panting heavily, he lay on the ground while adjusting his breathing.


"You're good enough, but you just pulled the tip off the ground. It's nothing to be proud of." Xiao Shuxiang asked Wang Zhao to wake up.


"Next you drag the wooden sword around this forest area. Maybe surround this sect's neighborhood, let's do it." Xiao Shuxiang gave the order.


Wang Zhao tried to get up, he looked at the young man in disbelief. "Master Xiao? Isn't that impossible?"


"There is no instant way to become a strong and great person. You want to be like me, right? Then do it,"


Wang Zhao gathered his strength and started to stand up. He firmly held the wooden sword hilt with two hands and tried hard to drag it.


"It really feels like me... Dragging a big tree. Oh my.huh..! This... It's very hard,"


"You can complain, Brother Wang. But don't give up. Let's try," Xiao Shuxiang crossed his arms. "I'll be waiting for you on that rock, you can't stop before you make it with a full turn."


"He's this... Why is it so cruel," Wang Zhao tried hard to pull out that one-meter-high wooden sword. Urat appears stiffened in the neck as well as the forehead.


Xiao Shuxiang himself actually went towards the rock he was sitting on earlier. He waited for Wang Zhao while starting to think of something. It's just that it wasn't long until two men were seen walking up to him.


"Brother Xiao," the man holding the red fan waved his hand slowly with a friendly smile. His actions made Xiao Shuxiang confident in the name he had mentioned earlier.


It was true that one of the men who approached the young man was Liu Wei Lin. Cultivator who was a disciple of the Jiang Peak Mountain, Cloud Sea Sect.


"......" Jiao Feng who was walking by Liu Wei Lin's side noticed the handsome young man before him.


The figure named Xiao Shuxiang was wearing white clothes, but the color of both of his sleeves was black.


This young man he saw had a friendly smile and a handsome face that looked innocent. Jiao Feng felt unsure that the young man he saw knew how to fight.


"Brother Liu?" Xiao Shuxiang came down from the stone where he was sitting. He walked up to Liu Wei Lin and said, "Where are you going?"


"I want to see you, are you on a break?"


"Well... I'm taking a short break here, though,"


"......." Jiao Feng only listened to the conversation between Liu Wei Lin and Xiao Shuxiang while continuing to observe in silence the dazzling young man in front of him. He seemed to be measuring Xiao Shuxiang's abilities.


"Brother Xiao, I would like to introduce you to one of the peak elders in the sect. He was the Peak Elder Bai, Elder Jiao Feng. He had the most disciples in the sect," Liu Wei Lin smiled and then turned to the man beside him, introducing his new friend. "Chairman Jiao, he is Xiao Shuxiang. My new friend as well as the person I was telling you about earlier,"


I don't know what Liu Wei Lin said about him to this dignified male figure before him - yet Xiao Shuxiang remained friendly. He could not read Jiao Fengs practice and that was why he felt the need to behave carefully.


While fusing his hands together, Xiao Shuxiang bowed respectfully. If people who knew him saw this---they would definitely be very surprised. Xiao Shuxiang was a very good person in paying respect to others.


Jiao Feng flickered and was as unexpected as the response that the young man figure before him gave. He also put his hands together and followed back Xiao Shuxiang's respect.


On the other hand, it was Liu Wei Lin who was shocked to see the scene splash out. In this case, it was customary and absolute when the Elders of the Holy Mountain Peak were respected by the disciples including the servants. And actually Jiao Feng only needed to mumble or nod softly in response, not to join in saluting like this. Moreover, it was known that Xiao Shuxiang's own status was even lower than that of a servant in general, he was just a weed-puller.


Liu Wei Lin, "Te-Chairman Jiao...?"


Jiao Feng flinched. He seemed to have just realized his reaction. He coughed softly and went back to acting like the figure of an elder he should have been.


"The way your new friend salutes is perfect and full of sincerity. I was fascinated. It felt as if it was being respected by a ruler. It's the first time I'm so satisfied to see someone,"


Xiao Shuxiang blinked before finally smiling, he rubbed his nape. It was also the first time he had behaved like that. In his heart he praised himself, "I am indeed amazing. If I wanted to. I guess I could actually be an exemplary student like Lan'Er or my sister-in-law. But... I can't keep it for long."


Jiao Feng spoke softly to Xiao Shuxiang, "As Wei Lin-I said was one of the elders of this sect. I came here because I was curious about you,"


"Mn? Me...?" Xiao Shuxiang blinked.


"Can I ask you something?"


Xiao Shuxiang nodded slowly, "Of course. Indeed what does Elder Jiao want to know?"


The elder from Peak Bai Mountain was apparently the type of person who did not say much. He immediately asked the core of his arrival here to Xiao Shuxiang.


Jiao Feng, "Actually I was taking care of three of my disciples who were seriously injured. A brother-in-law of those who found the three in the forest and in unconscious condition. It took days for the three to recover and when one of them made it clear - he mentioned your name. He said you're the one who attacked and left them badly injured, is that true?"


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