Li Xiang the Immortal
32 - Teachers And Pupils II

Xiao Xing Fu was shocked when he saw that Li Xiang was not injured at all after being hit by his lightning strike.

The ground Li Xiang was treading on was not damaged at all. It was only 1 meter away from him. While the surroundings further away from it were broken into basins. He wore a protective dome to protect himself before lightning struck him earlier.

Li Xiang smiled in anguish. He suddenly appeared before Xiao Xing Fu to make the child again surprised. He grabbed Xiao Xing Fu by the neck and lifted him up so that the boy's feet did not tread to the ground.

"Engh.." Xiao Xing Fu had trouble breathing after Li Xiang grabbed her by the neck. He tried to take Li Xiang's hand off her. However, he could not do it. Unable to do so, Xiao Xing Fu tried to punch Li Xiang in the face.

Li Xiang directly tilted his head to dodge the easy attack from his disciple. "Free. You won't be able to beat me. All the attacks you've done mean nothing to me." He instantly removed his grip from Xiao Xing Fu's neck, causing the boy to fall near his feet.

"Ohuk. uhuk.." Xiao Xing Fu held onto his red neck in the shape of a finger. His breathing is unstable.

Li Xiang turned his body, turning his back to Xiao Xing Fu. "You won't be able to face me. Then that means you'll never be able to avenge your adoptive parents." His feet began to step up to leave his disciple. However, his leg was held back by Xiao Xing Fu's hand.

"Do you still not want to give up? You still want to fight me? Even until you die–"

"Don't. huh. hah. leave me." Xiao Xing Fu cut Li Xiang's speech while hugging him from behind. His breathing was still unstable and he also felt weak. Yet he remained standing to prevent Li Xiang from leaving.

Li Xiang was shocked when he heard Xiao Xing Fu's remark. He glanced back. "What do you mean?"

"You're the only place I can go back to. I don't want you to go." The tears that had been held back by Xiao Xing Fu had finally come out. "Your word just now. Everything you do for me is just a lie. You think of me as a toy for your pleasure. I consider you my stupid teacher and brother. As well as my best friend.

My day was fun, but when I thought it was all a lie..." Xiao Xing Fu tightened his embrace. Tears still flowed down her cheeks. "I believe you're definitely not the culprit. I believe you wouldn't do that. I believe you."

"Please tell me that everything you said was just a lie. Tell me if I'm not just a toy for you. Tell me that you're not the culprit.. Don't leave me alone. I can't do everything on my own without you, teacher." Slowly, Xiao Xing Fu's embrace loosened and finally slipped away along with her fainted self.

Li Xiang directly turned his body facing Xiao Xing Fu. He knelt beside his disciple. His gaze seemed difficult to decipher at this moment. "Am I overreacting?" Mumbled slowly.

Li Xiang finally brought Xiao Xing Fu to a place a little far away from where they had fought earlier. He put it on a tree. He also installed a protective dome around so that no wild animals approached him or his students.

"Don't go.." Oozed Xiao Xing Fu with eyes still closing.

Li Xiang touched Xiao Xing Fu's forehead, "He has a fever. Is it because he's too tired?"

"Please don't go. You're the only one where I'm back.."

Li Xiang sighed, "Huft.."

The next morning, the sun began to rise, until the light illuminated some areas of the forest became bright.

"Hai~ why is your expression like that?" Said Li Xiang sitting next to Xiao Xing Fu from last night.

"You.." Xiao Xing Fu did not know what to say. He thought maybe last night was just a dream?

"Shhhhhh.." But the pain felt in his right hand made Xiao Xing Fu aware that the incident at night was not a dream. He held onto his right hand that felt like it was going to break at any moment, "Eh?"

Xiao Xing Fu looked at his aching hand. The bandage wrapped around his hand. He also realized something. He touched the cloth on his back. There's an extra cloth on it. He picked it up and realized it was the teacher's outerwear.

"Haha.."

Xiao Xing Fu was shocked when Li Xiang suddenly laughed. He slightly moved away from his teacher and sat facing him.

"Your expression is funny, haha. Especially at night." Said Li Xiang while laughing.

Xiao Xing Fu frowned. He didn't say anything. I don't know why it feels like the current situation is so strange for him. Li Xiang was acting as usual. But now he is wary of his teacher. "Why are you here?"

Li Xiang stopped laughing. He smiled childishly, "Why? Hm. of course waiting for you to wake up. By the way, your expression on the night is very funny. I can't help it anymore, hahaha."

"What do you mean?"

Li Xiang stopped laughing, "At night I was just joking. Where I might be the culprit. I just happened to pass by in Yunxu village back then to return to Yuelong forest. Then I accidentally saw you around the fire. I felt the aura of life between the burning corpses. So I'm approaching you."

Xiao Xing Fu digested Li Xiang's words for a moment. He immediately expressed surprise, "J-so your words last night instead of–"

"Yes, I was just lying to prank you. Well. Then the result is quite satisfactory. Seeing your expression at night, makes me want to laugh." Said Li Xiang casually.

Xiao Xing Fu immediately gave an angry expression. "Why are you lying like that just to joke?! Do you know, what you said at night hurt a lot! I thought, if this body of mine is just a pile of corpses from the people I want to avenge, shouldn't I be the one who died as revenge that I want to do for the people in the village?!

I was thinking, was it possible that all this time I was just being played by you? Am I going to lose my place back as before? Am I going to be alone again? Am I going to be lonely again like that..?" His voice gradually swallowed along with his bowed head. "Am I going to lose someone close to me again? Am I going to be alone forever..?"

The originally bowed head slowly lifted looked at Li Xiang with glassy eyes, "You are outrageous! Didn't you think about how I felt when you said all that?! All those lies! Just to joke, you hurt my feelings! Is it so much fun for you to hurt my feelings?!"

Li Xiang was stunned when he heard Xiao Xing Fu's remark. Subconsciously the student said all the feelings he felt. Though it was rare that Xiao Xing Fu would say that. Just the beginning of when they were staying together only Xiao Xing Fu said all about her feelings.

Li Xiang himself did not expect that Xiao Xing Fu would react that way at night. He had thought that Xiao Xing Fu would continue attacking him and would not hold him back as he was about to leave. The boy said it before he fainted. All beyond his expectations.