XIAO SHUXIANG'S
128 - Towards the Silver Bamboo Sect [Revised]
After attacking the Demon Wolf Sect, Xiao Shuxiang and his eight companions headed to the Silver Bamboo Sect.
They had only massacred a portion of the disciples of the Demon Wolf Sect for wanting to teach them a lesson in not making trouble with the Butterfly Sect.
Being in the Silver Bamboo Sect made Jing Mi hold back her anger. There was already no building standing firmly in this place, everything was smashed into pieces.
Hai Feng, Bao Yu and Zhi Shu took their friends to a place that was inside the bamboo grove.
About 50 meters away from the ruins of the Silver Bamboo Sect, there were six medium-sized huts.
Some disciples dressed in white with bamboo leaf patterns appear to build other huts.
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Xiao Shuxiang set his foot on the ground, he immediately gained a strange and wary gaze by the disciples of the Silver Bamboo Sect.
"Who are you?!" a disciple unsheathed the sword whose tip had been broken in front of Xiao Shuxiang. In his heart he shouted, hasn't enough of the suffering of their sect?!
"Quiet, Brother..!" Bao Yu immediately stood in front of Xiao Shuxiang.
Seeing Bao Yu, the Silver Bamboo Sect disciples breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately sheathed his sword. "Brother Bao, I'm sorry for my rude welcome.."
"No problem, we should be the ones apologizing for coming in this state.." Bao Yu had just noticed the look of her blood-stained friends.
Xiao Shuxiang's uniform was the worst as it was so wet with blood. Even some of the right cheeks, ears and chin also look dirty because of blood. This was what made the disciples of the Silver Bamboo Sect feel wary.
"Brother Bao, where are you really from..? Why do you look like this..?"
"It's a long story.."
The disciples of the Silver Bamboo Sect invited Bao Yu and his eight brothers to clean the body first, only then did they chat.
One of the disciples escorted Bao Yu and the other to a nearby river, he was seen carrying a change of clothes for these nine guests.
After cleaning himself up and changing clothes, Xiao Shuxiang sat down cross-legged while changing the Killing Aura that he could become the Swordsman Aura.
Jing Mi and the others also did the same. They then returned to the place where the huts of the Silver Bamboo Sect were located.
Ying Liu who had just been looking for food immediately ran to one of the huts when he heard that the Butterfly Sect disciple had come to visit Zong Ming.
Huh... Huh... Huh...
Everyone's eyes stared at Ying Liu as he came to open the door of the hut violently.
Ying Liu saw a burly man, scrutinizing him deeper he finally knew that the man was Jing Mi.
His eyes looked at the familiar faces in front of him, he also saw Gu Ta Sian and a 14-year-old and 12-year-old child sitting on a bamboo chair.
"Sa-Brother Xiao...? Is that you...?" Ying Liu walked over, he felt the 14-year-old remind him of Xiao Lu.
"Ying Liu, it's me.." Xiao Shuxiang smiled faintly and went back to check on the state of the weakly lying Zong Ming.
Ying Liu also sat down beside Xiao Shuxiang, his hand holding Zong Ming's arm, he immediately shed tears.
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Xiao Shuxiang flinched, he blinked a few times when he saw Ying Liu crying.
The girl who grew up has a beautiful face. Had her eyes not swollen from constantly crying, perhaps Ying Liu became one of the prettiest girls in the Empire of the Rising Sun.
Ying Liu in a hoarse voice and the occasional hiccup recounted that Zong Ming had to lose his left leg for trying to protect the Silver Bamboo Sect.
He also said that the sword cultivator who had slashed Zong Mi's leg had poison.
Jing Mi and Hou Yong touched Ying Liu's shoulders. Smiling softly, the two tried to calm him down by saying Xiao Shuxiang would heal Zong Ming as soon as possible.
"Both of you, don't get close. You guys scared Ying Liu..!" Xiao Shuxiang brushed off Jing Mi and Hou Yong's hands, he pushed these two friends slightly away.
"I'm sorry for them. As long as Xiao Shuxiang is here, everything will be fine..!" Xiao Shuxiang smiled amiably as he blinked one eye, his actions making Jing Mi and Hou Yong gasp in shock.
The two immediately smothered Xiao Shuxiang's face and advised his brother that he was too young.
"You don't tease him, brother..! We want to.." Jing Mi half whispered.
Xiao Shuxiang, "Can there be Zhi Shu and Ro Wei, many beautiful girls in the sect. This one's my part.."
"Brother Xiao, you're a child. Can't..!"
Jing Mi and Hou Yong advised Xiao Shuxiang, the three of them arguing in a soft whispering manner.
"Wait a minute, before you fight over Brother Liu, step over us first..!"
Bao Yu and Hai Feng had taken part in the debate of his three friends, they had long since been eyeing Ying Liu, and would not allow anyone to obtain it including their friends.
Mi Jing. "Hey, I'm the oldest..! This should be my allotment.."
Hou Yong, "You don't bring age here, Brother Jing. I have already expressed my feelings since we were still studying in the Sky Sword Sect..!"
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Hou Yong's words shocked Hai Feng, Bao Yu, and his other brothers. Proudly he asked his friends to back off.
Xiao Shuxiang, "You won't get my blessing..! The latest sect rule was that no one should precede Xiao Shuxiang getting married..!"
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"Brother Xiao?!"
Jing Mi, Hou Yong, Bao Yu, and Hai Feng were shocked to hear Xiao Shuxiang issue a new rule of the Butterfly Sect. The four of them huddled Xiao Shuxiang and asked him to withdraw.
Yi Wen, and Zhi Shu shook their heads at the behavior of his fellow students.
Zhi Shu, "If Brother Jing and Brother Hou behave like this.. It was common, but the unexpected was Brother Xiao."
"Aa, you're right. I also didn't expect our brother to have such a trait.." Yi Wen approved of Zhi Shu's remark, he noticed his five brothers who were now no longer arguing in a soft voice.
"Brother Jing, you'd be surprised if you knew my true age. And since when was there a rule that the young should succumb? Don't argue with Xiao Shuxiang..!"
Gu Ta Sian tried to break up the debate of Jing Mi and her brothers, but still they could not be stopped.
Ying Liu had already stopped crying, he looked at Xiao Shuxiang who was standing in the middle of Hai Feng, Bao Yu, Jing Mi, and Hou Yong.
The kids are arguing over what is not important. Didn't they know that Zong Ming was almost dying?!
The moment Ying Liu wanted to move on to stop the debate of the disciples of the Butterfly Sect.. He flinched when he realized Zong Ming's fingers were moving.
"Brother Zong?!" with a worried face, Ying Liu exclaimed.
Jing Mi, Xiao Shuxiang, and her friends gasped. They immediately approached and saw Zong Ming's condition.
"All of you.. Come out first" Xiao Shuxiang asked that everyone leave him with Zong Ming.
Jing Mi and Hou Yong nodded, they invited Ying Liu and Gu Ta Sian and his friends to come out.
"I don't want to..! I want to stay here and accompany you, Brother Zong.."
Hou Yong, "Brother Liu, ka-"
"It's okay, you can stay here. You're all out..!" Xiao Shuxiang interrupted Hou Yong's remark. He was so gentle to Ying Liu, yet stingy to Hou Yong.
What Xiao Shuxiang did made Hou Yong open his mouth wide. He did not believe Xiao Shuxiang could behave like this to him.
"What are you waiting for? Out..!" xiao Shuxiang's voice was so cold and showed a firm face to his companions. The next second he smiled kindly to Ying Liu.
"They are still children, often disobedient.. You have to cover it up.."
Ying Liu did not know what to answer for Xiao Shuxiang's words. What he has in mind now is.. Wasn't compared to Jing Mi, Hai Feng, and Bao Yu.. The younger Xiao Shuxiang?! Put on the three kids.. Indeed Xiao Shuxiang is as old as what..?!
Not wanting to think about it any further, Ying Liu immediately turned his attention to Zong Ming. He called out the name of his brother while trying to hold back tears.
Xiao Shuxiang examined Zong Ming's wrist as well as his left leg. The herbs used to stop bleeding on Zong Ming's legs were only young plants.
"This plant is effective in stopping bleeding, but it must be very painful and it takes a long time for the results to show.."
Xiao Shuxiang drew his sword, and slightly injured Zong Ming's finger then dripped some of Zong Ming's blood into his palm.
Xiao Shuxiang brought his palm closer to his nose, faintly smelling a sweet fragrance on Zong Ming's blood.
Even though Xiao Shuxiang had a poison dowry pill, he could not carelessly give it. Because some types of poison can even be stronger if given an antidote.
"I'll make the cure, you take care of Brother Zong."
Xiao Shuxiang immediately took a seat and took out some herbs inside his Spatial Ring.
He then let out his little blue flame and muttered something. The blue flames began to split apart, slowly one flame turned milky white.
Xiao Shuxiang placed the herbs on his right palm that were instantly burnt by his two small flames.
Xiao Shuxiang then took out his golden pill and put it into the fire. It took him about three minutes until his fire was extinguished and left behind a blood-red pill with a cloud pattern on its periphery.
"Woah, I didn't think I could actually make pills without purple flames. Xiao Shuxiang, you're great..!"
Xiao Shuxiang praised himself as he clucked in awe, he then walked over to Ying Liu and asked her to put the pill she had made into Zong Ming's mouth.
Zong Ming was aware of the presence of others beside him, yet he could neither open his eyes nor make a sound. His body was too weak to do so.
Zong Ming heard Ying Liu asking him to swallow the pill, when he sensed something was entering his mouth.. As powerful as Zong Mi swallowed it.
It took ten breaths until Zong Ming could open his eyes. He immediately saw Xiao Shuxiang's face as the friend was sitting parallel to his right knee.
"Brothers.. Xiao.."
"Thank God you're sober, Brother Zong. Ying Liu is so worried about you, she is unceasingly crying.." Xiao Shuxiang smiled faintly as he looked at Ying Liu. He immediately stood up and requested that Ying Liu stay here.
".. I'll tell Brother Zong the others."
Ying Liu nodded, he was so happy that Zong Ming was finally able to come to his senses. Zong Ming simply stared at the ceiling of the hut made of dried bamboo leaves, slowly he felt something change within his body.
The scars on Zong Ming's face and body slowly faded and then disappeared, making Zong Ming's face clean and beautiful.
Along with the changes that had occurred on his face, Zong Ming's left leg began to grow and become a new leg.
This incident made Ying Liu fall into shock. He was very surprised to see the state of his brothers.
"Ba-Ba-How Can It Happen?! Sa-Brother Zong?!" Ying Liu still had a surprised face.
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Zong Ming was similarly shocked, he could feel his left leg again. Zong Mi started to wake up and noticed her legs.
His hands were trembling, his feelings mixed between sad and happy. All this time, Zong Ming had never been afraid of death. He was afraid he could no longer be a warrior.
Realizing that his left leg was gone, Zong Ming felt like dying. But now..
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Ying Liu was startled as Zong Ming cried out loudly, he was well aware of the feelings of his fellow students.
Hugging Zong Ming and crying, she was so happy that Zong Ming was able to recover.
Outside the hut, Xiao Shuxiang exhaled softly. He stared at the sky from the cracks of the bamboo leaves. Somehow his feelings told him that he had done good now.
"I'm Xiao Shuxiang. It is impossible to change well just because of living with these people, but why would I help Zong Ming..?"
Xiao Shuxiang scratched his non-itchy head and started walking to where Jing Mi and her brothers were.
".. Don't tell me the heart flush from Lan Guan Zhi and the unprofitable advice from Grandpa Long Beard seeped into my heart.." Xiao Shuxiang was goosebumps, he rubbed his arms and felt shivering.
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