XIAO SHUXIANG'S
135 - Arrival of Lan Gaozu and Ming Mei [Revised]
Three days Xiao Lu had to lie on the bed. He was not allowed to get up or walk around by Yang Shu.
Yi Wen, Zhi Shu and a few disciples of the Silver Bamboo Sect came to visit him. It was just that he had not seen Xiao Shuxiang to this day.
Xiao Lu, "Where is Xiao'Er?
Zhi Shu, "Generic... Brother Xiao very rarely went home to the sect, he seemed to be more happy to stay with grandfather Duan De. Brother Xiao only comes once a week to see his herbs, as well as train the other brothers."
Xiao Lu rubbed his eyes, the incident when Xiao Shuxiang stabbed him had not completely disappeared. "The boy should have come here and apologized to me.."
"Brother Xiao will definitely come if his matters are over, Big Brother Lu Yang Beautiful should rest and not think of anything else." Zhi Shu then asked Xiao Lu to go back to sleep.
At Duan De's place, just like the usual-Xiao Shuxiang's activities were seen forging swords so meticulously. He needed a sword that could hold back his Qi for long, a sword as strong as the Heavenly Heirloom.
Duan De several times told Xiao Shuxiang to rest, unfortunately the child always refused.
Not only did he learn to forge, Xiao Shuxiang had also always been at the service of customers who wanted to order a sword at Duan De's place. If his customer had the same name as him, then Xiao Shuxiang would be eyeing him for hunting at night.
The lack of practice and his age is still too young to make opponents always underestimate him.
Xiao Shuxiang was instead pleased, he could indeed improve his practice until the late stage of the Foundation Master. But he doesn't want to do it.
According to Xiao Shuxiang, what was needed was not high practice but a lot of fighting experience and also breathing techniques.
Every time he forged a sword, Xiao Shuxiang always practiced his wind and fire breathing techniques.
Duan De silently watched Xiao Shuxiang's every move including when the child was eyeing his customers.
Xiao Shuxiang himself knew that he was being watched, yet he did not care. After all Duan De had never stopped him while killing cultivators who dared to wear his name.
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"What's wrong?" Duan De gasped mixed in surprise as Xiao Shuxiang stopped forging.
"Tonight Lan Guan Zhi came, right?" Xiao Shuxiang almost forgot two days ago, Lan Guan Zhi said he would come by taking Lan Xiao with him.
Xiao Shuxiang rushed to wash himself and dressed neatly as well as cooking to welcome the arrival of his friend and Lan Xiao.
Duan De shook his head while clucking, "Do you have to be this stupid just because of Lan Guan Zhi's arrival?!"
"It wasn't just him, but Lan Xiao also came. I wonder how big she is now." Xiao Shuxiang resumed his cooking.
"I admire you, your stamina is great."
"Hmph, I'm not great Grandpa. But it's amazing,"
"You're too proud, boy! You better throw your arrogance away..!" Duan De warned.
"Grandfather, just say haughty? Huh! That's not haughty, Grandpa Long Beard. Praising yourself is not arrogance, you will not understand... Aiya, you'd better leave if you don't have the intention to help me."
As promised, the same time that the food made by Xiao Shuxiang finished-Lan Guan Zhi came while riding on Lan Xiao.
The Moon Tiger had already gotten bigger since the last time Xiao Shuxiang saw it. Lan Xiao did not even fit to enter through the front door of Duan De's shop, thank God he could change his size to smaller.
Lan Xiao's arrival was highly anticipated by Xiao Shuxiang because he wanted to take a little blood and cut off one of Lan Xiao's fangs for his sword-making materials.
Lan Guan Zhi did not forbid that Xiao Shuxiang would take a little of Lan Xiao's blood, but he did not agree that the tiger's fangs were also taken.
"I only took one. The fangs will grow again anyway,"
"Can't."
Nyawm!
Lan Xiao also disagreed, cutting off one of his fangs was tantamount to inflicting a thousand years of suffering on him. He continued to protest and take refuge behind Lan Guan Zhi.
"Lan Xiao, it's time for you to pay for my kindness. Xiao Shuxiang gave you many high-quality herbs during this time, so you should have helped me. Come on..."
Nyawm!
"He won't." Lan Guan Zhi stroked the head of the Moon Tiger and warned Xiao Shuxiang not to mess around.
"Tsk, okay. I won't force you anymore" Xiao Shuxiang pouted, he felt he needed another way to obtain a great sword.
After eating and playing with the Moon Tiger, Xiao Shuxiang again learned to forge a sword. He did not know that in the Butterfly Sect there was a problem.
Lan Gaozu came with the Fourth Patriarch, Ming Mei. The two asked subtly to Yang Shu to leave the Mother Mountain and establish a sect elsewhere.
Circumstances became tense when Lan Gaozu offended the Butterfly Sect and the Silver Bamboo Sect who dared to merge their two sects.
Lan Gaozu in a mocking and impressed tone was like an accusation, saying that these two sects made an alliance and planned something that could harm other sects including the Sky Sword Sect.
Yang Shu and the Grand Elder of the Silver Bamboo Sect certainly did not accept the accusation. The two of them had no intention of even planning something dangerous, Lan Gaozu's remark was clearly baseless.
Ming Mei naturally supported Lan Gaozu, as she was also feeling uneasy about the presence of other sects in the Sky Sword Sect territory.
"But the Third Patriarch and the Grand Elder of the Sky Sword Sect did not mind this.." Yang Shu explained that he had already asked the Grand Elder of the Sky Sword Sect for permission before as well as the Third Patriarch and both of them allowed it.
Ming Mei's. "Hmph, then how long will you stay here?"
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The question with a cold tone from Ming Mei obviously made Yang Shu flinch.
The Grand Elder of the Silver Bamboo Sect exhaled and proposed, "I guess it's best that Elder Shu and the disciples of the Butterfly Sect build a college in my only-we can stay in the Empire of the Rising Sun."
Feeling already victorious, Lan Gaozu did not realize that Xiao Shuxiang had just returned and was currently standing on the lip of the door watching everything.
Just as Xiao Shuxiang's whereabouts began to feel, he then walked leisurely and stopped in front of the table where Lan Gaozu and the others were.
"You two want to kick us out of here?"
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Xiao Shuxiang's voice jolted Ming Mei. He felt familiar with this voice, Xiao Shuxiang realized there was a slight change to the face of the Fourth Patriarch of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
"No one can kick us out, you can give it a try if you want." Xiao Shuxiang's remark was clearly like a challenge.
Xiao Shuxiang looked at Ming Mei, he said. "The Fourth Patriarch should open his eyes to see who is speaking this..."
"I only respect the people I want to respect, and so do my attitudes. If you want to expel us, try saying it to the Grand Elder of the Sky Sword Sect and the Three Elders..! Without their consent, we won't leave this place."
Lan Gaozu clenched both of her hands, "Brazed, daring once-"
"Calm down" Ming Mei stopped Lan Gaozu who seemed to want to teach Xiao Shuxiang a lesson.
Ming Mei's voice was slow, "I don't like her attitude either, but making a fuss would only embarrass myself.
Ming Mei politely said goodbye to Yang Shu and the Grand Elder of the Silver Bamboo Sect.
Xiao Shuxiang while crossing his hands looked at the two patriarchs who started walking away. "I came here to pick up some herbs, but I didn't think I'd even meet them."
Xiao Shuxiang apologized for his disrespect to Yang Shu and the Grand Elder of the Silver Bamboo Sect, he then said goodbye.
Lan Gaozu's arrival with Ming Mei did not trigger a fight. But since that incident, the Butterfly Sect was no longer as calm as usual.
Several times they were attacked by people dressed in black. Several disciples of the Silver Bamboo Sect were seriously injured for the attack that just happened.
It was not Lan Gaozu or Ming Mei who did it, but the junior cultivators of the Scarlet Shadow.
Their mission was to test who Xiao Shuxiang really was. They followed where Xiao Shuxiang had gone and what the boy had done.
As of right now, the three Scarlet Shadow juniors with the practice of being at the 9th level of Forging Qi were so daring to tail Xiao Shuxiang who was walking to where Duan De was.
They saw Xiao Shuxiang stop walking, yet only the blink of eye-Xiao Shuxiang disappeared and instantly appeared behind them with a swinging sword.
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CRAASH!
THE TRAANG!
Only one person died from being too careless and unable to dodge Xiao Shuxiang's attack, while the other two managed to hold back his attack while giving a reply.
Xiao Shuxiang's fight against the two Scarlet Shadow juniors went all the way to Duan De's place.
Xiao Shuxiang threw a secret weapon that precisely hit his second arm. However, the Scarlet Shadow disciples were unaffected.
A TRAAANG!
"So, there are also those who do not underestimate me..!" Xiao Shuxiang smiled, he likes fights where his opponent fights with all his might from the start.
The two Scarlet Shadow disciples coated their bodies with Qi, a creeping black vein formed on their necks and rose onto their cheeks.
Instantly the two darted and attacked Xiao Shuxiang without pause. Duan De realized there was a commotion outside his shop, he then went out to watch what happened.
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Duan De's eyes were wide-eyed when he saw Xiao Shuxiang's body shrouded in a puff of black smoke and the next second, Xiao Shuxiang darted and slashed at the feet and hands of one of the Scarlet Shadow disciples.
Not waiting until the disciple shouted, Xiao Shuxiang slashed back at him.. This time the target was his neck.
The remaining Scarlet Shadow disciple growled, he then swallowed the strange pill. Qi gushed out rapidly and four long fangs began to form.
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Xiao Shuxiang clucked. He was curious about the people who were members of the Scarlet Shadow.
A BAAAM!
Xiao Shuxiang was thrown into the wall of one of the old shop, he was hit by a kick from the Scarlet Shadow disciple.
He was back in attack, but this time Xiao Shuxiang was able to dodge and immediately give a stab from the back right through the heart of the Scarlet Shadow disciple.
Xiao Shuxiang drew his sword and directly slashed the head of the Scarlet Shadow disciple until it split him in half.
When Xiao Shuxiang intended to examine the corpse that was split in two in front of him, the corpse melted to the point of leaving only the skull.
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Xiao Shuxiang's forehead shriveled, "Some one who was playing around with me, before I killed him. All three of them were long dead."
Duan De walked up to Xiao Shuxiang and noticed the skull in front of the child.
"Son, do you have many enemies in your life?" Duan De looked at Xiao Shuxiang.
"That's how,"
Duan De shook his head when he saw Xiao Shuxiang look happy when he said that his enemy had been removed partially, but he was sure to get another new enemy.
Duan De patted Xiao Shuxiang's waist, he asked the child to help him make the Earthly Heirloom sword.
"It's time to study seriously, I'll teach you an actual forging technique..!"
Duan De felt the Scarlet Shadow was much more dangerous than his thoughts all along. He needed someone who could overcome them, and Xiao Shuxiang was the right person.
Duan De's forging technique was like he was dancing, he was so serious about practicing his forging technique to Xiao Shuxiang.
Duan De did not use any Qi at all, but each forging produced a shock wind mixed with sparks. Xiao Shuxiang took a serious look at Duan De's every move.
"Now, you start!" Duan De gave his hammer to Xiao Shuxiang, he asked the child not to hold back his strength while forging.
Xiao Shuxiang nodded, all this time he had always held back his strength. Because if he did not do so, the iron that Xiao Shuxiang forged would only be destroyed.
Xiao Shuxiang forged an iron that looked weak yet was actually extremely strong. This iron is difficult to form and takes a long time for the results to be seen a little.
Xiao Shuxiang did not know that the iron was an iron illuminated by the first sunlight and had been soaked by the purifying water of the soul.
"I'll see how far your heart can change.." Duan De crossed his arms and continued to pay attention to Xiao Shuxiang.
In the distance, a white-robed man with a hood stood on the branch of one of the trees. He watched Duan De's shop and nodded slowly when he saw Xiao Shuxiang forging.
"The next plan.." the man took out a fox mask under his clothes and immediately disappeared.
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