XIAO SHUXIANG'S
166 - Other Talents [Revised]
Dai Chen and the others nodded, they believed in Xiao Shuxiang's ability.
After his companions walked away, Xiao Shuxiang again attacked these man-eating giant flowers. It is shaped like a pitcher, but has sharp spines forming like teeth.
Xiao Shuxiang could feel the high-tier sword in his right hand slowly cracking and turning into dust.
He began to take out another sword from his Spatial Ring. It was fortunate that he had plenty of money to be able to purchase a stockpile of high-tier swords, but still he wanted to cry when he saw his sword shattered.
The Qi belonging to Xiao Shuxiang was too unique, very different from most cultivators in this Continent.
Even though he already controlled his Qi well, still his sword would turn into dust after being used several times.
The trail!
The trail!
Xiao Shuxiang could have let Yinng out. The problem was, the sword was too difficult to control.
One by one the flowers fall, but that does not mean the situation is under control.
He continued to fight with this man-eating giant flower, the longer.. The flower was getting wildly attacking him.
Xiao Shuxiang leaped upwards, dodging the flower attack.
One flower was about to prey on him from behind as he was in the air, yet a sword immediately shot out and slashed at the flower.
Xiao Shuxiang gasped for help again, but he was about to use Fire Breathing to attack and burn down this forest. Unfortunately, the plan has to stop.
"Lan Zhi, why did you come here? I told you to wait for me outside the woods,"
The one who helped Xiao Shuxiang was none other than Lan Guan Zhi. The young man held a large flower stalk in his left hand and a sword sheath in his right hand.
Lan Guan Zhi's flying sword went back into the sheath, "You're too long, come here quickly.."
Xiao Shuxiang directly embraced Lan Guan Zhi's shoulders, the two of them having to share flowers to avoid being preyed upon by the giant flower-eating living creature.
Dai Chen and Jing Mi caught up with Lan Guan Zhi who had suddenly left earlier, both relieved that Xiao Shuxiang was in good shape.
Their journey resumed.
Xiao Shuxiang could feel there was a piercing gaze pointing at him, he saw Dai Chen who was clearly giving him a warning not to get too attached to Lan Guan Zhi.
Only this time did Xiao Shuxiang find a human like Dai Chen and it made his journey feel good.
Intentionally, Xiao Shuxiang embraced an arm and rested his head on Lan Guan Zhi's shoulder. Dai Chen who saw it instantly snapped at Xiao Shuxiang while addressing him was shameless.
Lan Guan Zhi himself did not mind Xiao Shuxiang's actions at all, it was just that he felt troubled as the young man beside him started to talk a lot.
"Xiao Shuxiang's..! You better stay away from Young Master Lan now..!" Dai Chen had already taken out three of his creeping roots, preparing to separate Xiao Shuxiang from sticking to Lan Guan Zhi.
"Dai Chen, you don't miss. This flower was too small to hide two people, so naturally I had to be so close to Lan Zhi. Don't worry, I won't tarnish your beloved, but I don't promise."
"Xiao Shuxiang's..! You're a man, keep your pride. You shameless human being, stop hugging Young Master Lan like that..!"
Jing Mi, Siu Yixin, Hu Li, and Mo Huai could only shake their heads while exhaling softly. They did not know what to say seeing Dai Chen and Xiao Shuxiang's behavior.
It was clear Xiao Shuxiang was continuing to provoke Dai Chen, and Lan Guan Zhi was completely oblivious to Xiao Shuxiang's treatment of continuing to cling to him.
Dai Chen was only able to separate Xiao Shuxiang when they finally came out of the forest. They were now within ten meters of a building made of black stone.
No more man-eating giant flowers, Lan Guan Zhi and his friends then dropped the flowers they were holding and immediately walked towards the stone building.
The closer they got to this building, the thicker the thin air felt and the rancid smell of blood, it was certain that the building in front of them was no ordinary building.
As Xiao Shuxiang and Jing Mi kicked at the rough door, a scene that could be said to be terrifying greeted them.
The room in this place was so spacious, there were about ten pairs of pillars as high as 12 meters which were made from large tree trunks, colored as black as night.
Xiao Shuxiang looked at the ceiling which was filled with long pink shawls, appearing to stretch and decorate the entire room.
The scarf was patterned by a human and a demonic beast with a sleeping facial expression.
Which makes goosebumps, the scarves drip fresh blood. One of the drops hit Xiao Shuxiang's left cheek.
Hu Li recognized one of the faces present on the scarf, it was the Scarlet Shadow disciple.
Siu Yixin took a closer look. He immediately flinched. Many of his colleagues who he knew, his feelings were suddenly not good, let alone he heard the sound of a girl's little laughter.
Xiao Shuxiang and the others were also able to hear him. Their gaze led to a place not far ahead.
A sound of footsteps rang out, Jing Mi immediately drew her sword and began to act alert, her eyes glaring forward.
"You guys are finally home.. It's been a long time.. Siu Yixin..? Hu Li..?"
Mo Huai could feel a gripping aura instantly enveloping them upon hearing someone's voice. She held tightly onto Jing Mi's arm while holding back the trembling on both her legs.
Xiao Shuxiang and his friends could see a girl in white, peach blossom-patterned clothes, but not sleeved.
The skirt is along the knee, slightly inflated with the addition of a long scarf, similar to the decorator of this room.
The girl appears to be 23 years old, her hair is shoulder-length, and she wears the same mask as Sha Bao's.
Siu Yixin and Hu Li recognized the voice of the girl in front of them, this was the voice of Mei Ning, the fifth pillar of the Scarlet Shadow.
"Good work, you brought me some delicious food.." Mei Ning slightly moved her right hand.
One shawl shot quickly catching Mo Huai, even Xiao Shuxiang and Jing Mi did not have time to react.
In front of Xiao Shuxiang and his friends, they could see Mo Huai being sucked into the pink scarf until his face and body began to form into a scarf motif.
"I'll eat it later, after the opening meal.."
One scarf pierced through the floor, just below Lan Guan Zhi's feet. He immediately jumped back, but the shawl that was on the ceiling also shot out to catch him from above.
Xiao Shuxiang and Dai Chen moved in unison slashing the shawl. Both were surprised because when the scarf was cut, a part of the human body suddenly fell, and the shawl released a lot of blood.
"This.. They are still living humans..!" Xiao Shuxiang had obviously slashed recklessly. Mei Ning's scarf motif was a whole human body, but Xiao Shuxiang slashed at the waist of the motif.
Inadvertently, he killed the lifeless human trapped in Mei Ning's scarf. However, Xiao Shuxiang did not feel guilty at all. The important thing now was that he knew how to free Mo Huai.
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Xiao Shuxiang was shocked as Dai Chen and Jing Mi unsheathed their swords towards Siu Yixin and Hu Li.
The two were about to attack Siu Yixin and Hu Li, but were stopped by Lan Guan Zhi.
"Young Master Lan, you don't protect them. From the very beginning, I had expected those two people to be traitors..!"
"Mr Chen, you're wrong..! We didn't do it at all.." Hu Li intended to explain, but he started to be attacked by Dai Chen with three roots running through his.
Xiao Shuxiang resisted Dai Chen's attack, he asked his friend to calm down and think clearly. "Don't be swayed by the girl's words, Dai Chen."
"Relax.."
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Xiao Shuxiang obviously did not expect Dai Chen to say that. But it's not the right time to argue now.
Xiao Shuxiang asked Hu Li and Siu Yixin to briefly explain about the woman in front of them. After knowing his name and ability, Xiao Shuxiang started darting to attack Mei Ning.
THE TRAANG!
Mei Ning's scarf this time was so strong and sharp. It was as if he had told Xiao Shuxiang that he was the one who allowed him to slash the scarf earlier as proof of the motive in his shawl was a living creature.
As well as a warning to Xiao Shuxiang and his friends to be careful in slashing, because they could have killed someone else.
Mei Ning's ways were effective for Lan Guan Zhi, Dai Chen, Jing Mi, Siu Yixin, and Hu Li. The five were hard to slash at Mei Ning's shawl that shot sharply towards them.
Mei Ning could easily harden or soften her shawl without moving from where she stood. He enjoyed the show while waiting to eat them all.
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The problem was that one of the youths darted out no matter what he slashed. Mei Ning jumped up to avoid the lunge addressed to her.
Tap
Mei Ning landed gracefully, "This young man is completely indifferent to human life.. Could he.."
".. Are you Xiao Shuxiang?"
Xiao Shuxiang snorted, he looked at Mei Ning and confirmed the girl's remark.
He again attacked Mei Ning without caring how many humans and demonic beasts had died because of his actions.
Mei Ning was forced to harden back her shawls, she did not want to lose much fresh food because of Xiao Shuxiang.
THE TRAANG!
"You seem to really love your food, huh?" Xiao Shuxiang without loosening his attacks, he tried to get closer to Mei Ning even though these scarves kept getting in his way.
Xiao Shuxiang used Water Breathing, himself able to slash one of Mei Ning's shawls into pieces. His sword was already filled with gore now.
"You're so cruel, you don't care at all about their lives. Even Black Stream cultivators were not this cruel.." Mei Ning mocked Xiao Shuxiang, but she laughed happily because her Elder's words were right.
".. He deserves so much for you. You're just like us."
"Huh, just sorry. But I'm not like you guys. You and your guests, will not understand Xiao Shuxiang's way of thinking..!"
THE TRAANG!
Lan Guan Zhi and Siu Yixin could see Xiao Shuxiang exchanging attacks with Mei Ning. Unfortunately, they were unable to approach his friend because they had to deal with these scarves.
"♬♩You must remain vigilant, yo! Mei Ning is not alone, she is always with her sister, Yun Phenjiao, yo!♪♬"
Just now Siu Yixin said, an attack suddenly came and precisely hit Jing Mi's back.
Fortunately it was not very deep, but the blood came out quite a lot. Jing Mi groaned in pain, the attack turned out to be poisonous.
He immediately took out his storage bag and took out a pill from inside. Another attack came towards Jing Mi, but she was quickly protected by Hu Li.
The pill that Jing Mi ate was the Night Dew Pill. Xiao Shuxiang equipped all the disciples of the Butterfly Sect and the Silver Bamboo Sect with ten grains of his high-efficacy pills.
Even for a sect as big as the Sky Sword Sect and the Demon Poenix Sect, they were only able to provide resources to talented disciples alone.
"Brother Xiao, you're really great..!" Jing Mi swallowed the pill, for three breaths.. He could feel his wounds starting to heal.
The thing is, the poison inside Jing Mi's body still remains. "This poison is so powerful, can I eat it again..? But.." Jing Mi tried to hold the poison in her body so as not to point to the heart.
Hu Li fought with the person who injured Jing Mi, himself assisted by Dai Chen. Lan Guan Zhi and Siu Yixin alone still had to fight against the many scarves that kept darting sharply towards them.
THE TRAANG!
Mei Ning had deep incision wounds on her arms and stomach. He immediately stopped the bleeding with Qi.
"Why is he still moving..?" Mei Ning was sure to have inflicted wounds on Xiao Shuxiang's arms and neck, she could even see a scratch on the right cheek of the young man in front of her.
"What's wrong? You seem surprised I'm still alive? Thanks for the wounds and poison you gave, Xiao Shuxiang will pay for it soon."
Although Xiao Shuxiang did not know Mei Ning's current expression, he could guess that the girl was shocked right now.
Xiao Shuxiang rubbed his injured neck, in just one breath.. The wound closes back.
The poison inside Xiao Shuxiang's body was still there, but he was still able to move against Mei Ning while waiting for her body to neutralize the poison itself.
Xiao Shuxiang silently smeared his sword with the poison he made himself. He immediately shot over quickly and attacked Mei Ning.
"Brother Xiao..! Can Your Night Dew Pill Be Consumed Twice? I'm In Emergency Right Now..?!"
Xiao Shuxiang heard Jing Mi's cry, it was certain that her friend had been exposed to the same poison as her.
"Hmp, Of course..! My homemade pills have no side effects, you can even eat them in large quantities at the same time..!" Xiao Shuxiang smiled widely, he was very fond of this second life.
Mei Ning gasped at Xiao Shuxiang's smile, herself slightly off guard until her arm was struck again.
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Mei Ning was surprised, her body suddenly trembled and lost strength. He fell down on his knees, an unbearable pain gnawing all over his body.
Xiao Shuxiang including his friends and Yun Phenjiao was shocked upon hearing Mei Ning's agonizing voice.
"What have I done?" Xiao Shuxiang could see Mei Ning's body started to turn purplish and then blackened, Mei Ning's body instantly turned into a lump of rotten meat without being able to take out her last words.
Xiao Shuxiang had somehow since held his breath, blinking a few times while digesting the situation he had just experienced.
"I'm just trying my homemade poison, just a test run but.." Xiao Shuxiang held onto his powerful sword which was full of blood and poison liquid.
He could not believe that he had created such a terrible poison. Even Mei Ning's bones also turned blackish purple and rotted. A talent that was too terrifying even for Xiao Shuxiang himself.
Yun Phenjiao certainly did not expect his elder brother to die this easily. She was sure her brother could come back to life, the problem was.. Xiao Shuxiang's poison was too powerful.
The rotting clumps of flesh reshaped itself, but it immediately decayed and fell back. The incident continued to repeat until the lump of meat was no longer moving.
The shawls that attacked Lan Guan Zhi, Dai Chen, and Siu Yixin earlier started to fall. Now left Yun Phenjiao who also immediately got a hit from Jing Mi and Hu Li.
Yun Phenjiao used the Forbidden Technique, he could come back alive even though his body had been cut into pieces.
Xiao Shuxiang took a breath and then exhaled, "I'm not sure yet.." the next second he shot towards Yun Phenjiao and gave a slight scratch to the man's neck.
With just a single breath, Yun Phenjiao's condition was the same as Mei Ning's. Jing Mi, Siu Yixin, and the others immediately looked at Xiao Shuxiang with a look of disbelief.
"Brother Xiao.. You're.. Monsters.."
"I'm surprised too. I made this poison just to mess around, fill the time, you know.. But I didn't think it was.." Xiao Shuxiang gently rubbed his chest, he felt that his talent was starting to frighten.
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