XIAO SHUXIANG'S
190 - Unusual Ideas
"There are some of them I know. It would be bad if they recognized me.."
Xiao Shuxiang watched the three Stream senior cultivators who were fighting with the Tortoise Crab Demonic Beast.
They were cultivators who had survived the war long ago, currently their practice was indeed inferior to the past, but still Xiao Shuxiang would be overwhelmed if faced with them now.
Luckily these senior cultivators did not have memories as good as Xiao Shuxiang. Because if that were to happen, then this place would turn into a battleground.
After giving the marker seal, Xiao Shuxiang took his friend to a place far away from the ancient tomb cave and the tomb guardian Demonic Beast. A place that no cultivator and swordsman could pass through.
The distance between Xiao Shuxiang and his friends with the ancient tomb cave was almost 200 meters, all four of which were on vast land and far from the residential area.
Thousands of shining stars and the final half moon were only able to illuminate this place a little. Xiao Shuxiang let out his three little blue flames as a lighting aide.
"What are we doing, Brother Xiao?" Jing Mi said they had to go back, the cultivators of the three Streams were definitely in trouble right now.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine as long as they work together. Now help me dig a big hole in this place,"
Jing Mi, Nie Shang, and Hu Li seemed confused as to what Xiao Shuxiang was going to do. But they helped him without asking anything.
"The ground is very hard, it deserves to be called the Land of Stones.." Jing Mi had to use a Qi-ridden fist to make a hole. Xiao Shuxiang asked him not to make a loud noise.
Nie Shang noticed his three friends, he could not help as his practice was only at the third level Forging Qi.
The hole is only three meters deep, but the size is almost the same as a small lake.
Xiao Shuxiang changed his clothes in a white uniform, he would feel familiar when wearing black clothes and cross paths with the third senior cultivator of the Stream.
Although they will think for a long time.. But it did not rule out the possibility that they would know the identity of Xiao Shuxiang.
After changing clothes, Xiao Shuxiang placed the seal on the edge of the hole, he then brought up the Moving Mirror and took his friends to the Ancient Grave cave.
Jing Mi, Nie Shang, and Hu Li were still curious about the function of the hole earlier. However Xiao Shuxiang did not want to explain it and only said his three friends would know later.
The Turtle Crab now looked injured, he had to face dozens of cultivators who were at different practice levels. Moreover, some cultivators used secret weapons like poison to fight against him.
Actually they could kill these Demonic Beasts before Xiao Shuxiang and his three companions returned, but the cooperation between the Black and White Flow cultivators was very bad.
Just look, some Black Flow cultivators went straight into the cave when there was a chance without helping his comrade or any of his fellow warriors.
"Lack of Ajar..! They made us as bait," one of the cultivators cursed when he saw the Black Flow cultivator enter the cave.
Jing Mi touched Xiao Shuxiang's shoulder and said that they should help now, she felt that many warriors were already overwhelmed.
Even senior cultivators were out of nowhere, they were outrageous. Sacrificing one's own friends in order to enter the tomb.
"Alright, Brother Jing. You help them face the monster, let me, Hu Li, and Nie Shang enter the tomb.."
"Leave it to me, Brother Xiao. I will catch up with you as soon as possible," Jing Mi pulled her sword, she and her three companions started darting towards the Demonic Beast.
Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li paved the way first for Nie Shang, while Jing Mi helped the cultivator who was almost hit by this monster claw attack.
There were about 48 people who were still in front and fighting with the Turtle Crab including Jing Mi. Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li managed to escape as both of them were able to move more agilely than the others.
The deeper Xiao Shuxiang, Nie Shang, and Hu Li walked.. This cave is getting brighter. There was a glowing stone on the ceiling of the cave that accompanied their every step.
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Xiao Shuxiang and his two friends had just stopped stepping as the streets inside this cave began to branch.
"Hu Li, it's time to show your pent-up talent.." Xiao Shuxiang smiled as he crossed his hands, he looked at Hu Li who started to turn into a fox the size of an adult dog.
Xiao Shuxiang and Nie Shang started following Hu Li, the fox took them to one of the cave branches.
Hu Li avoided the cultivator out of concern that he would be the center of attention and was instead being fought over by many people. He took another path to get to his destination.
Hu Li's pent-up ability was to sniff out the existence of spirit pearls as well as gold coins. You could say, Hu Li was the best treasure-seeking fox that would not disappoint Xiao Shuxiang.
"Sir, inside this wall.." Hu Li used his front legs to claw at the walls, he could feel there was a precious treasure behind it.
Xiao Shuxiang gathered the Qi in his fist and punched the strong wall. The resulting sound was loud, yet they were lucky because the other cultivators and warriors had not yet reached this place.
As the walls shattered and the dust began to thin, Xiao Shuxiang could see countless mounds of spirit pearls. He asked Nie Shang to keep watch if any cultivators came here.
Pearl Spirit has a size like a ping pong ball, there are small animals in the glowing ball that if considered more carefully will appear to move.
Like the blue-colored spirit pearl that Xiao Shuxiang was holding at the moment, it appeared that a small peacock was moving within it.
"Master, look..!" Hu Li revealed a blackish-purple spirit pearl, within which appeared like lightning striking. Xiao Shuxiang took the pearl and watched it closely.
"Petir purple.. It's likely that there's another pearl like this, let's find Hu Li.." Xiao Shuxiang became excited, he ate the spirit pearl in his hand like eating Tanghulu while searching around for the spirit pearl that contained other lightning.
Hu Li warned Xiao Shuxiang not to eat many spirit pearls at one time, as it could blow up the body due to absorbing too much of the spirit pearl power.
"That if the one who ate it was a human and an ordinary cultivator, this would be me.. Xiao Shuxiang's. So you don't have to worry, but don't copy me.."
The sound when Xiao Shuxiang ate the spirit pearl was very similar to the sound when he ate the apple, this young man actually enjoyed it.
Hu Li clucked in admiration for his Master's strange abilities, let alone lightly saying his practice would improve.
It was already not unusual for Hu Li if Xiao Shuxiang rose the level of practice without concentrating or sitting cross-legged and calming the mind, either, this young man could even rise the level of practice while continuing to eat and talk to him.
Now, Xiao Shuxiang's practice was at the 13th level of Forging Qi. He had eaten four spirit pearls, two of which contained lightning, and he had formed the seal of the Moving Mirror and had Hu Li help him move as many spirit pearls near them.
This was the function of the hole that Xiao Shuxiang dug aided by his friends. He planned to plunder the tomb in an unusual way.
His Spatial Ring was too small and already filled with many items, it was impossible to store all these spirit pearls and gold pieces, fortunately Xiao Shuxiang used his brain extremely well.
"Brother Xiao, someone's coming..!" Nie Shang shouted stifledly, he made Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li startled.
Hu Li used his tail and four legs to throw spirit pearls as well as gold pieces into his master's Moving Mirror.
Xiao Shuxiang asked Hu Li to stop as they had already moved most of the spirit pearls, he inserted his Spatial Ring inside the Moving Mirror temporarily out of fear that the cultivators who had come robbed him.
Xiao Shuxiang used the storage pouch and stuffed ten spirit pearls into it to avoid suspicion. He asked Hu Li to be human again and invited Nie Shang to gather together.
".. Act as usual and don't be nervous,"
Nie Shang and Hu Li nodded, the three of them closed their eyes for a moment and exhaled softly. The next second they behaved like people who looked at spirit pearls and gave each other judgments.
"Nie Shang, you should improve your practice by eating this one. Let's keep it,"
"Brother Xiao, I like the red ones. What is this not good..?"
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The sound of quite loud footsteps came closer and closer, Xiao Shuxiang and his two friends also heard the voice of the person speaking.
"Hm? Looks like someone's been ahead of us,"
It didn't take long until the five cultivators of the Demon Wolf Sect entered the room where Xiao Shuxiang, Nie Shang, and Hu Li were.
Two of them were women, looking to be 25 years old, being at the Silver Qi Forging Late Stage level. Their other three friends, like 26-27 years old, were at the Yellow Gold level Forging Qi.
Xiao Shuxiang, Hu Li, and Nie Shang stood up and looked at the five cultivators who were walking arrogantly towards them.
Clearly these people looked down on them for being able to read the level of practice Xiao Shuxiang and Nie Shang were nothing, even Hu Li's practice was only at the Yellow Gold level Forging Qi.
Only one person had a higher practice, naturally these Black Flow cultivators were not afraid at all.
Arrogantly, one of them tried to provoke the emotions of the three young men they met by saying that they would forcibly take all the spirit pearls and gold coins in this room.
".. If you still want to live, you better leave this place now."
The cultivator in front of Xiao Shuxiang even took out thirty percent of his Killing Aura. His actions made Nie Shang break out in cold sweat and coughed in blood.
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"You don't need to take this place by force. We've already taken what we need, please pull back your Killer Aura,"
The Demon Wolf Sect cultivator snorted, he could see there were sweat dots pouring out on both sides of Xiao Shuxiang's forehead. It was certain that the young man before him was just pretending to speak calmly, and was currently hiding a trembling on his body.
This cultivator did not know that the sweat point on Xiao Shuxiang's forehead was caused by his job of throwing as many spirit pearls into his Moving Mirror.
After the Demon Wolf Sect cultivator retracted his Killing Aura, Xiao Shuxiang thanked him and started to step away while picking Nie Shang up, yet he was again stopped by the two beautiful cultivators of the Demon Wolf Sect.
"Handsome, can I see what you're taking..?"
Hu Li tried to hold back his anger as the girl's hand touched her Master's chin, this was already included into an intolerable humiliation.
Xiao Shuxiang still remained calm and smiled amiably towards these two beautiful cultivators. He gave away his storage pouch without any objection at all.
When examining the pouch, it contained only ten spirit pearls and five pieces of gold.
The two girls also checked Nie Shang's storage pouch which contained only thirty pieces of gold and five spirit pearls.
"Now you, handsome?"
Hu Li somewhat hesitantly gave her the storage pouch, she was eager to burn these two girls with her fox fire.
In the end Hu Li gave her storage pouch which contained only ten spirit pearls and twenty pieces of gold.
The three were again allowed to leave, but just three steps away, they were blocked back.
"Where are your swords?"
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The Demon Wolf Sect cultivator suspected these three people were not ordinary cultivators, because neither Xiao Shuxiang, Hu Li, nor Nie Shang carried swords.
The fan in Nie Shang's hand was also not an heirloom, but just an ordinary fan. It must be very strange, considering how difficult it is to get into this cave.
Xiao Shuxiang forgot to take the sword in his Spatial Ring before putting the ring into his Moving Mirror. If this was the case, then they would really have to face the five cultivators of the Demon Wolf Sect right now.
"You know it's very difficult to get into this cave, so why ask..? Our swords were destroyed while we were fighting the monster, only luck would allow us to be here now. You've insulted us, what more do you want..?"
"Nie.. Shang.."
Xiao Shuxiang stared in admiration at Nie Shang, it had been a long time since he wanted to hear his friend talk a lot. This time Nie Shang's words were not at all nervous, Xiao Shuxiang was saved from telling a lie.
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"Nie Shang..!" Xiao Shuxiang gasped when he saw his friend coughed in blood, he looked at the Demon Wolf Sect cultivator and said he would leave now.
While outside the room, Xiao Shuxiang and his two friends could hear the laughter of the five Demon Wolf Sect cultivators.
Xiao Shuxiang followed Hu Li carrying Nie Shang to one corner of the darker cave passage. He formed a seal and resurfaced his Moving Mirror.
Xiao Shuxiang took out his Spatial Ring and took out a pill to recover Nie Shang's condition, it was clear that the previous Aura Killer contained a slow-acting poison.
A rare technique, yet Xiao Shuxiang had already seen such a technique in his first life.
Xiao Shuxiang also gave Hu Li a pill, he asked his two friends to rest for a while before continuing to explore the tomb again.
"Hu Li, do you remember their smell..?"
"Sure, Sir."
"Remind me to look for them after our dealings with this ancient tomb are over, let's go.."
Hu Li nodded, he originally thought his Master would only let the humiliation of the Demon Wolf Sect cultivators just now, unexpectedly his Master nature still remained the same.
'Belts must be paid, in the same way or better'. This word was like Xiao Shuxiang's life principle other than the word 'Overwhelming' that he often uttered.
This was what Hu Li liked about his Master, the payment for the humiliation debt they had received earlier was Dead.
Let the five cultivators enjoy this evening beautifully, Xiao Shuxiang was not yet willing to pay a debt to them.
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Xiao Shuxiang, Hu Li, and Nie Shang gasped when they heard the sound of a fight. He ran to the origin of the sound.
THE TRAANG!
THE TRAANG!
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