XIAO SHUXIANG'S
193 - Saving Stone Land Citizens [Revised]
"Grandfather, is there anything you want to tell me? I have to leave right now, my friends are definitely waiting..."
Xiao Shuxiang said, "Ah... Is correct. Thank you for your gift. I will definitely take care of him but I do not promise to wear it to help others or anything. Do you mind...?"
"No problem, son. I reckon... You just haven't found your life purpose yet. This Old Grandfather can only give you a little advice, cherish your life from now on and keep your relationship with others. In that simple way you will find something valuable that can be the purpose of your life."
Xiao Shuxiang smiled, "Mn. I'm doing it right now. I cannot say that this Xiao Shuxiang is a good person. All I can say is.. If I wanted to be who I used to be, I would have cut ties with them for a long time. Right now I'm living my life as Shouxing requested, I hope I find out what you mentioned earlier."
Elder Da Lin nodded, "You will definitely find him, son. And it won't be long. If you don't have a problem, I still want to trouble you again,"
"Mn? Grandpa wants what?"
Elder Da Lin, "I want to ask for your help to save my corpse and when you actually go to the Southern Continent... Buried me right in my homeland. But if you can't get there, then just burn my body."
Xiao Shuxiang nodded, "Alright. But I don't agree to burn your body. The bones of a cultivator like Grandfather must be precious. Maybe I could wear it while doing the experiment... Mm... For example making followers out of bones is like my old dream. Haaah... Justjust wonderful. But while this Xiao Shuxiang is still sane, I will not do it. So you can rest in peace,"
Xiao Shuxiang's smile was too suspicious, Elder Da Lin could feel something was wrong with the smile of the young man in front of him.
"Have your word, son. If you dare to do anything weird to my body, this Old Grandpa will curse you to be a virgin for life,"
Once a flick, the commotion outside started to sound back. You could say, the cultivators who were outside were now able to see this golden-yellow door again.
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Xiao Shuxiang flinched as Elder Da Lin began to transform into light dots, "Oh yeah. Grandpa? What are the characteristics of your last descendant and what is his name?"
"I guess now that she has grown into a girl, I sealed her in the ice and haven't given her a name. So that's gonna be your job,"
"Eh? But I'm not his father..." Xiao Shuxiang was silent as Elder Da Lin had disappeared, he then exhaled softly and rubbed his face.
With just a single flick, Elder Lin's coffin became the first thing to fill his spiritual Bracelet. Xiao Shuxiang then formed the seal of the Moving Mirror along with the disappearance of his little blue flame.
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"Brother Xiao why is it so long...?" Jing Mi fiddled with some spirit pearls, she and her friends had already waited for quite a while.
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A mirror started to appear, Jing Mi was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Xiao Shuxiang coming out of the Moving Mirror in good order.
He immediately approached Xiao Shuxiang, "Brother, why have you been so long? We thought you were waiting in this place, but you weren't. You're making us worry, Brother Xiao."
"Brother Jing, I'm not a child you should worry about. Compared to that, you should praise me amazingly...! No cultivator had this much loot before...!"
Xiao Shuxiang clucked in amazement at the pile of spirit pearls and gold pieces they had managed to obtain. Even more fortunate, he got a storage bag containing many treasures and two priceless heirlooms.
Xiao Shuxiang smiled widely while staring at the stars in the sky. Due to the light from the spirit pearl, she did not need to let out her little blue flame as a lighting aide.
He could see Jing Mi, Nie Shang, and Hu Li. He also saw a foreign youth standing beside Nie Shang. When observing... Xiao Shuxiang flinched and immediately walked up to the young man.
This young man in a light green uniform patterned with lotus leaves, he had a handsome face, mature, and looked dignified.
Jing Mi silently smiled as she watched Xiao Shuxiang think hard considering the long-haired young man who had been draped over.
"You're this... Who...?" who's...?"
"Brother Xiao, you haven't seen each other in a long time, you've forgotten me."
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Xiao Shuxiang was surprised, the voice of the young man in front of him was very familiar. He watched more closely and only remembered when the young man in front of him smiled faintly.
"Are you Qi Xuan?!"
"You've just realized it, Brother Xiao...! I only realized right away the first time I saw Brother Xuan...!"
Xiao Shuxiang held onto both of Qi Xuan's arms, he also touched Qi Xuan's face and pinched Qi Xuan's cheeks softly. "I'm surprised because I haven't seen you in a long time. You now look so healthy and so handsome. You're even taller than me, this isn't fair."
"You are also very handsome, Brother Xiao. I've been wanting to see you for a long time,"
Xiao Shuxiang hugged Qi Xuan and patted his back softly. This young man had once been his traveling companion leaving the Farm Village first, it was unexpected that Qi Xuan had changed so much.
"You should come to the Butterfly Sect often. Anyway, you're part of the sect..."
Xiao Shuxiang let go of his embrace, he introduced Qi Xuan to Hu Li, but it turned out that Jing Mi had already introduced them first.
Jing Mi just wanted to tell how she could meet Qi Xuan when Nie Shang suddenly called Xiao Shuxiang and asked about the thing in her hand.
"... It looks like a flute..."
Jing Mi, Hu Li, and Qi Xuan only realized that Xiao Shuxiang was holding a flute in his right hand.
Smiling proudly, Xiao Shuxiang played the White Jade Flute in his hand and said that this Heavenly Heirloom he obtained from the ancient tomb.
Repeatedly Xiao Shuxiang praised his unexpected luck, he even goosebumps with himself.
"... 'If in your life you ever escaped death, then luck will come to you', now I believe in this saying,"
Jing Mi and Nie Shang were astonished to see Xiao Shuxiang's behavior. If they knew other than the Sky Heirloom, Xiao Shuxiang also got the Universal Bracelet, and a storage pouch containing countless treasures... Perhaps the attitude of the two of them would be worse than Xiao Shuxiang's.
After being able to calm himself down, Xiao Shuxiang inserted all the spirit pearls and gold pieces into his Semestal Bracelet. He then invited his friends home.
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"Brother Xiao, did you forget?! We still have to save the citizens of Tanah Batu..." Jing Mi reminded Xiao Shuxiang, she had already said this to Qi Xuan and the brother was also intending to help.
Xiao Shuxiang seemed to have completely forgotten, he scratched his cheek softly and told Hu Li to be the guide.
When it arrived, the sunlight slowly began to rise. The tomb looting was not finished yet, but Xiao Shuxiang was already not interested anymore.
The condition of the residents of Tanah Batu city is indeed very worrying. Their bodies were so thin like twigs that they were easily broken.
Not only did Xiao Shuxiang and his friends offer to help the citizens of the Stone Land, but some White and Neutral Flow cultivators did as well.
They went to a nearby place to find water and food, only to find it difficult. And if these cultivators were to leave the Stone Land.. It will take at most a month and a half to arrive in an environment that has water and food.
The citizens of the Stone Land did not have the time as long as it waited for these cultivators. They could even die of hunger and thirst now.
Xiao Shuxiang only brought a lot of cooking herbs and herbs. He thought about what he would cook to fill the hungry stomach of the citizens of Tanah Batu.
"Brother Jing, go to the lips of the ancient tomb cave with Hu Li and see if the Demonic Beast carcass is still there. Bring it here if you find it,"
"Brother Xiao, let me and Brother Jing go.."
Xiao Shuxiang nodded at Qi Xuan's request, telling his two friends to be careful.
As Qi Xuan and Jing Mi darted away, Xiao Shuxiang teamed up with some cultivators to dig a well. The problem is, the ground in this place is very hard.
A BAAAM!
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The cultivator who came from the Rain Island Sect had used up all his strength, he seemed to be panting. His partner went to ask for help and knew when he would come back.
There were only nine White and Neutral Flow cultivators from the various sects who were willing to stay to help the citizens of the Stone Land.
Xiao Shuxiang was quite amazed by these cultivators, their practice was none of them at the Yellow Gold Level, yet their sense of humanity was much better than cultivators who were at a higher level.
".. It can't go on like this, we have to work together to attack at one point in turn, it might work.."
"I also think so, let's do it..!"
Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li looked at each other, the next second they nodded approvingly to the words of this 26-year-old looking cultivator.
Together with the nine cultivators, Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li gathered Qi in their fists. Holes that were as deep as five meters began to be struck one by one with the fist of this cultivator.
They mark a point to be attacked many times, if simultaneously.. The worst possibility is that their attacks spread everywhere.
A BAAAM!
A BAAAM!
Jing Mi and Qi Xuan who had just returned heard a loud noise. They immediately shot to the origin of the sound that was seventy meters away from the resident settlement.
"Brother Xiao..?!"
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Xiao Shuxiang heard Jing Mi's exclamation, he asked Hu Li to still help these cultivators. He then approached Jing Mi and Qi Xuan.
"How's..?"
"The body of the Turtle Crab is still there, so we took it.." Jing Mi said she and Qi Xuan cut the Demonic body into six pieces and stuffed them into their storage pouch. Honey, the Demonic Core beast no longer existed.
"Give me, you help them dig a well.."
Jing Mi and Qi Xuan gave their storage pouches to Xiao Shuxiang. The two then helped these cultivators, the more power the better.
Xiao Shuxiang processed the flesh of the Turtle Crab in a place slightly adjacent to the settlement. The citizens of Tanah Batu immediately ran over while smelling the aroma of spices.
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Although they were currently very hungry, the citizens of Tanah Batu remained patiently waiting and gave enough space so as not to disturb Xiao Shuxiang.
"Brother Xiao is great.." Nie Shang sat beside one of the citizens without caring about his fine clothes being dirty in contact with the ground or the clothes of the citizens of Stone Land.
He could not help Xiao Shuxiang cook or help other cultivators dig wells. The only thing he could do was to appease the citizens of Tanah Batu and comfort the little children here.
Xiao Shuxiang was aided by his five little blue flames, one of which seemed to envelop the flesh of the Turtle Crab and suck its blood.
Two blue flames Xiao Shuxiang cut through the shell of this Turtle Crab and made it a medium-sized tray. Another blue flame helped Xiao Shuxiang cultivate the cuisine.
With the right temperature setting and his cooking skills, Xiao Shuxiang managed to make the processed Demonic Beast meat that ordinary humans could consume without any side effects.
Spices and herbal plants that are used as a spice to cook can increase stamina, treat external and internal wounds, and quickly fill.
Every fifteen minutes, there were always ten finished Xiao Shuxiang dishes. His little blue flame brought a tray of food to the citizens.
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Quite surprising, because the residents of Tanah Batu despite being very hungry.. But they still prioritize small children and people who are elderly.
Seeing him made Xiao Shuxiang determined to hone his cooking skills even better until the time he needed could be shorter.
After all the Kura-Kura Crab meat was processed, Xiao Shuxiang brought a portion of the tray filled with food to the place of his friends and cultivators.
Jing Mi and the others had long smelled the spice aroma of Xiao Shuxiang's cooking, yet they still had a job.
As the cultivators rested while gathering Qi and eating, Xiao Shuxiang looked at the well these cultivators had made.
The depth of the well is almost 15 meters, but not a single drop of water has been seen at the bottom of the well. The land is getting harder and harder to penetrate.
".. I need something that can help.." Xiao Shuxiang played his hair bangs while thinking.
He closed his eyes for a moment, exhaled, and reopened his eyes. Xiao Shuxiang walked up to his friends and said he would leave for a while.
".. I will definitely be back..!"
Xiao Shuxiang immediately darted without waiting for his friend's words. He's looking for a place he thinks is safe to wear his nurse.
Tap
Xiao Shuxiang was silent for a moment and tried to calm himself down. He relaxed his muscles a few times.
".. Right now my practice is at the 13th level of Forging Qi. I might be able to wear that style without using a victim. Alright.. Let's try..!"
Xiao Shuxiang clawed at the back of his left hand until it bled, he then formed a seal on the ground with his blood.
The moment the seal was completed, a white light enveloped Xiao Shuxiang's entire body. That instant also himself disappeared and arrived back at the Demon World.
This time, Xiao Shuxiang was not at the Red Emperor Mountain, but rather the Black Emperor Mountain. Right in the courtyard of the ruling palace of the Mountain Emperor.
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