XIAO SHUXIANG'S
214 - War II Information
Not far from the main gate of the Heavenly Sword Sect, there were three young men dressed in white with red cloud shades.
One of the three was almost 26 years old, the other two were the same age as Xiao Shuxiang. They were none other than Wen Tian, Tan Bao and Tou Li.
His third outfit was full of sword incisions, it looked full of blood, even his third face was also bruised and looked pale.
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"Senior Boss..!?"
Tan Bao and Tou Li were shocked when Wen Tian fell down. The two helped their Senior Boss stand up.
"I-I'm.. Was fine.."
Wen Tian's voice was disjointed, weak, and it sounded trembling. He vomited blood several times, his body condition was much worse than his two friends.
"How can you be fine in your current state, Senior Boss?!"
Tan Bao whose right cheek contained a sword incision scar was so panicked, he could not do anything to heal Wen Tian.
"I guess.. It's my time.."
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"Senior Boss..! You don't talk like that, we're almost there. Please hold.."
Tou Li held Wen Tian, himself assisted by Tan Bao. The goal of the three was to seek help in the Sky Sword Sect.
The cause of their circumstances was none other than the attacks from the Black Stream cultivators as well as their own fellow students.
Somehow, the state of the Red Cloud Sect that was so calm and peaceful suddenly turned into chaos.
Not only was Wen Tian sect and these two friends, but chaos also occurred in other sects including the big sects in the Rising Sun Empire.
Not a single cultivator from such a large sect could ask for help. They have difficulty fighting the enemy within themselves, drowsiness.
The upper pillar of the Scarlet Shadow that occupied the third seat, Liao Fa Xun had the ability to manipulate scents.
Together with her partner, Meng Yaoya, a beautiful haired and over-dressed woman in red, had left nearly eighty percent of the places in the Rising Sun Empire in a state of chaos.
Making the cultivators unable to endure the drowsiness then controlling them while asleep, giving dreams as if they were attacked by enemies, giving them a dream, whereas in fact they were fighting against their own comrades was an interesting spectacle for Meng Yaoya and her comrade.
Luckily Wen Tian had eyes that could see human hearts so he quickly knew something was wrong.
'Silent war', an ancient strategy rarely used in warfare. Has a high failure rate, but if successful will be very deadly.
The word 'silent' refers to the ignorance of other territories that there is war outside their territory. Just like now, the Central Sun Empire adjacent to the Rising Sun Empire did not know that there was a major war in their neighboring region.
The masterminds of this 'Silent War' determined that whether or not the information of the war came out, they would not allow a single person from the territory they were targeting to escape and seek help.
The luck of Wen Tian and his two companions was none other than Meng Yaoya's tactic, this sixth pillar of Scarlet Shadow deliberately made the three of them as if they had managed to escape.
His goal was of course to lure someone who had long been targeted by the Scarlet Shadow.
Bruk!
Tan Bao was unable to balance his body until he and his two friends fell. The three of them had indeed almost reached the limit, the wounds of the three were too severe, even visible traces of blood as far as their feet stepped.
Tan Bao's vision was blurry, he spewed blood and was still asking about his Senior Boss' state.
"Come. way.. We can't die now.."
Wen Tian tried to catch his breath, he was trying to heal his internal injuries as well as protect his heart from the poison that was inside his body at this moment. If the concentration is chaotic, then it's over.
"Damn it.. A little more, but I'm no longer strong.."
Wen Tian touched Tou Li's shoulder. With his meager Qi, Wen Tian tried to give the rest of his strength to Tou Li and requested that the fellow immediately go to the Sky Sword Sect.
".. You don't worry about us.. Safety of everyone.. Huh.. Huh.. Depends on you.."
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"Se-Senior Boss..!"
"Go away.. Tou Li's.."
Tan Bao also collapsed beside his Senior Boss after asking his friend to leave immediately.
Tou Li actually did not want to leave his two brothers, but he had no choice. He told his two colleagues to wait, he would be back with reinforcements soon.
".. Please don't die, Senior Boss.. Tan Bao's.."
Only Tou Li had no poison in his body, but still his physical condition was so bad. It was fortunate that the gate of the Heavenly Sword Sect was already in sight, even though it was still twenty meters away. Hopefully both partners can survive.
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Xiao Shuxiang was now able to walk normally, Lan Guan Zhi had released a seal that made him unable to sense Qi. Currently the two walked out of the Punishment Hall in full clothes.
The disciple of the Sky Sword Sect who had previously escorted Xiao Shuxiang back to carry out his duties.
Xiao Shuxiang actually received the punishment of the whip that should indeed be for him. His clothes to tear through the skin when hit by a whip that came from nowhere.
Fortunately he had strong bones until the whip did not make his body separated. Now he knew the reason why many bar-bar cultivators had become tame after coming out of the Sky Sword Sect.
".. Lan Zhi, you've gone too far with this friend of yours. Don't tell me you actually hate me..? Do you hate me?"
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Along the way, Xiao Shuxiang raved a lot. He complained about the rules of the Heaven Sword Sect, the unnatural punishment, until the calm and cold nature of this friend of his.
"Lan Zhi's? Answer my question, don't shut up. You actually hate me, don't you?"
"Not really,"
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"What does that mean?! Lan Guan Zhi..?! Dude..?!"
Xiao Shuxiang sped up his steps before Lan Guan Zhi, himself then turned around while walking backwards and gave some advice to this handsome young man with a face full of charm.
"Repair your ways,"
Xiao Shuxiang snorted as his friend instead commented on the way he walked. He said he wouldn't stumble or hit anything because he was good at walking backwards.
"Lan Zhi, I actually envy you so much. You could say, I envy a man who has a nature like you. It's a girl's problem, you know? They liked a cold, gluttonous man, but a friendly man like myself wasn't glimpsed at all. Do they like to be corroborated..?"
Xiao Shuxiang remembered with Ling Lang Tian, that cultivator from the Middle Continent had not been here for three days and already had many fans.
Even several times he heard the talk of the female disciples of the Sky Sword Sect discussing about Lan Guan Zhi and Ling Lang Tian.
".. Your brothers and sisters seem to have a hobby of talking about other people,"
"They're talking about you, too,"
"Hm? Really true?"
"Mrs,"
"Well, it must be, because I am amazing, handsome and charming. Hiya.. I'm so proud of myself,"
Lan Guan Zhi remained calm-faced looking at Xiao Shuxiang who began to water himself with thousands of praises.
The few Heaven Sword Sect disciples who saw and heard Xiao Shuxiang's conversation with Lan Guan Zhi only clucked softly while shaking their heads. They had just first seen a human being so adoring to themselves without any shame at all.
The goal of Xiao Shuxiang and Lan Guan Zhi was now the Level Nine Pagoda. Both of them intended to visit Patriarch Lan as well as see the state of Lan Xiao who was likely already awake from her sleep.
The moon tiger had only three activities each day, accompanying Lan Guan Zhi to exercise, sleep, and eat. Of course, the portion of his sleep is much more.
Elsewhere, that was the Main Gate of the Sky Sword Sect.. With great difficulty, Tou Li finally managed to get to his destination point.
He knocked on the gate while summoning the cultivators of the Sky Sword Sect. His voice was so weak that he had to cough up blood several times.
When the gate opened and showed a white-clothed cultivator mixed blue with a ribbon on his forehead.. Tou Li immediately asked for help.
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"What's wrong, son?!"
The Sky Sword Sect disciples were shocked when they saw a young man covered in wounds with a pale face in front of him.
"My friend.. Please save them.. Hurry up.."
Tou Li was unable to hold back his consciousness anymore, lucky that his body was immediately restrained by the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples to the point of not falling down.
This 40-year-old-looking disciple of the Sky Sword Sect examined the pulse on the neck of the young cultivator covered in wounds in his arms.
Luckily the young man was still breathing despite his critical condition. He immediately carried Tou Li and brought him in and asked his partner for help to find the whereabouts of the friend mentioned by the young man in his arms.
In the Cold Cloud City, almost all of its citizens had mastered basic-level martial arts. It turns out that when working hard, the results of their training can already be seen.
The proof, an old man who works as one of the city's janitors is able to break the hand of a swordsman who often seeks trouble with him.
Usually, this old man could only receive the warrior's harsh treatment and had to let his money be taken away. But now different, he was now able to put up a fight with his old skinny body.
Not only that, in the Cold Cloud City formed a group called Little Swallow, they consisted of children aged 5 to 6 years.
This Little Swallow was originally just an ordinary game for children, they patrolled like city guards. Who would have thought, there are many small crimes that can be solved by them.
The Cold Cloud City was a form of Xiao Shuxiang's wish. He hates protecting others or anything. But if there are people who give help, then he will not let them fall back, let alone make his help all this time in vain.
The state of the Cold Cloud City was arguably quite peaceful, unlike the state of the Central Sun Imperial Palace right now.
In Li Jing Huan's private room was currently being held a private meeting between Yang Shu, Yang Fu, and Dai Chen.
Some time ago, when Yang Shu and her sister visited Li Jing Hua.. The two got a letter tied to a poisoned arrow as it stepped down from the carriage.
The letter was addressed to the Middle Sun Emperor, Li Jing Hua. It contained information about the attack that the Sun Emperor was about to launch into an impromptu drowning.
".. I've asked the palace physician to research the poison on the arrow. The result was as I thought, the poison was a little similar to Xiao Shuxiang's,"
"Hm?! Xiao'Er can make poison?"
Dai Chen nodded confirming to Yang Shu's question, he could see the Northern Continent Emperor's face jerking when he found out that his favorite grandson was good at making poison.
He told me about the poison that Xiao Shuxiang had used against the members of the Scarlet Shadow Lower Pillar, Mei Ning. Hearing how deadly the effects of the poison made Yang Shu, Yang Fu, and Li Jing Hua shocked.
Yang Shu seemed to be in disbelief, how could his granddaughter make a poison that could make the opponent's body like a lump of rotting flesh in just a matter of breath?! In his opinion, Xiao Shuxiang was a healing herbal Alchemist, not a Poison Expert.
But Dai Chen was not kidding at all, he was serious about what he said. Anyway now, that's not the case.. They should check the truth written on this letter on the table.
"Writing on the paper was his writing, Xiao Shuxiang had a writing that looked like a hot worm, it was clearly his.."
While studying in the Sky Sword Sect long ago, Dai Chen had once seen Xiao Shuxiang's writing. It was the worst writing he would never forget.
"Since childhood the writing was like this. Being able to sustain it for years without change is not an achievement, but an absolute failure.."
Yang Shu was as if powerless to see the writing on the paper, the look on his face turned pale.
Li Jing Hua and Yang Fu had the same thought, writing on the paper like a bear who had just learned to use a brush.
Poison arrows with letters were not only sent to the Middle Sun Emperor, but were also sent to the Tianqi Mao residence.
At that time, the poisoned dart almost hit Siu Yixin's 'pride' if he did not have luck.
Siu Yixin also recognized the poison on the arrow, but the writing on the paper on the arrow was completely unknown to her.
Tianqi Mao though was able to read it well but he also had no idea who the writing was so bad on this paper in his hand belonged to.
"♩♪I think it's Shuxiang, yo. His writing was as ruined as his title, wii!♬♪"
"If what you say is true, then this is accurate information. The Central Sun Empire will be in danger. We need to get ready soon.."
Tianqi Mao asked one of his bodyguards to gather his confidants.
Looking at the letter he obtained, Tianqi Mao had two guesses. First, the one who wrote it was indeed Xiao Shuxiang. And second, if not the young man, the information remains accurate.
During this time there were not many meaningful events, the atmosphere seemed calm and peaceful, unlike usual. It was like a calm day before a big storm.
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