XIAO SHUXIANG'S

239 - Meet Old Friends

"Infierce Sister?!"

Dai Chen was of course shocked, don't tell Xiao Lu to think of Lan Guan Zhi as his sister-in-law. Noooo! It cannot be allowed, how can a woman accept this kind of forbidden relationship. The sky will be angry if it happens.

Dai Chen did not seem to know, that Xiao Lu was a woman who was interested in seeing something distorted. Actually, he was only interested in the relationship of Xiao Shuxiang and Lan Guan Zhi.

Ever since Xiao Lu had studied in the Heaven Sword Sect, he had poisoned the minds of the disciples by saying things that were not about his own sister.

The disciples from the outer sect were too naive and instead considered it to be true what Xiao Lu had said.

The problem was, every time they noticed the movements of Xiao Shuxiang and Lan Guan Zhi while the two were together.. There is something strange.

Whereas Xiao Shuxiang and Lan Guan Zhi were just being mediocre. Well yeah.. Xiao Shuxiang might be a few mischievous times and teased him often, but Lan Guan Zhi would certainly not have acted had it not been Xiao Shuxiang who started first.

This younger brother of Xiao Lu was actually not only mischievous to Lan Guan Zhi alone, but to the other disciples. Most clearly visible was the time together with Jing Mi, but they considered the relationship reasonable.

The problem, compared to his relationship with Lan Guan Zhi. Xiao Shuxiang's relationship with Jing Mi was clearly more spontaneous and overt.

One of them was when Jing Mi said she was jealous to see her Brother Xiao cheating in front of her eyes while they were on Demonic Beast Island first.

Not to mention, Xiao Shuxiang and Jing Mi would often tease each other, but no one would bother about it. They had just stirred up when it came to Lan Guan Zhi.

Dai Chen needed his wife's explanation, but Xiao Lu said he would explain later.

He pulled Dai Chen's hand and took him away, he had previously given a thumbs up while smiling strangely towards Xiao Shuxiang who was still faithfully embracing Lan Guan Zhi's arm.

"That Charming Girl.. Like having a hidden intention.."

"Not him, but you. Let go of your embrace,"

Xiao Shuxiang beat the wrath of Lan Guan Zhi's arm and nagged his friend who could not be invited to cooperate. He walked back, followed by Lan Guan Zhi.

Elsewhere, precisely in the ruins of the headquarters of the Middle Sun Empire.. Looks like a hand flailing out. Slowly, the body of a man started to come out from the ruins of the tent.

This bearded and long-moustached man was none other than Yang Shu. He was more worried about his long mustache and beard than his messy, torn clothes in parts.

Another hand flailed at where Yang Shu came out earlier. The voice of someone who sounded like it belonged to a male made Yang Shu immediately help him out.

".. I thought I was dead,"

The 40-year-old man was so exhausted when he was pulled out by Yang Shu, he was none other than the father of Xiao Shuxiang and Xiao Lu.

"Dad also felt that way. Wait, where's Fu'Er?!"

Yang Shu started looking for his sister, he told Yang Hao to come help.

Ever since Wyverns were forcibly drawing life energy in their bodies.. Yang Shu, his sister, and also his son could do nothing. When they realized, they were immediately in the ruins, lucky for their energy is still there so they can crawl out.

Yang Hao's hair looked disheveled, he was similar to Xiao Shuxiang but his face was much firmer.

Yang Hao's clothes were silvery, in contrast to Xiao Shuxiang's all-black clothes. After tidying up his hairband, Yang Hao began to help his father search for Yang Fu and the GrandElder of the Silver Bamboo Sect.

Yang Shu and his comrades including his son were the brains of the Central Sun Emperor's stronghold. They arranged the movements of Dai Chen and the troops from a distance.

Yang Shu and Yang Hao were not very talented in the art of playing the sword, let alone to the point of slashing an opponent.

If his opponent was a Demonic Beast, it would certainly not be a problem. But it would be very much different if their opponents were human.

Yang Shu and Yang Hao clearly had something in common, they were too unbearable to take someone's life. Unlike Xiao WeiWei who was so brave to be in the front troops.

The only thing they can do is contribute their intelligence to the war, but who would have thought the real enemy was among their own troops.

After finding Yang Fu and the GrandElder of the Silver Bamboo Sect, Yang Shu and Yang Hao rested. It's good they recover the energy first and then set what they have to do next.

Far away elsewhere, the same condition was also experienced by the Middle Sun Emperor, Li Jing Hua.

He was truly grateful to be able to live after his palace was destroyed unceremoniously. Though the war between the two imperial forces was at the border of the region and far from his palace.

Li Jing Hua clearly did not know, that the destruction of his palace was the effect of Xiao Shuxiang's ultimate attack from the Celestial Emperor Sword.

The first three days, bit by bit the land in the third region of the empire began to be leveled. Demonic Beasts with body size like Lan Xiao played an important role in this task.

Lan Xiao himself did not find the work exhausting, instead he was so happy because he felt like playing trampling the ground.

He was even more pleased that Xiao Shuxiang had helped him, even though the young man he thought was just sitting on his back without doing anything.

Nyan nyawm!

"Lan Xiao, you don't protest. I haven't hugged you in a long time. So work while I sleep, okay?"

Xiao Shuxiang looked happy to sleep on his stomach while stroking the delicate feathers of the Moon Tiger. It feels so soft and comfortable. His body slightly shook due to Lan Xiao's ground-leveling movements, but it instead gave a much more comfortable sensation.

Hiswn?

Lan Xiao stopped moving when he heard a snoring sound. Xiao Shuxiang who was on his back was already sleeping, when he had just invited this young man to talk.

"What's wrong?"

New nyan rrrr..

Lan Xiao seemed to explain what was going on when Lan Guan Zhi came and asked him. It seemed, Xiao Shuxiang had not slept for a long time, and it was arguably his friend's power that was drained the most.

Despite having two dantians and including an Alchemist with a great artificial pill, Xiao Shuxiang also had his own restrictions. And it is likely that he has reached that limit by now.

Nyawm..

"Calm down, I'll take him.."

Lan Guan Zhi carefully lowered his friend and started carrying Xiao Shuxiang on his back.

Some cultivators wanted to come help, but it seemed like Lan Guan Zhi could handle it alone.

"Hm? Our troublemaker's asleep.."

Patriarch Lan said softly when he saw his sister taking Xiao Shuxiang towards the makeshift tent.

Lan Xu Jian never seemed to mind his sister's relationship with the brat who was often said to have an illicit relationship.

"Xiao'Er when she's asleep, she looks calm. It's very different if he wakes up,"

Zhi Shu and the few cultivators who had studied in the Sky Sword Sect with Xiao Shuxiang were seen nodding when they heard Patriarch Yu Changhai say.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yan instead felt that Xiao Shuxiang was also noisy while sleeping. The young man had a loud snoring and was very difficult to awaken.

He bet, Xiao Shuxiang will make a fuss his friend when he wakes up later.

The makeshift tents of these cultivators were made of leaves as well as cloth from the clothes they had been stocked with earlier. Xiao Shuxiang was put to sleep slowly inside one of the tents, where his mother, Xiao WeiWei was located.

Ever since finding his mother, Xiao Shuxiang gasped when he saw his sword change. Yinng xiong bar is no longer reddish black, but silvery white.

After changing, Ying xiong was even more difficult for Xiao Shuxiang to control. He became a more aggressive sword and was just like Xiao WeiWei. Nevertheless, the seal on his sword sheath could still suppress Yinng xiong.

Xiao WeiWei thanked Lan Guan Zhi for bothering to bring his son here. He did not think his youngest child had a habit of sleeping in just seconds, and when sleeping is very difficult to wake up.

".. He's got his dad's bad habits, like,"

Lan Guan Zhi smiled as she heard Xiao WeiWei start fussing about all her experiences while conceiving Xiao Shuxiang. He was shocked when the mother of his friend forced him to sit down and listen to him talk.

Lan Guan Zhi actually wanted to leave immediately because there was still a lot of work waiting, but Xiao WeiWei seemed to be the type of mother who would not let herself go anywhere.

When viewed from the appearance of Xiao WeiWei, this woman was like a shy person and did not say much.

The aura that emanated out from her body was like a noble princess, but who would have thought she was a woman that was even more chatty than Xiao Shuxiang.

".. When she was six months old, she once scratched her brother for calling him 'Xiang-Er'. I was even stoned a fist when I called it that way, even though the throw did not arrive. But isn't his action already too outrageous? I never taught him to behave like that.."

Xiao WeiWei continued to relate his story. Lan Guan Zhi had not chimed in on this woman's words at all, but that didn't mean he wasn't interested.

Several times Lan Guan Zhi exhaled with a faint smile. Really, this kind of occurrence was among the rare in the history of the Sky Sword Sect.

Lan Guan Zhi since childhood had always been flat-faced, every word was short but painful. He had only ever smiled a little clearly when venturing with Xiao Shuxiang to Demonic Beast Island, not too obvious.

Xiao WeiWei did not seem to know that he had just made a miracle. Unfortunately, Xiao Shuxiang was too fast asleep to be able to enjoy this rare miracle.

!

A voice suddenly made Xiao WeiWei's story come to a halt. It was apparently Ling Qing Zhu who came carrying tea and food. He then allowed the thin veiled girl to enter.

".. Come sit down, you're Xiao'Er's friend, right?"

Xiao WeiWei was so happy, he then repeated the story that Lan Guan Zhi had to sit down even longer.

Lan Guan Zhi looked at Ling Qing Zhu who was sitting beside him. Their eyes met each other.

Merely, Ling Qing Zhu felt the gaze of the young man beside him as if he was saying he had been guilty of coming at an inappropriate time.

Now, the two of them had to be trapped to listen to Xiao WeiWei's story that somehow ended.

The three seemed to have been swept away in the atmosphere until unknowingly outside it was pitch black. Feng Ying and one of the cultivators from the Blood Skull Sect came carrying a luminous insect lantern to the tent belonging to Xiao WeiWei.

The two invited Xiao Shuxiang's mother, Lan Guan Zhi, and Ling Qing Zhu to go out and have dinner together.

Feng Ying then woke up her Brother Xiao, but she was instantly stunned when she found Xiao Shuxiang's body extremely cold.

!!

"Xiao'Eru? Xiao'Er, let's get up.."

Xiao WeiWei patted his son's cheek gently. His hands felt cold when he came into contact with Xiao Shuxiang's skin.

He then examined his pulse and also his son's blood flow with Qi. Xiao WeiWei's eyes were wide-eyed when he could not feel Xiao Shuxiang's pulse, even his son's heart had stopped beating.

"What is this?! Xiao'Er?! Son?!"

Lan Guan Zhi could see Xiao WeiWei's face turning anxious. He then went to check on Xiao Shuxiang's condition, but it was longer than Xiao WeiWei had done.

!!

All the blood flow within his friend's body stopped, but Xiao Shuxiang's soul fire was still there. The Qi flow of this young man he examined was going very slowly, his heart was still beating, yet only once for two minutes.

"He.. Possibly hibernation,"

!!

"How could that be?! He's a human, not a bear. Hibernation is only done by animals. Xiao'Er, let's get up. You don't scare me, son. Awake,"

Xiao WeiWei shook Xiao Shuxiang's body, but his son still did not wake up. Feng Ying tried to calm Xiao WeiWei down by saying her brother had hibernated before, and this would not be a problem.

".. Brother Xiao will definitely wake up, Auntie. You just calm down,"

Xiao WeiWei only remembered Xiao Shuxiang had told him about 'hibernation', but he did not think too much about it.

"How long.. How long will Xiao'Er continue like this..?"

Feng Ying hesitated to answer. He then looked at Lan Guan Zhi, but the young man said nothing and asked him to answer Xiao WeiWei's questions himself.

"Eems.. Auntie, Brother Xiao's first hibernation when he was 7 years old. And he just woke up when he stepped on.. 14 Years,"

!!

Xiao WeiWei seemed to have difficulty breathing. How could anyone be able to sleep for that long, he obviously could not believe it.. But Lan Guan Zhi confirmed Feng Ying's words.

"Xiao 'Er.."

Xiao WeiWei asked Feng Ying to call Zhou Yan and anyone who could wake his son back up. Xiao Shuxiang should not sleep for that long, he should be woken up no matter what.

Ling Qing Zhu himself also looked in disbelief. Hibernation and asceticism over the years are two different things. Even a hermit would eat and drink, but hibernate..

He became unsure that Xiao Shuxiang was a human. It was likely that the sleeping young man was a type of Demonic Beast that had obtained a perfect human form, but could not yet forget his habit of hibernating.

Feng Ying came carrying Zhou Yan, Patriarch Lan, and Ling Lang Tian. Only these three people were well known to him, because Yang Shu he did not see.

Feng Ying had actually also told the GrandElder of the Sky Sword Sect, but he said Zhou Yan alone was enough. It was not good if many people knew the state of Xiao Shuxiang.

Zhou Yan did the same thing as Lan Guan Zhi before, he then shook his head and said that he could not wake Xiao Shuxiang up.

".. All you can do now is wait.."

"But what if he keeps sleeping like this for years?!"

Patriarch Lan tried to calm Xiao WeiWei down. He was sure Xiao Shuxiang would be fine, they had to believe in Xiao Shuxiang's ability.

"May I check, Patriarch?"

Zhou Yan nodded and invited Ling Lang Tian to check on Xiao Shuxiang's condition.

The elder brother of Ling Qing Zhu injured the thumb of his right hand to the point of bleeding, he then placed his thumb right in the middle of Xiao Shuxiang's forehead.

Ling Lang Tian slowly closed his eyes, as if he could enter the subconscious of this lying young man.

!!

Ling Lang Tian immediately opened his eyes, Xiao Shuxiang's subconscious was too dark and cold. Even if only for a moment, he could feel like he was attacked by thousands of poisonous swords.

Ling Lang Tian exhaled and started to try again. Unfortunately, he opened his eyes again and said he could not resuscitate Xiao Shuxiang. He had never seen such a terrifying darkness before.

".. Is he a mutant?"

!!

Xiao WeiWei denied, she was obviously the one who gave birth to Xiao Shuxiang. His son was a real human, coming from the same factory as Xiao Lu, where perhaps his son was some kind of mutant.

"But the subconscious.. Not like human property,"

!!

Ling Lang Tian had once found someone in the Middle Continent who also had a very dark subconscious, but not as terrifying as Xiao Shuxiang had.

"But my son is a real man. I can prove it to you,"

Xiao WeiWei asked Ling Lang Tian to shift slightly. He was just about to undress Xiao Shuxiang, but was immediately stopped by Patriarch Lan and Zhou Yan.

"What do you want to do?"

"Of course it shows that my son is a real man. He had a heavenly pillar that proved his identity,"

!!

Xiao WeiWei seemed to have gone insane. How can there be a mother who intends to show 'the property of her son'. Let alone here was Ling Qing Zhu, it would greatly humiliate Xiao Shuxiang.

"Why should I be ashamed? You guys have one too, right? The pretty lady could close her eyes if she didn't want to see,"

"Wait,"

Ling Lang Tian stopped Xiao WeiWei's hand, he said such a thing could not be proof of whether Xiao Shuxiang was truly human or not.

".. We have to wait for him to wake up first,"

Feng Ying exhaled a sigh of relief as she rubbed her chest, almost to the point that her Brother Xiao's pride was shattered.

Both Feng Ying, Lan Guan Zhi, Ling Lang Tian, as well as the people inside this tent did not know that Xiao Shuxiang was dreaming, and his subconscious could not be entered carelessly.

Xiao Shuxiang appeared to be standing in a large place. The sky above him looked like a mirror, he could see the reflection of his own face.

Under his feet was also like a mirror, but there was a puddle of water that would splatter and make a sound as he stepped.

"..."

Xiao Shuxiang watched his surroundings, there were no trees or anything other than what was below and above him.

"What exactly is this place?"

Xiao Shuxiang rubbed his chin and continued walking, he could not even feel the Qi or get out of here.

"Excuse me..?! Is there anyone..?!"

Xiao Shuxiang did not hear any sound other than the echoes of his words. He scratched his non-itchy head and started to worry, don't tell me he's dead?!

Tak

!!

Xiao Shuxiang heard a voice, it was not from his step. He focused his hearing and it turned out that the sound was back.

Immediately he sought the origin of the sound that the longer, the more clearly heard.

Xiao Shuxiang's vision began to catch a human figure sitting cross-legged with a black jade in front of him.

?!

As Xiao Shuxiang moved closer, he could only clearly see that there was a chess-like game board on top of the black jade in front of this old geezer-like person.

"..."

Xiao Shuxiang did not make a sound and instead sat down in front of the old man. He noticed the appearance of an old bangka in front of him that had no hair and there were two slightly blackish colors on his forehead.

Xiao Shuxiang had just found out that this old man could not see, he was a blind old man. Why play chess here?

"Hm.. From his appearance and face.. I think I've met him.."

Xiao Shuxiang rubbed his chin and tried to summon the old man in front of him. He asked if they had met before or not? And what is the name of this place.

"Two Bangka, if you don't answer Xiao Shuxiang. I'm gonna kill you. Don't be mysterious and answer my question immediately, who are you? And what do you want?"

"Xiao.. Shuxiangs. You've forgotten me already.."

!!

Xiao Shuxiang was surprised, he felt this voice was very familiar to him. The look in his eyes met with eyes that were all white belonging to the old man in front of him.

Instantly, Xiao Shuxiang's eyes rounded. He began to remember, the old man before him was none other than the human who had once given the Heaven and Earth Breathing Book to him.

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