XIAO SHUXIANG'S

270 - Purple Swallow City

In the Middle Continent, precisely in the Sky Pagoda Sect, the Middle-Lang Sky Empire Guan Zhi seemed to be fighting with a burly, short-haired, and armed with a large axe.

His fight was witnessed by many people, including Lan Xiao, Jing Mi, Hou Yong, and Ling Qing Zhu. When viewed more carefully - itself is in a fairly large Arena. A Battle Arena.

Lan Guan Zhi's sword clashed with the blade of a huge young man's axe in front of him. His opponent's body size was three times that of his own.

If it was measured based on the gorilla-body size - where the largest was level 5 and the smallest was level 1, then the body size of the young man Lan Guan Zhi was fighting was at level 3, one level above Jing Mi.

Since bringing Ling Qing Zhu home, Lan Guan Zhi and her three friends had to be restrained in the Sky Pagoda Sect. They became the temporary replacement of Xiao Shuxiang.

Ever since Ling Chu Zhen, GrandElder as well as the head of the 'Ling' family learned that his brother, Ling Hao Yu was killed by a young man.. He was sad but did not hold a grudge.

For him, the young man who managed to kill his brother was a strong man and now had the status of being his daughter's 'Protective Guardian.

Only, until this moment he had not met the young man. Though the struggle for the title of 'Protective Guardian' began when his brother had been killed.

Ling Chu Zhen had white hair with blue eyes. His face was pure white and as if it was made of jade carvings. Everyone who sees it will certainly assume that his age is still in his thirties.

As long as the news of his brother's death spread, Ling Chu Zhen had always been the arrival of guests who wanted to challenge his daughter's 'Protective Guardian. Because the person being challenged is not in place, then the representatives are the friends of the prospective daughter-in-law.

The challenger had the right to choose among the three youths namely Lan Guan Zhi, Jing Mi, and Hou Yong as their fighting opponents. If it can kill one of the three, then the challenger will become the new 'Protective Guardian.

During his stay at the Sky Pagoda Sect, Lan Guan Zhi and his friends had already gotten over 13 challenges. The most challenged was Hou Yong, but even so he still managed to keep his life.

THE TRAANG!

Lan Guan Zhi's sword blade again clashed with the opponent's weapon. In this fight, he was not allowed to wear Qi.

Of course this made it difficult, but Lan Guan Zhi could make it a form of exercise. At least he did not rely solely on Qi to fight.

A BAAAM!

The way Lan Guan Zhi avoided hitting the opponent was so graceful. It had been more than twenty minutes for him to fight, but not a single wiggle appeared on his white clothes.

Meanwhile, his opponent was already filled with injuries. His huge body was apparently unable to topple or scratch Lan Guan Zhi. It was as if he had chosen the wrong opponent.

"Young Master Lan is really great,"

"Any sword technique without gaps, I'm grateful that he's with us,"

Jing Mi and Hou Yong were so stunned to see the way Lan Guan Zhi fought. The two seemed to have learned a lesson about sword techniques when watching the fight of the forehead-clad youth.

Nyawm!

Lan Xiao who became the size of a kitten and was in the arms of Hou Yong also seemed to exclaim. He felt proud to have a mother like Lan Guan Zhi.

TRANGS!

TRANGS!

After several exchanges of attacks and being able to get the opponent cornered, Lan Guan Zhi finally used a final strike that almost pierced his opponent's neck if he did not stop the sword from coming out.

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The young man with the axe weapon grimaced slightly as the tip of Lan Guan Zhi's sword touched the skin of his neck. Fresh blood flowed from the point where his opponent's sword was slightly stuck.

"I-I gave up,"

Lan Guan Zhi immediately drew his sword and sheathed it back. With his face still calm, he saluted and then stepped away.

He actually did not really want to stick his sword into the opponent's neck even if it was just a little, but the contents of his head were being filled with many thoughts.

It had been more than five months that he had not replied to a message from his friend, nor had he gotten any news about the state of the Eastern Continent from the GrandElder Sect Butterfly, either, and the worst of his friends until now has not come.

Ling Lang Tian who was sitting beside his father could tell there was something Lan Guan Zhi was thinking about, although the face of the white-clothed youth was still flat.

He felt it, even more than that. You could say, Ling Lang Tian was feeling uneasy. The more days, his sect of arrival was quite a lot of challengers.

None of the young men had no interest in interviewing his sister. His family tradition could be disastrous if Xiao Shuxiang did not come here either. I don't know where that shitty kid is right now.

Other than Ling Lang Tian, Jing Mi and Hou Yong could also notice there was a change in Lan Guan Zhi's eyes. According to them, the young cultivator was missing someone.

"But what is possible..?"

"Come, Brother Jing. It's just our feelings.."

Jing Mi and Hou Yong had already gone through many days with Lan Guan Zhi all this time, so it was only natural that they started to slightly read every move of the handsome young man, both often doubt themselves.

"Miss Ling, what do you think?"

".. He probably misses his house,"

"Aah~ I think he misses Brother Xiao,"

Ling Qing Zhu gave a hard to interpret look at Hou Yong. He would be surprised if what this young man beside him said was true.

"Miss Ling, don't you miss Brother Xiao?"

This time it was Jing Mi who questioned him. Ling Qing Zhu was silent for quite a while before replying that he was not so homesick. This was because the young man who looked like an angel of darkness had only given him a slight impression.

Being talked about like this, made Xiao Shuxiang who was in the Northern Continent feel the snow getting colder. A total of three times he sneezed and shivered cold suddenly, even though before he was fine.

"Bpr.. It seems like there's already started to be people who dare curse me,"

Xiao Shuxiang rubbed his left arm. He could not show the fine fur on his left arm to Hu Li because it was covered in gloves, but he could feel the feathers on his arm standing up.

"Young Master, it's because you're not used to this cold weather. So don't blame anyone else,"

Pii..!

Xiao Shuxiang rubbed O Zhan's head and pinched Hu Li's cheek. These two beings all the time never had a single understanding with him.

Currently, Xiao Shuxiang and his two friends were in front of the gates of Purple Swallow City. A place where the palace belonged to Emperor Yang was located.

There were three guards in front of them, Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li were politely intercepted. The two guards had apparently explained that any cultivator who was about to enter Purple Swallow City had to be given a seal first.

".. I'm sorry sir, but this city is filled only by ordinary people. So for their safety, we have to trouble you,"

"No problem. Do what you think is good,"

The two guards that Xiao Shuxiang saw wearing white uniforms with swallow emblems, they were only knights and did not cultivate. While one more person was a cultivator and was in the same practice as Xiao Shuxiang.

The cultivator dressed in white with the pink fur coat started to approach. He had previously saluted and then placed the seal on the forehead of Xiao Shuxiang, Hu Li, and O Zhan.

A mark resembling a small wisteria flower formed on the forehead of Xiao Shuxiang and his two companions. They were finally allowed to pass through the gate.

Purple Swallow City was much neater compared to the city that Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li had once visited. There are many purple wisteria trees in the city, and there are snow swallow birds flying around the tree.

Xiao Shuxiang took out a book containing a map of the Northern Continent from within his Universal Bracelet. This action made Hu Li flinch. Because, the seal given can make them unable to use Qi, but in fact Young Master Xiao is still able to.

The seal on Xiao Shuxiang's forehead had somehow disappeared since when. When Hu Li asked him, his Master replied that the Soul Restraining Seal was capable of absorbing other seals.

".. This seal had also been absorbed until it was thinned. And I just put out a little energy to make it loosen up,"

Xiao Shuxiang then loosened the seal on Hu Li and O Zhan. He could have released it, but they still needed the seal later.

Purple Swallow City has streets that are clean from piles of snow. Many chariots pulled by horses were on the side of the road, as if they were waiting for passengers.

Hu Li asked Xiao Shuxiang to wait for a while, he would rent a horse carriage for them to use to Emperor Yang's palace.

It didn't take long, Hu Li came up with a carriage pulled by a pair of horses. Xiao Shuxiang actually still wanted to ride the snake-like carriage, but the carriage was on a different path to the location of Emperor Yang's palace.

The sound of the wheels being pulled by the two horses accompanied the journey of Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li. They could have sped up fast, but obeying the rules in a foreign place was an ethic written on the Lan Guan Zhi granting scroll.

It took them approximately five hours until they arrived at a distance of 30 meters from the main gate of the palace. There were four soldiers standing guard as Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li got off the carriage, both then chose to go to the side wall of the palace.

Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li who had just climbed the wall that was about eight meters high were suddenly startled by the sound of dog howls.

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"Who's There?!"

"There's intruders!!"

!!

Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li could see some soldiers starting to run while carrying various weapons. The two sat for a while before they woke up.

The manner of sitting Xiao Shuxiang and Hu Li were not very balanced as the palace walls felt slippery, let alone the concentration of the two being disturbed by the three dogs howling loudly.

"Young Master, what should we do?!"

"Kill them,"

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