XIAO SHUXIANG'S

305 - Crazy Beggar Boy

The Flower Recess City was actually not really safe, this place was often the location of battles between warriors and cultivators. So you could say, the citizens of this city are used to being in a situation between life and death when someone is fighting.

Because almost every day there are fights, then the Flowerbed Town Citizens are no longer amateurs about saving themselves.

The view is like a house that is wide open without anyone in it, or merchandise left by the seller in the middle of the road just like that.. It is something common in this city.

If not seen from the battle impact the warriors and cultivators-The Flowerbed City was actually a beautiful city. Just as the name suggests, this place is decorated with almost fifty types of flowers, and most of them are only the first time Xiao Shuxiang has seen.

Unfortunately he could not enjoy all the beauty of Flower Recess City because the road he took was now the worst place in the city.

It is no secret that behind the beauty of a place, there must be a flaw. Flower niche, is one of the many cities that have this disability.

There was one small street whose name was a disgrace to the citizens of Flowerbed City, but it was very familiar to the ears of the Black Stream warriors, he was named 'The Path of Beggars'.

The place is neat and clear of garbage, only the houses on both sides of the road are not well managed.

At night, the place is so dark. Some occupied the houses, but no one would light their houses with lanterns or bamboo torches.

Not because it could not afford to buy, but the residents of the place were not allowed by the Mayor of the Flower Recess. If they still want to stay, they must abide by the rules.

The discrimination? That was indeed true, and this was how dark life was hidden by the beauty of Flower Recess City.

The swift footsteps of the horse became an escort for Xiao Shuxiang's journey, he followed Lan Guan Zhi from behind, while Xiao Qing Yang and Hu Li followed him.

On both sides of them, walked the friends of Sekar Aji and Sukma Arang, the cultivators as well as the swordsmen of the Black Stream. It was they who guided Xiao Shuxiang to pass through the 'Street of Beggars'.

Hu Li and Xiao Qing Yan watched the surroundings, they saw many people dressed in shabby clothes with dirty and unkempt bodies, most of them even had thin bodies that were just wrapped in skin.

Lan Guan Zhi also saw that. In addition to the citizens who are thin unkempt, there are also some people who appear to be trading. It was just that as he passed by, they went straight into the house and closed the doors - leaving behind merchandise that turned out to be just small leaves.

Lan Guan Zhi slowly pulled the reins of his horse, he noticed the leaves that were in a bamboo sieve. At first, he assumed it was a tea leaf, but after a careful look.. The leaves are just ordinary leaves.

"Lan Zhi, why stop? Let's go,"

Among Lan Guan Zhi's friends, only Xiao Shuxiang was indifferent to the surrounding conditions. The long-haired youth in all-black clothes was like he did not pay the slightest sympathy to the shabby people in this place.

Lan Guan Zhi exhaled softly, himself again continuing on his way. It was a pity that he did not bring any food, and the gold coins in his Storage Pouch were only a few pieces away. If he gave the coin to a beggar, then the worst possibility would be a commotion.

Xiao Shuxiang actually knew what Lan Guan Zhi was thinking. And indeed only he brought a lot of supplies among his other friends. Only, he was completely unwilling to give any help, not even to a single person. He's not that kind of person.

Although it was called the 'Pay of Beggars' Way, in fact there was not a single person who dared to beg Xiao Shuxiang and his friends.

They knew Lan Guan Zhi, Hu Li, and Xiao Qing Yan were good warriors, and even though Xiao Shuxiang was dressed all in black.. His face looks friendly.

But no one dared to come close, this was due to the presence of the warriors and cultivators of the Black Stream who accompanied Xiao Shuxiang and his friends. The greatest fear of the inhabitants of this Path of Beggars was indeed the people of the Black Stream.

Both the cultivator and the swordsman were accompanying Xiao Shuxiang and his companions... No one intended to ask where the true purpose of their journey was.

The warriors were worried about offending Xiao Shuixang. Therefore, as a diluent atmosphere.. One of them asked about Xiao Shuxiang's relationship with Lan Guan Zhi.

".. You don't seem to be from the same sect as the Young Master on that front, or are you guys a 'Pair Cultivation'?"

?!

Xiao Shuxiang gasped when he heard the question from the young man walking beside his horse. Not only him, Lan Guan Zhi who was in front of him also seemed to flinch, but the next second.

The meaning of 'Pair Cultivation' for cultivators in the Middle Continent meant 'Friends of Adventure', but for people in the Eastern Continent the word had another meaning.. A special relationship that is more than just an Adventure Friend.

".. To be honest, I think you are from the Black Stream, while the Young Master looks like a cultivator from the White Stream or possibly Neutral.."

During this time, it was rare for cultivators from the White and Neutral Stream to have relationships with people who came from the Black Stream, especially if they could become adventurous friends, it was obviously impossible.

".. All I know is that the thoughts of the people of the Black Stream are always incompatible with those of others. Hence upon seeing how familiar you are with that Young Master.. I was wondering,"

Xiao Shuxiang watched Lan Guan Zhi's back as he continued to listen to the speech of the cultivator from the Spirit Blood Sect who was walking on the side of the horse he was riding on.

He agreed with the opinion of this cultivator, the thoughts of the Black Stream people could never be in line with those of the White Stream, and those from the Neutral Stream were mostly more indifferent.

".. But the question of whether we are a 'Pair Cultivation'.. I guess-!!"

Xiao Shuxiang's words immediately came to a halt when he heard a scream. He and his friends were of course shocked, they did not feel any danger, but the sound of the screams suddenly came.

"Yeah! Don't step on me..! Don't step on me..! I didn't do anything! I didn't do anything..!"

?!

The voice came from the front, precisely located at a distance of about six meters from the horse that Lan Guan Zhi was riding.

?!

A 23-year-old man in brown and black clothes curled up and hugged a bamboo stick.

He repeatedly shouted words like 'Don't step on me', 'Don't step on me'. But no one stepped on him - the young man was alone.

?

Lan Guan Zhi looked slightly frowned, appearing to be astonished at the young man's behavior. As his horse drew closer, the young man's cry grew louder, this made him pull back the horse's harness and stop.

One of the warriors exclaimed, "Hey you!" he rebuked the young man who had curled up and told him to stay away if he did not want to die.

"I don't want to die..! I don't want to die..! Don't step on me..! I don't want to die..!"

The young man was still shouting as he curled up and hugged his bamboo staff. Her face could not be seen by Lan Guan Zhi as it was covered in long hair that was quite a mess.

Two shabbily dressed citizens tried to wake the young man up and pull him to the side of the road, but the young man was completely unwilling to move and instead shouted more and more.

"You don't make a fuss here, let's get up. Are you going to die?!"

"I don't want to die..! Don't kill me..! I don't want to die..!"

?!

Lan Guan Zhi was just about to get off his horse, but the warrior from the Half-Betch Party asked him to stay on the horse.

".. This incident was indeed common in the Path of the Beggars, Young Master. He was an insane person, he was known as the Crazy Beggar Boy. Let me take care of it,"

Lan Guan Zhi nodded slowly, sending a message that the screaming young man was not killed.

Xiao Shuxiang who was behind Lan Guan Zhi looked curious as to what was happening in front. He also wanted to get off the horse, but the cultivators from the Blood Spirit Sect forbade him.

The young man who was referred to as the 'Crazy Beggar' was still shouting, he refused to be taken to the edge by the warrior of the Rajawali Beak Party, he still remained cowering in fear.

As his body was dragged forcibly to the side of the road.. He returned to the middle of the road while shouting and tightly hugging his bamboo staff. Lan Guan Zhi naturally felt astonished by this action.

"I don't want to..! You're gonna kill me..! I don't want to die..!"

"If you don't want to die, then don't be in the middle of the road. Let's get up and get out of the way right away..!"

"I don't want to! I don't want to! Don't hurt me! Don't kill me..!"

The Swordsman of the Partai Rajawali almost lost his temper. His right hand was already holding the hilt of his sword and was beginning to intend to pull it out.

Because the language of the screaming young man was the language of the residents of the Eastern Continent.. So what he shouted was well understood by Lan Guan Zhi and Xiao Shuxiang. They then began to descend from each other's horses.

While being near the curled young man, Lan Guan Zhi and Xiao Shuxiang looked at each other then nodded slowly. Next, Lan Guan Zhi bowed slightly and gently touched the shoulder of the 'Crazy Beggar Boy' while politely asking him to get up.

"I don't want to..! I don't want to..! You're gonna kill me..! You're gonna step on me..!"

"Nobody's gonna kill you, please wake up,"

Lan Guan Zhi's voice was so gentle and soothing as well. The young man who had previously yelled uncharacteristically began to appear silent. He slowly got up while tightly hugging his bamboo staff, his face still covered with hair.

Behind long unkempt hair.. This young man watched Lan Guan Zhi from the bottom all the way to the top. And as he began to turn his head towards Xiao Shuxiang.. He immediately grabbed onto Lan Guan Zhi's arm tightly and shouted back.

"He's gonna kill me! He's gonna kill me! She's scary..! I'm so scared..!"

!!

Lan Guan Zhi was surprised by two things, first was this young man directly hugging his right arm, as if asking for protection and the second was the young man's cry to his friend.

Xiao Shuxiang was also surprised. He had not said anything since and was instead shouted at to kill, this young man in front of him was truly out of his mind.

"Sir, he's my friend. He's not gonna kill you,"

"But he looks creepy, you're gonna protect me, right? You have to protect me. Protect me.."

Xiao Shuxiang inwardly snorted as he saw the foreign youth in front of him instead hugging Lan Guan Zhi from behind and kept asking to be protected. His dirty clothes had made his friend's white uniform stained.

The young man again cried out in fear when he got the threat from Xiao Shuxiang. He increasingly hugged Lan Guan Zhi tightly and begged to be protected.

"Shuxiang, you're scaring him.."

"Lan Zhi, but I'm-"

!

Xiao Shuxiang flinched as he got a dislike look from his friend. In his heart he cursed to be upset, even though he only wanted the crazy young man to let go of Lan Guan Zhi.

"Young Master, you don't get close to him. He's crazy and gay!"

The swordsman's call from the Half-Bed Sect made Lan Guan Zhi and Xiao Shuxiang surprised. Immediately Xiao Shuxiang hurried to pull his friend while being helped by the cultivator from the Blood Spirit Sect.

The commotion that occurred in front made Xiao Qing Yan curious, but Hu Li asked her to remain silent and leave everything to their comrades.

"Take Lan Zhi off now, get your hands off her! Don't hug Lan'Er!"

"I don't want to! You'll kill me if I let him go! I don't want to die!"

Two warriors from the Half-Blood Sect attempted to release the crazed young man's embrace from Lan Guan Zhi's waist, while Xiao Shuxiang pulled both of his friend's hands from the front.

Lan Guan Zhi himself was still calm-faced despite being contested. Actually, he is not afraid of crazy people, but it is different if the person is also labeled as a faggot.

'Crazy Beggar', the name is quite famous in Flower Recess City. His boy-like behavior sometimes overwhelmed people.

He was actually a young man who had absolutely no fear of the villains even warriors from the Black Stream. This behavior is just a charade.

During his stay in the exiles of the City of Flowerbeds - several times he had been attacked, but always he could avoid. News of him possibly being a swordsman began to appear from then on.

"I promise I won't kill you, so let Lan Zhi go now,"

Xiao Shuxiang was about to board a black hole, he would actually blow this crazy young man's head off if he still refused to let go of his friend.

"You want to let go of Lan Zhi or not?"

"Ehm.. Wh-well.. But! But you have to help me first,"

?!

Xiao Shuxiang frowned, he then asked what kind of help this crazy young man wanted from him.

"You promised you'd help..?"

The young man whose face was still covered in disheveled hair had yet to release his embrace from Lan Zhi, his hands even somehow since when it had been on his friend's chest.

The Mad Beggar Boy's bamboo stick itself was seen sandwiched between Lan Guan Zhi's back with the chest of his field.

"I promise! So put your hands down!"

It was not Xiao Shuxiang who was in the position of Lan Guan Zhi, but he who was even a thuggish. He did not seem willing to his friend hugged a man, let alone the man stamped as a faggot.

Lan Guan Zhi himself did not care about being a grabbing material, he was more interested in seeing the facial expression of his friend, it looked a little funny.

Crazy Beggar Boy, "Then.. You're gonna have to buy the tea I sold,"

"What?"

The Mad Beggar Boy began to show his face but his left hand still hugged Lan Guan Zhi.

!!

Xiao Shuxiang flinched, the face of the young man in front of him was full of makeup and did not look beautiful at all, instead appearing like a hanging ghost.

"Hows it? You want to buy the tea I sell, right?"

Xiao Shuxiang blinked a few times before nodding, he was like he had lost his nearly bursting emotions after seeing the Mad Beggar Boy's makeup on.

When the hug on Lan Guan Zhi came off.. Xiao Shuxiang immediately pulled the friend. He asked Lan Guan Zhi to stay close to him.

".. We'll clean your body after you get out of this place, I'll bathe you myself,"

"Not necessary,"

The two warriors who had previously helped Xiao Shuxiang looked exhausted. They were unable to let go of the arms of the Mad Beggar Boy from Lan Guan Zhi, the strength of the young man's hand was unexpected and truly great.

"I heard rumors that he was actually a swordsman. Some people tried to kill him, but always failed,"

"I also heard that, he does not look like an ordinary crazy beggar, indeed,"

The two Swordsmen of the Black Stream slowly caught their breath, they then followed Xiao Shuxiang and Lan Guan Zhi from behind.

The tea leaves that this Mad Beggar Boy sold were just ordinary little leaves. Some appear to be wrapped in banana leaves, some still in sacks, and some meet a bamboo sieve.

Xiao Shuxiang inwardly shook his head slowly when he saw the demeanor of the crazy young man in front of him who was so rapidly changing. "So she was so frightened that she even hugged Lan Zhi tightly, and now she acted like a merchant. Haaah.. What kind of man am I meeting.."

"Because you have such a handsome friend, I'll give you a little discount. Take all this tea and give me a bag of gold, how?"

The Mad Beggar Boy in front of Xiao Shuxiang appeared to be smiling widely, he looked ridiculous with a hanging ghost-like makeup and it was disturbing.

"Are you not afraid I'll kill you?"

"Uhm, wait wait wait. You promised you wouldn't kill me! You can't go incense! You're not manly if you break a promise! Not manly!"

The Mad Beggar Boy started combing his hair with his fingers, he then glanced towards Lan Guan Zhi and started to show his sweetest smile.

".. I really like men like him.."

!!

Xiao Shuxiang's eyes were rounded, he then held onto Lan Guan Zhi's arm and stared coldly at the Mad Beggar Boy. "If you dare to think of one thing about my friend.. I'll make sure you'll never be reincarnated,"

"Uhm.. But I just glanced at him.. Can't it be..?"

"Can't!"

The Crazy Beggar Boy gasped when it got a snatch from Xiao Shuxiang. The young man in black clothes in front of him seemed to be taking care of Lan Guan Zhi, so he wondered about the relationship of these two people.

There was a question he wanted to ask, but it seemed like it would be conveyed later. He is now playing the role of a trader, not a crazy person who wants to know.

Xiao Shuxiang bought all the merchandise of the Mad Beggar Boy without bidding a price. For her now was to immediately distance her friend from this young man with hanging ghost-like makeup.

"You don't want to ask me what kind of tea I'm selling?"

"No need, I'll find out for myself."

Xiao Shuxiang waved his hand slowly and inserted all the wares belonging to the Mad Beggar Boy into his Spatial Ring. He then slowly pulled Lan Guan Zhi and returned to the place where their horses were.

The Crazy Beggar Boy was seen playing around with the money bag he got. Immediately he entered the house and let Xiao Shuxiang and his friends continue on their way.

While being near Lan Guan Zhi's horse, Xiao Shuxiang softly started apologizing, he knew that he had done something to hurt his friend.

".. I pulled your hand out pretty hard, did it hurt?"

Xiao Shuxiang raised his friend's sleeves slightly, there was no trace of redness in sight, yet he was sure that he had already injured Lan Guan Zhi.

"Mn, no problem. You don't have to worry,"

"Thank God then.." Xiao Shuxiang shook his head slowly and then looked back, it was a pity that he did not see the crazy young man again.

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Xiao Shuxiang and his companions had just parted ways with the warriors as well as cultivators from the Black Stream when they were at the edge of the Flower Rain Forest.

During the trip earlier, Xiao Shuxiang asked a lot about the Crazy Beggar Boy to the swordsman and the cultivator who was accompanying him.

He came to know that the Mad Beggar Boy was quite famous and it turned out that many rumors were attached to him.

Starting from the assumption that he is a warrior who dedicates himself to the devil - until he is a hermit who uses the life energy of 'male' to make him stronger and closer to eternity. The stamp that he is a homo also comes from the rumor.

Xiao Shuxiang thought about that along the way, he did not hear Xiao Qing Yan talk with Hu Li who seemed to praise the beauty of the Flower Rain Forest.

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