XIAO SHUXIANG'S

44 - Journey to the Lotus Flower Sect (2) [Revised]

The journey towards the Lotus Flower Sect resumed. This time Yang Shu, Gu Ta Sian and the others did not use the carriage.

Despite being among the crowd, Jing Mi instead felt flanked by two mountains of silence. He then embraced Xiao Shuxiang and Qi Xuan while whispering to them. "Since yesterday until today, Brother Liu and Brother Zong have not spoken to each other. I feel bad?"

Xiao Shuxiang and Qi Xuan looked towards Zong Ming who seemed to be walking between Gu Ta Sian and Yang Shu, his facial expression was so flat.

The two of them then looked back and saw Xiao Lu together with Ying Liu. The expression on the child's face was even worse than Zong Ming's.

Jing Mi said again, "I really want us to hurry up. I don't feel at ease seeing them like that,"

Qi Xuan exhaled softly, "I'm not sure I can help Brother Zong and Miss Liu to make up. It's not a simple matter as it seems. Somehow--Did you guys have an idea?"

Jing Mi shook her head, "I can't help anything.." her eyes slightly bowed, ".. If Brother Zong and Brother Ying's enmity doesn't involve a mother, maybe I can make them make up. But I'm not good at this kind of thing because I don't have a mother,"

Qi Xuan looked gloomy when he heard Jing Mi say, he was trying to calm his best friend down. Xiao Shuxiang looked at the 14-year-old boy nearby and felt that this child had his own problems.

Xiao Shuxiang, "I actually don't want to get involved or interfere in other people's affairs, I'm not a kind person who is so happy to get into someone's personal matters. It's just that this journey will feel comforting if the gloomy aura of the two children continues to shadow me."

Xiao Shuxiang exhaled softly, "People say fighting makes friendship tighter, so let them be. I'm sure they'll both make it back."

Qi Xuan and Jing Mi were actually unsure of Xiao Shuxiang's remark, but they also couldn't do anything to make Zong Ming and Ying Liu make up.

"Hopefully your words are correct Brother Xiao," Qi Xuan said.

The journey feels very long. Although Xiao Lu was trying to melt the atmosphere by inviting Ying Liu to talk, but the girl only answered modestly and seemed flat. This made her sad and pouty in the heart.

Yang Shu and Gu Ta Sian themselves also invited Zong Ming to speak, but the child's speech style was not much different from Ying Liu's.

Gu Ta Sian patted slowly on Zong Ming's shoulder, he tried to convince this junior of his. "Ming'Er, find a good time to talk to your brother. As a real man, you should apologize to Liu'Er even if you're innocent,"

Zong Ming turned his head towards the back where Ying Liu and Xiao Lu were. At the same time, Ying Liu also stared at him.

Alas when the sight of the two met, Ying Liu quickly snorted while throwing his face away, it made Zong Ming flinch.

"Haaah, he hates me Senior. I've been trying to talk and apologize to her since yesterday, but..." Zong Ming bowed sadly. He really could not do anything if Ying Liu did not want to talk to him.

Yang Shu rubbed slowly on Zong Ming's back, "You don't give up, a girl is like that. You just have to figure out a way to make her smile again."

Zong Ming did not look happy when he heard Yang Shu's words, he instead grew even more downcast. "That's the problem! I don't know how to make Liu'Er smile, if by taking her hunting a demonic beast in the forest can make-!!"

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Zong Ming widened his eyes, as if he realized something. "I know how to make Liu'Er not mad at me anymore!"

He turned his head back and stepped towards where Ying Liu and Xiao Lu were. Yang Shu and Gu Ta Sian slightly gasped as Zong Ming suddenly turned away from them.

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Xiao Shuxiang, Jing Mi and Qi Xuan were also jolted at Zong Ming's actions which attracted Ying Liu and then walked faster ahead of Gu Ta Sian and Yang Shu.

Ying Liu himself only put on a stern face as Zong Ming withdrew his hand, yet he did not look rebellious at all.

"What will Brother Zong do?" Jing Mi is curious and tries to catch up with her new friends, but soon her hands are held back by her two brothers.

Qi Xuan held onto Jing Mi's arm, "You're this...! Don't bother them just yet, Brother Zong needs a chance to talk to Brother Ying alone."

Xiao Shuxiang, "Right. Better stay here and wait for them to come back."

Xiao Lu himself frowned, he was unwilling to wait and intended to catch up with Zong Ming. It was just that Jing Mi and Qi Xuan immediately held him back.

Xiao Lu rebelled, "I am a woman! So I can accompany Brother Liu!"

Xiao Shuxiang said, somehow he does not like this one girl. "Your reasons are not accepted. If Brother Zong wants us to hear his words, he will definitely not pull Ying Liu away."

Xiao Lu flicked his lips when he heard his sister say, "You are infuriating Xiao'Er...!"

"Hmph, I look a bitch because I said that right, right?"

"You...!" Xiao Lu was upset because what Xiao Shuxiang said made sense. Zong Ming couldn't possibly pull Ying Liu away from them if the boy wanted them to know what he was going to say.

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Yang Shu, Gu Ta Sian and the others finally arrived at a port. There were many traders and warriors who were crammed into each other to board a large ship.

Xiao Shuxiang looked puzzled, "Port? As I recall the Lotus Flower Sect did not pass here." With his face and a light look, he then asked the Old Bangka.

Xiao Shuxiang, "Grandfather. What exactly is this place?"

Yang Shu saw the innocent face of Xiao Shuxiang. The question is naturally asked and besides-the three other students also seem confused and curious. These children are among the first to see something outside their village.

He gently rubbed Xiao Shuxiang's head, "Xiao'Er, we will board the ship to get to the Lotus Flower Sect. Our destination is in the middle of a lake."

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Xiao Shuxiang's feelings began to be uneasy when he heard Yang Shu say that they should board the ship and this was further clarified by the information about the location of the Lotus Flower Sect which was in the middle of a lake.

"Lake... Hopefully not broad. I'm most disliked by anything related to water such as lakes and oceans. I can bear it if it's just a shallow flowing river. But if it's a lake, especially with a boat that big - it makes me want to vomit. This is no good..." Xiao Shuxiang stroked his stomach, his countenance slightly pale.

As Yang Shu, Gu Ta Sian and the others walked closer to one of the shipowners, instantly two 5-meter-high large stones caught the attention of Xiao Lu, Jing Mi and Qi Xuan.

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"Stone?" Qi Xuan replied as he could.

"That's a very big rock. Awesome..!" Jing Mi was somehow very easily attracted by something like this.

Xiao Lu and his two brothers had just seen this huge rock. At first their attention was distracted by a large and beautiful ship. But when they were close to the splendor of the stone-in that instant, their attention had been stolen completely.

The stone stands firm. Because of the crowd present, children as tall as Qi Xuan and Jing Mi were sometimes unaware of her presence due to being covered by an adult-back-But really! When attention begins to be directed to the big stone, it will be very difficult to turn your eyes to another place.

The problem was, this state of affairs did not apply to a figure like Xiao Shuxiang. He also actually just realized the existence of this large stone because it is no longer blocked by the buttocks and waist of adults, but even though he had seen the stone-he seemed uninterested.

Several warriors and ordinary people who had also just set foot to this place were seen looking at the large stone. There are inscriptions on both stones. Xiao Lu, Qi Xuan and Jing Mi were curious. The three of them painstakingly broke through the crowd of people only to look at the writing on the stone closer.

Yang Shu and Gu Ta Sian who were negotiating with the shipowners to be allowed to hitchhike-now stopped their negotiation activities because it was realized that Jing Mi, the, Qi Xuan and Xiao Lu were nowhere near them.

"What are those kids doing...?" Gu Ta Sian then invited Yang Shu, Zong Ming, Ying Liu and Xiao Shuxiang to follow the three children who he thought were too 'excited'.

The five of them ended up being near Jing Mi, Qi Xuan and Xiao Lu who were right in front of the two large stones. Xiao Shuxiang himself had no time to involve himself with anything else. His focus was distracted on his aching stomach, he really did not want to board the ship.

Jing Mi who was aware of Yang Shu's presence began to ask enthusiastically while pointing at one of the stones in front of her.

"Teacher? What is this big rock?! There are many names written on this stone."

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Yang Shu and Gu Ta Sian looked up and read the inscription on the stone that Jing Mi pointed at. A merchant who also heard the question then told him about the big stone.

"This is the Stone of Acts, written by the third stream cultivator a hundred years ago..."

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Xiao Lu could not help his admiration, "Meaning that his age was already very old. I wasn't even born yet."

Jing Mi nodded in agreement, "I guess back then we were still dirt,"

"Brother Jing, the dirt is you. I didn't want to go along," Qi Xuan was amazed by the age of the boulder before him, but in disagreed with his brother's remark.

The merchant continued with the barkata, "One stone tells of the longest and most terrible war that has ever taken place in the Eastern Continent. While on another stone are written the names of warriors who died in the war..."

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Xiao Shuxiang frowned when he heard the explanation from the Merchant. He who had been lazy to read began to look up while looking at the writing on one of the stones.

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"Th-that's...?!"

Xiao Shuxiang was so shocked when he read the first name written on the stone, not to mention the name of the cultivator beneath it. He then shifted Zong Ming and Ying Liu who were in front of him, this action of Xiao Shuxiang made the two young cultivators flinch at once in astonishment.

Xiao Lu and Qi Xuan who were reading the other stones suddenly just exclaimed. A cry that made Xiao Shuxiang startled.

Qi Xuan, "Brother Xiao, your name is written on this stone...!"

Xiao Lu, "Grandfather. Why is Xiao'Er here?"

"My name?" Xiao Shuxiang turned and read the writing on the other stone. He was so surprised by what he saw.

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A merchant said. "The rock tells the story of a three-flow cultivator's battle against a warrior dubbed the Destroying Star, the Heretic Xiao Shuxiang!"

"The 40-day war with thousands of people had to lose their lives. The battle that killed the only Immortal-level cultivator, Zhou Yuan. And also killed the great elder of the three streams, making a great change to the Eastern Continent."

"Many sects have disappeared and decided to join other sects. To commemorate the events of a hundred years ago and appreciate the merits of the heroes, the Stone of Acts was made..."

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Jing Mi and Qi Xuan were as if they could feel the atmosphere of war as the Merchant told them. Yang Shu and Gu Ta Sian nodded and added the story of the Merchant.

Gu Ta Sian, "The impact of the war is also what makes a big lake in front of us. And the Lotus Flower Sect was a sect founded by cultivators who had lost elders as well as most of their members."

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Like lightning during the day, that was what Xiao Shuxiang felt after seeing the inscription on the Stone of Acts, as well as hearing the story of the Merchant and Gu Ta Sian.

His heartbeat seemed to stop, he was not even consciously holding his breath so shocked.

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Author's Note :

THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING XIAO SHUXIANG'S JOURNEY SO FAR. OUR MAIN CHARACTER JUST REALIZED IT TURNS OUT...^^

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