XIAO SHUXIANG'S
456 - Miao Gang [Revised]
In the Northern Continent, the territory of the White Snow Empire was arguably the great family of Xiao Shuxiang. This is where Yang Shu's birthplace, his grandfather.
None of the citizens of the White Snow Empire were unfamiliar with Yang Shu, even until now the sense of joy was still warm. Yang Shu was the 'Emperor' they had been waiting for a long time.
Yang Chai Jidan had already done a lot of preparation for these three important days. Which on the first day of the night will be held the wedding procession of his great-grandson.
The event was held behind closed doors in the presence of the closest family members of the White Snow Emperor only and some core members of the 'Ling' family'.
This procession is underway now. The disciples of the Butterfly Sect such as Yi Wen, Jing Mi, Hou Yong and the others could not witness the procession even though they had always regarded Xiao Shuxiang as a brother.
Despite this, they did not mind at all. It was precisely Yi Wen and his friends were eager to keep the palace safe while occasionally playing snowball throwing.
In the Eastern Continent, only the residence of the First Patriarch of the Sky Sword Sect, Yu Changhai alone was filled with snow. It is a snowy hill that knows no seasons.
Yi Wen and his friends rarely went there. Hence when in the Northern Continent, let alone being in the palace whose outer courtyard contained a pile of snow-he and others itchy if not playing.
The Crazy Beggar Boy was also among Yi Wen's friends. He did not want to be left alone in the Sky Pagoda Sect, and he only had his Lan'Er Gege as the place to go home.
But when his Lan'Er Gege was not around, he could only follow Xiao Shuxiang even though he now had to wait until the Alchemist Chef had finished the wedding procession.
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The Crazy Beggar boy reflexively swung his staff when he sensed an attack. It was apparently a snowball thrown by Hou Yong.
"Hey...! Why are you standing up? Cold yeah...?!" Hou Yong laughed wryly, he threw a snowball back at the Mad Beggar Boy and called out to Hai Feng to help him.
Hai Feng smiled and began to condense a handful of snow that definitely resembled a fist-sized ball. He was preparing to throw it at the Mad Beggar Boy when his hand deliberately stuck towards Hou Yong.
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Jing Mi and Yi Wen who saw the scene laughed. The two of them then helped Hai Feng to pelt Hou Yong with snowballs. Meanwhile, the Mad Beggar Boy only noticed the childish behavior of Xiao Shuxiang's friends.
Actually other than the Mad Beggar Boy, around Yi Wen and the others were also the soldiers of Yang Chai Jidan.
Some of them were seen exhaling and some were shaking slowly.
They felt sorry for these strangers who saw the snow as if they were piles of gold. In their minds of just one, Yi Wen and his friends were extremely...
"恥ずかしい."
["Hazukashi."]
["Shameful."]
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Elsewhere, the wedding procession of Xiao Shuxiang and Ling Qing Zhu was held in a special residence, a place commonly used as the Hall of Court and reception of guests.
In this room, the entire Yang Chai Jidan family, starting from his wives, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gathered. This room was arguably full by the great Snow White Emperor family.
Yang Chai Jidan has 28 male and 17 female great-grandchildren. Among them were Yang Ni and Yang Shiwu. The two were the ones who had exchanged attacks with Xiao Shuxiang a while ago.
"He preceded us to get married." Yang Shiwu's voice was quiet, yet could still be heard by the young man beside him.
"........."
Yang Ni said nothing but her right hand gripping her light blue clothes. She was the granddaughter of the fifth prince, a handsome young man who had once been deceived by Xiao Shuxiang's disguise as a woman.
"Yang Ni, what about the girl you've been looking for? Did you really give up on him...?"
"Shiwu, can you stop talking?"
Yang Shiwu pursed his lips even though he was actually smiling. Yang Ni had always reacted like this when he discussed the mysterious girl named 'Shu Xiang. The figure sought by his brother to almost make his brother crazy.
Yang Ni himself seemed to be trying to calm down. He noticed Xiao Shuxiang seriously performing the wedding ritual with the white-clothed figure whose head and face were covered with cloth.
"Is he married to a woman?"
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Yang Ni was surprised to hear the question coming from the young man beside her, he turned his head.
The figure who looks about 21 years old with a white fan in his right hand is one of his brothers, Yang Shiju.
"Sister Ni, don't you feel that Brother Xiao is married to a man instead of a woman? He looks like a young man who wouldn't be interested in a girl..."
Yang Shiju half whispered, he used his fan to cover part of his face while talking to his brother who was standing closest. He is indeed a prince who likes rumors, let alone gossip and spread them.
"You don't talk about anything, '" Yang Ni warned. He asked his brother to be quiet and just focus on paying attention to this procession until it was finished.
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"Hu Li's...! Thankfully you came quickly. I almost froze to death here..." The Crazy Beggar Boy put his hands together before being rubbed.
Every time he exhaled or spoke, there would definitely be some sort of thin smoke coming out and it was a sign of how cold the temperature in this place was.
Hu Li gave a white fur coat to the Mad Beggar Boy. He also could not enter and attend the wedding procession of his Young Master Xiao, but that did not mean he did nothing.
Hu Li bought a fur coat for his Young Master's good friends, while keeping Lan Xiao, O Zhan and Xiao Qing Yan in check.
By his side, Hu Li was also with Ling Ya Bing. The daughter of Ling Lang Tian did not attend the wedding procession inside the hall and preferred to remain with Xiao Qing Yan.
Hu Li was busy in this place and kept everything safe. He did not bring Siu Yixin, Mo Huai, and Nie Shang to the Northern Continent because the three of them were taking care of something.
Nie Shang and Mo Huai returned to the Thousand Year Inn, while Siu Yixin helped the Patriarchs of the Sky Pagoda Sect to investigate the lunge of the Blood Scarlet.
Previously there had been a lot of news circulating that the Blood Scarlet was helping the Skull Sword Party to take control of every Sect and Black Stream Party that existed in the Middle Sky Empire.
Their targets were small sects and parties. Anyone who disobeys can end up in ashes and their college will only remain a name.
The bad thing is, no one can help. Colleges certainly don't want to involve themselves for problems that are none of their business, even say-they let it go. After all if many small sects were to disappear, their rivals would also be reduced.
Actually Scarlet Blood is like doing a gesture that helps another college. No matter what they do, no one wants to stop them.
If many small colleges are disappearing, then the ones who benefit here are actually middle and large colleges. As for who wants to behave like a hero-they will only end horribly.
The stupidest thing is, the elders of this little college chose death instead of having to seek the help of another college. They had indirectly lightened the work of the Blood Scarlet.
Qian Kun was the one behind all of this. His actions targeting small opponents were a strategy in his preparation against big attacks.
Among the many colleges, it was likely that only the Sky Pagoda Sect and the Earth Stake Party would work together to resolve this.
The thing is, the Blood Scarlet job is so neat. They knew the group was making trouble, but there was no real evidence of their crimes. Moreover, the group hid behind the shadow of the Skull Sword Party.
The college was at the border between the Central Sky Empire and the Northern Sky Empire, a steep mountainous region. The party reached three cities and was within a forest called the Black Banyan Forest.
Anyone who dared to step in there secretly, or whether on purpose and not-will surely end up going home headless when caught by his students. Ling Lang Tian did not even dare to enter the region.
Indeed a few days ago, there was a representative from the Skull Sword Party who was invited to his sister's wedding. It was Ling Lang Tian who invited them despite actually being forbidden by Ling Shen Yue.
His grandmother certainly did not want any member of the Skull Sword Party to come to her grandson's wedding, but according to Ling Lang Tian-they could offend the party if not invited, but according to Ling Lang Tian-they could offend the party if not invited, and of course Ling Shen Yue would know how it would end up.
The way Ling Lang Tian delivered the invitation was not like the others. He simply stood at the boundary of the Skeletal Sword Party's territory and then used the message-delivering bird to send out the invitation.
Unfortunately, the animal was killed by one of the party disciples who kept the Black Banyan Forest safe. Ling Lang Tian knew it would happen.
And annoyingly, the disciple came to see him and handed over the carcass of the bird with a satisfied feeling with a smile full of provocation.
Thankfully it was not Xiao Shuxiang who was in that position. If the Alchemist Chef were to deliver the invitation, then it was likely that he could not control himself like Ling Lang Tian did.
Siu Yixin learned of this story from one of the disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect who happened to accompany Ling Lang Tian to the Black Banyan Forest Region.
Tap
Siu Yixin's feet retraced on one of the tree branches before jumping back and treading on the other tree branch. He along with the six disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect and the three warriors from the Earth Peg Party were traveling towards the north.
The task of Siu Yixin's group was to spread out in every place that was in the Middle Sky Empire. They chased every move made by the Skull Sword Party and the Blood Scarlet.
Coincidentally, the same night. Chaos occurred in the Blood Spirit Sect, one of the middle sects of the Black Stream.
Six Shadow Swordsmen led by Sri Anyar attacked the sect after previously aided by Miao Gang to take over the sect's Protective Seal.
OH.HHH..!!
The sound of the pounding sounded very loud and in line with the clash of weapons that melodious without knowing how long this had all happened.
The disciples of the Blood Spirit Sect were confined within his own college. They had struggled to survive, directing all their abilities to fight the intruders, but their efforts were in vain.
["They can't die, how is this?!"]
["Damn it! What kind of creature are we fighting?!"]
Two bad-faced disciples, they fended off the incoming attacks and were all about defending their lives.
Both of them were very surprised when their attacks should be able to kill the opponent, but instead their opponent could come back alive.
["Monster.. We're fighting monsters.!"]
["They're Immortal...!"] one of the older disciples pressed against his chest, he had just spouted blood and appeared to be panting.
["Senior..!!"]
["Go...! Don't come..!"] he stopped one of his younger brothers from approaching. ["... You guys need to figure out a way out of this place. If not, try to survive.."]
["Senior.."]
["Only you we have. This sect will not end if you live. Go and hide. Go..!"]
After saying so, the Blood Spirit Sect disciple darted to help his fellow student who was blissfully dead. He fought to the point of the final blood and was witnessed by his juniors who some also had incision wounds.
["Senior..!!"]
The disciples of the Blood Spirit Sect, which consisted of three women and two men, aged around 14-15 years old, cried out hysterically as they watched how their seniors were slashed from both directions.
Other than the figure they saw, there were also other seniors who fared similarly. Even brothers who have their age, but with higher practice also died in the hands of the intruders.
["Come... We've got to go. Come..!"] a boy grabbed the hand of his brother who was screaming hysterically just now. As the eldest, he was responsible for bringing his brother to leave this place.
["Harden your heart. It's not the first time you've seen someone die. The future of this sect is in our hands now. Let's go...!"]
The boy drew his friend's hand, he was followed by his other brother and rushed towards the back gate of the sect.
They occasionally dodged stray attacks, hid several times, and then met with fellow students who also had the same goal.
OH, BAAAAM..!!
Debaman again rang out, this time the ground shook violently. A 37-year-old student successfully attacked the only woman from the Six Shadow Warriors to hit the ground.
The woman's body was burning. Another Shadow Warrior who saw this event called out his name.
The cultivator from the Blood Spirit Sect was wearing a dark red-colored outfit, the typical attire of his sect. There was a red dot on his forehead, the disciples of the Blood Spirit Sect including his Grand Elder did indeed have this kind of point.
The cultivator was none other than Sekar Aji, a figure who had previously met Xiao Shuxiang in Flower Recess City. His practice was now still at the Mortal Level Grand Master, and he was carrying one of the Six Kinds of Profound Power.
Sekar Aji belonged to a powerful Blood Spirit Sect disciple, but the one he was fighting was no ordinary enemy. The woman's body, which was clearly charred, even appeared to be re-formed.
["What the hell is this.."]
Of course it's very surprising. A reality where despite having tried his hardest and risked everything, he still could not kill the opponent.
As Aji gripped his sword firmly, he smiled bitterly. His sect was truly no longer able to be saved.
In vain expect a miracle, no help will come. Even if there may be, they will also end horribly.
Sekar Aji exhaled slowly. He poured out Qi on his sword and took out his strongest technique. Even if this did not work and he lost his life, at least he had no regrets.
On the other hand, the opponent before him started to stand up. The woman's head bowed and slowly looked up at her, a smile visible on the blood-stained white face.
Hawa Raynar, a woman dressed in all black and long wavy black hair appears to tilt her head. At the same time, the four scarves expanded like fox tails behind his body.
Eve Raynar's appearance has changed more than ever. Now he looks much more horrible and of course full of charm.
Just as Aji held his breath, this was not the right time to pay attention to the clothes and smooth thighs that his opponent might have deliberately shown. He had already awakened the lioness, and he could do nothing but risk his life.
["It doesn't seem fair that you should have won by killing your opponent, but your opponent has a strange ability to rise from the dead. Even the undead should be reduced to ashes after being burned. But.."] As Aji bit his lower lip before smiling bitterly again, he exhaled a heavy breath.
["Heah... The defeat was absolutely upon me."]
["Hmmph... It seems that now you understand.."] Eve Raynar's soft voice even sounded cold and gripping to the person who heard it. ["... Then let's make it a beautiful night.."]
Eve Raynar darted, at the same time Sekar Aji dashed. The two met in the middle and again exchanged attacks.
Their fight was fierce. Sekar Aji was a cultivator who had an agile movement, beside him was one of the Deep Power Experts.
Now that Aji is an expert in Temperature Energy, he has a stronger sense of smell and taste, so he knows that his opponent's shawl contains a paralyzing poison.
Thanks to his ability, Sekar Aji can be more careful in resisting the opponent's attack. He had unhesitatingly cast a poisonous dagger as his secret weapon.
TRANGS...!
The scarf that clashed with the sword produced a loud sound and a shock wind.
Clash after impact raged all night, either on the side of Sekar Aji or where his fellow students were.
OH.HHH...!
The sound of the sound was heard again. There was someone who stood up and witnessed the chaos in this sect. The figure was dressed in white and he was hugging a rag doll.
Her delicate hand rubbed gently on her doll head, she showed a sad face. Slowly, her tears flowed back down her cheeks.
"You know.." her voice sounded soft, she was like she was talking to her doll.
"... I hate tonight... Makes me want to cry. After targeting a small college, that person is now targeting a high school. He wants to ruin everything. Make them experimental materials. His plan... So horrible.
L'm... Be pity to see them."
That white-clothed figure was Miao Gang, he was standing in the highest building of the Blood Spirit Sect. He looked up and looked at the night sky, his gaze very sad.
Slowly his eyes closed, focused on listening to the sound of the impact of weapons, the loud thump, and the roaring cries of the disciples in this place.
After inhaling a breath, she opened her eyes and tightly hugged her cloth doll.
"I want to cry...
I'm so sad...
My neighbors only want Xiao Shuxiang. But he used them all to get it, including you and me.
We are all tools for the purpose...
How sad... So pathetic..."
Miao Gang looked at one of the Six Shadow Warriors who was fighting with the Grand Elder of the Blood Spirit Sect. The fight was clearly one-sided, this was because the shadow warrior's body could be re-formed even though it had been slashed into pieces.
"... They're all... It is also just a tool.
You and I are used so beautifully...
It was so beautiful that it made me want to cry.
'Strength takes a big risk', they know it and also know it's being harnessed. But let it go, even showing loyalty.
They make me sad... I want to cry."
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