XIAO SHUXIANG'S

77 - Four Way Building [Revised]

After Yang Shu and his disciples finished doing the Heart Demon Cleansing, they then began to be invited to go to a building called, 'Four Directions'.

It was this building that became the center of enlistment and mission retrieval for the cultivators of the Sky Sword Sect.

Xiao Shuxiang and his friends were seen queuing to register their names. Yi Wen, who was at the front once started answering a question from one of the Heaven Sword Sect disciples who was writing.

After the disciple recorded his name, he began to give out a token made of white jade. It was this token that became the identity that Yi Wen was now part of the Sky Sword Sect.

"Take care, don't get rid of it."

Yi Wen nodded and started to step towards the place where Yang Shu was standing.

The Heaven Sword Sect disciple then asked the child behind Yi Wen earlier, this time it was Bao Yu's turn.

Sixth-placed Xiao Shuxiang was already impatient to finish this as soon as possible. He then began to break through the queue, but was immediately restrained and pulled by Jing Mi.

"Brother Xiao, you must follow the rules. Don't just break through like this,"

"I don't want to wait in line for Brother Jing, because it's taking too long..!"

Xiao Shuxiang still wanted to break through, but Jing Mi began to be helped by Hou Yong when Xiao Shuxiang was beside him.

"Eiith! Don't go ahead of that, Brother Xiao. Go back to where you are" Hou Yong said as he held onto Xiao Shuxiang's left shoulder.

"Brother Xiao, fellow men should not precede each other. Hurry back to your place.." Jing Mi and Hou Yong continued to persuade Xiao Shuxiang to return to where he was standing earlier, this made Xiao Shuxiang cluck in annoyance.

"Tsk, the rules of where it is..! All right, all right." Xiao Shuxiang finally gave up, he started to turn around and again stood behind Jing Mi.

One by one the disciples of the Butterfly Sect earned their respective tokens. Xiao Shuxiang had already stepped three times forward, as he sensed that something was bumping into his butt.

Xiao Shuxiang turned around and turned his head, he could see Feng Ying prodding her buttocks with a plain face and eyes.

"What is this about you?" he naturally felt astonished by Feng Ying's strange behavior.

Hearing the question from Xiao Shuxiang, Feng Ying started to raise her head while making a soft sound but made Xiao Shuxiang's upper lip twitch.

"Hungry…"

"You're hungry, but don't head me. Away a little," Xiao Shuxiang pushed Feng Ying slowly and then began to turn his body towards Jing Mi's back.

Feng Ying again headed Xiao Shuxiang over, several times she muttered strange words, and this made Xiao Shuxiang feel uneasy.

"Brother Jing, let's exchange with me. I don't want to be behind you" Xiao Shuxiang patted Jing Mi's back gently.

"Brother Xiao, you will have to wait your own turn. I can't give up my place, I don't want to."

Xiao Shuxiang pinched slowly at Jing Mi's nape, "Feng Ying is acting strangely behind me and it makes me uncomfortable. Brother Jing, you are so hard on me. Is this how you treat your own brother, huh?"

Jing Mi pursed her lips as Xiao Shuxiang started to make a grunt that she thought was very similar to Xiao Lu while sulking.

"Well, they look alike.."

Jing Mi then started to turn around, she was quite jolted as Feng Ying really looked hungry.

Feng Ying's face was plain, her eyes were like that of a daydreaming person, yet several times turned like the eyes of a dead fish. And that was why Xiao Shuxiang became uncomfortable because of it.

Jing Mi finally allowed Xiao Shuxiang to take her place, but Feng Ying suddenly walked after Xiao Shuxiang, as if tailing her.

"Ying'Er, you're behind me.." Jing Mi stopped Feng Ying and asked her to stand behind her back.

Feng Ying only complied, although she actually strongly objected. His cheeks seemed to bubble up, he looked at Xiao Shuxiang with a strange look. His actions, made Xiao Shuxiang unconsciously swallow.

"He's a dangerous kid.." Xiao Shuxiang stroked his chest slowly while starting to wait for his turn.

The Sky Sword Sect disciple despite seeing there was a little bit of a debate on the children in front of him, yet he did not bother at all. As if something like this was common.

"Next?" The Sky Sword Sect disciple called out to the other child in front of him.

"Next?"

"Below here,"

!

The Sky Sword Sect disciples slightly flinched as a hand flailed and patted the periphery of the table in front of him.

The Sky Sword Sect disciple stood up slightly from his seat and looking down, he could see a boy who turned out to be Hou Yong.

"How old are you?" The Sky Sword Sect disciple sat back down and started to take down names and ask Hou Yong's age.

"Eight years,"

"Hm, you are shorter than the girls who are there," the Sky Sword Sect Disciple used her gaze to point at Yi Wen who was seen standing next to Yang Shu.

"One day, I'll be taller than him..!" Hou Yong was actually always wondering about this.

He and Yi Wen were both eight years old, but the girl was taller than him. Though the food that she and Yi Wen consumed was the same.

"That's the strangest thing a girl has.."

The Sky Sword Sect disciple then called out to the next child, this time it was Xiao Shuxiang's turn.

"Brother Jing, you carry me." Xiao Shuxiang asked Jing Mi who was standing behind him to carry him, she did not want to raise her face to the Sky Sword Sect Disciple.

Jing Mi of course felt astonished, she was confused by Xiao Shuxiang's strangely impressed request. However Xiao Shuxiang asked for it again, and it made Jing Mi finally comply.

The Sky Sword Sect disciple shook his head, he felt that there was only the behavior of these Butterfly Sect disciples in front of him.

"Name?"

"Xiao Shuxiang"

!!

The disciples of the Sky Sword Sect who heard Xiao Shuxiang mention his name, became jolted and instantly turned their heads towards him.

"You saying your name again?" the Heaven Sword Sect disciple wanted to convince himself of what he had heard just now.

Xiao Shuxiang smiled faintly and then said his name once again while placing emphasis.

The disciples of the Sky Sword Sect simultaneously shook their heads as they exhaled softly, some of them rubbing their chest softly. This incident made Xiao Shuxiang feel puzzled.

"Haaah, get the scroll," the Heaven Sword Sect disciple asked the friend beside him to take out a black scroll.

"Your name is Xiao Shuxiang, age?" the Heaven Sword Sect disciple after obtaining the scroll he had requested, he started writing down Xiao Shuxiang's name as well as asking about his age.

Xiao Shuxiang himself was confused as to what he wanted to answer, he had the body of a seven-year-old child, while the age when he used 'Resurrection Path' was 39 years old, and now a hundred years have passed. Doesn't that mean, his age is now approximately one hundred and forty-six years old?

The Sky Sword Sect disciple waited, he then asked back to Xiao Shuxiang.

"Your age?"

"What age do you think I look like?" Xiao Shuxiang smiled as he raised his brows, he instead used a question back as an answer.

"He's 7 years old," Jing Mi who was holding Xiao Shuxiang was the one who answered the question from the disciples of the Sky Sword Sect.

Inwardly, Xiao Shuxiang was proud of Jing Mi for helping her.

The disciple of the Sky Sword Sect, "Is it really your Xiao marga?"

Xiao Shuxiang and Jing Mi looked at each other upon hearing that. They coincidentally answered simultaneously, "That's right."

The disciple of the Sky Sword Sect nodded and finally gave a white jade-colored token to Xiao Shuxiang. Only, this token has a different color on its one side. Unlike tokens belonging to his friends who only have one color only.

On the purple side of the token, there is the number '114'. Xiao Shuxiang asked, "Why is the color of my token different from theirs and what is this strange number?"

Disciple of the Sky Sword Sect, "You are the one hundred and fourteenth person to have a name like the Destroying Star."

Hearing him, made Xiao Shuxiang surprised even to the point of opening his mouth wide. "W-How Can That Be?! You-You Want to Say, My Name Was Used By Over A Hundred People, I see?!"

The disciples of the Sky Sword Sect, "The very similar names are 114 people, but the ones who use the name 'Shuxiang' are numerous and they are only distinguished by their surnames."

Xiao Shuxiang protested, "Wait a minute. Isn't there a rule in naming someone, it can't be just given away, right?!"

"You don't understand today, son. As a result of the Destroying Star, many people broke the rules of naming their children. Even some are willing to do a clan exchange just for that."

"Me-It Could Be?!" Xiao Shuxiang felt like he was faced with such a strange and extremely rare problem.

"Well... How else. I myself am also named 'Xiao Shuxiang'." The disciple of the Sky Sword Sect slightly confided, "As a child, some people regarded me as an illegitimate child for not wearing the surname of my father or mother. Even my entire family, no one has the 'Xiao' clan'."

Disciple of the Sky Sword Sect, "I was only able to make a name change when I was 17. Fortunately, this continent had such a policy. Otherwise, perhaps until now the name of the Destroying Star will continue to be attached to me.."

Another Sky Sword Sect disciple said to Xiao Shuxiang, "The name of the Destroying Star is a burdening name. Never mention your full name to anyone else. And when you're 17, hurry up and change your name."

Xiao Shuxiang felt uneasy, but not because of the burden on his name. But because of the many people who dare to use the name of the Destroying Star. Doesn't that mean, there are many fake Xiao Shuxiang in the Eastern Continent?!

"So this was what Grandma Tian said back then. He also warned me not to mention my name in full.." Xiao Shuxiang muttered, yet his mutter could be heard clearly by Jing Mi.

"So, when we left that Traveling Lodge that Grandma Tian whispered to you, Brother?"

Xiao Shuxiang nodded, he then asked to be taken down by Jing Mi. With a bad mood, he walked towards Yang Shu.

"How Dare..! How Dare They Use This Xiao Shuxiang Name!! Just Watch Out, The First Thing I'll Do When I Get Back My Strength Is Kill Everyone Who Dares to Wear My Name!!"

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Author's Note :

Waaah, Arigatou Gozaimasu For Still Faithful Following The Journey of 'Xiao Shuxiang' So Far..! ⁇ (´▽`)/

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