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Chapter 28 : Ghost Town Part 2

Liu Xiao turned his head at Shi Xuan. Even though he was wearing a commoner clothes, his good looks and youthful features still radiated, anyone would assume that he was a noble in disguise or a prince. Liu Xiao sighed and thought, this thought of mine felt nostalgic. He always remember someone who always look radiating with handsomeness.

Liu Xiao said as he pulled him closer to crouch on the roof. His attention shifted to the two men who were about to enter a dark narrow path between a two large building. He gestured to Bai Lan and Lan Yang as they proceed to the place where the two men went to.

After that, he looked At Shi Xuan and examined his pulse. Liu Xiao was amazed how he's always not hurt when he go alone. He hurriedly patted Shi Xuan's head and went back to look around the ghost town while crouching on the roof.

He saw Bai Lan went out of the dark narrow path and gestured them to come. Chen Yi and Shan Ling swiftly land down to the ground unnoticed and pretended that they were talking while walking inside the narrow path. Liu Xiao scratched his head. he murmured to himself.

Shi Xuan said while gently dragging Liu Xiao on the back of the roof. Liu Xiao frowned at him and his face looked puzzled, Liu Xiao asked, letting himself be dragged by Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan asked. Liu Xiao tilted his head as if he was asking for an explanation then he slowly nodded his head and said, Shi Xuan turned at him and his lips slightly curving, showing a gentle smile.

They landed down slowly in a narrow pathway full of red lanterns. Liu Xiao followed Shi Xuan while his five senses working, alarmed and examining the place. Even though he trust Shi Xuan, he was worried that someone might ambush them and Shi Xuan might get hurt so his hand was readied to pull out his sword fom it's scabbard anytime.

Shi Xuan saw him and he laughed with a low voice. He tapped Liu Xiao lightly and spoke, Huh? He what? What bugs? Liu Xiao silently gasped imagining that Shi Xuan was just smashing those demonic cultivators like he was stepping on a bug. He blinked many times and shook his head to focus on the mission but he can't resist his smile coming out of his lips.

Shi Xuan asked. Liu Xiao pinched his face to stop himself from smiling answered,

Shi Xuan curiously asked.

Liu Xiao immediately answered.

Shi Xuan was stunned for a moment, his eyes raised and his lips tightly pursed. Liu Xiao just realized how his answer sounded like, he turned around and massaged his temples. Fucking... Didn't my answer sound perverted?! (︺︹︺) The fuck, why would i imagine.... No it's not like that! It's different!

Liu Xiao quickly turned around and started to explain himself,

Shi Xuan only nodded and continued walking, his lips showing out a slight smirk. Liu Xiao wanted to slam himself in one of the walls in the pathway but Shi Xuan might see him as a madman so he just restrained himself and silent choking himself inside his mind. As they walk and walk and walk, a large manor greeted them. It was old and luxurious, everything was only black and gold and red lanterns were hanged all over.

Liu Xiao thought that this place looked like a dungeon of a mini boss in a game. He aggressively gulped and held the hilt of his sword, readying it out of it's scabbard but he was stunned seeing Shi Xuan casually opened the gate like it's his own home. Liu Xiao was left dumbfounded outside the large manor. After recovering himself, he cleared his throat and immediately fixed his clothes before going inside, looking nervous and alarmed.

As soon as he entered, a sweet child started humming creepily. It's voice were echoing through the large manor filled with red lights and fog. Liu Xiao couldn't take it anymore and his whole body started trembling in fear and closed his eyes, covering his ears. GAAAAHHHH! I HATE GHOST! I DEFINITELY FUCKING HATE GHOST! WHO WANTS TO HEAR THEIR SINGING?! I DON'T! I HATE MUSIC! LET IT STOP! LET IT STOP! ( TДT)

Suddenly, the humming sound was followed by a sound of drum, then a sound of flute until the sound of zither. Liu Xiao uncovered his ears and started tapping his foot to follow the beat of the sound, he slowly grinned and started dancing like an idiot in the middle of the manor.

Anyone would think that he's a madman dancing by himself in a large and dark manor, most importantly that manor looked like a haunted house. He was taken aback by the crazy beats of the sound and started dancing wildly when someone suddenly spoke,

It was Shi Xuan. Liu Xiao was stunned by seeing him, he didn't even dare to move while Shi Xuan was looking at him. Later on, he fixed himself and cleared his throat. Liu Xiao answered, pretending to be normal and nodding his head.

Liu Xiao really wanted to kill himself right now and be reborn as a tree. He can't take anymore second hand embarrassment and much worse infront of Shi Xuan! Shi Xuan might think of him as a mad man and stopped calling him Gege anymore!

Shi Xuan was grinning while he was holding Liu Xiao's wrist and gently dragging him somewhere, Liu Xiao was just stunned and thinking about his past cringe actions and started to atone for his second hand embarrassment inside his mind while he let Shi Xuan drag him somewhere.

As the years passed, i'm slowly destroying the original "Liu Xiao's" beautiful and elegant image. I wonder what will he do to me once he saw the things i did? Will he choke me, kill me, or maybe hang me up in the middle of starving demons or throw me in an atonement cliff full of negative energy... Just thinking about it scares me!

Liu Xiao was taken aback and saw a figure of a man sitting in a large and luxurious gold bed. The man had a green hair and a bandana on his forehead. His odd light purple eyes looked strong and his eyebrows were sharp, his expression looked like someone who will massacre everyone on sight.

a small female child pointed at Liu Xiao, other children who's holding a drum, flute and zither were also looking at him weirdly.

Liu Xiao's face heated up and yelled back at the kid,

The green haired man shifted his attention at Liu Xiao and looked at him weirdly, his sharp and thin eyebrows raised. Shi Xuan just looked lazily at him and pulled Liu Xiao behind him.

Liu Xiao looked at the surroundings, everything was full of stinking demonic qi and human skeletons everywhere. He then glanced at the green haired guy that was ready to battle Shi Xuan at the moment. If you look at it, the green haired guy and Shi Xuan looked like the same age, fifteen or sixteen maybe.

A black and green demonic qi was coming out of the green haired guy, he was gritting his teeth and glaring at Shi Xuan. They were about to jump and engage into battle when Liu Xiao shouted.

Liu Xiao gently shoved Shi Xuan away and walked forward to the green haired guy and released his orange spiritual qi and spread it to the green haired guy, the green haired guy was stunned and suddenly, his body felt hot and slowly sunk into a dark green snake, it shouted with it's small voice to Liu Xiao.

Liu Xiao rolled his eyes and lightly smacked the Wen Yong. the dark green snake, Wen Yong, struggled from his grasp, his high pitch voice shouting, Liu Xiao rolled his eyes and replied,

Liu Xiao was actually grinning and laughing inside his mind. The last time after his closed door cultivation, he tried to find the giant snake that attack them in the Shen Hua Mountain and make it his pet. Now that he found it, who would've known the snake turned into a demon cult leader? And much more a kid!

the female child yelled and her small fist punching Liu Xiao.

Liu Xiao stared at them, pondering before infusing spiritual qi in his dimension ring and sucking in the children.

Wen Yong was still shouting but Liu Xiao paid no attention to it. He turned at Shi Xuan who was just looking at him. He didn't dare to ask a question or mock Liu Xiao and just smiled and spoke, Liu Xiao blinked and nodded to him.

As soon as they came back, they went straight to the narrow path where Bai Lan, Chen Yi, Shan Ling and Lan Yang went to. They glanced at Shi Xuan and thejr eyes lingered on the dark green snake Liu Xiao was holding. Chen Yi said while rolling her eyes.

Liu Xiao simply answered.

The four of them looked at Liu Xiao like he's a weird person then glanced at the woman who was catching her breath, her whole body bleeding. Liu Xiao said while he crouch to the woman, he continued, showing Wen Yong in his hands.

The woman breathed a few times before answering hoarsely, Liu Xiao glanced at the snake while it laughed and yelled,

Liu Xiao was stunned. Shi Xuan glared and the dark snake looked at him, hissing and yelling. all of a sudden, the dark green snake had his mouth shut, and all the people shifted their attention at Shi Xuan.

Liu Xiao paused for a bit before speaking at the four. he then put Wen Yong inside his dimension ring and grabbed Shi Xuan in a quiet place. Liu Xiao's face was confused as he spoke,

Shi Xuan's face paled as he shook his head. Liu Xiao frowned and sighed. Liu Xiao said.

Shi Xuan sighed and he removed a two gold jade bracelet in his both hands, his body started changung and his true form gradually showing. Suddenly, Liu Xiao's bewildered face slowly turned pale and his eyes widened at the true form of the person he saw, he couldn't help but to utter his name.

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