Shizun, Misunderstood this Disciple As a Hero. [bl]

Chapter 24

[Shizun still doesn't know how my original body looks like.]

Xiu Lian slowly looked up.

"Peak Lord Xiu Qiangshu!" Xiu Lian bursted into tears upon seeing Xiu Qiangshu. He hugged his waist tightly like a baby. Yun lixin narrowed his eyes at Xiu lan. A frown creasing on his face.

Yun lixin's eyes darkened. Everyone shivered as the temperature suddenly dropped.

"What happened here? Who did this?" Xiu Qiangshu asked, concerned.

"I-I don't know! But I know it was a demon's work! The demon king came and destroyed this place! He even killed my parents..!" Xie Lian sobbed.

Yun lixin raised his eyebrow.

"Yes! The demon king!" Xie Lan cried again.

"But why did he come here out of all the places?"

"I don't know! All I knew was people barged in while I was asleep and killed my parents, I woke up mid-war to find my parents already dead. It was as if everyone were controlled by someone. In rage..I killed them all." Xie lan sobbed sorrowfully.

"You Should have spared some to be interrogated, if you really wanted to avenge your family." Qian fan argued. He didn't bother being formal with the person who disrespected his shizun.

"Calm down, A person in rage isn't able to think rationally. We can find another way. At Least we know that these people are from the demon..realm." Xiu Qiangshu frowned upon seeing one of the bodies.

He broke free from Xiu lan and knelt before the body as he inspected it. He checked their wrists and saw a weird red symbol before. The weird symbol slowly faded.

"These people don't seem to be from the demon realm. They are being controlled..they are just dead bodies used as a puppet--by forbidden methods." Xiu Qiangshu confirmed.

"Again!?" Shu Chang's eyes faintly went wide. Xiu Qiangshu nodded.

This puppet master seem to be getting stronger. What was his motive? First at the Snowdrop sect and now at Xiu Sect? Was that person dropping hints? Or is he warning him about something?

"This matter is confusing. I must speak with second peak Lord shi liang along with other peak lords on this matter." Xiu Qiangshu informed.

Yun Lixing pursed his lips upon hearing Shi Liang's name.

"You can stay with us if you want to, Xie lan." Xiu Qianghu offered.

"No..I want to stay here. I will clean up the mess..I'm too attached to this place.." Xiu Lan replied as he stared at the ground.

"As you wish. We will come to you in a few days. Take care." Xiu Qiangshu gave his respect by cupping his hands and bowing slightly before leaving the place. The others paid their respects before departing.

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"It's so dark.." Xiu Qiangshu whispered as he looked out the curtains of his carriage.

It was almost midnight. They were on their way back to their sect. They were surrounded by tall trees that looked threatening in the dark. The fire from their firewood torches wasn't helping.

Shuchang and Qianfan squinted their eyes as they used their firewood torches to look around.

"I can't see anything. Are we even on the right path?" Shuchang asked as he slowed down his horse.

"This isn't a good sign. It's better to go back, or find a place to stay." The coachman stopped the carriage and advised.

Shuchang and Qianfan looked at each other and then at Yun Lixin.

"I think it's better if we find a place to stay too." Yun Lixin replied. Shuchang nodded and looked at the coachman.

"Alright. Coachman, Please keep going straight. Once we are out of forest, we should find a place to stay."

The coachman nodded and whipped the horse as he led the horse ahead.

After a while of riding the horse. They didn't see any signs of a forest or a place to stay. They found themselves in an empty ground filled with long weeds and grass. They stopped.

"Did we take the wrong path?" Schuchang asked, frowning.

"Surely not." Yun Lixin replied, with a confused look.

Xiu Qiangshu stepped out of the carriage.

"This is strange." He said as he looked around with his torch.

"It's better if we go back then," Schuchang said as he rode his horse back into the forest along with Qianfan.

"Shizun, You should go back into the carriage." He smiled. Xiu Qiangshu nodded and walked back to his carriage, but just as he was about to enter, he saw the spirit ball again.

"What are you doing here again?" Xiu Qiangshu asked the spirit ball.

Yun Lixin who was about to follow Shuchang and Qianfan looked at Xiu Qiangshu when he noticed the suspicious spirit ball.

The spirit ball flew in circles around Xiu Qiangshu as if it were happy to be noticed by him. The spirit ball flew toward the ground with tall grass and weeds, as if trying to show him something. Xiu Qiangshu without thinking followed it.

"Shizun!" Yun Lixin called out seeing that Xiu Qiangshu was following the spirit ball—but it was too late.

A fog surrounded Xiu Qiangshu as he couldn't see anything except for the spirit ball. The spirit ball stopped in front of Xiu Qiangshu's face. It moved around as if trying to tell him something. But the spirit ball couldn't as he was just a soul and didn't have a form. The spirit ball entered Xiu Qiangshu's body with full force. Xiu Qiangshu gasped as he felt the pressure in his chest.

Xiu Qiangshu glanced around. He couldn't see anything as he walked in the thick fog. He suddenly saw a black silhouette, which scared Xiu Qiangshu. He flinched and stepped back before his head bumped into something hard.

"Ouch." Xiu Quangshu yelped as he rubbed his head.

"Shizun! Are you alright?" A cease formed between Yun Lixin's eyebrows.

"What are you doing here?" Xiu Qiangshu asked, folding his arms in front of him.

"I don't know. I just followed you and ended up here." He smiled.

"Okay.." Xiu Qiangshu sized up Yun Lixin and asked,"Why do you look like that? Why do you look so big?"

Yun lixin's eyes slightly widened,"M-maybe it's the thick fog?"

"Hmm, I don't think so." Xiu Qiangshu eyed him suspiciously before turning back around.

The scene before them changed. They were in a forest. Xiu Qiangshu saw a slender shape, with a kind face walking in the forest finding some herbs. He was wearing the Snowdrop sect's robes, but Xiu Qiangshu didn't recognize him. He then walked straight through Xiu Qiangshu as if he didn't exist there which startled Xiu Qiangshu a little, but the Kind faced guy didn't seem to notice anything strange.

That's when he realised that he was in the spirit ball's memory, and this kind—faced guy was the spirit ball before he died.

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A/n : sorry for the late upload! But I hope you're doing well! The next chapter will be uploaded soon in few days or so. Thank you for your patience! Please ignore any spelling or grammatical mistakes. I swear once this Spirit ball's memory arc is over, the story will be of Yun Lixin's love interest.