A handsome stranger...

Peace defeats extreme evil....

Initially it appeared to be a reasonable conversation. But when words escaped the lips of the man who beckoned his friend for a news he had to share; Xiao Yuer was pissed to the brim.

"Utter nonsense and a waste of hardwork." The Youth cursed beneath his breath as he felt the need to claw the man's throat open and feed them to those ladies he presumptuously admired.

Women! All about women! Always about women! Was there ever a gist among this drunkards that wasn't always about women!?

Just as Xiao Yuer, the friend of the man who spoke wasn't much pleased as well. He, too, expected a more substantial information from his friend not a shallow remark on how alluring one of the ladies who sat there was.

His unpleasant demeanor scrunched up while a corner of his lips raised up, irritatedly. "Really? Zhan Nian? Was this all you had to tell me? Humph... I blame myself for paying attention to your shamelessness!"

" You boring man! Why don't you ever take time to appreciate the beauty of women?! I dearly feel sympathetic towards your wife...", Zhan Nian countered with a raised voice and a finger pointing at his friend. And in the next instant, lowered his voice and spoke calmly, "Fine. Fine. Fine. I'll tell you about the information I heard today. Come closer." Zhan Nian gestured with his palm.

Lou Jin gave a reluctant look, before he obediently leaned in. while Xiao yuer's interest was piqued again, he was unaware of the waiter who finally approached his table.

Zhan Nian spoke up with a lowered tone, but audible to Xiao Yuer. "I heard the Yiutian sect are visiting the resident area of Wuzhen today for the purpose of Strange anomalies that have been happening lately that no one knows the cause of... "

Luo Jin cut off. Puzzled." Strange anomalies? What is it brother, because I haven't noticed anything lately? " He asked before taking a bite of the tofu bread nearby.

Zhan Nian wore a surprised look before taking a sip of the tea before him. He cleared his throat. Then he continued. " Really? Hasn't brother Lou Jin noticed the large amount of mad people roaming around lately? Even Si Yin, the only daughter of the richest merchant in town, Bao Ren, also ran mad after she went to visit her friends... At Night! Not only that, something else was noticed... "

As if things were getting more dire, Zhan Nian took a deep pause as he stared at luo Jin who was deeply invested in all he had to say. Xiao Yuer who was more intruiged as well decided to make effective use of the pause, after noticing the waiter who patiently stood beside him.

"Get me plates of ramen and wanton soup. With Tofu bread also. "He ordered the waiter who immediately left and came back with what he ordered. Setting them carefully on the table, before leaving shyly. After she was done gawking all over the youth's precious face and features.

Silver hairs and eyes were rare among youth's, though a few were able of obtaining it. However, bearing those features weren't the main deal.

Gracefulness. All that mattered was how graceful one made use of this rare striking colour. And perfectly well, Xiao Yuer exuded an act of gracefulness with this lively features he bore. His silver eyes like clouds embracing the brittleness of pure sun rays. Red lips, similar to a ripened tomato.

He was just perfect!

Xiao Yuer continued listening to the chatting two who had resumed at the moment.

Zhan Nian continued with an exhale after he had taken another sip of the tea beside him. " She was said to be muttering words of grief, likewise shedding tears..."

Xiao Yuer frowned. Words of grief likewise shedding tears? That's strange?

He worked his chopstick on the dishes before him. While attentively listening to Zhan Nian who began to fill his dear friend on issues that were at hand.

From what Xiao Yuer could understand, The town of Wuzhen was secretly terrorized by something evil.

At first, the thought of the cause of such being a soul consuming Xiangmo swam his mind. But with the mentioning of "Words of grief likewise shedding tears?"

It got swatted away like a pestilent housefly.

Soul consuming Xiangmo were capable of having three distinct effect on whomever they attacked. Based on whatever after effect that Xiangmo was capable of wielding.

There was the walking dead after effect. This effect from soul consuming demons made their prey adamant. While he/she became expressionless and strutting around aimlessly. No speaking, blinking, or disclosure of any facial expression. Hence, it was also called the LENGJING DE effect. In other words, the CALM effect.

Then the raging madness followed...

This one's ended up mad. But with touches of flaring up. A strange hypothesis came that this set of individuals were liable to attack anyone they hated before they had their souls consumed; and butcher them in the most gruesome way. Xiao Yuer could remember and point out a few terrible events that were related to this hypothesis.

Lastly. Were the drop dead ones.

The individual who had his soul eaten by this soul Xiangmo was eventually going to end up lifeless. Just like the celestial one that led him and a few of his disciples to their grave. With all this mentioned, Xiao Yuer concluded that it wasn't a soul consuming Xiangmo at all. Rather, it might be another terrific maleficent being.

Xiao Yuer suddenly got pissed off recollecting how he had died and gnashed his teeth in anger, before letting go the very next minute.

"The beautiful Wuzhen Town is also unsafe for livelihood. I wonder what creature would be terrorizing my abode of reincarnation? ".

Xiao Yuer wondered with raised brows. Then decided to push those thoughts for later and began to work on his dish. Eaten quickly and unmannered that a few of his admirers began to lose taste on his gracefulness. Also wondering that the youth might choke on his food.

But as the case may be, a few still wanted to come in contact with the silver haired and eyed stranger with beautiful delicate features. A definition of a Jade beauty.

"Slurp.. slurp...".

Xiao Yuer's mind was focused on his meal as he ate with big bite. Contrary, that didn't stop him from seeing a gloomy silhouette loom over him. It was tall, wide and intimidating as if wanting to envelope him entirely that Xiao Yuer had to peek up to know what it was.

Lo and behold, Xiao Yuer felt his heartbeat pause when he glanced at the source of the silhouette.

Before his table stood a 6ft man cladded in black outfit, with broad shoulders, huge masculine body count, long dashing black hair cascading both sides of his face with a ponytail behind, chiseled jawline and the most handsome face Xiao Yuer had ever seen in his entire years of living. The young fair skinned gentleman had alluring obsidian pupils that was dark coloured and filled with ambiguity. Like it was void of expressing emotions.

It was beautiful... But lethal.

Despite all this as Xiao Yuer continued his scrutiny, he noticed something awry from the man. His eyes. They were still and seemed to stare into nothingness like his environment was invisible to him. Or was it really invisible to him?

"I wonder why he stares into open space like that? Is he perhaps mad or lost? Or is he one of those victims affected by the creature terrorizing this town? " Xiao Yuer fell into deep thought the longer he stared at this handsome man.

When he finally resorted to know more about the strange man and help him out if he was perhaps lost, only then did a charming, light feminine voice chime into the air, heading towards their table.

"Long Haoyu! Long Haoyu! How could you just abandon me so fast? I could've been searching the whole town in tears, looking for you!" .

A beauty fair skinned lady with long black hair also and expensive ornaments decorating her hair, hurriedly approached their table before ending up by the side of the strange handsome man Xiao Yuer thought of.

"Please don't leave me like that again..."

The lady pouted while trying to catch her breath as she was done, while the man glanced at her expressionlessly.

Xiao Yuer took few minutes to scan the ethereal figure of the feminine figure before feeling a strange sense of familiarity from the lady. Her green coloured dressing reminded him of something or somewhere but he couldn't pin a damn finger on it.

Then again, he slightly shuddered when a deep masculine voice descended into the air. Domineering and Icy. "Why should princess Fei Fei look for me when i only came here to serve myself some hot tea and a sumptuous dinner. Rather than listening to you price jewelries with those vendors... "

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Meaning of words...

Tofu: a soft food product prepared by treating soybean milk with coagulants. It's kinda like a bread.

Wanton soup:a meat filling soup (usually pork) and eaten with duck sauce, plum sauce, sweet and sour sauce, or hot mustard.

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