The Guardians: The Swordsman of the Moon

Wu Jiao Xing and Bai Ruo

The Snow Dew people cheered happily with the victory achieved by his people four times in a row. The arrogance on their faces was increasingly evident even until the last match of the day, the Snow Dew people looked down on the people from the outer plains.

"They're outrageous, has the Snow Dew friendly match always been like this?" an irritated Li Zhou Ran asked as he returned to their room.

Li Huan poured tea. "Tens of years have passed since our game in this city. This city is clearly different from the past."

Mo Xian who did not understand what was being talked about threw himself onto the bed with Xiao Hei.

"Xian'er, go take a shower first." Li Zhou Ran immediately reminded, he was very unhappy with people who could not keep clean especially themselves. Mo Xian nodded and immediately went to the room that the hot tub had provided for a bath.

"Do you think this is what Bai Xue did. That useless man since young was already famous for not having a conscience. Remember when our match was, he even nearly killed his opponent in the arena despite being reminded?"

Li Huan nodded. "How could I forget, the man who was about to die looked at me for help. Bai Xue, I thought that when she was raised to be the leader her nature would change, I didn't expect this to only get worse because the Snow Dew people were now like her. Unfeeling."

Mo Xian who was in the next room could hear the conversation of the two. Mo Xian was slightly able to understand what was going on.

"About the heart of Hongbaoshi. I guess it was just to lure people to come to this place."

Li Huan seemed to think for a moment.

"I'm sure that's not the reason, our members were actually informed that Bai Xin had been stolen from their storage. Our people can't be wrong about this."

"If it was really Bai Xin who was stolen, would Bai Xue really have to go this far to catch the thief?"

"I'm afraid that's not the only reason. No matter how valuable Hongbaoshi and Bai Xin were, it was not a difficult thing to obtain for a person like Bai Xue."

"Then?"

"Our people said that not only had Bai Xin been stolen, but that their precious heirlooms had been stolen as well."

"What's that?"

Li Huan shook his head.

"There's no information about it, it looks like we can just wait."

Li Zhou Ran sighed and saw Mo Xian coming out clean, wearing a clean shirt with slightly wet hair. Li Zhou Ran then chose to help Mo Xian dry his hair and ignore his feelings of worry.

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The second day of the match, Mo Xian again sat on the participant bench with Wu Jiao Xing. 

Unlike the first day, the match of the second day was divided into five matches and this time for the opening match, it was unexpected that Wu Jiao Xing's name appeared in the first order, the first, and to his opponent was the young man from the Snow Dew plains.

That young man named Bai Rou had a slightly softer face than the ones from yesterday. There was a mole under his left eye, and his hair was also intentionally tied high like a ponytail. He carried a silver-colored sword that glittered in the sunlight.

Instead Wu Jiao Xing also carried the black sword that was commonly used to train with Mo Xian. The two faced each other and bowed respectfully to each other before Bai Hua rang the gong, a sign that the match was about to begin.

"I heard you are a member of the Peacock Alliance. It is an honor for me to be able to deal with the members of the Peacock Alliance. I hope you don't disappoint me," he said with a smile before quickly moving forward and attacking Wu Jiao Xing. 

His movements were extremely fast and almost invisible, Mo Xian who was watching along with others was blown away with his swift movements, some of them considered Wu Jiao Xing unable to dodge the ith attack, not being able to avoid the, but Mo Xian knew his gege was not that simple.

Bai Ruo's eyes were rounded upon noticing his attack being fended off with a sword that hadn't even come out of its sheath.

Wu Jiao Xing smiled sinisterly. "Then I also hope that the Snow Dew people don't disappoint me because I haven't fought in earnest."

Wu Jiao Xing pushed Bai Ruo and pulled out his black sword. The face of Bai Ruo who had his first attack failed to become dumbfounded and dark.

Wu Jiao Xing jumped in reply, Bai Ruo swiftly parried him with a sword, but Wu Jiao Xing's movements were faster and managed to land a kick on Bai Ruo's waist. One point for Wu Jiao Xing.

Mo Xian who was sitting on the audience bench looked in amazement at Wu Jiao Xing's skill, he had long since trained with Wu Jiao Xing but still couldn't help but admire his skill.

"I didn't expect that your son's guard turned out to be talented as well, where did the older brother find him?"

"It looks like the eye that can see the seeds of one's talent is just a myth" Li Huan said.

Wang Xueshi who had said such an answer became annoyed.

"Say, have I seen this boy before. This child was so calm, even his spiritual core had yet to develop. I don't see any talent from him."

Li Huan smiled while the match on stage grew fiercer. The one-point defeated Bai Ruo wanted to catch up immediately by flowing spiritual energy into his sword and attack quite aggressively. However, his attack could still be held up well by Wu Jiao Xing and it made him even more furious.

Not only that, their swords clashed against each other, but Wu Jiao Xing's sword still held on and was not exposed to the effects of his ice attacks.

"You must remember that teachers once said, people who are great in martial arts are not only those who have talent, but also those who work hard."

Wang Xueshi snorted and leaned back his body.

On the stage, Bai Ruo was completely angered by Wu Jiao Xing. Wu Jiao Xing's light movements always managed to avoid all of Bai Ruo's attacks.

"Is this just your best ability?" wu Jiao Xing asked with a smile.

Bai Ruo was surprised by Wu Jiao Xing's expression. Wu Jiao Xing who had previously taken a defensive position now started attacking. Swinging his black sword upwards and twisting it straight before jerking it aside until Bai Ruo's sword bounced off the stage.

Bai Ruo who was separated with his sword while the spiritual energy was still connected, it made Bai Ruo's body get a bad thing. Bai Ruo spewed out a mouthful of blood and staggered back a few steps while holding onto his chest.

"Say, you still want to go on or go with your mouth saying defeat?" 

Wu Jiao Xing smiled sinisterly, standing in the middle of the arena while playing a sword. Bai Ruo's eyes reddened in anger, the person in front of him actually had the ability. 

The people sitting on the spectator bench also had tense faces, especially from the Snow Dew plains, their faces started to darken looking at Bai Ruo's poor position.

Seeing those dark-eyed Snow Dew plains faces made Bai Ruo burn with anger, even when he saw the chairman Bai Xue who didn't even want to see him anymore made Bai Ruo crazy. 

"It's not over!" bai Ruo said before leaping to the center of the stage and fighting empty-handed, trying to attack Wu Jiao Xing's vital point, but like before Wu Jiao Xing was very good at dodging especially after his opponent lost his weapon.

Wu Jiao Xing jumped to the side and returned his sword to its scabbard, using it as a blunt weapon, not just using it as a shield, instead, Wu Jiao Xing also used it to hit twice in a row on Bai Ruo's waist and face that was white to the point of leaving a red mark on his cheek.

Bai Ruo could not believe he had been defeated by Wu Jiao Xing, still attacking aggressively with his bare-handed martial skills. However, Wu Jiao Xing already did not want to serve him and got off the stage.

"Back here, I haven't finished you loser!" bai Ruo shouted from the stage.

Wu Jiao Xing who had just descended from the last rung turned his head to look at him sharply with his dark blue bead that was as deep as the ocean.

"Stop lying to yourself, you idiot!"

Mo Xian couldn't see her anymore, Wu Jiao Xing really had a bad mouth, let alone others, even Mo Xian as his young master had already received cruel words from Wu Jiao Xing's mouth many times.

The people of the outer plains who heard Wu Jiao Xing's words laughed out loud while the people from the Snow Dew plains were silent a thousand languages. Bai Ruo who got all chuckling was petrified like a statue as if his head had just been hit by a very hard object, seeing Wu Jiao Xing leave just like that back on the participant bench.

The first match on the second day actually featured an interesting match for the spectators, especially from the outer plains losing four times in a row.

1391 Words.

August 30th, 2020.

September 07, 2020.

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