The Guardians: The Swordsman of the Moon

Dream: Back to the beginning.

The next morning, according to what the previous attendant had said, everyone was again divided into several classes. Mo Xian and Wu Jiao Xing went into the combined classroom and got a room in another dorm building.

This time the student dormitory is different from the previous one because in the dormitory which is now one student gets a room complete with a bed, closet and bathtub. However, to be able to bathe in the room, students must take their own water in the spring which is located quite far from the student dormitory. On the contrary, not far from the student dormitory there was a public bathing pool.

However, Mo Xian of course he could not bathe in the public bath, so he had to bring one bucket to bring the water from the spring.

"Why don't you take a bath in a public bath, it will be easier than taking a tear from a spring," Wu Jiao Xing lamented as he helped Mo Xian fetch water.

Mo Xian let out a dry laugh, he couldn't possibly say that he was a girl. "I'm not used to bathing with the crowd," Mo Xian replied with a hint of distress as he carried a bucket of water with both hands, even the water inside the bucket swayed and came out of the bucket bit by bit. Mo Xian's lifetime never took water with a bucket even having to go down a few steps and walk far enough to reach the spring. In his previous life, in the modern world he only needed to turn the faucet and the water would be his, while living with Li Huan, the maid always provided water for him, her life was completely spared.

"Ck! You have to adapt to a new place, for what shame if everyone in the bath is a man, they won't eat you."

Mo Xian simply laughed in response to Wu Jiao Xing's remark. Of course that was the case, since the contents of the public bath were all men!

It would take at least three good times to fill Mo Xian's bathtub. Wu Jiao Xing at least brought six buckets while Mo Xian brought three buckets.

Mo Xian heaved a sigh of relief after getting inside the bathtub and locking his room, mimijit his achy hands and imagined this activity would last as long as he stayed in Bai Lian's sect.

After the shower, it was late in the afternoon and it was time for dinner. Mo Xian walked out of the room and threw out his used water not far from the dorm yard, using it to water the plants. After he finished throwing water, Wu Jiao Xing walked up to him and took him to the cafeteria before the place became crowded, he wanted to make sure that today he would not sit at a table with the Bai brothers.

Mo Xian said, just like yesterday Mo Xian was in charge of finding a place and getting a table with Zhang Rouruan.

"Where's your food?" zhang Rouruan asked as he saw Mo Xian sitting down without carrying a tray of food.

Mo Xian smiled. "My brother's picking it up, I'm in charge of finding a place."

Zhang Rouruan smiled sweetly and stirred up his lotus root soup. "You guys are really compact."

Mo Xian nodded approvingly and saw the food that was in front of Zhang Rouruan consisted of a bowl of rice, one small bowl of stir-fried meat, one plate of boiled vegetables, one tofu fruit, and one small bowl of stir-fried meat, one bowl of lotus root soup and one small plate contained pieces of fruit, a considerable amount of food for Mo Xian.

"How was your second day here?" ask Zhang Rouruan.

"Good, good enough."

"Mm, great. By the way I'm in a joint class, what about you?"

Mo Xian blinked and looked around, afraid that Wu Jiao Xing was looking for him.

"I also entered the combined class."

Zhang Rouruan's face instantly brightened. "That's great, we can be friends and you can also teach me how to cultivate properly."

"Mm," Mo Xian answered the origin because he saw Wu Jiao Xing standing amongst the hustle and bustle of people while carrying a tray. Mo Xian waved his hand and Wu Jiao Xing who had been looking around was finally able to see Mo Xian.

Wu Jiao Xing placed two bowls of meat-filled dumpling soup, one plate containing two pieces of tofu, as well as one small bowl containing chili slices. Mo Xian took out his bowl of dumpling soup and immediately held the chopsticks and spoon, he then moved his chives to Wu Jiao Xing's bowl while Wu Jiao Xing moved his pokcoi into Mo Xian's bowl.

Zhang Rouruan noticed the interaction of the two and couldn't help but smile, the two people in front of him were truly very compatible little brother.

"You eat that little?" ask Zhang Rouruan.

Mo Xian smiled while Wu Jiao Xing was already preparing to eat. "I'm not used to eating a lot."

Zhang Rouran nodded, only this time did he see the boys eating a small portion, even he ate more and it made him a little embarrassed.

Mo Xian then started eating after saying goodbye. He only ate one bowl of dumpling soup and half a piece of tofu before giving all the rest to Wu Jiao Xing.

After the meal, Mo Xian parted with Zhang Rouruan in front of the cafeteria as the male and female dormitories were separated. Mo Xian also immediately returned to the room as there was nothing else the new disciple could do. In contrast to the senior disciple who was seen still training in the courtyard and being watched by a sect elder as Mo Xian passed through the hallway to return to the room.

Mo Xian took a quick look at how the senior disciples practiced using the sword compactly and rhythmically, Mo Xian also listened to how the senior disciples were shouting loudly, encouraging himself.

Mo Xian smiled looking at him and could not wait to train tomorrow. However, just as he was watching the senior disciple train, someone reported him from behind until Mo Xian fell down.

Mo Xian complained in pain, cleaning his hands before seeing who had hit him from behind.

Mo Xian's eyes widened, it was a girl drenched in blood, slumped right before his eyes. Mo Xian was stunned for a moment before waking himself up and immediately got up to help the girl who was moaning in pain.

"Ooh, jeez! What the hell happened to you?" Mo Xian hurriedly approached the girl and tried to check on the girl's state, but his hand could not reach anything, as if the smoke of his hand had only passed through the girl's body without being able to touch her.

Mo Xian stared in disbelief at his two hands and repeatedly tried to check on the girl, but the same thing kept happening, Mo Xian could not touch her.

Mo Xian could only notice how the girl was cowering in pain, holding onto her stomach which continued to bleed.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? What happened, say something!" Mo Xian urged the girl to speak, but the girl seemed to be unable to hear him.

Mo Xian tried to return to touch the girl after flowing the spiritual energy in his hand, but still could not. He then looked around, about to ask the others for help. However, there was no one there.

The senior disciples who were training in the courtyard with an elder disappeared like they were swallowed by the earth. Even as Mo Xian looked into the hallway, Wu Jiao Xing who was walking with him also disappeared.

"Where did everyone go?"

Mo Xian gazed dazedly around the place, he was completely alone in the dark passageway with a girl who was being seriously injured.

Mo Xian tried to ask the girl again and tried to touch her back, but the same thing kept happening. Mo Xian could not help the girl other than to pay attention.

The girl who had initially curled up held onto her wounded stomach, moaning in pain tried to move by dragging her body slowly.

"Aaagh!" the girl again groaned in pain, pressing on her stomach which continued to bleed.

Mo Xian heard the girl speak for herself and saw her struggle dragging her body away from where she was now.

Mo Xian did not understand what situation was going on right now, he still did not know where everyone was going, but Mo Xian instead wanted to ascertain where the girl was going, so he followed her and noticed the movements of the girl who had to take pains to endure the pain and try to leave.

Until not long after, Mo Xian saw a familiar face in his memory, it was the woman he first saw when he was reborn in the form of a tiny baby and died trying to protect her.

Mo Xian closed his mouth, staring in disbelief at the woman dressed in red hanfu who was as if he had not seen her existence and immediately helped the girl who was being injured. However, the girl violently slapped the woman's hand, refusing her help.

"Lost people like you are not allowed to touch me!" The girl stared with red eyes at the woman.

The woman looked calm, silent for a moment before saying, "I know my mistake is impossible to forgive, let me die tonight to pay for my mistake."

The girl stared angrily at the woman. "Even your death will not be enough to pay for your mistakes! Nothing will change!"

The woman knelt down and kowtowed in front of the girl. "The mistake I made was as big as a mountain and as big as an ocean, even after death it was still attached to my filthy body. However, Miss ...." The woman suddenly raised her head and took out a talisman from her sleeve.

Mo Xian noticed the girl's shocked face. "You broke the laws of nature!" his yell.

But the woman remained silent. Calmly, he moved his hand and threw out a talisman that was in the shape of a blue crystal ball the size of his fist. The talisman floated up and a golden-coloured spiritual energy shot out from his hand forming a star pattern within the octagon pattern encasing the crystal ball.

Mo Xian looked seriously at how the woman was performing her rituals and noticed how the girl was yelling angrily at the woman.

"You think this is gonna make a difference, he's been sleeping forever because of you guys, I just ...."

The girl suddenly vomited blood and stopped talking. The woman looked worriedly but she remained focused on what she was doing, the spiritual energy that came out of his body grew more and more until the star shape inside the octagon that locked the crystal ball looked extremely bright and almost blinded to the eye.

"You can't do this, I don't want to go back. This is what you want, I congratulate you, forever I will never go against the law of destiny!"

The woman's face grew pale and cold sweat filled her face, but Mo Xian was able to catch a faint smile on her red lips.

"Have you ever heard that lies are sometimes better than honesty?" he asked, without stopping his activity making a star pattern in the octagon with his spiritual energy.

The girl who heard that gasped, but she then smiled. "At the end of the day, lies will forever be the path of one's destruction."

"What's wrong if it's for the good of some people."

The woman looked seriously at the girl.

"There must be someone who does something wrong in order for someone to be right in this world. Miss, I'm sorry, punish me when your assignment is done," the woman said before tapping her finger and the star pattern in the pagoda began to rotate with the blue crystal.

The girl's eyes were fiddling, she was shouting. "No! You can't do it! I don't want to do it!"

However, her voice was slowly muffled as the girl's body was engulfed by the star pattern within the octagon, the golden light of the woman's spiritual energy enveloping the girl to the point of being invisible. Yet Mo Xian could still hear a faint sound coming from the golden light in front of him.

"You will be a man who dies in disgrace. I'm sorry I let him save you back then."

Mo Xian stared motionlessly, his eyes focused on what was happening to the girl and slowly the golden light vanished revealing the figure of a tiny baby holding a pomegranate-red crystal with both hands.

Mo Xian gasped at what had just happened and covered his mouth with his hands. The woman grabbed the baby and put him in her arms.

"I'm sorry, Miss."

"Mo Xian!"

"Mo Xian!"

"Mo Xian!"

Mo Xian gasped and regained his senses from his sleep, briefly dazed before realizing that he was inside his room, inside his bathtub.

Mo Xian heard the sound of knocking on the door and Wu Jiao Xing's voice calling out to him from outside. Ignoring the strange feeling that had hit him because of the dream, Mo Xian replied in a loud voice and came out of the bathtub.

After changing into clothes Mo Xian opened the door.

"What are you doing? I called you many times and thought you might have died in the room. Why take a shower for so long, I almost broke down your door and asked you for gold coins to pay for the damages!" Wu Jiao Xing grumbled with a sour face.

Mo Xian smiled foolishly while scratching his nape. "I'm sorry, Gege. I fell asleep inside."

Wu Jiao Xing rolled his eyeballs and sighed. "You are really!"

Mo Xian smiled widely. "Truly adorable!"

Wu Jiao Xing glared. "Until I want to bury you alive."

Mo Xian laughed at his reply. Meanwhile Wu Jiao Xing saw Mo Xian's hair was still wet and smashed his tongue, pushing Mo Xian into the room and helping him dry his hair while nagging about his young master.

That day, Mo Xian had a strange dream. However, that day Mo Xian also felt he was not far from the house he had longed for. The presence of Wu Jiao Xing really brought home atmosphere to him, the young man was actually very similar to Li Zhou Ran when he was nagging.

2099 Words.

September 22, 2020.

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