The Guardians: The Swordsman of the Moon
Two Handsome Youths.
"Mo Xian!"
Mo Xian flinched from his daydream and saw Wu Jiao Xing looking at him with a probing gaze.
"What are you thinking? Watch your way."
Mo Xian looked around, not understanding the intent Wu Jiao Xing was saying, but it turned out that it was because he had almost hit the wall while walking.
"Ah." Mo Xian scratched his head.
"What are you thinking, I see you've been daydreaming a lot lately."
Mo Xian looked at Wu Jiao Xing, thinking whether he needed to tell her the dream he was having. However, Wu Jiao Xing was not one to understand, even if he told her about it. If he were to tell it, he would also have to tell her his past and his true identity, but that was definitely impossible. So he just shook his head and smiled.
"There's nothing. I just miss my mom and dad" she replied.
"Take care of yourself, this is only five years. Time goes by quickly, so don't be a whiny!"
"Who is Gege calling a crybaby!"
"Young Master Mo Xian, of course. Didn't you say you'd be proud of your mom and dad when you come back, if you'd just started complaining, you wouldn't have made it." Wu Jiao Xing said before walking away leaving Mo Xian.
Instead Mo Xian looked at Wu Jiao Xing's back, it was true he promised he would turn into a reliable person if he returned later. However, he did not complain either, it was just that the dream had really troubled his heart, what he saw had put a lot of random puzzle pieces inside his head.
That girl, that woman, that pomegranate red diamond stone, and Mo Shan.
If what he saw in the dream was the truth, then his body now belonged to the girl, but how Mo Xian could explain, a girl could turn into a baby. But this world is out of the mind, where unusual things can happen.
Mo Xian also thought about how he could be in the baby's body, what that meant was that the girl had actually died, therefore she could occupy her body. What task does the woman mean.
Mo Xian squeezed his head, too many questions!
And that question has no answer to relieve his headache!
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Five months passed by just like that, Mo Xian still had the same dream at least eight times in Five months. Mo Xian thought it was the memory of his real body, but still could not get an answer as to what was going on that night.
Putting that aside, Mo Xian's training went smoothly even as he expected his development to exceed that of the other disciples. After all, Bai Lian's sect's learning and training was actually no better than Li Huan and Li Zhou Ran training her directly.
Because of this, Mo Xian was faster in terms of learning than the other disciples and preferred to do closed cultivation in his room and hunt for books in the library, hoping to find something like a spell seal that makes the girl's body a baby.
Today, Mo Xian as usual came to the library to return the book and borrow another book after three days. The custodian who had been the custodian for many years already recognized him for seeing Mo Xian frequently.
His name was Qiaofeng, a quiet and slightly annoying person to Mo Xian because Qiaofeng never smiled, always keeping his face stiff.
"Older Qiaofeng, I want to borrow another book."
Mo Xian looked at Qiaofeng who was busy marking the borrowed book.
"Mm" he answered briefly.
Mo Xian then went inside the library and looked for the book he wanted to borrow. Lately, Mo Xian was deepening the science of medicine and poison, the books provided were practically complete. It's just that the books in the library have a much older age than his grandfather's age on earth.
Old age books were usually not allowed to be borrowed and could only be read in the library, so Mo Xian stayed inside the library longer than the other disciples. Alone, memorizing the names of the poison and the antidote.
Ever since Mo Xian decided to focus on studying, Mo Xian asked Wu Jiao Xing to focus on his training because Wu Jiao Xing's development was a little slower than her. From then on, the two were not always seen together, sometimes while Mo Xian was inside the library, Wu Jiao Xing was busy practicing or cultivating in the forest. However, Wu Jiao Xing never forgot his obligation to serve his Young Master. In the morning and evening Wu Jiao Xing would help Mo Xian fetch the water in the spring, as well as while eating, Wu Jiao Xing would take food for him.
Flipping through the pages of the book, Mo Xian again clucked in admiration at the knowledge he had read. Many medicinal plants were scattered in this world, the book explained them in detail supplemented with realistic-looking images.
Mo Xian had read Li Zhou Ran's books, but at that time Mo Xian had not been too keen on poison and medicine, he was more interested in martial arts, just like in his old life, he preferred to practice karate instead of memorizing physics formulas.
Mo Xian read until the afternoon, finished reading he marked his page and took out the book he wanted to borrow. There weren't many people in the library, most of them preferred to come borrow and leave after, so it was usually only Mo Xian who stayed until the afternoon in the library.
However, it had been these two days Mo Xian saw a young man dressed in white with dark hair as dark as night, a handsome face with a pointed nose, thin lips, sharp eyes and dense eyebrows like a sword. Mo Xian, occasionally glancing at the young man who looked very serious while reading the book looked older than him, it seemed like he was around sixteen or seventeen. It was certain that he was a senior disciple, but Mo Xian had never seen him before.
As Mo Xian brought the book to register, he accidentally met Bai Yue who had descended from the second floor. Mo Xian looked at Bai Yue in awe, admiring how the boy could grow taller faster than him in a few months. See, as the two stood next to each other, Mo Xian was only shoulder-height Bai Yue.
"Borrowing a book on martial arts again?" mo Xian asked when he saw the book that Bai Yue had borrowed had a picture of a figure holding a sword.
"And you've again borrowed a book on poison and medicine, don't you think that your practice actually loosened a little?"
Mo Xian laughed as he received his loan book and thanked him before going out with Bai Yue.
A little strange indeed, at first Mo Xian thought Bai Yue was a cruel, cold and heartless person, and he had infuriated her for a reason that made Bai Yue make her an enemy. However, unexpectedly the two were actually on good terms from time to time, Bai Yue would sometimes look for him to ask for training advice, or the two would train together. Indeed, the saying do not judge a book by its cover is true, you need to read it to be more understanding and wise in judging.
The two walked out of the library together.
"Mm, lately I've been more interested in memorizing types of medicinal plants and poisons. What about your training the last week, I see you've had a lot of changes, especially your height."
Bai Yue stared with her flat face. "Not only has my height increased, but my abilities have also increased. In the next match practice I'll beat you."
Mo Xian laughed as he patted Bai Yue on the back and walked forward. "All right, all right, let's see tomorrow."
Actually this was what kept them close, Bai Yue was so obsessed with defeating Mo Xian that she was willing to practice day and night to improve her abilities. However, five months passed he was still trailing far behind Mo Xian who was already at the fourth level of Spiritual Level while he was still imprisoned at the second level of Sky Level.
Mo Xian, that child was not only friendly to everyone, but also did not hesitate to give advice and help to people in need, that was why Bai Yue slowly started to like Mo Xian and wanted to be friends with him. Indirectly, he would also know how Mo Xian practiced and what secrets he had until Master Bai Xue told him to descend into the Xin Yue continent just to keep an eye on Mo Xian.
The two walked together past the courtyard as the girls walked up to them.
"Aiya, Mo Xian and Bai Yue I guess you guys won't come to the library today." A girl said in a seductive tone and immediately followed another girl's laughter.
Mo Xian could only faintly smile, he was actually feeling a little annoyed by the attitude of the few girls who had tried to approach him ever since he had done a match practice with Bai Yue in the training hall.
Mo Xian did not want to be the center of attention of people, but ever since his training with Bai Yue back then, the girls who had unintentionally watched them became wanting to be close to Mo Xian and Bai Yue. Sometimes the girls also intentionally waited at the door of her room just to walk together, or purposely left one bench next to them for Mo Xian to sit next to them.
Mo Xian felt the freedom of his time being snatched away by something.
"It's almost dinner time, don't you want to go eat with us. I can find a seat for you guys."
Mo Xian stared in horror at how the girls behaved bashfully but willingly with a smile made as sweet as possible, wagging their tails.
Mo Xian had once asked Wu Jiao Xing about the girls who suddenly approached him and were being coquettish to him which made him clueless. However, Wu Jiao Xing ruthlessly slapped his head with words. "You're stupid or what, useless cultivation development and learning you as fast as the wind but can't see how the girls wiggle their tails in front of you expecting a piece of meat!"
"What does Gege mean? Please make it simpler."
Wu Jiao Xing rolled his eyes and sighed back then before slapping him back with his words. "Those girls like you, you dumbass. They hope to have you someday if they start working from now on, that's why they follow you everywhere to get your attention."
Mo Xian was like hearing a lightning strike during the day. Girls love it but why?
"How could I not like him, at such a young age he was already at the second level of Spiritual Level. Ah, I want to go home and tell dad to propose to me!"
"Don't hope, Mo Xian's sweet dimpled smile is only for me, Mo Xian won't accept your proposal!"
"Stop talking nonsense and learn properly. A great young man like Mo Xian would only marry a great girl as well. Stop dreaming!"
"Aiya! Your words are so cruel, just say you envy us who have not been bound by the common thread of matchmaking."
"Huh, keep dreaming!"
"Whoever dreams, you never hear beauty beats everything! No need to be smart and no need to be great, as long as you are beautiful, the road is wide open for you!"
As Mo Xian unintentionally heard their secret chatter while passing through a room, Mo Xian's face darkened like the butt of a pot. What the girls were thinking really made her fine fur stand up in horror. And what was that beauty opening up the whole way, don't expect it to work on Mo Xian, he would rather the handsome species was a sin!
From then on, Mo Xian tried to dodge the group of girls and clandestinely walked out of his bedroom window when he needed something. However, the girls were indeed very difficult to deal with, even though he managed to escape for a while, it did not mean that he would not be caught the next time.
"No, he'll eat with me."
Luckily Wu Jiao Xing appeared at the right moment with Bai Ruo.
Mo Xian immediately heaved a sigh of relief, while the girls started hissing like snakes upon seeing Wu Jiao Xing and Bai Ruo, respectively, one mediocre boy and one short-bodied boy always deterred them from approaching two young men they liked.
"What your business is, they will eat with whom it depends on their answer" one of the girls said.
"Yes!" Another girl snatched a dislike stare at Bai Ruo and Wu Jiao Xing. Then it turned to look at Mo Xian and Bai Yue with a smile as sweet as honey. "Mo Xian and Bai Yue, the two of you must have chosen us more beautiful and clean than two smelly people, didn't you?"
The faces of Wu Jiao Xing and Bai Ruo were both blackened like pot bottoms until their patience broke and wanted to glue all the mouths of the girls.
"What do you expect?" the sound of a girl's voice coming from behind and slowly showing itself, it was Zhang Rouruan who immediately flicked his sleeves in front of the girls. Make the girls pull their heads back.
"Stop looking for trouble and look out for yourself, you really are a bug that surrounds fruits that you won't get."
The girls' faces darkened then turned red upon seeing Zhang Rouruan the only girl who could be close to Mo Xian and Bai Yue.
"What are you guys still here for? Embarrassing, going to the sect just to tease the boys, why don't you guys sign up to the red light district!"
Okay, Zhang Rouruan's words had gone too far, Mo Xian immediately stopped him but Wu Jiao Xing and Bai Ruo smiled broadly at the reaction of the girls who had faces as black as the buttocks of the pot then turned red, it turns green and turns white again.
This was why Wu Jiao Xing and Bai Ruo had no problems when Zhang Rouruan approached Mo Xian and Bai Yue, this girl could actually be relied upon to chase away those extremely annoying girls, she said, moreover, it seemed that Zhang Rouruan had no special intentions other than to be friends, since Zhang Rouruan had once said that he had already been betrothed.
"You!" A girl tried to defend herself, but could only stutter.
"You, you, what are you?" Zhang Rouruan was defiant. "The Bai Lian sect friendship match will be done in one month and you dare to loosen your training and wander around like insects, do I need to complain to the master?"
The girls back could only swallow furiously, if only there were no Mo Xian and Bai Yue they would definitely teach the spicy-mouthed girl a lesson.
"Hmph! What is your business with our training, whether we train or not, is of no benefit to you. In fact, without you even knowing our training went well!"
Zhang Rouruan smiled cynically. "Alright, let's see what your abilities are like in the arena of competition."
After that, the girls dispersed. Mo Xian and Bai Yue both heaved a sigh of relief, both of them were not smart to face the girls.
2389 Words.
September 22, 2020.
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