The Guardians: The Swordsman of the Moon

Your name is Mo Xian.

"Little sister, are you okay?" the man asked Li Yixin after he felt the place was safe.

Li Yixin nodded. He saw how the man whose eyes were hurt was so calm, did not look in pain at all.

"Uncle's eyes?" li Yixin said softly as she held Xiao Hei in her arms.

The man smiled amiably and rubbed Li Yixin's head gently.

"I'm doing fine. Whatis yourname? Why would a child like you be in this forest?"

As Li Yixin was asked what her name was, she recalled the name Mo Shan had given her as she tried to call him father.

"I don't want to have children, but I'll give you my name. Remember well your name now is Mo Xian and since you were a child, I will also say this once, you are a boy. You're lucky, because boys always benefit."

At that time Li Yixin wanted to argue because she was clearly a woman, either in the past or in the present after being reborn. However, he could only nod accepting that because Li Yixin was now just a child, how could he argue back. That was why Li Yixin always looked like a boy.

"My name is Mo Xian" Li Yixin replied.

"Then how did you get here?"

"I live around here," replied Li Yixin who immediately got a surprised look from the man she heard named Li Huan.

"You live here?" Li Huan asked as if he could not believe that there were humans living in this dangerous place.

Li YiXin immediately nodded in response to Li Huan's question while stroking Xiao Hei.

"Who are you staying with?" ask Li Huan again.

Li Yixin looked hesitant as she replied because she did not know how she should describe Mo Shan's figure to her. To Li Yixin, Mo Shan was already like a single father, but Mo Shan clearly rejected the call. So, Li Yixin replied,

"I live with my uncle."

Li Huan nodded in understanding.

"Where's your uncle?"

Li Yixin looked and pointed towards the north.

"There, he was resting in our hut, he must be looking for me right now. Uncle, you better come with me to our hut and treat Uncle's wounds. Maybe my uncle has some medicine in there."

Li Yixin tried to be friendly, however Li Huan had helped her. He had to repay his kindness and in the end Li Huan also did not refuse to go with him for wanting to see for himself what kind of uncle let his young nephew roam the forbidden forest.

Li Yixin led the way while carrying Xiao Hei. On the way, he offered fruits picked before the incident. However, Li Huan refused kindly, even as Li Yixin asked if her wound was sick or if Li Huan was exhausted, the man kindly replied no.

Li Yixin could not help but admire that in this world, other than beasts that could turn into humans, it turned out that the humans here were also extremely powerful. If Li Huan were an earthling man with such severe injuries, let alone to walk, he would definitely be lying in a hospital bed right now.

"What is the place still far away?" li Huan asked when he thought they had walked far enough, but Li Yixin's small footsteps still did not stop and showed no signs of fatigue. Even the boy was worried about him.

Li Huan had to admit, the newly discovered child was indeed unusual, aside from his name Li Huan could see the emotions of this child was also too calm for his young age. Even after what happened, the child was only shocked and frightened for a short time.

"No, not far. Soon we ..." li Yixin stopped talking as she looked at what was in front of her.

From afar, it looks like a vegetable plantation that has been damaged and a hut that has now been flattened with land.

Li Yixin directly ran to her destroyed hut while calling out Mo Shan's name.

"Mo Shan-Xiansheng!" li Yixin shouted while trying to lift the materials of her hut such as wood and dry weed leaves. 

"Mo Shan-Xiansheng!" 

Li Yixin kept trying to search the place where the cots that Mo Shan had used to sleep were located before she went into the forest.

Li Huan who saw the boy was struggling to move the wood ruins of the hut immediately helped him. 

As they managed to move the wooden ruins and the roof, Li Yixin noticed there were many blood spots splattered everywhere, especially on the cots where Mo Shan slept.

Li Yixin immediately became very worried about Mo Shan's condition. He immediately looked around and was running around in uncertain directions while calling Mo Shan's name. However, there is no answer.

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The moonlight illuminated the earth and Li Yixin did not stop crying until late at night. Li Huan who saw the little boy crying lost the only person who cared for him could do nothing but accompany the child in front of the collapsed hut.

With attention Li Huan stroked Mo Xian's back so that the child would not have trouble breathing due to crying too much.

Li Huan had already tried to calm Mo Xian down and gave an understanding that something that came one day must also go and that the one left behind must have great heart to send him away. But Mo Xian did not hear the advice and continued to cry. 

How Mo Xian was not saddened by Mo Shan's departure. Mo Shan was the only person who cared first other than the woman who had died the moment he entered this ancient world. Mo Shan was his savior who had taken care of him, he was already like a father to Mo Xian, and he had yet to return the favor. So how is he not sad.

"Life goes on as long as we breathe. Xian'er, your uncle must also want you to continue living well."

Li Huan tried to speak again.

"Uncle has also lost uncle's parents since uncle was a child, since then uncle has had to fend for himself on the streets to survive."

Hearing Li Huan's words, Mo Xian momentarily stopped crying even though still as much as he turned his head and looked at Li Huan who was smiling at him, rubbing his head.

"At that time the uncle was only five years old, the uncle's father and mother left after they were attacked by robbers. From then on uncle had to fend for himself to take care of two younger uncles and was determined to become a strong man, so that no more people dear uncle go in a way that is not right."

Mo Xian listened carefully, he rubbed his eyes and looked at Li Huan, he wanted to ask, but his voice was gone because he was crying too much.

"Look, your voice is gone from crying too much. Don't worry, it'll be fine after a few days."

Mo Xian held onto his hoarse throat, he felt extremely thirsty now and Li Huan attentively gave him some drinking water stored inside a leather pouch.

"Traveling someone doesn't mean we've lost that person. That person will remain present by our side in our memories. Xian'er must learn to accept and let go."

Mo Xian knew those words were true, but to lose someone very close to him, this was his first time. In the past, he had never lost a single member of his family. Grandma and grandfather are still healthy, father and mother are still working hard, brother and sister are also still fine.

From Mo Shan's departure, Mo Xian felt being left alone in this world was extremely painful. And now, he was completely alone in a world that was foreign, ancient and full of absurd things. How he would survive as a five-year-old.