The Guardians: The Swordsman of the Moon

Always green and mature at the right time.

Make a picture to wash your eyes because this chapter may be boring and hurt your eyes.

Mo Xian and Bai Yue were sitting in a room waiting for Bao Yu who was preparing a closed cultivation practice for Wu Jiao Xing, Bai Ruo and Zhang Rouruan.

"It seems like your life has always been filled with good luck, being able to find a teacher who is very attentive to us is really impressive."

Mo Xian turned his head to Bai Yue, the young man stared with his sapphire blue eyes.

"I didn't find him. Teacher, who found us."

Bai Yue stared silently, before saying. "All right, I fix it. Can make the teacher see us that's impressive." 

Bai Yue turned her face forward. "I've read a biography about the teacher. He's a great guy, but he seems to be hiding something."

Mo Xian looked in wonder. "What do you mean?"

"In the record of teachers, isn't it said that teachers disappeared after the war?"

Mo Xian nodded. "Do you think he went to cultivate somewhere?"

"Maybe."

"Then, what do you mean the teacher is hiding something?"

"The level of cultivation." Bai Yue replied as she turned her head and looked at Mo Xian.

"Master Bai Xue once said that strong people can hide their cultivation level, just like your father hid his emperor level."

Mo Xian never knew that his father was hiding his cultivation level.

"Why?"

Bai Yue sighed. "One usually did not want people to know his cultivation level. Like the teacher who easily led us out of Bai Lian's sect, don't you think that it's likely that the real teacher doesn't just have an important position in Bai Lian and his cultivation level is stronger than sect master Bai Lian?"

Mo Xian then started thinking about it. "What you say is true, but isn't it good? We got a great teacher in Xin Yue."

Bai Yue sighed, the more she stayed with Mo Xian the more she understood Mo Xian's nature, other than this kind-hearted child was actually quite unconcerned with what was happening around her. How could he be so calm when he found out that his teacher was not an ordinary person, did he not think that his teacher might be a bad person who would mislead his way?

However, because of his duty to keep an eye on Mo Xian, he had to follow him. Even if something amiss were to happen, the Peacock Alliance and the Eternal Snow Dew would not remain silent. 

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Bao Yu started teaching Mo Xian and Bai Yue as soon as he made sure Wu Jiao Xing, Bai Ruo and Zhang Rouruan were properly covered in cultivation after performing acupuncture therapy on them.

"Mantra patterns have many types and uses like paper spells. The difference is only in us using spiritual energy to form a spell pattern."

Bao Yu began to explain, paying attention to Mo Xian and Bai Yue.

"It sounds like a waste of spiritual energy, but if you've completely refined your spiritual energy core and done the exercises to solidify it then you'll find your own way to overcome it."

"Ohimself?" Mo Xian asked curiously as he thought, after forming a perfect spiritual energy core, all one needed to do was practice to level up to the next level. Just like everyone else does.

Mo Xian stared confusedly still not understanding.

Bao Yu smiled at Mo Xian's confusion. "People think going up is the absolute thing to being strong. But they forgot the basics. Do you understand what that means?"

Mo Xian and Bai Yue shook their heads. Bao Yu's words were hard to understand.

"Forget over being strong," Bao Yu said making Mo Xian and Bai Yue surprised.

"Teacher, what does that mean? The students don't understand."

Bao Yu smiled. "Always remember your reasons for being strong but forget about being strong. Your desire to be strong will be the biggest barrier to your future self."

Bao Yu laughed softly as she stroked her beard looking at the confused faces of the two disciples and patted the heads of the two.

"Let's learn slowly, and you'll understand. However, for the time being I want you guys to forget about being strong, forget about cultivation level and pursue cultivation level. I want you to keep learning and never feel enough. The world is not as small as we think, there are many mysteries that we must see with our eyes."

Mo Xian and Bai Yue stared at each other. In fact, they did not understand what the teacher was talking about. Is it because the quality of their brains is too low?

However, as Mo Xian thought back to Bao Yu's words, Mo Xian inexplicably recalled Mo Shan. The memory just suddenly went inside his head, just then Mo Shan invited him out of the hut to take care of the vegetables in the courtyard.

"Everybody here has their own uses, but little boy do you know a lot of people prefer young ones like this?" mo Shan asked as he showed the vegetables that had the best quality fresh green.

At that moment Mo Xian nodded in agreement, because while eating vegetables he also preferred such. In addition to taste better, the nutrients are also still good.

"Just like with fruit, little ones you also prefer perfectly ripe fruit, don't you?"

Mo Xian nodded. Of course he likes perfectly ripe fruit, if too young it will taste sour and bitter and if too ripe it does not taste too good.

"You must live like this too."

Mo Xian's brows furrowed, what did he mean he had to live like green vegetables and ripe fruit?

Mo Shan nodded his head, paying attention to the green vegetables in his hands, put them in his mouth, chewed on them and swallowed them. "Always green and perfectly ripe in time, do you understand what I mean?"

Mo Xian shook his head, of course he did not understand.

"The shade that is still green is liked by many people, the fruit that ripens perfectly in time is also liked by many people."

"Does that mean I have to be someone that a lot of people like?"

Mo Shan poked his forehead. "That's not what it means, you idiot!"

Mo Xian rubbed his sore forehead.

"I mean you should be forever green and mature at the right time. Do not be complacent about what you will get in the future, the world is so vast that your tiny eyes will not be able to see all that is in this world. Even with the capacity of your brain that is only as big as a fist will not be enough to store all the knowledge and mysteries that exist in this world. You have to keep learning as long as you're alive, don't stop or you'll end up being old vegetables and rotten fruit that won't be of any use other than fodder, that's what I mean. Do you understand now?"

Mo Xian looked resentfully at Mo Shan, wasn't this man actually speaking a language high enough for a five-year-old. However, Mo Xian was an eighteen-year-old girl, of course she understood and nodded her head. Sometimes Mo Xian thought Mo Shan knew Mo Xian's true age, but the man always called him a child. What the fuck!

Due to the sudden memory, now Mo Xian understood why Bao Yu told him to forget about being strong. He does not want his students to just be strong and stop there, he wants his students to continue to learn and accept what nature gives him.