The Guardians: The Swordsman of the Moon

Surprise.

At nightfall, Mrs Chen and her two daughters slept after dinner in a room her servant had prepared.

The rain that fell since the afternoon did not stop and brought the cold so the servants had to take out extra cloth to warm the body. Afraid that they were all cold, Mo Xian checked the heating system and found a heating furnace connected to the entire floor of the house. Even Mo Xian had also found a pile of wood, so he started making fire.

Meanwhile Bai Yue stood guard on the terrace, staring at the rain in the dark of the night with the minimal light of a candle.

Mo Xian re-entered several wooden sticks into the furnace as the protective spell threads moved and it was not from their group. The movements were smooth and impressed while taking a leisurely stroll as if unconcerned even as it passed through the room where the servants were sleeping, a figure just passed through it and moved around the central room.

Xiao Hei who was beside Mo Xian was still calm until the moment the protective spell thread returned to move, the black cat hissed furiously until its fur stood up.

Mo Xian felt that there was something strange about Xiao Hei's attitude. However as he sensed the vibration of the protective spell, Mo Xian was able to tell that the person walking was one of his group.

Feeling alarmed, Mo Xian then threw one block of wood into the furnace before checking around.

Mo Xian walked through every room in the house. Checking the two adjoining rooms where Madame Chen and her two sleeping daughters still looked safe. He also checked the room where the servants were resting and saw that the servants were already sound asleep. Until then meet with Bai Yue.

"There's one person who's not from our group."

Mo Xian nodded and touched the protective spell thread made of spiritual energy. Mo Xian then channeled more on the thin thread until it appeared to be a red string.

"But this guy didn't do anything, do you think he's also the one in the shade?" Mo Xian asked.

Bai Yue nodded her head. "I hope so, but Mr. Kong's movements are a little suspicious."

Mo Xian nodded, one more person who was walking and passing the protective spell at night was Lord Kong. What he's doing in the middle of the night, instead of sleeping.

"I've checked Madam Chen's room and the maid's room. They're all sleeping, have you checked Mr. Kong's three-man room?"

Bai Yue nodded. "I've checked, but I don't see them there."

Mo Xian was surprised. "But I don't feel like they're coming out of their room."

Bai Yue nodded. "Mm, only Mr. Kong and one other person have been walking around this house since. We need to find them soon."

Mo Xian consented, he then strengthened the protective spells for Madam Chen's room and the servant's room before going to check on Master Kong's room of three men where the protective spell told Mr. Kong's whereabouts.

However, while they were there, there was no Mr. Kong nor any trace of his disappearance, not even the protective spell could sense his existence either.

Mo Xian and Bai Yue then inspected the room. However, they found nothing.

"How could they leave without passing the protective spell?" Mo Xian wondered while holding his chin, occasionally looking around and managed to find something strange.

Mo Xian approached the cupboard that was in the corner of the room, using spiritual energy, Mo Xian made a fire appear in his palm.

Bai Yue who noticed Mo Xian's movements asked, "Did you find something?"

Mo Xian nodded as he clashed and inspected the wooden floor with his hands.

"Look at the dust on this floor, it looks like this closet just got whittled away."

Mo Xian explained when he saw that some places did not have dust as thick as others and looked like the cupboard was pushed from where it came from. Mo Xian and Bai Yue then shifted the cupboard and found a secret passageway on the hollowed-out floor.

There were stairs there, Mo Xian decided to go down and asked Bai Yue to wait upstairs.

The basement was not too deep and not too spacious, Mo Xian looked around and accidentally stepped on something hard, it was a bone!

Mo Xian even nearly jumped in surprise and shouted, but managed to prevent it with his hands.

Overcoming his shock, Mo Xian inspected the bones in the room and realized that in addition to finding three human skulls, Mo Xian had also found three garments used by Master Kong's men.

The discovery made Mo Xian wonder what was going on here.

"There is no way these bones belong to Mr. Kong's three men. But, if the clothes are here, where are they now?"

"Mo Xian, did you manage to find something!"

Mo Xian heard Bai Yue's cry, he immediately looked up and replied. "Mm, I'll be up in a minute!"

Mo Xian then collected the bones and clothes in one container. However, just as he was about to take the bones away, Xiao Hei's voice stopped him.

"Meow."

Mo Xian noticed his black cat scratching a bag lying in the corner of the wall.

Mo Xian thought it was just a shabby bag left by the villagers, so he did not notice it. However, as Xiao Hei scratched the bag to get inside the bag, Mo Xian inevitably took the bag and pulled Xiao Hei out of the bag.

"What are you doing, Xiao Hei?"

The black cat managed to pull out, but Xiao Hei's mouth bit something.

Mo Xian picked it up, it was a shabby paper that folded into four folds and the moment Mo Xian saw it, he could not help but be surprised until his two eyes were patterned.

His heart beat even more tenaciously than before, staring in disbelief at the paper. On paper it was depicted a spell pattern similar to the one behind the mask.

In a hurry Mo Xian immediately stored the paper in his pocket and carried the bag as well as the human bones he found.

Things were not looking good, Madam Chen hugged her two daughters, terrified. In front of him, the servants put on a timid body. In front of him again Bai Yue put up a standby position on the man who was in front of her.

The man looks young with a fit body and a pretty face. However, from his clothes Mo Xian could recognize that it was Mr. Kong's clothes.

"Eternal Master Cultivator." The man spoke with a big smile on his face, his hand holding a sword swinging his sword.

"Let's forget what happened today and let me get those two girls."

Bai Yue smiled sinisterly. "Dream!"

Bai Yue then jumped up and started attacking, her blue sword clashing against the man's sword.

Mo Xian noticed the two who were starting to fight, he then approached Madam Chen and her two daughters.

"Where have you been! My husband paid you to protect us!" Madam Chen shouted furiously.

Chen Meiyin who saw Mo Xian immediately threw herself into Mo Xian's arms.

"Eternal Master Cultivator, I'm terrified! Help me!"

Mo Xian was hugged so tightly that he had trouble moving, but he then rubbed Chen Meiyin's back and looked at Madame Chen.

"I'm sorry, there's something I need to take care of, for now just stay here for a while."

Mo Xian then released Chen Meiyin's embrace and tapped Chen Meiyin's forehead lightly. "Young Miss take it easy, everything will be fine."

After saying that, Mo Xian joined the fight. Attacking an unknown man out of a window.

The rain still falls on a dark night. The sound of the swords clashing filled the silence.

The man's ability in fighting was excellent, but it was still impossible for him to win against two people at once.

"Two Immortal Cultivator Lords are so stubborn, why do you guys have to interfere with my plans!" The man said angrily, aggressively launching an attack on Mo Xian and Bai Yue.

Mo Xian and Bai Yue looked at the man with wary gazes ignoring the rain that had already drenched their entire bodies.

"What's really going on, who's that guy?" Mo Xian finally asked Bai Yue because she couldn't hold back her curiosity any longer.

Bai Yue replied without looking at Mo Xian. "Believe it or not he is Mr. Kong."

Mo Xian was not too surprised, from the very beginning he had guessed that the man was Lord Kong of what the man was wearing. However, Mr. Kong's change was completely unexpected, not only was Mr. Kong evidently he was also very good at fighting.

"So it's true, I think he's someone else."

On the other hand Mr. Kong was stung cynically. "Two Immortal Cultivating Lords should not interfere in this matter."

Bai Yue smiled back cynically. "Then what should we do, why don't Mr. Kong give up and we will compensate."

Mr. Kong spat to the side. "Pey! Compensate your asses! all I want is the blood of the two twin girls. Nothing can replace that!"

"Why does Lord Kong want their blood?"

Mr. Kong again laughed out loud. "Are you going to let me take their blood if I tell you."

Finished saying that, Mr. Kong again attacked. Admittedly Mo Xian, Master Kong's ability was excellent, it could even compensate him and Bai Yue was truly outstanding. However, in the end Mo Xian decided to hit some important points in Mr. Kong's body to incapacitate him including Lord Kong's mingmen point by accident.

That's right, Mo Xian didn't intend to attack Master Kong's mingmen point because suddenly Master Kong moved towards him as he was about to hit the other part for dodging Bai Yue's attack.

•the /gates of vitality are acupoints that are said to be where the original life essence of the individual is located. Our ability to be warm is said to come from it, so we stop living if that warmth goes out.

•more complete http://klinikalangalang.blogspot.com/2011/12/ming\-men\-fire\-of\-gate\-of\-life.html?m\=1) can be read here

It shocked him to the point of fear that he might have killed people, but seeing that Mr. Kong was actually not affected at all made him even more surprised.

"How did this happen?" Mo Xian wondered before coming to his senses and forming a pattern with the flow of his spiritual energy in the air, just as the pattern spell paper flew and managed to hit the back of Master Kong who was fighting with Bai Yue, and it instantly stopped moving after the spell successfully stuck to his back.

"Fucking Immortal Cultivator! God damn you both!" Master Kong scolded Mo Xian who walked over to Bai Yue's side and noticed Master Kong who had now stopped moving like a statue, leaving his mouth to speak.

Bai Yue stared in surprise, but did not release her standby position.

"What have you done to him?" asked Bai Yue.

Mo Xian turned his head, rubbing his wet face from the rainwater. "I gave him a spell."

"What spell?"

"Damn it! How do you know I'm not human!"

Mo Xian smiled. "I accidentally hit your mingmen and you can still move, obviously you're not a human but a ghost wearing Mr. Kong's body."

04 October 2020.