Shu Yue looked down and marveled at how beautiful the scales were. Each scale seemed to be inlaid with thousands of dazzling pearls, adding a touch of dreamy and mysterious charm in the flickering fluorescence.
"What do you mean?" Perhaps it was too beautiful, so beautiful that it was as fragile as a bubble. Shu Yue didn't even dare to reach out and touch it.
Gazing into Long Mo's eyes, he found them even more beautiful than the scales. Amid the peerless beauty, he saw a gentle look in Long Mo's eyes that was not easily noticeable.
"This is my precious treasure. You should keep it well. It can help you turn misfortunes into blessings." Long Mo spread out his hand and carefully placed the scale in Shu Yue's palm.
"Since it's your precious treasure, I can't accept it, nor do I have the obligation to." Such a beautiful scale must be extraordinary. Shu Yue was even more puzzled about how this man got such a precious scale.
Long Mo forcefully stuffed Shu Yue's hand back. When their hands touched, although it was just an accidental contact, the burning temperature had already melted the ice - cold Shu Yue.
"I said it's yours, so it's yours. If you encounter difficulties, just hold it and call my name, and I'll appear."
"What do you mean by that? You don't wish me well at all."
Long Mo just smiled quietly. His smile was suddenly desolate. "Anyway, you should keep it well. It will always be your patron saint."
"Hey, you haven't told me why you gave me this precious treasure?" Shu Yue had no kinship with him, so he wondered why he was given such a precious thing.
Hearing this, a hint of complexity flashed across Long Mo's eyes. He frowned slightly. "Don't ask so many questions. You'll know when the time is right."
He turned around. His figure was graceful and his elegance was peerless. Standing there, he made all other things pale in comparison.
For a moment, Shu Yue was stunned by this peerless back view, but soon he pretended as if nothing had happened.
"I'll take my leave first. Take care of yourself." As his blue robe fluttered and his wide sleeves swept by, a faint fragrance wafted through the air.
Finally, the figure gradually disappeared into the distance, and the Hwashaxi Forest came back into view.
Shu Yue held the mysterious scale, letting the golden sunlight shine on his fingertips and show off its dazzling brilliance. He looked around. This episode today seemed to be a predestined arrangement and also an accident.
Maybe he was just over - thinking. He didn't take Long Mo's words seriously. He casually stuffed the scale into his bosom and slowly left the Hwashaxi Forest.
Near a lush forest, a slender figure emerged halfway. Those eyes that contained the essence of heaven and earth finally sank into the loneliness of a thousand years.
When Shu Yue returned to the Kunshan Sect, Shu Yao immediately pulled him into the wing - room and started nagging.
"Where did you go just now? Do you know how worried I was about you? Also, if you skip classes like this again tomorrow, Elder Li Nao will expel you from the Kunshan Sect."
However, his anxiety only received Shu Yue's nonchalance. "Expel me then. I don't even want to stay here. It was him who recruited me in the first place. I never expected to be here."
"Shu Yue, can you just let me worry less? Do you know that today that Li Nao, he..."
Shu Yao hesitated to speak, as if hiding some unspeakable secret...
Shu Yue also noticed that when mentioning Li Nao, Shu Yao showed a bit of panic and uneasiness. He tightly grasped the sleeve of his robe with his delicate hands, and there was a hint of shame and anger on his face that was hardly noticeable.
"What happened to Li Nao?" Shu Yue frowned. He got rid of his lazy posture, grabbed Shu Yao's hand, and his tone and expression were extremely stern.
Shu Yao seemed embarrassed and avoided his gaze. He pretended nothing had happened. "N - nothing..."
"Tell me. Did he bully you?" Shu Yue had long noticed that something was wrong with Shu Yao, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
"He didn't..." Although Shu Yao said so, his eyes were wandering.
Shu Yue grabbed his shoulders. The sternness between his eyebrows was undeniable. "Father, I hope you tell me the truth. Don't hide it from me. What on earth did that bastard do to you!"
Shu Yao looked up slightly. He saw that those long and slender eyes were already burning with flames, flickering at the bottom of the eyes. As long as a little spark was added, they would burst out completely.
Given Shu Yue's personality, if he knew that Li Nao had disrespected Shu Yao, he would surely turn the world upside down and might even cause someone's death!
To prevent the situation from getting worse, Shu Yao tried to change the topic. "Don't worry about me. Tell me where you went. Why did you come back so late?"
Shu Yue interrupted him decisively and stared at him intently. "Don't try to divert my attention. Answer my question."
"Shu Yue, can you stop forcing me?" Shu Yao still didn't want to say that Li Nao had molested him again this morning.
He resisted and thought about using magic, but in the Kunshan Sect, in order not to cause trouble, he endured it.
And that Elder Li Nao threatened him with Shu Yue's life and groped him. For Shu Yue's sake, he still endured it.
From beginning to end, he had only one belief, which was not to implicate Shu Yue and not to let Shu Yue get hurt.
Shu Yue seemed to have already guessed the result. A layer of frost covered his eyes. He immediately drew out his sword and was about to rush out of the door aggressively.
"Shu Yue, what are you doing! Put the sword down quickly!" Shu Yao managed to hold him back in time, but he couldn't stop this man's killing intent.
"Since you don't want to tell me, I'll go directly to that bastard. I don't believe he can do anything to me!"
"Be calm. This is the Kunshan Sect. It's not a place for you to make a scene!"
"So what if it's the Kunshan Sect? Whoever bullies you, I don't care where it is. I'm going to drag that bastard out right now!"
Shu Yue still stubbornly pushed aside Shu Yao. Full of killing aura, he was about to go and ask Li Nao for an explanation.
"Shu Yue, don't you even listen to me anymore!" A roar stopped Shu Yue's violent emotions.
Shu Yue's chest heaved with anger. His cold eyes were as sharp as knives, making Shu Yao cower a little. He tried his best to soothe him. "Listen to me. Don't cause trouble. I'm really okay. I don't want you to have a hard time in the Kunshan Sect because of me."
They stared at each other for a while. Shu Yue suddenly stabbed his sword into the ground. He was still full of anger.
But for Shu Yao's sake, he had to hold back his anger for the time being.
Although Shu Yao didn't say anything, Shu Yue could already guess that during the day when he was away, Shu Yao must have been bullied by that bastard.
Therefore, he held back this anger until night. While Shu Yao was in meditation to adjust his internal energy, Shu Yue quietly went out with his sword.
To conceal himself, he wore a tight - fitting night suit and a silver mask he had made himself, only showing his cold and thin lips and well - defined jawline.
In the darkness, although his eyes were covered by the mask, one could still feel the sharpness and imposing manner like that of a black hawk from the gaps.
The cold moon and the dark night complemented each other with a cold color. Under the mysterious veil, there was an additional atmosphere of killing.
Shu Yue, with his excellent lightness skills, passed by lightly without leaving any footprints. He finally came to the wing - room of Elder Li Nao.
He opened the window, leaped in nimbly like a cat without making a sound. His movements were swift and clean.