Mo Yuan looked at his errant children and grandchildren. "So what have you all done? I'm waiting to hear your excuses." Gaoxing scuffed his feet and took a deep breath. He crossed his arms over his chest just like JinDe and looked his Fuqin in the eye. "Fuqin, Er ge was training us and Si ge laughed at us. So we peed on him. All of us boys. Girls only laughed. He laughed and called us puny dragons and Hulis. Didn't he?" "Fuqin! Si ge called me puny dragin. Me not puny! Him not sorry either!" "Well, Baohu, did you make fun of them? Did you?" "Well Fuqin, I did. I was trying to rile them up. They are all rather lazy." "Hmmm, I see. Meet me in the arena tomorrow morning early. Right after breakfast. Now come. Let's see how San ge's school is coming along." Mo Yuan took Bai Qian's hand onto his arm. They walked down the path toward Jinzi's house with his entourage in tow. Jinzi saw them coming and smiled. There he was, ram rod straight, his arm intertwined with his mother's, his siblings following him, Baohu looking thoroughly put out. Jinzi chuckled. He had just finished sitting out snacks and tea when they all surrounded him. "San ge! Si ge laugh at us!" "Oh really? Well why don't you ask him about the time that Jinlong beat the stuffing out of him? Or the time he froze him solid in a block of ice? Or all the times Jinlong turned him over his knee?" Xingfu pointed at Baohu and laughed. "HA! Fuqin turn you to ice block!! Fuqin smart, he not dumb like Si ge!!" Baohu went to grab him. "Why you little runt!! I'll get you!" Mo Yuan, having reached the end of his patience, stepped in the middle. "I would suggest, God of War, that you act like it and not a spoiled child. Go meditate. You need to control that temper." Baohu hesitated for a moment. "I believe I just told you to go meditate? Did I perhaps not make myself clear?" Baohu looked into golden eyes swirling like the sun and heard the growl. He bowed, apologized and left. "Now you children sit here and drink tea with your mother while I go look at the new building. Jinzi, would you walk with me?" They walked side by side down the path to the nearly finished school. Jinzi was still in awe at the building skills of his didis. "Fuqin, one thing I can say about you, whatever path we chose to pursue, you helped us achieve it. We all have our weapons skills, but so far only JinDe and Baohu are the true warriors. I find it amazing that our Fuqin, who knows every style of combat there is, has raised such children! Are you disappointed in us?" "Disappointed? No! Never! I'm very proud of each one of you. You each have your own strengths and weaknesses. Each one of you have asked for my aid and I gladly give it. How would I ever know that Bai Xue knows everything about everybody? Or that JinDe would be a weapons master and warrior? Or you would be the greatest medicine king ever? Or that three of my daughters would be queens? Or that Junjie would be a warrior and spy? Or even that Taiyang and Zhenzhu would be great architects? I can only speculate about these young ones, but from the look of Gaoxing and Xingfu, I believe they will always be clinging to JinDe. Maybe it's time for me to spend a little time in the arena. Enough talk about that! Show me around."
Taiyang was just coming out of the door of the rather large building. The classroom was large. Desks were ready and teaching tools were there on the desk that would be Jinzi's. A door on the right led into a large laboratory. It had an area for cooking medicine, a wall of cubby holes filled with glass containers with labels of herbs and plants used for medicines. All sorts of containers were stored for medicines. The next room was the biggest surprise of all. It held a cauldron of considerable size. Jinzi wouldn't have to go to Kunlun anymore just to make elixers. They walked back out and back into the classroom. A door on the left led to the library. All of the medical texts that Jinzi had accumulated were there. He even had medical texts from the modern mortal realm. Mo Yuan was amazed. "So Fuqin, what do you think?" Jinzi was watched by his Fuqin carefully. "Jinzi, this is fantastic!! That you will be able to teach your skills and pass knowledge to the realms is a great thing. How many will be able to benefit from it? Have you sent out your announcement to the realms yet?" "I have. I decided to teach three levels. Beginners, mediocre and advanced. I can help hone the skill of the most advanced by teaching them the methods to build their power and by improving their knowledge. I can train a whole new set of healers. It's more than I would have ever hoped for!" They walked back outside to see Taiyang and Zhenzhu hanging the sign. It read, "The School of Healing". On each side there were Phoenix's in Zhe Yan's colors. Jinzi almost cried when he saw it. "It's beautiful, just beautiful! Zhe Yan would be proud I know!" "Yes, Jinzi, he would. Now I must get this crowd back to Kunlun! Call me for the first day that students are expected to arrive. We want peace. Those of the dark realms will be made welcome. Their power won't be so suppressed here either so they can learn well."
The next morning, Mo Yuan was in the arena in full battle armor. His students had not arrived yet. JinDe and Baohu walked in and saw their Fuqin standing there in all his wondrous glory. Baohu elbowed JinDe and grinned. He disappeared. He jumped right behind Mo Yuan and was about to grab him when Mo Yuan's fist hit him square in the nose, he grabbed him and threw him over his shoulder right onto the ground. Blood was streaming from his nose as he stood up and swayed just a moment. He grinned. He wiped his nose across his sleeve and drew his blades. It was on!! The little entourage was coming out the corridor right as Baohu wiped his nose. JinDe seeing them, jumped them all to the pavilion to watch. "I want all of you to watch. Fuqin is powerful but so is your Si ge. Watch them and you will learn. Fuqin taught Baohu all he knows and Zufu Bai Zhi taught him how to use Huli magic. Watch now!!" They sat there wide eyed as the battle played out. Baohu was fast but as old as his Fuqin was, he was still just as fast. Blades rang like bells chiming. Spells were thrown back and forth. The sky filled with dark clouds and the rumble of thunder was heard. Baohu raised his blades and drew power to them. He swung them down toward his Fuqin to knock him back. Mo Yuan held up Xuan Yuan and his hand to cast a barrier. He walked forward as he did. Baohu was nearly overwhelmed by the power his Fuqin was putting forth. When he released his stroke the full power of the barrier hit him as Jinlong laughed a little huff and swung his blade. Baohu crossed his blades in front of him as stroke after stroke hit them. He was slowly sliding backwards toward the wall by the cliff edge. He brought out his tails and threw lightning bolts from all nine. Jinlong took to the skies. He circled the arena and lightning started striking in earnest. Baohu put up his strongest barrier. Jinlong hit it with strike after strike until it cracked and broke. Not being able to fend off the dragon anymore, he decided on one more trick. And it was a dirty low down trick. He threw up false images in the clouds. Images of every dragon he knew. Jinlong was confused at first. Seeing a dirty trick, he took to the clouds to recoup and attack. He was in a cloud when a voice called to him. "You know you beat me. Come down." Another dirty trick! He huffed and made the rain pour down in the arena. It was raining so hard Baohu could hardly see. He just knew mind games would work! He was about to turn when Mo Yuan grabbed him from behind. "Your dirty tricks are good, but not as good as mine!" He froze him and left him standing in the rain. He walked to the pavilion as he sent his armor away and waved the storm clouds off. He sat down as JinDe poured tea. "Now each of you, my Xiao jiemei and Xiao xongdi, should strive to be as powerful as they are. Your Fuqin and your Si ge." Jingsi stood by her Fuqin's leg. "Fuqin, you real bad. You freeze Si ge like big block of ice. Me wants to be like you!" "Well how about you go out there and remove that spell?" She nodded, flew out to Baohu, worked her spell and released him. He fell flat in the mud. Jingsi laughed like a hyena. "Si ge! Fuqin get you! Me laugh now!" She flew back to Mo Yuan and sat in his lap. She whispered in her Fuqin's ear. He laughed and raised his cup for a drink. Baohu dried himself and walked to the pavilion for tea. When he sat down, the children broke out laughing. He was flummoxed for a minute and then it hit him. Jingsi drew on his face. "Jingsi, it is not funny that you took advantage of your Si ge while he was disadvantaged. Please remove the drawing on my face." "But Si ge you funny!" "I will absolutely draw on your dolly's face." "Fuqin! Don't let Si ge get my dolly!" "Baohu, you're such a sore loser! Clean your own face!" "Says the dragon who nearly killed himself crashing into the ground...." "Fuqin, when you crash?" "Remember the mural that Taiyang and Zhenzhu made for the art gallery? It told the story. I was fighting with your Si ge and I wasn't paying attention to where I was. I had him in my talons but he called a storm on me. I was trying to evade those lightning bolts at high speed. I crashed and a tree stuck in my side. I was badly injured." Gaoxing was gawking at his Fuqin. "Did it hurt?" "Yes, very badly." "Fuqin you bravest most bestest dragin ever!" Mo Yuan hugged Jingsi and Jiaxiao close. "How about we all have a picnic? Who wants to go?" Little feet took off running to the hall. "JinDe? Baohu? Are you coming?" JinDe nodded first. "Let me go get everybody!" He jumped out. Baohu jumped behind him. Mo Yuan went to the kitchen to get picnic food. Chang Shan was shaking a ladle at Zhonglei and she was shaking a spoon at him. Mo Yuan smiled. "Is it possible to get a very large picnic basket?" They both turned to him with wide eyes. "Right away, Shifu!" "Snacks for the small ones, Taizi?" "Yes and maybe some sweet buns?" Zhonglei smiled and produced two baskets with the treats. Chang Shan produced two baskets with meat buns for Jingsi. Mo Yuan smiled and went out the door to get Bai Qian. He rounded the corner to their rooms and met her. She saw the baskets and grinned. "Do you want me to gather the children, my love?" "Yes, all of them. Even the older ones. Let's just have a nice picnic!"
He jumped to their valley to place tables and cushions for all of them. Bai Qian had all of the small children. JinDe jumped in with his family. Xue came with his family. Baohu and Li Li came last. The children wanted to swim. Mo Yuan realized that the pool was now to small for all of them. He moved his arms and hands in intricate motions and increased the pool size three fold. He nodded. He stripped down to his pants to swim with them. Jingsi and Jiaxiao were swimming in dragon form. He sunk under the water and sat on the bottom. It was sandy and the water was clear. Something shiny was in the water. Being curious, he swam over and picked up a cylindrical shaped green crystal. He saw others there. He gathered them all up and brought them to the surface. He sat on the bank and laid them down to examine them. "Treasure, Fuqin?" Bai Xue sat by him to look. "What are they?" He picked one up to look at it. He could have sworn he saw a face. He dropped it quickly. "Fuqin, I think I just saw a face in that crystal! Are they eggs of some sort?" Mo Yuan examined the crystal that Xue had dropped. "Hmmm. I think you're right." He gathered them back up and went back to the spot where he found them. There was a big frog there. He placed them very carefully back in the spot and sat down. The frog covered them and swam over to him. He held out his hand and it landed on it. The frog was a beautiful shade of green that looked like it had crystals on it's back. He smiled at it and nodded. The frog transformed into a man. He mind talked to Mo Yuan. "Are you the Master of Kunlun Mountain?" "I was. I retired. How did you come here? This pond and valley is mine." "Great one, this valley is peaceful and there are only a few of us left. Those demons sought after us for the jewels on our backs. That was before they changed. May we stay here?" Are these your people here or eggs?" "They are people, just shy. We don't mean to intrude. We will leave." "No, stay here. My Fuqin told me that your night song is the most beautiful in the realms. Up on the mountain, there is a peach tree grove. At the back of the grove, Xiangshu, the father of trees, is planted. Underneath his vast shade, there is a large pond built. You could go there. Two of my sons play flutes there a lot. I do myself, too. Are you interested?" "You mean live on Kunlun Mountain forever?" "Yes, if you wish it. Have your people come out to meet my family. They will want to meet you." Mo Yuan rose to the surface to see all of his family watching the pool. He walked out to stand on the shore. He looked down at his pants and hurriedly waved them dry. Not before Gaoxing and Xingfu got an eye full. "Fuqin, why ..." "Don't even say it, Gaoxing!" Bai Xue rescued him. "Please stand back from the pond. The Qingwa Luse Shuijing are living here." When they moved back, fifteen people appeared in front of them. Mo Yuan motioned them forward to meet his family. "Children, meet these people! They are going to come live in the pond under Xiangshu. These are all of my children and grandchildren." The Qingwa were shy but the small children broke the ice. "Me Mo Jingsi Yuehai. That my twin Mo Jiaxiao Yuwan. We dragons like Fuqin. Him big, scary. Those are my didis. They Yi, Yan and Yingjie. That my Da ge, Bai Xue. Him big white dragin. That his twin, Mo JinDe. Him golden like Fuqin. That god of war, Bai Baohu Zhe. Him a Jin Huli. He have twin, Bai Zhi Jinzi. Him medicine king. That Taiyang Guang and Baise Zhenzhu. They white and gold. They build things. That Mo Junjie Jin. Him aid to Da ge. He have three jiemei born with him. They queens. That Mo Gaoxing and Mo Xingfu. They white dragins. That mother. Bai Qian. Number one beauty in all realms." She pointed at each one and Mo Yuan was amazed she knew all of their proper names. "As you can see, I have a large family. Taiyang and Zhenzhu! These people have a beautiful night song that you might want to hear! Come to our pavilion and have refreshments with us! We have plenty. May I ask your name?" "Great dragon, I am Qingwa Ren. I am the leader of our people. This is all of us. We have been unable to settle anywhere, so we have not had children for a long time. If we settle in your pond, maybe we could recover our strength. Our power is weak." "You will recover quickly there. Now come and eat and you can learn more about us!"
When they left the valley, Mo Yuan took the Qingwa with him in his sleeve. He took them back to the pond under Xiangshu. "Xiangshu! I have brought friends to live in the pond. These are Qingwa Luse Shuijing. Do you know of them?" "You mean the singing ones? The ones who legend say disappeared millennia ago?" "Yes, they are so few. We are going to save them. They will sing their song for all to hear and recover here. What do you think of this pond, Ren?" "Great one, it's perfect! Thank you. Listen tonight for we will sing our first song in millennia!" Mo Yuan left them there to acquaint themselves with Xiangshu and get acclimated to the pond. Bai Xue was waiting for him in the hall." "Xue, to what do I owe the pleasure." "Fuqin, those Qingwa make me nervous." "Why? They could never be here on this mountain if they were evil." "Where have they been, Fuqin? I thought they were all destroyed." "They have never been a very populous people. They only have children every 5000 years. If their population suffers misfortune, they recover slowly. Ren told me that demons had been pursuing them before the peace came. We will wait and see. Fuqin told me that they only sing when they feel safe. We shall see." "I'm sorry, Fuqin. I guess it's just the spy in me." "I understand your concern. How about some tea? I fully expect Ye Hua to be here any moment!" "Oh? Ahhh! Zhonglei is making cake today!!" "You know your Shushu so well!!!" Zhonglei brought the cakes and fresh tea. Mo Yuan was trying to decide which cake he wanted when a blue robed arm snatched it from him. He looked up to see Ye Hua stuff it in his mouth. He chuckled as Ye Hua sat down beside him. "Well if it isn't the cake thief! I swear, Ye Hua, you can smell cake from a hundred miles away. Now that we have Zhonglei, we get different kinds of cake. These are really delicious." Zhonglei came in with a pot of oolong for Ye Hua. "See, she even knows what kind of tea you like. Zhonglei! What kind are these? Hmmm, they are delicious! I've never had these before." "They are made from loquats. I made them for mistress. I know she loves loquats." "Where is Qian'er? I better go get her." Bai Qian was laying on their bed in tears. She had felt the changes coming over her body after she had the triplets. She had been trying to make herself go see Jinzi. She felt like her hormones were all messed up. She sat up, wiped her face and stood. Mo Yuan came in the door just as she stood. "My love! I have come to get you to eat cake. Ye Hua is here so you best hurry." He took her arm and led her to the hall. He sat her down and served her the loquat cake. She tasted it. "Hmmmm! Is this made out of loquats? This is delicious! Hmmmm!" Zhonglei brought tea for her. "Zhonglei! These are delicious!! You are a culinary genius!!" Zhonglei blushed and shrugged.
Mo Yuan had just taken his last bite of cake when a message came from the gate. He had visitors. He let them come in. The young men were in awe of the great mountain they had only ever read about. Shiliu met them and led them to the hall. Mo Yuan recognized them. The Xiyi hunters from his temple! There were ten of them. He stood and created them. "You have all come!! Good! Your training can begin immediately!! Shiliu, go get Long Li and Baohu! I need them!" He came back in minutes. Baohu was in full armor and Long Li was looking rather frazzled. "Baohu, these young men have just come from the mortal realm. They are the ones who were at the temple that I gave skills to hunt down those Xiyi. I wish for them to be trained personally by you. They are to be the personal guards to Shenshi and Chen Bo. Long Li, do you recognize any of them?" Long Li took a good long look. He walked up to one of them and asked his name. The young man bowed and answered him. "I am Lihua Mao Hei Li." "At long last!! Taizi! He is my brother!! I have longed to see him for so long!! Do you remember me, Hei Li?" "We were at this place long ago. So long ago...." "Taizi! All of these are my people! They served you in the mortal realm?" "Yes, they did. I sensed the dragon chi on them when I gave them the task to hunt those Xiyi. I marked their hands so they would be sent here. Find housing for them, Die Feng! Keep them together if possible. Long Li, I will leave them to you. Once their training is complete, we will take them to the stag realm. They have a very small military presence. I would feel better knowing they would be there." Long Li followed them out of the hall with Die Feng leading the way.
That night a beautiful sound settled over the mountain. The Qingwa were using their crystal bodies to sing their song. The sound resonated in different tones that sounded like finely tuned chimes. Their song was meant to bring peace and safety and as they sang, the mountain settled down to sleep in total peace.
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Rescue Me, My Love
FanfictionMo Yuan is in the Chaos for 20,000 years. He hears a voice that calls to him. He wakes up just in time to rescue Ye Hua after he passed his high immortal trial. Bai Qian had been sitting by him in the cave the day he woke up. He decided right th...
