Kunlun Mountain Part 4 - The Return

Chapter 56 - Ice and Rock

"Qian Qian?  What's the matter?" Mo Yuan asked worried as his eyes swung up to glare at Honghui who was still walking away from them.

Taking a deep breath, Bai Qians mind worked furiously to gather together the information she had just heard and learned.  Shao Wan had accurately described the small scar on his inside thigh, so that suggested she had seen a part of him that she should not have.  Not when he told her, there had been nothing between them.  But the moment she lifted his spell from her mind, it was clearly obvious that he had told the truth, because the woman looked absolutely devastated.  She may not have known her all that well, but that kind of shattered look was no act.

So Mo Yuan had indeed placed the illusion of a love affair when there had not been one, so how did she know about the scar when he would have to be naked to see it?  They may have grown up as children, but still, they would not have undressed in front of each other.  And as adults, she doubted it even more unless they had had an affair of some kind which he had chosen to lie about.

In no mood to talk to him, having just rid herself of two people she did not want to see again, and now unsure of Mo Yuan honesty, she instead decided to leave it until it could be addressed calmly because at that moment, she was too emotional and needed to get it under control.

Backing away from him she turned back towards the valleys.  With a clear picture of what she wanted to create in her mind, she addressed him more coldly that she intended.

"Don't you have somewhere to be?" she asked tersely before walking away from him.

Looking blankly at her, the tension in the air was beginning to worry him.  He had not heard the conversation between the two women, but he had seen Shao Wan crying just before coming upon her ordering Honghui off the mountain.  Whatever was said to affect the way she was acting towards him, he wanted to know about it.

Storming towards her, he took hold of her arm and forced her to turn around.  "Whatever you have planned can wait.  What did they say to you?" he asked firmly and ignoring the tense feel of her body in his hand.

"Mo Yuan.  Right now, my mind is no state to have any kind of conversation with you.  When I am ready I will come to you." she snapped, before yanking her arm out of his hand and walking away.

Mo Yuan knew a scorned woman when he saw one, and he also knew it had to do with Shao Wan.  About to storm after her, he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder holding him back.  Looking up into the soft eyes of his brother, Mo Yuan took a deep breath to also calm himself down.

"When she gets like that, it's best to just leave her alone.  Whatever happened will come to light in time." he said gently smiling at him.

Mo Yuans eyes narrowed slightly.  He was not used to being spoken to in such a way by one so young and had Ye Hua not been his brother, he might have put him in his place.  But in the end, he shrugged his shoulders lightly and walked away.  With a Grand Hall ready for refurbishing and a Second Disciple he would give the honours to, Mo Yuan left them to the hot pools that Bai Qian was already focused on while 

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With Gaogui more than capable of rebuilding the Grand Causeway, Bai Qian along with Ye Hua preparing the Southern Valleys for the new Hot Pools, Zhe Yan rustling up a few helpers to get the Vegetable Gardens, orchards and Herb Plantations underway, Mo Yuan, along with Chang Shan and the remainder of the Disciples hit the Grand Hall with enthusiasm and excitement.

It had taken almost an hour to pass on the one spell that Chang Shan would need to erect the new Pillars from the powdered remnants of the old ones.  It was not an easy spell to use, but Mo Yuan was more than confident that he could manage it.  As his adopted son since very little, this was one boy he would always see as his son, regardless of Gaogui.  He loved them both equally.