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If you’ve watched Heaven Official’s Blessing, then you know the beautiful and charming Shi Qingxuan and his quiet, hungry, and equally as beautiful best friend, Ming Yi. But, if you’ve read the books, you also know that he and Ming Yi, who is actually Black Water Demon He Xuan, are a very tragic pair.
Before we get into the main part of this essay, let’s quickly take a look at the term “guardian angel”. According to Google, a guardian angel is a spirit that is thought to watch over and protect a person or a place. Also, according to Merriam-Webster, it’s an angel believed to have special care of a particular individual, a person that helps or protects another person or thing. I believe that beefleaf’s relationship was very thin killly blanketed by a guardian angel theme, with He Xuan playing that role toward Shi QingXuan. Whether this was intentional by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, we will never know.
Now, let’s go back to their history for a bit. I won’t bore you with all the details surrounding Shi Qingxuan’s birth and the Reverend of Empty Words, but He Xuan and Shi Qingxuan have had a very intertwined history. Right from the moment He Xuan discovered the truth behind his misfortune, he infiltrated the heavenly realm and immediately attached himself to the brother of his enemy. And here, it all starts.
In this video, I will be covering three points in their relationship all in sequential order and linking them back to the theme of guardian angel.
Point 1: Closeness and Denial of Friendship. Ming Yi immediately after ascension latched on to Shi Qingxuan. After discovering that the man was innocent, He Xuan’s hopes were to become close to him and eventually use him to get to Shi Wudu no matter how long it was going to take. He hung out questioningly often with Shi Qingxuan, went on missions with him, and even willingly used a female form when asked by the other.
It is true that Ming Yi never failed to deny it whenever Shi Qingxuan referred to them as friends and we don’t know if Shi Qingxuan was hurt or not by his comments, but I don’t believe he was bothered by it because, well, Ming Yi’s actions contradicted his words. They were friends in every definition of the word.
Back to the theme of guardian angel, Ming Yi protected Shi Qingxuan during the Banyue mission. He literally put himself in harm's way just to protect the other and quoting directly from the official TGCF wiki, “their relationship is such that when he tells Qingxuan to step back, he readily obeys without question”. I imagine this is hugely reflective of the nature of their relationship when out on missions. Ming Yi never fails to protect Shi Qingxuan, something he “doesn’t need to do” given his reason for pretending to be his friend and the fact that Shi Qingxuan is not weak or fragile in any way.
Point 2: Revenge and Removal of the Innocent. Eventually, He Xuan sees an opening to exact his revenge on Shi Wudu. He is focused and ruthless in his execution of his plan but we know that at the beginning of it all, he tries his hardest to make sure the innocent Shi Qingxuan was kept away from it. Knowing what was coming, He Xuan refused to let Pei Ming take the wind master to meet his brother in the East Sea and tried to help Shi Qingxuan escape Shi Wudu’s palace where he was chained for treatments. He wanted him uninvolved and out of harm’s way. But, Shi Qingxuan who was determined to help his brother out with his third heavenly calamity leaves where his friend had safely put him anyway and consequently becomes directly involved in He Xuan’s goal of revenge.
Even this act in itself was some sort of test because He Xuan kept doubting himself, giving Shi Qingxuan a chance to choose. But Shi Qingxuan failed it, a detail I will not be going into in this video.
At the climax of He Xuan’s confrontation with Shi Wudu, the water master tried to kill his brother by strangling him. He said, “Qingxuan! I can’t leave you alone like this! If I die, there’s no way you’ll be able to survive in this world, so you might as well come with me!” But He Xuan stopped that by ripping off Shi Wudu’s arms.
He Xuan did not have to go out of his way to do all this. He could have, in his rage and thirst for revenge, hated the wind master too and tried to kill both brothers instead of just the primary offender. He is a Supreme ghost after all and had no need to show Qingxuan mercy even with his ignorance and innocence.
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