OUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER (A WANGXIAN STORY)
Chapter 28
*Note*, I've replace the name Baoshen Sanren with 'BS' or 'Grandmaster'.
(In the beginning)
Telling his Grandmother what brought him to her sect revealed a lot of things to ZhiHao and the Chen siblings. They were lost for words on all the things Wei Ying had endured in two lifetimes. Wei Ying realized his Grandmother also knew of his existence and once searched for him when he lost his parents. Had the Jiangs not taken him in, he may have grown up by her side.
BS, "Take him to the Black Pearl...Wei Ying will begin training after three days. He needs to build a new core.",
"What?", Wei Ying's heart thumped when he heard her words. "No grandson of mine should be vulnerable...I'll explain things to you later", the Grandmaster went back to her seat and motioned the Chen siblings to do as told.
"This is where your mother lived when she was a disciple here... She designed it herself.", Chen Ping said when they reached a beautiful house on the west wing. Not only was the house huge and spectacular but it also lived up to it's name. The Black Pearl was sitting on a lake. It's ceiling black as coal with glossy wooden pillars. The insides were of the colour of the earth, with beautiful paintings on the walls. "What's that?", Wei Ying quickly sighted the marbled jars sitting under a shelf in the corner.
He took the first gulp when GuanYu confirmed his suspicion. Who knew his mother loved drinking as much as he did.
Chen Ping, "I'll come for you in the morning...There are about three rooms, so your friend can stay here as well...Or do you want us to take him elsewhere?"
Wei Ying, "No need...this demon is stuck with me."
The first day of training was pretty brutal. Wei Ying was introduced to the Pole of Endurance for the first time. For once he wished he was rather stuck with the 4001 rules in Gusu. At least they did not have to practice their handstands on a forty feet training dummy. The pole stood up like a straight tree with branches. The aim was to build on speed and stamina no matter the height. It came in handy in the floating world.
"Come on, it's easier than you think...", ZhiHao laughed as he watched Wei Ying struggle to keep up with the demonstrations.
Everyday there was another challenge that he had to conquer and he got beat up most of the time since using tricks and dark magic was forbidden for now.
(Present Day)
Wei Ying knew this place was different from the mortal world but he had no idea how time worked here. To him it had only been a about six months since he left Gusu, but in actual fact a year and a half had passed. In order to escape his grandmother's threat he worked extra hard and trained even at night when he was restless. One evening he was intercepted by another disciple who saw him training when everyone else was asleep.
"Training at night is not advisable...", the disciple stood beneath the pole. "Oh, I didn't think it'd be a problem.", Wei Ying said from the third plank.
"You wont get better like this..."
"I think I will.", Wei Ying smiled and continued training. He practiced what he was thought as he fought his way up, not minding the person's advice. In an attempt to execute another flip and kick, he hit his ankle hard at the edge of another plank and tripped. Wei Ying tried grabbing onto the next plank below but his nails could not hold and he came tumbling down halfway through. Rather than the hard floor he felt the strong hands of a man catch him.
" Like I said, you wont get better like this.", the man looked down at him.
"That was just an accident, you can let me down now.", Wei Ying gave a nervous smile. "Aish!", he felt a sharp pain when his feet touched the ground and the man grabbed onto him again. "Your foot is hurt...Let me help."
After walking for a while the disciple could no longer handle the pace and decided to give Wei Ying a piggyback. "Hey, what are you doing...Put me down!", Wei Ying squirmed at his back.
"Stay still, I need to hurry up and guard the gate, thanks to someone breaking in."
"Hey, I was allowed in...", Wei Ying frowned.
"In a disguise, its still breaking in..."
Wei Ying gave up arguing, "I'm Wei Ying by the way."
"Everyone here knows that... You can call me Gui."
ZhiHao was awoken by the shifting of the door and he quickly helped Wei Ying down when he saw them. "Thanks...", Wei Ying bowed and sent Gui away.
The following day Gui came around to check on him. He brought with him some herbs for tea. ZhiHao clearly did not want him around but Wei Ying welcomed him and sat down to have a drink. "I can help you train better if you want...", Gui said out of the blue after a long silence.
ZhiHao, "I think he is alright with just GuanYu, Ping and all the other cultivators in the sect."
"ZhiHao...", Wei Ying glared at him before turning to his guest. "I would love to, but I think I have enough teachers."
"Well, I'm not one of them. Since you said you'd love to, I'll pick you up at dawn.", Gui got up.
"Cant you see his leg is still injured?!", the demon became irritated but Gui was still calm. "I'm told you control resentful energy...Use it to heal your foot. And make sure you get enough rest today.", He picked up his sword and walked to the door, leaving the two with their shocked faces.
"He's creepy, stay away from him.", ZhiHao did not hide his displeasure.
"Come on, he helped me last night...I'm sure I can learn a thing or two from him.", Wei Ying chuckled.
"No! For all you know he's the reason why you slipped...I've watched you climb up that thing and you never hurt yourself like this. You only stood there and took GuanYu's beatings.", the demon huffed.
Wei Ying did not know whether to laugh or cry about what was meant to be a compliment. "ZhiHao...Don't be mean...You sound like my brother, Jiang Cheng."
"I mean it, stay away from that creep or I'm telling your husband you cheated!"
"Wangji wont believe that, old man!", Wei Ying laughed
"Yeah, but he'll still get angry when he imagines it!!", ZhiHao smirked.
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After giving up on the incense burner, Lan Wangji went back to having sleepless nights. And anytime he managed to rest he would have nightmares. In His dreams, Wei Ying and Mo Xuanyu always hang from a cliff. Naturally he saved Wei Ying at first and pull him to safety but afterwards Wei Ying would collapse into his arms.
"Lan Zhan... I never asked you to save me... Get lost!", Wei Ying said, trying to get out of his arms. Wangji tried holding him down, telling Wei Ying he was his husband and that they were in love. But in the end Wei Ying always broke free and jumped off the cliff again. The last thing Wangji saw before waking up was Wei Ying's bloody remains.
On the fourth time of having the same dream, he saved Mo Xuanyu, hoping that would represent his future with Wei Xing, but Mo Xuanyu was really just himself and Wei Ying would appear before him and accuse him of loving another man. In the end he would leave Wangji alone again and plummet to his death.
The next time he had the same nightmare, Wangji grabbed onto both men with his two hands and tried pulling them up. But the more he did, the more they tried to pull his hands off. In the end he'd lose both of them.
***********************************************************************************************Lan Sizhui became disturbed when he visited his father and found out he had been lying down all day with a fever. No one knew because he had secluded himself in the room for days. Sizhui came bearing good news after several butterfly messages to Wangji did not return and all the disciples that were sent to him thought he was not there, but that did not matter now. He quickly rushed to get the doctor and informed Lan QiRen and ZewuJun.
The doctor prescribed some medicine but Wangji threw up every time so Sizhui went to his aunt for help. All day and night Sizhui stayed by his side to take care of him. He heard Wangji call for Wei Ying most of the time he was asleep but he went mute whenever he woke up.
The fever broke but Wangji had to stay in bed a while longer. When he fully recovered he received the news that Xichen's wife had given birth to a son. His brother finally came to him after spending time with the mother and son.
Xichen, "Wangji, are you feeling better?"
Wangji, "Mn...How's your wife and the baby?"
Xichen, "They're okay...Its hard to believe I'm now a father."
Wangji, "How does it feel?"
Xichen, "Its better than they say it should feel... He looks a lot like you."
Wangji, "Don't be silly, I had nothing to do with it."
Xichen laughed at how his brother could say that with a straight face. "Wangji, do you want to know your nephew's name?"
Wangji, "Mn."
Xichen, "Lan Jiang..."
Lan Wangji spewed out his tea from shock. "Sorry, I was in shock.", he spoke calmly with a stoic face. "..And the courtesy name?"
Xichen, " Lan HuiZhong..."
Lan Wangji nodded in approval even though he felt Xichen was being very loud with the name he picked for his first child. After his brother got married, he arranged to have his wife live in separate quarters far from the Hangshi. Although he made it a point to visit her almost everyday, he barely spent the night there.
"I think I over used the incense burner...I kept having nightmares when I stopped using it.", Wangji explained.
"Really?...I'm glad you're better now. Maybe we should take a walk while you tell me about it. You've been in bed for days. " Xichen smiled.
"Mn."
Xichen gave his brother a hand and waited outside while he got ready...
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Thanks for reading...Sorry for any grammatical error and the length. Don't forget to comment and vote...Things are about to get heated and I'm actually very worried about the two Jades. I seem to be torturing them a lot :'D. Please stay safe and healthy...See you soon ;)
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