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He turned around and slowly began
walking up the mountain. Wei WuXian,
"I'll wait for you in the town over
there!"
After he watched the silhouette of Jiang
Cheng who was moving slowly for
a while, he turned around as well and walked to another mountain road.
Jiang Cheng has been on the mountain
for seven days.
(This incident was about Four days after Wei Wuxian handed over his Jindan to Jiang Cheng)
The town where they agreed
to meet was built in the middle of
mountains.it was a bit far. Not
many people inside.The roads are thin
and bumpy. There wasn't even a
street vendors on the side.
Wei WuXian squatted on the side of the road.
He glanced towards the mountain. Still
there was no sight of Jiang
Cheng. With his hands on his knees, he
stood up before feeling his head
spinning and his body weakening. Shaking for a few moments, she walked towards the only teahouse in town.
The teahouse was likely
the only building in town
that was not raw. The moment he entered,
a waitress approached him with a
smiling,
"What do you want?"
Wei WuXian was immediately worried.
In the past few days, he had been
on the run and never
had time to clean up
himself. He could almost be said to be dirty.
When most teahouse maids
saw hin like that, he would be lucky
if they didn't kick him out immediately.
Coming with such enthusiasm
seemed a bit too fake.He quickly scanned around the the shop. The accountant was standing behind counter, looking as if he wanted to bury his face into the the account booklet. About half a dozen people sat scattered around ten tables. Many of them.He quickly scanned around the the store. The accountant was standing behind counter, looking as if he wanted to bury his face into the the account booklet. About half a dozen people sat scattered around ten tables. Many of them wearing robes, drinking tea with their heads low as if they were hiding something.
Immediately, Wei WuXian turned around to leave.However, just one step
outside the teahouse, a tall and
dark shadow had hovered over him and
hit his chest hard. Wei WuXian crashed into two tables. The waiter and accountant ran out, panicking. Everyone inside took off their robes, revealing the
sun robes that they wore inside.
Wen ZhuLiu stepped over the the doorway and stood in front of Wei WuXian. Seeing how he struggled to get up and then in the palm of his hand, he seemed to be thinking. Someone kicked towards Wei WuXian's knee, forcing him to hit the ground.
Wen Chao's face appeared
before him, full of excitement
that was cruel,
"You're already sad?! You brat, aren't you jumping up and down excitedly In the cave of Xuanwu Of Slaughter? You
finished with just an attack? Hahahaha, keep jumping, look at how arrogant you are!"
Wang LingJiao's impatient voice
appeared as well,
"Quick! Young Master Wen, cut off his hand! He still owes us an arm!"
Wen Chao, "No, no, no,don't rush. We finally found the boy. Cutting off his hand caused too much too much bleeding.If he had died soon after then it wouldn't be
fun anymore. First melt his core first!"
Wang LingJiao,
"Then, melt the the core first, then cut off his hand!" As they discussed on the side, Wei WuXian vomited blood,
"Sure! Whatever torture techniques you have, bring it out!"
Wang LingJiao smirked,
"Mark your words,Young master"
Wen Chao sneered, "You are so close to your death and you still playing hero!"
Wei WuXian laughed coldly, "It is precisely
because I'm so close to death, I'm so
happy! What I'm afraid of is I won't die. If you have the guts then torture me! The crueler the better. After I die, I will definitely become a ferocious ghost and haunt the Qishan Wen Sect day and night, cursing you all!"
Hearing this, Wen Chao actually
hesitated. After all, disciples of famous clans, such as Jiang FengMian and Yu ZiYuan, had been influenced by their clans and their clan treasures since they were young. When they grow up, they will receive the tranquilizing ceremony of countless souls so that there is little chance of of them becoming malignant ghosts.
But Wei WuXian was different. He was the son of a servant. He didn't grow up in the Jiang Sect from birth, either. He didn't have the chance to go through so many ceremonies.
If after he really died with too hateful energy and became a ferocious ghost to haunt them, that would be very annoying. And, from the torture he received when he was alive, the greater the number, the more scattered, the more violent they are, the more vicious, the more difficult the ghost that he formed after he dead.
Along with him, the people of the Wen Sect flew out with their swords. Cities and the mountains grow more and more far away. Wei WuXian thought, Even if Jiang Cheng comes down, he won't be able to find me again...
Why are they carrying me so high into the air?
Let me fall to my death when they are high enough?
After a while of flying, a black mountain suddenly broke through a layer of snowy clouds.
The mountain emitted an aura of
of horrifying death.
It was as if it was a corpse thousands of years old, just by looking at it made one's blood go cold.
Wen Chao stopped on top of the mountain. He spoke, "Wei Wuxian, do you know where this is?" He grinned,
"This place is called Burial Mound."
Hearing the name, a burst of cold air rose up Wei WuXian's spine and to the back of his head.
Wen Chao continued,
"Burial Mound is right in Yiling.
"You people of Yunmeng have probably heard the name too. It's a mountain of corpses, an old battlefield. If you find a spot anywhere on the mountain and dig your shovel into it, you'll be able to dig up corpses. Any nameless corpses will be thrown here as well, wrapped in mats only."
The sword array descended slowly,
approaching the black peak.
Wen Chao,
"Look at the dark air. Tsk tsk
tsk, the hostile energy is strong, right?
And the upset energy is thick, isn't it? Even we in Wen Sect can't can do anything about it. We can only can only surround it and prevent people from entering. It's still daytime. At night, there's really something to be found there. When a living person enters here, both body and soul, they cannot can't come back, can't go out for
forever."
He grabbed Wei WuXian 's hair A strange smile on his face, he spoke one word at a time,
"And you won't be able to come out
for good too!"
As he finished, he threw Wei WuXian down.
"Ahhhhhhhhh...!"
Wei Wuxian's body fell quickly, but he himself felt that his body fell slowly but suffocatingly.
"Is this the end of my life?" he thought.
Flash after flash of her life appeared in his mind, his childhood life with her blurry parents, her suffering living on the streets as a child, and his life after arriving at the lotus dock as well as memories in the Cloud Recesses, and his struggles in Xuanwu Cave.
'No you can't...I don't want to die like this, I want to live....'
Wei Wuxian wants to stay alive, he hasn't done much and he still wants to be with Lan Wangji.
Wei Wuxian's falling body stopped for a moment, he felt the hateful energy surrounding him, but soon his body fell back to the bottom of the ravine quickly.The hard impact made Wei Wuxian groan in pain, his body stiffened unable to move.
All his bones felt crushed, his internal organs seemed to be destroyed. He spit out a lot of blood in his mouth. Smiling mockingly Wei Wuxian felt tired.
He was exhausted.
Tired of having to fight only to despair.
Wei Wuxian always knew he was tired.
Tired of hearing all the lies about him and his parents.
Tired of being blamed for every mistake he didn't make.
Tired of accommodating Jiang Cheng and Madam Yu's emotions over the years.
Tired of hoping that he could become part of the family.
Tired of his sincerity and desire to be friends being ignored.
Tired of others' prejudice against him.
Tired of not being recognized.
So much so, he couldn't even remember why he could always smile.