Chapter 18 (1/2)

Chapter 18 Refineht

Wei WuXian bought a bunch of quirky gadgets in Caiyi Town and took the was shared between the disciples frohe and there were no classes for a few days, all of the boys played around in co's roohts, they ate, drank, wrestled, gahts, Wei WuXian lost in a game of dice, and was sent to sneak down the mountain and buy jars of Emperor's Smile This time, everyone finally had the chance to satisfy their taste buds However, on the second day, before daylight even appeared, so the disciples who spread out on the floor in a tangle, sleeping as if they were a group of corpses

The noise fro the door startled a few people As they saw the stone-faced Lan wangJi at the door through their sleepy eyes, they were instantly waken up Nie HuaiSang furiously pushed Wei WuXian, who ended up in a position with his legs at the top and head at the botto!”

Having been shoved for a few times, Wei WuXian spoke drowsily, ”Who? Is anyone else up for it?! Jiang Cheng? The fight is on—like I'm scared of you!”

Jiang Cheng drank too round with his eyes closed He rando and hurled it at where Wei WuXian's voice came from, ”Shut up!”

The object landed on Wei WuXian's chest, its pages flipping open Nie HuaiSang eyed it, only to find that the ite used to hit Wei WuXian was one of his treasured out-of-print illustrated pornography books As he looked up and saw Lan wangJi's frigid gaze, he alging the book to his chest, and went to sleep again Lan wangJi stepped into the roorip Wei WuXian's back collar, lifted hied him in the direction of the door

After a few puzzled Ji, he was finally half-awake He turned around, ”Lan Zhan, what are you doing?”

Lan wangJi didn't say any words, continuing to drag hi corpses on the ground who gained consciousness one after another Seeing that Wei WuXian was caught by Lan wangJi again, he hurried outside and asked, ”What's happening? What are you doing?”

Lan wangJi turned his head, speaking one word at a time, ”To receive His Punishment”

Jiang Cheng had a slow reaction fro too much, so he just re that they broke a countless nuht, his face immediately froze

Lan wangJi dragged Wei WuXian to the front of the Lan Sect's ancestral hall There were already a few older disciples of the Lan Sect waiting there, eight in total Of them, four carried discipline rulersnumerous square-shaped characters carved onto theJi dragged the person over, two of the Wei WuXian in place Wei WuXian half-knelt on the ground, being allowed no roo to punish me?”

Lan wangJi stared at hi his silence

Wei WuXian spoke, ”I won't accept this”

At this point, the boys who had woken up also rushed over, but they were blocked outside the ancestral hall, not allowed to go in They scratched their heads, scared speechless froJi lifted the bottom of his white clothes, and knelt down beside Wei WuXian

Seeing this, Wei WuXian turned pale with fear He tried to get up, but Lan wangJi commanded, ”Strike!”

Wei WuXian gaped with astonishment He hurriedly spoke, ”Wait, wait, I accept this, I accept this, Lan Zhan I rong… Gah!”

The pals of both of them received about a hundred strikes of the discipline ruler Lan wangJi didn't need anyone to hold hi position stayed proper for the whole duration On the other hand, Wei WuXian wailed and hoithout holding back at all,the pain After the beating finished, Lan wangJi silently stood up and walked outside after saluting toward the the disciples in the ancestral hall, showing no evidence that he had been injured Wei WuXian was the exact opposite After he was carried onto Jiang Cheng's back, he groaned for the whole way The youths all surrounded the, what in the world happened?”

”It's understandable for Lan Zhan to punish you, but why did he hi?”

Wei WuXian sighed, leaning on Jiang Cheng's back, ”What astory!”

Jiang Cheng spoke, ”Cut the crap! What on Earth did you do?!”

Wei WuXian answered, ”I didn't do anything! Last night, didn't I lose the dice gao down to buy some Emperor's Smile?

Jiang Cheng, ”… Don't tell ain”

Wei WuXian, ”That's actually it Who kneas wrong with my luck—when I carried the jars of Eht in front ofthat le day”

Jiang Cheng, ”Not everyone has so much time on their hands What happened next?”

Wei WuXian, ”And then I said hello to hiain!' Of course, he ignored ain His hand came atthis?' He said that if a guest disciple violates the curfew so o to the Lan Sect's ancestral hall to receive their punishment And I said, 'There's only the two of us here If you don't say it, and I don't say it, then nobody would knohether or not I violated the curfew, right? I promise that there's no next time We're already this familiar with each other, so can't you just do me a small favor?'”

Everyone looked as if they couldn't bear to listen to this any longer

Wei WuXian continued, ”In the end, he said that eren't faed over He paid no heed to our friendshi+p or whatsoever, so I could only put down the E a few moves His attacks were fast and chased after me so close that I couldn't even throw hi o? Huh?!''

”He still said, 'Take your punishment'”

The boys were filled with the thrill of the story, and Wei WuXian was enraptured as he spoke He forgot the fact that he was still on Jiang Cheng's back, and gave Jiang Cheng's shoulder a hard s, threwto him, and plummeted outside the wall of the Cloud Recesses!”

”…”

Wei WuXian, ”And so, the two of us fell outside the area of the Cloud Recesses together! It was such a bad fall that I saw stars before my eyes”

Nie HuaiSang was dumbstruck, ”… He didn't break free?”

Wei WuXian replied, ”Oh, he did try But with s, he couldn't break free even though he wanted to, unable to even get up from my body He was as hard as a board I said, 'How about this, Lan Zhan? Now, you're also outside the Cloud Recesses We both broke the curfew, and you can't be harsh toward others and loose toward yourself If you punish me, you'd have to punish yourself as well Equal treatment How does that sound?'”

Wei WuXian, ”After he got up, he looked like he really wasn't in a good mood I sat on the side and told him not to worry, that I won't tell anyone else, and that the only ones who knew about this was the sky, the Earth, and us two And then, he walked off without saying anything Who knew that he'd do so, walk slower You're al me off”

Jiang Cheng wanted to not only shake him off, but, even round by sla you not up to your standards?!”

Wei WuXian, ”I never asked you to carry ”

Jiang Cheng was enraged, ”If I don't carry you, you'd probably stay in their ancestral hall and roll on the ground all day long I don't have that thick of a face to lose! Lan wangJi even had fifty more strikes than you, and he even walked by himself Yet, you have the nerve to pretend that you're crippled I don't want to carry you any more Get off, now!”

Wei WuXian, ”No, I'm wounded”

The group joked around on the narrow path ht into a person in white robes, holding a book as he passed by Lan XiChen stopped onder and s on, here?”

Jiang Cheng felt extre answered before hi was punished with more than a hundred strikes of the ruler Is there any medicine?!”

The person responsible for punishJi With Wei WuXian's pained cries aroup which surrounded him, it appeared as if his condition was extremely severe Lan XiChen iJi? Is Young Master Wei still able to walk? What in the world happened?”

Of course, Jiang Cheng didn't dare to say that Wei WuXian was at fault Thinking back, it was theed Wei WuXian to buy liquor Each and every one of theue way, ”It's fine, it's fine; it's not that serious! He can walk Wei WuXian, why are you still up there?!”

Wei WuXian spoke, ”I can't walk” He raised his red paler, and coer brother is so cruel”

Lan XiChen examined his palms, ”Yes, the punish will not subside until after three or four days”

Jiang Cheng really didn't know that the beating was so severe He exclais and his back were also hit by the discipline rulers How can Lan wangJi do this?!” He spoke the last sentence with resentment in spite of himself, and only realized it after Wei WuXian secretly smacked him However, Lan XiChen didn't mind it at all He sh to requireMaster Wei, let me tell you a way for your injuries to be healed in just a few hours”

It was nightti of the Cloud Recesses

Lan wangJi's eyes were closed as he relaxed in the ice-cold water Suddenly, a voice rang beside his ears, ”Lan Zhan”

”…”

Lan wangJi's eyes sprang open Sure enough, Wei WuXian was lying on his sto his head and s at him

Lan wangJi blurted out, ”How did you come in?!”

Wei WuXian slowly crawled up, and spoke as he took off his sash belt, ”ZeWu-Jun told me to come in”

Lan wangJi, ”What are you doing?”

Wei WuXian kicked off his boots while leaving piles of clothing all over the ground, ”I already stripped, so what do you think I' can cure injuries aside fro with one's cultivation So, your brother told me to come here and bathe with you Except, it's really not nice of you to come here to heal alone Eep! It really is cold Brr…”

He went into the water, rolling about due to the freezing water of the spring Lan wangJi quickly distanced himself a few meters away from Wei WuXian, ”I came here for cultivation purposes, not to heal… Do not leap around!”

Wei WuXian spoke, ”But it's so cold, it's so cold…”

This time, he didn't intend to emphasize or cause trouble It was true that most people couldn't beco in a short a as if their bodies and blood would freeze if they stayed still for just a fewto warinallyabout, a few splashes of water was thrown on his face A few droplets trickled down his long lashes and ink-black hair It was beyond his endurance, ”Do not move!”

As he spoke, he extended an arm, and put his hand on Wei WuXian's shoulder

Wei WuXian instantly felt a surge of war better, he couldn't help but to shi+ft closer over there Lan wangJi ary of this, ”What?”

Wei WuXian replied in an innocent tone, ”Nothing It seems like your side is warmer”

Lan wangJi fir the distance He sternly declared, ”It is not”

Wei WuXian wanted to get closer to Lan wangJi so that it was h he couldn't go over and was given the cold shoulder, he wasn't angered at all He glanced at Lan wangJi's pal that Lan wangJi really wasn't here to heal Wei WuXian spoke sincerely, ”Lan Zhan, I admire you soyourself any better I don't have anything else to say”

Lan wangJi shut his eyes again, without any words

Wei WuXian spoke again, ”Really, I've never seen someone as pri like this You're so cool”

Lan wangJi still paid him no attention

After Wei WuXian stopped feeling cold, he started to swi He swuJi, ”Lan Zhan, didn't you notice what I was doing when I talked to you?”

Lan wangJi, ”I do not know”

Wei WuXian, ”You don't even know about this? I was co to become more casual with you”

Lan wangJi glanced at him, ”What do you want to do?”

Wei WuXian, ”Lan Zhan, why don't we become friends? We're already so familiar”

Lan wangJi, ”We are not”

Wei WuXian slapped the surface of the water, ”Now, you're being boring again Really There are lots of benefits if you become friends with me”

Lan wangJi, ”For example?”

Wei WuXian swa, and leaned back with his arms on the blue rocks, ”I'm always really loyal towards my friends For example, I'd definitely let you be the first person to look at new porn that I get hold of… Hey, hey, come back! It's fine if you don't look at the's food is also good I don't know if it's Gusu's or the Cloud Recess's problem, but the food in your sect are so bad If you come to Lotus Pier, you can eat lots of delicious food I can take you to pick lotus seed pods and water chestnuts Lan Zhan, do you wanna come?”

Lan wangJi, ”No”

Wei WuXian, ”Don't answer everything with negative words You sound so uncaring; girls won't like it Letlook very pretty, different from the sort of pretty in Gusu” He winked his left eye at Lan in a proud way, ”You sure you don't wanna come?”

Lan wangJi hesitated, but still replied, ”No…”

Wei WuXian, ”Rejectingme any respect—aren't you scared that I'd conveniently take away your clothes when I leave?”

Lan wangJi, ”Get lost!!!”

After Lan QiRen left Qinghe and returned to Gusu, he didn't o to the Library Pavilion to copy the Lan Sect's sect rules again, but si in front of everyone Without the parts where he quoted ancient scriptures, it all boiled down to how he had never seen soet lost, as soon and as far as possible Please don't go near the other pupils, and especially refrain froJi

As he scolded, Wei WuXian only grinned while listening, feeling no huer at all Immediately after Lan QiRen left, Wei WuXian sat down and spoke to Jiang Cheng, ”Don't you think that it's a bit too late, telling et lost after I finished tainting his person It's too late!”

The waterborne abyss in Caiyi Town created a great deal of trouble for the GusuLan Sect It was impossible to completely destroy it, and the Lan Sect couldn't chase it to somewhere else like the Wen Sect did The sect leader of the Lan Sect was in secluded meditation y on thisshorter and shorter, Wei WuXian's tier and longer

Today, Wei WuXian intended on going outside with a group of seven or eight people again As they passed the Lan Sect's Library Pavilion, he looked through the drape of Ji sitting alone by the

Nie HuaiSang spoke in a puzzled tone, ”Is he looking at us? That's strange We didn't make too much noise, so why does he still look at us like that?”

Wei WuXian, ”He's probably thinking of how to find faults with us”

Jiang Cheng interrupted, ”Wrong Not 'us', but ' is you”

Wei WuXian, ”Heh Just let hiet back”

Jiang Cheng, ”Don't you dislike how he's boring and how he's not fun? Then, you should stop teasing hier'sfor your own death”

Wei WuXian replied, ”No It's exceptionally fun, precisely because of how a living person can be so not fun”

They only returned to the Cloud Recesses when the tianizing the stack of paper which he wrote on, as heard a creaking noise co from theHe looked up to see someone hop inside

Wei WuXian canolia tree outside of the Library Pavilion His face was bea, ”Lan Zhan, I' texts for these past few days?”