Chapter 19 (1/2)
19 Act 5: Brightness Part 1
Wei WuXian laid on top of Lan wangJi's body the entire night, reflecting on what happened all those years ago
On theof his second day at the Cloud Recesses, he opened his eyes, only to see that Lan wangji was nowhere to be found Wei Wuxian was lying on top of theon his side and his body curled up underneath a quilt
Wei Wuxian pulled the quilt off hi through his hair He slept half the night, his thoughts filled with both an absurd fear of not being able to return to those happy times
He was pulled out of his thoughts by two light knocks on the jingshi+'s wooden door, followed by Lan SiZhui's voice: ”Young Master Mo? Are you awake yet?”
Wei WuXian replied, ”why are you waking me up this early?”
”Early ? It's already almost noon”
The Lan clan all routinely woke up early around 5-7 am, and went to bed at 9-11pm, while Wei Wuxian, as exactly one time period behind, routinely woke up at 9-11 aji for half the night, his lower back was quite sore, and he called out, ”I can't get up”
”Eh? What's wrong?” Lan SiZhui asked
”What's wrong? I've been bedded by your clan's Hanguang-Jun!”
Lan JingYi's aggressive voice approached, ”keep saying that nonsense, and on't spare you! Come out!”
Wei WuXian replied defiantly, ”it's true! He bedded , I'm too embarrassed to see anyone Why don't you two come inside instead?”
One couldn't just enter Hanguang-jun's room, so the two Lan clan juniors could only shout frorily shouted, ”You're truly sha with you?! Be grateful he even let you in! Get up! And take your donkey away, it's so damn loud!”
Upon hearing mention of his mount, Wei WuXian immediately sat up ”What did you do to my donkey?! Don't touch it, it'll kick you”
Exiting the jingshi+, he saw that his donkey had been led to a patch of green grass by Lan JingYi and Lan SiZhui, and wasloudly and incessantly It was braying because it wanted to eat the grass, but was blocked fro so by a dozen or more fluffy white balls
Wei WuXian exclaimed fondly, ”so many rabbits! Come come, let's catch them and cook them!”
Lan JingYi seethed, ”Killing is prohibited in the Cloud Recesses! Make your donkey shut up already, the early readers have complained several times already!”
Wei WuXian gave his apple to the donkey, and sure enough, the donkey stopped braying after one bite of the apple, itson the fruit instead He was si how to steal the jade tokens fro about lazily on the grass, ”You really can't cook theet chased off the mountain if you do?”
Lan Jinyi replied, ”They're Hanguang-jun's - I'd like to see you try!”
Hearing this, Wei WuXian al, ”This Lan Zhan! I tried gifting them to him before and he didn't want the a whole bunch of the to fool? Oh oodness, he actually does like these fluffy, white little things! Can he actually be like this? Hanguang-jun holding a rabbit with his poker-face? Aiyo, I' about it”
Thinking of the scene fro
Right at this ti out from the west side of the Cloud Recesses
These rings were entirely different froes in hours – no, these sounds were quick and intense, as if soYi and Lan SiZhui's faces drained of color They stopped fooling around with Wei WuXian, and left him behind to walk towards the source of the sound Wei WuXian realized so immediately, and followed behind them
The sound was co from the top of a corner tower
This corner toas called ”Mingshi+” — it was surrounded all four sides by a specialwas used by exclusively by the Lan fa rituals
When the bell upstairs rings spontaneously, it only : there had been an accident while so a ritual inside
Outside the building, the younger members of the Lan fa in ever increasing nushi+'s front doors were pitch black in color, and were firmly locked, only openable from the inside To forcibly open it from the outside was not only difficult, but also prohibited Further a ritual It was a very scary thing, because nobody knehat kind of spirit had been unleashed, and nobody kneould happen if soshi+ was first built, there were almost zero cases where a cultivator had failed in their ritual, which made people very anxious
Wei WuXian had a bad feeling about this, since he didn't see Lan wangJi exit the building If Lan wangJi was still at the Cloud Recesses, he would be rushi+ng over immediately, unless Suddenly, the black doors slammed open, and a white-clothed pupil stumbled out
His steps were uneven, and he rolled down the stairs as he stepped out Mingshi+'s doors closed on their own, as if sorily slammed into it
The bystanders quickly went to help the pupil After he was helped to his heet, he began crying uncontrollably, gripping on to his helpers ”This wasn't It wasn't supposed to happen Absolutely not, aah”
Wei WuXian grabbed the pupil's hand, looking straight into his eyes, and asked with a heavy voice, ”What kind of spirit were you looking for? Is there anyone still inside?!”
The pupil had a hard ti-jun, he allowed me to escape”
He hadn't finished his sentence when dark red blood ca out of his nose and mouth
Wei WuXian passed him into Lan SiZhui's care With the bamboo flute still tied to his waist, he went up the steps in two strides, put his foot on top of Mingshi+'s front doors, and shouted, ”open!”
Mingshi+'s front doors jiggled for a while, but suddenly opened Wei WuXian ied inside The front doors closed after him Several students were shocked, but also rushed to the door However, it didn't open, no matter what they tried
Lan JingYi threw hi out, ”just what kind of person is this lunatic?!”
Lan SiZhui, as supporting the pupil, gritted out, ”Don't worry about who he is, co from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth!”
As soon as he entered Mingshi+, Wei WuXian are of an oppressiveon him
This er, and grievances, so thick it was almost visible to the naked eye, and it made those surrounded by it ache in the pits of their stoth and width, and at its corners were several fallen people At the center of this room was the object used in the ritual
There was just an ar else It was the one taken from the Mo family courtyard!
It was stuck into the ground, sticking up straight like it was standing, four fingers curled in with the index finger pointing straight up, as if pointing to so emitted from this arm