Chapter 91 (1/2)
Chapter 91
Chapter 91: Loyalty (Part Eleven)
Translated by K of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
With an almost insatiable force, Wei WuXian picked as many lotus seeds as he couldThere was almost no room on the boat left to put their feet, all three of thereen lotus seed podsWhen the skin was torn off, the creaht inside the brown, puffy coatsDig them out, peel the coats off, and there were the seeds, soft and snowyThey had a refreshi+ngly sweet tasteEven the centers were reens, not at all bitter
Wen Ning continued to peel the seed pods, sitting at the front of the boatLan wangJi stopped only after he peeled twoAs he saw Wen Ning pass theive them to Wei WuXianAlone, Wei WuXian finished the entire boatThey finally arrived at the docks of Yunping City after being afloat for another three or four hours
The shallow regions of the docks were craroups of woathered on the stone stairs before the waters, washi+ng clothesshi+rtless boys with tanned skin dove and swae of the river
Suddenly, a ferry slowly drifted overOne person was at the end of the boat, head hanging low, but the two youngat the front was dressed in snohite, carrying a ht beside hiures on a daily basis, so everyone widened their eyes and stared as hard as they couldA few of the boys swiathered toward theht heads bobbed up and down beside the ferry
Wei WuXian, “If ICity here?”
A girl washi+ng clothes by the river blushed, “Yes, it is”
Wei WuXian, “We’re hereLet’s go”
The ferry dockedLan wangJi was the first to stand upAfter he was on land, he turned around and helped Wei WuXian upBoth of the two had gotten off already, yet Wen Ning was still on the boat, unable toboys watched as he looked down and said nothing, strangeup his neck across his pale cheeksThey found hie, but felt a onto the boat and shook without stop, so hard that Wen Ning almost couldn’t steady himself
Wei WuXian turned around, “Hey! What are you doing? Don’t bully him”
Wen Ning hurried to reply, “Young Master, I can’t get off”
As he called out for help, two of the boys slapped the river’s surface to splash hi pulled a helpless smile, at a loss as to what to doIf only the boys knew the ‘person’ they were fooling around with could tear their bodies, even their bones, into smithereens, how could they ht now?
Wei WuXian tossed over the few lotus seed pods that were left, “Catch!” The boys i could finally jump ashoreEmbarrassed, he patted the drenched hem of his robe
Even out of the entire Yun City wasn’t just so insteadThe three entered the cityOn their ere countless vendors and passerbyWen Ning didn’t like places that buzzed with people; he disappeared in silence shortly afterwardFrom the address in his memory, Wei WuXian asked as he walked, but when they finally arrived at their destination and confirmed what they saw, both were somewhat surprised
Wei WuXian looked at the grand building, prosperous with incense, “This is… a Guanyin Temple?”
Deity of Mercy
Lan wangJi, “Mn”
Jin GuangYao really didn’t seeed a look with each otherTogether, they passed the flood of visitors, crossed the tall threshold, and entered the templeThe temple had three courtyardsEverywhere smoke could be seen and woodblocks for prayers could be heardIt didn’t take long to complete an entire circle around the templeThe last courtyard was the Guanyin PalaceBefore the two even stood for long before the entrance, a etherThe two returned the salut
Wei WuXian chatted with hi in a casual manner, “Most temples are built inside mountainsOnes inside cities are truly rare”
The monk smiled, “Those in the city often toil all dayDon’t they also need such a Guanyin Temple to pray and search for inner peace?”
Wei WuXian smiled as well, “Wouldn’t the noise disturb Guanyin?”
The monk, “Guanyin delivers all from tormentHow could they be disturbed by people?”
Wei WuXian, “Is Guanyin the only one this temple worshi+ps?”
The ht”
The talked around the temple some more, an idea already in Ji into an alleyway, picked up a branch, and drew a few squares on the ground before he tossed it away again, “Jin GuangYao really went out of his way”
Lan wangJi picked up the branch he tossed away and added a few more strokes onto the squaresThe outlines became clearer and clearer—it was an aerial view of the Guanyin Temple
Wei WuXian took the branch fro array inside the te suppressed” He pointed at a certain spot, “The array’s a bit coht here is destroyed, whatever it’s suppressing will come out”
Lan wangJi stood up, “We will do it at nighttime, when people are sparseWe should find a place to rest before we strategize”
They didn’t knoerful the creature under the Temple was, so of course they couldn’t act rashly in the day, when there were soit’d take to finish off the thing in the Te? Would our schedule be delayed?”
Lan wangJi, “The condition of your body is still unclearYou must not force yourself”
In the fight at Burial Mound, Wei WuXian exerted too y and staA few hours earlier, Jiang Cheng angered him so much that he al tiht now, if there was so, it was hard to tell whether or not an accident would happen at a criticalhis Ji didn’t rest for a second either
Thinking even if he didn’t need to rest, Lan wangJi definitely needed to, Wei WuXian replied, “OkayThen let’s find somewhere to rest first”
Wei WuXian himself was able to live anywhere, an estate if he had ht now, Lan wangJi ith hi on some tree roots, or cramped with him inside a s, the two finally settled on a neat inn at the other side of Yunping City
The owner rushed outside enthusiastically, al theanized, and the first floor was al it obvious that whoood at their workMost of the people working inside o the floors to chubby ladies working in the kitchenWhen they sao young irls pouring water for the guests was staring at Lan wangJi so hard she didn’t even notice that the mouth of her teacup pointed off
The owner shouted a few things, telling them to do their work properlyShe herself led Wei WuXian and Lan wangJi upstairs to look at the roo Masters, how many rooms would you like?”
Hearing this, Wei WuXian’s heart suddenly skipped a beatHe snuck a glance across at Lan wangJi
Hearing this, Wei WuXian’s heart suddenly skipped a beatHe snuck a glance across at Lan wangJi
If it were twothe time they just returned, in order to escape as soon as possible, he tried everything he had to disgust Lan wangJiLan wangJi noticed it as well, so he just decided to get one rooot, Wei WuXian would find a way into his bed
Not only that, because nobody kneho, no ht they went down the Cloud Recesses, and he was already the first to slink into Lan wangJi’s bedLan wangJi saw hi on his bed the moment he opened the doorExpressionless, he stood for a while before he went to the other room next door that he paid forWei WuXian, of course, wouldn’t let hi that he wanted to sleep with himEven after he crawled into the bed, he tossed the other pillow out the , insisting on using the saJiHe even went as far as to ask why Lan wangJi was sleeping with clothes on, trying to forcefully strip him
Halfway through the night, he had suddenly stretched his cold feet into Lan wangJi’s blanket, grabbing his hand and laying it on his chest, “Listen to -Jun!” And then he stared innocently yet roJi struck him frozenUnable to move, he finally quieted
The past was almost unbearable to rememberThis was the first time Wei WuXian felt shocked at his own shamelessness
At the third glance, Lan wangJi was still looking downHe didn’t say anything, and his expression couldn’t be seen eitherNoticing how he hadn’t responded even after so long, Wei WuXian’s otten only one rooets two rooms this tiets one room, it wouldn’tit seem like he doesn’t mind so that I don’t mind either…
After the whole mind-this mind-that business, the owner proht? One rooh! My rooms here are comfy even for two peopleThe bed won’t feel cramped”
With no refusal coJi for quite a while, Wei WuXian’s body and heart finally stopped giving out, te to a steady state
The owner opened one of the doors and led thehShe asked, “Hey, would you two like dinner? Our cooks have great skillWe’ll bring the dishes up here once we finish?”
Wei WuXian, “Yes, please, but not right nowHow about a bit later? Bring them at around seven”
The owner answered as she walked out the doorRight after she left, just as Wei WuXian was about to close the door, he suddenly chased after her, “Ma’am!”
The owner, “Yes, Young Master?”
Wei WuXian see his voice, “When you’re bringing up the et soer the better”
The owner grinned, “Of course!”