Times Have Changed [MDZS]

Chapter 17: I Am Out of My Mind

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Chapter Seventeen

In the border of Gusu City, two figures, each carrying a bundle in their arms, flew along the ground in a low altitude. It was obvious that they were quite skilled in maneuvering their swords like this. However, one of them seemed to be preoccupied by something.

“What happened to you?” Wen Qing asked, swiftly landing from her sword.

Wei Wuxian was obviously distracted. They couldn’t travel with this low vigilance given their current predicament. Did Wei Wuxian want them to get caught?

“I’m out of my mind,” Wei Wuxian mumbled, also stopping from his flight. He closed his eyes and pulled his own hair as he continued, “Ah, Wen Qing why did I do that?!”

Wen Qing arched the side of her sword like eyebrows and smiled knowingly, “What have you done, hmmn?”

“I…,” Wei Wuxian froze, realizing that he had accidentally said his frustrations out loud.

“Shamelessly kissing someone in a broad daylight is really something to be ashamed of,” Elder Heiying sniggered.

Thankfully, he was being carried by Wen Qing and was free of the other’s retaliation. It was also the reason why he had carelessly disclosed this information in the very first place.

“Oh?” Wen Qing couldn’t help but be surprised. Did Elder Heiying successfully led Wei Wuxian into revealing himself to the Second Jade of Lan? She had to get a full recount from Elder Heiying later!

“You! I only kissed him in the forehead!” Wei Wuxian argued, indirectly admitting his wrong.

Elder Heiying mockingly laughed, “Brat, you might also add that you kissed him in his forehead ribbon.”

“He did?” Wen Qing also teased. The meaning of the forehead ribbon, she was sure that she had already explained it to Wei Wuxian.

Elder Heiying, “If he did not, would that brat put an effort to follow us here?”

“He what?” Wei Wuxian surprisingly picked up the important information within the dog’s words. He stilled and straightened in vigilance and indeed discovered the presence of someone nearing their location. He felt his head aching with Lan Wangji’s stubbornness.

“Lan Zhan… he’s really…,” Wei Wuxian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Are you going to confront him or not?” Wen Qing asked.

“Let’s go,” he instead said, leaping on his sword and leaving before Lan Wangji could discover them.

Wen Qing followed him, but asked, “Why are you hiding from him? It will be easier for us if we have an alliance with the orthodox sects who can protect your real identity.”

There will come a time when Wei Wuxian had to help the other sects. It will be more convenient if someone could assist him as he moved in the shadows. And Lan Wangji was the best candidate for that. Not only would he assist Wei Wuxian, he would surely willingly protect Wei Wuxian without anything in exchange.

Wei Wuxian pulled Chenqing with his free hand. Staring at it with a complicated expression, he said, “Is there really a possibility for a forcefully removed core to be cultivated again?”

Wen Qing could not understand why he said those unrelated words. She looked down at the beast in her arms. This words were probably meant for Elder Heiying.

Indeed, the demonic beast and Wei Wuxian had once talked about this before. A core melted by the core melting hands was said to be impossible to recover, but Wei Wuxian’s case was different. His spiritual base and spiritual roots weren’t destroyed along his core. In other words, his cultivation talent was still intact.

During the war and while he was still a member of the Jiang Sect, Wei Wuxian hadn’t dare to try condensing his Qi in fear of his secret being discovered. As for the latter times, he was already severely contaminated with resentful energy as what Elder Heiying explained. Even though he tried hard, his body could no longer balance out the two energies, resulting to his spiritual energy to be defeated by the resentful energy even before it was accumulated.

However, even if it was indeed possible with his current state, this still have a complication.

Elder Heiying, “It’s the same as starting late.”

A genius starting his cultivation late would never reach his peak even if he is a genius.

But Wei Wuxian smiled contentedly after hearing the elder’s reassurance, “It doesn’t matter.”

Seeing the beauty’s satisfied expression even after hearing the dog’s reply, Wen Qing finally understood why Wei Wuxian didn’t want to rope Lan Wangji in. She couldn’t help but remember a rule of the Lans, Do not associate yourself with the evil.

Wen Qing was right. After he settled things down on his side, when the time came that he could finally regain the other path that he had thought he had already lost forever, will Wei Wuxian have the right to associate himself with the righteous Hanguang-Jun.

Peaceful times didn’t need an evil cultivator to save the world. So Wei Wuxian decided to be a weak cultivator that could night hunt with Lan Wangji for the rest of their lives. That is if Lan Wangji would accept a weak cultivator like him.

But now, he cannot bear pulling Lan Wangji into his mess just like in his past. Up until now, he still didn’t know what happened to Lan Wangji after fighting with his elders just to protect him. Knowing the Lan Clan’s frigidness, Wei Wuixian could expect the worst. Wei Wuxian couldn’t let that to happen again.

The only solution he could think of was to stay away from Lan Wangji for the time being. He had to step back because if he didn’t, he could never stop himself from entangling deeper with Lan Wangji. That kiss was indeed a miscalculation on his side. With Lan Wangji’s stubbornness, if he realized what Wei Wuxian felt for him, it would surely be a mess.

It's just that Wei Wuxian seemed to be a complete idiot for expecting to get away from Lan Wangji every time the two of them would meet. Because the next time Hanguang-Jun caught this naughty fella, Wei Wuxian would never be able to escape even if he screamed, “Rape!”

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Author's Note

Guess I'm back, too early at that. Well, bad news for my self since my board exam was once again cancelled.

So instead, I applied for work. These past few months, my mind was occupied with codes, sketch, and other work  stuffs,

r esulting to me encountering a writer's block. I am so sorry if this will come out as something not as satisfying as before.

But I still feel that I should finish this story, as what I had promised. So I decided to push for an update.

Hope you appreciate.

Love,

Xiao Jian