NO MORE

29 : Wen Ning

Wei wuxian left the village the next morning towards Lanling on a horse he had rented. The money was from the random night hunts he did during his journey.

A poor man cannot survive after all.

On his way, he came across multiple villages that were a part of the Jin territory.

Even if Jin Guangyao is a supposedly bad person or did some shitty things, he sure is a good sect leader.

Wei wuxian had come to Lanling and crossed these area's a few times when he was younger. Often accompanying Jiang Yanli to visit Jin Zixuan. Well, more like the peacocks mom.

At first the place actually looked good. There were no homeless children or beggars, no vengeful spirits and no dangers. Wei wuxian even thought that with so many cultivators around, the people probably felt at peace.

Wei wuxian only understood what was really happening after he reached his teens. Back then, there were Jin cultivators on the streets all the time, as though on a look out. Some men who lived here would come out into the streets but there were no sight of women. Even little girls weren't present.

The Lanling back then had an unofficial nickname. 'The loveless land'. The only way marriage even happened here was if it was arranged. It was because of Jin Guangyao's effort that the pervert sect turned into a somewhat decent sect. That definitely couldn't have been easy.

Wei wuxian watched as the children freely run about, playing. Business in the stalls going about as usual. There were quite a few music troop and theater groups performing, some which he stood to listen to, frowning.

Well, the performances would have been great had been about anything other than how terrible and powerful the Yiling patriarch was.

All the music sounded very creepy -- but it was good. The players were very skilled. The plays were about Wei wuxian and his 'many horrific deeds.'

Honestly, if plays like this about my horrible deeds go around, its no wonder the youth will forever remember the evil Yiling patriarch. Why don't they make stuff like this about Wen Ruohan? He was even worse that I was....

Wei wuxian had an inking feeling that there was a reason this was happening. Almost as though someone doesn't want the public to keep him in the past. He frowned and left immediately, pulling his horse along with him.

He walked for a while in a normal pace as he thought.

I'll put some trust in Li Pingyu this time. Assuming Wen Ning is inside the mirror, i need to find a way to sneak inside without anyone noticing...

It was actually quite a difficult thing to do. The Jins were many in number so he needed to do something that would distract them long enough to sneak in and take Wen Ning back. And if Li Pingyu's information is false, he still knew that Wen Ning was in Jinlin-tai anyway. He would still need time to search around.

He glanced around and looked at the market place once again, hoping to find some inspiration. He saw a man bend down beside a dumpling stall and looked under the table. He had fire on a stick in his hands that he was using to light the flame. Wei wuxian's eyes widened and he smirked. He immediately turned and walked away.

The barns near Jinlin-tai blew up with high intensity flames. The people nearby rushed towards the barn and began using water to put it off, only to find that it wasn't diminishing. They even used mud but it still kept burning.

"Oi! Someone get the cultivators! Get them quick!"

"Sir! The mud isn't working!! What do we do?!?"

"Shit! We have to wait! The leader will surely know what to do. Thankfully there was no one inside, even the horses are safe."