Journey to the Beautiful Ending

C56 - Liu Village

Heibai Wuchang - Chinese grim reapers.

Sorry for this short update.

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"The night hunt was just almost like we had before." Jin Ling stretched his arms as he suddenly felt tired and sleepy. Not minding the people in the crowd, he cling to Sizhui and rested his head to his arms as they walked away from the gossiping people outside the Chunyi estate.

Jingyi twitched his face as he was trying to recall which night hunt Jin Ling was referring to. They've been with so many night hunts with the Jin Sect Leader and he actually don't keep records of his previous hunts, just notes of learning. "Which night hunt? I don't remember a thing."

Jin Ling rolled his eyes. "The one with the hook hand."

"Oh right!" Jingyi's face lightened up as he remembered that encounter which took them days to find the missing part of the person who sacrificed his life to stop the killer from killing more beautiful women. "We spent almost a week to find the hero's tounge. Its been years."

While the two are busy recalling the previous night hunt they had, Wen Yang was still overwhelmed. He have seen numerous corpses because of Wen Ning, who he now recognized as his second adopted father, but the fact that a father killed his own son for his selfish reason was unacceptable.

"Sizhui, what colors did you see when you met the young master?" Wei Wuxian turned to his son as he was somehow curious.

Sizhui spoke, "Jealous, revenge, deceit. The moment he spoke, colors of red lies sent out from his mouth."

After the things they heard from the receiving room, the group immediately went to the master's bedroom and there they found the ghost of Young Master Chunyi's ex-wife. Standing right beside the unconscious master. No pupil but there were two lines of blood running from her eyes.

When Wei Wuxian called the ghost. They notice how she walked and how she tried to find their voices. That's when they concluded that the woman was blinded before death and not because she was born blind, hence everything was messed up in and out of the house. She was trying to find the way yet she keeps on bumping the wall or tables, causing the displays and others to be thrown or to be broken.

Luckily, they were able to reunite the mother and son until the two slowly turned to ashes.

As to why Young Master Chunyi ended up killing them, everything was answered by the ghost of the lady. Sizhui was right, the young master of Chunyi estate was spouting red lies. He first said that his wife met a man and divorced him. The divorce was true but the reason was not real. He have been obsessed with the woman but it happened that she was already engaged with the other man. She was raped and forced to marry the young master. He have been good to her after the marriage but after the death of his in-laws, he suddenly became jealous over nothing and suspect that his son was not actually his.

Wen Yang heaved a long sigh. "So Young Master Chunyi just wanted us to stop the disturbance at night. He didn't expect to encounter high skilled cultivators."

"Right!" Wei Wuxian agreed. "Those who do not cultivate thought so highly of cultivators. Now, this night hunt proved that everyone don't think the same."

"What a day!" Wen Yang complained. "That person should be sent to hell."

Jingyi turned his head. "Sizhui, you wanted to consume his soul right there, correct?"

Sizhui, "I would if he was not scheduled to die anytime."

Jingyi was stunned. "W-What? You can also see if someone are scheduled to die? Can you see the future?"

Sizhui shook his head. "No. I can't foresee the future but there's an spectral entity beside him." He turned to Wei Wuxian with a knowing look. "Diē, you felt that spirit, right?"

Wei Wuxian thought for a moment. Since the case was a murder, they let the authorities to take care of the criminal. "Yeah but I didn't feel an intent to kill so I ignored it. It was two of the bailiff who went to capture him."

Sizhui, "It was the Heibai Wuchang."

Jingyi and Wen Yang looked at him at the same time with shock face all over their face. Heibai Wuchang are said to be two guards from the underworld, a black and white. Folktales said that they appear in the deathbed of the deceased person to guide them in the realm of dead. Hearing from Sizhui, they can also appear even if the person isn't dead yet.

Wei Wuxian let out a sigh and turned to Lan Wangji. "Lan Zhan, let's stay for the night here and go back tomorrow."

Jingyi bravely said, "Senior Wei, I wanted to go home."

Wei Wuxian smirked at him. "Jingyi, are you scared of something?"

"Yi-gege–"

Jingyi cut off Wen Yang and angrily shoo'ed him. "Why don't you leave yet, Wen Yang? You should go already."

Wen Yang ignored the older's rage. With a bright smile and inviting tone, he said, "Senior Wei, HanguangJun, my village was just thirty minutes walk away from here. You may wanna go and rest there. I'll make sure to serve you the best wine in the village though I know nothing beats Emperor's Smile."

Wei Wuxian's face was lightened upon hearing free drinks. "Sure, why not? Lan Zhan, let's go."

"Mm."

Jingyi clenched his fist but without any choice left as he was also scared to opposed HanguangJun, he followed with a heavy heart.

"Wait! Is this really your village?" Jingyi asked as he read the big characters upon entering the arch of village.

Wen Yang knitted his brows. He knows his Yi-gege is literate. "Isn't that obvious? Its written Liu Village."

Jingyi knew that Wen Yang was not an ordinary person. He first doubt the young man's ambition to rebuild the Wen Sect as it will cost a huge amount of money but Wen Yang said that his adopted family left him some inheritance. Didn't expect that he truly have lots of funds to spend with. "Then why are you wearing a commoner's clothes if you are a young master?"

Wen Yang showed his brightest smile at him as he led them inside the Liu Village.