Live Again, Love Anew

Chapter 15- Burned Meridians

Summary

Wei Ying: im in trouble

Another Uncle has joined the chat

Beginning Note

A few things-

1. If you guys ever need me to add more tags to the story, or add tags to the beginning of chapters, juts let me know. I want everyone to have a nice reading experience, and thinking back, there are places I could have done things but I didn't. So if you're sensitive to certain themes, or i missed something, let me know.

2. i will use pretty much all the canons for this work, and this chapter will start the divergence and mixing. I use ideas and timelines from many different versions of canon, so just take the timelines and events as they come and don't try to rationalize the story with any one canon.

3. this chapter includes both real and cultivational medical practices. I'm not a doctor, nor do I study the history of cultivation, so just roll with it.

sorry for the long note. enjoy!

Lan Wangji

Lan Wangji feels guilty.

After Wei Ying fell unconscious, they were soon found by a servant who had overheard the commotion. The servant had gasped and cradled Wei Ying in his arms, urging Lan Wangji to follow.

They had made it to the infirmary, where the servant filled the healer in on the situation using what little information he knew before leaving with a promise to find Sect Leader Jiang, Madam Yu, Sect Leader Lan, and First Young Master Lan.

For a while, everything was a blur. Healers and servants flitted to and fro, easily finding what was wrong with Wei Ying, but all diagnoses they could think of couldn't apply to a child, not one as young as Wei Ying.

Lan Wangji had an inkling as to what caused this, but he isn't a healer, and he also doesn't know the full side effects of the Tri-Seal. So in the end, he was as much in the dark as the rest of the healers were.

And now they were all huddled by Wei Ying's bed; Lan Wangji at the head at one side, Uncle and Brother standing next to him, Sect Leader Jiang and his wife at the foot of the bed, and the Healing Master on the other side of the bed.

"For now, we aren't entirely sure what happened to the child." The healing master, a woman called Healer He, says. "He had a small wound on his thumb, but that had already stopped bleeding by the time he was found with Second Young Master Lan." She moves her hand to Wei Ying's arm and rolls up the sleeve. "There was also a bruise on his arm, but it doesn't seem too bad, and it's already on its way to healing completely. It's also possible it was an older bruise that was just aggravated if Young Master Wei bumped into something, or someone grabbed his arm. In any case, both of these wounds are superficial, and will heal quickly."

Healer He puts Wei Ying's sleeve back in place and hovers her hands over Wei Ying's chest. "The problem, or more accurately, 'effect' I'm worried about is that the child's meridians show signs of being burned."

The adults gasp. Lan Xichen looks at the adults in the room, confused. "What does that mean?" He asks Healer He. "Will A-Ying be okay?"

"I'll get to the meaning in a second, but most importantly, the burns won't scar, thanks to the efforts of the servant who brought the boy straight here, and the child won't have any trouble in the future forming a core or using spiritual energy."

The adults give an audible sigh of relief.

"For the convenience of everyone here," Healer He continues. "I'll explain what exactly burned meridians are. In essence, burned meridians are meridians in a cultivator that have become damaged by a sudden influx of a large amount of energy. Just like any burn, whether they will heal without any lasting damage depends on how severe the burn is. If you burn yourself drinking hot tea, your tongue might sting for a while, but you won't have any permanent reminder of the incident. But if you stick your hand in an open flame for an extended period of time, you're bound to have at least a nasty scar and nerve damage.