Special Chapters

SC9 - Tune of Huiyi

"Aaahhh!!!"

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian looked up at the sky when they heard the screaming that seemed to come from two voices. There, they spotted two unidentified disciples who were falling from above. Lan Wangji immediately cast a spell preventing the two from getting any injury from falling hard.

The two immediately stood up. There seemed to be a light in one's eyes once he saw who had saved them.

"HanguangJun! Master Wei!"

"Jingyi, aren't you inside the Cloud Rececess? Why..." Wei Wuxian twitched his brows as he pointed the sky. It hadn't been an hour since he last saw Jingyi who was busy cleaning inside the Cloud Rececess. "And who is this young man with you?"

"Huh? Oh! Liu Yang."

Jingyi extended his clasped arms in front of him and bowed deeply. 'Aside from letting us fall just like that, of all places, they really choose to drop us near them? They want to test the tune of Huiyi that they chose to expose us already.' He told himself. "Apologies, HanguangJun, Senior Wei, we just–" He was cut off because of the tip of Lan Wangji's bichen on his throat. He was shocked. 'HanguangJun was really scary.'

Lan Wangji, "Who are you?"

Wei Wuxian raised his brows. "l don't feel any resentment towards him but he does look like Jingyi. He just grew and aged a bit."

"Huh?" Jingyi thought to himself. 'And here I thought I didn't age.'

"He is not also wearing our sect's uniform." Jingyi wanted to slap his face. He forgot to change before they left the Heavenly Realm. Both of them are still wearing the same uniform  that Sizhui wore when he came back from death.

"HanguangJun, please sheath your sword. I'll explain it but this must remain secret." Jingyi had no choice but to spill the truth and Wen Yang silently nodded. He discussed the situation they were in briefly. He chose his words carefully and only shared what was necessary. Jingyi believed that it wasn't the time yet.

Wei Wuxian looked at them in disbelief. "Huh? Future?" He knew a lot could happen and could be discovered in the future. Cultivating a time travel talisman may not be possible. However, high cultivation would be needed.

Lan Wangji was still skeptical and Wei Wuxian knew that.

Jingyi knew they wouldn't believe him immediately. He, himself, will have suspicions too. If someone said that they are from the future, he will have doubts like them too and would asked proof instead. He doesn't have any choice but to add,  "Our kids are missing. Someone messed up with the timeline and used a different incantation with the time travel amulet. Sizhui and Jin Ling are here too."

Wei Wuxian, "Sizhui and Jin Ling's future self are here?"

A crisp sound was heard and their attention was caught by the young man who just arrived and accidentally heard his name being mentioned. "Me?"

Jingyi and Wen Yang turned to the person whose face was in disbelief. "S-Sizhui?" Jingyi gulped. "Have you been there?"

Sizhui, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to overhear."

Jingyi became anxious. "We need to talk somewhere else. We can't let anyone know about our existence here."

"Let's go to the conference hall." Wei Wuxian suggested.

There was a long silence but Sizhui's past self broke that. "About Jin Ling. I brought him lunch and I tried asking about his behavior earlier but he denied it, saying he just woke up. So, it wasn't the Jin Ling that we met earlier was the Jin Ling from this timeline."

"Oh, so they appeared here. Do you know where they are or what room they are staying in?" Jingyi asked.

Past Sizhui shook his head. "No. I tried looking for them to the quarter next to Jin Ling but there's no one in there."

"I think they don't have the intention to show up." Jingyi sighed. He looked at his husband who remained silent. "Liu Yang is Senior Wen's current disciple. He also joined other Lan juniors when you go on night hunting, Senior Wei. He started cultivating when he's 15 but he is a doctor by profession."

Wei Wuxian, "Doctor?"

Jingyi, "Mm. He appears whenever his assistance is needed. Senior Wen always goes with him whenever he goes on a trip, collecting herbs in the mountain and such."

Wei Wuxian rejoiced. "Wow! I'm glad that Wen Ning has some friends."

Wen Yang spoke. "He is my master. He taught me everything that I know about cultivation. Senior Wei, you also taught me and gave me some life-saving talismans to use. Whenever you go on night-hunting, I always tag along."

Jingyi suddenly coughed. He cleared his throat and took some tea. 'Life-saving, my ass!' He massaged his temple. He remembered the time when Wen Yang used a talisman that made him unable to move and successfully took his innocence. And so, saying it was a life-saving talisman, he wanted to spank him now.

Wei Wuxian grinned as he caught these small gestures and took note of them. 'Something is off with these two.'

Jingyi turned his head to Sizhui. "Sizhui, can you please accompany Liu Yang to where you thought those two are? If they saw him, they might show themselves up."

Sizhui nodded at him. Jingyi wanted to take a deep breath but after hearing what Wei Wuxian had said, he almost choke from the oxygen he gathered from his lungs. He wasn't sure if that could happen. But there is only one thing he can be sure of, everything will be complicated if he is not able to explain everything well without including other things that cannot be said yet.

"You seems to be hiding something from us?"

Jingyi sighed. "I prefer to remain silent. Let us wait for Sizhui's future self to show. I don't want to say anything that could cause complications. After all, whatever we say might affect the future."

Wei Wuxian nodded continuously, understanding the situation while not taking away his eyes to the person who appeared to be Jingyi's future self. He gulped a cup of tea. When the cup's bottom reached the table, he asked, "Why do I have this feeling that the time you came from was more than five years ago? Do you also feel the same way, Lan Zhan?"

Lan Wangji answered coldly, "Mm."

Jingyi slowly wiped an invisible sweat on his forehead. 'I know that Sizhui already played the tune of Huiyi but I don't feel comfortable letting them know that we came from 19 years from now. Immortality is not easy to attain at such a young age. When I tell them, they will have the next question. One answer can lead to further questions. In that case, what will happen three years from now cannot be hidden. Thus, the tune of Huiyi will be tested if their hearts will be able to remember everything. However, we haven't found our children yet so we must not cause any ruckus for now.'