Special Chapters

SC15 - Test of Huiyi

There was a deafening silence inside the hut. No one wants to start a talk. Their eyes were fixed on the child and the woman they had found. Future Lan Sizhui sighed. From his side view, he saw Wei Wuxian walking toward him so he prepared himself for any question he will shoot him.

"Di–Senior Wei–"

"Sizhui," Wei Wuxian turned to him. "That child. What is his name?"

"Zian. Wen Zian."

"You said Jingyi married a sect leader and Zian is his son?"

"Yes."

"So Jingyi married a Wen?"

Future Sizhui paused for a moment. "Yes."

"How?"

"There are Wens who defected before the first siege. However, they were hunted down too after the siege, and Jingyi's cultivation partner survived when got adopted by the Liu family."

Wei Wuxian clenched his fist.

"That's awful! They already defected yet they are still being hunted? Seriously." One of the Lan commented.

"So Jingyi's wife raised the Wens once again by rebuilding the Wen Clan?"

"Probably."

"Wait! You fell in love with a Wen?!" Past Jingyi outburst while a few of the junior disciples are exchanging words. The few revelations of the future made him shocked. He couldn't believe it and he was not ready to believe it yet. His questions in mind are piling up but he can't get his answers because no one in the future is willing to answer them. They have to be contented with the little information they are willing to share but those were not enough to calm their minds. If he were to marry a Wen, how did his father accept it?

"Die-Die, what are they talking about?" Past Jingyi turned his head to the child they said his future son. The boy has few resemblances to him so he cannot doubt him. He raised his head to look at his future self but he found him giving a deathly glare. He almost choked.

Future Jingyi, "Don't mind them, Zian. Let's check  your shijie." He told his son.

The young lady got up from the small bed she was laid on. "Young master, I'm okay now." She turned her head to Future Sizhui who was at her side. She saluted. "Thank you for healing me, Sect Leader Lan."

"Sect Leader? Sizhui?" The young lady turned to the disciple on the other side of the room. She was surprised to hear that question. She is about to say something when Future Sizhui spoke.

"Wen Qian is a disciple of the Wen Clan. She was raised in the Wen Sect after her parents died due to the plague in a town that the sect leader of the Wen Clan once visited. The sect leader of the Wen Clan is a doctor. His late parents belong  to the branch family of Wens." Future Sizhui explained. Even though he is not looking at any of the people from the past, they knew he was sharing that information with them. "Maiden Wen, I know this sound absurd but we are not in our time. We were teleported back to the past where you were not born yet and Wen Clan wasn't rebuilt yet."

Finding out that she was in the past, Wen Qian's eyes grew bigger. She looked around and there she noticed the number of disciples wearing white, purple, and yellow who were throwing her a questioning look. Some of them have visible fears and anger in their eyes which she immediately understood. "Huh? S-Sect Leader, is that the reason why their eyes are all on me?"

"Their eyes?" Future Jingyi turned to the Lan disciples who just turned their heads as if they are not looking at her a few seconds ago. "Don't mind them."

"Maiden Wen, do you still remember what happened in Weiji's chamber?" Future Sizhui asked.

"Madame Jin and I just happened to be in the room, waking up the young masters for breakfast. I was helping young master Zian to wear his uniform and Madame Jin carried young master Jin out of the room but someone appeared in young master Lan Weiji's chamber." She gasped as she realized something. "No one was attending young master Lan Weiji at that time. He must be alone right now!"

"Sizhui, your..."

"Weiji can safeguard himself. He is not as reckless as YuYan but I am more worried about his twin sister."

Past Sizhui became anxious and Past Jin Ling didn't miss it. Knowing that Sizhui got married and had three children, somehow felt wrong. He couldn't justify what made it wrong. He just doesn't like hearing it. However, he remembered that he also got married and had a son. Why does he feel that something was wrong?

"The young mistresses are also missing?! If they are missing then... young mistress Jiaying is also missing! Young master..." Wen Qian met Future Jingyi's eyes with worry.

"Yes, she is."

"Wait! Who is this Jiaying?" Past Jingyi attempted to ask.

"You are young master Jingyi's past self?" Wen Qian saluted at him. "Jiaying is the Wen Clan's heiress."

"I got two kids?!" Past Jingyi exclaimed.

Wen Qian giggled. "Young Master, your past self's reaction is funny."

Future Jingyi, "Don't mind him." He doesn't want to do this to his past self but he can't reveal anything yet. His reactions were like this already after finding out he married a Wen. What more if he found out that he married a man.

Future Jin Ling uttered. "A-Yu.."

"If Madame Jin is with your son then Xiao Yu is safe right now. She cultivated her golden core and should be able to protect him." Future Jingyi reassured him. After all, Jiang Yanli continued to cultivate her core with his husband after they were resurrected.

"I'm not worried about his safety but to..." 

Future Sizhui placed his hand on Future Jin Ling's shoulder and smiled reassuringly. He understood his husband's worries. Jiang Yanli was still dead in the past. It would be great if they were teleported to the past where she is already resurrected but if not, not only fear will arise in the cultivation world. They might blame Wei Wuxian's demonic cultivation again. "A-Ling, everything will be fine." With that smile, Jin Ling calmed down.

The people from the past timeline went silent as they listened to their conversation. They understood that the people from the future are in a tight situation now. Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng reminded them to keep their whereabouts to themselves.

"The fog was still thick outside. How can we leave this place?"

Future Sizhui spoke with his firm tone. "What are you supposed to night hunt here?"

Past Sizhui answered. "We are supposed to go to the nearby village here but the fog got thicker and thicker. We encountered some fierce corpses, but something was amiss and according to Senior Wei, the corpses carry a deep resentment but none of them are attacking us."

"The resentment faded surprisingly." Jiang Cheng remarked. His voice was sharp.

"Yeah. I'm surprised too. After it faded, we saw you three. Did you do something?" Wei Wuxian's eyes were on Sizhui's future self. Observing.

"Deep resentment? It is surely done by either–mmmm..." Their heads turned to Sizhui and Jingyi of the future. To use a silencing spell to stop Wen Qian from revealing something, only the Lan Clan can be able to do.

"Apologies, Maiden Wen. I don't think they are prepared to hear everything yet. Please keep all the secrets of the future tightly kept for now. A-Yuan promised them that he will be answering them as soon as we found our children." Jin Ling said. Only when Wen Qian nodded, did Sizhui release the spell.

"I'll go out first. If I didn't come back in five minutes, you can follow." Sizhui said. Without waiting for any reply from them, he waved his hand and disappeared causing a commotion among the people from the past.

Future Jingyi slammed his face with his palm while Future Jin Ling scratched his cheek. "Uh...transportation talisman. Uncle Wei made him cultivate it."

 Fortunately, he was able to make them believe his excuse. Of course, not Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng. However, Wei Wuxian's attention was diverted to the word Jin Ling used to call him. "Uncle?" He turned to Jian Cheng and asked, "Did he just call me Uncle?"

Jiang Cheng scowled at him. His curiosity about the future just deepened. He knew and even Wei Wuxian won't say it, they both have doubts and suspicions.