Perseverance (Wangxian)

Chapter 27 - Beyond Control

Wei Ying grabbed both of his flutes and went to Mingshi (Underworld Room or Room of Darkness). There Lan Qiren will perform the soul transfer. Xichen will keep giving Qiren energy when he needs it, and Wangji will be at his Zither ready to play Cleansing incase he needs to. He is still at a good reach the Qiren if he needs to aid in adding spiritual energy.

"So we are moving the soul in Chenqing to Yili and then you can cleanse Chenqing," Qiren said.

Wuxian nodded, "we figured it might be better as to not put more dark cultivation in my body."

"Smart boy," Qiren praised, "for once."

Wuxian doesn't always get a compliment from Lan Qiren, so he is going to take it. He set his two flutes down and just had to stand by and watch. It was interesting to see as Wuxian could possibly learn something from it. As he watched, Lan Qiren began to ease the piece of his soul from Chenqing. His glow his soul gave off was white. He wondered if color had an significance to the soul.

"Despite having a lot of resentment in this soul fragment, it's still pure...as you can tell by the way it glows white," Lan Qiren stated, "seems to me that it is a soul of innocence."

"I don't get how, I've done more terrible things then anyone can imagine. I know self-forgiveness takes time, but how much time?" Wuxian said quietly.

As Qiren placed the soul within Yìlì he spoke, "some things are just beyond our control. You may have chosen an unorthodox path but you did it to survive, and to protect those you love and care for. Forgiveness comes to you when you learn to realize, that is beyond your ability nothing is more important than self. You chose others before yourself. The forgiveness you seek may not be from yourself, but from those you feel you have failed. You should no, no matter who they are, they knew you for who you are, and believed in you, no matter the outcome. Learn to accept that. Learn to find a way to read the empty spaces and you may find your answer."

That was something Wuxian was not expecting. What he had said, made him think things through more openly. He did what he could, he feels he failed those he lost, but they also died fighting for something. Those innocent Wen's sacrificed themselves for him when he lost his way, but in the heat of the moment, he couldn't think straight and hated the world. He hated himself most of all for failing what he promised and worked so hard to fulfill. Wen Qing helped him when no one else did. Lan Zhan tried to be there, but it was beyond his control due to his clan. Wei Ying then thought of Yanli. She took a sword for him but he still died in the end.

"Thank you, Grandmaster Lan," Wei Ying said, "I will think about what you said carefully."

"You can call me, Shufu, you know," he told him as he finished transferring the soul.

"Thank you, Shufu," Wei Ying said, "and thank you for doing this soul transfer. When I did it back then, I had the Yin Hu Fu. That I can say, my biggest mistake for a creation."

Qiren smirked, "you're welcome, my boy," he said, "and for that, it might have been a mistake, but would we have won the war against Ruohan without it? Would you have brought Wen Ning back?"

"Well no, I don't think so," Wei Ying said.

"You did things that no one else achieved," Lan Qiren told him, "The impossible."

Wei Ying giggled, "it is probably the only principle I followed when I was in Lotus Pier. But I will promise you, I will do what I can to follow the rules here."

"Just be yourself," Lan Qiren said and turned to leave but looked back at him, "Wangji will punish you if he needs to. I trust him."

Wei Ying blinked. Wangji....punishments....the only thing he can think of for a punishment from him...beast mode Wangji. Taking him any way he wants and having his way. Wuxian didn't mind but it made him tremble at the thought. Wangji just smirked at him as he and his brother played Cleansing. It was to start cleansing Chenqing and Yili. He would also need to be cleansed of energy but Wangji said he will do that a little later that evening. Wuxian watched Lan Qiren leave and then turned back to Xichen and Wangji.

"Now what?" Wuxian asked.

Wangji and Xichen stopped playing Cleansing, "we take things day by day. We will need rest to restore energy every other day or so, but you should be back to cultivating in at least two to three months time," Xichen answered.

"Xichen-Ge, you may have to save me in the future," Wuxian told him.

"From what?" Xichen asked.

"Shufu said if needed, Lan Zhan can punish me accordingly. You may think it would be your average clan punishments, but this is Lan Zhan. He is a beast in.....I mean..." Wuxian didn't want to remind Xichen about his recent incident about walking in on them but it was too late for that.

"You are on your own," Xichen told him, "Wangji is fairly stubborn as it is. I can only guide him, not control him. So you have to try to do that. For me, he is beyond my control."

"I'm done for," Wuxian told him, "if he punishes me any way he wants. I may not be able to walk for a week."

"Then don't do anything to get punished," Xichen said walking out of the room laughing.

Wei Ying looked at Lan Zhan, "I am behaving...I can only handle so mush of Beast Lan Zhan."

Lan Zhan chuckled walking over to Wei Ying, "don't worry, you will be fine," He told him, "I don't want to hurt you in any way. Punishments will be....fun."

"For you or for me?" Wuxian asked.

"Probably more for me," he answered, "it's a turn on to see you beg."

Wuxian blinked, "you have become so much more shameless!" He told him.

"Let's go to Jingshi, and I'll show you shameless," Wangji said picking him up as Wei Ying grabbed his flutes.

He carried Wei Ying over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes or a sack of flour. Wuxian didn't bother struggling. He knows what Lan Zhan wants. He won't deny him either. He can't, he just can't get enough of Lan Zhan in bed, as much as he is sore afterwards, he felt it was worth it.