The waiter was more than delighted and rushed back inside the shop.
Wei Wuxian turned to Lan Wangji, "We're doing business here, aren't we? First we help their business, then we talk about other things. After we pay, it'll be easy to get them talking."
Lan Wangji took out money to pay. The two walked inside the shop. Inside, there were wooden tables and chairs for the customers to rest and chat. One of the other waiters in the shop saw how Lan Wangji looked and figured that he wasn't the average person. Not daring to slight him, he only directed them to a table after he wiped the table and chairs for a long while. With two jars by his foot and another in his hand, Wei Wuxian chatted with the waiter for a few moments, then cut to the chase, asking again for any strange things that had happened in the area. The waiter was also a talkative person.
He rubbed his hands together, "What sort of strange things?"
"Haunted houses, deserted cemeteries, corpses that were cut apart and so on."
The waiter's eyes darted back and forth between them, "Hmm... What do you do for a living? You and him."
Wei Wuxian, "Haven't you guessed it already?"
The waiter understood, "Of course. It's easy to guess. You two must be one of those cultivators who fly around in the clouds and Heavens. Especially the one next to you. Among average folks, I've never seen such a... such a..."
Wei Wuxian grinned, "Such a pretty person."
The waiter laughed, "If you say this, the young master next to you will be displeased. Strange things, wasn't it? They did happen. Not now, but ten years ago. Walk in this direction. After you leave the city, walk for around two miles, and you'd see quite a lovely residence. I don't know if their signboard is still there or not. It's the Chang Clan's residence."
Wei Wuxian, "What's wrong with the residence?"
"The entire clan died!" The waiter said, "You asked for strange things, so of course I'm telling you the strangest of things. The entire clan was wiped out, and I heard that they were frightened to death!"
Hearing this, Lan Wangji was absorbed in thought, appearing as if he remembered something.
On the other hand, Wei Wuxian didn't notice anything, "Is there any cultivational sects stationed around the area?"
It must have been an extremely cruel being if it was able to frighten all members of an entire clan to death. Not every sect was like the QingheNie Sect, having difficulties that it couldn't mention. Most sects would never tolerate the appearance of something like this in their area.
The waiter replied, "Yes. Of course there is."
Wei Wuxian, "Then how did they deal with the situation?"
"Deal with the situation?" The waiter swung the cleaning rag onto his shoulder and also sat down, revealing the secret that he had been keeping in for so long, "Young Master, do you know what the surname of the cultivational sect in Yueyang was? It was Chang. The clan who died was their clan! If everyone died, who would there be to deal with the situation?"
The Chang Clan that was wiped out had been the cultivational sect stationed in this area?!
Wei Wuxian had never heard of some YueyangChang Sect before, meaning that it definitely wasn't a prominent sect, but the fact that a whole clan had been wiped out was definitely a significant event.
...
"Have you heard of many of the smaller sects and clans?" Nie Huaisang asked.
"If I have, I don't pay attention enough to keep it in mind," Wei Wuxian answered.
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FanfictionWei Ying has died once. Twice if you count the day he was dropped into the burial mounds. He was someone who fought for what was right, but was wronged for it and his life was the cost. Now, a few years after everything had ended, With Jin Guangyao...
