Who You Are

Chapter 122 - Spicy Congee and Living Corpses

The juniors should've passed the village in front the road fork after Lan Wangji and he did. However, they didn't see any hunters at the time. There were only a few timid village women feeding chicken, who said that the men were out shipping goods and wouldn't be back for a long while.

The more Wei Wuxian thought about it, the more solemn his expression grew. From the narration, their opposition did nothing other than killing cats and dumping the corpses. Although it both sounded and looked scary, they weren't actually harmed. In fact, these events stirred up their curiosity to get to the root of the matter.

Also, these juniors met one another in Yueyang. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji also came to Shudong from Yueyang. It almost seemed as if somebody was purposely leading the muddleheaded juniors to meet up with the two of them. To lead a few confused juniors to a dangerous place for them to face the violent limb of a fierce corpse—wasn't this the exact same routine as the occurrence at Mo Village?

And, this wasn't the most complicated part of it. Right now, what Wei Wuxian feared the most was that... the Stygian Tiger Seal might be within Yi City at this very moment. Although Wei Wuxian didn't really want to accept this possibility, it was nonetheless the most reasonable explanation. After all, someone who could restore half of the Tiger Seal had even existed. Despite the talk that he had been dealt with, who knew where the seal that he had restored went?

'Out of everything I have created, I should have stuck with Chenqing. Chenqing was good enough to handle the energy, why did I have to create such a beast of a tool?' Wei Wuxian's mind raced with thoughts, 'I don't have many regrets, but I regret that amulet. I would not have gotten Shijie and Jin Zixuan killed, and Jin Ling wouldn't have to suffer so much.'

...

Wei Wuxian leaned his head back and looked at the ceiling letting out a sigh. His thoughts are on display for everyone to hear.

"It's not your fault, A'Xian," Jin Zixuan stated firmly, "you do not have to berate yourself at every chance you get. We know it was an accident and you were not the one who drove Wen Ning out of control. You were not the person that stabbed Yanli. You never lost control, someone just took over your control to make it seem like you did."

Wuxian never thought he'd see the day where Jin Zixuan, of all people, would try to reassure him and tell him he was not at fault. The amount of times the two have clashed, he was one person who Wuxian was not expecting to hear those words from.

"Ugh, yeah," Wuxian said trying to get his brain to function properly again.

"What? Do you need more reassurance?" Jin Zixuan asked.

Wuxian shook his head. He wasn't sure he wanted any more reassuring words from him. His brain was already trying to regroup after hearing that.

...

Suddenly, Lan Sizhui, who had been squatting on the ground to fan the flame, raised his head, "Senior Mo, I think that the congee is ready?"

Gathering his thoughts, he stopped stirring. He grabbed the bowl that Lan Sizhui had washed and tasted a spoonful of the congee, "It's ready. Take it out. Feed one bowl to each person who had been poisoned."

However, after it had been carried out, Lan Jingyi only had one mouthful before spitting it out, "What is this? Poison?!"

Wei Wuxian, "How is this poison? It's the cure! Glutinous rice congee."

Lan Jingyi, "First of all, I don't know know why glutinous rice would be the cure, but I've never eaten such a spicy bowl of congee before!"

The rest of the boys who had taste their servings nodded in unison, all of their eyes wet with tears. Wei WuXian stroked his chin. He grew up in Yunmeng. People from Yunmeng were all quite spice-tolerant, but Wei Wuxian's penchant for spice was beyond hardcore. Anytime he set about the kitchen, the food would be so spicy that even Jiang Cheng could only smash his bowl and curse.