Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 84 - Resentful Corpse, Nie Mingjue

Clenching his teeth, Jin Guangyao struck a few acupoints of his arm. Amidst the dizziness that came from a loss of blood, he suddenly saw Nie Mingjue walk a step towards him, his eyes locked on him. He was immediately half-dead with fear.

...

"What on Earth has he done to me?" Nie Mingjue asked in shock.

"It's what happened when Meng Yao and Xue Yang tried to make you into a puppet. It didn't work so they cut you to pieces and scattered your body all over the region," Wei Wuxian explained, "since then your body was filled more and more of resentment. You were never cleansed of resentment after your death either, as your body went missing right after."

"It makes sense, and people thought you killed me?" Nie Mingjue asked.

"I was dead but that doesn't stop people from blaming others," Wuxian told him.

"Wangji made sure anyone who spoke ill of you after your death, never spoke ill again. Either shut them up with a silence charm or just with his sword. As you can tell, he is protective of you," Lan Xichen explained.

Wei Wuxian looked up at Lan Wangji, "Lan Zhan?" He questioned.

Lan Wangji nodded but then spoke, "do not regret it."

Wei Wuxian just laughed, "sounds like you."

"Goes to show just how devoted a Lan can be for someone they love," Wen Ruohan stated.

"That we are," Wangji said looking down at Wuxian. Wei Wuxian smiled up at him as Wangji rested his forehead to Wuxian's, "I'd do anything and everything for him and more."

Wei Wuxian kissed him on the lips, "and I you...when I'm not carrying a child."

Wangji chuckled, "I trust you."

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On the side, Su She coughed out some more blood, shouting his throat hoarse, "You idiots! Why are you still standing there?! Stop him! Stop the thing at the door!"

The cultivators of the Lanling Jin Sect who'd been spacing out for a while now finally took up their swords and approached, although the first two were immediately sent flying off by Nie Mingjue's palm. With his left hand, he sprinkled medicine where his hand was cut off, but the powder was washed away by the blood at once. Almost tearing up, he tore at the hem of his clothes in hope to cease the blood flow by bandaging the wound, but his left hand was burned by the poisonous smoke within the coffin and his chest was as well, unable to exert strength. He tore for quite some time, trembling, yet he still couldn't tear it off, only adding to his pain. Su She threw himself over and ripped off a piece of white fabric from his own clothes to bandage his wound.

At the same time, Lan Xichen led Nie Huaisang to somewhere that was safe. Su She searched for extra medicine on him, but to no avail, turning to Lan Xichen, "Sect Leader Lan! Sect Leader Lan, do you have medicine? Help him out—Sect Leader has always treated you with respect! Just take it as doing him a favor!"

As Lan Xichen saw how terrible Jin Guangyao looked, almost passing out, slight hesitation passed through his eyes. At this time, a few screams came from over on the other side. With a heavy punch, Nie Mingjue smashed three of the cultivators into a scarlet puddle of flesh!

Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji stood in front of Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling. Wei Wuxian, "Wen Ning! How did you run into him?!"

After Wen Ning put his arm back in place, he shifted to attach his broken leg, "Young Master... I'm sorry... You told me to go back and find Young Master Lan. I couldn't find him in the inn, so I could only search for him in the streets. Before I could find Young Master Lan, I saw Chifeng Zun walking out in the open, as though he was looking for something. A group of beggar children saw him and went to fool around with him. They didn't know what he was. Chifeng Zun was completely unconscious. With his bare hands, he almost... I could only keep fighting with him all the way here..."