Beyond Control

Chapter 36

~*Wei Wuxian's POV*~

I went to the cold spring on my own today. I didn't want to bother with asking Lan Zhan as he might be busy with his disciples. As for Xichen-Ge, he said he has a conference meeting in a couple days and is to leave in the morning for Lanling. He asked if I wanted to join him. I said only if Lan Zhan does and of course, Lan Zhan said he would if I went. So we agreed to go. I had this feeling in my gut that something may happen in Lanling.

While I was in the cold spring, I decided to try and unlink the connection of the Yin Hu Fu from me. It worked of course. So I can destroy it, and not gain a backlash. Since I was in the spring, I used this opportunity to do it. The last of the resentment that I had in me, was enough to cause the Yin Hu Fu to turn to dust. The only problem was, it used a lot of energy and caused me to spit of blood. The spring helped take a lot of the effects away. The dust of the amulet was stored in a Qiankun Pouch. I knew I was going to get an earful but I had to go find someone.

The cold spring was closest to The Jingshi. I saw that Lan Zhan had his door open and he was sitting inside at the table looking through assignments from his students. I didn't realize I had forgotten to wipe the blood from my mouth so, it was covered in blood along with my chin. My golden core was fine but I was tired.

"Lan Zhan?" I asked quietly leaning on the door frame.

"Wei Ying?!" He asked coming to me and held me steady, "what happened?"

I handed him the Qiankun Pouch, "look inside," I said as he sat me down on his bed.

Lan Zhan opened it and saw the broken fragments and dust of the amulet, "you idiot! You destroyed it?" He yelled.

I flinched at his raised voice, "I removed the link between me and the amulet and I was in the spring to reduce any damage," I explained, only for more stale blood to crawl up my throat. I stood up quick and ran outside so I didn't get blood anywhere in Lan Zhan's house.

"Lan Yulong?" I heard Lan Zhan call, "go get Xiongzhang and Wen Qing."

"Right away," I heard the disciple say just as Lan Zhan took me back inside and laid me on the bed.

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~*Lan Xichen's POV*~

After making preparations for the conference meeting in a few days, I went to Wen Qing's for a bit. She was brewing potions and sorting herbs with Wen Ning. I used this opportunity to help and hang out with the two.

"How are you doing, Wen Ning?" I asked him.

"I'm okay," he answered calmly.

"That's good," I said.

I couldn't even get a decent conversation in when a knock came to the door, "hello?" Wen Qing asked.

I stood, "Yulong? Why are you in a hurry?" I asked.

"Hanguang Jun asked me to come get you and Wen Qing. Wei Gongzi is injured," he said, "he is at the Jingshi."

I was kind of shocked, "how is he injured from being at the cold spring?" I asked out loud.

"Who knows, what ever it is, I'm going to stick a needle in that boy and make him sleep until he heals," Wen Qing threatened.

"We don't know what happened, let's go look," I said.

She nodded, "Wen Ning, will you be okay here for a few minutes? I will be back."

"Yes, JieJie," he said happily.

With that, I left with Wen Qing and went to the Jingshi. When we got there, we hurt Wangji angrily reprimand A'Xian, "you said you wouldn't do anything reckless, and you said we will destroy this together. You could have been injured greatly!"