Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

I will Protect you... Pt 4

Lan Xichen stood back with Lan Zhan as they watched Wei Ying whistle and the resentful energy dance to his call as the Yao was forced to obey him. Lan Xichen made a mental note to visit the Burial Mounds to cut down a bamboo shoot and carve out Chenqing once more for Wei Ying. Soon the Yao was fully under Wei Ying's thrall and the young man was all to happy with himself.

"I did it!" He cheers and Lan Zhan nods his head once, a pleased hum sounding. "I got it from how you sometimes play music and it helps to calm or clear away resentment! But instead of doing that it helps control it and subdue it!"

"Xiao Ying is brilliant." Lan Xichen praises and the young man blushes at the praise. "Now then to be certain your new friend will not cause trouble..." He pulls out a special sealing collar and carefully fits it around the fox like Yao's neck. "There... Xiao Ying need only add some energy to it and the seal is complete."

"Oh, thank you, but that must havr been super expensive! How could I repay you for that!?" Wei Ying panics.

"By being yourself and working hard." Lan Xichen says softly as his brother nods. Mentally they would accept Wei Ying being eternally theirs but that can come later.

After a bit more practice and testing, after Wei Ying sealed the collar, they headed back to the Cloud Recess the Yao carefully tucked into Xichen's arms...

The following day, Wei Ying presented his findings and research to Lan Qiren and while their uncle tried to debase and disregard everything, since it was not the "traditional route" he could not fully do so without admitting that Wei Wuxian had achieved the impossible. It only served to upset him more when after lessons others showed an interest. Lan Xichen was most pleased because if he could help Wei Ying establish a base for Demonic Cultivation, then the chances of what happened before will drop significantly. He was not pleased, however by Jiang Wanyin berating Wei Ying for his originality, proof and presentation. You would think he would try to ride his robe tails like last time. But then again, if the memories the Burial Mound shared with him, it was because Lotus Pier had been destroyed, Wei Ying's golden core now in his chest and Wei Ying slowly slipping into madness from being drowned in resentment and not fully recovered from giving his golden core to the ungrateful brat.

If Lan Huan had any say this time, Wei Ying would not lose his core. He had seen what it did to the innocent young man, how it drove him to madness and ultimately to his grave. Never again. Lan Zhan was also scowling at Jiang Wanyin, Wei Ying's smile no longer bright with pleasure and the way he almost hunched in on himself. The second Jade almost got up to slug the Jiang Heir. Lan Zhan took Wei Ying to the library where they would research more into his theories and spend time together, that certainly brought back some life to Wei Ying, his fox like Yao was there, lying on a pillow under the open window and looking oddly cute as it waited for them. Over the next week this was how they spent time. Lan Xichen sometimes joining them and it slowly made love bloom in Wei Ying's heart.

So when Lan Laoshi left to the conference and Xichen was left in charge, he was all too happy to spend any ann free time with his sister and his two favorite Lans. Lan Xichen knows the Abyss is soon and it would be the perfect time to test out Wei Ying's newest theory...