Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

The Healer Pt 3

Wei Ying smiles softly as his children lean on the edge of fhe boat, chattering excitedly as they drift along the current. He had thankfully caught up with his boys after the attack, assuring them he was well and unharmed. Xue Yang had glared hard at him, trying to sense if he had been lied too, but grew frustrated that he cannot tell. With humans it was easier. But with his Xian-gege it was impossible.

Wei Ying had managed to use what little they had gathered into enough medicine to sell, which finished paying for their trip along the river to Yunmeng. However they would be stopping in Yiling first to see Wen Qing and Wen Ning. The pair of Raven Demons were distant cousins, the Fire Demons, Wen Rouhan and his kind. Wei Ying and Wen Qing studied together. She at first did not like him because he was seemingly an irresponsible and carefree person. However, Wei Ying is actually a genius and learned things quickly and was able to almost always preform flawlessly, but it was due to his bad habit of working late into the night, practicing and studying so he does not fail. She later learne dof this bad habit when she happened upon him practicing on a corpse he resurrected to act as his test dummy.

Aftee that she bullied him to sleep and eat, to force him to not over think or study. He admitted it was due tobhis Uncle's wife demanding excellence, but still finding faults in his or his cousins/siblings works and perfomances. They had become very good friends and as much as Wen Qing pretends she does not like him at all, she worries and fusses over him. He was another brother to her.

"Mama, look pretty!!" Mo Xuanyu points at a merperson who is swimming by the boat, he is carrying a large basket of fish as he goes. He spots them and pokes his head up smiling softly when the children awe at him. Their eyes wide and bright. Wei Ying giggles and leans over the edge to chat with him as he lazily swims beside them. The boys asking him about tail and his pretty pearls. If it bothered him, he did not show it, instead indulged the curious guppies, before he and Wei Ying talked trade and after getting a nice fat tuna for five of his fever tonics and one of his fertility powders they parted ways. The boys chattering excitedly that if the merman they met was so pretty the mermaids must be even more beautiful! But they turn to assure Wei Ying he is the most beautiful person of all.

"Come on, boys." Wei Ying chuckles warmly as he carefully puts the bubble holding their fish into pouch he enchanted with the elements of water to keep it safe and alive, at least unfil they get to the Raven siblings home. The boat was docking soon and Wei Ying once more thanked the boatman for getting them there safy, giving him three more teals than what they had originally agreed upon. "We have a but of walking to go." He tells them.

The boys jump off the boat, thank the man for the nice trip and then they were off. The walk to Yiling was not that long, but with how excited the boys were it went faster. Wei Ying giggles as the boys chatter over silly things or compare how pretty something is to Wei Ying himself. He knows he is an attractive young man, but he believes others are more attractive himself. However, he feels like he is somehow being watched but even with stretchingnhis senses and even sending out waves of both him and yang energy out to check for threats, but nothing appears.

"Xian-ge?" A shy voice calls out.

They turn and smile brightly seeing Wen Ning, he is covered in mud and reeds. And it looked like he was waiting to ambush someone.

"A-Ning? What are you doing?" Wei Ying smiles indulgently, gently thumbing some mud from his cheek, chuckling softly when it does little to help. "We brought a fat tuna to share with you and Qing-jie!" He smiles brightly.

"Oh, I was trying to scare away scavengers... They keep raiding the town and stealing some of our food and supplies..." He admits shyly. Thankfully he does not stutter anymore, Wei Ying sitting with him for long hours chattering and getting him use to talking and interacting with others.

"Oh?" Wei Ying frowns. "I will see what I can do about it. Has anyone been hurt? Are you hurt?" He fusses.

"I am ok. Just dirty and tired. It seems they donnot come out during the day. Some of the men have been hurt though and the children are scared. The women and carriers are unease, they feel lile they are being watched... Stalked almost..."

"It might be they are gearing up to take the females to breed them..." Wei Ying says, feeling uncomfortable now. "Let's go and talk with Qing-jie. Come on." Wei Ying says. And he grabs his boys close. Xue Yang sensing the shift in mood becomes more alert, one of his little wooden dolls coming to life with demonic energy and vanish off to somewhere...

Wei Ying walked the streets at dusk with some men from the town, Wen Ning hovering anxiously beside him because he did not want the carrier to get captured or injured. Wei Ying assures him he will be safe, just as long as Wen Ning is there to help him. So far it was quiet, a bit too quiet. Wei Ying knows that if all else fails he can use his Yunmeng Flare to call for help since they were only a day's walk from Yunmeng proper. His didi and the other shidis and shixiongs will be able to get to them in only a handful of minutes.

Wei Ying senses were still not telling him anytjing and he hoped his warming charms will hold. He was always lethargic when it was cold or it was night time when it grew too cool for him to stay awake. He had difficulty living in Gusu which is colder than he is use to, but he was on a search for a mate. If he had his way he would never leave Yunmeng with is a nice balmy climate that rven in winter, he could stay awake and live his life. In Gusu he needs to make sure he is well stocjed with warm clothes, wood and talismans and charms to keep hinself warm and awake since h was now a parent of two even if his oldest son will not admit that he sees Wei Ying as his new parent.

"They're here!!" Someone shouts as Wei Ying senses them and quickly pulls a short sword from his sleeve and a three talismans that had fire and thunder elements enscribed upon them.

"Shit!! Get down!!" Someone shouts, but the warning was too late. Wei Ying gasped as he is snatched into the air. He panics because he does not like heights that he is not encrotol of! He has never truly left the ground by any other means and right now he is more than a hundred feet up in the air!

"Xian-ge!!" Wen Ning cries out and lets his wings brust free and he jumps into the air, flying up as quick as he can as others begin fighting the Scavengers. The raven tries to get to him, but suddenly something large and white appears from no where and he gasps at it engages into battle with the flying Scavenger, but manages to keep Wei Ying safe in the thickest part of its coils. Wen Ning gasps as he watches the Jade Dragon, for that is what the thing could be, tear the Scavanger apart. And then it turns to him and looks murderous.

Wen Ning gulps.

"A'Ning!! Run!!"