COSMIC SERENDIPITY

Chapter- 4 (AGGRESION- PART TWO)

Wei WuXian’s first thought was that something went wrong with the flag formation that the boys set up.

His inventions needed to be used extremely carefully, or else disasters could happen. This was also why he went to check if there was anything wrong with the motifs that were drawn.

'And the first thought that comes to Wei-xiong's mind is the safety of kids, not himself, and mind you, the kids belonged to a sect, which had long since hated him and also took part in the seige against him too.' Huaisang butted in too give a better insight to the people.

Continuing, 'And as far as I know, monsters are not so much considerate, afterall, even Lan SiZhui had to change his identity to live a better life in the world, where the cultivation world was not after his blood, because he had been adopted by the "Yiling Patriarch". Though there are some people, who might share some characteristics with the said monsters....'

And he left the sentence at that, while subtly eyeing Jin Guangshan and Wen Ruohan. Nie Mingue, was looking at his meek brother weirdly, since the starting, but then he had to intervene on the end, 'Huaisang...' a bit sternly.

But Huaisang suddenly retreated behind his fan in panic, 'I don't know... I don't know anything... I don't know...'

Wei Ying and the had to smother their laughter, for they could clearly see through his act, 'Nie Huaisang, I know, you are putting the foundation in my defense from the unknown future. But I think, you might pose problems for your brother. So, I think it's better to keep quiet. Hmmm...'

As a few pairs of big hands came to drag him outside, Wei WuXian straightened his body and allowed them to do so without difficulty, so that he wouldn’t have to walk by himself.

Jiang Cheng nearly smacked his forehead, at his brother's antics, in such a confused and dangerous situation.  But he had long since been used it. It was good to know, that he was the same brother he had, not what the world portrayed him to be.

Rest of them were speechless at his antics. Nothing more. Nothing less.

The East Hall was bustling with people, almost more crowded than when the villagers of Mo Village gathered here.

All of the servants and relatives were present. Some were still in their undergarments and didn’t yet have the time to brush their hair, but everyone looked terrified. Madame Mo was collapsed in her seat, as if she had just woken up from a swoon. The streaks of tears could be seen on her cheeks, and tears still lingered in her eyes. But, as Wei WuXian was dragged inside, her sorrowful gaze immediately became hateful.

Everyone glanced at each other, as to how Wei WuXian was now accused of, for they had all seen him sleeping in that shed.

A human-shaped object lay on the ground, with its body covered by a white cloth and only the head being revealed. Lan SiZhui and the other boys wore heavy expressions, bending down to check the situation and talking in soft voices. The conversation leaked into Wei WuXian’s ears.

“... Less than three minutes had passed since the body was discovered?”

“After subduing the walking corpse, we hurried from the West Courtyard to the East Courtyard, and found the corpse by the hallway.”

The human-shaped thing was, apparently, Mo ZiYuan. Wei WuXian took one glance at it, and couldn’t help but to look again.

Yanli, Wen Ning and Huaisang gasped, as they saw the corpse. And the rest of them were shocked, though none of them showed any reaction.

The corpse looked like Mo ZiYuan in some ways, but unlike him in other ways. Although the features were clearly that of his petty cousin, the cheekbones were deeply sunken, eyes bulging, and skin wrinkled. Compared to the youthful Mo ZiYuan before this, it was as if he aged twenty years. It also seemed like his blood and flesh were sucked from him, turning him into a skeleton with only a thin layer of skin on the outside. If, before this, Mo ZiYuan was just ugly, now, his corpse was both old and ugly.