Nightless cliff

His hope

It had been two weeks since Wei Ying had fallen from that cliff, two weeks of Lan Zhan thinking about him all the time, since he hadn't stopped thinking about him, two weeks of him missing the younger. He had gotten a bit better, at least physically. He had been eating more, drinking more and going out of his room more. But mentally he was not ok, he was always sad, his expression more cold then usual, more emotionless than before, much more quiet than before. People didn't pay attention to this, as they on the other hand were celebrating the fact that Wei Ying was dead, wich always angered Lan Zhan, but of course he never showed that. Everything was going normally tho, everyone acted normally, everyone had moved on and were going on with their life, slowly forgetting about Wei Ying but not completely of course, he was the Yilling Patriarch after all.

One night tho, Lan Zhan had just fallen asleep when he felt a weird feeling in his stomach. It felt as thou he was being watched, but he wasn't sure if it was a dream or not. Regardless, he sprung up from his bed and took out his sword, ready to fight whoever was in his room, even if it was just a dream. Once he actually saw the person tho, he froze, not believing what he was seeing.
It was Wei Ying, standing there, he looked extremely pale and the older also noticed that he appeared to be wounded, but he payed no attention to that as he realized that this wasn't a dream, it was real.
" Wei Ying". He said in astonishment, still extremely confused." Lan Zhan, i don't know how long I have, but i have to tell you something". Said Wei Ying as he appeared to have started to fade away. Lan Zhan went up to him, expecting him to understand that he could talk to him about everything." Lan Zhan, i'm not dead, i'm still somewhere down there". He said.

Lan Zhan wanted to ask him what he meant by that even tho he obviously understood what he said, but before he could say another word, Wei Ying completely faded away, disappearing into thin air. Lan Zhan stood there in shook as he finally took in what had just happened. It took him a while to fully understand that he had just seen some type of a form or spirit of Wei Ying and that he had just told him that he was still alive and that he was still at the bottom of the cliff. The first thought that he had was go immediately go to that cliff and search for him, but he stopped himself from doing so, knowing that it probably wasn't a good idea to immediately leave the cloud recesses unprepared to go search for Wei Ying at the bottom of a cliff. So he went to his bed and tried falling asleep again, wanting to get as much energy as possible to be able to be in good shape for tomorrow, as he decided to go there in the morning as he didn't know how long it was going to take so he wanted to get there as early as possible.

The next morning when he woke up, he knew that only few people would be awake at that time, including his big brother and he knew that he had to tell him about what happened last night and what he was going to do. So he made his way towards his brother's office where he knew he was, probably doing some sect work. He knocked on the door, only entering after hearing his brother say a small; come in." Hello xiongzhang". He said as he closed the door." Hello Wangji, what can I help you with". He said with a gentle smile. Lan Zhan sat down infront of him, he wanted to say everything that happened but he didn't know how to do it, he was never really good at talking but he knew that he had to tell him.He didn't really know how to start, a lot had happened last night.

Wei Ying had sort of appeared in his room he guessed he could say." I... Don't know how to tell you". He said, wanting his brother to understand that he something important happened." Don't worry, say it how you can". He said as he smiled softly at his younger brother. The latter nodded, gratfull that his brother understood." Yesterday night, i... I saw Wei Ying ". He said hesitantly, not wanting to sound crazy or anything. After a moment of silence, Xichen recovered from the initial shock before he said anything." What do you mean by that?". He said as he tried to understand what happened better." It wasn't really him, more like a spirit". He said.

His brother nodded as a sign for him to continue." He told me that... That he's alive". He said in a small voice, leaving his brother shocked as the younger of the two looked down." What are you... Going to do?". He asked his little brother. " I want to go to the cliff and look for him". He said, not sure if his brother would approve of this decision." I think you should do that". He said, surprising his brother, who could only nod in response." How long will you be gone?". He asked." I... Don't know". He responded, he really didn't know how long it would take, it could be hours or days, he had no idea." What do you want to do if you find him?". He asked yet another question." I want to hide him in cloud recesses ". He answered hesitantly as if asking his older brother for permission. After some consideration, Lan Zhan concluded that it would be best of no one else knew about this, so he agreed." Go find him, i wish you luck". He said as they both got up and walked out the office." Thank you xiongzhang". Said Land Zhan as he slightly bowed and left, determination on his face.