The Calm Before The Storm

Chapter 4

Zewu-Jun had watched his brother leave with the Yiling Laozu, and anger bloomed in his heart. He hands were balled into fists beside him as his right hand tightened around the hilt of his sword. Because of that man, his brother had suffered. He had defied his own sect and their rules. Rules Wangji had grown up with and followed all his life. His brother never strays from the righteous path. Not until he met him. He will have to  talk to his uncle to get Wangji away from him before his brother suffers even more. His uncle will not be pleased when he learns that Wangji let with that demonic cultivator. He thought as he made his way into the hall.

Jin Guangshan, who had swept in after the death of Wen Rouhan that won the allies the war. Without consulting the other tired sect leaders who actually took part in the war. He took it upon himself to organize a victory celebration that would be held in a weeks time. He thanked the allies for fighting hard to win them the war. Promising that the Jin sect would be more than willing to lend a hand to each sect that was affected by the war. Financial aid will be given so that they can start rebuilding their sects. That went well over with the sects. They praise him for his generosity and his good heart. Not knowing that he already is laying the ground for becoming the new chief cultivator.

Huaisang listens as his friends name is already spat with disdain and anger. He listened as they talked and already making plans on how to reel the demonic cultivator in. How they will teach him his place. He was silently vibrating with anger as they went on and on. These people clearly don't know who they are dealing with this time around because if they did. They would be pleading for mercy and not talking all this crap. He could not help but wonder. When. When will you show them. When will you show them who you really are. When will you show them that the young man who was not willing to spill their blood. That ,this time, you will  have no remorse in doing so. That you will spare no one who had taken your family away from you.

"Da-ge, can we go home?. We have much to do before the victory celebration."

He said, and Mingjue looked at him and nodded his head. He said his goodbyes to sect Leader Lan and the others before he and his brother left.

Many started to leave. They were tired and wanted to go back to their sects. Jiang Wayin and Jiang Yanli also left for the lotus pier.

Wei Ying and Lan Zhan woke up the next morning. Both were physically tired from the previous night. They both grieved and cried about what they had lost in their previous lives. They fell asleep in each others arms exhausted. So it's understandable when they dress in silence and walk down the stairs in silence. They had their breakfast also in silence. They only noise were the chopsticks against the bowls. When they were finished, Wei Ying couldn't take it anymore, so he broke the silence that hanged around them.

"Lan Zhan?".

Lan Zhan looked at him and said.

"I am not going back. Do not ask me to Wei Ying?."

"That's not what I wanted to ask you, and I don't want you to go back."

Wei Ying answered him with a small smile.

"Good because even if Wei Ying should have suggested it. I would not have gone back but rather roam the world as a rogue cultivator."

Lan Zhan said seriously.

"Lan Zhan, then I will be by your side traveling this world as a rogue cultivator after knowing and making sure that my family is safe from that vultures. What I wanted to ask you. Will you be going to the victory celebration that Jin Guangshan is probably planning."

Wei Ying said as he looked at Lan Zhan, who had a small frown on his face, but he didn't answer immediately.

"I do not think I want to go, nor do I feel the need to sit in one room with that people knowing what they are planning and what they are willing to do to get it. I also don't think that I can be in my brother's and uncle's presence anymore. I have done my duty to them and the gusulan sect. My only wish and desire now is to stay by your side. To go where you go. To fight side by side with you. Go on night hunts with you. To show you every day how much you mean to me and how much I care about you and your happiness. That is all I ever wanted, and it's still all that I desire."