Mo Dao Zu Shi(Wei Ying's POV)

18.Punishment

Lan Wangji stood up and answered the question without looking at Wei Wuxian. "First liberate; second suppress; third eliminate." And then he proceeded to explain each step in detail. After he finished, Lan Qiren spoke, "Not a single word was wrong. No matter in terms of cultivation or as a person, one needs to be as solid as this. If one becomes proud just because they defeated a few small mountains, they would definitely bring disgrace upon themselves sooner or later."

Listening to that, Wei Wuxian was certain the words were specifically directed toward him. Wei Wuxian turned to look at the side of Lan Wangji's face with his eyebrows raised. And then turned back to Lan Qiren.

"I have a question." He spoke with his hand raised.

"Speak." Lan Qiren said.

"Although liberation comes first, it is often impossible. It would be easy if the wish was a new piece of clothing. But what if the wish was to kill many people for revenge?" Wei Wuxian asked.

Before Lan Qiren could speak, Lan Wangji answered, "Thus suppression assists liberation. If necessary, elimination also follows."

Wei Wuxian smiled, "Such a waste. It was not that I didn't know the answer. I was just thinking of the fourth path."

Lan Qiren spoke confused, "I have never heard of any fourth path."

Wei Wuxian spoke, "Because the executioner died in such a way, it is only natural he became a ferocious corpse. Since he executed more than a hundred people before he died. Why not dig up the graves of those people, raise their resentment, and use them to fight the ferocious corpse?"

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lan Wangji finally looking at him with a frown on his face. But atleast he had Lan Wangji's attention now.

"How dare you!" Lan Qiren roared in anger. "You do not study the methods of liberation and even think about raising their resentment. You dare reverse the natural order and ignore morals and ethics?"

Wei Wuxian replied, "There are some things that have no use after liberation, so why not find a way to make use of them? Spiritual energy is energy and resentful energy is also energy. Spiritual energy is available for human use. Then why can't resentful energy also be used by humans?"

A book was thrown at him immediately by Lan Qiren. He ducked and avoided the book. Lan Qiren spoke, "Then let me ask you, how do you make sure that the resentful energy only listens to you and does not harm others?"

Wei Wuxian paused for a second and spoke, "I haven't thought of it yet!"

Lan Qiren's face turned red with anger, "If you thought of it, the cultivation world would not allow your existence! Get out!"

Wei Wuxian couldn't be more glad. He bowed and quickly went out. Who would want to listen to those boring, long lectures anyway? He spent the entire morning wandering in the cloud recesses, picking flowers, and playing with grasses. Later, he sat on the roof of a tall wall, holding a piece of grass in his mouth. One of his legs was propped up while the other was hanging down swaying slightly as he waited for the others to finish their lectures.

Suddenly he heard Nie Huaisang's voice from below. "Wei Xiong! How admirable of you! He told you to get out and you really went outside! Hahaha... After you went out, it took him a while to understand what happened. His face was so purple!" Everyone burst into laughter.

Wei Wuxian shouted towards them, "He asks and I answer. If he tells me to get out, I will get out. What else does he want me to do?"

Nie Huaisang spoke, "Why does it seem old man Lan is especially strict towards you? He always directs his scoldings at you."