A Way to Heal

Part 94

Long chapter ahead. Please be patient...

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The day was particularly hot. The Blazing sun, searing the air and burning the earth with its flaming rays. Even the wind seemed to be carrying the heat. Outside, in the training ground of Koi tower, as usual there was an innumerable number of disciples training. The sounds of swords lashing and clattering against each other filling up in the air. There was no war to expect, no threats to remove and no enemies to attack. But the day was busy as always.

Among the disciples was Mo XuanYu. Now grown to be a handsome young man in his early twenties. In contrast to the natural striking face, his eyes were tired. With the Dark bags aligned under they were more dead and drowsy. The thin and once red lips were dry, its plumpness long gone. He was thin and undoubtedly more bruised all over his body. For anyone who knew Mo XuanYu, this person was just a ghost of the earlier one.

"Did it skip some years? ", Lan JingYi looked around. "He grew up"

"Yes yes", Lan XiChen agreed. "That Mo XuanYu and this Mo XuanYu are almost the same", he pointed his chin between the screen and his brother-in-law.

They were watching the scene and suddenly Lan SiZhui turned to Jin Ling. His face was grave, "didn't you say he was treated good there for an illegitimate son?", He asks, "that, for sure doesn't look like someone who was treated fairly"

It seemed as if Jin Ling was also thinking of the same thing. "It was not easy for him there especially considering his status", Jin Ling said, "but they all gave him respect when he came there", he paused, "that is what I heard. I also remember Jin GuangYao asking the other disciples to treat him good"

"Haa", Lan JingYi adds sarcastically, "that certainly a good treatment he is getting there. He looks like a slave not a set heir"

"Let me tell you one thing", Jin Ling stood up to face everyone. The sudden attack on the morality of his sect hitting the sect leader, "Mo Xuanyu was actually considered very important when grandfather was alive. I heard that among his illegal sons Mo XuanYu was the only one who actually grew up in his presence. Maybe that's why when my father died, grandfather decided to bring him home although Jin GuangYao was already there".

"Are you trying to imply that Mo XuanYu was cherished by Jin GuangShan and if he was alive he wouldn't have been treated this way? ", Nie HuiSang asks this time. Jin Ling nodded his head. He couldn't remember many things clearly because he was still a child and not in charge of duties. But he recalls how his grandmother always disliked Mo XuanYu.

"Why else would he bring an illegitimate son when another one is already in the sect acclaiming his position? ", Jin Ling asks back. " As far as I remember Mo XuanYu was not at all good at anything. He hid himself from everyone, did not show any improvement in cultivation and moreover there was a rumor that he is trying to build an immoral relationship with the sect leader who is also his half brother", He paused and looked at the faces. "He got bullied only after he couldn't achieve anything on his own. Especially after the rumor broke out"

"Alright alright", Lan QiRen interfered watching how the kid is uncomfortable. "Jin RuLan was not the sect leader at that time, he was a child", he said, putting a stop to the verbal fight. "There is no point in putting the blame on him for what his elders did"

"So does that mean Jin Gangshan was planning to replace Jin GuangYao with Mo XuanYu? ", Wei WuXian contemplated. His question was not directed to Jin Ling but the elders.

"I can clearly tell Jin GuangShan was actually never fond Jin GuangYao", Jiang Cheng says now, "even after he killed Wen RouHan", he looks at his brother, "Don't you remember how downscaled he was when other Jins were present in the room?"