MDZS Characters Watching the Future

91. Sick

Wei WuXian struggled out of Lan WangJi's arm. He plunged into the water. Lan WangJi followed. Yet, after searching for a long while, they still couldn't find any holes. Not even one that could let a single person through.

"You're wasting your energy." said Jiang Cheng

"It's better if you up first." said Jin Zixuan.

Wei WuXian, "What do we do now?"

After a while of silence, Lan WangJi replied, "Let us go up first."

Wei WuXian waved his hands, "... Let's go up."

"Take a rest first." said Jiang Yanli.

"You need it more better." she added.

"And that's what we are going to do, shijie." said Wei Wuxian with a smile.

Both were drained of all energy. They swam slowly toward the shore. When they rose out of the water, both were covered in a bloody shade of purple. Wei WuXian took off his clothes. Wringing them dry and flinging them around in the air, he couldn't help but curse, "Are we being toyed with or what? I was thinking that if nobody came to help us, we wouldn't be able to kill it even if we wanted to, and that was why I went for it. And now, we finally have it dead, and the son-of-a-bitch made the hole collapse. Fuck!"

Hearing the 'fuck', Lan WangJi's brows twitched. He wanted to say something, but held it in.

"It might be Wangji-xiong's first time hearing him curse." laughed Nie Huaisang.

"Well, you'll hear more of it from now on." said Jiang Cheng.

"I rarely curse." said Wei Wuxian but Jiang Cheng just gave him a look.

"I'm not like you who took cursing and swearing as part of your life." he added.

Wei WuXian flung his clothes around as he cursed. Suddenly, his legs gave out. Lan WangJi lunged forward in time to catch him. Leaning against his hand, Wei WuXian spoke, "It's fine, it's fine. Used up all my energy. Oh, right, Lan Zhan, did you see that I was holding a sword when I was in its mouth? Where did the sword go?"

Lan WangJi, "It sank underwater. Is there anything about it?"

Wei WuXian, "It sank? Nevermind, then."

"Why? What are you planning with it?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"How would I know?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Maybe he's going to use." said Jin Guangshan.

"To cut off your head, I guess." said Jin Ling.

"How many times do I have to tell to respect me?" asked Jin Guangshan.

"And how many time do I have to tell that you don't deserve it?" asked Jin Ling.

"Respect us earned, not asked." said Qingheng-jun.

When he was clutching onto the sword, he kept on hearing a deluge of screams beside his ears. His body felt cold and his head spun. The iron sword must've been something special. The Xuanwu of Slaughter had consumed at least five thousand people. When the people were dragged into its shell, body still intact, there had to be some that were still alive. The sword might have belonged to a cultivator who had been eaten. It had been hidden for at least four hundred years within the corpse mound of the shell. Tainted with the pain and resentment of countless humans, both dead and alive, it had heard their screams.

Wei WuXian had wanted to keep the sword and examine the iron properly. Now that it had sunk, however, and they were stuck here, unable to escape, it seemed appropriate to let the matter drop. If he mentioned it too much and Lan WangJi picked up on what he was getting at, they'd be at odds with each other all over again. Wei WuXian waved his hands, There really isn't anything good about this, is there?