MDZS Characters Watching the Future

112. The Junior Disciples

Wei WuXian knew the terrain of the cave like the back of his palm. He walked in the front. At some point, he gestured for them to stop.

The main area of the cave was just a wall away from them. Through the holes on the wall, they could see a large enough area that could contain a thousand people. In the center sat around a hundred. Both their hands and their feet were tightly bound by deity-binding ropes. The one hundred people were quite young as well. Judging from the color of their robes and their swords, they were either high level disciples or direct disciples from clans.

"You guys." Jiang Cheng gritted.

"It isn't our fault." Jingyi and Jin Ling defended.

"We didn't even know how we ended up there." the two added.

"Where were you in the first place before you got caught?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Night hunt." the three mumbled while Jin Ling was avoided Jiang Cheng's gaze.

"What about you?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Running away." Jin Ling mumbled.

Jiang Cheng just glared at him.

Wei WuXian exchanged a look with Lan WangJi. Before they began to discuss, a boy sitting on the ground suddenly spoke up, “In my opinion, I don’t think you should’ve stabbed him only once. Why didn’t you just slash his throat out?”

His voice wasn’t big, but the cave was rather empty. Echoes vibrated as soon he spoke. And so, even if they didn’t listen in, they could hear his words with clarity. As soon as the boy spoke, Wei WuXian thought that he both looked and sounded familiar. He only remembered after a while. Wasn’t this the one who fought with Jin Ling the other day, Jin Chan?

And he looked again—who was the cold-faced boy sitting beside this disciple, if not Jin Ling?

"Oh Sizhui." Jingyi chuckled.

"Why?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Just wait." said Jingyi.

"And I want to ask my captor why out of all the disciples there, I was tied beside that man." said Jin Ling.

"It's great you know, keeping your enemies close." said Zizhen.

"I would've kicked his shin if I could." said Jin Ling.

"You should have told me so that I can help." said Jingyi.

"That's not good." said Sizhui.

"As if you didn't." said Jingyi mumbled.

Jin Ling didn’t even look at him, remaining quiet. Loud rumbles came from the stomach of a boy beside him, “They have left for so many days already. Just what do they want? If they want to kill us, then let us off easy. I would rather be eaten by a monster on a night-hunt than starve to death here!”

Wei Wuxian laughed loudly while Jiang Cheng chuckled.

"Poor Jingyi." said Wei Wuxian.

"Hey! I was really hungry that time." Jingyi reasoned.

"You're the only who's complaining because of hunger." said Nie Huaisang.

"At least I didn't say anything bad to offend them, they should be thankful." said Jingyi.

"Besides, I didn't get to eat for days after they captured us." he added.

"That made you eat a lot when we were in the safe place. I even remember how many bowls of rice and chickens you've eaten that time." laughed Zizhen.