WangXian: Infinite Love

Chapter 12

A core transfer? It all made sense now, Wei Wuxian never chose Demonic Cultivation because he was too arrogant. He did not abandoned his sword but he made a sacrifice for his brother, he chose to give up his most precious possession as a cultivator so that his martial brother did not die in misery.

Wei Wuxian was one of the most powerful and promising cultivators of his generation and he was very talented too however, he gave all that up without a second thought to save someone else. Lan Wangji always knew that his soulmate was selfless but this? It was beyond his imagination, when Wei Wuxian had reappeared after being missing for three months and he witnessed the man using demonic energy, never had he thought that the reason for the change was because his Wei Ying no longer had a core.

Without his Core, he couldn’t unsheathe his sword without draining his strength let alone wield it. Suibian is after all a strong Spiritual sword, only those with a strong core can wield it. No matter how hard Hanguang Jun thought about it, no one would willingly make such a huge sacrifice, only his Wei Ying was capable of such a feat. A sudden thought hit the Jade like a brick and his eyes turned from shock to ice cold, his entire aura was cold and Wei Wuxian shivered as he felt the temperature in the room drop drastically.

Right then and there, the Yiling Laozu was knew then why exactly his soulmate was called the ‘Ice Prince’ and he did not want to be on the receiving end of his lover’s anger.

“Eh? L-Lan Zhan, don’t be mad.” The man in black robes tried to coax his lover.

“He killed you.” The Ice Prince deadpanned coldly and Wei Wuxian gulped as he noticed that his Lan Zhan was getting angrier.

It was true, Jiang Cheng had turned against him and led a siege against him. He took part in the killings of the Wen Remnants despite knowing that they were nothing but innocent people. The truth was that Jiang Cheng was a coward and he was easily influenced, Wei Wuxian had realized a long time ago that apart from his Shijie, Jiang Yanli, no one in the Jiang Sect truly cared for him. For Jiang Fengmian and Madam Yu, he was a shield for their children and for Jiang Cheng, he was only a servant he could order around. They never considered him family even though they claimed to have adopted him and as much as Wei Wuxian wished they could at least consider him a disciple and respect him as such, they never did.

He had jumped off the cliff of Nevernight on his own, this was true but Lan Zhan had caught him and he would’ve been able to pull him up if Jiang Cheng had not stabbed the rock beneath the man. Wei Wuxian knew that if he did not let go then Lan Zhan would fall with him so he had no choice but to force the man to let him go and watch him fall to his death.

“Lan Zhan, he doesn’t know. Jiang Cheng thinks that his Core was given to him by Baoshan Sanren.” The more Wei Wuxian tried to ease the man’s anger, the more he seemed to make things worse.

Lan Wangji stared at his lover in disbelief, he did not know whether to admire the man or to be angry at him for being so self-sacrificing.

“Did it hurt?” The Yiling Laozu stiffened at the question, he had been expecting it but he just did not know whether to lie or tell the truth. “Wei Ying!” As if reading his mind, the Jade gave him a warning glare.

“Wen Qing could not use any anaesthetic because she feared it would dissolve the Core.”

Lan Wangji clenched his fist as he watched his soulmate’s face.

“So...”

Wei Wuxian scratched the back of his head nervously. “So I had to stay awake for two nights and one day while she cut me open. I had to watch my Core being removed and feel its power leave my body.” A stray tear rolled down the porcelain cheek of the golden eye man.

“What were the chances?”

Silence.

Wei Wuxian refused to answer that question, it was bad enough that he has already told the older about the process. Lan Wangji already looked broken, if he found out about the chances then Wei Wuxian feared what his reaction would be. But he has promised himself to speak the truth and tell his lover everything, if he chose to keep this a secret then wouldn’t he be breaking his own promise? Moreover, Lan Wangji was going to be angry with him…

“Wei Ying.” It was a helpless plea, the man in white was on the verge of breaking and the only thing grounding him was the fact that his soulmate was in front of him.