Talking To The River

Talking to the river 3

<Cloud Recess, Gusu>

Lan QiRen was reading a scripture with knitted brows when the door was knocked. He put down the scripture and looked up as a disciple entered. The disciple saluted and said with a twisted face "Senior Lan, sect leader of YunmengJiang, sect leader of LanlingJin and a foreign disciple who says is a disciple of BaoShan SanRen has come."

Lan QiRen's furrowed his brows his eyes suprised but face indifferent. Touching his beard he spoke "BaoShan SanRen? For what reason would they come without further notice?"

Panic flashed through the disciples eyes "Sect leader of the YunmengJiang said he wished to speak with ZeWu-Jun or Hanguang-Jun and... a-and Senior Wei."

Hearing the last name Lan QiRen's expression suddenly changed, he was infuriated "He wished to speak with whom?! Where does he think he is? I am here yet he ignores me and wishes to speak with that troublemaker? Bring them to the discussion room. Inform them that ZeWu-Jun is not here and they shall speak with me first."

The disciple saluted, then hastily turned around and left as if he was afraid he would be scolded if he stayed one second longer. Lan QiRen's brows twitched, he closed his eyes and stroke his beard in an attempt to calm down. He put away the scriptures on the table and left harshly.

As he was on his way to the discussion room, with the corner of his eye he saw Lan ShiZui, Lan JingYi and his other students along with Lan WangJi and Wei WuXian. They were making jokes and laughing without a care for anything. His anger wasn't suppressed completely in the first place and seeing his precious students and his proudest disciple Lan WangJi so close to Wei WuXian, his anger growed rapidly. He stomped his feet, going towards them boiling with anger. The first one to see him was Lan JingYi. His face paled and he backed away stammering "S-S-S-S-Senior Lan!"

In an instant, all heads was turned in that way. The youngsters were terrified. They were ordered before not to speak with Wei WuXian by Lan QiRen himself! They tried to dissipate but Lan QiRen was faster. He came near them in no time. Veins popping up on his forehead, Lan QiRen turned to Lan ShiZui, Lan JingYi and the others "Have I not told you to stay away from him? Do you not care about my orders anymore? Do you not care about our sects rules? You are all grounded! If you liked this charlatan so much then you will copy the rules of our sect three times for a month like he did in the past but you will do it upside down!"

The young disciples all shivered with fright of his voice and horror of the grand punishment. Lan QiRen then looked at Lan WangJi, before finally making direct eye contact with Wei WuXian. After holding it in for so many days he finally snapped "You! Even after everything you did before, you are still messing around with my students! Don't you understand how badly you effect them?! I don't want to see you anywhere near them again! In fact, I don't want to see you anywhere near anyone. You have a bad influence over everything!"

Lan WangJi "Uncle."

Lan QiRen didn't stop for a second "You have even corrupted my proudest disciple, Lan WangJi and made him break the rules of our sect countless times. If you truly care for him, why don't you leave him alone? Can't you see how better he would've been without you?!"

Lan WangJi spoke again "Uncle!"

Wei WuXian's eyes narrowed slighly, he took a step backwards. He was expecting a scolding sooner or later but he wasn't expecting something at this rate. Thus, he wasn't prepared. After getting a grip of what just happened, he was finally able to steady himself. He smiled. Just as he was about to speak he felt a cold breeze behind his back. Upon looking at Wei WuXian's back Lan QiRen's mouth hang open. He quickly looked at Wei WuXian before fixing his eyes on his back again. He exclaimed "You...?!"