Can it be true love...? [WangXian] ✔

Chapter 11: Golden core

It took long time before Jiang Cheng opened his eyes again, but he was completely empty and looked totally tired, even though he had slept a long time.

He only spoke broken words and when he was dreaming.
Jiang Cheng had rarely dreamed before or just couldn't remember, but now the past few days have been hunting him properly and he was so done with everything.

"kill him!" he shouted when Wen Ning came in with a bowl.

"Jiang Cheng he's not an enemy"

"What's wrong with you ?! They are Wens!"

"They helped you," Wei WuXian stroked his brother, who then calmed down a bit.

Wen Qing was also drawn in by the noise.
"Shh! You have to be quieter, otherwise you will be exposed and A-Ning not that! How often am I supposed to tell you that you need the other ones?!", Wen Ning nodded quickly and shyly, then ran out and to get the right medicine.

"And you take your upper robe off, I want to look at your injuries and whether they heal well," Wen Qing was good at giving orders to the young men, even Wei Ying immediately did what she wanted.

"It looks better, but don't try so hard. You also lost a little bit of weight and muscles ," she said, while examining Wei Ying's back injury.
It still hurt when he moves to much or somebody touched it, but it had gotten a lot better.

Jiang Cheng didn't really look like he was in real life, much like a zombie, but he looked at his big brother very carefully. He has gotten skinny and pale and he looked a little ill.
Wei WuXian hadn't slept or eaten much in the past few days. He was afraid that Jiang Cheng would wake up without him and need him or something.

Besides, he hadn't seen his husband in a while, and as is the case when you love each other, they worry about each other.

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Wei WuXian decided to give up his golden core so that Jiang Cheng could continue to cultivate. Without the jiangs, he would never have learned cultivation anyway, so he would pay them back.

He wouldn't be able to use Suibien, but it was for his brother after all. He consolidated his decision.

"Jiang Cheng?"

"Yes?"

"I have rice for you"

"I don't want it. Eat it"

Wei Ying sighed, sat on the floor and put the bowl on the table.

"If you drive yourself crazy about your golden core, you will never have enough energy and strength to get your revenge or even get your golden core back"

"You know how?!"

"Yes I do"

"tell me immediately!"

"I could, but I won't tell you until you've eaten the whole bowl of rice. You lay in bed for a long time, your body needs it."

Jiang Cheng stumbled out of bed and reached for chopsticks and bowl. He quickly ate the rice.

Wei Ying giggled softly.
That had worked out very well.

"You know ... when you were a sleep, I asked Wen Ning to find your parents' bodies. But the only thing he found was that. He did his best, so don't be mad at him." Wei WuXian said and had a blue cloth in his hands. Inside the cloth was a bell that the members of the Jiang clan carried on their hips.

Jiang Cheng immediately knew who the bell belonged to. His eyes grew large and glassy.

The brothers assumed the most respectful bowing position in their country. Jiang Cheng cried softly.

When the younger had calmed down again, he prayed briefly for his deceased parents and then came back to his golden core.

"Are you going to tell me how I can get my golden core back?", He spoke very quietly and his voice was a little shaky.

"You know my mother just followed only one master"

"Wanderer Baoshan?"
"Right. It's her. It's said that she lived for hundreds of years. It's certainly like a piece of cake for her to restore your golden core"

"I always thought you forgot everything when you were little"

"Yes but I can remember some things about Wanderer Baoshan".
Jiang Cheng suddenly had hope again

"So where is she?"

"In Yiling".

-•-

"From here on I can't go with you anymore. Let me cover your eyes,"

Wei WuXian had taken his brother to Yiling as soon as he could stand on his feet again.

The older one blindfolded Jiang Cheng and gave him a long stick.

"There are no beasts here. So just walk slowly and carefully and don't forget, never remove your blindfold. If someone asks you who you are say you're Cangse Sanren's son. It's too dangerous to expose yourself. Now go ahead I'll wait for you"

Wei Ying waited a little bored, but still worried at the foot of the mountain. But his boredom evaporated when he heard noises.

Suddenly he felt a strong hand that pushed him, it was obviously that of a cultivator. It was the one who also melted Jiang Cheng's golden core but his abillity had no effect on Wei Ying because he no longer had his core.

Wei WuXian was thrust directly into the blade of a sword that pierced his chest. Startled and panting, he slid to his knees.

"Oh, already on your knees? Go fight!" It was Wen Chao who said that, but Wei Ying was unable to fight.

"Awww someone still owes us his arm~," Wei Ying heard a woman's voice.

"Just one arm? That's not enough! I want to hear him scream and melt his golden core just like we did with Jiang Cheng," Wen Chao grabbed Wei Ying's ponytail and pulled his head back on it.

"You're you still wasting your time huh? Torture me if you dare. After I die, I will return as a ghost and hunt you dogs to death!", The young man on the floor gasped and coughed up blood as his hair got released.
Wen Chao giggled, amused.
"Well, let's see how long you are so brave. Take him!"

|| Oh god I had to rewatch the end of episode 12 and the beginning of episode 13 to write this in correct order haha
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