Wei Ying's destroyed heart (Complete) Edited

36: The Wen Sect rise to kill

Four months after their wedding, Lan Ying and Lan Zhan sat before XiChen and Master Lan, eyes down cast as they waited to explain their actions in taking so many lives.

Lan Zhan had to control himself as all he really wanted to do was hold Ying in his arms to calm him down. Even when he turned his head, he could see him shivering, the knee that touched his knee showed it ... he gripped his hands into fists so he didn't just reach out and embrace him.

Lan Ying wanted to just be in his husbands protective arms, in their room with the doors closed. He wanted to forget what happened.

'First, I want WangJi to tell us who killed them all?'

'I did ....'

'But it was my fault ... if I had just stayed in the Cloud Recesses, there would have been no trouble and they would still be alive ...' he stopped and trembled at the terror he had felt when he had been utterly surrounded. 'I should have been more patient and just waited for Zhan to return.'

'Ying, it was not your fault. They had been waiting and when you finally left the safely of the Cloud Recesses they set on you. You should not have to be kept within the barrier of this sect to be safe.'

'How do you know they were waiting for me? They were not there just by luck?'

'No, they were set on you.'

'WangJi, how many did you kill?' XiChen asked, interrupting a conversation he thought should have been had before now.

'Twenty. If I didn't arrive on time ... Ying would be dead ... and so would every last one of them from that sect.'

'WangJi, that man told me they were only passing through and they had no idea that Ying was in the area ....'

'The man I questioned admitted they were told to wait until Ying left the Cloud Recesses by himself then attack and kill.'

'Why?'

'He said he didn't ask but I think he is lying.'

'So, there are still those people out there who ... hate and fear me because of Demonic Cultivation.'

Master Lan looked to Lan Zhan and Lan Ying. 'I will have people sent to their sect and demand answers. If they are not given ... well, we will think about it afterwards.'

Lan Ying felt horrible for the trouble he had brought to the GusuLan Sect yet again.

'I think SiZhui and ....'

Lan Ying felt fear engulf him. 'No ... please ... if they are after me, they will know that SiZhui is our son and might hurt him to get at me.'

'Then I will go and demand answers myself .... After I speak to the man we have.' Master Lan said. 'But Lan Ying, tell us everything you remember please.'

'Okay. I woke up to find the note Lan Zhan had left saying he had to go into town to sort something out and would be back for lunch at the latest. I .... I began to panic .... I had to go and meet him .... I tried to stay in the room but the next thing I know is, I'm walking out the gates and running to town. An hour or so later I stop for a short rest as I watched a deer drinking by a pond ... only to hear .... A growling from a short distant away. I didn't even turn to see how close or far away the monster was, I took off running .... Only to find them running with me and I had to stop dead before ....' He trembled violently even as Lan Zhan reached over and pulled him into his arms. 'I stopped when I saw five or six just standing in the direction I was running .... I turned to head left, but there were even more, the same to the right, and behind me ..... they were everywhere .... I ..... I ..... was ..... surrounded ..... I tried to think ..... but all I could imagine was their claws and teeth biting and ripping. I ..... tried to climb a tree .... But I felt .... One of them grip my ankle and pull me from the tree ..... I ..... I ....' He cringed into Lan Zhan's chest even as his arms wrapped tightly around him.

'This is when I heard him screaming my name .... In such terror .... I raced down and cut each and every dog down .... Even the one who still had my wife by the ankle.' He reached one hand out and touched the wounded leg gently. 'Even after I had killed them and he was safe, Lan Ying .... Was beyond terrified that there were still more around. I was sitting with him, tending his wound and trying to calm him when a group of men from Wen Sect arrived.'

'Wen ... sect .... They are gone.'

'The new Wen Sect that was restarted by those three Wens who lived.'

'What did they say?' XiChen felt bad for the pair of them but mostly for Lan Ying. The terror that shone in his eyes was obvious.

'Wen GhoLin demanded to know who killed his hunting dogs. When I told him I killed them because they were hunting my wife ... they refused to believe it. Or I should say, they refused to admit they had set the dogs on Lan Ying. I blocked all of their cultivation, bound them with a string and brought them all here. One man I have kept here as he seems to be the one in charge. I sent the others home and told them to tell the rest of their new sect that if they dare do this again, it will not be just the dogs I kill.'

'Have you preformed Empathy on him?' XiChen asked, surprised that he didn't do it already.

'No ... I think one of you had better do that ... if I see anything against Lan Ying, I .... Will not be able to stop myself from killing him.'

Right then the door flew open and Jin Ling, JingYi and SiZhui raced in.

'Are you alright?' they said as one and ran over to him only to see Lan Zhan glare protectively at them as he wrapped his arms even further around Lan Ying.

'He was attacked by a pack of hunting dogs that were set on him by the Wen Sect. they hunted him and injured him.' Lan Zhan saw the fury in their eyes.

Jin Ling didn't say a word, just took the other two by the wrist and dragged him out, not listening to any of those who called out to him.

'Jin Ling, what are you doing?'

'JingYi, you tell everyone what happened, SiZhui come with me.' He watched JingYi nod then hurry away then Jin Ling literally dragged his friend all the way to the gates then made him come to Lotus Pier with him. 'Let's inform uncle Cheng what they are trying to do.'

'Oh .... Okay.' SiZhui agreed to follow willingly because he knew that Sect Leader Jaing Cheng would willingly demand answers form the Wen Sect Leader. 'For a moment there, I thought you were going to the Wen Sect to settle the matter yourself.'

'And why can't I do that?'

'Think about it. They all know that we are the two people who Mother Lan and Father Zhan love the most, if they are trying to kill or hurt them .... We would be the best targets for them to capture.'

'Of course ... you are right. Let's go.' They both jumped on their swords and shot into the sky.

Lan Ying stayed in Lan Zhan's arms all the way back to their room. 'I'm sorry.'

'You never need to say that to me. I should have woken you up and taken you with me ... you got hurt because I didn't do that.'

'It's not your fault. I knew I really should have killed those Wen Sect members that night. But all I wanted was to find Wen Ning when Wen Quin asked for my help to find her brother.' Lan Ying finally allowed all the terror he had felt show in his eyes and he threw himself even further into Lan Zhan's arms and refused to let go as he wept.

'Lan Ying.' He lifted his love into his arms and walked to their bed and lay there holding him tight until his breathing showed he had cried himself to sleep ... but his body still seemed to tremble violently every few minutes. He spoke softly to him when this happened and he would calm down as if even in his dreams, he would hear the words.