𝓑𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓶 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓪 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻 (MDZS fanfic) ||COMPLETE||

Chapter 10 - Refinement part 1

Lan Mingyu bid goodbye to her father and her cousin after Jiang Cheng checked her himself to ensure his daughter wasn't harmed after the incident. Jin Ling was grumbling about how he didn't get to spend much time with her anymore but, "A-Ling, you know you can visit me when I go to Lotus Pier right?" Lan Mingyu smiled as Jin Ling pouted.

Jin Ling, "but you are always with the other disciples"

Lan Mingyu chuckled and shook her head in amusement as she pinched his cheeks, "how about this when I visit Lotus Pier I will cook you lotus root and pork soup?"

Jin Ling beamed immediately and hugged his cousin, "promise?"

Lan Mingyu once again smiled, "I promise" Lan Mingyu's smile now turned to a teasing one "LingLing"

Jin Ling whined, "Shijie~"

Jiang Cheng's heart clenched at the scene, it reminded him so much of his deceased wife when both of them were in their youth. After a final goodbye, the Lan disciples left Dafan Mountain with Wei WuXian.

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The residence of the Lan Sect was located in a remote mountain outside the city of Gusu.

Mist constantly enveloped the white walls and black roofs of the buildings, which stretched along with the picturesque garden of the waterside pavilion, as if it was an ocean of clouds in the immortal realm. At dawn, the first rays of the morning sun shone through the hazy billows of mist that drifted far and wide, perfectly complementing its name—the "Cloud Recesses."

In such a tranquil place, one's heart would be like still water. Only the echoes of the bell tower could be heard vibrating through the air. Although it was incomparable to a holy temple, the cold mountains still send forth a lonesome air of Zen.

However, the ambiance was suddenly shattered by a long wail, giving a few shudders down the backs of the disciples who were training or doing their morning readings. They couldn't help but glance in the direction of the main entrance, where the sound came from.

Wei WuXian was crying in front of the entrance, clinging onto his donkey. Lan JingYi spoke, "Stop crying! You said that you liked HanGuang-Jun yourself, so what are you wailing for, now that he has taken you back?"

Wei WuXian pulled a long face.

He never had the chance to summon Wen Ning again, after the night at Dafan Mountain. Neither did he have any opportunities to find out why Wen Ning was unconscious or why he had appeared in this world again before he was carried back by Lan WangJi.

When he was in his early youth, he had come to study at the Lan Sect for three months, along with the disciples of other clans, so he had experienced the GusuLan Sect's dull, boring atmosphere in person. In fact, he still shuddered at the thought of the three-thousand-or-so sect rules which crammed onto the Wall of Discipline. As he was tugged up the mountain, he passed by the rock wall again and saw that a thousand more were carved on. Now, there were more than four thousand. Four thousand!

Lan JingYi spoke, "There, there! Stop making a ruckus. Noise is prohibited in the Cloud Recesses."

He was making loud noises exactly because he didn't want to enter the Cloud Recesses!

Lan Mingyu approached Wei WuXian as she tried to comfort him by patting his hair with her right hand since her other hand was holding a Darwinia gifted from a child in Caiyi town.

But to no avail, the YiLing Patriarch continued to wail.

If Wei WuXian was dragged inside, it would be extremely difficult for him to come outside again. Back then, when he came to study, all of the disciples were given a jade token for passage. Only with the token, would a person be able to enter and leave freely, or else they couldn't pass through the protective barrier of the Cloud Recesses. After ten years had passed, the security could only have gotten stricter, instead of looser.