bayedsolid Chapter 1044 [The Untamed 18]
Chapter 1044 [The Untamed 18]
Wei Wuxian was stunned and almost fell out with Wen Ning. Fortunately, Lan Wangji was quick and grabbed the two people.
Upon seeing this, Lan Xichen immediately played his flute, and started a fierce confrontation with Shui Xingyuan. Shui Xingyuan was obviously no match for Lan Xichen, and it dodged left and right in the water, but was eventually forced to retreat by Lan Xichen's flute, and fled quickly, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Wen Ning has been in a coma, Wei Wuxian is very worried and comes to visit him. However, Wen Qing does not appreciate his coming and is even a little indifferent.
Wei Wuxian felt that Wen Ning, as a cultivator, should not be so fragile that he would fall unconscious just by touching water. He thought that Wen Ning must have had some unknown experiences in the past that made him so easily affected by the evil spirit.
Wei Wuxian took out a talisman from his arms and handed it to Wen Qing, asking her to pass it on to Wen Ning. He told Wen Qing that this talisman could protect Wen Ning from harm.
After a while, Wen Ning finally woke up, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Then, they returned by boat and continued on their journey.
Along the way, Wei Wuxian saw someone selling loquats on the roadside, so he bought some and threw them to Lan Wangji. But Lan Wangji didn't even look at them and threw the loquats back to him. Wei Wuxian felt a little bored and had to throw the loquats to Jiang Cheng.
Lan Wangji's expression was still very serious, and he seemed to be still thinking about Shui Xingyuan.
On the way back, Wei Wuxian secretly bought a few jars of Tianzixiao while no one was paying attention. After returning to his residence, he drank happily with Jiang Cheng, Xue Yang, Jin Guangyao and Nie Huaisang.
As Wei WuXian drank, he said with emotion: “The scent of this Emperor’s Smile is subtle and mellow, it really is a good wine!”
Jiang Cheng felt that Wei Wuxian had made the wine look like a person, and couldn't help but laugh and scold, "You guy, you drink so much that you even personify wine."
Wei WuXian, however, did not take it seriously and instead mocked Jiang Cheng’s mate selection criteria: “Look at you, your mate selection criteria are even higher than this wine!”
The five people were laughing and joking, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
However, at this moment, Lan Wangji suddenly walked in.
Seeing this, Wei Wuxian immediately went up to him with a playful smile and enthusiastically invited Lan Wangji to have a drink with him.
Lan Wangji naturally refused without hesitation. He would not indulge himself like Wei Wuxian.
Wei Wuxian saw that Lan Wangji refused to drink, and he immediately became playful. He took advantage of Lan Wangji's inattention and secretly pasted a talisman on his back.
The talisman took effect instantly, and Lan Wangji suddenly became stunned and completely lost his consciousness.
Seeing this, Wei Wuxian was secretly delighted and quickly told Lan Wangji to go drink.
Lan Wangji had completely obeyed Wei Wuxian's orders at this point, picking up the wine glass and drinking it all.
This was the first time in Lan Wangji's life that he had ever drunk alcohol. After just one glass, he felt like he was flying.
Seeing Lan Wangji like this, Wei Wuxian couldn't help but feel a little worried, and quickly helped him to his bed to rest.
Wei Wuxian found Lan Wangji’s drunken appearance very amusing, so he smiled and asked Lan Wangji to call him “Brother Wei”.
Although Lan Wangji was quite drunk, he still obeyed.
What surprised Wei Wuxian even more was that even though Lan Wangji was so drunk, he was still thinking about his crooked headband.
Lan Wangji kept repeating "the headband cannot be crooked" while trying hard to straighten it.
Wei Wuxian couldn't help laughing when he saw this, thinking that Lan Wangji was such a conservative person that he cared so much about these rules even when he was drunk.
In Lan Wangji's opinion, this headband is a very important thing, and no one except his parents, wife and children can touch it casually.
Wei Wuxian felt extremely bored and thought that with Lan Wangji like this, he would probably be single for the rest of his life.
During the conversation, the two naturally talked about each other's life experience. Wei Wuxian told Lan Wangji that his parents both passed away when he was four years old, so his impression of his parents was very vague, and he could only vaguely remember some past scenes.
After hearing this, Lan Wangji couldn't help but feel sympathy. His own life experience was also quite rough, and he lost his mother when he was young.
Lan Xichen reported to Lan Qiren about the water monster removal, and said that this matter might be related to the Wen clan's spirit possession. After hearing this, Lan Qiren frowned slightly, as if thinking about something.
When he learned that Wei Wuxian had also contributed a lot in this operation, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. He knew that Wei Wuxian was the son of Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren, and he sighed in his heart: "No wonder this child has so many evil thoughts, he is just like his mother."
However, at this moment, a disciple hurried over and reported to Lan Qiren: "Sir, Wei Wuxian and a few others were secretly drinking in the Cloud Recesses, and we caught them, and Lan Wangji was among them."
Lan Qiren's face instantly turned extremely gloomy when he heard this. He roared in anger, "What? Wei Wuxian is so bold that he actually brought people to drink together! And Lan Wangji, as a member of the Lan family, how could he be so ignorant of his own limits!"
After that, he ordered Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji to be brought up, ready to punish them severely. Wei Wuxian saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly wanted to plead for Lan Wangji, after all, he was the one who "enticed" Lan Wangji to drink, but Lan Wangji looked calm and didn't seem to care about the punishment of 300 rulers.
Just like that, Wei WuXian was hit with three hundred sticks, and every blow made him grimace in pain, but he didn't say a word. After the beating, his back was already torn and his clothes were stained with blood.
Lan Xichen felt so distressed that he immediately suggested finding a quiet place for Wei Wuxian to heal. He supported Wei Wuxian and consoled him, "Mr. Wei, please be patient for a moment. I will take you to a safe place."
On the way to the healing place, Lan Xichen told Wei Wuxian a secret. It turned out that Cang Se San Ren and Lan Qi Ren were schoolmates and they had a good relationship. It was just that Cang Se San Ren had a quirky personality, while Lan Qi Ren was strict and old-fashioned, so the way they got along was often ridiculous.
“That’s why Mr. Lan is so strict with you.” Lan Xichen said with a smile, “He hopes that you can become an excellent cultivator like Cangse Sanren.”
After hearing this, Wei Wuxian's hatred towards Lan Qiren was slightly alleviated. He looked at Lan Xichen with gratitude and thought: So Mr. Lan has such a past.
At the same time, Wen Qing was busy passing information to Wen Ruohan. She quietly put a note into the leg of a carrier pigeon and released it. The content of the note was only a few short words: Biling Lake, Shuixingyuan, Baitong appeared.
Not long after, Wen Ruohan received a message from Wen Qing. He looked at the words on the note, thinking. After a moment, he replied a message to Wen Qing: The Yin Iron is in the water.
On the other side, Wei Wuxian dragged his injured body to the back mountain. He heard that Lan Wangji often practiced here, so he wanted to come and chat with him. Unexpectedly, when he walked to the hot spring in the back mountain, he saw Lan Wangji bathing in the spring water.
Lan Wangji's long hair fell into the water like a waterfall, and his skin was as white as snow, looming in the water. Wei Wuxian couldn't help but stare in amazement, he had never seen such a beautiful sight.
However, when Lan Wangji noticed Wei Wuxian's arrival, his face instantly turned red. He hurriedly grabbed the clothes beside him and put them on in a hurry.
Seeing this, Wei Wuxian jumped into the spring with a smile and swam towards Lan Wangji. As he swam, he shouted, "Lan Zhan, don't be shy! I just want to be friends with you."
Lan Wangji was a little overwhelmed by Wei Wuxian's enthusiasm. He stood in the water, saying nothing.
Wei Wuxian swam to Lan Wangji, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said, "Lan Zhan, look how clear this spring water is! How about we take a dip here together?"
Lan Wangji remained unmoved. His eyes fell on Wei Wuxian's wound and he frowned.
At this moment, a strong undercurrent suddenly surged from under the spring. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji were caught off guard and were instantly sucked into the vortex.
The two struggled in the whirlpool and their bodies were involuntarily sucked into a mysterious dark passage.
At the end of the secret passage, there was an ancient zither vaguely visible. The body of the zither was completely black, but the strings were gleaming with a faint blue light. The zither was engraved with the forbidden words of the Lan family!
Lan Wangji stared at the mysterious zither, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart. He slowly approached the zither, and the zither seemed to be able to sense his presence and did not attack him.
However, when Wei Wuxian tried to get closer to the zither, the situation was completely different. The forbidden words on the zither suddenly flashed with a strong light, and a powerful force attacked Wei Wuxian like a bolt of lightning!
Wei WuXian quickly took a few steps back and looked at the zither in surprise. He thought to himself, "Why is this zither so hostile to me?"
Seeing this, Lan Wangji immediately thought of a possible reason - his headband. He took off his headband, handed one end to Wei Wuxian, and said, "Try it, wrap our wrists with the headband."
Although Wei Wuxian was a little confused, he still did as he was told. After their wrists were tightly wrapped by the headband, Wei Wuxian carefully approached the zither again.
Surprisingly, Qin did not attack him this time, and Wei Wuxian successfully walked to Qin's side.
Lan Wangji breathed a sigh of relief, then sat down in front of the zither and gently stroked the strings. The melodious sound of the zither echoed in the dark passage, as if it could penetrate the stone wall and spread far away.
At this moment, Lan Wangji suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from the cave, as if many people were shouting and looking for something.
The two looked at each other, both of them were very confused. This was clearly the Lan family's forbidden area, how could someone else break in?
Just when they were puzzled, a beautiful woman with heroic spirit walked out from the darkness. She had a graceful figure and light steps, like a fairy descending to the mortal world.