𝓦һ𝑦 𝑦օ𝗎 𝘵һⅈ𝖓𝚔 𝘵һɑ𝘵 ɑ𝘣օ𝗎𝘵 𝖓𝗎𝒹𝖊?
𐊢𝗎𝘇 𝑦օ𝗎𝔯 vⅈ𝖊𝑤𝖊𝔯𝓼' 𝓼օ 𝔯𝗎𝒹𝖊.
𝚃һⅈ𝖓𝚔 օ𝗎𝘵𝓼ⅈ𝒹𝖊 𝘵һ𝖊 𝘣օ𝓍, 𝘵һ𝖊𝖓 𝑦օ𝗎'𝘐𝘐 𝘐ⅈ𝚔𝖊 ⅈ𝘵.

The boat drifted in the waters of YunMeng and after replenishing their energy the four on the boat had mostly healed.

But they still needed some treatment. Since they were not in the Lotus Pier anymore, they had to somewhere else.

But where?

The disciples had gone to various places they could go to.

Some to LanLing, some to QingHe and some to Gusu.

They had to go somewhere. But they didn't have much money with them and had to conserve as much as possible.

Since YunMeng's closest place was Yiling, that's where they ultimately decided to go.

After reaching Yiling, they saw Wen Ning standing at the edge of the dock, looking anxious.

Wen Ning saw them and his face immediately lit up.

"Young Master Wei, over here." he waved quietly.

They sneakily went behind him and followed him to the supervisory office, though Wei WuXian was the only one who trusted him. They didn't really have a choice at this point.

On the way, Wei WuXian asked, "Wen Ning, have you been expecting us?"
"Yes. I have."
"But how exactly?"
"I suppose you know Xing-Jie? She told us that you knew her."

Wei WuXian went stiff and so did Jiang Cheng.

"Truth be told I met her at the indoctrinations. She saved me from some of Wen guards who were about to threaten me, so they could threaten A-Jie."
"Wen Qing?"
"Yes. It was after Second Young Master Wen had given everyone the rule book."
"Let me guess. She baited the attention towards herself so that you could escape?" spoke Jiang Cheng with a raised eyebrow.
"..."

The silence was enough of an answer.

Jiang Cheng groaned.

Wei WuXian's mood turned sour, "Why were the guards threatening you to threaten Wen Qing?"

Wen Ning spoke with his head a bit hung, "A-Jie, I and our branch of DafanWens are actually healers. We don't want to work with the tyrannical ways of the current Wen Sect leader. But we are being threatened to work with them....otherwise they would kill us."

Jiang FengMian raised his eyebrows, "So even the clan's own people aren't safe from their tyranny."

Wen Ning continued, "Today Xing-jie came here two hours ago and asked help from us in a hurry. She said that you guys will be coming here. In exchange of saving you, she even offered protection for the Dafan Wens."
"Hold on. How did she find the way to the supervisory office?"
"I have no idea Clan Leader Jiang. She seemed to have found it somehow. Maybe it was the people in Yiling who told her the way."

Wei WuXian spoke up then, "A-Ah she has a map with her."
"Oh...that makes more sense." Said Wen Ning.
" How is she planning to o protect the Dafan Wens?" asked Wei WuXian.
Wen Ning looked nervous, "I have no idea about that either. But she didn't seem like the person to just lie."
"Definitely. She doesn't lie, at least not in case of helping others." Jiang Cheng spoke, melancholically.

Wen Ning turned towards him, "Young Master Jiang seems sure of it."
"I am. If she said she will protect you, she means it. I don't know how she does it. But she protects others for some reason, in many ways, though using herself as the bait is her favourite option." said Jiang Cheng grumpily.
"She does seem like that. Speaking advising words..." spoke Yu ZiYuan.

Wen Ning spoke, "Yes, yes. She does give advices. She gave one to me as well and even now I feel amazed when I think about it."

Wei WuXian's ears perked up, "What did she say to you?"

Wen Ning looked at him and smiled, but said nothing.

Wei WuXian understood.

No, he didn't know what exactly she had said to this particular Wen. But he did understand one thing.

She said something that Wen Ning needed to hear.

She always does, by some miracle or magic.

It was quite interesting, but quite unusual.

Jiang FengMian stayed quiet and listened, while observing the multitude of emotions going through the two children's faces.

They truly seemed fond of this 'Xing-Jie' they spoke of. It was amusing to see. It wasn't the fondness they had for Jiang YanLi. It was different.

A more dependent one.

For Jiang YanLi the brothers used to treasure her and try to keep her from every possible thing that could hurt her, emotionally or physically.

For this lady they were mentioning, it was the complete opposite.

They seemed to depend on her even in the most dire of situations. Like now.

They finally reached the office and sneaked in.

Inside was a fine young lady with red and white robes of the QishanWen sect.

"A-Jie, they are here."

The lady looked at them. Her face was beautiful and fierce. She exulted an aura of calmness but intimidation.

She looked like someone who could take down a bull with just a snap of her finger.

The lady gracefully moved towards them and bowed, "Greetings, Sect Leader Jiang, Madam Yu, Young Master Jiang, Young Master Wei. I am Wen Qing of the Dafan Wen. I suppose you people already know about everything that is to know about us. We are not working for Wen Ruohan on our will. The Dafan Wen clan has been kept under constant threatening and that is why I am trying my best to protect what's left of my family. I hope you have no more doubts."

The four bowed towards Wen Qing. She seemed trustworthy.

"Lady Wen, thank you so much for the help. We are eternally greatful for your help."

Just then the guards came around and started making noise, they must have seen someone sneaking in.

Instantly everyone tensed.

Wen Qing, being the calm person she is, asked in a commanding voice, "What's all the noise about?"

One of the guards asked, "Lady Wen, there is probably an imposter among us."

Wen Qing told immediately, "Let me check."

With that she stood there for a while and after that she said, "There is no one here. I have checked every corner of the room."

The guards bought it and went away.

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. If there was any doubt in the four of them before, now it completely vanished.

"Thank you Lady Wen."
"Now please, are there any injuries?"
"Just minor ones. We need the shelter for tonight only. After that we will head back to Lotus Pier."

Wen Qing nodded. Jiang FengMian mused, "I am surprised you agreed to this though."

Wen Qing sighed, "Oh, that's another long story."

𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘:
𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚.

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟, 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦.

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟. 𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐵𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔.

"𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑗𝑖𝑒?"

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔'𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑, "𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠. 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟, "𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡?"

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, "𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑑, "𝐽𝑖𝑒𝑗𝑖𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝐼 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑗𝑖𝑒? 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒, "𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝐴-𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔?"

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡. 𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑, "𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑗𝑖𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ."

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒, "𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑢𝑛𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑔 𝐽𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑔𝐽𝑖𝑎𝑜, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡?"

𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑠.

"𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝐿𝑜𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑃𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑤𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜, 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤, "𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚? 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑠."

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟, "𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑊𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡. 𝐴𝑠𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑."

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔'𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, "𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢? 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑗𝑖𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡."

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒, "𝑌𝑒𝑠. 𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑, "𝐴𝑙𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡."

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑑, "𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑, "𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦?"

𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑, "𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑁𝑖𝑛𝑔, "..."

𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒."

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑜𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑃𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠.

Wen Qing spoke, "There was a reason we agreed to this."

Jiang FengMian nodded, "Wen Ning told us."

Wei WuXian spoke, "What about the other disciples?
" Don't worry. I told them to return precisely after one week. I was about to mention this to everyone here but I didn't get the opportunity to do so." answered Jiang Cheng.

The remaining three stared at him, in awe and surprise.
"What? If they don't get a definite time then how will we gather them back? We don't know where they went. Obviously it's the best option."
"No, A-Cheng that's true. I am just impressed you chose to do something like that. It will be beneficial for us." spoke Jiang FengMian.

Jiang Cheng's eyes brightened.

Wei WuXian beamed, "Already acting like a sect leader huh? You will be amazing when you take the handle of the sect."

Jiang Cheng smiled, a sweet one. Jiang FengMian's eyes softened at the scene before him. Something swelled within his chest.

It was protectiveness.

Yu ZiYuan praised, proud of her son, "Attaboy! That's my son for you."

Wen Ning smiled at the atmosphere of the room. They looked so happy. He was glad to be able to help. Wen Qing put a hand over Wen Ning's shoulder and coughed a bit.

"Well I assume things are settled then. Please show me your injuries."

"Yes Lady Wen." said Jiang Cheng.

The next hour went with Wen Qing examining and treating their injuries.

There were not much, but enough to slow them down. It was good to have them treated.

"The injuries will heal with proper rest. A lot of it will heal up tonight. I assume you will be able to travel tomorrow."

Jiang FengMian bowed, "Thank you Lady Wen. If in any way, how can we return the favour?"

Wen Qing's eyes hardened, "Do you want to, Sect Leader Jiang?"

Jiang FengMian looked up and spoke with certainty, "Yes. After all without your help, none of us would have been safe for today."

Wen Qing was quiet. Then she spoke, "Then I ask Sect Leader Jiang to help the Dafan Wens. There will be a war soon. The surname Wen is hated by countless people. Even bearing that surname has become a crime. Anyone with that name will be an enemy in the eye of the cultivation world. I ask of Sect Leader Jiang to help us, because we truly do not want to participate in this war. The Dafan Wens only have elderly, woman, children and a ordinary people. We are healers, not killers. Can Sect Leader Jiang and the Jiang clan help us?"

Yu ZiYuan spoke up, "FengMian, we should help them."

Wei WuXian and Jiang Cheng also agreed.

Jiang FengMian, after thinking for a while, spoke, "You have my word Lady Wen. The Jiang Sect will help the Dafan Wens. In any way possible. When the war approaches, by all means, the Dafan Wens can escape from Yiling to YunMeng. Our doors will be open for your branch of people."

The Wen siblings' faces visibly lit up.

It seemed like there was hope for them after all.