In case the conversation wasn't going well, the owner of the shop even brought over two side dishes of peanuts and sunflower seeds. Wei WuXian nodded in acknowledgement, and continued while eating sunflower seeds, "Did anyone find out what exactly the something or someone was?"

"I bet no one tried to help that clan." said Jin Zixuan.

"Or it is too dangerous to help." said Nie Huaisang.

The waiter laughed, "Young Master, now you're just joking. How could we ordinary people who are just trying to get through life know anything about those who fly around in the skies? Logically, you guys should know more than me since you all cultivate. I've only heard some vague talk of of how they offended someone whom they shouldn't have! Anyways, after that, nobody was left in charge of the evil beings around Yueyang."

Wei WuXian pondered, "Somebody whom they shouldn't have offended?"

"Who would it be? Doing such thing is unacceptable." said MianMian.

"It might be someone who is powerful and feared by people." said Meng Yao.

The juniors raised their brows at him.

"That's right." The waiter ate two peanuts, "These sects or whatever indeed hold grudges against the others. I'm thinking that the Chang Clan must have been targeted by the other cultivators. Isn't killing people for the sake of treasures common or something? Those books all said so. Tales and legends as well. Although I don't know who exactly did it, it was apparently related to a very famous villain."

Wei WuXian smiled as he lifted the liquor bowl to his lips, glancing sideways at him, "Let me guess. You're gonna say that you don't know who the villain was?"

The waiter cracked up, "Guess again. I definitely know this one. He was called something along the lines of 'peculiar'... Right, 'patriarch'. The YiLing Patriarch!"

"What?" asked Wei Wuxian in disbelief.

"How is it me?" he asked again.

"Of course it will be him. He's the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation after all." said Jin Guangshan.

"I refuse to believe that a-xian will do something like that." said Jiang Yanli.

"I will never." said Wei Wuxian.

Wei WuXian choked, letting out a series of bubbles into the liquor bowl with a splash, "What?"

Him again?!

The waiter confirmed, "Yep, that's right! His surname was Wei. He's called Wei WuQian, I think. People sound both hateful and scared when they mention him."

"..."

"Blaming me yet they doesn't know my name." said Wei Wuxian.

Jiang Cheng laughed hearing the name.

"That name means poor, right?" asked Nie Huaisang. (I based on the mdzs novel I have)

"I can't believe you focus on that thing but not on the fact that he said it was my doing." said Wei Wuxian with a pout.

Wei WuXian thought over it and determined two things-One: He had never been to Yueyang before, and two: Among all of the people he had killed, none of them died by lingchi. He felt that this was a bit absurd and looked over at Lan WangJi, as if he wanted an explanation. Lan WangJi had been waiting for this look since quite a while ago. He replied, "We are leaving."

"It's not me!" exclaimed Wei Wuxian.

"We don't know yet." said Jin Zixun.

Wei WuXian immediately understood. Lan WangJi had something to say to him and it couldn't be said in the liquor shop, under everyone's noses. He stood up, "Then let's leave. How much... Right, it's been paid already. I'm leaving the liquor here for now. I'll continue drinking after we finish." He added, half-jokingly, "Make sure it's still here when I get back."

Having already finished more than half of the plate of peanuts, the waiter responded, "Of course! Our shop is honest to everyone, from the old to the young. Leave 'em here and don't worry. We'll wait until you come back to close our shop. Hey, Young Masters, are you going to the Chang Residence right now? Whoa, now that's pretty cool-I'm from the area and I haven't even been there! I've only dared to sneak a few looks at it from far away. Are you two going inside? What are you going to do?"

"I am starting to like this waiter. His personality is very friendly." said Nie Huaisang.

"We're going to look for him when we go there." said Wei Wuxian.

"Yes and we'll invite him to have a drink with us." said Nie Huaisang.

Wei WuXian, "We're also just gonna sneak a few looks, from far away."

The young waiter had an outgoing personality, getting friendly with strangers a bit too quickly. Although they only chatted for a short while, he was already treating Wei WuXian as if they were friends. He came over to put his arm around Wei WuXian's shoulder, "Is the work that you two do hard? Do you earn lots of money? Probably a ton, right? What a respectable job. Let me ask you something-is it difficult to get started? I..."

"I'll have you join the Nie Sect." said Nie Huaisang.

Nie Mingjue gave him a look.

"Da-ge if he will be one of the disciple it will be fun because of his personality." he added.

"If I will let him join the sect, will you finally cultivate properly?" asked Nie Mingjue.

Nie Huaisang pouted while Nie Mingjue smirked at him.

"I will let him join the sect but in one condition, you will train with the disciples." Nie Mingjue said.

"No need, no need. I can still be friend with him even if he won't join the sect." said Nie Huaisang.

As he babbled, he suddenly shut his mouth, nervously looking to the side. He whispered, "Young Master, why is the one beside you... staring at me?"

Wei WuXian followed his gaze just to see Lan WangJi turn around, stand up, and walk outside the liquor shop, "Oh, him. This friend of mine was brought up strictly. He absolutely hates it when other people are being too comfortable with each other in front of him. Isn't that strange?"

The waiter awkwardly took away his arm, replying in a hushed voice, "Strange indeed. The way he looked over, you'd think that I was putting my arm around his wife..."

The cultivators laughed at how accurate the waiter said is.

"You're indeed putting your arm around his wife." laughed Nie Huaisang.

"Wangji is jealous." teased Lan Xichen.

Lan Wangji gave his brother a warning glare but Lan Xichen only chuckled at him.

With Lan WangJi's hearing ability, it was impossible for him to not catch something just because it was with a lowered voice. Imagining how he'd feel right now, Wei WuXian tried so hard not to laugh that his stomach hurted. He quickly said to the waiter, "I finished a jar."

The waiter, "I'm sorry?"

Wei WuXian pointed at himself, "I'm standing."

"You still remember that?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"As you can see, I did." answered Wei Wuxian.

"You remember such thing but not important ones." Jiang Cheng said making Wei Wuxian to give a side eye.

Finally recalling the "if you can still stand after you finish this, I'll adopt your surname" that he said earlier, he blurted out, "Oh... Ohhh! Uhm... Wow! I'm not kidding, but this is my first time seeing someone who can still stand and speak properly after downing a jar. Young Master, what's your surname?"

Wei WuXian, "My surname..." Suddenly remembering the "Wei WuQian" that the waiter mentioned, the corners of his lips twitched. He smoothly transitioned, "Is Lan."

Jiang Cheng, Nie Huaisang, Jin Zixuan and also the juniors are laughing so hard while Wei Wuxian was a blushing mess.

"You finally admitted." said Lan Xichen.

"I didn't expect that." said Nie Mingjue in amusement.

The waiter was also someone with a thick face, announcing without any change of expression, "Yes. From today on, my surname will be Lan!"

Under the bright-red banners of the liquor shop, it seemed as if, for one second, Lan WangJi's figure stumbled ever so slightly. With a mischievous smile on his face, Wei WuXian walked over with his hands behind his back and patted his shoulder, "HanGuang-Jun, to thank you for paying the bill, I made him adopt your surname."

"Wangji was startled." said Lan Xichen.

"Who wouldn't be? Only Wei Wuxian can do something like that shamelessly." said Jiang Cheng.

"It's not like you never openly admitted that brother-in-law is yours." said Wei Wuxian.

It was now Jiang Cheng's turn to blush making Wei Wuxian smirked at him.

After they left the city, the two walked in the direction of where the waiter pointed at. The number of people gradually decreased, while the number of trees increased. Wei WuXian asked, "Back then, why did you not let me continue asking him?"

Lan WangJi, "I suddenly remembered hearing about what happened in Yueyang. There was no need to continue asking."

Wei WuXian, "Before you tell me, let me ask you something. Confirm for me that the, uh, wiping out of the Chang Clan wasn't done by me, was it?"

"Of course not." said Sizhui.

"My a-niang will never so such thing." he added.

"Yes, my son is right. Why would I do that? There's is no reason for me to do that." said Wei Wuxian.

Other than how he died ten years ago and his soul had been fairly stable, it was impossible that he killed an entire clan and didn't remember anything!

Lan WangJi, "No."

Wei WuXian, "Oh."

"It possible that you won't remember it judging from you capabilities of remembering things." said Jiang Cheng.

"Jiang Cheng." whined Wei Wuxian.

"I'm telling the truth." said Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian pouted.

It was as if he returned to those days, before he died, of being even worse than a sewer rat, despised by everyone. He played a role in everything; he was to be blamed for everything. Even if one's neighbor's grandson didn't eat properly and lost five pounds, it was because the child was frightened by stories of the YiLing Patriarch commanding the Ghost General to murder people.

However, Lan WangJi spoke again, "The killing was not done by you, but it was related to you."

"He might be the one who ordered to do that." said Jin Zixun.

"Don't you understand? He was dead the time that event takes place." said Jingyi.

"Don't you have a thing called brain? Or you don't have an organ we called ears?" asked Jin Ling in a mocking tone.

"He have none of it." said Zizhen.

Wei WuXian, "What's the relationship?"

Lan WangJi, "There are two relationships. First, one of the people who were connected to it shared a past with your mother."

Wei WuXian stopped in his tracks.

He didn't know what he was feeling at the moment or how his face looked. Pausing for a moment, he spoke, "... My mother?"

"A-niang." mumbled Wei Wuxian.

"Come to think of it, I don't know who's his parents are." said a random cultivator.

"Maybe someone who is the same as him, no wonder he grow up such a horrible person." said Jin Zixun and Wei Wuxian and the juniors turned to look at him.

"How could you say that? They are resting in peace now. Don't you know how to mind what you're saying?" Wei Wuxian asked coldly.

"What do you expect from him?" asked Jin Ling in anger.

"I will the one who is going to end his life if he continue to spout nonsense." said Jingyi and Zizhen.

Wei WuXian was the son of Wei ChangZe, a servant of the YunmengJiang Sect, and ZangSe SanRen, a rogue cultivator. Both Jiang FengMian and his wife, Yu ZiYuan, were quite familiar with Wei WuXian's parents. Despite this, Jiang FengMian never reminisced about his old friend in front of Wei WuXian and, moreover, Yu ZiYuan never spoke properly to Wei WuXian at all. It was lucky for him if she didn't give him a few whips and send him to kneel in the ancestral hall so that he'd keep his distance from Jiang Cheng. Other people told him most of the things he knew about his parents. He really didn't know much more than what everyone else knew.

"Zangse Sanren? That name sounds familiar." said Qingheng-jun.

"Of course it is familiar. She was the first troublemaker to land on the residence of Lan Sect." said Lan Qiren.

"Is he the lady who used to annoy you back then when we were young?" asked Qingheng-jun and Lan Qiren grumbled.

"That lady who is always with Jiang Fengmian and Wei Changze? Isn't she that one who shave off your beard?" asked Wen Rouhan while laughing.

"Ah I remember now, you said that she is always with Jiang Fengmian and Wei Changze but I always saw her teasing Qiren while flirting with Wei Changze. If Yu Ziyuan and Madam Jin isn't that strict as a lady there's a great chance that they will be the first generation of Cloud Recesses trio who caused trouble in Lan Sect." said Qingheng-jun.

"Isn't Wei Changze a cold man? How did he end up with that troublemaker woman?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"Just like Wei-xiong and Wangji-xiong, a cold and a troublemaker. They end up like them too." said Nie Huaisang.

"Same with Jiang Cheng and Zewu-jun too. Sect Leader Jiang is like Zewu-jun and Jiang Cheng is like Madam Yu." said Jin Zixuan.

"What heaven made pair." said Nie Huaisang.

Jiang Cheng frown when he heard that. 'My a-niang and a-die's is not something that you can call heaven made pair' he thought.

Lan WangJi also halted, turning around to look at him, "Have you heard of the name 'Xiao XingChen'?"

Wei WuXian searched through his memories, "No."

Lan WangJi, "'No' is correct. He was well-known when he left the mountain twelve years ago. Now, nobody mentions him."

"Me?" asked Xiao Xingchen when he heard his name.

"What does that got to do with my friend?" asked Song Lan.

(I forgot that Xiao Xingchen left the mountain a year after Wei Wuxian's death, so in this story of mine lets just assume that he left the mountain way earlier and met Song Lan but aren't known in cultivation world yet.)

The juniors was silent when they felt gazes was turned to them.

Twelve years ago just happened to be one year after the siege at YiLing's LuanZang Hill, which meant that he only just missed it. Wei WuXian asked, "What's the mountain? Who taught him?"

Lan WangJi, "I do not know which mountain it was. His was taught by a cultivator. Xiao XingChen was a pupil of BaoShan SanRen."

Wei WuXian finally understood why Lan WangJi said that this person shared a past with his mother, "So, that mean's Xiao XingChen is my shishu."

"My shishu?" asked Wei Wuxian and turned to Xiao Xingchen who was shocked to know about that.

"Nice to meet you!" Wei Wuxian exclaimed while running towards Xiao Xingchen's direction hugged the man.

They started to talk about a lot of things making Lan Wangji drink vinegat once again.

ZangSe SanRen was also a pupil of BaoShan SanRen.

BaoShan SanRen was a cultivator who lived secluded from the rest of the world, rumored to be of the same generation as Wen Mao and Lan An. Most of the heroes from that generation had already returned to dust, yet BaoShan SanRen was said to have still remained unfallen. If it really was so, then she must be hundreds of years old and have quite a high level of cultivation. Back then, with the lead of Wen Mao, the cultivation world focused on the rise of clans instead of sects, and cultivational forces connected by blood ties rose as if they were bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Without exception, every cultivator who was slightly famous chose to found a sect. Yet, this cultivator decided to retire into solitude, living in a mountain under the cultivational name of BaoShan SanRen. Nobody knows, though, which mountain she was embracing. Speaking of it, it was only called retiring into solitude because nobody knew. If after one retired into solitude, they could still be found easily, it wouldn't be called retiring into solitude anymore.

"Can you bring me to her? I want to know something related to my mother." said Wei Wuxian.

"I will, when we are out of here." said Xiao Xingchen.

"Isn't that breaking your master's rule?' asked Song Lan.

"I know that she will be happy to know about him." said Xiao Xingchen and Wei Wuxian beamed in happiness making his shishu smile at him.

She lived in an unknown celestial mountain and would often secretly take abandoned children up the mountain to be her pupils. However, all of the pupils had to vow that they would devote their whole lives to cultivation, never leaving the mountain or entering human society. Or else, no matter what the reason was, they were never to go back again. They'd need to depend on themselves to survive in the mortal world, cutting all ties with their teacher.

Everyone spoke highly of BaoShan SanRen for her foresight in setting this rule. This was because, during the few hundreds of years, only three of her pupils left the mountain-YanLing DaoRen, ZangSe SanRen, and Xiao XingChen. Of these three pupils, none died a peaceful death.

"I died?" asked Xiao Xingchen.

"How did that happen?" asked Song Lan.

"What a worse fate they have." said Nie Huaisang.

Wei Wuxian was speechless, he just found out about someone related to his mother and now he find out that he also died.

Wei WuXian knew about the fates of the first and second pupils ever since he was young, so no further explanations were needed. Thus, Lan WangJi told him the stories of the last pupil, his shishu.

When Xiao XingChen left the mountain, he was only seventeen. Lan WangJi had never met him in person, but he had heard about Xiao XingChen's talent from others.

At that time, the Sunshot Campaign only finished a few years ago and the siege at Yiling's Luanzang Hill had just ended. All of the prominent sects were recruiting qualified cultivators from all around to be part of them. Xiao XingChen left the mountain in hopes of saving the world. With his excellent talent and capable teacher, during his first night-hunt, he held a horsetail whisk in one hand and a long sword in the other, entering the mountain alone and claiming first place-he became famous overnight.

"What a great cultivator he is." said Qingheng-jun.

"One of the best." said the juniors.

Xiao Xingchen blushed hearing the compliments.

As the sects saw such a bright, gifted cultivator at such a young age, they all invited him to their sects. Yet, Xiao XingChen turned down all of the offers. He said that he didn't want to depend on any sects, but he wanted to build a new sect with a close friend that didn't value a bloodline.

Song Lan smiled at him.

"We will fulfill that." he said while Xiao Xingchen smile at him.

"Together." he said.

"I can help you guys." Wei Wuxian suggested.

"How? When you yourself are joining the Lan Sect?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Who said I'm going to join there?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Aren't you married to him." said Jiang Cheng while pointing at Lan Wangji.

Wei Wuxian just smiled at Lan Wangji, he forgot that he is supposed to be with the man since they are married.

He had a soft personality but a solid heart, gentle on the outside but determined on the inside. Whenever someone had a difficult matter at hand, the first thing they thought of was to find him for help. As a person of moral integrity, he never refused either, which was why people often spoke of him with appraisal.

That was around when the wiping out of the Yueyang Clan happened.

"So he help with the situation of Yueyang Chang Sect?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"Maybe." answered Nie Huaisang.

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Another update guys!

I know that it's not good for the readers when an author discontinue a book so I decided that whatever the situation is I won't stop this book.

This serves as my motivation in life to never left things unfinished or I'll regret it.

I hope that none of you will call any of the characters with unacceptable names unless if it was a character who don't deserve redemption in life.

Thank you guys for motivating me to continue this book despite that I have been feeling down since last night.

I promise to never end this book and update everyday if possible despite my tight schedule in college. Thank you!