The QingheNie Sect's residence, the Unclean Realm-

"Oh, we're on our home." said Nie Huaisang.

"Of course we will be on your home, it was Nie Mingjue's memories we are watching." said Jaing Cheng and Nie Huaisang pouted at him.

Nie MingJue was sitting on a mat seat. A guqin lay horizontally before Lan XiChen as he brushed his fingers over the strings. When the song finished, Jin GuangYao laughed, "Well, now that I've heard Brother's guqin skills, I might as well smash my guqin the moment I get home."

"Do it, no one is stopping you." said Jingyi which he received a smack from his mother.

"Have some respect." said Jiang Cheng.

Lan XiChen, "Your skills are also considered quite fine outside of Gusu. Were they taught by your mother?"

Jin GuangYao, "No. I taught myself by watching others. She never taught me such things. She only taught me reading and writing, and bought a handful of expensive sword and cultivation guides for me to practice."

Lan XiChen seemed surprised, "Sword and cultivation guides?"

"What's that?" asked Jin Zixun.

"Isn't it obvious?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"I'm not asking you, disgusting cut-sleeve." said Jin Zixun.

"Well, I am asking you, brainless Jin pig." said Wei Wuxian.

The juniors laughed hearing that.

Jin GuangYao, "Brother, you haven't seen them before, have you? Those small booklets sold by the common folk. First jumbled sketches of human figures, then deliberately mystified captions."

Lan XiChen shook his head, smiling. Jin GuangYao shook his head as well, "All of them are scams, especially to fool women like my mother and ignorant children. You won't lose anything by practicing them, but you definitely won't gain anything either."

He sighed in a rueful way, "But how could my mother have known this? She bought them no matter how expensive they were, saying that if I returned to see my father in the future, I had to see him with as much competence as possible so that I don't fall behind. All of the money was spent on this."

"Well, it payed off. Your father finally acknowledged you." said Nie Mingjue.

"But, why is it showing this?" he asked.

"Don't ask us, da-ge. We also don't know." said Nie Huaisang.

Lan XiChen strummed the strings of the guqin, "You are very talented, having achieved so much from simply watching others. If a master could offer you advice, you would make rapid progress."

Jin GuangYao grinned, "The master is right before my eyes, but I'd never dare to trouble him."

Lan XiChen, "Why not? Young Master, sit, please."

Jiang Cheng raised his brow at that.

"It's getting interesting." Wei Wuxian said with a grin.

"Hiw is it interesting?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"You'll know." said Nie Huaisang.

And Jin GuangYao sat down in front of him, his back straight and still. He pretended as though he was a student humbly listening to advice, "Teacher Lan, what will you be teaching?"

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes making Wei Wuxian and Nie Huaisang snickered at him.

"Don't tell me you're really going to teach him." said Jiang Cheng.

"Isn't that against your rules." said Wei Wuxian.

"How do you know about the rules?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"He memorised all of it." said Jiang Cheng.

"Yet he broke all of it." said Lan Qiren but Wei Wuxian just grinned at him.

Lan XiChen, "How about Sound of Lucidity?"

"What's that?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"Obviously it's a song." said Jin Zixun.

"Am I asking you?" asked Wei Wuxian.

They both glared at one another.

Jin GuangYao's eyes lit up, but before he could speak, Nie MingJue looked up, "Sound of Lucidity is one of the GusuLan Sect's exclusive teachings. It shouldn't be leaked."

"Mn." said Lan Wangji.

"Xiongzhang shouldn't teach anyone who isn't a Lan family member about that." he added.

Lan XiChen, though, didn't seem to mind. He smiled, "Sound of Lucidity is different from Sound of Vanquish in that its usage is to clear one's mind. How selfish must I be to withhold such a therapeutic technique? Besides, why would teaching it to our third brother be considered as a leakage?"

"Do you trust him that much?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"It's not being selfish, a technique of Gusu Lan must stay on Gusu Lan. Any outsiders shouldn't know about it no matter what relationship you have with one another." said Qingheng-jun as he glance at Lan Xichen.

"I won't do that again, fuqin." said Lan Xichen with a smile.

"You should or else, my brother will smash yiu guqin." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"And why would I?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"You know." laughed Nie Hauisang.

Seeing that his heart was set, Nie MingJue didn't say anything further.

One day, the moment he returned to the main hall of the Unclean Realm, he saw about a dozen folding fans, all lined in gold, flattened out one next to the other in front of Nie HuaiSang, who was touching them tenderly, mumbling as he compared the inscriptions written on each one. Immediately, veins protruded from Nie MingJue's forehead, "Nie HuaiSang!"

"Beautiful!" exclaimed Nie Huaisang seeing the fans.

"I'm going to burn them." said Nie Mingjue.

"No, you won't." said Nie Huaisang.

"Just watch." said Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang send him a warning glare.

Nie HuaiSang fell at once.

He really did fall to his knees from the terror. He only staggered up after he finished kneeling, "B-b-b-brother."

Nie MingJue, "Where is your saber?"

"Why are asking about the saber?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"It's more important than those useless fans." said Nie Mingjue.

"They're not useless." Nie Huaisang argued.

A vein popped on Nie Mingjue's forehead and Nie Huaisang fled at once and hid behind Jiang Cheng who only raised his brow at him.

Nie HuaiSang cowered, "In... in my room. No, in the school grounds. No, let me... think..."

Wei WuXian could feel that Nie MingJue almost wanted to hack him dead right there, "You bring a dozen fans with you wherever you go, yet you don't even know where your own saber is?!"

"That's because I love fans more than that saber of mine." Nie Huaisang mumbled.

"Do you think I can't hear you?" Nie Mingjue asked in rage.

"Calm down, Mingjue-xiong. Huaisang will train with Wanyin and Wuxian from now on." said Lan Xichen.

"Xichen-ge, why betray me." said Nie Huaisang.

"They're just going to cause troubles together." said Nie Mingjue.

"Don't worry, I will supervise them together with Wangji." said Lan Xichen.

"You two can't even go against them, do you expect they will listen to the both of you?" asked Nie Mingjue.

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng was raising their brows at their lovers.

"See." said Nie Mingjue while shaking his head.

Nie HuaiSang hurried, "I'll go find it right now!"

Nie MingJue, "There's no need! Even if you find it you won't get anything out of it. Go burn all of these!"

"Noooo!" exclaimed Nie Huaisang.

"It's just a fan." said Nie Mingjue.

"Still." said Nie Huaisang.

Nie Mingjue just send him a glare.

All of the color drained out of Nie HuaiSang's face. He rushed to pull all of the fans into his arms, pleading, "No, Brother! All of these were given to me!"

Nie MingJue slammed his palm onto a table, causing it to crack, "Who did? Tell them to scurry out here right now!"

Someone spoke, "I did."

Jin GuangYao walked in from outside the hall. Nie HuaiSang looked as though he saw a knight in shining armor, beaming, "Brother, you're here!"

"Why are you giving him those?" Nie Mingjue asked in anger.

"Do you that what you did is spoiling him?" he added.

Meng Yao just shrugged his shoulders.

"You will never do that again." said Nie Mingjue with a glare.

In reality, it wasn't that Jin GuangYao could calm Nie MingJue's anger, but that since Jin GuangYao came, all of Nie MingJue's anger would be directed at him alone, having no time to scold others. Thus, there was nothing wrong with saying that he was Nie HuaiSang's knight in shining armor. Nie HuaiSang was absolutely delighted. He greeted Jin GuangYao again and again as he grabbed the fans in haste. Seeing how his younger brother reacted, Nie MingJue was so outraged that he almost found it amusing. He turned to Jin GuangYao, "Don't send him those useless things!"

"They're not useless, da-ge." said Nie Huaisang.

"You better shut up." said Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang pouted.

"Don't anger your brother anymore, Huaisang." said Lan Xichen.

In a hurry, Nie HuaiSang dropped a few fans on the ground. Jin GuangYao picked them up for him and put them into his arms, "HuaiSang's hobbies are quite elegant. He's dedicated to art and calligraphy, and has no propensity for mischief. How can you say that they're useless?"

Nie HuaiSang nodded as fast as he could, "Yes, Brother is right!"

"Mn. I am really good on that field." said Nie Huaisang.

"It can't help you survive." said Nie Mingjue.

"I have you, so why bother." said Nie Huaisang.

"You!" shouted Nie Mingjue.

"Calm down." said Qingheng-jun.

Nie MingJue, "But sect leaders have no need for such things."

Nie HuaiSang, "I'm not going to be a sect leader, though. You can be it, Brother. I'm not doing it!"

"See, I'm not interested." said Nie Huaisang.

"It would be much more better if you stay silent for a while." said Jiang Cheng.

"Yeah Nie-xiong, your brother is in the verge of killing you." said Wei Wuxian.

Nie Huaisang just gave them a look and pouted.

As his brother's glance swept over, he shut his mouth at once. Nie MingJue turned to Jin GuangYao, "What did you come here for?"

Jin GuangYao, "Our second brother said that he gave you a guqin."

The guqin was given when Lan XiChen was here to play Sound of Lucidity for Nie MingJue, in order to help him calm his temper. Jin GuangYao continued, "Brother, in the past few days, the GusuLan Sect is at a critical point in its reestablishment of the Cloud Recesses and you refuse to let him come, which was why he taught me Sound of Lucidity. I assume that even though I'm not as skilled as our second brother, I'd still be able to help calm you to a certain extent, Brother."

"I don't think so." said Wei Wuxian.

"I doubted that." said Jiang Cheng.

"You're just saying that because you're jealous." said Meng Yao.

"Of what?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"That he taught me how to play guqin." said Meng Yao.

Jiang Cheng scoffed.

"Why would I? I am not interested." said Jiang Cheng.

They both glared at one another.

Nie MingJue, "Just take care your own things."

Nie HuaiSang, however, was rather interested, "Brother, what song? Can I listen? Let me tell you, the limited edition that you gave me last time..."

Nie MingJue shouted, "Go back to your room!"

"You should really stop cutting your brother's patience." said Jin Zixuan.

"It's not like he will hurt me." said Nie Huaisang.

"That's why you never learned your lessons." said Nie Mingjue.

Nie HuaiSang fled at once, not to his room, however, but to the living room for the presents that Jin GuangYao had brought him. With a few interruptions, Nie MingJue's fury had mostly died. He turned around to look at Jin GuangYao, whose face seemed quite tired, robes of Sparks Amidst Snow covered in dust. He probably came here directly from Carp Tower. After a pause, Nie MingJue spoke, "Sit."

Jin GuangYao nodded lightly and sat as he had been told, "Brother, if you're concerned for HuaiSang, softer words would do no harm. Why this?"

"I can never imagine my brother being soft." said Nie Huaisang.

"Sometimes, softer words won't work. They will only feel more spoiled." said Jiang Cheng.

"No wonder you've never been soft to us." said Jingyi.

Wei Wuxian laughed hearing that.

"Nothing is funny, Wei Wuxian." said Jiang Cheng with a glare.

Nie MingJue, "Even when a blade's at his neck he's still like this. Looks like he'll always be a good-for-nothing."

Jin GuangYao, "It isn't that HuaiSang is a good-for-nothing, but that his heart lies somewhere else."

Nie MingJue, "Well you've really discerned where his heart lies, haven't you?"

Jin GuangYao smiled, "Of course. Isn't that what I'm the best at? The only person whom I can't discern is you, Brother."

"Well, it's better to be a good-for-nothing than dying at such a young age." said Nie Huaisang.

"For me, why does he seemed so fake." said Wei Wuxian.

"You just don't trust people who have that kind of smile." said Jiang Cheng.

"Mn. I prefer Lan Zhan's small smile, shijie's warm and comforting smile and ChengCheng's smirk." said Wei Wuxian.

"It felt more safe." he added.

He knew of people's likes and dislikes so that he could find suitable solutions; he loved running errands and could do twice the work with half the effort. Thus, Jin GuangYao could be said to be quite a talent at analyzing others' interests. Nie MingJue was the only person whom Jin GuangYao couldn't probe out any useful information about. Wei WuXian saw this already, back then when Meng Yao was working under Nie MingJue. Women, liquor, riches-he touched none; art, calligraphy, antiques-a pile of ink and mud; the finest green tea leaves and dregs from a roadside booth-there was no difference. Meng Yao tried everything he could think of yet still couldn't find if he was interested in anything beside training his saberwork and killing Wen-dogs. He really was a wall made of iron, impenetrable by even the sharpest blades. Hearing that his tone was one of self-mock, Nie MingJue wasn't as disgusted as he would've been, "Don't help him build such a conduct."

"Even me can't discern my own brother." said Nue Huaisang.

"Because you didn't study him well." said Wei Wuxian.

"Wei-xiong, do you know Jiang-xiong from flesh to bones, body and soul?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"Of course." said Wei Wuxian with a smile.

"He's my brother after all." he added.

Jin GuangYao smiled slightly, then asked, "Brother, where's our second brother's guqin?"

Nie MingJue pointed him a direction.

Since then, Jin GuangYao would travel from Lanling to Qinghe every few days, playing Sound of Lucidity to help quell Nie MingJue rage. He tried his hardest, without speaking even a single word of complaint. Sound of Lucidity was indeed effective. Wei WuXian could clearly feel that the hostile energy within Nie MingJue was being suppressed. And, when playing the guqin, the way that the two conversed and got along even had a hint of the peace they had before they fell out. He began to think that maybe the so-called busy reestablishing the Cloud Recesses was just an excuse. Perhaps Lan XiChen simply wanted to give Nie MingJue and Jin GuangYao a chance to ease their tension.

"Wait." said Lan Xichen as he listen intently.

"Wrong." said Lan Wangji.

"What's wrong?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"The notes." answered Lan Wangji.

"I don't get it." said Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian.

"He played it wrong." said Lan Wangji.

"Not all of it, there's a part where he played it wrong." said Lan Xichen.

"So?" asked Jaing Cheng.

"Nothing will happen right?" asked Wei Wuxian.

The Lans are silent.

Yet, just as he thought so, the next moment, a stronger rage had emerged.

"Now what?" asked Nie Huaisang.

Nie MingJue threw off two disciples who didn't dare stop him and walked straight into the Blooming Garden. Lan XiChen and Jin GuangYao were discussing something inside the study, their expressions solemn. A few blueprints lay on the desk before the two, covered in notes of all colors. Seeing how he barged in, Lan XiChen hesitated slightly, "Brother?"

Nie MingJue, "Don't move."

He then turned to Jin GuangYao, speaking in a cold voice, "Come out."

"Now, why are you mad at him?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"Did Jin Guangyao do something wrong again?" asked a random cultivator.

"Like he did something right." said Jin Zixun.

"You better shut up." said Meng Yao with a creepy smile.

Jin GuangYao turned around to look at him, then looked at Lan XiChen again, smiling, "Brother, could you please help me go through this one? I have some private matters to discuss with our eldest brother. I'll have to ask for your explanation at a later time."

"All the people I saw smiling, he's the only one I don't like." said Wei Wuxian.

"It gives me goosebumps." he added.

Lan XiChen's face disclosed his worry, but Jin GuangYao stopped him, then followed Nie MingJue out of the Blooming Garden. As soon as they approached the edge of Carp Tower, Nie MingJue brought his palm down on him.

The disciples on the side were shocked. Jin GuangYao nimbly dodged the strike. He signalled for them to stay put as he spoke to Nie MingJue, "Brother, why the rage? Let's calm down."

"Yeah, why won't Sect Leader Nie calm down first and talk about it in a calm way?" asjed Meng Yao.

"Does my brother looks like someone who will talk in a calm way?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"That's impossible." he added.

Nie MingJue, "Where's Xue Yang?"

Jin GuangYao, "He's already been locked inside the dungeon, imprisoned for life..."

"Me again?" asked Xue Yang.

"Can you let me be in peace?" he added.

"Shut up, brat." said Nie Mingjue.

Xue Yang just gave him a look.

Nie MingJue, "What did you say to me back then?"

Jin GuangYao was silent. Nie MingJue continued, "I wanted him to pay blood with blood, yet you have him imprisoned for life?"

Jin GuangYao answered carefully, "As long as he receives his punishment and can't offend again, perhaps paying blood with blood and being imprisoned for life is..."

"Death is different from beung imprisoned for life." said Jin Zixuan.

"Aiyaa, I already took my punishment." said Xue Yang.

"And I'm dead." he added.

"Want me to kill you?" asked Nie Mingjue.

"Oh please, Chifeng-zun. You can't." said Xue Yang with a smile.

"Stop it." said Xiao Xingchen.

Nie MingJue, "The good things that the good guest cultivator whom you recommended has done! Things are already like this and you still dare defend him!"

Jin GuangYao protested, "I didn't defend him. I was also shocked by the case of the Changyang Yue Sect. How could I have known that Xue Yang would kill more than fifty people? But my father was set on keeping him..."

"You know, you are the root of all of this." Madam Jin said in rage as she glared at Jin Guangshan.

"I didn't do anything." said Jin Guangshan.

"If you could just keep it in your pants, then none of this will happen. You won't have a lot of illegitimate children out there. I will look for all of them and make them decide of what to do to their whore of a father." said Madam Jin.

"How I wish you will the most torturous death." she added.

Nie MingJue, "Shocked? Who was the one that invited him? Who was the one that recommended him? Who was the one that regarded him highly? Don't use your father as excuse. How could you not have known what Xue Yang was doing?!"

Jin GuangYao sighed, "Brother, it really was my father's orders. I couldn't refuse. Now, if you want me to take care of Xue Yang, what would I say to him?"

"You have nothing to say to him." said Nie Mingjue.

"That man can't even have a good intention even just for once." he added.

Nie MingJue, "There's no need for explanations. Come back to me with Xue Yang's head in your hand."

"But, he didn't." said Xue Yang.

"You must be thankful." said Nie Mingjue with a glare.

"Thank you, then." said Xue Yang with a grin.

Jin GuangYao still wanted to speak, but Nie MingJue had already lost all patience, "Meng Yao, don't speak such pretentious words in front of me. Your whole thing stopped working on me since a long time ago!"

Within a second, a few degrees of unease flashed over Jin GuangYao's face, as though someone with an unmentionable illness was suddenly exposed in the public. There was nowhere for him to hide.

He spoke, "My whole thing? Which whole thing? Brother, you've always yelled at me for calculating people and being too dishonorable. You say that you're a proud, righteous person, that you aren't afraid of anything, that propen men shouldn't need to play with schemes. That's fine. Your background is noble and your cultivation is high. But what about me? Am I the same as you? First, my cultivation isn't as firm as yours. Ever since I was born, has anyone taught me? And second, I have no prominent background. Do you think that I'm in a steady position, here at the LanlingJin Sect? Do you think that I can rise into power the moment Jin ZiXuan dies? Jin GuangShan would rather bring another illegitimate child back than want me to succeed him! You think that I should be afraid of nothing? Well I'm afraid of everything, even other people! He whose stomach is full believes not him who is starving."

"Why does it seemed that I died for him to have that position?" asked Jin Zixuan.

The juniors looked at one another.

"Oh, seems like you hit where it hurts, da-ge." said Nie Huaisang.

"And that lead to a consequences someday." said Wei Wuxian.

"What do you mean?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"I know you know what I mean, Nie-xiong." said Wei Wuxian.

Nie MingJue replied coldly, "In the end, all you mean is that you don't want to kill Xue Yang, that you don't want your position at the LanlingJin Sect to waver."

Jin GuangYao, "Of course I don't!"

"Who would want that?" asked Meng Yao.

"I did my best for that position." he added.

"That it lead you to do unforgivable things." said Nie Mingjue.

"What things?" asked Meng Yao.

"Please, don't act all innocent. I know you have the same thinking as your future self." said Nie Mingjue and Meng Yao flashed him a smile.

He looked up, unknown fires dancing within his eyes, "But, Brother, I have always wanted to ask you something-the lives under your hands are in any regard more than those under mine, so why is it that I only killed a few cultivators out of desperation and you keep on bringing it up, even until now?"

Nie MingJue was so enraged that he began to laugh, "Good! I'll give you my answer. Countless souls who have fallen under my saber, but I've never killed out of my own desires, much less to climb up the ladder!"

"No wonder, da-ge didn't become the chief cultivator even it suit him." said Nie Huaisang.

"Why would you kill just for power?" asked Wei Wuxian.

"What kind of thinking is that?" he added.

"Well, people will really do everything just to reach their goals." said Jin Zixuan.

"Why not live a simple life? It's much more better." said Jiang Cheng.

"I agree. I always have these dream of living a simple life away from toxic people of cultivation world." said Wei Wuxian.

"Let's do that, then." said Jiang Yanli.

"I can see that it will be a happy life." she added.

"Sadly, we can't." said Jiang Cheng as he glanced at their parents.

Jin GuangYao, "Brother, I understand what you mean. Are you saying that all of the people you killed deserved their deaths?"

With courage gathered from nowhere, he laughed and walked a few steps closer to Nie MingJue. His voice raised as well, asking in an almost aggressive manner, "Then, may I ask, just how do you decide if someone deserves death? Are your standards absolutely correct? If I kill one but save hundreds, would the good outweigh the bad, or would I still deserve death? To do great things, sacrifices must happen."

"To do great things? Or are you doing what you think is good just for yourself?" asked Nie Mingjue.

"Sacrifices? Now, it makes me think that someone did really sacrifice just for you." said Wei Wuxian.

"Someone's death that you benefited the most." he added.

"What do you mean?" asked Meng Yao.

"Aren't you an intelligent one? Why are you asking me?" asked Wei Wuxian with a smirk.

Nie MingJue, "Then why don't you sacrifice yourself? Are you any nobler than them? Are you any different from them?"

Jin GuangYao stared at him. A moment later, as though he had finally either decided on something or given up on something, he replied calmly, "Yes."

He looked up. In his expression were some of pride, some of calmness, and some of a faint insanity, "I and they, of course we are different!"

"Don't compare me to other people because we are different." said Meng Yao.

"I can't believe you." said Nie Mingjue with a full rage.

"I don't care." said Meng Yao.

Nie MingJue was infuriated by his words and his expression.

He raised his foot. Yet, Jin GuangYao neither avoided nor took defense. The kick landed right on him, and again he rolled like a pebble down Carp Tower.

Looking down, Nie MingJue shouted, "It's no wonder, coming from the son of a prostitute."

Something suddenly flashed on Meng Yao's eyes.

"It's really is a no wonder." said Nie Mingjue.

Jin GuangYao only landed after rolling down more than fifty steps. He didn't even stay on the ground for long before crawling up. With a wave of his hand, he sent away the servants and disciples who surrounded him. Dusting off his robes, he slowly raised his head to look at Nie MingJue. His eyes were quite calm, almost indifferent. Just as Nie MingJue unsheathed his saber, Lan XiChen happened to leave the palace to see what was going on, concerned after having waited for long. Seeing the situation before him, he unsheathed Shuoyue as well, "What happened, this time?"

"What a wrong timing, Xichen-ge." said Nie Huaisang.

"You must really come where da-ge almost kill him." he added.

"I'm sorry, then Huaisang." said Lan Xichen.

Jin GuangYao, "Nothing. Brother, thank you for your advice."

Nie MingJue, "Don't hinder me!"

Lan XiChen, "Brother, sheath your saber first-your mind is in turmoil!"

Nie MingJue, "I am not. I know what I'm doing. He's beyond hope. If these keeps on going, he'll do the world harm for sure. The earlier he's killed, the earlier we can relax!"

"Chifeng-zun is predicting the future." mumbled Jingyi.

"Yeah, he really did." said Jin Ling.

"Do people with small patience always know what's going to happen?" asked Zizhen.

"No, it's just that they have a strong guts." said Sizhui.

Lan XiChen jolted in surprise, "Brother, what are you talking about? These past few days he has constantly been rushing to and fro between Lanling and Qinghe. Is it only in exchange for your comment that he is beyond hope?"

To deal with people like Nie MingJue, bringing up the good and bad others had done to them was a good tactic. As expected, he paused shortly and glanced at Jin GuangYao. Blood streamed down from his forehead, but aside from the wound from the fall, there was also an old wound from before, wrapped in bandages. It had been hidden only because he was wearing the black gauze cap. Now, both wounds gaped open, so he took off the bandages and used it to wipe the blood from the wounds, so that the clothes weren't dirtied. Then, he tossed it onto the ground and stood there quietly, thinking about unknown matters. Lan XiChen turned around, "You can go back. I will talk to our eldest brother."

Jiang Cheng scoffed.

"He's really is beyond hope." he said.

"Only you who can't see his bad side." he added.

"I'm sorry, Wanyin." said Lan Xichen.

"Why are you apologizing?" asked Jiang Cheng.

"Just don't be like that, a-die. It's your lose when the time comes." said Jingyi.

Jin GuangYao bowed in this direction and left. Feeling Nie MingJue's grip soften, Lan XiChen also took away his sword. He patted Nie MingJue's shoulder to lead him to the side.

Lan XiChen walked as he spoke, "Brother, I am afraid that you do not know. Our third brother really is in a terrible situation as of the moment."

Nie MingJue's voice was still cold, "In his words, he seems like he's always in awful situations."

"I agree." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"Should I care that he is in terrible situation as of the moment? What if he us just acting?" asked Nie Mingjue.

"Xichen, you're just too kind." he added.

Although he was saying so, his saber was already sheathed. Lan XiChen continued, "Who says he is not? A moment ago, he talked back to you, did he not? Do you think he used to do this?"

It was true that he didn't, that his behavior was unusual. Jin GuangYao wasn't someone who couldn't hold down their emotions. He knew that the way to deal with Nie MingJue was to back down. The explosion-like argument indeed didn't seem like something that he'd do.

Lan XiChen, "His mother never liked him to begin with. After ZiXuanxiong passed away, she often hit him and scolded him. These days, his father also refuses to listen to him. He returned all of his proposals."

"That's because I am not his mother." said Madam Jin.

"Blame his father. Madam Jin has nothing to do with it since it was Jin Guangshan who brought him back." said Wen Rouhan.

"Do you really think that a wife will accept another son that is a fruit if his husband's infidelity?" asked Wen Rouhan.

"That's impossible." he added.

Wei WuXian recalled the pile of blueprints on the table and knew, The lookout towers.

Finally, Lan XiChen concluded, "For the time being, let us not force him with too much assertion. I trust that he knows what he should do, as long as we give him some more time."

Nie MingJue, "Hopefully so."

Wei WuXian had thought that, after receiving a kick from Nie MingJue, Jin GuangYao would probably stay put for some time. Yet, a few days later, he still came to the Unclean Realm as usual.

"He really love to anger my brother, does he?" asked Nie Huaisang.

"Knowing that da-ge hated him to the core." he added.

"Well, he is more thick-skinned than me." laughed Wei Wuxian.