MDZS Fanfic

Red Strings of Connections

Chapter 22 The New Child in Zhuque Sect

Wail of a baby sounded to Nightless Castle as a new life has been born. Wen Ruohan carefully carries the baby into his arms, looking so grateful, hopeful and most of all full of love for his newborn baby.

"His name will be Yuan! Wen Yuan, and he will be the next Sect Leader!" Wen Ruohan declares in front of his wife, doctor, nurses, and servants.

Why is this happened? Why did Wen Ruohan decided to crown his third son, rather than his first son or maybe his second son?

It wasn't a secret to all about how unruly and rotten to the core his two sons. Wen Ruohan himself is aware of this, other than that, both are idiots, arrogant, ignorant, greedy, and not really necessary to mention, pervert just like Jin Guangshan, and Wen Ruohan couldn't help but cursed at the thought they might replace that idiot Sect Leader. Talk about nightmare!!!

Thus, Wen Ruohan has been having dilemma, thinking how he doesn't have a proper heir, he badly, so overly hate the idea of his sons taking over. In desperation, just ever Cangse Sanren and Wei Changze should not come back, Wen Ruohan really wants to adopt Wei Ying to be his heir. But don't get him wrong, he never once think that it is unfortunate that the couple actually came back.

The Sect Leader of Wen Clan wants Wei Ying to be Wen Yuan's model! He doesn't really mind about their escapee series, as it is making them stronger after all, and get a good insight, and instinct; clearly it has great benefits. Tiao Reinshun and the other kids already agreed to be Wen Yuan's godparents, and they only waiting for Wei Ying's response, which they're sure that will agree as well.

But of course, his headache continues and each passing days is a torture, which his primary reason why he tends to visit his friends: Zhuque Sect and Nie Sect. Now, from this day, all he must do is pour his love on this child so he would grow up just like Wei Ying, or at least any of the children in Zhuque Sect. But let's not forget about the "rights" on the position of his sons, which are—without doubt will fight for it! By hook or by crook! Wen Ruohan sighs, he will make sure that everything will proceed to the proper path.

But Wen Ruohan's two sons doesn't care if their enemy is just a baby, in additional their own blood brother. They have enough. They thought they finally secured their positions when Wei Ying has become unavailable for adoption, but here's their father again, choosing someone else to be the next sect leader.

Did Wen Ruohan have loose screws that he keeps forgetting he has "amazing" sons? Is what Wen Chao and Wen Xu thoughts all this time. Never getting a hint that they are the problem.

One night, finally everything has smoothened, everything is already good to go. It was a success.

One is carrying a baby with disgust, while the other one is doing something suspicious on every corner of the room. With shush voices, the two make inaudible conversation to each other before they went out through the window.

That very night, Wen Yuan went missing.

Laying on the dry soil in the middle of forest is a sleeping innocent baby that wrapped into rag clothes, with him is a pair of rogues in black clothes, standing and has intention of picking up the baby. Well, of course they don't that kind of intention, after all they are the kidnappers, and one of them usher the other to be quick and hide.

Half an hour, an hour, one hour and half, two hours.

Finally, the two kidnappers of Wen Yuan snapped. Right in the first place, these two doesn't have patience at all, but for the sake of seeing things through, they waited, yet they wait in vain.

They curse, asking the heavens why there's no monsters or vengeful spirits coming to devour the baby; they complaint at the top of their lungs as if the gods beyond the sky are on their side. As if they are in the right, and what they are doing is appropriate.

Having lost their little ounces of patience, both step out from their hiding place and unsheathed their swords, gleaming thru the moonlight in this dark forest, and just like their owners the swords are like have such dark thoughts.

Two swords were raised, ready to strike but was stopped by a black as ink long sword, they look up to see who interrupt them but only sees a man in white cultivator robe holding the sword in one hand and in ease, with simple flick of his wrist he sent the kidnappers a feet away.

This irritates the two and a fight ensure, but without experience and only know how to swing a sword the kidnappers fallen on their butts. Their masks are now torn open revealing their faces recognizable, they are with no doubt Wen Xu and Wen Chao, both wearing vexing feelings on their ugly faces.

The baby woken up and as if looking for its mother, it stretches its hands. It is about to wail when found no one in its sight if not for a silver butterfly fluttering just above; entertaining the baby causes for cute giggles.

Seeing the white clad cultivator aren't going to back down, they swear that they will remember him and bite him back. The white clad cultivator blinks as he is witnessing how fast they sprinted away screaming as if they are not afraid of luring any kinds of creature within the forest.

"Gege is really amazing. They wet their pants."

"San Lang! You came!" The white clad cultivator sheathes his sword, smiling at the red robe youth standing behind the tree.

"Of course, wherever Gege is, San Lang will be there." the red robed youth answered, emerging from his hiding spot. Both look down at the baby, and the white cultivator pick it up. "Gege," 'San Lang' came to his side and whisper on his Gege in a very low and seductive, alluring voice "Wanna have a baby with San Lang?" The white clad cultivator's face turns into red as maple leaves, and red as 'San Lang's' red robe.

"Sa—San Lang!"

"Yes, Your Highness?" 'San Lang' held the other's hand and give it a chaste kiss, and smile at him again.

"We—we can talk about it once we were back..."

"Back where? In Puqi Shrine or Thousand Lights Temple? Your choice Gege."

With a baby in his hand 'His Highness' couldn't make himself pounce on his 'San Lang', even though he badly wanted to. Repeating the words: "Calm down", on himself, and: "Wait till once at home".

Sensing someone else's presence, they both straighten, "Gege, he is coming—Baoshan Sanren's disciple."

'His Highness' then put down the baby whose tiny hands are trying to reach for him, after flashing a smile and reassure the baby, they hide behind a tree. 'San Lang' flick his wrist and a swarm of silver butterflies came out from his palm and it surrounds the baby acting like a shield.

From the darkest part of the forest, 'San Lang' and 'His Highness' sees a gleam of shining shimmering tiny insect, which is the same type of spirit as the butterflies that came from the red robed youth. The single butterfly has lure three teens, one seventeen years old, one fifteen and a thirteen. All wearing the same black robe and silver bird with black, red, yellow tassel. The white robe cultivator and the red robed youth stay still at their hiding spot and watches the three talks as they are approaching the seems like a cocoon which made of swarming butterflies.

The teens were curious as what is the shining cocoon in the ground, and soon hears a feat of small giggle coming from it. The fifteen-year-old teen approaches and stretch his hand to the cocoon, and before he could even touch the butterfly spirits it scattered, revealing the baby in rag. The teens stood shock, that should be expected after all what emerge from the butterfly cocoon is a baby that happily giggling as its hands stretch towards the butterflies.

The white clad cultivator silently held the red robed youth's hand and write some characters.

["San Lang, is that him already?"] 'San Lang' turns his head to his Gege and smile, nodding his head. He then held his Gege's hand and write on his palm.

["Wen Yuan is in good hands now, let's go back. Gege where we will make the baby?"]

'His Highness' blush brightly that it is visible at 'San Lang's eyes. He wants to whimper his name, but they must stay quiet for the sake of concealment to the teens. 'His Highness' cover his brighten face, tightening his hold on the youth's hand. The youth in return kiss 'His Highness's' forehead, then hold his waist, with sly smile on the youth's face, he pulls his Gege as seems to be the youth have already chosen their location instead.

It turns out, the group of young cultivators in black robes are Wei Ying and the Myo siblings.

Wei Ying with the giggling baby, watches the butterfly spirits left, asked Myo Qing who currently examining the baby.

"He is—without doubt—a human baby."

"But what is he doing here?" Of course, Myo Ning knew no one can answer him, but still, he asks anyways.

"His parents might abandon him—" Myo Qing guess, at the same time wishing that it is not the case.

"Let's bring him first to our sect and ask A-niang and the others what to do." The Myo siblings nodded in agreement.

Wei Ying smile down at the baby, feeling nostalgic upon looking at it but he doesn't know why. And just like that, they went home.

Wei Ying and the Myo siblings immediately come to House of Zhen to see the baby's condition. Since they found it at the dark forest and it is Wei Ying who carrying it while they are flying on their swords, the Myo siblings just now realized who they have found. It is actually their godson and Wen Ruohan's heir, Wen Yuan! Knowing this now, they realized that the baby is not really abandon and someone must take the baby to be feasted by nefarious spirits or monsters.

Hearing all these Wei Ying could already think of suspects. But if Wei Ying is right then his godson's life is in danger inside the Nightless City. At the middle of the night, all the heads, sect leader and her husband, and Tiao Reinshun and the rest of the kids stayed at Zhen, discussing of what action they must take to ensure the safety of the innocent baby.

The news of Wen Ruohan's missing baby reached the Zhuque Sect, as planned, Wei Changze, Wei Ying and the Myo siblings went to Nightless City to voice their support in searching for his third child.

From the corner of his sight, Wei Ying sees how Wen Chao and Wen Xu grinning at the news. They already thinking that they've won, and these only confirms Wei Ying's suspicious about the culprits' identities.

Wen Ruohan, the next day went to Zhuque Sect as per request by Wei Ying.

The Wen's Sect Leader trembles and couldn't be able to speak, as tiny hands were stretching towards him. He held his child and cries, he really thought that he no longer would be able to see his beloved baby, that each passing days seems like a torture more than having a pair of stupid rotten sons, and each passing days Wen Ruohan and his wife losing their hope.

"Where did you find Yuan'er?" Wen Ruohan asked, after settling his feelings down, his son in his arms.

"We found him at the forest near in Yibo Village." Wei Ying purposely left out the information about them being lured by a silver butterfly and those same species protecting his godson, so they won't drifted away from the truth that it was the siblings, Wen Chao and Wen Xu that are the culprits. "It's probably—no actually, I am sure that it is your sons who did this."

Wen Ruohan agreed, knowing what kind of personality his two sons have. It is no question that they planned these all for the sake of his position.

"But we need evidence that would definitely put them down, or they just going to decline everything and question your position."

Wen Ruohan sighs felt really bad that he didn't get his hands on any of these children—oh wait! They are now teens.

"Do you have any idea where we could get solid evidence?"

"Simple feat." Tiao Reinshun flicks her wrist, with sly smile.

A week later, with evidence in hands Wen Ruohan banished his sons from his sect.

To prevent any harm coming for Wen Yuan, Wen Ruohan and his wife has made a decision that would really hurt them, and would long for the baby, but that is for the best, and since Wen Ruohan wants Wen Yuan to grow up like Wei Ying and the other teens, the option is just right.

Three days after the banishment of Wen siblings, there's another attempt in Wen Yuan's life; but the assassins sent by who knows are, click their tongues when they found no baby within the Nightless Castle.