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"A-yang thinks that I can make it out alive until the end of this month. But I am not even sure if I would be alive after I use this."
Wei Wuxian sighed. He wasn't afraid of death. But he was afraid of how his brother would react to it. He could still remember his brother's words from earlier.
Wei Wuxian stared at his hand where the amulet was. A cold shudder ran through him just with a glimpse of it.

Once he was safe in his room, Nie Mingju took out the letter that he had received earlier.
"Everything is ready. Stuck to the plan. In case if anything goes wrong, inform me beforehand. I will only act in the last minute so look out for yourselves.
There is something else that I have to say you. My people cannot be attacked. They must be safe at any costs. I have already sent them to a safer place but still you have to be careful. After everything is over, you have to stand by me to protect them. Hahaha.. who am I talking to? Don't you always put justice before your life. Hope you would do the same now too.
If anything happens to me tomorrow, make sure you take care of them. I will leave them to you if my life is at stake.
I have said all that I had left to say. It is now your turn to act accordingly."
Nie Mingju sighed. Who knows what will happen in the future?

Wei Wuxian was in his room, getting ready for bed. With each and every little thing he did, he was reminded again and again that this would be the last time he would do those. He couldn't help but feel down with every little breath he took. All thanks to God that this wasn't the last breath he takes. Or he would have been terrible by now. Anyways, his last breath wasn't very far.

Wei Wuxian looked down at his hand where the Gusu Lan's ribbon used to be. He had been so used to where it now that he doesn't where it, he felt something missing on it. And he knew very well that even if it was a finger he wouldn't be this worried.

Wei Wuxian wished that Lan Wangji was here. He had always wished that Lan Wangji's presence beside him. But he never thought that he would spend his last days without Lan Wangji. Without the one and only love of his life who had made him smile than laugh. The one and only who had made him stutter when speaking. The one and only who had made him to.....

Wei Wuxian stopped thinking. He didn't know when tears ran down his cheeks but his face was already wet.
"Lan Zhan, I wish you were here...." He muttered to himself. And that was all that he could do.

Later that night, Wei Wuxian tossed and turned on his bed. He couldn't sleep. Things from the last kept haunting him and everything resulted in oozing out more tears if it was even possible.

Wei Wuxian was sitting by the window, thinking of the the things that had happened few hours ago.

Lan Wangji and he had come night hunting. It was said that an evil spirit was roaming around the forest at night. It disturbs the people who live a little nearby the forest. So along with Lan Wangji who had initially planned to go alone, he came to hunt down the evil spirit. After going through a lot of trouble, they had been able to hunt down the spirit but only to be said with a sad story.

Lan Wangji had asked,
"What do you want?"
"I want to find my husband." It had replied.
Lan Wangji played another few notes on his guqin and asked,
"Is your husband alive?"
"He is." The spirit replied.
Lan Wangji was on the verge to ask the next question when Wei Wuxian stopped him.
"Lan Zhan, ask it 'how did you die?'."
Lan Wangji imitated.

"My husband was a young merchant. He worked hard to earn money. We didn't have children because I had a disease. He took me to several doctors but we were always turned down as we didn't have that much of a money to pay. He worked even more harder and when finally we were able to convince a doctor to help us.

After a long and hard nine months, I was able to give birth to a baby. But it was a daughter. He was even more angry. He wanted a baby boy. He said that he cannot afford to grow up a daughter. So in rage, he killed the baby. I wanted to stop him but I was too weak by then.

I wanted my husband to be happy, the way how he was when we were still newly married. So I had to go through another hard suffering and after a very hard time I was able to conceive. I knew that I will not be alive to see the baby but I still wanted to give birth.

When I told him that I was pregnant, he was so furious because he thought that this too was a baby girl. He began beating me. I wanted to tell him the whole thing but he wouldn't let me. Unable to take his beating any longer, I lost my conscious. When I woke up, he was already straddling me. He didn't listen to me. He said that I was useless. I cannot even give birth to a baby boy. But little did he know that I was already carrying a baby boy as that doctor placed a curse on me to give birth to baby boy. It was with my consent. And the consequences were that I would loose my life after the baby was born. I was glad that I could give birth to a male baby so I agreed. I couldn't tell this to my husband as he was totally frustrated and could only think 9f killing me. All his hard work got into him and he couldn't control his anger. So he killed me and buried me in the forest.

I want to find him and tell him the truth. I want to tell him that I wasn't useless and I too went through a lot of trouble to give him a baby and it wasn't him alone who worked hard for it.

If you all find him, please tell him that I was glad that he accompanied me until my last breath. Say that I am very grateful for him even if he was the one who killed me. Will you do that for me?"

"We will do what we can." Lan Wangji replied.
"We will try our best. You can be rest assured." Wei Wuxian assured.

It was very late so Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian stayed in an inn for that night.

"Wei Ying." Lan Wangji called.
Wei Wuxian came back to reality. He had been too observed in thinking of what had happened earlier this evening that he forgot Lan Wangji had gone to prepare him a bath.
"Lan Zhan..." He called back.
Lan Wangji searched for any signs of discomfort in the other's eyes. But all he could see was sadness.
Without any more words, Lan Wangji brought Wei Wuxian into his arms and began drawing circles on the other's back. He said,
"You don't have to be sad. I am here."
Wei Wuxian clutched Lan Wangji's robes harder. 'Lan Zhan is here... Lan Zhan is with me...' He said to himself.
"Lan Zhan, will you also stay with me forever?"
"I will."
That calmed down Wei Wuxian. But he still wanted to clarify. So he asked,
"Lan Zhan, will you hold me during my last breath?"
Lan Wangji's breath hitched. He internally screamed that such a shouldn't come. He will not let such a thing happen. Despite everything, he calmly replied.
"I will."
"Lan Zhan, then will you...."
"Wei Ying, you don't have to ask anything. Whatever it is, my answer will always be yes. For you, I will do anything. At any costs. If it is what you want."
"Yes, Lan Zhan. I want. I want you beside me every single minute. I want you to be there for me every time I turn around. I want you to be there for me..."
"I will be." Lan Wangji cut him off. And that was enough. More than enough!

"Lan Zhan, you lied." Wei Wuxian whispered to himself looking at the moon that shone through his window.
"You are liar, Lan Zhan. You are not here when I want you to be. Why, Lan Zhan? What did I do to deserve such a cruel fate?

Sounds of sword clashing could be heard everywhere. Cries of pain too. It was so noisy and the sound was too annoying yet no one cared. All they had was a single motive. KILL!

Wen Rouhan and Wei Wuxian were discussing of their next move when Wen Rouhan abruptly came to a stop.
"Why isn't this working?"
"What's wrong?" Wei Wuxian asked.
"The Yin iron isn't working. Something else is controlling it. It isn't under my control. How could it be? How is it even possible?"
"What are you saying? I don't understand." Wei Wuxian said.
"No. This isn't possible. Not when I am still alive. Who is it? Who is capable in doing this?"
"Don't tell me that you seriously can't control it. If so, then we won't be able to face the consequences." Wei Wuxian said trying to show his panic. And yes, he was successful. He had always been.
"Let's go out. I will check myself."
"It's not safe." Wei Wuxian tried to stop him.
"It's no longer safe." Wen Rouhan replied.

Nothing was unusual. Everyone was fighting with their swords. No one had any other hidden weapons. Then why was this happening? Why was this going out of his control?

A melody. A melody could be heard somewhere. Wen Rouhan tried to focus. It was hard to focus with all the internal panic he was having. But he still tried his best.
The melody came from somewhere around him. He looked around. No one was holding an musical instrument. The melody was like more from a flute. FLUTE! He looked around for someone holding a flute. And that is when he heard the sound increasing and the atmosphere changing. And the sound came from right behind him.
Wen Rouhan turned around and when he finally saw the person, his eyes widened.

"Wei Wuxian!"
"Sect leader Wen." Wei Wuxian, who was standing high atop a roof, called back with all respect.
"Y....you! It was you!"
"Me." Wei Wuxian affirmed with a nod.

Lan Wangji was fighting his hardest. He knew that if this keeps going, very sooner they will loose the battle. He was too focused on attacking the puppet in front of him that he failed to notice another puppet was about to attack from behind. It was too late when he finally realized.
The sword was inches away from his right arm when a swirl of black smoke hit the puppet. It gave a high pitched scream and within few seconds, it turned more ferocious. Lan Wangji thought that this was his end when something totally unexpected happened. The puppet shoved him aside and killed the other puppet with one little slash.

Lan Wangji was speechless. Had something gone wrong? He turned around and that is when he noticed that all the soldiers, sect heirs and sect leaders were standing aside. It were those black ferocious puppets attacking other 'living dead humans', the army of Wen Rouhan.

Lan Wangji turned to his brother only to notice that his brother's eyes were fixed on a certain direction. He followed his brother's gaze and what he saw made his eyes pop out.
"W....Wei Ying....."

Wen Rouhan couldn't find his words. Not until he heard the flute sound again.
"Stop." He ordered.
Wei Wuxian continued playing his flute. He didn't stop until all the puppets were lying on the floor and no longer living dead.

When Wei Wuxian finally stopped, Wen Rouhan asked,
"What is that thing which is even more powerful than Yin iron?"
"Thing...? Sect leader Wen, this isn't a thing. This is my weapon."
Wei Wuxian showed the amulet that he had kept hidden all these while.
"This is called Stygian Tiger Amulet. This was personally created by me. How is it? Not bad right?"
Wei Wuxian asked, sarcasm evident in his voice.
"You....!" Wen Rouhan was about to kill Wei Wuxian, when Wei Wuxian played another note and within a glimpse, Wen Rouhan lay their, bloody.

Gasps could be heard from everywhere. No one could believe what just happened. Their eyes were widened and mouth were left hanging.

Lan Wangji could only focus on Wei Wuxian. He noticed that something was wrong with Wei Wuxian. Before he could even fly to him, Wei Wuxian spat a mouth full of blood and fell on the floor.

       "Ge.....!"
       "Wei Wuxian.....!"
       "Young Master Wei......!"

       "Wei Ying.....!"

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