Qingheng jun reads the message his son sent to him " Qiren sent some disciples to caiyi town for help, tell them not to expose themselves as a cultivator " grand master Lan nodded his head" But brother Xichen, Wangji were there " " I know but let them enjoy the time with their friends, I saw them morning,they both look happy to hangout with others students " sect leader said" i hope they both more open up to other people " qiren said, went outside of the main hall.
at caiyi Town everyone gathered at the famous Restaurant after they explored around .
they ordered for their food but the lans was hesitate to order, Jiang cheng saw this so he asked the waiter for mild food without more spicy, hearing this the two Lans look at him " Thank you young master Jiang" WangJi said to him " no need for that second young master, Just eat" Jiang cheng smiled at him, Xichen looked at this smiled happily because his brother and his wanyian got along well.
They are all enjoying the food,while some village people sat on the other side of them " this is terrifying you know who ever thought that this is happening around here" someone said " whoever went to the forest died from horrible death " another man said with terrifying looks..
Everyone heard this,but Wei ying stood up and went to them " Sir's What happened around here? we are new to this place will you please tell us" he asked them with utmost respect.
one of them nodded his head " definitely , north side of the forest hunted by the demons, whoever went inside didn't come alive, dead bodies never seen but their skull only seen by the passengers. young man don't go there" another man started " Not only that few peoples inside the town enquire about some sword and they had piece of cloth in their hands , told them to smell and asked them to they ever smell this before. they all wearing all black with mask" hearing this Wei wuxian blood boiling with anger, xichen and Wangji ears perk up they both as well as stood up, " where are the people you have mentioned?" xichen asked , another man replied" they said they came from South but they didn't look like that because we all knew South side locate the Gusu Lan 'Cloud recesses ' the powerful cultivation sect reside.. i hope they could help us because already lots of people died " he said worriedly with hopeful...
" thank you for the information " xichen and Wei ying bowed to them, Wangji just stood there. Xichen noticed" Wangji what happened? " hearing his brother 's voice " Our clan disciples are here " Xichen nodded with understanding.
they went to their table" we have to help them " zixuan said" But we don't know about them " Meng yao remember them
" we go to the North forest for them,these people also mentioned that place " Jiang cheng said" before that huisang, wenning you both are escort the ladies back to cloud recesses we will deal with them also lan disciples are here too " said xichen.
huisang nod his head" Okay Er ge be careful"
yanli smiled at her brothers " both of you don't run into dangers,be aware of your surroundings ,a-xian take care of yourself and a-cheng. a-xuan be careful" they assure her with a smile.
They parted away from them, Xichen, Wangji, Jiang cheng, Wei ying, Zixuan and Meng yao traveled to the North on the way the Lans disciples joined with them..
they decided to rest bit before moved forward, Xichen noticed Wei wuxian is restless behaviour and building up rage . so he went to him " young master wei" wei ying looks up at him " Zewu jun" " why are you restless and angey? please let me know if something is bothering you. " his voice laced with concern. wei ying look at his brother who was chatting with his brother in law and Wangji, xichen noticed this..
" its.... it's about wanyian? " he stuttered, an unknown fear setting inside him, Wei ying took a Deep breath" Zewujun please help me with one thing, will you? " he pleads , Xichen nods his head" please watch over a-cheng,incase I'm not with while fighting or whatever , you have to protect him , I trust you with this " Xichen understand his worried for Jiang cheng but why suddenly Wei ying more worried than before?
" a-cheng is in some sort of danger, young master wei? you don't have to worry, I will not let anything happen to him " wei ying smiled " i know Zewujun,here take this silver Petal, if a-cheng lost his control please put this on him it will help him calm down. " Xichen took it but confused about this" you have a lot of questions, i will answer you once we return safe and sound . now don't let anyone near a-cheng, " Wei ying said.
" Young master wei don't worry I'm here with him " xichen assured him. Jiang Cheng walks towards them" what are you two talking about? let's go " Wei ying chuckled softly " a-cheng i leave zewujun to you I'm Just asking about Lan zhan , now here take your Zewujun" said he pushed Jiang cheng to Xichen who instantly caught him holding his waist and supporting his shoulder. " you wei wuxian" Jiang cheng shout out him but Xichen stopped him moving " wanyian calm down " xichen chuckled. Jiang cheng moved away from his embrace " sorry Zewujun" he looked here and there " you are not that heavy wanyian" he chuckled and " now lets go they are waiting for us" they both moved to the group of people ...
They all reached the North Forest " Search around here for any information don't go deep , be on safeguard supposed if you separate from us flare the signal " Xichen instruct them , the disciples bowed to him" yes Zewujun "
They all are searching around the place Wei ying beside his brother on the alert mode, whenever he took a step his eyes instantly meet Jiang cheng, who was seriously searching for some clues.
" what the hell nothing is here" Meng yao screaming with frustration. " No you are wrong, there is something here, look closely this forest eerily silent. even the trees around us look like sleeping, not even a single leaf moved " Zixuan voice out his thoughts..
" Right something is wrong with the trees " Meng yao touched the nearby tree, when he touched he felt his finger burning , he immediately withdrew his hands " don't touch the tree , when i touched i felt like my fingers were burning" Meng yao warned them.
Jiang cheng nodded to him while turning his head towards his brother who understands and smiled widely at him. " Zewujun informs your disciples to come back" Xichen knew he was up to something so he sent the signal, a few minutes later the disciples came back to them, " please everyone moved back " he said. Wangji looked at him with a concerned look, Wei ying Just smiled at him with assurance.
Wei wuxian walked in the center of the forest He wrote something on the air the words turned into talisman along with fire,he bent kneel down and slapped the talisman on the bare forest land and ordered " Throw them out" with that beneath their feet the land shake violently, the forest slowly covered with darkness in the midday, Xichen instantly grabbed Jiang cheng is hand , Wangji went to Wei ying hide him behind his back.
Wei ying sighed,poked his back with his finger " Lan zhan stepped back, I'm okay. " WangJi looks like he was ready to kill whoever approached him. " seriously Lan zhan i need to take care of them " Wangji shook his head " No i will, you stay safe" wei ying smiled at his caring.
Meng yao scream at them " you both Stop your romance, please be serious" zixuan noticed something " a-ying under your feet" he said. Wei wuxian pushed Wangji away,throw some talisman on the dark shadow , when the talisman touch it, it screaming Heard through out the forest." gotcha catch you,you wicked thing" Wei ying smiled devileshly.
" nice shot brother " Jiang cheng grinned at him, he noticed that the dark shadow moved again,he felt something inside him want to rip apart the thing, but the fire inside him sealed by the herbal scents, the power want to went out but couldn't,his body sweating and shaking he couldn't stand on own . Xichen noticed his wanyian sweating a lot, he dropped the hand which he held by the heat " Wanyian? " his voice caught the attention of wei wuxian who was dealing with the dark shadow.
the shadows increase the strength, Wei wuxian rushed to Jiang cheng while WangJi took over.
" a-cheng , a-cheng look at me " " wanyian please don't scare me like that, Wanyian" both of them shook his shoulder and patted his cheek.
Jiang cheng try to speak but nothing come out, he want to know them that he was okay, but his body not moving, his throat dry,his hand fist his robes tightly. his grandmother voice told him ' control it ' but he didn't know what it is? the burning sensation reached his center of chest,he couldn't hold it anymore, so he let it out, he screamed, while Wei ying and xichen who holding him down,thrown out away from him when he screamed. everyone fall on their knees.
xichen " W- Wanyian ... " Xichen tries to get up and Wei wuxian is words flashed. he took out the Silver Petal try to get up to reach his wanyian. but the screaming was increased more , WangJi try to reach out them but the dark energy more stronger than he thought, the second wave of dark shadows coming towards them,he ready to attacked but the ' Purple flames ' pushed him away with force, burn the whole shadows. now the only sounds coming from the dark shadows heard, WangJi turned to look at back what was happening, there Jiang cheng standing in the middle,his eyes turned purple with red shades ,
The Purple Flames emerge from his body lit up the whole forest.
the forest again went back to the normal, dark shadows burn to the death , Xichen noticed everything not only him but everyone saw what happened. Xichen stood up went to his wanyian, with trembling hand he put the Silver Petal on his back, when the Petal entered his body,the seal again sealed, burning sensation calm down, now replace by the warmth, Jiang cheng fainted on Xichen is shoulder, Xichen sighed in relief he took the younger in his arms,turned towards others " head back to Cloud Recesses , don't tell anyone about this, Wangji inform this to a-die" said he took his sword, flying with his wanyian tightly embraced him in his arms to his home..