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Made me promise I'd try
To find my way back in this life.
I hope there is a way
To give me a sign you're OK.
Reminds me again it's worth it all
So I can go on.
All of my memories keep you near.
In silent moments imagine you here.
All of my memories keep you near.
Your silent whispers, silent tears.
-Memories by Within Temptation
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He shouldn’t be alive! He should’ve been dead! Lan Wangji killed him. What Happened? He looked down on his dirty hand, he stood up and trudged to a nearby water and look. Once he looked at his reflection, the person looking back at him is not him at all… it’s Xue Yang’s. Wei Ying backed off the water surface in shock.
‘No, no no no no! Please No!’ Wei Ying begged in his head as he looked back in the water.
Xue Yang’s image stared back at him… Wei Ying falls on his knees as tears streams down his face. Now he remember, Lan Wangji Betrayed him… The Lan Clan and the Jin Sect conspire together to kill him.
“Yiling Patriarch, do you really think that the Illustrious Hanguang-jun loved you? How foolish of you to fall into our trap.” One of the Lan Elders cackled. “Do you really think that we would let your evil deeds slide and let you live a happy life?”
After all the pain he had gone through, all the Suffering… in the end, Lan Wangji betrayed him.
“You must be thinking Lan Zhan won’t do this to you, is it?” Another Elder called out smugly. “Then why won’t we let Lan Wangji say it to himself?”
TRAITORS!
“Hanguang-jun… why won’t you tell him the truth?” One of the Elders coaxed happily.
BETRAYERS!
“I Never Loved Wei Wuxian, Only Pretended to Love him, to lure him in and eradicate him and his Evil Deeds.” He stated flatly and turned to the door. “The one I loved the Most… is Mo XuanYu…”
“Ah… As a Present to the Yiling Patriarch…” The Jin Disciple sneered as he opened the box.
As the Box Opened, Wei Wuxian’s heart was shattered into million pieces as there inside the box is the head of his Beloved A-Yuan, his child! They killed him!
A-Yuan… His A-Yuan… They Killed His Beloved Child.
He Won’t Forgive Them!
NEVER!
Not only did he lose his Child, He Lost his Beloved Disciple…
“SHIZUN!” His Disciple’s Voice Screamed out in the Darkness.
His one and only Disciple…
“Shizun! Shizun! Hang in there! We’re Out of Gusu! Don’t Leave Me All Alone!” Xue Yang cried in grief.
And the last thing he remember is hearing his Disciple scream then the next is waking up here. He lost everything…
His Friends…
His Family…
His Child…
And His Disciple…
Ɱᴑ Χυᶏͷϒυ…
“After all this time, I was entangled with him just to fill the void by Mo Xuanyu’s absence.” Wei Ying gritted his teeth just remembering the look of that pretentious wench.
Then a Black Nine-tailed fox appeared before him and said –
“According to the Record of time, That is so.”
Wei Ying clenched his fist as anger rises in his heart –
“Then My Love… My Painful Love For Him Wasn’t My Own Will… You’re saying It Was An Emotion Decided Simply By Fate?!”
“That Is So.” The Black Nine-Tailed Fox answered.
Wei Ying glared at the Heavens and yelled out –
“I Worked So Hard Yet I Was Not Loved Back! And That Was All Because I Was Just A Temporary Substitute?!”
He looked down on his hand with complete set of fingers and added –
“My Existence was simply meant to be a substitute for the Blessed Child Loved By Gods.”
The Black Nine-Tailed Fox sighed understanding the pain of this Human –
“That is So…” He answered.
“Don’t play with me! I Lived My Life In Pain For Something Like That While She Had Everything!” Wei Ying raged as he looked back at the Heavens. “You Gods That Overlooks All Life Equally, Yet You Made a Child Blessed By The Gods! How Can You Interfere with People as You Wish!?”
The Nine-Tailed Fox looked at the angry Mortal and answered –
“Humans Cannot Avoid The Decision That Is Given To Them. And It Is Called Fate.”
Resentful Energy Faintly rises out of Wei Ying’s New Body as the said Boy growled –
“No!! I Refuse A Fate Like That!”
“A Human Cannot avoid Fate.” Said The Black Nine-Tailed Fox.
‘I Truly Loved Him, Even though he was never warm towards me. I Did all Mo Xuanyu’s work as a Cultivator that was pushed to me instead. The People belittled me, called me a Demon, Yet I did not bear any Ill-will towards them. God must be testing me like this in order to help me get stronger, God is Fair and Wise, God Will Grant Me Something Better After Such Hardship. That is what I believed. Yet in truth I had no freedom to begin with. I was forced to exist As Lan Wangji’s Partner because of fate. I lived my life without knowing the warmth of my Family’s Love.’ Wei Ying cried in his head remembering all the pain and hardship he had to go through only for it to be in vain.
“Child, the Heavens pitied you, but a Fate that is decided Can Not be Changed. So the Gods in Heaven had given you a Gift to reward you for your twisted fate.” The Nine-Tailed Fox said.
Wei Ying looked at the Fox and said –
“Hah… A Reward? What a Joke… Fine… I will Accept that.” Then he looked back up the Heavens and yelled out. “Don’t be Mistaken! I will Never accept you as Gods. And I will never Thank You! I Will Not Believe in Gods anymore, I Will Reject You, With All My Life! I Will Be the one to throw away a God, The Same as I was Discarded!”
Wei Ying breathes harshly as his heart beats so fast. The Sky Darkens and the Wind blew harsh.
“That is fine… Do As You Wish… You Are The One That Gods Looked Upon, You Are The One Who Refuses Fate, The Path You Take Shall Be Your Fate, And What You Wish For Shall Be Your Path. The One Who Carves One’s Own Fate Is Your Name.” The Fox stated softly.
Then it began raining as if the Heavens began crying after a Harsh Rejection.
“Now that you’re back… What will you do?” The Nine Tailed Fox asked.
“Betrayal begets betrayal, Ignorance breeds Fear, Fear breeds Hate, Hate breeds Violence… Life for Life and Blood for Blood, He who I once loved betrayed me for that I betray him back, Their Ignorance of my Wrath will breed Fear in their hearts, and that Fear will breed more Hate but the Question is… For whose Hate that will be brought upon to whom?” He said to no one as he stood from where he was huddled his fear of dogs long gone for his Fear turns to hate. “Betrayer of the Righteous Path is what they say of me, But it was I who was betrayed. Still they Hunt me, still hated For I am blind of what is the truth that I cannot see, I lost what is dear to me… I will Defy the Fate that was laid before me.” Wei Ying said as he gazed upon the Fox Spirit before him.
There was only silence, until the Fox Spirit laughed –
“Who are you, Child?”
Wei Wuxian looked at the puddle below him and saw his Beloved Disciple’s face, He will not be Wei Ying anymore. That Name Had Carried all his pain and suffering, now with a new lease of life, he will not bear that name anymore, He opened his mouth and said –
“Xue Yang… I am called Xue Yang.”
And with that he walks away from his current Location and headed towards Yi City.
Unbeknownst to him a Certain Crimson Ghost King watched the whole scene happen.
[GUSU LAN, HANSHI]
Lan Xichen shot up from his bed clutching his neck as if checking if his head is still attached, He remember… he remembered it all… his Clan’s Betrayal, Wangji’s Betrayal, and Wei Ying’s Pain… then… then the Anger of Xue Yang and the Fight that caused him his life.
Lan Xichen felt cold, then he realized that he’s alive… wait… he’s supposed to be dead, Xue Yang killed him, but then… how? How was he alive? Wait… What day is it? What years is it?
He ran to his table and check what day and year it is… his eyes widened… it’s the Day before the Yearly Studies, then this means… Wei Ying is alive…
[JINGSHI]
Lan Wangji woke up with a start, he remembered he was mourning. His Older Brother was killed after he gave chase to Wei Ying… Then Xuanyu… Xuanyu was dying right before his very eyes, the Curse is killing Xuanyu Slowly and very Painfully.
The Curse came which meant that Wei Ying is dead, and the Curse effectively came and slowly killing them one by one, especially those who are with Spouse. Not only that, Jiang Wanyin heard what happened and was very Furious and cut all the ties from Gusu Lan and Lanling Jin.
And Xichen was killed leaving him all alone and then Xuanyu died in pain while he watch his Kins die one by one.
He stood up and check what day and year it is… once he checked, it’s the Day before the Yearly Studies 6 Years from now it will happen, which means he’ll see Wei Ying again..
[YUNMENG JIANG]
Jiang Cheng got up from his bed and look around, then he took off running towards Wei Wuxian’s room, once he got there… Wei Wuxian wasn’t there, the room is very clean as if it wasn’t used. His Brother wasn’t there.
What the hell is going on? Wait What Day is it?
He ran back to his room and check the Day, once he did… it’s the Day before Studying to Gusu… No… He doesn’t want to go to that Accursed place… he doesn’t want to see the murderer of his brother!
[QISHAN WEN]
Wen Ruohan couldn’t believe it… he’s alive again… but how? How did it happen? Did someone played with and reverse the flow of time. Whoever he/she is, he wants that person in his grasp.
Then he froze… there is one Cultivator talented enough to do such a thing…
Wei Wuxian… Yunmeng Jiang’s Head Disciple.
Wen Ruohan chuckled darkly.
[QINGHE NIE]
Nie Mingjue is looking at his crying brother, he did get tackled by Huaisang a while ago crying on his chest and now Huaisang is crying for a different matter. Huaisang is crying for Wei Wuxian and how the Second Jade of Lan Betrayed him and that Mo Xuanyu person. He had no idea what is going on, but he’s sure as hell, Lan Wangji had a lot of explaining to do.
[DAFAN WENS]
Wen Qing shot up from her bed and ran to her younger Brother’s room, once she arrived there she saw Wen Ning hunched on the floor, his room was a mess as if her A-Ning had gone through an Angry fit which is close to impossible.
“A-Ning…” She called out.
The said boy flinched and looked up and boy Wen Ning’s face is a mess with tears and snot as if the boy was crying after all this time.
“Jie, Young Master Wei… The Lan Clan…They… They betrayed Young Master Wei and A-Yuan… They Killed A-Yuan, they Beheaded him, Jie.” Wen Ning sobbed.
Wen Qing Felt Cold… and then Anger rises from her chest… She will never forgive those betrayers.
[TIMESKIP]
Wei Ying trudged towards a Familiar hut in Yi City… it’s the same Hut that house A-Qing and his Martial Uncle Xiao XingChen, He’s very tired and he felt listless right now. His Disciple is gone, the Heavens had tormented him for so long, and so much. He meant what he said, he won’t believe in Gods, he never will… after all he had gone through and all he get is betrayal.
The World turned him away…
So he will turn away from the World.
He had so much to do, and he will never forget his vengeance against the Gusu Lan Clan and the Lanling Jin Sect
[BAIXUE TEMPLE]
Xiao XingChen couldn’t believe what he was hearing from Song Lan’s mouth, his Martial Nephew… His poor Martial Nephew had suffered so much and that Xue Yang had to save his Martial Nephew, but in the end both his Martial Nephew and Xue Yang died.
But now that both him and Song Lan are alive, he had to find both XueYang and Wei Ying before the Lan Clan and the Jin Sect could get their hands on the both of them.
“Wen Ruohan is alive and I am sure that he too is looking for Wei Ying.” Song Lan stated softly as he wipes XingChen’s tears away.
“Lan’er, we have to find them…” Xiao XingChen pleaded.
Song Lan just nodded and held Xiao XingChen close.
[AND BY THE NEXT FEW DAYS]
Xiao XingChen and Song Lan stood at the very house where both Xiao XingChen and A-Qing lived before, XingChen pushed the door open and entered the house only to find Xue Yang sleeping.
“A-Yang?” He softly called out.
The Person on the bed flinched and sat up… Crimson Eyes meets Dark Ones…
“XingChen…” An Unusually soft voice came out from ‘Xue Yang’s’ Mouth.
“A-Yang… Is that really you?” Xiao XingChen called out again.
The said boy shook his head and said –
“I’m sorry, but this one is not Xue Yang… In soul…”
Xiao XingChen felt cold not Xue Yang? But… But he couldn’t be mistaken… this person before him is Xue Yang, he remembers Xue Yang right before he became Blind.
“Then… Then Who…” Xiao XingChen choked.
‘Xue Yang’ stood up and did a proper greeting –
“This one’s Name is Wei Ying, Courtesy Wuxian… a Pleasure to meet You Martial Uncle.”
And Xiao XingChen’s world went black.
[LATER THAT DAY]
Song Lan couldn’t believe what he was hearing from… from Wei Ying who is now residing Xue Yang’s Body…
“If my Guess is right, A-Yang used a Forbidden spell, not only to Reverse the Flow of Time but to also do the Body Offering while the other Spell is active.” Wei Ying stated softly as he looked at Song Lan.
“About what happened to Your Wedding Night…” Song Lan asked.
Wei Ying’s eyes flashed red dangerously.
“I will never forgive them of what they have Done, Their Betrayal will not go Unpunished.” He snarled as he set the teacup down. “A-Yang would still be alive if it weren’t for them… A-Yang sacrificed himself to save me, he offered his life so I would Live. But a Life without him is worse than death… My A-Yang is gone.”
XingChen sobbed in his sleep, Song Lan knew that XingChen is fond of Xue Yang and sois Wei Ying, and he too had a Soft Spot for that rascal. But now knowing that Xue Yang couldn’t be with them, it’s painful. And he couldn’t help but feel a rising anger in his heart towards Lan Clan and the Jin Sect…
“What are you planning to do?” Song Lan asked.
Sighing, Wei Ying looked at Song Lan and said –
“I Know it’s difficult for me… for us… But I have to live on as Xue Yang, if people knew that I am Wei Ying, it will cause me some trouble. If what you said is correct, that everyone who is supposed to be dead are now Alive including Wen Ruohan and his ilk, I’m sure they’re going to look for Wei Wuxian… and in this time, Xue Yang is just a Wanderer not yet a Disciple… for now I plan to look for Wen Ning and his family, I have to make sure they’re fine and once I’m done, it’s only a waiting game for us…”
Song Lan Nodded in understanding…
[TIMESKIP]
Ever since the Great Revival the Wen Sect are very much active which cause wide Panic and fear to other Sects Big and Small alike. The Wen Sect are scouring every corner of every Sect in search for one… Wei Wuxian…
But Alas… there is no sign of the Youth…
Some Braved the Burial Mound and enter just to find one Boy…
Yet they found no one…
It’s like… Wei Wuxian disappeared from the World…
Now, that Wen Ruohan is back that old fear return with a vengeance. Now they knew Wei Wuxian’s importance and they turned him away, with Wei Wuxian missing… there is no Yiling Patriarch to stop Wen Ruohan from rampaging, from trampling them down the ground.
This is the Cultivation World’s First Regret…
TO BE CONTINUED
QUESTION:
Who should Wei Ying End Up With?
A.) Nie Mingjue (Avenger and The Beast?)
B.) Lan XiChen (The Murderer and The Murdered)
C.) Wen Xu (Fuck!)
D.) Jin Guangyao (The Wolf and the Fox)
E.) Wen Ruohan (God Help Them All!)
F.) Lan Zhan (… Get Lost!)