The Yiling Patriarch

Wei Ying

"Wei Ying..." Lan Zhan whisper as he saw the huge black eagle approaching to the border of their cliff, as well as a few others in the distance, flying their way with Wei Ying's commanding whistles.

"Don't worry, I don't plan to follow my father and Nie Mingjue back to the south. My father said they will take care of the remaining rogues there, but here in the east, we still have many corpses to deal with, until Yang's core is fixed and they are ready to cleanse the world." Wei Ying said with a smile.

"So... we are hunting corpses in eagles? That's certainly new." Jiang Cheng asked, not sure how they could hunt them from above, as none of them have bows and arrows with them.

"Yep. Hunting corpses while in the move is the fastest way we can clean the surrounding areas." Wei Ying assure them.

"How come? Aren't we too high to hunt them?" Huaisang asked a bit confused as he nervously looked down the very high cliff.

"Once outside the barrier, I will play Chenqing and make the hiding corpses come out and gather them in the forest were the eagles can land on tree tops. Then we hunt them down and easily move to the next area, without the need to walk for miles." Wei Ying explained.

"That's.... not bad, not bad at all, you little genius..." Jiang Cheng said as he tapped Wei Ying's back in approval.

"Jiang Cheng, please don't burst his ego, it's already high enough as it is." Wen Qing told him.

"I bet it can get higher after becoming a Sage..." Zixuan murmur to Yanli, who giggle.

"Both A'Xian and Hanguang-Jun are awesome Sages..." Yanli said.

"Thank you, jiejie. You know... now that you mention it, I need a tittle. Lan Zhan has his Hanguang-Jun, which suits him so perfectly, then... I can be..." Wei Ying begin, as he ponder in naming himself.

"You can be the troublemaker Patriarch. I'm sure that suits you perfectly too." Wen Qing tease him and Huaisang laughed, while Jiang Cheng smirked, as did Song Lan.

"Please sister, he is not all that troublesome... only a little." Wen Ning said innocently, in Wuxian's defense, but that only make the others laugh, because 'little' was not exactly a word that describe his mischievousness.

"I think this place in the east, close to the Burial Mounds was once called Yiling City, centuries ago. If I'm not mistaken, that's how Master Baochan call it. What about the Yiling Patriarch? Does that sounds good?" Xiao Xingchen asked.

"Sound like the Master of the east..." Song Lan added in agreement.

"He is a Sage, so he should be the Patriarch... that's good." Yanli also agree.

"Sounds powerful... like he is." Wen Ning smiled.

"Not bad." Jiang Cheng said.

"Will people even remember where or what Yiling was?" Zixuan asked.

"I'm sure that the seer will spread it, so everyone will know. I think that's why she told Xiao Xingcheng." Wen Qing suggested.

"That's sounds about right. So let's name you with the Yiling Patriach." Mianmian offer happily.

"Hum... what do you think, Lan Zhan? Should I go by the Yiling Patriach? Somehow it had a dark taste to it." Wei Ying asked his beloved. Lan Zhan thought, he was a dark energy Master, so it suit him even better if it sounded imposing.

"Yes. Yiling is your home." Lan Zhan agree, so Wei Ying was satisfy and they mounted an eagle, once again in pairs.

They flew on the eagles outside the barrier and choose a nearby forest. Wei Ying played Chenqing from above, as Wangji have a good hold on his slim waist and manipulate the corpses below to follow the eagles to the chosen place for the ground hunting. With their cultivation level, it was easy for them to jump into the tree tops and go down jumping from the top branches, ready to get rid of the remaining of the dark world.

It started as any other hunting, but as they repeated the process, it became a bet of who will hunt the most. So at the end, the Sages were cast aside, so the competition will be a fairer one. Thus, they stood up in the top of the trees and watched the hunt from above, occasionally taking counts of the hunting with Jiang Cheng in the lead, closely follow by both Song Lan and Xiao Xingcheng.

"I wanted to join the fun too..." Wei Ying sighed from a branch close to a tree top, watching the pandemonium lose below his feet.

"We will hunt more in the north." Lan Zhan said behind him, quite close to his back.

"Ah, yeah... but what's the point of becoming the Yiling Patriarch if I don't actually hunt the lose corpses of the east? What kind of Patriarch will I be if I just watch and lure?" Wei Ying pouted.

"Then let's go down and hunt." Lan Zhan simply said.

"But they don't want us to..."

"You are the untamed. No one rules you." Lan Zhan cut him out with a handsome smirk on his face that make Wei Ying, once again melt, as he laughed.

"So true... come here, let me kiss you before we kick some asses." Wei Ying said and Wangji carefully turned his lover to kiss him good, before they joined the fun and the fair completion went down to hell. Neither Wei Ying nor Lan Zhan held back their power as they hunt and even the swords spirit also got their chance to compete too, although Suibian and Bichen were both in the lead for them.

"Idiots... they look like kids hunting prays for the first time." Xuanyu mocked internally.

"They are kids, Mo. Let them get their fun while they have the luxury." Chenqing whisper to him.

"Ah, well... a shame both Yin and Yang are in meditation. They would had wanted to join the eradication hunt of the east." Xuanyu said.

"They will have their own hunts soon enough." Chenqing said as he grabbed Xuanyu from behind.

"I miss those old times, when everything was a bliss..." Xuanyu murmur as he closed his eyes, feeling Chenqing arms hugging him tightly.

"When Yin remove you from Wei Ying, you can ask to stay with her. I will follow whatever place you chose." Xuanyu smiled and gently caress Chenqing's handsome face.

"I had a special attachment to Wei Ying. Even though I first became a sword spirit with Yin's cultivation, Wei Ying shaped me again to the one I am now. Also, I like the kid and he is still new to his seed. He is troublemaker, I need to keep an eye on him."

"You are a troublemaker yourself and as long as is not keeping an eye on Suibian..." Xuanyu laughed.

"Are you jealous of young Suibian?" Xuanyu asked as he turned inside Chenqing's hug.

"You liked him before, right? When you didn't had your memories." He said faintly.

"My Chenqing, I did like him... but not in the way you think. I liked to tease him, he was so easy to anger by just a few suggestions or glances... he was my only fun before you came back, so you can't blame me for tease him to no end. I never had romantic feelings for him. Wei Ying would had crush my dimension if I were to be serious." Xuanyu said and Chenqing sighed.

"Then, I'm glad... I know he had no interest in you, but..."

"You were not sure about mine. You are an idiot too, Chenqing. How can I love a boy, that's just learning how to kiss? I had always like mature men. A man that knows what to do to me the way I like it. A man that can handle my passion, the same way Lan Zhan can handle Wei Ying's. I only need you and despite all the teasing I did to other men, I had always wait for someone else, even if back then I did not remember, I was waiting for you, my claimed man..." Mo whisper, just before he kissed his spirit.

"I eagerly await for the moment you are free from this dimension... then we will see if you can still handle this claimed man passion." Chenqing said, then escaping Mo's arms to join the hunt in full.

"I look forward to that too..." Xuanyu said as he closed his eyes and remember the old good days, hoping that the ones to come will be better for all of them.

In the outside world, Suibian sneezed involuntary, after he took down a corpse. Was someone talking about him? He was not really superstitious, because, come on he was a spirit, be he had a feeling someone just said his name.

"Focus, Suibian..." Bichen said as she stabbed a corpse that was sneaking on him.

"Ah, right..." Suibian said as he turned to take down several corpses at once.

"He is so show off... hey! At least, leave a few for us!" Sandu yelled as he ran toward a nearby corps.

"First came, first serve!" Suibian yelled back running even faster and away from his sight. Sandu simply sighed.

"He is just like his Master..." Sandu added.

"We all are like that..." Senlin said, running by his side.

"Hey Fuxue! How many of them left?" Sandu asked the blindfolded spirit running a bit behind him.

"Around fifty." He answer.

"Then, point them out and we will hunt them on our own. Let's Suibian and Bichen have a hard time finding their next one, now that our Masters are having a break." Sandu suggested.

"You competitive spirit... so wicked, I love it." Senlin joked, smiling.

"That's fine, but Shuanghua is with them." Fuxue told him.

"Then, let's hurry up... next ones?" Fuxue smiled joyfully.

"Ten meters to the left." He answer, having his fun. Even thought he was blindfolded, to detect corpses more accurately, he could see just fine, thanks to his special training in the west and so the game keep up like that for most of the day.

At the end, Wei Ying make a legend of his own, taking out the biggest part of the corpses. Later that afternoon, Wei Lao sent a message to his wife, Sanren, telling her about the success of their mission in the south. They had enter the Nightless City and wipe it out of all the hidden corpses, either killing or capturing those rogues who surrender to be interrogate later and be sure there were no more threats in hiding that could take them by surprise later.

"This calls for another celebration, let's head back to town and had some small feast. I will look for Ah Yuan to be with us." Wei Ying said, as he leave Lan Zhan with the group and went to retrieve his son, so he can join the fun.

Shortly after, they all walked to town and choose a nice place to dine and celebrate. They order the food and enjoy it merrily, but after less than fifteen minutes, they begin to have interruptions by the local folks, congratulating them, one after the other.

"Ah, you see that?! Lan Wangji looks so cute holding the boy... is the boy sitting on his lap his son? Do you know? He really is a jade, a prime man any woman would like to catch." A maid asked to another, not so silently and Wei Ying looked their way, almost shocking with his drink. Was there really some people that didn't know they were a couple and that Wen Yuan was their son? He drank what was left of his cup, ready to tell the maid that Lan Zhan was his man and little Yuan his son, when the little troublemaker acted first.

"Father Zhan is marry with father Xian, right father Zhan?" Ah Yuan said pointing at Wei Ying and Wangji assented, sending the message to the maids, he was taken by all means. Then the other maid, blushed a bit and pull the shameless maid aside.

"Don't be a fool, Lan Wangji belongs to Wei Wuxian and everyone knows that. Where had you been living all this time? They had been a couple for at least a month now." She whisper.

"Oh... I forgot that..." The other said, backing away from them and suddenly there was a burst of laughter. Jiang Cheng just couldn't held it in and Huaisang follow.

"Did you see his face? I though he was going to give her a taste of his dark energy." Jiang Cheng said.

"A'Xian will never do that." Jiang Yanli reproach him.

"If it is for his Lan Zhan, he will not hesitate." Wen Qing refuted and Wangji actually smirked.

"Father Zhan, you will not leave my father Xian for a girl, right?" Cute A'Yuan asked a bit scared.

"No, I will never part from Wei Ying." Lan Zhan said as he drink from his tea cup and said man smiled charmingly.

"You are too much for my beating heart, Lan Zhan... here, a toast to you, may we never part again." Wei Ying said, filling his cup with wine and offering the drink to Lan Zhan for a second. He was going to retrieve it back, as it was only a toast from his part, when Lan Zhan extended his hand and took it, drinking the content in one go.

Suddenly, there was a deep silence in their table, mostly because the cultivators from the north all knew that Lan Wangji didn't drink because he had no tolerance for it. So as Wei Ying stared at his lover in surprise, Yanli quickly stood from her seat and took A'Yuan from his father lap and just in time, because as soon as the kid was removed from him, Lan Wangji fell over Wei Ying's forearm that had miraculously made it in time before Lan Zhan could heat a plate.

"He actually did it." Jiang Cheng whisper, then sighed. He was a love sick fool.

"What happen to him?" Song Lan asked a bit worry.

"He had no tolerance for alcohol." Zixuan explained.

"Then why did he drink?" Wen Ning asked and Mianmian grabbed his hand.

"Because he loves Wuxian and he offer him to stay together for life." She explained to her fiancé.

"Now he is unconscious and quite far from their room." Zixuan pointed, drinking a cup too.

"Oh come one, I am a Master of dark energy, what is distance for us? Jiejie, take care of A'Yuan for me." Wei Ying said as he moved Lan Zhan back on the chair and stood to give his son a kiss on the crown of his head.

"Be a good boy." Wei Ying said.

"Will he be alight?" A'Yuan asked.

"Yes, your father Xian will take a very good care of him." The little kid smiled and Wei Ying took all of Wangji's weight on him and pull him up. His head rested unconsciously in the curve of his neck, which tickle, but Wei Ying ignore it. He summon a cloud of dark energy from the ground that moved up to his waist and in a blink of an eye, they were gone.

Many, who were also dinning there were deeply shocked, as they saw Wuxian disappear like that without the use of a talisman.

"So it goes our Yiling Patriarch and Hanguang-Jun." Huaisang said and the costumers close to him, begin to whisper among themselves, calling Wei Wuxian, the only son of Clan Leader Wei Lao, the Yiling Patriarch. Unknown to them, later the nameless city in the east will be called the Yiling City, in honor to their hero, Wei Wuxian, Patriarch of the east.

AN: Okay, the east is now safer and our untamed team had their fun. Next is drunk Lan Zhan! I can't actually end this story without a drunk Lan Zhan. I'm taking very seriously your requests, my dear readers, so bit by bit I will try to make them come to life. All my love, take care until next time. 😉♥️🌸🌷💖💋