Chapter Nineteen

Lan Wangji woke up to a loud groan that rocked the entire cave. Startled Wangji reaches for Bechin, his spiritual sword, but doesn't feel it at his side to remember that Wen's has the sword. He tried to sit up but was stopped with a lack of energy. Instead, he rolled his head to the side to not only find in the distance was Wei Wuxian's forehead resting on the Tortoise of slaughter but it disappearing in millions of pink cherry blossoms.

Once the tortoise was gone leaving the empty pool full of blossoms Lan Wangji watched this man who he thought was the strongest man who ever walked on this Earth, fall to his knees, and let out a heartbreaking cry as if he was in pain. The cry shattered Lan Wangji's heart, where he heard such a cry from a mother who lost their child.

Thinking back to when Wei Wuxian came into the cave, he called the monster, "A-Wu" as if the monster was indeed his child, but that would be impossible considering the divine beast was older than Lan An, Gusu Lan founder. It's impossible, Lan Wangji knows that this is impossible, and yet whenever he thinks about it, how old Wei Wuxian acts as if he was from a different area, and much older than he seems. It's supposed to be impossible.

"Wei Wuxian." Lan Wangji whispers, as if afraid to startle the other man.

Wei Wuxian looks over to him and quickly wipes his eyes before getting up from the ground and making his way to Lan Wangji's side. "We must move, so we can get to Gusu to receive you some help, Lan Zhan." Wei Wuxian says helping the young Twin of Jade to his feet.

"Wei Ying." Lan Wangji says.

Wei Wuxian hums as in asking a question, "What is it, Lan Zhan?"

Lan Wangji reaches up and wipes away a tear that has fallen from his eyes and Wei Wuxian reaches up to catch the tear, "Oh… ah, I'm fine Lan Zhan. I'm more worried about you."

Not wanting to press the matters any further, Lan Wangji lets Wei Wuxian pull him to his feet and stumble out of the cave but to stop and Wei Wuxian realized he forgot something in the cave. He turns around to look back in the cave. He helps Lan Wangji sit on a rock before saying, "There is something I need to retrieve in the cave, please wait for me here. It will only take a few moments."

Lan Wangji gives him a suspicious look but nods nonetheless, and Wei Wuxian rushes back inside to the pool of water before stretching his arm out calling to his sword but it wouldn't come to him.

Confused, Wei Wuxian thought back to that un-fateful day when he fought the Demon King, where he slain him in front of his home, and thought for a split second and came to realize his sword is now covered in deep resentful energy for killing the Demon King.

Concentrating for a split second Wei Wuxian opened his eyes with them being crimson red and used full-on resentful energy to call the sword to him, as the cave walls glowed red and the water turned pitch black causing waves to crash on the rocks. Clenching his fingers as if he was grabbing something in mid-air Wei Wuxian raises his hand and coming from the deep parts of the water came to the sword rising out and falling into his hands.

Looking over the sword he realized how much this once beautiful golden sword changed, not only in color, as it was now blacker than the resentful energy that was pouring out of it, but now it had no master, and even to Wei Wuxian though it will never bring harm to it's God just like every spiritual weapon out there. Wei Wuxian knows it's too dangerous to keep it in this form and far too dangerous to destroy it now. Breaking it in his fist, Wei Wuxian breaks it down to size as it was now not a sword but an amulet where he could hide it on himself to keep it from prying eyes.