Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

As everyone settled down in Lingnan, Wei Wuxian no longer had to keep his mind tense all day. After refining the ghost flute Chen Qing, he also had a deeper understanding of the cultivation of resentment and yin energy.

Wei Wuxian said to Jiang Cheng, “In the past, I only thought of using the meridians to absorb resentment and Yin energy just like absorbing spiritual energy. However, facts have proven that resentment and Yin energy are not as pure as spiritual energy. Taking them into the body will first damage the meridians, and then damage the body and shorten one’s life. Now I have found a way to do this. If I can find a way to eliminate the bad things in them, then Yin energy and resentment will be like spiritual energy, and can be used for cultivation.”

Jiang Cheng and Shi Ying both agreed with Wei Wuxian's opinion, but they also had to remind him: "Your idea is good, but it is not easy to actually do it. After all, creating a way to practice with resentment and Yin energy is not the same as when I created my own magic. It is always difficult to overcome the difficulty of creating something from nothing."

Wei WuXian immediately smiled, as if he had never lost his golden core, nor experienced the death of a loved one. “It’s okay, I already have some ideas. Compared to other people who can’t think of anything, this is already a big improvement.”

Jiang Cheng and Shi Ying were pleased with Wei Wuxian's optimism.

Jiang Cheng couldn't give any advice even if he wanted to because most of his memories were sealed. Shi Ying could give some advice, but if Wei Wuxian didn't actively seek help, he wouldn't easily reveal something.

More than a month passed, and A Yuan had finished reading "Thousand Character Classic" under Jiang Cheng's guidance. Jiang Cheng had written down all the skills and techniques he created. Wen Qing's progress was somewhat touching. After all, the way of medicine pays more attention to the basics and daily accumulation, and these things are the result of hundreds of years of work by the Dafanshan lineage of the Wen family. It is no exaggeration to say that they are vast.

At this time, good news reached Lingnan - the Yiling Patriarch Wei Wuxian jumped off a cliff and died on Qiongqi Road.

On the day he received the news, Wei Wuxian took some silver and went down the mountain to buy a lot of chickens, ducks, cows and sheep to celebrate. Wen Qing was frightened by his jubilant look, fearing that what Wei Wuxian was preparing was his last dinner.

However, Wei Wuxian really figured it out. "Wen Qing, you are too cautious. I used to think that something went wrong with my training and that's why I accidentally killed Jin Zixuan, causing my senior sister to lose her husband and Jin Ling to lose his father. But now I know there are many calculations behind this, so I can't bear to die."

Wen Qing felt relieved when she saw that Wei Wuxian didn't seem to be lying, "It's the best thing that Master Wei can think this way."

Wei Wuxian raised his glass to Wen Qing, "I will definitely bring Aning back soon. Now Aning has Senior Sister and Madam Jin keeping an eye on him. Jin Guangshan and Jin Guangyao, the father and son, don't dare to use him for anything. You can rest assured."

Wen Qing drank the Huiquan wine in the cup in one gulp, smiled and comforted Wei Wuxian, "There is no rush for Aning's matter. As long as he is still alive, I will not worry. Master Wei, please do not act rashly and ruin your own arrangements."

Wei Wuxian smiled but said nothing. He had already made up his mind that within a year at most, he would go to Jinling Terrace to bring Wen Ning back.

The remaining people in the Wen Clan knew that it was Jiang Cheng and Shi Ying who led them to escape from the mass grave, so now everyone came over to toast and express their gratitude. One of the old ladies looked at Shi Ying and Wei Wuxian and couldn't help but ask, "Are Master Shi and Master Wei really not brothers? Brothers from the same mother don't necessarily look so alike!"

Shi Ying burst out laughing. "Master Wei and I have never met before, and it is impossible for us to be related by blood. My father is Shi Yu, and my mother is Bai Yan. The inheritance of our two families is orderly, and there is no bloodline lost outside."

Although the old lady thought that Shi Ying looked like a wealthy young man, which was very different from Wei Wuxian's current downtrodden appearance, but from their looks, she could only see that Shi Ying was more ethereal, while Wei Wuxian was more like an ordinary man.

She really thought that it would be great if Wei Wuxian and Shi Ying were related by blood, so that after losing his master and mistress, Wei Wuxian would finally have relatives to comfort him. But now it seems that the fact that they look alike is just a coincidence.

Wei Wuxian understood the old lady’s thoughts. If it were in the past, he would have probably made a scene, but at this moment, he just felt warm in his heart. After raising his glass to pay tribute to Shi Ying, he said to the old lady, “Grandma, if you want to say that Master Shi and I might be related by blood, you might as well hope that Master Jiang and I are from the same school. After all, Master Jiang’s last name is Jiang.”

Wei Wuxian was just joking, but the old lady thought about it seriously and commented, "I, an old woman, also took a quick look at Sect Master Jiang, but he is not as handsome and steady as Young Master Jiang..."

After saying that, the old lady raised her hand to cover her mouth, her face flushed red because of gossiping behind people's backs. She embarrassedly found an excuse to hide in the kitchen.

However, Wei Wuxian compared the two Jiang Chengs in the two worlds and couldn't help but smile to Wen Qing: "See, there are always people who have eyes. He, Sect Master Jiang, was actually outdone by himself!"

Jiang Cheng couldn't help laughing, and Wen Qing saw Wei Wuxian teasing Jiang Wanyin like this, and seemed to have regained his previous state of mind, so she couldn't help but say: "At that time, we were still studying in the Cloud Recesses, and Sect Master Jiang was always controlling you. I'm afraid that's why you said that to him."

Wei WuXian was a little unhappy with this, "Wen Qing, what's wrong with you!"

"Which eye of yours saw that Sect Master Jiang was controlling me all day? It's obviously me who was taking care of him, okay?"

She laughed out loud: "Did you manage him to get three hundred strokes of the cane, or did you manage him to copy books for a month?"

The dark history came so suddenly that Wei Wuxian was choked.

Jiang Cheng smiled and looked at Shi Ying, exaggerating the amusement: "Oh, it turns out that no matter which world they are in, Wei Ying and Wei Wuxian like to copy books and get beaten."

Shi Ying also followed suit and said, "When I was a kid, I was known as a gifted child. Whether it was cultivation or poetry, literature, etiquette, I was the undisputed leader among my peers."

Thinking of that time, Shi Ying couldn't help but think of Jiang Xinxin. He thought that if he hadn't met Jiang Xinxin, he might not be able to properly handle those complicated relationships and the huge Kongsang Dynasty.

Just because he met Jiang Xinxin, he not only saved Kongsang in the end, but also brought justice and peace to the mermaids who had suffered for generations, and even he himself was able to achieve the great cause of becoming an emperor.

The look Shi Ying gave Jiang Cheng could not be considered innocent. Wei Wuxian looked at Shi Ying and then at Jiang Cheng in his drunken state, and finally fixed his gaze on Jiang Cheng. He could not help but mutter, "With mountains and rivers in his eyes and sunset glow on his temples, no wonder..."

Everyone present was a cultivator, with sharper ears and eyes than ordinary people. Even if Wei Wuxian just muttered a few words casually, everyone could hear it clearly.

Shi Ying thought that Wei Wuxian had seen through her thoughts and suddenly felt shy; Wen Qing looked left and right after hearing what Wei Wuxian said, and finally realized that there was something wrong with the way Shi Ying looked at Jiang Cheng, so she quickly lowered her head to look at her wine glass and pretended that she saw nothing; the other person involved, Jiang Cheng, reflexively turned his head to look at Shi Ying, and seeing his eyes like spring water, he quickly turned his eyes away and pretended that he noticed nothing.