Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Jiang Cheng could have sent a message to Lan Huan or Lan Zhan to inform them of Meng Yao's whereabouts, but he sent the message to Jiang Wanyin and Wei Wuxian. After all, he trusted Jiang Wanyin and Wei Wuxian, his own people, more. As for the brothers Lan Huan and Lan Zhan, at least in the last world and this world, they had intentionally or unintentionally allied with the Nie and Jin families to isolate the Jiang family, which made Jiang Cheng feel a little bit resentful.

Jiang Wanyin was a man of action. After he had explained the tasks to his assistants, he left the house under the pretext of going to Jinling Terrace to pick up Jiang Yanli. He did not go directly to Jinling Terrace, but first wandered around Gusu. Although he was not quite sure about Meng Yao's feelings for Lan Huan, he was at least sure that Meng Yao's attitude towards the Lan family was indeed very different.

Therefore, the task of hunting down Meng Yao deserves to fall on the Gusu Lan family, because it was Lan Huan, the leader of the Lan family, who took the risk to take Meng Yao away from Jinling Terrace.

Jiang Wanyin didn't bother to be polite to Lan Huan and directly made an appointment to meet at the tavern in Caiyi Town that sold Tianzishao.

After the proper greetings, Jiang Wanyin said directly: "I came here today to tell Sect Master Lan that Meng Yao had appeared in Jinling City. However, I, a disciple of the Jiang Clan, also passed by unintentionally at that time. I was not sure at first after a quick glance, but when I went to look for her later, she was gone."

"The Jin clan is in chaos right now. Even though we all know that Meng Yao had a hidden agenda when he poisoned Sect Master Jin, he still can't get rid of the charge of parricide. And the Lan clan has become a guarantor for Meng Yao, so I have to say a few words to you, Sect Master Lan, today."

Lan Huan was upset by Jiang Wanyin's straightforward words, but it was indeed he who risked offending the Jin family to bring Meng Yao to the Cloud Recesses to recuperate that day. The excuse he used was that Meng Yao had saved his life after the Wen family burned down the Cloud Recesses.

In fact, all the immortal families knew that Meng Yao’s saving his life was not an excuse.

Jiang Wanyin felt that this meeting with Lan Huan was very successful, so he turned around and headed happily north to Jinling Terrace.

Wei Wuxian, who was still doing infrastructure construction on the island in the center of Yunmengze, wanted to go out for a walk because he had been holding back for a long time. During this time, he met his junior uncle Xiao Xingchen and two Taoist priests, Song Lan.

At least Wei Wuxian remembered that it was not convenient for him to appear in public now, so he did not greet Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan in the street, but the two saw him when they passed by. They both knew that his current situation was not good, so when they saw him waving, they stopped and followed him to a quieter place.

When the three of them walked into a secluded courtyard, Wei Wuxian felt ashamed that he didn't have any good tea, so he simply took out the spiritual tea that Wen Qing had prepared earlier, "I don't have any good tea leaves here, so I asked someone to specially mix this tea bag. It tastes pretty good, so I'll show you my ugly face today."

As he was talking, Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan saw Wei Wuxian go out and bring back a pot of raw water and put it on the small stove. They saw him curl up two fingers and then straighten them, and a yellow paper triangular talisman appeared between his fingers. He then put the talisman into the small stove, and a fire started in the stove.

With tea, they always had to have some snacks while talking. Wei Wuxian walked around from the back again, gritted his teeth and took out two plates of snacks that Wen Qing had prepared long ago from the storage bag, one plate of mung bean cakes and one plate of nine-layer water chestnut cakes. One could tell how sweet these cakes were just by smelling them.

Seeing the two plates of snacks, Xiao Xingchen couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Wei is too thoughtful."

Song Lan also nodded, but he was rather straightforward and a little slow in speaking, so he could only agree with Xiao Xingchen. However, Wei Wuxian was touched enough to meet these two old friends as long as they did not threaten him with violence.

Without much greeting, the tea in the teapot was ready. Wei Wuxian raised his hand to pour tea for the two guests with a very warm attitude, especially after he knew that Xiao Xingchen was also a disciple of his great-master Baoshan Sanren, and was his junior uncle in terms of seniority.

Wei Wuxian greeted them warmly. Although Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan were a little uncomfortable, they just thought that Wei Wuxian was happy to see an old friend after bearing such a heavy infamy.

Song Lan couldn't help but comfort him, "Master Wei, Xiao Xingchen and I know your character very well. Although practicing the way of ghosts is indeed unorthodox, you have never bullied men or women, nor have you ever bullied the weak. Instead, you have protected the old, weak, and disabled people of the Wen Clan. This is truly rare."

Wei WuXian couldn't help but tear up when he heard this, but he still smiled and explained, "At present, the death of my cheap brother-in-law Jin Zixuan has been almost completely investigated. This matter has little to do with me. Now more doubts are on Xue Yang, who has escaped to an unknown place. He is the descendant of Xue Chonghai, who tried to unify the hundreds of immortal sects. He once joined the Wen Clan and tried to gather the Yin Iron to stir up bloody storms again. After Wen Ruohan passed away, he was secretly rescued by Jin Guangshan and Meng Yao father and son and hidden in Jinling Terrace."

"Now Jin Guangshan has designed Meng Yao to poison and kill her parents. If Meng Yao had not been punished by Jin Guangyao in public and had not been guaranteed by Gusu Lan, it is possible that Meng Yao would have died on the spot. Xue Yang fled from Jinling Terrace long ago because his identity was exposed. His whereabouts are also unknown. If you meet Xue Yang again while you are traveling around the world, please do not be soft-hearted. Xue Yang has completely changed his character and is beyond redemption."

Originally, Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan did not believe that Wei Wuxian would harm civilians or the immortal families for no reason, especially when Jin Zixuan's wife Jiang Yanli came out to say that Wei Wuxian was definitely not the culprit. Of course, they would not listen to one side, but they were more inclined to believe that Wei Wuxian was innocent.

Now, Wei Wuxian seriously explained that there was the conspiracy of Xue Yang and Meng Yao behind Jin Zixuan's death. Although they had heard that Meng Yao had risked his life to go undercover in the Nevernight City and even assassinated Wen Ruohan with his own body at the end of the Sun Shooting Campaign, a heroic act that made him famous throughout the Han Dynasty, as long as Meng Yao was related to Xue Yang, all this could be explained.

Xiao Xingchen was indeed somewhat soft-hearted when dealing with Xue Yang, because he and Song Lan had also privately investigated the Chang family's reputation in Liyang, and discovered that the Chang family was almost wiped out, but the people of Liyang felt happy. This showed that the Chang family had been causing trouble for a long time, causing the people to feel resentful.

Especially when Xue Yang was still a child, Chang Ci'an, in order to save a little bit of running errand fee, not only pushed Xue Yang, a child, to the ground on the street, but also ordered the carriage to run over Xue Yang, causing Xue Yang's little finger to be crushed. No wonder Xue Yang would target him and even wipe out his entire Chang family.

Wei Wuxian also knew about Xue Yang's childhood experiences, but he still felt that suffering was not an excuse for Xue Yang's disregard for human life. "Xue Yang is indeed pitiful, and it is understandable that he wiped out the entire Chang family, but it is not the case for others."

Xiao Xingchen understood what Wei Wuxian meant, and he bowed his hands sheepishly and said, “Don’t worry, Master Wei. If I see Xue Yang again in the future, I will definitely not hold back, and I will also seek justice for those innocent people who died in vain.”

Song Lan also agreed. He was indeed a little slow in speaking, but he knew very well in his heart that Xue Yang was hopeless, and only a kind-hearted person like Xiao Xingchen would hope that someone like Xue Yang could turn back.