[R18] The Patriarch of the Demonic Way (newly revised version) – Chapter 13 of “The Patriarch of the Demonic Way (Newly Revised Edition)” [English]

Chapter 13 Elegant Fourth 3

Later, Wei Wuxian thought about it, and he and Lan Wangji had a bad relationship. The origin of the relationship probably started from the three months when he and Jiang Cheng came to Gusu Lan to study together when he was fifteen years old.

There is a highly respected elder Lan Qiren in the Gusu Lan family, who is recognized by the family as having three major characteristics: pedantic, stubborn, and strict teachers producing good students.Although the first two points make many people stay away from him and even secretly dislike him, the last one makes them eager to send their children to be taught by him.He has brought out many outstanding children of the Lan family, and those who have been educated in He’s hall for a year or two, even if they are useless when they go in, they usually look like shit when they come out. At least their appearance and etiquette are far from what they used to be. Many parents were so excited that they burst into tears when they took their sons back.

In this regard, Wei Wuxian expressed his position: “Am I enough of a human being now?”

Jiang Cheng said with great foresight, “You will definitely become a shame in his teaching career.”

Back then, in addition to the Yunmeng Jiang family, there were many other young masters from the He family, all of whom were sent here by their parents to study.These young masters are all only fifteen or sixteen years old, and they often interact with each other from aristocratic families. Not to mention being close, at least they are familiar faces.Everyone knew that although Wei Wuxian did not have the surname Jiang, he was the son of an old friend and the chief disciple of Jiang Fengmian, the head of the Yunmeng Jiang family. He was treated as his own. In addition, young people often did not care about their origins and lineage as much as their elders. The fight quickly became heated, and within a few words people were shouting about brother and brother.Someone asked: “Isn’t your Jiang’s Lotus Pier much more fun than here?”

Wei Wuxian smiled and said, “Whether it’s fun or not depends on how you play. There are definitely not as many rules as here, and you don’t have to get up so early.”

Gusu Lan’s work is done at the Mao hour and rests at the Hai hour, so there is no delay.Someone else asked: “When do you get up? What do you do every day?”

Jiang Cheng hummed: “He? It’s time to work, and it’s time to rest. When you get up, you don’t practice sword practice and meditate. Instead, you row a boat, swim, pick lotus pods, and hunt pheasants.”

Wei WuXian said, “No matter how many pheasants I shoot, I will still be number one.”

A young man said: “I’m going to Yunmeng to study next year! Don’t let anyone stop me!”

A basin of cold water was poured on him: “No one will stop you. Your elder brother will just break your legs.”

The young man immediately withered.This is Nie Huaisang, the second son of the Nie family in Qinghe. His elder brother Nie Mingjue has a vigorous and resolute style and is well-known among hundreds of families.Although the two brothers were not born from the same mother, they had a deep relationship. Nie Mingjue taught his younger brother extremely strictly and was particularly concerned about his homework.Therefore, although Nie Huaisang respected his eldest brother, he was most afraid of Nie Mingjue mentioning his schoolwork.

Wei WuXian said, “Actually, Gusu is quite fun.”

Nie Huaisang said: “Brother Wei, please listen to my heartfelt advice. Yunshen is no better than Lotus Pier. When you come to Gusu, remember there is a person you should not provoke.”

Wei WuXian said, “Who? Lan Qiren?”

Nie Huaisang said: “It’s not that old man. What you have to be careful about is his favorite disciple, named Lan Zhan.”

Wei Wuxian asked, “The Lan Zhan of Lan’s Double Jewel? Lan Wangji?”

The two sons of the current head of the Gusu Lan family, Lan Huan and Lan Zhan, have always enjoyed the reputation of being the masters of the Lan family. When they reached the age of fourteen, they were used as role models by their elders to compete with their own children. They dominated the younger generations and could not help but outshine others.Nie Huaisang said: “There is another Lan Zhan, that one. My god, he is about the same age as you and me, but he doesn’t have the vitality of a teenager at all. He is rigid and strict, even worse than his uncle.”

Wei Wuxian said “Oh” and asked, “Is he a pretty handsome boy?”

Jiang Cheng sneered and said, “Gusu Lan, who is ugly? The He family even refuses to accept students with irregular facial features, so why don’t you find someone with mediocre looks to show me.”

Wei Wuxian emphasized: “Exceptionally handsome.” He gestured to his head: “He is dressed in white, with a band across his forehead, and carries a silver sword on his back. He is pretty, with a straight face, as if he is wearing sackcloth and wearing mourning.”

“…” Nie Huaisang affirmed: “That’s him!” After a pause, he said: “But he has been in retreat recently. You just came here yesterday. When did you see him?”

“Last night.”

“Last night… last night?!” Jiang Cheng was stunned: “There is a curfew in Yun Shen, where did you meet him? Why didn’t I know?”

Wei Wuxian pointed, “There.”

He refers to a high eaves.

Everyone was speechless.Jiang Cheng’s head was pounding, and he gritted his teeth and said, “You got me into trouble when I first came here! What’s going on?”

Wei Wuxian smiled and said, “It’s nothing. Didn’t we pass by the ‘Tianzixiao’ restaurant when we came here? I couldn’t bear it after tossing and turning last night, so I went down the mountain to the city and brought back two jars. You can’t drink this in Yunmeng.”

Jiang Cheng: “What about the wine?”

Wei Wuxian: “I just climbed over the edge of the wall, and before I even got a foot in, he caught me.”

A young man said: “Brother Wei, you are really lucky. I’m afraid he just came out of prison and was patrolling at night, and you were caught by him.”

Jiang Cheng said: “You are not allowed to come in until the end of the night. How could he let you in?”

Wei Wuxian spread his hands and said, “That’s why he didn’t let me in. He insisted on pulling the leg I was walking in out. You said how to do it, so he walked up lightly and asked me what I was holding.”

Jiang Cheng felt a headache and had a bad feeling: “What did you say?”

Wei Wuxian said, “‘The emperor laughs! If I share the altar with you, can you pretend you haven’t seen me?'”

Jiang Cheng sighed: “…Drinking is forbidden in Yunshen. It’s an extra level of crime.”

Wei WuXian said, “He told me the same thing. So I asked, ‘Why don’t you tell me what’s wrong with your family?’ He seemed a little angry and asked me to see the disciplinary stone in front of the mountain. To be honest, there are more than 3,000 items written in seal script. Who would read it. Did you read it? Did you read it? Anyway, I didn’t. There’s nothing to be angry about.”

“That’s right!” Everyone felt the same and complained about all the unbelievable rules and regulations in Yun Shenzhen. They regretted meeting each other so late: “Whose family has more than 3,000 non-repetitive rules, such as ‘No killing within the territory, no private fighting, no lewdness'””No night walks, no making noise, no running fast.”There are also “no laughing for no reason, no sitting in a bad posture, no eating more than three bowls”…” Wei WuXian said hurriedly: “What, private fights are also prohibited?”

Jiang Cheng: “…Forbidden. Don’t tell me that you fought with him.”

Wei Wuxian: “I beat him. I even knocked over a jar of Emperor’s Smile.”

Everyone clapped their legs and shouted that it was a pity.

Anyway, the situation couldn’t be worse, so Jiang Cheng’s focus shifted: “Didn’t you bring two altars, and there is another altar?”

“Drink.”

Jiang Cheng: “Where did you drink?”

“I drank it in front of him. I said, ‘Okay, Yunshenzhidao has a ban on alcohol, so if I don’t go in and drink standing on the wall, it doesn’t count as breaking the ban.’ So I drank it all in one gulp in front of him.”

“…Then?”

“Then the fight started.”

“Brother Wei,” Nie Huaisang said, “You are so arrogant.”

Wei Wuxian said, “Lan Zhan is very skilled.”

“Brother Wei, you are going to die! Lan Zhan has never suffered such a loss, and he is probably targeting you. You should be careful. Although Lan Zhan doesn’t listen to the lessons with us, he is punished by hand in the Lan family!”

Wei Wuxian was not afraid and waved his hand, “What are you afraid of! Didn’t you say that Lan Zhan was a child prodigy since he was a child? With such a precocious intelligence, he must have learned all the things his uncle taught him. He practices in seclusion all day long. How can he have time to stare at me. I…”

Before they finished speaking, everyone walked around a leaky window wall and saw a young man in white sitting in the orchid room. His long hair was tied up and his forehead was wiped. His aura was like frost, and he glanced at them coldly.

The dozen or so mouths seemed to have been silenced. They silently entered the orchid room, silently picked their seats and sat down, silently vacating the desks around Lan Wangji.

Jiang Cheng patted Wei Wuxian on the shoulder and whispered, “I’m targeting you. Just wish yourself well.”

Wei Wuxian turned his head just enough to see Lan Wangji’s profile.Her eyelashes are long and slender, and she is extremely handsome and elegant. She sits extremely upright and looks straight ahead.He wanted to talk, but Lan Qiren walked into Lan’s room at this moment.

Lan Qiren is tall and thin, with a straight waist.Although he has a long black beard, he is definitely not old; judging from the Gusu Lan clan’s tradition of producing beautiful men from generation to generation, he is definitely not ugly either.It’s a pity that he has a pedantic and rigid air about him, so calling him an old man doesn’t violate the rules.He came in holding a scroll. After opening it, it rolled all over the floor. He actually took the scroll and started talking about the Lan family’s rules.All the young people present turned blue when they heard this.Wei Wuxian was bored in his heart, and his eyes were flying around. He glanced at Lan Wangji’s side face. Seeing that his expression was absolutely focused and serious, he couldn’t help but admire him: “He can listen so seriously to such a boring thing!”

Suddenly, Lan Qiren in front of him threw the scroll down and sneered: “It’s carved on the stone wall, no one can read it. So I’m going to retell it one by one to see who else will break the rules with the excuse of not knowing. Since there are still people who are absent-minded. Well, I’ll tell something else.”

Although this sentence made sense to everyone in this orchid room, Wei Wuxian intuitively felt that this was a warning for he.Sure enough, Lan Qiren said: “Wei Ying.”

Wei Wuxian said, “Yes.”

“Let me ask you, are monsters and ghosts the same thing?”

Wei Wuxian smiled and said, “No.”

“Why not? How to tell the difference?”

“Monsters are transformed into living non-human things; demons are transformed into living things; ghosts are transformed into dead ones; monsters are transformed into dead non-human things.”

“It’s easy to confuse ‘demon’ and ‘monster’. Can you give me an example to tell them apart?”

“It’s easy to say.” Wei Wuxian pointed to the lush green tree outside the orchid room and said, “The arm is like a living tree. It has been stained with the fragrance of books for hundreds of years. It has been cultivated into an essence, turned into a consciousness, and haunted people. This is a ‘demon’. If I take an axe, cut it in half and only a dead tree stump is left, and then it refines into an essence, this is a ‘weird’.”

“What did the ancestors of the Nie family in Qinghe do?”

“Butcher.”

“The emblem of the Lanling Jin family is white peony. Which brand of white peony is it?”

“Venus Snow Wave.”

“Who is the first person in the world of cultivation who has prospered his family but declined his sect?”

“The ancestor of the Wen family in Qishan, Wen Mao.”

He’s repartee was full of answers, and the other people here felt their hearts pounding as they listened. They felt lucky and prayed that he would never get into trouble. Please keep answering, and don’t let Lan Qiren have the opportunity to slap other people.Lan Qiren said, “As a descendant of the Yunmeng Jiang family, I should be familiar with these things by heart, and there is nothing to be proud of if you answer them correctly. Let me ask you again, there is an executioner today, with parents, wives and children, who beheaded more than a hundred people during his lifetime. He died in the market, and his corpse was exposed for seven days. He was filled with resentment and committed evil. How about it?”

This time, Wei Wuxian did not answer immediately. Others just thought he was in trouble, and they were all a little uneasy. Lan Qiren scolded: “Look at what he is doing, you guys have to think about it too. Don’t turn the book!”

Everyone hurriedly took their hands away from the books they were about to look for temporarily, and they also started to face difficulties: a sudden death in the market, a body exposed for seven days, a real evil ghost, a big evil corpse, it is very difficult to deal with, this old man Lan must not take the time to answer it by himself.Lan Qiren saw that Wei Wuxian didn’t answer for a while, but just thought about it, and said, “Wangji, how about you tell him.”