[R18] The Patriarch of the Demonic Way (newly revised version) – Chapter 90 of “The Patriarch of the Demonic Way (Newly Revised Edition)” [English]

Chapter 90 Sleeping Twentieth

Wen Ning quickly fell silent.Amidst the sound of the rowing boats, Wei Wuxian opened his eyes with a splitting headache.

He leaned all over Lan Wangji and realized that he was no longer in Lotus Pier. He didn’t understand the situation for a long time. It wasn’t until he saw Lan Wangji’s left hand and a few blood stains on his sleeve, as if a string of plum blossoms had fallen on the snow, that he remembered what happened before he fainted from anger. A terrible look suddenly changed on his face, and he sat up suddenly.Lan Wangji came over to help him, but Wei Wuxian’s tinnitus hadn’t subsided yet, and there was a bloody air in his chest, making him extremely uncomfortable.

He was worried that he would vomit another mouthful of blood on the naturally clean Lan Wangji, so he waved his hands repeatedly, turned to the side, and held on to the side of the boat to endure it for a while.Lan Wangji knew that He was not having a good time right now, so he silently put a hand on He’s back without asking a word, sending a gentle stream of fine spirit into He’s body.

After he had endured the smell of rust in his throat, Wei Wuxian turned around and asked Lan Wangji to withdraw his hand.After sitting quietly for a moment, he finally spoke tentatively: “Hanguang-Jun, how did we get out?”

Wen Ning immediately became nervous and steadied the oars.As expected, Lan Wangji kept his promise and didn’t mention anything about what he had revealed. However, he also didn’t lie and make up an excuse. He simply said: “We had a fight.”

Wei Wuxian took out a hand and rubbed his heart, as if he wanted to dissipate the stagnation in his chest. After a while, he groaned unhappily: “I knew Jiang Cheng wouldn’t let us go so easily. This bastard… is so unreasonable!”

Lan Wangji’s eyebrows narrowed and he said in a deep voice, “Don’t mention he.”

Hearing the unkind tone of he, Wei Wuxian was slightly startled, and immediately said, “Okay, don’t mention he.”

After thinking for a moment, he added, “What about that? Mr. Hanguang, don’t care about what he said.”

Lan Wangji said, “Which sentence.”

Wei Wuxian’s eyelids twitched, and he said, “Every sentence is true. This boy has been virtuous since he was a child. He speaks indiscriminately when he is angry, which is particularly unpleasant. He doesn’t care about his manners and upbringing. As long as he can make people unhappy, he can say any nonsense. He hasn’t made any progress in so many years. Don’t take it to heart.”

As he spoke, he secretly paid attention to Lan Wangji’s expression, and his heart slowly sank.

Wei Wuxian thought, or expected, that Lan Wangji wouldn’t take those words to heart, but to his surprise, Lan Wangji didn’t look very good, and he didn’t even say “hmm”.

It seemed that Lan Wangji was more unhappy with Jiang Cheng’s bad words than he expected.Maybe he simply didn’t like Jiang Cheng as a person, or maybe…he was particularly intolerant of people being scolded as “ignorant,” “shameless,” and “messy.”After all, the Gusu Lan family is a famous family whose family motto is “Ya Zheng”, and Hanguang Jun himself has never been associated with these words.

Although after these days, he felt that Lan Wangji should value him quite a bit and be different, but he still dared not guess how much this “valuation” really was, and whether the “different” was really the difference he thought.Wei Wuxian never thought that self-confidence was a bad thing, and was often arrogant about it. Legend has it that the ancestors of Yiling played games and the flowers were peachy and fragrant, but in fact, he had never experienced such a hectic mood.He used to think that Lan Wangji was very easy to guess, but now he can’t figure it out. He was afraid that he was just a person with wild ideas, wishful thinking, and overconfidence.

Lan Wangji remained silent. Wei Wuxian originally wanted to use his best gag to get through, but he was afraid of being embarrassed by forcefully teasing. He was stuck for a while, and suddenly said: “Where are we going?”

The topic was changed very abruptly, but Lan Wangji accepted it cooperatively and said, “Where do you want to go?”

Wei Wuxian rubbed the back of his head and said, “Zewu-Jun still doesn’t know how safe he is, and we don’t know what those people are planning to do. Why don’t we go to Lanling first…” Suddenly, he remembered something and said, “No, let’s not go to Lanling first, go to Yunping City.”

Lan Wangji asked, “Yun Pingcheng?”

Wei Wuxian said, “Yes. Yunmeng’s Yunping City. Did I tell you? When I was at Jinlin Terrace before, I saw my manuscript in the secret room of Fangfei Hall. There was a house deed and land deed placed with my manuscript. It was a place in Yunping City. The Lanling Jin family has great wealth, and I don’t think Jin Guangyao would have kept this house deed if he didn’t have some hidden agenda. Maybe I can find something there.”

Lan Wangji nodded.At this time, Wen Ning said, “Sir, is Yunping City heading in this direction?”

Wei Wuxian: “What?!”

He and Lan Wangji were both sitting with their backs to the stern of the boat, so they never saw Wen Ning.Unexpectedly, someone made a noise at the stern of the boat. He was so frightened that his scalp exploded and he rolled on the spot. He turned around and said horrifiedly: “Why are you here?!”

Wen Ning raised his face and said blankly, “Me? I’ve always been here.”

Wei Wuxian asked, “Then why don’t you say anything?”

Wen Ning said, “I saw that you and Mr. Hanguang were talking, sir, so I didn’t…”

Wei WuXian said, “Then we should make a noise??”

Raising the oar in his hand, Wen Ning argued, “Sir, I’ve been rowing and I’ve been making noise. Didn’t you hear it?”

“…” Wei Wuxian waved his hand and said, “I didn’t pay attention. Forget it, forget it, stop rowing. The river is flowing fast here at night, so you can go fast without rowing.”

He grew up in Yunmeng. He has been in the water in this area since he was a child, so he is naturally familiar with it.When Wen Ning heard this, he put down the oar and sat down at the stern of the boat, still six feet away from Lan and Wei.It was Yinshi when we arrived at Lotus Pier. After a lot of hard work, the sky was already dim, the sky was blue and white, and the mountains and rivers on both sides finally showed their outlines.

After looking around, Wei Wuxian suddenly said, “I’m hungry.”

Lan Wangji raised his eyes.Of course Wei Wuxian was not hungry at all, but he had just eaten three pancakes at a stall outside the gate of Lotus Pier not long ago.But Lan Wangji only ate one.And, it was the only thing he ate for almost two days.Wei Wuxian was thinking about this matter. He saw that the road in front of him was deserted and hopeless. He was afraid that he would have to walk by water for a long time before he could reach a town where he could rest and eat.

Lan WangJi pondered: “Ashore?”

Wei WuXian said, “There’s no one on the shore here, but I know a place to go.”

Wen Ning quickly picked up the oar and rowed in the direction he pointed.Not long after, the ferry turned into a branch, traveled for a while, and entered a lotus lake.

The lotus leaves in the lake are scattered high and low, and the pavilions are like canopies.The slender ferry broke through the crowded lotus branches and rowed deep into the lotus pond.Seen from above, where the ferry passes, a line of green leaves sways.Walking through the green umbrellas, parting a wide lotus leaf, I suddenly saw one big plump lotus pod hidden underneath. At that moment, I felt as if I had suddenly discovered a small treasure.Wei Wuxian smiled and was about to reach out to pick it, but Lan Wangji suddenly said, “Wei Ying.”

Wei Wuxian asked, “What’s wrong?”

Lan Wangji said: “This lotus pond does have an owner.”

Wei Wuxian said with a clear conscience, “Of course not.”

Of course there is.Ever since Wei Wuxian was eleven years old, he had often stolen lotus seeds and water chestnuts from various lakes in Yunmeng.I had quit working for many years, but now I have to get some rations to continue my journey, so I have to leave the world again.

Lan Wangji said quietly: “I heard that all the lotus ponds in this area have owners.”

“…” Wei Wuxian said, “Hahahahahaha, right? It’s such a pity. You’ve heard so many things, I haven’t heard of them yet. Then let’s go.”

Now that he has been exposed, he is naturally embarrassed to ask Lan Wangji to do these nonsense things with him. The dignified Lord Hanguang went to steal other people’s lotus pods to eat, which sounded disgraceful.Just as he was about to grab the oar, Lan Wangji raised his hand and took the lead in picking a lotus pod.

He handed the lotus pod to Wei Wuxian and said, “I won’t do this next time.”