When Xiao Zhan entered the Library Pavilion, the heavenly figure of Lan WangJi was the first thing he saw, sitting in his usual place reading, with such a neat and noble temperament that makes any mortal want to worship him.

A mischievous smile tugged at Xiao Zhan's lips, he suffered a migraine while studying with Nie HuaiSang, the young man could not hold his concentration for even five seconds without talking about new fabrics or fans. In truth Xiao Zhan was also distracted by young Nie's subjects, he was so experienced in that field that Xiao Zhan could not help but look at him with eyes full of excitement.

And as soon as they went back to the review of the day's lesson, Nie HuaiSang just wanted to cry, absolutely nothing entered his brain and his elder brother already gave him an ultimatum, either he passed all the subjects this year or he would have to join the ranks of the army when he came back.

And Nie HuaiSang would never be willing to give up his comfortable life and his fans and luxurious clothes to join a group of brutes with no manners and no principles in the realm of maintaining their own image.

Hearing Nie Huaisang lament in this way, Xiao Zhan did not know whether to laugh or cry. And his opinion of this person changed a little, maybe they can be good friends in the future, it will be seen, all in due time.

Back to the present, Xiao Zhan looked at Lan WangJi sitting there, ignoring him as usual, his smile became even bigger. It's also not good to make Lan WangJi hate him, he has a clan to defeat and in order not to suffer unnecessary pain he has to become friends with this guy, without getting into his bed of course.

"Lan Er Ge is afraid that I am going to take the position of Master Lan's favorite student? "Xiao Zhan had no idea when he had approached Lan WangJi's table, nor when he lay down next to him, nor when he asked that stupid question.

Lan WangJi ignored him, as usual.

"Or that you are no longer the genius cultivator everyone worships?" Xiao Zhan continued to tease "Don't worry Lan Er Ge, I don't care about that title, you can keep your followers" he winked at him before letting out a laugh "I can't be a god like you".

"Get lost" Lan WangJi looked at him with irritation, or so Xiao Zhan could decipher with the minuscule twitch of one of the young man's eyebrows.

"Aiyooo does the great golden disciple know how to say bad words?" Xiao Zhan was amused by this talk, but like all good things, it must come to an end and his lips sealed for the second time "..."

Xiao Zhan rolled his eyes before getting up and returning to his seat, it wasn't good either to disturb the great young cultivator so much. It's not like he's on the right track either, it's barely been less than a week since they've known each other and it feels like a year has passed?

Wait a minute.

Isn't this what Wei Wuxian himself did?

Wasn't he annoying the second Lan to unattainable levels? "

Xiao Zhan paled.

He glanced sideways at the person he had decided to avoid in the first place and had done everything but avoid him. If Xiao Zhan continued down this path his entire star plan would go to shit. A light bulb suddenly went off in his chaotic mind, at the rate the plot was going, right now behind the mountains Wen Qing would be wandering around looking for some entrance to the secret cave.

Xiao Zhan thought about it for a few moments and in the end picked up the half-opened books again, his brushes and almost ran out of the Library. Almost running because running is forbidden in the Cloud Recess, such rules.

Lan WangJi put down the book he was reading and cautiously looked at the sheet of paper Wei Wuxian had dropped, unhurriedly walked to it and picked it up, looked at it for a relatively long time. What he had drawn was a portrait of him, not from today, but from the day before or maybe even further back. Lan Zhan looked at it with indifferent eyes before returning to his post, put the drawing on the side of the table and went on with his reading.

Xiao Zhan arrived at the back of the mountain, he was not sure what this place was called, everything had a name and luckily he remembered the names of the characters, how could he remember a name from the many mountains.

He looked around, around the forest, no trace of young Wen. Xiao Zhan snorted in frustration, he had planned to talk to her and come to a mutual agreement, Wen Qing is not evil and is only doing this for her younger brother and for her father who is a prisoner in the Nightless City.

If he got her friendship he could save the good Wen without suffering casualties, nor would he look like a traitor to the sects, nor bring disgrace to anyone and by this he means Yunmeng Jiang, the home of Wei Wuxian. And as Xiao Zhan had promised, he would save Wei Ying's family come what may, without suffering pain if he could.

Xiao Zhan's dark eyes were attracted by a shimmering blue glow, he walked involuntarily towards whatever was that, his eyes forced closed by the intensity of the glow. When it vanished, Xiao Zhan blinked a couple of times before fixing his eyes back on the strange object on the rock.

"...A book? "

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