"That was embarrassing!" Wei Wuxian finally said as he caught up with his breath.

He finally made it down the mountain before he placed his fingers to his lips.

"Lan Zhan's lips are so soft." Wei Wuxian quickly shook his head 'LIPS!? THAT WAS HIS CHEEK YOU IDIOT!' Wei Wuxian smacked his own head, hoping that it would help him regain at least some of his braincells.

He sighed once he managed to calm himself down.

He then made his way to Caiyi Town to get some snacks for the road.

When he left the Clan he only had a few money from his saving left, but the rest of his money was in his room.

He was just glad he brought his journal with him or else all the ideas he made would be in waste.

He shared his ideas with Lan Wangji who supported him and told him he would gladly be the first one to use any of them if he ever made it.

The older seemed so sure that he could make them.

He wouldn't let him down.

He bought some bread and biscuits and made his way.

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Days passed he neared Yunping and decided to stay in for the night.

"Hello Mister, may I have a room and a bath?" He asked the man on the counter who nodded.

"Would you like your food delivered to your room as well young master?"

Wei Wuxian shook his head. "I will eat down here, some lightweight meal would be nice, add some extra spice in it." he winked as he placed his money on the table.

The man nodded and left to ask some of the workers to fulfill the task.

Wei Wuxian decided to wait on his table for the food to be delivered "Here you are young master."

Wei Wuxian smiled "Thank you."

As he started to eat he thought about selling some talismans to help the place around here and of course so that he'll have some money for himself.

He nodded at the plan.

He drank his water before he heard a few men who were around his age if not a few years older gossiping.

"I have news that my father told me!"

"Oh? And what is that?"

"Jiang Wanyin isn't actually the supposed to be heir of the Jiangs!"

This made Wei Wuxian pause is shock 'If not him then who?'

The teen then continued "Apparently this was only taught to the disciples who turned 18, the Jiang Clan, the heirs are not to be from the gentry family but by the talent and following the motto itself!"

This made Wei Wuxian surprised.

"Apparently, the elders were planning on making Wei Wuxian the heir when he turns 18 for he is the one with the best talent in Yunmeng and follows the motto by heart!"

Wei Wuxian can say it could be true, but being the heir...people would treat him differently and he would get the hateful gazes of the Jiang Family members.

He inhaled 'No need to think about them, I will not become the heir, but if ever I decided to become one...I should let them try to feel what's it like to be in my shoes.'

He tsked 'Being rogue is currently more interesting than Sect politics, who would want to do all those paperwork? Only a madman would do it willingly.' he rolled his eyes.

He then went upstairs to take a bath before retiring to bed.

But before he could even close his eyes a white bird was then poking on his desk.

"How did you get in here?" He asked the white bird who wouldn't answer him because IT'S A BIRD IT CAN'T JUST GO: 'Hello I delivered a message!'

He went towards it and took out the message that was on it's left leg.

'Wei Ying,

Bunny, I miss you already! Send me a message back so that I know you're still alive! Don't think I didn't forget that kiss on my cheek! You have a bad aim! You should have gone for my lips! Also did

you hear about the Heir of Jiang Clan? Jiang Wanyin no doubt wants to kill you, I suggest you inform me before hand so that I can protect you!

Your Lan,

Lan Zhan'

Wei Wuxian blushed when he read the 'Your Lan' and when Lan Wangji wanted a kiss on his LIPS.

He covered his face before turning towards the bird "tell your master that he's a giant pervert!"

He grabbed some biscuit crumbs and fed it to the bird and placed some water on a small container.

The white bird gladly accepted the offer.

Wei Wuxian then started writing down his letter.

'Lan Zhan,

You're a big pervert you know that? But yes I am currently alive and well, as you can see since I sent this letter. Also, yes, I heard that apparently I was the supposed heir, I have no interest in it though, who wants to deal with a whole sack of papers? I'll be visiting you in 3 weeks from now.

The shameless boy,

Wei Ying'

He then looked towards the bird who was sleeping after a finished meal.

"Guess a bird needs some sleep as well."he yawned "traveling was too tiring, I didn't even get alcohol because I needed to save money." he mumbled before going to bed.

Wei Wuxian groaned as he felt something jump on his head so early in the morning "Do you birds also wake up at 5 in the morning or something?" He questioned annoyed.

He got up anyways and went on to feed the bird some bread and water as he got dressed.

"You're done little bird? Here send this letter to your master." he kissed the bird on the head as it flew away.

He went out and took his breakfast before going out to sell talismans for a few hours or at least to earn something that might be enough to rent an inn for his next trip as his other savings were for food and other basic necessities.

As he was selling some talismans he heard that there were some disturbance in Dafan mountain and decided to go ahead and check it out after he would be done here.

A few hours in he earned enough that would last him at least 2 nights in an inn. He started to make his way to dafan by sword.

As he landed to get a drink, he was already at the foot of Dafan mountain.

"From what I heard there were a ton of fierce corpses around here, they're going to need to be killed before they'll harm any villages nearby."

He started to set up some traps around the area.

He went on to explore before he paused "This might be a good place to try out the stygian tiger flag." he said before he took out a piece of cloth and placed it on a nearby tree before climbing the tree next to it and waited for his prey to come.

Wei Wuxian doesn't know how much time has passed but nothing came "Was there something wrong with the way I placed it?" He questioned before he stepped down from the tree he was on.

He then checked the flag closely as he held on to it. But before he could check his work 10 corpses came out of nowhere.

"SHIT!" He quickly took out his explosion talismans and threw it at the corpses before he took out his sword and killed of the other two which had tried to get near him.

'The flag had managed to get the high level ones.' he ran deeper into the mountain as the three corpses followed him.

He took a sharp turn from a dead end where 3 of the corpses who didn't manage to turn on time got spiked with his trap making sharpened wood go through the body of the corpses.

'5 down, 5 more to go' he thought before he pulled himself onto a branch on the tree and took out his sword as he back flipped behind the corpses and managed to behead one of them.

'Another trap of mine is not that far from here.' he started running towards his right as the four corpses ran after him.

He sent another explosion talisman towards the corpses that managed to explode another one.

He then jumped over a field of grass which the remaining 3 corpses to fall onto his trap and he controlled his sword to kill them all.

"That was...something." he said before he held onto his arm which was bleeding.

"I must have scratched myself while running along the trees."

"Gongzi....your arm needs treatment, please allow me."

He heard a female voice.

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(Clarification: No Lan Wangji did not show Jin Zixuan the future, all that Jin Zixuan was included here for is to bring the Jiang Family down.)

Ever since Wei Wuxian had left, the shameless Lan Wangji they all gotten used to...atleast a little bit used to, disappeared and the ice prince was once again welcomed back.

Some of the disciples would wish Wei Wuxian to return because even just being in the same room with Lan Wangji was scary enough.

Lan Wangji though, in reality, was pouting 24/7 because his love wasn't there and well.

Of course he washed his face! He will have more opportunities to get kisses from the younger sooner or later.

The question is When?

The answer is unknown.

He was then called by Nie Huaisang along with the Jin Heir and his brother.

"This better be important." Jin Zixuan said as he took a seat "I still have a ton a lot more scrolls to finish up before the 2nd semester exams!" He hissed at the Nie Heir to start.

Nie Huaisang fanned him off "Why don't you all read it, you wouldn't believe it coming out of my mouth anyway." he brought out 2 pieces of paper and made the three read.

"I knew it." was the first thing Jin Zixuan said which gained confused glances from the three.

"Mother told me about this, she was in Yunmeng at the time, she was bored and decided to go to the library, she found that, I was told about it afterwards so l was confused why Wei Wuxian wasn't the heir."

Jin Zixuan explained to them.

"Does Wuxian know about this?" Lan Xichen asked Nie Huaisang who shook his head "Knowing Madam Yu, Wei-xiong most likely doesn't know."

"Do you need help turning it into a rumor?" Jin Zixuan asked and Nie Huaisang smiled "Why not? The Jin Sect is known for their rumors, plus, we need to fix Wei-xiong's reputation, along with his parents."

Lan Wangji then decided to ask, "What do we do if Wanyin finds out?"

"Ignore him."

"I'll agree with you Xichen-ge, if Wanyin puts one more toe out of line he'll be banished, if his Sect goes down he can't ask for protection here either."

"As long as I don't get my face punched again then I'll agree with you."

"Does Yu Ziyuan know about the Heir? On how it is picked?" Lan Wangji asked.

Nie Huaisang shook his head "If she did, Wei-xiong would have long ago perished, she's a prideful woman, I won't be surprised if she'll kill those who'd get in her way."

"Mother would usually complain on how Yu Ziyuan would tell her not to do Sect work as it's the problem of the sect Leader and not the madam." Jin Zixuan paused before continuing.

"Mother was the spare heir, she was taught what she needed to learn, she was annoyed at the boldness of Yu Ziyuan like she knows how politics works."

Nie Huaisang then smirked "Wanna ruin her reputation a bit more?"

Jin Zixuan raised a brow "What are you up to?"

"Oh nothing, one of my spies had heard something around Meishan, I don't think it's part of Jin Guangshan's dirty secret because if it was, then he'll say it as it's something he would actually tell the world without needing to blackmail."

Lan Xichen, "Mind sharing?"

"Did you know, if Jiang Fengmian never accepted the marriage proposal, she would have been Jin Guangshan's first concubine?"