" wei wuxian died!" Someone announced
" it's so great!"

"Sixteen years ago

There was a battle going on on top of a fiery mountain, people were fight, and some were dead

" it's good that he died."

" that's such good news!"

"wei wuxian, the yiling patriarch, couldn't have been killed on the spot, of it weren't for the coalition of the jiang clan, lan clan, Jin clan and nie clan, for he was such a terrible man."

On a cliff a man, with a flute in his hand, stood at the edge, gripping it tightly

" yes, the Jonah clan adopted him out of mercy, but he turned out to be a merciless devil"

"How ungrateful"

"He betrayed his clan and fought against all other clans"

"Because of this, the jiang clan was almost eradicated"

"If i were jiang Cheng, I would have killed him from the start!"

An object that looked like a mask floated in a small black ball of smoke, one one tried to grab it, but his hand was kicked away

Another tried to get it but his hand was stabbed, But someone managed to grab it" I got the stygian tiger amulet!!" He yelled with a smirk

But then got stabbed, and the person who did it took it " the stygian tiger amulet.."

And then, he got his throat slit, it seemed that every person who had possession of it, would get killed and the next person who claimed it, would die next, greed consumed them

The man on the edge watched with tears forming, until they started to fall, he closed his eyes as the tears fell and started leaning back

A girl who had just come from the fight, reached out her hand with cuts all over, as the man fell back, dropping the flute, the girl caught him

He hung over the cliff, with the girl holding on tight, blood leaking from the wounds on her arms, but she didn't care

He looked up at her face, too see the sadness and the tear drenched cheeks

Lan chu-qiao

" lan qiao..." he spoke her name

Behind someone else was approaching slowly with a sword in his hand, behind someone else was rushing from a far distance yelling at him to stop

"Let go of me" the man hanging by her hand on the cliffs edge said, She shook her head no crying

But the person with the sword, she noticed and looked with teary eyes, the man looked too with a sad smile " jiang Cheng..."

" wei wuxian..." he said with a growl and raised his sword, wei wuxian just closed his eyes

"Go to hell!" And swung his sword

Lan chi qiao screamed his name still reaching out as he fell

As for wei wuxian
16 years ago, he was a prestigious man
Who became famous when he was young
How glorious he was

Jiang Cheng walked away leaving the girl a sobbing mess, the other who was originally running after jiang cheng, was called lan Wangji, ran past him, but spared one glance, a furious one, then ran to his sister and embraced her as she cried out the man she loved name

But look at his ending
Falling off a cliff
Without a body to be found, without a chance of survival

Six teen years later

Someone poured themselves some tea, listening to the story being told not to far

One of the students, lan jingyi listening to the elder telling the story spoke " sir, as you've said, wei wuxian, the yiling patriarch...died for sure, right?" He asked

Lan jingyi

The elder who was telling the story glanced behind at the person behind the board, hitting someone made of wood in they're hand, the others who heard the sound looked at each other, Two of them next to each other, one girl and one boy

Imagine the headbands

Lan Chou
Birth name: lan shu

Lan ren
Birth name: lan liang

Imagine with long hair

The elder then turned back and answered

"Ah, he certainly fell off..." the elder says closing his fac "the cliff...however for the past 16 years, the young clan leader, jiang Cheng, still hasn't found his body, even through he searched the bottom of the cliff"

The others glance at one another again, one of them being Lan yuan aka sizhui

"it is said that...the yiling patriarch had the ability to shake the earth and move mountains, although we've had 16 years of peace, who can say for sure that....wei wuxian, the yiling patriarch, won't come back" he shake his head, then slammed his fan on the table "In the present?"

Outside the yongxian pavilion

The clouds became dark, which also blocked light from the outside, it had also become very windy, everyone inside started looking around in confusion, they're swords also started rattling, the four cultivators looked at each other before nodding and grabbing them

Meanwhile

Someone in black was walking, swaying side to side, with a flag in his hand, with tiny bells on it, saying "Souls come back... they don't go to the ghost realm...Souls come back...they don't go to the ghost realm..."

His flag Then flew off the stick, outside the building known as The Mo manor, it flew over the roof, towards a small house inside, and landed against the door

Inside there were talismans hanging everywhere, the walls were white but stained with blood, as well as the windows, the floor had a small pool of blood

And someone sat on the ground, hair covering his face

'Mo xuanyu....' someone spoke in an echo through his head

' Mo xuanyu.'

' who?.' Another answered ' who is calling?'

Someone wearing white and his feet had dried blood on it

'Mo xuanyu...'

'Who?' The voice asked again ' who is calling?...'

'Mo xuanyu... Mo xuanyu...' The man who stood before him, his hands shook, the voice from before kept repeating that name over and over, the mans eyes slowly started to open

' who?...who's Mo xuanyu?' the second voice asked

' it's you..' the first answered ' I saved you, I did with all my heart. From now on, you are Mo xuanyu.'

'No, I am not...' the mans arms were cut deep ' I am...'

' I had no choice...' the first man said ' I didn't want to use this spell and offer my body...but...they crossed the line...' he said with an upset voice ' kill them all for me..
Kill them all! Wei wuxian...take revenge for me!!!!'

Outside the flag had fallen off the door and his last hit the floor

The voice then faded and the man opened his eyes slightly, he picked up the mask and glanced at it, outside some men were running to the little house the man was in

"Hurry up!" One of them, most likely the

They burst in, blinding the man with the light, he is then suddenly kicked and kicked over ' who are you?.'

" get lost!" Then kicked him aside

' how dare you kick me? How reckless...'

The main guy, enters with a smug look while his guards were trashing the place " how dare you report me! Do you think I'm afraid of that?""

Wei Wuxian was still lying on the floor with his eyes barely open, confused " remember! You are in my house, eating my food, and spending my money!"

He flinched when one of the guards threw some of the furniture " you think I can't take things from you?" He then grunted when the rude guy kicked him " your things are mine!"

The guards finished messing the place up and walked to they're boss " young master, everything's been checked" A tong, his servant announced

"How quick, How you found the cultivators items?"

He of them held a bunch of papers "These are all we found, In this shabby room" he hands him a small bunch of papers

The man kneels down and hits the boy on the ground, who didn't dare get up "You hid these pieces of paper like treasure, You think you're a somebody because you've spent several years in lanling? They will never accept you, bastard, You've finally been kicked out like a dog" he threw the papers down at him, he looked at the papers while the rude guy spoke "As your cousin, I'm reminding you, Don't daydream, Like your bitch mother" he kneeled down all smug "A lowlife will stay low, You will never be associated with the influential jin clan"

The guy on the floor was getting slightly angry

Just then someone most likely a servant rushed in, bowing to the rude guy " Young master, the cultivators for cleansing have arrived along with the lady of they're clan, Madam is looking for you" he stated

"Alright" he stood up straight and walked out along with his guards, leaving the advised by behind

Afterwards the boy went out to the pond to wash his face

He looked at his reflection in the water "Mo xuanyu, I have already died, Why did you save me?" He asked as the water shook " and you used the curse on me. You really had a great hatred" he then straightened himself

He looked at the four slashes on his arm ' alright, as the yiling patriarch, I was a mad defector, who was perfect for extracting revenge, scars represent life, if I don't kill mo xuanyu's enemies, these scars will never heal'

He sighs " I wish I was still dead"

A tong was walking around eating something in a bag when he noticed the young man outside the house he found himself in, and ran to him

" you!" He exclaimed as wei wuxian turned surprised " me!" He stammered pointing at him

" me?! What?!" A tong exclaimed " crazy mo. Who allowed you to go out? Get back inside now!" He barked

Wei wuxian then came up with an idea and played along " I..i am Mo xuanyu?" He asked

" aside from Mo xuanyu, who else could you be?" A tong looked at him annoyed " I told you. Stop daydreaming. You'll always be a nobody, no matter how hard you try." He said rolling his eyes

Then notice something "Why aren't you wearing your weird mask today?"

Wei wuxian was confused then asked another question " so I always wear my mask?" He asked

A tong looks annoyed "Psycho, Before you Lose your mind again, tell me, what did the Jin clan of lanling do to you? Why do you keep wearing a mask or cover your face with powder after came back from there?"

Wei WuXian didn't know how to answer

" are you too ashamed to be seen?" A tong mocked then threw a small nut from in the bag into his mouth

" um.. how old was i whenn I went to the carp tower?" He asked

" thirteen" a tong answered, while the boy in front 'Ohhhed' "Why do you ask?"

"Nothing" he smiled the stated walking while a tong wasn't focused "I have to go now"

"Wha?!- where are you going I..." a tong turned quickly and picked up a piece of wood " come Back!" He then chased after Wei WuXian or rather mo uxanyu and started hitting him with it " how dare you run away! I-stop!" Just before he could hit him again, Wei WuXian turned quickly, clicking his fingers in front of the man, making him freeze in place

He grew surprised that it worked the snickered as he started opening the frozen mans hand, then poured the nuts into his own and ate one, cringe at the taste " the peanuts are not as tasty as they were 16 years ago" he turned, throwing the small bag aside and started walking, still eating the peanuts in his hand, he rubbed his head before rubbing the painful sides he was hit in

He threw on in the air and caught it in his mouth, then heard someone talking " something evil appeared recently and has caused deaths" someone says as he lead a group of people, and someone in the centre of them were walking towards his direction " madam can finally see you people this way" he turned his head before they saw his face

He did notice they're attire through, white robes and forehead ribbon of the Gusu Lan Clan, however one them caught his eye the most, and when he saw who it was, his mouth dropped and his eyes widened

He recognised the beautiful girl in the middle of them, walking with a younger girl at her right and a boy at her left around the same age as the others, he watched as they walked past ' lan qiao...my lan qiao...what a coincidence. Her and the lan clan of gusu came here just after Mo xuanyu brought me back, if she's here, then no doubt hes here somewhere...' his eyes darted to the mask on his side and took it off

Time skip

Outside the xioaodong hall, people were gathered whispering to each other at the arrival of the lan clan and lady lan qiao

"Thank you lady lan chu qiao and cultivators for coming here to rig the evil spirit" madam mo smiled, they nod while the girl stays straight

"I have heard that members of the lan clan of gusu are instructed to be upright, gentle, and distinguished." As she spoke, Wei WuXian had managed to sneak in undetected "It seems seeing is believing, you really live up to your reputation."

Her husband master mo at her side chuckled nodding " I couldn't agree more" She eyed her husband annoyed before they both turn back smiling at the clan " actually, lady lan chu qiao" she says gaining the girls attention "we, the mo clan, do have some associations with the cultivators. We're not an ordinary clan. There is a young man in our clan who was once instructed by the cultivators." As she spoke,

The young girl next to lan qiao looked away disgusted while the boy rolled his eyes, Wei WuXian could already see what the woman was trying to do, get his girl to like her son, which really made him mad

what also increased his anger was he saw her son checking out his girl, so he Initiated his plan "If you can stay here For a few more days, our clan-" she was cut off by him jumping out and announcing " here I am!"

Which shocked the mo family

The lan clan along with the girl, who looked rather surprised too "I just heard I was mentioned, among the whole clan, I am the closet to the cultivators, yes?" He says all smug, the girl narrowed her eyes at the man behind the mask, feeling a sort of familiarity

Madam mo smiled awkwardly before looking to her husband angry " who let him out? Bring him back!"she whispered

Her husband chucked before looking to Wei wuxian paniked " get out of Here." He waved him to leave

Wei wuxian frowned and look to his left and right

" that's him" one of the people behind whispered

He came up with another idea and took to the floor " I won't go!" Then stared smacking the floor with his hands, repeating, people behind started snickering, one of the clan members next in front of lan chu-qiao, lan jingyi covered his mouth to hide his laughter, lan ren was struggling to keep himself from laughing out loud

While Lan Sizhui looked at them, they noticed and regained they're composure " I won't go! I won't go! I want to stay here. I won't go"

Lan chu qiao couldn't help but stifle a little giggle, which the four in front heard and looked at each other slightly surprised

" did she actually?..." lan chou looked to lan Sizhui in shock

" She hadn't laughed in the last 16 years..." he stated

" what a show" one of the villagers commented

Mo Ziyuan got up and walked over to him angrily, trying to drag him away " get out!" He exclaimed while people were laughing " no I won't!" Wei wuxian continued smacking the ground

" get out."

" don't touch me!"

" go!"

" release me!"

Lan chu Qiao looked to Sizhui who was already way ahead of her, he got up and walked over to the two,

" I won't go. Release me" wei wuxian whined " I won't go!" He felt his other arm get grabbed " don't pull me. Release me" he then noticed it wasn't one of the servants, and that it was one of the lan clan trying to help

" get out!" Mo Ziyuan kept pulling

Wei wuxian got up and ran over to one of the spots, hugging it while Mo Ziyuan tried to pull him off " get lost immediately!" He growled quietly

" no, I won't leave" Wei wuxian complained acting like a child

Sizhui went back to her side

" go! stop being crazy!"

"My nephew has suffered from a mental illness since childhood, I hope you don't mind, lady lan qiao" his mother says smiling nervously, the girl just shakes her head

" I won't go!"

"Mo xuanyu your nuts! Leave now or I will Punish you severely" Mo Ziyuan Warned
" tong, take him away!" He ordered his servant, who rushed in and tried to pull him off

"If you want me to leave, then You should return what you stole from me!" Wei wuxian declared

Lan chu qiao stared looking at them suspiciously, as did the other two at her side

"Nonsense! When did I steal from you?" Mo Ziyuan questioned "I don't need to do that!"

"Yes you, Didn't steal" wei wuxian says"You robbed me!" He yelled loud enough for the people to hear, Everyone watching at the entrance frowned and started judging him

" how Could he do that?"

" shame on him"

Mo Ziyuan let him go, and Sizhui took something out of his cup, which glowed blue, then flicked it at Mo Ziyuan, who lifted his foot, he stop the foot in time from kicking Wei wuxian, but he pretended like it did "Ahh!" He purposely fell over the mini tables on the left side of the room, the people sitting at them had to move to avoid getting hit

Mo Ziyuan looked back shocked while his mother looked the other way while the boy groaned in "pain"

He started acting like it was real "It hurts!" He started flapping his limbs all around him, the floor and himself "It hurts so much!" Making the man who supposedly kicked him in shock " come and see!" He turned to the crowd " I want to die now..."

" what..." madam mo says

"madam mo held a grudge against me because she was jealous of my mother." He says whinnying like a child " they teamed up to bully me" he showed the mark the body had on its chest

" I never did that!" She protested

" I didn't really kick him" Mo Ziyuan exclaimed

"I want to die" wei wuxian fake sobbed, people started commenting making the family look bad

" the footprint..."

" it could be that he kicked himself right?"

" after all. He is a member of the mo clan"

"You are so cruel"

"Yes, When he returned his madness wasn't this serious" Wei wuxian stared looking to them

"They must have driven him mad"

"That's right"

Mo Ziyuan marched up to him furious, grabbing his arm and forcing him to look at him "You god damn psycho how dare you! Shut up!" He exclaimed pointing at him

"If you want me to shut up.." the man sniffed, then held out his hand " return my things first." He said then began crying again "Or kneel down and kowtow"

Mo Ziyuan grew even more furious, looking around Frantically

" such a mess"

He picked up a greenish blue bottle, and tried to hit him with it, but Wei wuxian raised his arms up, clicking his fingers, making him freeze, rush around him doing something then rushing to a different spot, the freezing stoped and replayed normally, and Mo Ziyuan ended up throwing the bottle on the ground, smashing to bits

He was shocked by his own actions, and Wei wuxian used this to his advantage " did you see that?" He pointed as everyone gossiped " he stole from Me and beat me! How merciless!" He exclaimed

Before the angry man could do anything, lan qiao along with Sizhui stepped forward with lan ren " young master, please calm down" he said

Madam mo along with her husband, rushed down form they're spot " lady lan chu qiao, this is my sisters son, he has a mental illness, all the people here know it, he had gone mad when he was young, he often talks nonsense,
You can't take it seriously" she stated, while the girl didn't look at all amused nor believed her

" is that so?" The girl raised an eyebrow "then why do they seem so shocked by the mark he just showed, or by your sons behaviour and actions?" She asked not sparing the young man a glance

" you-" the angry man was about to speak or do something until wei wuxian cut him off " she's right, why can't they take my words seriously?" While madam mo glared at him " I will say it again, if any of you steal from me again, I will break one of your arms. Understood?" he says pointing at them, then mo Ziyuan, he raised his arm to hit him, making him raise his arms to defend himself

"Stop!" His father glare pointing at him, Wei wuxian looked victorious then noticed a bottle similar to the one mo Ziyuan smashed, he picked it up and held it with both arms " I shall leave now" he says, he waved it in mo Ziyuan's face before walking out

They watched as he left and lan ren turned and bowed to the lady "madam mo, let's get to the point" he says as people started leaving " we will work in your west yard tonight, please remember, don't go out of your rooms after nightfall, and don't get close to that yard" he instructed

" yes" she nods " thank you so much, and I'm sorry to you lady lan for the inconvenience" she says

"Mother! That psycho slandered me in front of everyone! That's it!?" He questioned " as you said, he'd nothing but a bastard" He exclaimed in anger still, making lan chu qiao roll her eyes in annoyance

" shut up!" Madam mo glared at him, lan chu qiao had quite enough and announced " I'm just going to go, I'm done here, join me in the west yard when your ready" she says to the clan members who bow to her " yes lady lan" who then walks out shaking her head

" look at what you've done!" Madam mo exclaimed

He growled in anger "That psycho is dead now!" Then ran out

She put on a polite smile " cultivators, please, and I apologise to lady lan of my son's behaviour"

Time skip

Wei wuxian sat elsewhere drinking the liquid in the bottle, a look of either disapproval or disgust morphed onto his face " why does this alcohol take like Water?" He mumbled, then placed down the bottle, then fantasies a certain girl ' my lan qiao, she looked as lovely as she always has...I missed her smile...her laugh...her voice'

His attention was then changed to the marks on his arms 'maybe I really need to kill the entire mo clan' he sighed lowering his arm

Then heard walking and saw the members of the lan clan marching off to the west yard to meet with lan qiao, carrying black flags with engravings on them ' the stygian lure flag?' He noted

"Please assemble" lan chu-qiao spoke, the clansmen marched to her and stood straight " the three of us will go to the west roof" she says referring to herself, lan Sizhui and lan ren

"You go to the roof in the east" she says pointing at a certain direction, she says to lan Chou and someone else, Wei wuxian snuck and hid behind a beam, listening to the conversation while looking "We should
Explore this place And try to stage these flags around the roof, After that-"

'Although all the clans wanted to
Kill me, They still make use of the equipment I made' He chucked shaking his head

An idea came to mind

"So if they come from the east, We can flank them from all directions, But don't disturb the people living here, Also-" while lan qiao spoke, Wei wuxian snuck up to one of the flags and tried to take it off

"The corridor here and the roof over there should Be guarded, Stay vigilant, focus,
Don't be affected by the foul energy" as she instructed, lan jingyi on the roof saw what he was doing " what are you doing?" He called out, alerting everyone else who turned "You shouldn't be here" He ignored him and kept taking off the flag " stop! You shouldn't mess with that!" He yelled

" n-n-n-no!" Wei wuxian stammered "I want it!" He took it off its stick,
Both the girl and Sizhui looked at each other confused then focused back on the scene

Wei wuxian tried to run but lan jingyi
Jumped from the roof and landed in front of him " Return it or I will hurt you!" He ordered getting in fighting position

" I-I-I won't! I-I-I won't!" Wei wuxian stammered, Sizhui cracked a small smile while lan Chou giggled, then looked in shock when he heard a stifled laugh again come from lan chu qiao

" l-lady lan?" Her eyes then widened, she shook her head and just walked forward along with Sizhui " Lan jingyi...please clam yourself..." she says calming him down

"Don't lose your temper, let's just talk to
Him" Sizhui says as she nods " there no need to argue with him"

" i won't beat him for real. Look at him, he messed our flag formation." As they spoke Wei wuxian inspected the flag ' the emblazonry was painted in the right way. The spell lines are complete. There's nothing wrong. It will work when used, however, the people who pained the flag are inexperienced, the paint spell line can incur ghosts within five miles. But it's enough.'

"Let me" she said with a gentle voice, she walked around Sizhui and Chou to the young man "Young Master mo, it is getting dark. We're going to fight the evil spirit, you should go back to your room, it is dangerous at night" she says as he turned his head a little "Please, Whatever you hear at night, Please stay in your room" his eyes focused on hers, he had forgotten how beautiful her eyes were, she too stared into his, as the two looked at one another, she noticed something familiar within his eyes, and quietly gasped surprise

He just turned away and crouched down on the ground "What's the matter master mo?" Sizhui kneeled down to his level concerned

He returned to acting " it's just some rug with paint, I don't care" he stood up and threw it on the ground " I can paint better" he stomped on it then ran acting like he could fly like a bird

Lan jingyi walked forward and picked it up, Dusting it off "Such a madman" he commented

" don't say that" Sizhui scolded " let's just do what we need to do" he said " let's go check that place" he says, and everyone else went on to the location, all but one, which Sizhui noticed and turned to see lan chu qiao still standing there with her back turned, she still had the same surprised look on her face ' could it be...'

" mo-" lan ren stopped himself, coughing while also correcting himself " lady lan?" He called out " are you alright?"

" uh...yes" she says ' it couldn't be him....'

"Let's just continue.." she says walking back to the group

" you go over there. The flag formation should be spread out from there to here" as Lan jingyi explained for the girl, Sizhui and Chou looked back to where the young man had walked away

" over there?"

" right"

As they all walked off, lan Chou was still in deep thought, lan ren noticed and walked over " what's the matter?" He asked, She looked in the direction the man had left in "She hasn't laughed in 16 years, but the moment we come here, she's laughing a little, but it's genuine"

" I noticed that too, and more importantly, it's when master mo is around" he noted

" do you think?..." she trailed off

" impossible" he denied " he fell of a cliff, maybe he just reminds her of him..."

That night

Lan chu qiao and the others stood on the roofs in position, waiting for the ghost, what they didn't notice, was Mo Ziyuan and his servant a tong were hiding behind a pillar

"young master, the cultivators said that we shouldn't come out of our rooms" a tong reminded "  or go to the west yard"

" I came here to find that mad guy" his master growl

He then noticed the flags the cultivators placed out " go" he pointed to them " fetch me the black flag" he ordered

" but the cultivators said-" " you idiot! They just fear that their items will be stolen. So they frightened us on purpose" he looked at each one of them " look at those cultivators, everyone is holding a black flag, even her" he says pointing to the girl " go!" He shoved him towards them

He rushed over and took one, then ran back to him un noticed "Young master, here you are" then passed him the flag 

" let's go!" The two then take off

Lan chu-qiao continued listening to absolutely nothing but the sounds of the night, until she heard flute music, which was coming from the room wei wuxian was in

The others look in the direction it was coming from,

"Jingyi, this melody sounds familiar.." Sizhui commented " it seems like a melody from gusu...we've heard it before" he said turning to him

" have we?" He asked " it's played so awfully, I have never heard it before" he turned his head away

" I've never heard it either" lan ren shook his head

What they didn't notice was the heart melt mixed with a sad expression on her face, in the room, as Wei wuxian finished the melody, he started remembering when he'd play for lan chu qiao when he was alive, making her smile, as she leaned against his shoulder

' lan qiao...how I'd love to have you in my arms again...the memories....this pain is too much...'

Outside master mo was walking with some of the guards " pull him out and report to the officials"

"Yes sir"

" don't report him. Beat him to death" he said in Anger

" yes master"

The cultivators looked to lan chu qiao, who gestured for them to follow her, which they nodded

Wei wuxian looked confused when the doors were locked open, and yelled as he was dragged out of the room to where everyone was gathered

" ow! Be gentle please!"

Mo Ziyuan was being restrained, growling like some animal, Wei wuxian wad thrown in, at lan chu qiao and the four beside her feet

"What happened?" Master mo questioned "I don't know master" a tong replied,

'Damn it' he cursed ' the mo clan have never seen the adult face of mo xuanyu. But I could be recognised by the lan clan Of gusu and lan qiao!'

" young master mo, are you alright?" She asked kneeling down to him, he turned slightly " can you stand now?" He nodded shaking, but stood up

She felt something was off about him, then pulled out his mask that he'd dropped earlier when he was thrown into his quarters " is this yours?"

He looked surprised she had it, but takes it and covered his face with the mask

Just then Mo Ziyuan growl for more furious and he threw on of the men restraining him, making him crash into the table, then threw the other two aside, before he could do anything else, Lan Sizhui, lan Chou and Lan Jingyi, quickly launched rope from they're robes

He continued growling while struggling as they approached carefully " cultivators"

Mo Ziyuan starts panting like a dog, still growling

"A puppet" Wei wixian murmured to himself

" what should we do master?" One servant asked, just then madam mo entered with her maids " my son!" She cried, he kept acting like a feral animal, she slowly turned to Wei wuxian, or mo xuanyu to her " it's you..." she pointed at him "it's you!" She screamed, then turned back to her son

" an evil spirit is possessing him" lan Jingyi said

"It is not that easy" Suzhui stated "Look at the black marks on his neck" he pointed out "It seems like a special symbol" he says while Wei wuxian was pondering to himself

"No, Before the stick of incense burns out, two people will have already been murdered" a tong says in fear "Cultivators, help" he begged

Madam mo looked at Wei wuxian in anger, she got the wooden decoration on the table, lan chu qiao quickly stood in front of him, much to his shock, and tried to hit the man, but Suzhui caught her arm" madam mo!"

She turned to him in raged " it's him who made my son like this! Why are you two stopping me?!" She screamed

" it has nothing to do with me" wei wuxian says " I did nothing" while she glared at him

"Madam mo, your sons mind is damaged by the evil spirit, it's not because of this gentleman" lan ren stated

"What do you know?! That madman's dad was a cultivator! He learned a lot of wicked sorceries! I...." she raised to hit him back Suzhui kept his grip while lan chu qiao glared still in front, but lan Chou spoke

" madam mo, You have no evidence, So-" she was cut off

" evidence?" She turned to the girl in rage " what happened to my son is evidence!  That man behind you said that if my son touched his stuff, he would break his arm!"

She turned away sobbing, then looking at the boy "My poor boy...He didn't take anything from him. This psycho not only framed my son, be he also hurt him in such a vicious way!"  She tried to hit him again, but out of anger

lan chu qiao snatched it From her and threw it to the other side of the room with a loud crash, shocking everyone in the room " Enough!" She turned back enraged

Just then started screaming in pain and rage, starling everyone, the black vains on his neck started growing longer, he continued screaming until lan Suzhui air carved a spell in blue light, while Wei wuxian without him seeing doing the same in red

The two finish by pushing they're palm and fingers into his chest while one in the back

He looked like he was just observing so no one would question him what he was doing then looked surprised

He patted his chest until he felt something under the robe and pulled out one of the flags he had his servant brought to him, everyone looked surprised

Wei wuxian looked down at the slash on his arm and saw one healed immediately

He looked at the flag in his hang " You deserved it" he mumbled " how dare you steal this kind of stuff, no wonder the evil spirit possessed him"

Madam mo rushed over to her son holding his sides " my yuan!" She cried, she turned to Suzhui " what on earth did you do to my son?" She questioned

" don't worry, he's just passed out" Suzhui stated

" you are useless! You call yourselves cultivators? You can't even protect a child!" She yelled

" madam mo!" Lan chu qiao snapped, gaining everyone's attention " I've had just about enough of you! don't you dare blame them or your nephew for the actions of your own son!" She glared

" you!-" madam mo glared at the girl with such fury until she cut her off

" let me speak!" She yelled raising her hand, then lowering it " we gave you all specific instructions, not to leave your rooms or enter the west yard! And you said he doesn't steal Huh?" She marched forward and took the flag from Wei wuxian  and marched back to the woman " these flags draw whatever evil ghosts are within 5 miles of the area! How did one of our flags get into his robe? Hmm!?" She questioned raising an eye brow

" I just told you! It was!-" " I said don't you dare blame him again!" She yelled cutting the woman off " your nephew hadn't left his room the whole time!"

Meanwhile said man was trying to control himself from laughing at his girl's furious scolding on woman, whenever she was made she turned into a beast, a real tigress

" you know nothing!"

" yes I do!"

" how do you know?!-" " because I had his room watched the whole time!" This made everyone in the rooms eyes widened " after the first time he touched the flags I didn't want him to sneak out again! so i had someone watch his room from the roofs the whole time!" The whole time the woman clenched her fist ready to hit her "so you can't blame anyone else but your disobedient son! Who couldn't follow simple instructions!"

" you bitch!-" before she could raise her hand

"Shame on you!" Wei wuxian scolds, making her gasp and turn to him " you really take them as your servants?" He questioned slight glaring "They came form far away to help you get rid of the evil thing without asking for anything" what they didn't notice was master mo's hand shaking, and the strange expression while breaking heavily, Wei wuxian then glanced at the unconscious possessed man "How old is your son? He should be 20 at least" he stated "Doesn't he understand the human language? The cultivators and lady lan told us countless times that we can't touch anything, Or enter the west yard like she said, But he went out of his room And stole the flag, It was his own fault, Why are you blaming me and trying to hit her?"

"You!-" she then turned to her husband
You call everyone here" he didn't move, And continued looking at her with the same strange breathing "Move now!" She shook him "Go! Go!" But he suddenly shoved her off, which surprised her, he looked like he was getting angry "What are you doing?! How dare you disobey me?!" She glared "Get out!" She gestured in anger with her arm

"'Master let's go" a tong started guiding him

" get out of here!" Another servant came to assist him " master let's go".they then Walked him out

" ding" she then turned to the servant girl " take your young master to get some rest" she bowed her head and walked over to Mo Ziyuan 

The woman spared Wei wuxian one hateful glance before scoffing and walking away

Ding and other servant girl walk to him " young master"

Just then they heard yelling from outside, and rushed out to find master mo holding the servant up by his neck, then tossing him aside, either unconscious or dead

He then turned to a tong, who tried to make a run for it, but master mo grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up

Madam mo along with her maids had rushed out to see the commotion, she screamed and then fainted, being caught by her maids " madam!"

The cultivators along with lan chu qiao Witnessed, as well as Wei wuxian, hiding behind a beam

jingyi shot a spell at him, which didn't seem to effect him, he threw a tong aside and tried to attack the group, but lan Chou and lan ren quickly shot out the same binds they used to tie his son with

After he was restrained, the whole group, including the older woman surrounded him, swords pointing at him from all sides so he couldn't escape

" madam"

wei wuxian walked forward, glancing at the unconscious woman being worried about by her maids

"What the hell was that?" Jingyi questioned the group, which consisted of lan qiao, lan ren, lan Chou and sizhui "The evil thing is fierce send a signal for hanguang jun, I'll need his help" lan chu qiao orders, then rushes back inside

What she said caught the attention of Wei wuxian, who looked surprised and nervous " hanguang jun?" He asked catching they're attention of the other two "Are you talking about that lan Zhan?" Wei wuxian asked

"But Before he left he didn't tell us where he would go" Jingyi stated, the two started talking amongst each other

"Wait, Do you mean he's nearby?" Wei wuxian asked, but was being ignored

"If don't mater, Let's send him a signal first" sizhui said

"Wait that's actually unnecessary" wei wuxian says nervously

"What if he can't arriving in time? We don't even know what it is" lan ren stated

"I mean you don't need to bother him, I can solve this problem" wei wuxian says, but was still ignored

"Guard this place and wait for him" sizhui said, which jingyi, Chou and ren nodded, Wei wuxian looked even more nervous "I said...it seems I-" he was too late, jingyi sent a signal into the air, which shone a bright blue light, then went inside with the rest

Wei wuxian kneeled down, resting his elbow against his knee " it seems I should end this quickly...I don't know how he's going to react..." he frowned

Time skip

Back inside

Talismans had been placed all over the room, master no had been placed in the same position as mo ziyuan

The maids held onto the unconscious madam mo, sizhui holding her hand as well as checking on the unconscious tong, who had been placed in a seat

Talismans were being dropped on the ground as well while with no one looked

Wei Wuxian was inspecting both the father and son ' those black marks were obviously left by the Stygian tiger amulet, but the amulet has already been destroyed' he then looks at a tong and noticed the same black veins on his neck 'What on earth...Is it?' One of the maids, ding

"Tong, you've woken up" she rushed to him to see if he was okay, but Wei wuxian stopped her in time " stay back" he warned Making everyone look at him

" look at his neck" he pointed out

Tong was starting to do the same things master mo was doing, his hand started shaking then forced open

She looked at him in shock

He growled raising his hand in the air, making the guards move back, the girl looked at Wei wuxian then back at tong in confusion then shock

He then got up while growling, swinging his arm everyone kept backing away

Just then he stopped and his twitching hand then aimed itself at him, he tried to force it back, but for some reason it was stronger then him, it went for his neck, he struggled but it then broke his neck, and his body hit the floor

Sizhui went to check his pulse, then looked the others, tong was dead

Ding shivered in shock " it's a ghost!" She exclaimed, she went into hysterical fear "There is an invisible ghost...it's him...he Made tong strangle himself to death!"

Wei wuxian rolled his eyes " there is no ghost."

" be quite" Jingyi said as sizhui got up from tong and went over to the young master and master mo, he lifted master mo's twisted arm and inspected it

Lan chu qiao watched as sizhui inspected the young master next

Wei wuxian was doing it from a distance smiling " their left arms are all broken" sizhui informed

Just then wei wuxian started laughing making them look at him " you psycho, how can you laugh at this moment?" Jingyi scolds

" sorry, Im not laughing at them" Wei wuxian stated

" stop it. Nobody would respond to your reaction" Jingyi said

" oi!" Lan Chou says annoyed

"he's not mo ziyuan's father" wei wuxian stated" and that man is not tong" he says making them look back at the body then back at him " how can you tell?" Sizhui asked

" their hands" wei Wuxian replied, making the three look at them " none of them are left handed." He quickly made up an excuse to how he knew "They always beat me with their right hand, I know. I can tell"

"And you're proud of that? Look at yourself" As Jingyi spoke, lan Chou smacked him in the side scoldingly, not only sizhui, but lan chu qiao was in deep thought

Remembering how master mo had lifted and strangled tong with his left arm, and how tong had strangled himself to death with 'his' left

"No he's right" she announced as sizhui moved to the people " the evil thing hid inside their left hand." He says

Everyone lined up, including the maids who were originally watching madam mo " can everyone life their left hand?"

Everyone lifted they're hand, still shaking in fear to the situation, sizhui looked at all they're left hands to see any traces of evil

What they didn't notice was a certain woman opened her eyes, her arm shaking with the black veins along with claws

Wei Wuxian noticed just in time before reached sizhui, and gently pushed him, so the hand would miss

Sizhui looked to the hand in shock and moved away, as the hand pulled back, dragging some hair

Wei Wuxian yelped to avoid being suspicious while the servants screamed running out as the clan stood in battle position backed away from the possessed madam mo, who was clenching her raised left hand

Sizhui then realised " the evil spirits is afraid of our talismans, take off our cloths"

They did as he said and flung them at her, but she swung her arm under the table which got then into the air and got wrapped in the cloths

She then jumped outside, trying to escape, But lan qiao chased after her along with Jingyi and sizhui

They quickly tied her in binds before she could do anything, she growled while struggling

While this was happening, Wei Wuxian knew they wouldn't be able to hold her for long, just then got an idea, he walked to the other two Two who were possessed

He swipe his foot over the circle that was keeping them unconscious and in place " wake up, it's time for work" he clicked his fingers and the two instantly awoke

Madam finally managed to escape her binds, throwing the three back at the group, just as she was about to attack them, She was knocked back

And the two possessed puppets, who were once her husband and son, stood in front as she straightens herself and gets ready to fight them

Wei Wuxian arrives, hidden from sight to see the battle as the cultivators get up from the floor, still keeping they're distance

The two then charge forward at her, swords in hand, but she blocks them with her hand and kicks the the other away, repeating over and over

Elsewhere

Someone stood one arm behind his back, music strumming in the background, in his other hand, he held a sword

Just then he noticed the blue light which changed shape into the lan sign, he got is instrument from the table and sent to help

Back with the fight

The puppet madam mo, back flipped away from the two, right before they could attack her, she grabbed them Both by the throat and slammed them to the floor, the puppet husband tried rolled away

But she flipped him around and made him crash into the ground

As her puppet son was about to stab her, she caught it with her left hand, then twisted it, bending the metal too and threw him aside

She then turned and was about to go after the cultivators, until lan qiao jumped in front to defend them " Lady lan!"

Wei Wuxian quickly to save her, clicked his fingers with the red arua, and shot it at the puppet madam mo, which knocked her hand back for a moment. 'his eyes widened, before she could try again

She stopped and was thrown back by blue energy, Wei Wuxian knew who it was and quickly hid himself

A familiar male rises up and lands on the roof, hand over his instrument that slowly played the tune

Lan zhan
Wangji

The cultivators turned and smiled in relief " hanguang jun!" jingyi smiled brightly

" thank goodness" lan Chou breathed a sigh of relief

Wei Wuxian peeked out and watched as lan Khan played his instrument, which shot out energy at them, it was like he gained control over them since they stopped fighting

As he played, they lowered themselves to the floor, he then shot out the same blue energy towards the sword on the ground, which started to Shake

'He's always dressed in white like he's going to attend a funeral' wei Wuxian chuckled to himself

Lan Khan then levitated the sword to him as the cultivators, including lan qiao walked closer " guh guh!* big brother!*" lan qiao called out as he inspected the sword

her brother looked down to at her and the cultivators " hanguang jun. Where did the evil spirit come from?" Sizhui asked " it was so vicious"

" it's not an evil spirit" lan khan began " but the spiritual energy of a first class spiritual tool, it hides inside the swords" he states " maybe it's a sword ghost"

" a first class spiritual tool?" Jingyi says confused " why does it have so much hatred?" Lan ren wondered the same thing he did,  turning to sizhui, who looked at him equally confused

Wei Wuxian looked away and went into deep thought

Lan Khan started inspecting the sword with his spiritual energy, sizhui spoke " hanguang jun...that is..."

Lan Khan looks at the sword, and said a loud " the Stygian tiger amulet"

The others below gasped in shock, looking at each other " the Stygian tiger amulet?" Sizhui muttered, then looked at lan Khan " you mean that the series ghost has a trace of the Stygian tiger amulet?" Lan Chou asked

However lan Khan didn't say anything, but noticed the shocked expression on his young sisters face

" but the Stygian tiger amulet was destroyed in the booth bath of night less city" lan Jingyl stated "maybe...maybe the yiling patriarch didn't die" he said

Both lan Chou and ren looked to the older woman in shock at her expression

Lan qiao was still in shock, she could believe what she was hearing, he was alive?!

However Sizhui noticed someone was missing and looked around "Where is young master mo?" He asked jingyl, who looked around as well

Lan qiao however noticed someone in the dark running away and chased after them, jumping onto the roof " Lady lan!" The cultivators yelled

" Mei Mei!* younger sister!" Lan Khan went after her

" stay here!" Lan ren told his sister and went after them

She stopped when she lost the person in the open street, still looking around for him, she fell to her knees

Lan Khan quickly rushed to her aide " Mei Mei!" And picked her up in his arms, lan ren arrived to worried for her the same way, she kept looking down the street with tearful eyes 'Wei Ying...is it really you?....'

Time skip

The man who had told the cultivators the story walked out as the morning came, the person from before wearing black walked by, throwing in the air and catching it, a piece of gold, then chucked it to him

He caught it and watched as the person opened they're fam and began walking away

"Thank you" the man called out to the stranger

He then looked at the large piece of gold in his hand "what a surprise, they gave me a piece of gold just for telling stories, about the yiling patriarch for three days" he smiled " I'm rich now!" He didn't notice wei wuxian walk away with the donkey that belonged to mo Ziyuan, but wearing black

The same man from before who was chanting, said the same words from before "Souls come back, They don't go to the ghost realm"

Wei Wuxian put an arm in front of his face as the wind blew, he then. Stopped and lifted his sleeve to see three out of the four wounds Mo Ziyuan marked in himself after his gave his body

'There's still one person I have to take revenge on' he says through thought ' who could it be?"

He then Thought about a certain girl ' lan qiao I promise, somehow...I will get back to you' he then walked off on his journey