People were genuinely surprised that I was actually here in Cloud Recesses again. I was too, to be honest. There were similar faces too, Jin Zixuan, the Jiang Siblings who kept occasionally looking at me, and Nie Huaisang. It was the greeting ceremony so it was going to be a slightly long day. I was, however, surprised that I was called upon first to greet my group and present a gift. Baoshan had us bring rare herbs and tonics that you cannot find anywhere else other than her mountain.

"Thank you," Zewu Jun said.

I bowed and went back to my seat. Lan Qiren kept glancing my way. I could tell he was trying to see if I was going to make any funny business or not. I was not, as that side of me is long gone. Maybe a small prank here and there but no more nonsense. After the ceremony, Jiang Yanli came up to me.

"Can I still call you A'Xian?" She asked.

I smiled at her, "of course. If you will allow me to continue to call you, Shijie," I bargained.

"You can," she said, "it hasn't actually been the same since you left. Many of the sect elders have actually been arguing with my parents. They are furious that my parents let you be mistreated for so long. I wish you told me. I might not have known how to help you but I could at least let you talk."

I shook my head, "it is in the past now. I am actually doing well with my life with Baoshan. It's nice that I have one last blood relative."

"It seems you have been doing really well, and I am happy for you," she told me, "you actually deserve to be with your family."

I nodded, "thank you."

"So, you have a new look," she pointed out, "you even have a fancy head ornament."

I giggled, "I have been into wearing my grandmother's colors which are white and black robes. I just wear similar ones."

"Did you want to sit with me at lunch?" She asked.

"I will have to check with my Shishu and Song Lan," I replied, "we normally plan to have at least one meal a day with each other. I am sure I can though."

"Alright, just let me know," she said and said her goodbye before heading out.

"Wei Wuxian?" Lan Qiren called out.

I turned to him, "Grandmaster Lan," I greeted with a bow.

"You think you are just so clever don't you," he said, "I will be watching you very closely. Any misbehavior and you will be punished accordingly."

I stepped closer to him, "Grandmaster Lan, do you wish to repeat those words with my grandmother in the room?" I asked, "you may see the Wei Wuxian you last saw four years ago but I can guarantee you, that this Wei Wuxian is much worse. I do not cause mischief but I can if I have to. I am also the strongest person in the room, so are dare you to try and harm a single hair on my body. I am heir to celestial mountain and grandson and disciple to Baoshan Sanren. Be careful on what you say towards me. I do not tolerate such behavior anymore...have a good rest of your day Grandmaster Lan."

I didn't even let him get a chance to say anything after that. I could tell my threats were made crystal clear. I will not do anything to disrupt his classes but if he chooses to pick on me and harass me again, he is in for a rude awakening. I sighed and went for a walk around the grounds of Cloud Recesses. I needed a place to meditate for a moment so I can let my thoughts simmer down after that moment with Lan Qiren.

I walked further through the backhills and found a nice waterfall. There was a rocky area so I hopped over and sat down on one. I then began to meditate for a while. Being Baoshan's disciple, she taught me how to properly meditate. I have achieved immortality, and I have achieved a deep understanding of how my energy works when I meditate. Everything that was said to me was true. I was a master of Yin, or resentful energy, and Yang, or spiritual energy. I can control both energies, and resentful energy does not harm me at all. As a Yin and Yang Master, I am one of the only people who can control resentful energy.

"Wei Gongzi?" I heard someone call out to me.

I opened my eyes to see Lan Wangji and Zewu Jun standing beside the edge of the water, "am I late for a class?" I asked.

"As someone who has attended our lectures before, you should know the Backhills are restricted for guest disciples," Zewu Jun said.

"Really?" I asked, "but the main courtyard is just right there. The back hills is actually a little further down the path. The restricted sign is also posted up that way. So as you can see, I am not in the restricted zone of the Back Hills."

He seemed to realize I was right, "very well, just do not venture further then this point."

"Oh, and what if I do?" I asked, "can either of you stop me?"

"Wei Gongzi, we thought with you attending this year's lectures we can start over," Zewu Jun said, "is there something that we have done to upset you?"

"Not you Zewu Jun," I said, "then again you have threatened me a few times now, it is nothing compared to what your Shufu and Didi have done to me."

"What did Shufu do?" Zewu Jun asked.

"He humiliated me in class four years ago. He deliberately called on me and questioned me one after another and then when I didn't answer one, he calls on his precious nephew to answer. Not only that, he broke rules by yelling, throwing books at me, and disrespecting the youth, even judging me before knowing me. Just earlier today he made a threat to me, but I countered back to him saying he can say those threats to my grandmother if he keeps it up," I replied.

"I apologize on behalf of my uncle and I will do what I can to sit down with him and tell him his wrongs," Zewu Jun said, "and what is it that Wangji has done?"

"Oh, he knows," I replied, "he can't take jokes, he can't handle teasing and simple conversations. I tried to make friends with him back then. I riled him up to the point of him yelling to my face, that I am the most annoying person on the planet and he never wants to talk to me again. Oh and that I should refrain from calling him by his birth name."

Zewu Jun looked at Lan Wangji and saw what I saw, guilt and shame. I scoffed and hopped over to them, "I rest my case," I said.

"What will it take for you to forgive him?" He asked.

"I told him already, he has to earn it," I said, "I am not upset that he did not know I was already going through personal problems as I didn't want him to know. I am upset over the words he said and how he said them. I have had people tell me that I am annoying but for some reason, it hurt the most when he said them...it hurt because I already knew what my heart saw in him...and it completely broke that day. I got the clue then and there that he wanted nothing to do with me, despite me coming to know my feelings for him.

Why else would I try to be friends with him constantly?

Why else would I try to get reactions out of him?

Why else would I have put so much effort in giving him those rabbits or those drawings?

Why fall for someone like me anyway right?

I am so shameless of course," I explained and walked away from them before either of them could say anything.