The journey of Emperor Donghua through time

After Wei Wuxian said goodbye to Nie Huaisang, he called over Wen Ning, transformed both of them into different appearances, and then took him around in a swaggering manner, from Qinghe to Lanling, to Yunmeng, and finally to Yiling.

During this period, he saw many storytellers telling stories about the Yiling Patriarch in the streets and alleys. Wei Wuxian stopped to listen and found that they were all talking about the heroic deeds of the Yiling Patriarch, no longer the stories that were demonized in the past. It didn't take much thought to know that this was Nie Huaisang's masterpiece, and Wei Wuxian couldn't help but smile.

Wei Wuxian took Wen Ning on a tour of several familiar places in Yiling, and felt that things and people had changed a lot.

"Young Master?" Wen Ning called out in confusion when he saw Wei Wuxian stop and look at something not far away.

“I’m fine.” Wei Wuxian glanced at the familiar streets again before telling Wen Ning to leave. “Wen Ning, let’s go straight back to the mass grave!”

"Okay, sir." Wen Ning responded obediently.

When they arrived at the mass grave, the two men did not stop at all and went straight to the Demon Cave.

"Young Master, apart from being a little tidier and cleaner, nothing else has changed here!" Wen Ning sighed haltingly after taking a closer look at the Demon-Slaying Cave.

Wei WuXian was choked by his words. What did he mean by "other than being a little cleaner, nothing else has changed?" Wasn't he saying that when he lived there before, it was not clean and tidy? Although this was the truth, it was embarrassing for Wen Ning to say it so bluntly.

“Wen Ning, you are right, but don’t say it next time!” Wei Wuxian said unhappily.

"Okay, sir." Although Wen Ning didn't understand what Wei Wuxian meant, he still agreed obediently.

“Forget it, just pretend I didn’t say anything.” Looking at Wen Ning’s silly look, Wei Wuxian felt a little embarrassed to bully him.

“Wen Ning, have you learned about what happened in the mass grave sixteen years ago?” Wei Wuxian asked.

“I, I heard from some of my peers. They said that Fourth Uncle and Grandmother-in-law are all dead.” Wen Ning looked at Wei Wuxian with some pity. “They also said that you were killed by Sect Master Jiang.”

“I was seriously injured and was saved by my master.” Wei Wuxian paused, his tone heavy, “Wen Ning, I’m sorry, I couldn’t protect the Wen clan members.”

"Master, this is not your fault!" Wen Ning said seriously, "It is us who have implicated you."

“It doesn’t matter if you are involved or not. You are just an excuse for the hundreds of immortal sects to attack me.” Wei Wuxian smiled helplessly, “Today I brought you to the mass grave mainly to help them collect the bodies.”

"Where are their bodies?" Wen Ning was a little confused. Didn't they say that their bodies were ground into dust?

Wei WuXian walked to the blood pool, his eyes unable to hide his sadness, "Here."

Wen Ning followed him to the blood pool, looked at the bubbling blood pool, looked at Wei Wuxian uncertainly, and then looked at the blood pool again. If the body was really here, it would be difficult to get it out.

"Yes, it's here!" Seeing Wen Ning's eyes, Wei Wuxian said affirmatively.

"Then how do we get them out?" Wen Ning looked a little sad.

“Use the blood of relatives to draw the formation as a guide.” Wei Wuxian took out a small bottle of blood that he had tricked from Lan Sizhui from his storage bag.

"Blood of relatives?" Wen Ning was puzzled. Aren't all the people of the Wen family dead? Where did the blood come from?

Wei Wuxian just remembered that he hadn’t told Wen Ning about Lan Sizhui yet, so he quickly explained, “Wen Ning, A Yuan is still alive.”

"A Yuan is alive? Is this true?" Wen Ning felt his eyes sore.

"Really, A Yuan was hidden by Fourth Uncle Wen and his men, and was found by Lan Zhan who came later and brought back to the Lan Clan. A Yuan had a high fever at the time, and forgot everything after waking up." Wei Wuxian explained Lan Sizhui's situation to Wen Ning. "By the way, you should have seen A Yuan too. He went to Mount Dafan with us, and Lan Zhan helped him change his name to Lan Yuan and changed his name to Sizhui."