Lan Wangji is lightly, pleasantly surprised, and grateful for Claudius' attentiveness. He gives him a little nod. "Mn. Here." He touches his abdomen, over his lower dantian. "Meaningful cultivation is impossible without one."
It takes him slightly less time than he thought it might to gather the words for this part. "When we were younger, Wei Ying and I were matched in cultivation. Then the Wen clan began its bid for greater power." This led to the Sunshot Campaign, the war that forged him into Hanguang-jun rather than the second young master Lan.
"Qishan Wen began with a show of force." That was, too, when they forced the Lan clan to burn the Cloud Recesses, and when Lan Wangji's leg was broken in his effort to defend the library, but he is mercifully no longer compelled to speak of his own suffering. It is trivial in comparison with Wei Ying's. "They came to Lotus Pier, Wei Ying's home and the seat of Yunmeng Jiang, and a massacre commenced. In the process, Wei Ying's shidi1 had his golden core destroyed by Wen Zhuliu, a man better known as Core-Melting Hand." Here he stops, both to ensure Claudius is following and to grant himself respite.
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It takes him slightly less time than he thought it might to gather the words for this part. "When we were younger, Wei Ying and I were matched in cultivation. Then the Wen clan began its bid for greater power." This led to the Sunshot Campaign, the war that forged him into Hanguang-jun rather than the second young master Lan.
"Qishan Wen began with a show of force." That was, too, when they forced the Lan clan to burn the Cloud Recesses, and when Lan Wangji's leg was broken in his effort to defend the library, but he is mercifully no longer compelled to speak of his own suffering. It is trivial in comparison with Wei Ying's. "They came to Lotus Pier, Wei Ying's home and the seat of Yunmeng Jiang, and a massacre commenced. In the process, Wei Ying's shidi1 had his golden core destroyed by Wen Zhuliu, a man better known as Core-Melting Hand." Here he stops, both to ensure Claudius is following and to grant himself respite.
1Younger martial brother.