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Nov. 6th, 2023 08:14 pmInscribed with small, precise characters, a tightly-rolled scroll vanishes in a silent shower of blue sparks. Its sender has no way of knowing whether it will find its destination, but it seems imperative, after the months of separation, to try.
Xiongzhang--
I am well and unharmed. Wei Ying is with me, and safe at my side.
It is impossible to describe the place in which we've found ourselves. There is one building only, whose architecture defies any of my traveling experience. Some trees are familiar and bloom as they do in Gusu. Others could have come from across the ocean or farther. There are no night-hunts, as there are no spirits.
You would enjoy the variety of the people here. They come from so far afield that almost none know the title Hanguang-jun, much less the nature of my cultivation. It serves as a fresh start for Wei Ying. He likes it, for all his little jokes on the matter of the Yiling Patriarch terrorizing the Cloud Recesses. Emperor's Smile is available here. I can't say how that is possible. Wei Ying likes that, too.
If Uncle has asked you to emerge from seclusion, do not. Stay until you are ready. Believe me.
I have made a friend. I imagine you remember how badly you wanted that for me when I was a child. Mother always did say that I was slow to blossom in some respects. I imagine you also remember how she claimed that that was in service of a more beautiful flower.
I have taught some of our principles to the young people here. They are not outer disciples, but I know you will forgive me. Do not tell Uncle. Do tell Lan Sizhui, and tell him that he is doing well in his studies. I don't need to ask whether that is true.
--Wangji
Xiongzhang--
I am well and unharmed. Wei Ying is with me, and safe at my side.
It is impossible to describe the place in which we've found ourselves. There is one building only, whose architecture defies any of my traveling experience. Some trees are familiar and bloom as they do in Gusu. Others could have come from across the ocean or farther. There are no night-hunts, as there are no spirits.
You would enjoy the variety of the people here. They come from so far afield that almost none know the title Hanguang-jun, much less the nature of my cultivation. It serves as a fresh start for Wei Ying. He likes it, for all his little jokes on the matter of the Yiling Patriarch terrorizing the Cloud Recesses. Emperor's Smile is available here. I can't say how that is possible. Wei Ying likes that, too.
If Uncle has asked you to emerge from seclusion, do not. Stay until you are ready. Believe me.
I have made a friend. I imagine you remember how badly you wanted that for me when I was a child. Mother always did say that I was slow to blossom in some respects. I imagine you also remember how she claimed that that was in service of a more beautiful flower.
I have taught some of our principles to the young people here. They are not outer disciples, but I know you will forgive me. Do not tell Uncle. Do tell Lan Sizhui, and tell him that he is doing well in his studies. I don't need to ask whether that is true.
--Wangji
