#i know i have to update gp
The Yiling Laozu and the Yiling Wei Sect were called to war three months after the Sunshot Campaign started, but in truth, Wei Wuxian joined the efforts against QishanWen quite early
It all started during the last trip to move the Wen siblings to the Burial Mounds when he and Meng Yao happened to pass close to a certain cave that reeked of resentful energy; of course, as the grandmaster of the Demonic Cultivation, the young Wei Wuxian had to investigate. It was good that he had trained every person that came to live in the Burial Mounds to withstand and protect themselves from the resentful energy, or Meng Yao would’ve passed out when they reached the underground lake
“A turtle” Meng Yao deadpans seeing the monstrous creature that thrashes around trying to break Wei Wuxian’s shield
“Ah!” the 14-year-old kid realizes “Popo talked us about this! The ancient turtle… uh… the Xuanwu!” Meng Yao remembers the story about the semi-divine turtle, the Xuanwu of slaughter
“Great… now what?” he crosses his arms, he has his own sword forged by Wei Wuxian and himself, but if a thousand cultivators couldn’t kill this thing, what makes anyone think that two kids can? they can’t. At least not with spiritual energy
Wei Wuxian considers it for a moment, the Xuanwu has a lot of resentful energy, but it is not the most he can feel inside the cave. One perk of being adopted by the Burial Mounds as a whole (after almost dying 2 times but who is counting?), is that the ghosts and the fallen gods taught him to use both spiritual and resentful energy, so he mastered both paths when he was 8 (those two almost deaths don’t count!!), so he does what he knows best
In another world, he would’ve wondered if it was possible to use the victims against the executioner, in this one he does exactly that. ‘There’s not much love for the semi-divine turtle here’ he thinks as he raises the ghosts of centuries of victims against the creature, effectively killing it. In doing that, he also discovers a black sword, full to the brim of resentment
“You think Subian will feel replaced?” he jokes as he tries the sword, he can feel the thrumming of energy, and distantly he can hear the screams, though it’s nothing like the Burial Mounds back when he first entered. Meng Yao takes a look without getting too close
“I think Chengqin will feel threatened” he counters, and sure enough the dizi is letting a small tendril of dark energy out in displeasure. Wei Ying chuckles
“Aw it’s okay” he pats the precious flute that he so painfully carved day after day so many years ago “I still have to purify and tame this one, will see if it can be used later”
After taking one tooth as a trophy and some other parts for experimentation, Wei Wuxian and Meng Yao seal and hide the cave, writing purifying symbols in the wards to ensure the cleansing and rest of all the poor victims of the demonic turtle
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Three years later, Wen Chao drags the heirs all over the mountain, trying to find the mysterious prey some say there’s on the mountain but without success. When the unsuspecting heir tries to enter a warded cave for the fifth time, the backlash is so strong Wen Zhuliu has to take him in arms to rush back to the city to a healer, of course, the hostages heirs take this chance to escape.
Nobody knows who or what put such an impressive ward in a normal-looking cave, but nobody asks, they focus on getting back to their respective sects safely
One month later, the Jiang Sect is saved from full destruction by remarkably similar wards
