Chapter 8

Gusu.

Sect Leader Jiang grumbled as he endured Madam Yu's hand rubbing on his face. "I really can't cry!"

Lady Yu applied makeup to make him look thinner and said, "Our Lotus Dock was burned so miserably, yet you can't cry?" She didn't mention how Lotus Dock was burned.

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes. It'd be strange if I could cry!

Lady Yu thought for a moment, then reminded Jiang Zongzhu, "Think about your treasured wooden carvings!"

Jiang Fengmian's sorrow instantly turned into a river.

Jiang Zongzhu had always liked to carve, but for various reasons, he didn't dare to let others know. He had always been secretly carving in his study.

In the beginning, he had placed many of his treasures in his study. He had carefully painted them with oil and preserved them.

However, these treasures were judged to be non-valuable during the burning of Lotus Dock, and then …

These past few days, Jiang Zongzhu had been so busy that he didn't have time to think about his treasures. Now that Lady Yu reminded him, he instantly wanted to cry.

Jiang Cheng saw this and hurriedly said, "Yes, that's the state. Abba, you have to maintain it!"

Lady Yu said, "We haven't gone up the mountain yet. Don't think about it yet. Wait until we're up the mountain before crying."

Thus, the group of people arrived at the Cloud Recesses.

Lan Chi-jen was now in charge of the Lan Family. He welcomed the Jiang Family in. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiang Zongzhu began to cry.

Lan Chi-jen was very sympathetic. Then he thought about the Lan Family's bitter experience and felt very sad for a moment.

However, he was the host. He couldn't lose his composure in front of the guests. Thus, he held back his tears and went forward to comfort him. The other Lan Family members also gently comforted Jiang Zongzhu.

After much difficulty, Jiang Zongzhu was comforted, but before he could say anything happy, Jiang Zongzhu cried again. "This was Jiang Cheng's idea. As long as the Lan Family wants to change the topic, Abba, you can cry."

Because of this, the Lan Family thought of their own family. For a moment, the main hall was filled with sorrow.

Lan Chi-jen finally couldn't bear it anymore; he slapped the table and stood up, saying, "My Lan family wishes to unite with the Hundred Schools of the Immortal Gate to rebel against the Wen. What does Jiang Zongzhu think?"

When it came to serious matters, Jiang Zongzhu wiped away his tears and said seriously, "Mr. Lan is righteous. The Jiang Family will definitely be the first to respond!"

The two families discussed for a while more, and the matter was settled like this.

After discussing this matter, Jiang Zongzhu brought up the topic again, "A few days ago, I heard about the Lan family's matter. I was afraid of the Wen Family and didn't dare to get involved. Now that my Jiang Family is in trouble, the Lan family didn't reject me at the door. I am truly ashamed."

These words were said openly. The Lan Family also knew that everyone was just minding their own business, so they all expressed their understanding.

Jiang Fengmian also said, "When my daughter was studying in the Lan family, she was fortunate enough to enter the library to study. Thanks to Lan family's Kuanren, she brought back some books. Today, I came to return them and help the Lan family rebuild the library, but …"

When Lan Chi-jen heard that Jiang Zongzhu wanted to return some of the books, he was extremely excited. When he heard that, he didn't care about his manners and hurriedly asked, "Jiang Zongzhu, what difficulties do you have? Feel free to speak frankly."

Jiang Fengmian avoided his gaze, seemingly hesitant, "It's just that a few days ago, the fire at Lotus Dock burned a part of it. But before that, my daughter's fierce corpse also made two copies and wanted to give them to Ah Xian and Ah Cheng. The book I brought today is one of them."

To put it bluntly, the books were copied by the fierce corpse. Does the Lan family still want them?

Although Lan Chi-jen was pedantic, he still knew the importance of this matter. Although Lan Huan took some books, it wasn't all of them. If he didn't accept the Jiang Family, the Lan family's ancestors painstakingly collected books would have nothing to do with the Lan family in the future.

Moreover, he didn't have much prejudice against evil spirits. He just didn't care about them because they didn't share the same path.

Therefore, he couldn't help but stand up and salute Jiang Shizi. "The Jiang Family's great kindness, the Lan family will do our best to repay it!"

When the other Lan Family members saw this, they also saluted the Jiang Family. Jiang Zongzhu hurriedly helped them up and said, "Duke Lan, there's no need for this!"

At this time, a Lan Family member said, "The Jiang Family's kindness is as heavy as a mountain. Why don't we set up a monument to record this matter and show the friendship between the two families?"

When this was said, the hall was silent. They could disagree with this in private. But now, in front of so many people, and with the younger generation of two families here, what could they say?

Say that the Lan family's reconstruction was done by the fierce corpse gang?

Then wouldn't the Lan family's reputation still be intact?

Jiang Fengmian was very unhappy when he saw this. What's wrong with fierce corpses?

Fierce corpses even helped them build houses!

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to turn stiff, Jiang Cheng hurriedly came out to smooth things over. "What are you saying!

The Lan family has always been elegant. It's already an honor for the books gifted by the fierce corpses to enter the Lan Family Library Pavilion. Moreover, this book was copied from the previous Lan Family Library Pavilion. How can it be worthy of the Lan family's monument to thank them? "

When this was said, unless the Lan family really didn't care about face, they could only properly record this matter.

Lan Chi-jen couldn't help but look at Jiang Cheng meaningfully. He always thought that Shaozong from the Jiang Family was ordinary and unremarkable, but he was wrong. These words seemed to be said from the standpoint of the Lan family, but in reality, he had forced the Lan family into a desperate situation.

He had underestimated this young man who grew up under the light of Jiang Xuan and Wei Wuxian.

He originally thought that Jiang Xuan and Wei Wuxian were the two freaks of the Jiang Family. He didn't expect that Jiang Yanli was the one who emerged from the mud unsullied!

Previously, Jiang Cheng's light was blocked by Wei Wuxian. This time, he finally revealed his own edge.

Lan Chi-jen thought of Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian. Then, he thought of the Yunmeng Twin Jade Annulus of the Lan Clan. Then, he thought of the new generation of the other families. He couldn't help but sigh. If there were no accidents, the three juniors of the Jiang Family would be the leaders of the Immortal Gate's next generation.

Lan Chi-jen had educated thousands of people, and his vision was also very shrewd. If it weren't for someone who appeared out of nowhere and suddenly overshadowed the Jiang Family siblings and then led the Immortal Gate, the new generation of the Immortal Gate would indeed be led by the Jiang Family.

Compared to men, women's thoughts were more meticulous. Therefore, even if Lady Yu had a bad temper, she still thought more than Jiang Zongzhu.

She faintly said, "These past few days, we've been busy rebuilding Lotus Pier. Thinking that the Lan Clan also needs to rebuild Immortal Mansion, Ah Xian, this child, asked me to bring over the paintings he made when he was studying in Gusu. He hoped that they would be of help to you."

Hearing from her daughter that Wei Wuxian admired the Lan family's fairy, Lady Yu treated him as half a son. Naturally, she wanted to help.

The Lan Clan felt as if they had eaten a fly. Many members of the Lan Clan had lived in the Cloud Recesses for dozens of years. They knew Immortal Mansion like the back of their hand. Why would they need Wei Wuxian's paintings?

But he had good intentions. It was much better than those who didn't even have good intentions, right?

Therefore, they pinched their noses and took the paintings. At the same time, they gritted their teeth and thanked Wei Wuxian. They didn't expect that they would fall into the big hole dug by Lady Yu.

Afterwards, after Wei Wuxian abducted their Lan family's pride, Hankō-kun, Lan Wangji, the Lan Clan didn't even dare to roll their eyes. Even if they saw Wei Wuxian pulling a long face, they would be pointed at and gossiped. Back then, after the Lan family was burned down, YiLing Ancestor gave them the paintings to help them rebuild Immortal Mansion. Moreover, their family also received books from ferocious corpses. They were the least qualified to look down on ghost cultivators. But now, they were looking at them coldly. This was really … tsk tsk tsk …

Lan Clan: I didn't, I didn't. Brother, listen to my explanation …

However, he couldn't explain it.

After they finished talking about business, Jiang Zongzhu and Lady Yu continued to chat with Lan Chi-jen in the quiet room. Jiang Cheng was asked by Wei Wuxian to visit Lan Wangji.

Jiang Cheng passed a box of Yunmeng specialty pastries that Wei Wuxian brought over to Lan Zongzhu and said, "Ah Xian asked me to bring this over. It's a specialty of our Yunmeng. Ah Xian said that eating something sweet can make people feel better."

Seeing that Lan Wangji only rubbed the box and didn't say anything, he explained, "Ah Xian originally wanted to come over personally, but he said that you don't like him. He was afraid that you would be angrier if you saw him, so he didn't come."

Lan Wangji muttered, "No!" He didn't dislike him, and he wouldn't be angrier if he saw him.

He … wanted to see him.

Jiang Cheng didn't hear it clearly, and thought that Lan Zongzhu was worried about his big brother. Thus, he comforted Lan Zongzhu and said, "Hankō-kun, don't worry, the Wen Family members who were chasing after Lord Zewu have already been secretly taken care of by Jiang Family. The remaining small fries are nothing to worry about.

It's just that this matter shouldn't be made public, I hope that Hankō-kun can understand. "

It doesn't matter if Lan Wangji says it out, after all, everyone will definitely know about this matter in the future. Doing good deeds without leaving a name behind has never been his second sister's style.