Wen Yuan knew what the question was but he didn't know what the answer was . Who could his parents be? WangXian of course but that wasn't what the man was asking. The thought about his birth parents had come into his mind many times but he had always pushed it away. 

Wen Ning saw how uneasy he looked so he replied for him,

"We gather for night-hunt from time to time." 

"I see."  The man was not satisfied with the answer, as if he was looking for a different answer.

"We would take our leave now, Thank you for accompanying us Wang Gongzi." Wen Ning and Wen Yuan bowed to the elderly man.

"It was a  pleasure to have the last of Wen, visit us." 

The bell had been dropped. it was directed at Wen Yuan.

"Who are you?" Lan Shizui asked in a stern voice.

The atmosphere suddenly changed. He clearly knew who Lan Shizui was and certainly was not afraid of Ghost General. A guy who had been watching from the sidelines finally decided to barge in. He was a middle aged cultivator with a crutch on his leg. 

"This was the phony I told you about, Sect leader Wang." 

The elderly man who was assisting them in their visit was in fact the sect leader of YingChuan Wang Sect.  

"He saved us the trouble  to hunt him down." the middle aged man said.

Wen Ning and Lan Shizui were on high alert now. They figured that things were sketchy. But in order to not attract any more trouble they both decided to play low. 

"Sect leader Wang and Young Master, I'm afraid that you have  mistaken me for someone else. That being said, we must take our leave. Thank you for accompanying  us." They both bowed and turned to the exit when the middle aged man said,

"I was there! I saw it! When Yiling Laozu hid you inside the tree trunk!"

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[Flashback: Siege to the Burial Mounds.]

*Shiek!

 The cultivators are attacking!

*Shiek!

Hide everyone!

*Shiek!

Granny! take A Yuan and  hide!

*Shiek!

Ahhhhhhhh!

*Shiek!

*Shiek!

*Shiek!

"A Yuan, listen to me very carefully. We are playing hide and seek ok?"

"Gege?"

 "You will hide here and will not come out no matter what ok?"

"Where is granny?"

"Granny is playing hide and seek as well. Now listen A-Yuan, even if you hear screams, even  if you smell blood, you will not even take a peek outside ok?"

"Gege! A-Yuan is scared."

"You will be alright if you stay here till everything goes silent ok?"

"Is A-yuan it?" 

"Yes! A-Yuan is it and you will go in the town to find everyone ok?"

"The town? where A-Yuan met with Brother Rich?"

"Yes! Yes! but you will not tell anyone your name ok?"

"Why?"

"Then they will know that A-Yuan is it and you will  lose the game, ok? You will not tell anyone your name ok? "

With a smile and a kiss full of tears, Wei Wuxian said,

"Be safe! my son." 

*Shiek

*Shiek

*Shiek

[Flashback ends]

Wen Yuan was already on the ground covering his ears and trembling as the dread filled him  when the whole scene was forced back into this memory. He remembered it now. The Siege! He remembered how his family was slaughtered!

Wen Ning supported the Squirming child. 

"Who are you?" Wen Ning asked.

"I thought you'd never ask. Listen to my name as it will be the last thing you hear."

"Yi Weichun!" 

Yi Weichun was the cultivator from Yi city. He lost his leg during the siege at Nightless City. Later his whole city fell under curse of Yin Tiger seal  which was creation of Yiling Patriarch. he was forced to flee when Xue Yang destroyed the city and was recruited by the sect leader Wang. He hated Yiling Patriarch more than anything in his life. Even after reveal of Jin GuangYao's treachery he still despised Wei Wuxian. 

Before  Yi Weichun could say anything he felt something sharp on his throat, it was Ghost General!

Wen Ning moved so swiftly and placed the tips of finger near their throats.

"And I am Wen Ning of Qishan Wen Sect. I dare you to make a move!"

Sect leader Wang and Yi Weichun almost saw their life flashed before their eyes.
Not only Ghost General was strong but fast as well, he could end their lives in mere seconds.

Sect leader Wang signaled Yi Weichun,

"Forgive me. Pay no mind to my words." 

Both of them begged for their lives. Even if Wen Ning killed them, nobody could hold account for it after all to the world, he was all alone. No sect! No family! No nothing!

Wen Ning gave them the final look of warning. He supported Lan Shizui and they both hit the road. Lan Shizui was always good at keeping his calm and he was doing it again but this made Wen Ning worried even more.

Their path was silent as if Life never existed there. Air around them was heavy as if it suddenly gained weight. The road was dry as if been deprived of moist.

"You're my Cousin. I thought you were my Uncle." 

Wen Ning was a little shocked at the sudden topic but relieved for not being a heavy one. he patted the little Wen. 

"Why didn't you correct me before?" Wen Yuan asked. The Siege was such a traumatic event for little A-Yuan that he had lost his memories and even now he only remembered few things. 

Wen Ning hesitated before answering, 

"When you were young, you always talked about  Wei Gongzi and when you grew up you talked about Lan gongzi..." 

Wen Yuan felt being hit by a thunder. He then realized how alone Wen Ning had been. 
He could not even openly accept him as a family.

Wen Ning was so happy to be called his uncle. That way he felt like a part of  someone's life. Wen Ning read through his face and decided to make him comfortable ,

"A-Yuan, do you wanna know about your birth parents?" 

Lan Shizui considered WangXian his parents and no one  else. but in order to fulfill his goal , he must know everything about Wens and it included his birth parents as well. So he nodded. 

"Uncle and  Aunt took care of JieJie and me when our parents died." Wen Ning told A Yuan as if suggesting that it was okay to have different parents as long as we remember the love they gave us.

 "They would take us to the Qingming festival to pay respect to our parents then on our way back we would eat Baozi." Wen Ning reminisced about his happy days, before the Siege, before Sunshot campaign and before all the  mess. 

He told Wen Yuan about his parents, how they would prepare delicious sweets. Grandma, how she would tell them Triumphs of Wen Mao. Jiejie, how she would scold them for playing for too long. Uncle forth, how he would boost about making new liquor and everyone else. It was like a whole new experience for Wen Yuan. 
From the things he had been told along with the things he recently remembered, he could deduce that Yiling branch of Wens were not the bad people then why the world resented them? Because of their surname Wen?
Lan Shizui felt his stomach curled up and he wanted to cling to his father's leg so bad. Right then he missed his parents so much that tears formed in his eyes but this time he knew what to do as he hugged the lonely General .
"Thank you, Uncle."
Well it didn't matter what he called him as long as he (WN) had a place in his (LS) heart. 

The lifeless path was given life when Ghost General hugged him back.

                                                                                . . .

The chief cultivator Nie Huaisang stepped into the Koi Tower. Beside him were Sect Leader Jin and Mo Xuanyu of Lanling Jin Sect.

Qing Cangye welcomed them all as he bowed and smiled. 

"A- Xuan , you came!" Sect leader Qing said when he tried to caress Mo Xuanyu's cheeks.

Mo Xuanyu squinted his eyes tight and grabbed Nie Huaisang firmly. Nie Huaisang immediately guarded the man and said,

"Sect Leader Qing, what business you might have with Mo-Xiong?" The Chief Cultivator asked.

"Sect Leader Nie, You are aware that currently Lanling Jin sect is at it's weakest. If A-Xuan and A-Ling work together, I'm sure Lanling Sect will thrive once again."

Hearing this Mo Xuanyu gripped his (NHS) clothes even tighter.

Just how much did they torture him?

"Mo Xiong is currently a guest cultivator at Qinghe Nie Sect, I'm afraid he can't comply to your request."

Qing Cangye sighed,

"With all due respect, even you as the Chief cultivator have no authority or right to change someone's ancestry. A-Xuan belongs to Lanling sect." 

The Origin of a person can not be changed no matter who you are or what you've become!

With the bow chief cultivator stated,

"Mo Xuanyu of Lanling Jin Sect will marry Nie Huaisang of Qinghe Nie Sect, prepare for the wedding."

He dropped the news like a bomb and let the rest deal with the consequences. Qing Cangye and Jin Ling dumbfounded, stared at the figures hand in hand as they disappeared from their sight.

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[I need to clarify few things for the people who haven't read the Novel. The characters/sects all are  original MXTX characters. For example, Yueyang cheng sect, Leling Qin sect, ying chuan wang sect, yi weichuan etc. These characters/sects were mentioned once or twice in the Novel and have really few context about them. The characters which are my OC's are unnamed, (for example Madam of Zao clan) so the readers won't get confused. My goal is to explore all the named characters/sects provided by MXTX. How i described  them is my perception, It could be totally opposite to how MXTX had written them.]

{Don't be confused with the timeline, it will follow 3 groups; SangXuan , XiCheng and Juniors/Wen Ning }

Sorry for the grammatical Errors, do point them out!

Thanks for Reading!