What if Wen Yuan was the youngest (illegitimate) son, or grandson, of Wen Rouhan through Wen Qing and Ning's cousin?
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What if Wen Rouhan's moods and madness became worse when Yuan's mother left after becoming pregnant and had her son in secret (with only Wen Qing, Wen Ning, Granny Wen, and Uncle Four knowing the truth)?
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What if the Wen Sect was like the main royal family of the cultivation world (after Xue and before Jin)?
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What if the Wen head family bloodline inherited a core that is meant to inherit all spiritual and resentful energies relating to the Burial Grounds (which had originally been passed down from a member of Xue, the main cultivators of Demonic energies, in the past through marriage)?
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Follow-up: what if Wen Rouhan found out about Yuan's existence after his mother's death (through after-birth illness or the war) and tried to find him by interrogating Qing and Ning while punishing them for helping the Jiangs?
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What if clues about Yuan's relations to the late Wen sect leader were revealed later on and were questioned, making a new target to the cultivation world?
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Follow-up: What if his parents and friends would do anything to protect him from the same fate his family (and Wei Wuxian) had suffered?
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What if Wen Rouhan's gifted skills were passed on naturally to Yuan?