~Gu Sect~

"Brother Xichen." Came the voice of Kagome making the injured Lan Xichen look to his left to see Higurashi Kagome coming in carrying some tea and asked, "Kagome?!" she smiled softly and said, "Yue brought me here and not a moment to soon. That cut of yours is giving you a nasty infection and seems to have a poisoin that is weakning your qi." As she knelt beside him and Xichen smiled warily as the young woman pulled down his blanket to revel his bare chest and badly bandaged wound. She shook her head as she gently helped him up enough so he could drink the tea as she said, "This will put you to sleep so your body and qi can heal." He nodded as he slowly sipped the tea and with every minute that passed, Lan Xichen felt himself becoming sleepier and soon was sound asleep.

Kagome laid him back down gently as she pulled off his blanket all together, ignoring the fact that he was almost naked save for his underwear. Taking out her dagger, she carefully cut away the bandages and started to tend to his wounds and Onimaru appeared and said, "I shall be your aid, Kagome." "Thanks, can you warm up the room?" she asked and he nodded and shortly the room was warm and lit, she started to fully clean the wounds.

Onimaru watched as his mistress' blue qi slowly rose up to gently embraced her as she placed her finger over the wound and started to chant in the language which was gifted to her by her angles, "Per terra et aqua, aer et ignis, hoc Est, velle audire. Fontes, ex lege Vitae et Lumen, et fontes diem terrae, et hic, quaeso, maxime humilis mannor. Patitur me, sanare omnes, qui fuit inflected in hoc esse.." As she chanted, he saw the blue qi slowly engulf Lan Xichen which became a bluish fire and all the wounds and any poison was fully healed. 'I wonder…' mused Onimaru as he left the room, to familiar himself with the somewhat different style manor that rested on a crystal clear lake filled with water lilies that gave it an mystical feel to it.

~A week later~

"Quick, lay him down here." Ordered Kagome when her familiar landed with a badly wounded Jiang Cheng who fainted and the angle did as she said, "Brother Xichen, can you undress him? Onimaru go and get my kit and start to brew the tea." Her sword noded and swiftly left the room as Lan Xichen nodded before coming over and with a quick apology undressed Cheng to his underwear and she noticed the worry in his eyes. Her eyes scanned his body and said, "He was ambushed and lost a lot of blood. His leg seems to have some damaged and is dangerously weaken. It's a miracle that he is still alive."

"Yue, what happened?" asked Lan Xichen and the angle said, "Wen Chao had all the cultivators relinquish their swords before having them search for the cave opening where the Tortoise of Slaughter was hiding. Due to his misstress' jealousy over a young lady, she wanted to make her bleed to draw out the beast but Wuxian and Young master Jin stepped but to defend them which led to a small confrontation that awaken the beast but they survived. Wuxian had protected the girl and got a brand on his chest that weakened him. Wuxian had distracted the beast for enough time for the others to escape but ended up being trapped with Lan Wangji. Outside was where the Wen was waiting, and Wen Chao came up with the story of a revolted and ambushed them." He was relieved that his younger brother was safe when Onimaru returned and said, "Here you go, Kagome." She smiled and said, "Brother Xichen, please don't tell anyone this…" and his eyes widen when she started to glow with qi that remined him of a blueish fire as she rested her hand on his chest and started to chant in an unknown language.

Yue understood Latin and watched as she fully healed Jiang Cheng and she said, "Yue, got to Lotus Pire and let Sect Leader Jiang know what happened and have Wuxian brought here instead. Also where are his sword?" he chuckled as he held out his hands as Sandu appeared. "I have already given Suibian and Bichen back to Wuxian and his Wangji." He said with a wink and Lan Xichen asked, "How? You said they had to surrender their swords? And what did you mean his?" "Beleve it or not Wei Wuxian is the fated person of Lan Wangji." Said Kagome as she stretched and Yue nodded and said, "Soul mates. I'm sure you recognized how they acted around each other." Making the older man chuckle and said, "It makes sense now…you have made up your mind." He said and got a wary smile and the room fell into silence.

~3 days later~

Jiang Cheng woke up to an unfamiliar room and shot up before feeling dizzy and felt two warm hands on his arm and he said, "Kagome?!" she smiled and said, "Easy, you have a head rush. Yue told me what happened and told Uncle Jiang about Wuixan and Wangji. You've been out for three days." He sighed and asked, "So where are we?" "The Gu Sect. Yue brought you here after the ambush and I healed you." She said as she withdrew her hands and stood up making her way over to a small table and said, "Come and eat. I made it myself." He nodded and went to get up when his hand hit a sword and said, "My sword?" "A trick from Yue." She winked and he chuckled as he joined her and started to eat eagerly and asked, "Dose Bro Huaisang know?" "Of course. How is it?" she asked and Cheng said, "I miss your cooking. Even Sister loves it." Making his little sister blush and said, "I'm glad. You may rest here if yo want to head to Lotus Pier. This place is always open to you." He nodded and asked, "You have a map?"

~Interlude part 2~

After the retrieval and rescue of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, the Wen Sect's Wen Chao has taken the claim of slaughtering the Tortoise of Slaughter while making up the story of the Jin, Lan, Jiang and Nie had staged a rebellion with Wei Wuxian at the head of it.

Madam Yu was angry at Wei Wuxian for bringing the Jiang Sect into the fray which led Jiang Fengmian to defend him which caused the brewing pot to overflow and a small wedge was driven between Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian due to it.

As the fight between Madam Yu and Jiang Fengmian grew longer, he had left to cool down when the mistress of Wen Chao came into Lotus Pier and demanded Wei Wuxian to be punished on behalf of the Wen Sect. Madam Yu did ignoring her son, and the smug maid then ordered for him to loose his hand to please Chao and that Lotus Pier will become the Wen Sect's Watch Tower. Madam Yu then slapped the maid and defended her honor which led to the attack on Lotus Pier and the lost of her golden core by the Core Melting Hand.

In a moment of motherly love, she gave Zidan to Jiang Cheng after binding him and Wei Wuxian before sending them away and headed back to the battle where she fought and untimely fell shortly after Jiang Fengmian arrived much to the distraught Jiang Cheng and the guilt ridden Wei Wuxian.

Shortly after that, Jiang Cheng was caught when Wei Wuxian left to find them food by the Wen Sect and had his core melted but luckily Wen Ning and his sister where the ones who was given Lotus Pier. Wei Wuxian, when he snuck into his former room, nearly killed Wen Ning before recognizing him and let him go and met his older sister Wen Qing. Despite her being Wen Rouhan's favorite, she hid the fact that Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian where in the room stating that she was a healer but warned them to leave soon after putting to sleep Jiang Cheng who nearly attacked them upon waking up.

As Jiang Cheng was sleeping, Wei Wuxian decide to give up his golden core and arranged a plan with Wen Ning and Wen Qing which was put into action when Jiang Cheng woke up. That in turn led to the capture of Wei Wuxian who was badly beaten and dragged to Burial Mounds where he was cast off of and left for dead.

~End of Interlude 2~