#neery

A Moment's Warning

by Neery

G, 8k, wangxian

Summary: The Wens are safe, the tiger amulet is out of Jin Guangshan's hands, and Wei Wuxian is going to cooperate when Hanguang Jun puts him down like a rabid dog. It's not the end to his story he wanted, but it's one he can accept.

Mojo's comments: In which the Yiling Patriarch gives himself over to the Lan Sect for 'cleansing', even knowing (as they do not) that their method will be a death sentence for him. (Aha, another story for lovers of Decay by antebunny.)

Excerpt: The song got more complex as it went along. There was a secondary melody layered under the first, first reinforcing and then gradually altering it, turning it harsh and dissonant, a whip full of barbed hooks. It would dig into his meridians and rip the source of his power out at the roots. It would leave him flayed open, with the paths of spiritual energy unbalanced enough to induce a qi deviation. Of course a powerful cultivator might be able to use his golden core to rebalance his qi. But even then the ritual was going to be dangerous, and likely to leave him crippled if it didn't kill him. Without a golden core, it was a death sentence. [...] "I accept," Wei Wuxian said. The Wens would be safe, the tiger seal would be out of Jin Guangshan's hands, and Wei Wuxian was going to cooperate while Hanguang Jun put him down like a rabid dog.

canon-divergence, fix-it, everyone lives/nobody dies, misunderstandings, golden core reveal, jin zixuan lives, ambush at qiongqi path, pov wei wuxian, musical cultivation, protective lan wangji, happy ending

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