poisoned by venom with each breath we take

Link: https://glowfic.com/posts/5325
Author: st753m
Warnings: canon-typical content, spoilers for the untamed/mdzs
Status: ~~incomplete~~complete
Summary: Sandu Shengshou and Lan Wangji go on a road trip
Length: ??428 replies, ??24,127 words

Description:

The remaining pieces of the Yin Iron need to be recovered. One is in the garden of the Flower Maiden, one is held by the Chang clan, and one is with the Xuanwu of Slaughter in Dusk Creek Mountain. As Lan Wangji and Sandu Shengshou have nothing better to do, they are sent out to retrieve them.

Characters:

Jiang Cheng
Lan Wangji
Various other characters from The Untamed

Summary:

[link] Lan Xichen finds Future Jiang Cheng and convinces him to go on a night hunt with Lan Wangji. He also subtly informs Jiang Cheng of Lan Wangji's interest in Wei Wuxian.

[link] Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji go to Yueyang and the Chang Clan first. The piece is at the bottom of a depleted silver mine, and they collect it.

[link] The second piece is with the Flower Damsel. She can detect that Jiang Cheng is not the original holder of the body he is in, and speaks cryptically. Afterwards, when they are staying at an inn, Jiang Cheng tells the story about how his golden core was lost and then replaced by Baoshan Sanren.

[link] They fight the Xuanwu of Slaughter. They kill it, but Jiang Cheng is badly wounded in the attempt.

[link] Lan Wangji brings Jiang Cheng to Nightless City for treatment. While waiting for him to heal, Lan Wangji assists with Wen Qing's library. He discovers the scroll on Golden Core Transfers and puts together the pieces.

[link] Young Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian arrive in Nightless City.

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