At the Ningyuan Medical Clinic, Wen Ning said goodbye to Wen Qing and the others upon hearing Wei Wuxian say they were returning early. For Wen Qing and her family, knowing that Wen Ning and the others were safe and well was already enough. Furthermore, they had managed to meet a few times, so the group did not display any lingering reluctance to part. They simply urged Wen Ning to take good care of himself and let him and Wei Wuxian leave.
They had arrived as four people and were leaving as seven. After dropping Wen Ning off at the small cottage at the foot of the mountain, the group of six hiked up the mountain on foot. A heavy snow had fallen in the Cloud Recesses a few days prior, and now the entire landscape was blanketed in pristine white. The path up the mountain had already been cleared by the Lan Clan disciples. As they walked along, Hua Yuan chattered away endlessly, her silver-bell-like voice ringing clear through the mountain forest.
At the mountain gate of the Cloud Recesses, two Lan Clan disciples stood straight and tall. Seeing Lan Wangji and the others approaching from a distance, they bowed and saluted, "Hanguang-Jun, Senior Wei, Young Master."
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