#maybe a-yuan's destiny would have been to become lsz all along

[mostlikelytofangirl]

If NMJ had somehow found out A-Yuan was born from the Wen Clan (idk abt logistics, maybe a god tells him), do you think he would have exposed and killed him?

I love NMJ but his unwavering principles are as much a vice as a virtue. I love him but he scares me (haha totally not bringing my own traumas to my media consumption).

- Regular Anon

Ok, this is bit of a tough one.

His principles as both a vice and a virtue really nails it tbh. It would seem that having such strong morals can have no setbacks, but it really did show when NMJ was so adamant in punishing every single Wen, even when he knew the remnants did not participate in the war.

So, in A-Yuan's case... it's complicated. I would say it would depend on what stage of A-Yuan's life they would be, but I think both scenarios have their own issues.

Let's say, when A-Yuan was a toddler. We know A-Yuan survived the siege bc he was hidden, but if NMJ would have found him, what would he have done? On one hand, A-Yuan's a Wen, and NMJ is set in not forgiving any of those. On the other hand, that's a little kid, what kind of honorable warrior would punish a child? Iirc, there's this scene in the novel where NMJ and his troops made it to a desolated house after a battle, and what they found there was a mother with her children, and naturally they were left alone. Would that had been the same? It's a Wen, but it's an innocent child.

Now, let's say NMJ somehow survives until A-Yuan becomes Lan Sizhui, a respected disciple of the Lan and a promising and polite young cultivator. If he was to find out then, what would his reaction be? That's not a small kid anymore, but LSZ can barely be considered a Wen at all. He had been raised by the Lan, known and loved by all other sects. Would he still denounce the boy? Would it even matter at that point?

In my purely personal and honest opinion, I think NMJ would spare A-Yuan. Yes, he is implacable when he is convinced that he is walking the righteous path and delivering justice (and that can be scary af when it's a 191 cm wall of muscles with a huge ass saber XD), but legitimately thinking that a 3 years-old child deserves death is no longer justice, is cruelty —I mean, you could make the argument that blaming the Dafan Wens was cruel on itself (and it was), but in NMJ's head, they had the chance to take a stand and they didn't. What kind of stand could a kid take?

NMJ can be a lot of things, but he is not a bad person. One thing that is also very prominent in him is standing up for the weak and defenseless, and there's hardly anyone more defenseless than a toddler. Even if A-Yuan was LSZ already, the entire Lan clan would vouch for him, and if LXC could convince NMJ to trust JGY, he could very well convince him that LSZ is a Lan now, his blood is of no relevance.

So no, I don't think NMJ would demand the death of A-Yuan/LSZ.

#replies #nie mingjue #lan sizhui #mdzs #it would be interesting to see his reaction tho #maybe a-yuan's destiny would have been to become lsz all along #if he found the kid of course made sure that the child will not be taught that he is a wen #and we all know the first person to volunteer to take him in #if lsz was older tho nmj would probably be wary of him for a while #but really the boy has been the most well behaved for years #it's not like he's going to turn around to bring back the glory of the wen clan