At Wanxians first meeting, Wei Wuxian already revealed himself to be a top notch Cultivator (and I personally think this is how he got Lan Zhans attention!)
They are carrying a man, whilst Jiang Chen believes heâs dead, Wei Wuxian knows he is not.Â
In Taoist Cultivation there is a special technique to see energies. Depending on the training and the cultivation method there are different types of energies one can see if the awareness is vast enough (in easier terms: it depends on the level of the Cultivator). Wei Wuxian can see if there is a flowing energy in ones body (as in all living things) or a stagnant or dead energy. He sees the energy of that man is still flowing, but itâs stagnant. Which reveals to him that this man is still living, but his energy is halted by Sorcery.
It again shows Wei Wuxians high Cultivation. He can even see the source of why this mans energy is halted. It is wicked Sorcery. He canât put a name to it (and he probably doesnât even bother to do so), but he knows the reason for the state the man is in.Â
So he is able to not only see energies, he can distinguish the different energies and even find their source of the differences with just one look.Â
Whilst it takes most Cultivators to touch that person, meditate on it or use different inquiry methods to find this truth, Wei Wuxian can just see it.Â
But this isnât innate talent, this takes a lot of practice. He definitely shows heâs a genius and I think that attracts Lan Zhan. Or at least Lan Zhans attention in that moment.Â
I think this is why Lan Zhan stares at Wei Wuxian. Heâs trying to find out if that was a lucky guess or if he really knows (despite the fact the he probably thinks Wei Wuxian is an absolute beauty).
I also think all the following events are carefully planned by Lan Zhan.Â
I donât see a clue in the series, but I personally think Lan Zhan checked on them leaving and also saw Wei Wuxian leaving to get the invitations. He waited till the guard shift changed and let the Jiangs in. He knew Wei Wuxian would go on search for them.Â
I also think he tested Wei Wuxian with the gate. I mean, Lan Zhan knew Wei Wuxian would search for them and would eventually try to get into CR. WWX had the invitations with him, so it would have been easy if he would let someone guard the gate (and they said they change shift, so there should definitely be a guard!). But no, he left the gate with just a ban, and waited till WWX will just break that ban to get in. Iâm sure Lan Zhan wanted to know if he can or if heâs just words.Â
Breaking such gate bans arenât the easiest thing. One gonna need to know a lot about Sorcery (and the use of Talismans) to be able to do so. Wei Wuxian proved himself that heâs easily capable of that.Â
Also Lan Zhan âduellingâ him on the roof was surely calculated. He wanted to know how good WWX Cultivation really is.Â
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