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The Tale of Tiger Mountain ch 13: The Silence

[Read on Ao3] || XiYao post-canon fix-it || M

"Yao made quick work of the robe and then focused on embroidering the sigils that made the Funeral Dress. Despite the good night’s sleep, tea, and several hot meals, there was still a small crumb of resentment nestled deep in his chest that he hadn’t been able to banish.

His frustration wasn’t only about getting mud in his hair or the itchy spots like mosquito bites the poisonous algae had left on his arms. Not even about how he had missed the main fight and only ended up doing some cleaning up, while his older martial sibling hogged all the heroic glory to themselves once again.

Every child is precious, Youliu had said, presenting the claim with such deep conviction one could have mistaken it for a demonstrable fact and not a value statement.

But she was wrong."

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The Tale of Tiger Mountain ch 12: A Boiling River

[Read on Ao3] XiYao // post-canon fix-it // M

Swimming just above the kelp forest, she kept her eyes peeled and searching.

In the deafening silence, an eerie feeling persisted.

It was a feeling that refused to let her just swim in peace, a feeling that made her nape tingle, her toes curl in, and her eyes search her surrounding left and right and above and below – a feeling that she wasn’t alone, she just couldn’t see what was already watching her.

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Sometimes I think about how Meng Yao/Jin Guangyao is perhaps the only character who can be sure and secure in the knowledge that his mother wanted and loved him.

Pretty much everyone else has either been orphaned when they were very young and/or born out of political/arranged marriages where having children is a duty.

Meng Yao was born to an unmarried low-class woman in prostitution, where pregnancy is activively avoided or aborted, babies given away or abandoned. So Meng Shi must have actively chosen to have her baby, and then she loved him, protected him and got him education to the best of her abilities, working tirelessly to get him a better life.

And then, that loving mother is the cruelest insult anyone can ever think of for him.

#Jin Guangyao #CQL #The Untamed #I wonder how much he must have hated all those privileged unloved children looking down on them #I also wonder if Lan Xichen envied JGY for his mother #LXC lost his mother early #and his origins are a bit dubious #I HC that Lan Furen didn't want LXC and had difficulties to bond with him #she didn't mean to but ends up favoring LWJ #it also explains why LXC is so close to their uncle #bc LQR is not only the primary caregiver but his source of atachment #our original stuff #mdzs

Lán FúLóng 藍伏龍

The current leader of the Lan clan and the oldest of the current ruling generation

His courtesy name 伏龍 FúLóng means crouching dragon. This is a reference to the most accomplished strategist of the Han dynasty era, Zhuge Liang, who is also played by Takeshi Kaneshiro (pictured above) in the movie Red Cliff

His title is 太寧君 TàiNíng Jun, meaning peace under the sky

His given name is 明 Míng, meaning bright

He is a direct descendant of Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, who adopted several children during their mortal lives

His disposition is very calm and serene, but driven by academic curiosity. He especially is very open-minded towards demonic cultivation, and not only because of his heritage

He's widely respected as a very accomplished swordsman, but his true calling is teaching

He upholds the tradition of keeping rabbits in the Cloud Recesses

He and Lan Fengchuan are childhood friends. He finds her ambition and nerve inspiring

He has a sweet tooth but doesn't indulge, unless it's a special day such as a festival, and even then only a little. When Lan Fengchuan brings him candy from the city, it's a gift from a friend and thus different

From the fanfic The Tale of Tiger Mountain

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The Tale of Tiger Mountain ch 11: Memories

[Read on Ao3] XiYao // post-canon fix-it // M

Yao quieted himself to pay his respects without a hurry before letting himself admire the shrine further. It was quiet enough to hear the whispering of the candle flames. A delicate wind chime rang softly somewhere above, in a breeze too light to be felt in the restful harmony of the shrine. As if drawn to it, Yao lifted his gaze and found one specific tablet high up, centuries old yet much cherished, a candle of its own lit before it. On the tablet was carved the name Lan Xichen, and as soon as Yao had read it, he was drowned under a suffocating wave of sorrow.

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Lán FèngChuán // 藍鳳傳

Lán Fèngchuán is the first disciple of the Lan clan

Her courtesy name means "phoenix that transmits knowledge"

Her given name is Lán Xi 藍馨, meaning fragrance/good reputation.

Her title is HuáiZhen-Jun 懷真君, meaning to harbour genuine/truthful

She is a descendant of Lan Jingyi

Being a woman, she picked her own courtesy name when she was sixteen, which is why it's so ambitious and assertive.

She and the clan leader Lán Fúlóng grew up together. They are different in temperament but also very close friends.

She loves good food, especially chicken, and cheats on the customary vegetarian diet every time she goes out of town. As long as the juniors don't see, she goes for it.

She is very direct and always speaks her mind. Sometimes it brings conflict, but her outspokenness and keen eye for character make her able to offer valuable counsil to Lán Fúlóng.

She craves glory and adventure. That's why it was her who led the hunt for the white tiger.

Despite her wild nature, or maybe because of it, she's a very attentive teacher and good with youths and children.

From CQL fanwork The Tale of the Tiger Mountain

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The Tale of Tiger Mountain ch 10: The Talisman Maker

Xiyao // post-canon fix-it //M // [Read on Ao3]

“For centuries, many great cultivators of all the great and some lesser clans have tried to hunt it, but equally many have fallen to its claws. It’s rumoured only an immortal could possibly be a match for such a foul creature. Or maybe killing the tiger will make you into one! Who knows, but the reward for bringing down the white tiger would surely be unfathomably glorious.” It was a great tale, and Yao could feel something inside him stirring. An ancient monster just roaming the lands, waiting for a worthy hunter to track it down…

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The Tale of Tiger Mountain ch 9: Thrown Away

[Read on Ao3][XiYao post-canon fix-it, slow burn, M]

But something was calling him, something he was sure wasn’t quite human. He couldn’t understand how it was here in the Carp Tower that was, despite everything, a den of the most powerful cultivators of the region. The grounds of the Carp Tower were pure and silent. He could feel the wards humming silently and so strong that he could have almost sworn they included at least something against demonic cultivators.

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