Give me the courage to believe again // the courage to believe
When Lan Wangji returned to the Cloud Recesses from his first visit to where Wei Ying was carving a home out of the Burial Mounds, he knew he had to do something. He knelt through his punishment stoic as ever, the ache in his chest swallowing the pain in his knees and arms so that when he was dismissed, he was surprised by how much time he had lost there in the snow. He found that the punishment had only steeled his resolve: if Wei Ying wouldn’t let him try music, he would find something else.---While Wei Ying is living in the Burial Mounds with the Wen remnants, Lan Wangji discovers some old Lan texts that suggest dual cultivation might help Wei Ying control the resentful energy and keep it from harming his body and mind. Later, Lan Xichen offers to help.