Why is Wei Wuxian surprised/puzzled that his sword sealed itself? 🤔
I feel I’m missing something. 🤔🤔🤔

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    A sword sealing itself is indicative of the sword owner having a particularly higher cultivation, because only when you’ve gained a higher level of cultivation and have established a greater bond and sense of loyalty and comradeship with your sword, does it seal itself.
    Wei Ying was surprised, as was everyone else, because he also didn’t know that he actually had reached that level of cultivation, which was actually far higher than his peers (Jiang Cheng, Nie Huai Sang—and dare I even say, Lan Zhan, if not EQUAL to Lan Zhan, as there has never been a “winner” ever decided every time Lan Zhan and Wei Ying ever fought using their martial arts, sparred (practiced fighting) using their martial arts, or battled using their martial arts

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      Thanks, that makes sense, as their swords seem tied to their magical abilities.

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        No problem!!

        Yes, their swords are definitely tied to their “magical” powers and their martial arts, and is also representation of the “right” way of cultivation. Jiang Cheng still carries his sword even after he inherits his mother’s Purple Lightening whip for the above reasons, and it’s also why Wei Ying was questioned (by family), called out on (by outsiders), and rebuked (by Lan Zhan) after he came back from the Burial Mounds and stopped using his sword (because he couldn’t because he lost his Golden Core) and started using his flute, Chen Qing 👌🏻👌🏻

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          When he returned and stopped using his sword, I thought Lan Zhan was about the only person who thought there might be another reason besides laziness for the change. He seemed to be more concerned about the change than anyone else.

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            Lan Zhan was definitely concerned, but I’d say that it was more out of his own strict and unmoving principles than anything else. It’s because the use of the sword is representative of the “right “ way of cultivation, when Lan Zhan saw that Wei Ying wasn’t using his sword anymore, for how strict and unmoving Lan Zhan’s personality is, it was a hard pill to swallow, especially since at that point, Lan Zhan and Wei Ying had acknowledged each other as soulmates (but it’s shown as BFFs in the drama, to get around the censorship), and for it was difficult for Lan Zhan to see someone he cares so much about to be doing something “wrong”, it’s the reason why—even if he still didn’t understand, at least, not until he lost Wei Ying for 16 years— Lan Zhan still offered Wei Ying care and he offered Wei Ying ways he could help him to gain control over his ‘new’ cultivation of the flute & music

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            Yes, the offer to help with controlling the new powers seemed very significant. He couldn’t condone the new abilities but he couldn’t stand by and let them consume Wei Wuxian.

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            Yes, and during the 16 years when Lan Zhan was swimming in his own regret and had the time to think things through, when Wei Ying came back 16 years later, Lan Zhan basically let Wei Ying do any and everything… Even drinking inside the grounds of Gusu and Lan Zhan was actually the one who provided the alcohol 80% of the time 😂😂😂😂 In the novel and manhua (Chinese anime), it’s said that Lan Zhan actually kept bottles of Emperor’s Smile inside the floorboards of his own chambers for whenever Wei Ying wanted it 😉😉😉😉

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            Yes, it was kind of shocking to Lan Zhan turn up with the Emperor’s Smile

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            Within the 3000 Lan Clan clan rules, it’s said that one should not let their guard down or dress down unless it is in front of family or people that you trust, so for Lan Zhan to show up with Emperor’s Smile INSIDE the walls of Gusu AND to be dressed down in, essentially, his PJs when he was bringing the alcohol over—that was a pretty significant and symbolic moment for Lan Zhan as a character, for the relationship between Wei Ying & Lan Zhan, and very telling for Lan Xi Chen ☺️☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰😉😉😉😏😏😏

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