Based on the ridiculous number of emissaries they kept sending him, they seemed to foolishly believe he would be kinder to them after learning how they had slaughtered his people and abandoned his lands.
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What he learned from speaking with those who had lived through that final battle was that all of his estimations of the battle strength of the surrounding clans had been accurate. They would very definitely have lost the war, except for a teenager
From those that had been imprisoned by the Jin after the war—before they had been tortured and executed—he learned that none of the other sect leaders had not understood it either.
Moreover, he learned that—as soon as the war was over—rather than embracing the boy or even fighting over which sect would get to keep him, they had turned on him. This boy, this Wei Wuxian had been the cause for Wen Ruohan’s loss. But he had also been the only one who spoke out...
... against killing the innocents amongst his people.
This was part of the teachings of Wen Mao, and Wen Ruohan found himself respecting the boy. It was hard to stay true to such values, when one held such power.
How foolish the other sects had been for turning on him rather than embracing him.
Wen Ruohan wondered whether they had feared the boy’s power, or feared the fact that he had a sense of right and wrong, and the strength to back it up.
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It was only somewhat reassuring that this was not just something he had missed, was not something that the other sects had managed to hide from him.
Instead, they had both feared and coveted it.
This was part of the teachings of Wen Mao, and Wen Ruohan found himself respecting the boy. It was hard to stay true to such values, when one held such power.
Wen Ruohan knew this struggle well.
Wen Ruohan wondered whether they had feared the boy’s power, or feared the fact that he had a sense of right and wrong, and the strength to back it up.