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After the fall of the Yiling Patriarch the Sects decide to hold a special conference to divide up the spoils. Lan Wangji feels compelled to attend despite his pending seclusion after his punishment.
Jin Guangyao, as the organizer of the conference, greets Jiang Cheng as he arrives at Koi Tower. Various cultivators arrive and discussions quickly dissolve into bickering about splitting the assets from the Burial Mounds.
Uncontested, Jiang Cheng gets possession of Chenqing because none of the other Sects care about music cultivation. Except for the Lan Clan which will not accept an artifact of such demonic energy. When Jiang Cheng picks up Chenqing he thinks he sees out of the corner of his eye Lan Wangji eyeing it.
After some discussion it is decided that the Jin clan gets dominion over the Wen Remnants and Wei Wuxian’s research. The Lan clan receives Wen Qin's medical research for their library Pavilion.
Any semblance of order in discussion completely falls away when Suibian is brought up. Cultivators pass around the sword and all try to draw the sealed blade. Jiang Cheng cannot stand all the greedy cultivators putting their paws on a masterpiece of Yunmeng Sect.
Eventually, the sword is in the hands of Jin Zixun. "How arrogant of Wei Wuxian to seal his sword as if mocking us from beyond the grave calling all other cultivators weaker! Only the weaklings before me have failed to unsheath this sword," boasts Jin Zixun. He then tries several times to remove the sword from its sheath and fails.
Su She snatches the sword out of Jin Zixun’s grasp. He also fails multiple times to forcefully draw the blade.
Jin Guangyao takes Suibian from the embarrassed Su She. "Such a magnificent blade could only belong to an equally worthy Sect such as the majestic Jin clan."
Jiang Cheng angrily walks over and barks, " An equally worthy Sect? Ha! Suibian is a Yunmeng forged blade. It belongs to the Yunmeng Sect!"
Jiang Cheng goes to seize Suibian out of the hands of the greedy Jin Sect. Jiang Cheng grasps Suibian by the hilt. Jin Guangyao refuses to surrender the blade and tugs back using his hand still on the sheath.
The various voices arguing abruptly end at the sight of a white faced Jiang Cheng holding the gleaming blade. The room falls eerily silent and all are stunned.
"He’s possessed by the Yiling Patriarch!" -crys some random nobody cultivator.
"No wonder, it was suspicious how suddenly he got stronger."
"That explains why he was the only one that wanted the flute."
A shiver goes down Jiang Cheng's spine as he feels a stare which vastly unrivals all else.
A panicking Jiang Cheng quickly escapes the room still subconsciously wielding Suibian.