"What are your thoughts on Ye Tiancheng?"
In a place unseen by anyone, Helian Yi and Helian Sheng were in the same room, one standing and the other seated, facing each other.
This room was isolated from the outside world. Unless someone deliberately broke the barrier placed outside, there was absolutely no way to detect any movement within the room.
This was clearly Helian Sheng's doing.
Upon hearing Helian Sheng's question, Helian Yi's expression became troubled. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his expression was one of great hesitation. "Senior, what do you mean..."
He actually didn't quite agree with Helian Sheng's idea. However, Helian Sheng held a very high position within the family, and his intentions were for the good of the family. Therefore, even if he couldn't agree with the idea from a personal emotional standpoint, if there was even a sliver of feasibility in this idea, he couldn't refuse it.
As the patriarch of a family, personal emotions were bound to take a backseat; everything had to prioritize the family's interests.
"I can roughly understand your thoughts. If Ye Tiancheng were single, not married, perhaps this would be acceptable. But now he is married and even has a daughter. In such a situation, even if Yue'er were sacrificed, he would certainly not accept her."
Although his heart disagreed, it was still Helian Yi's duty to make the appropriate judgment according to his family status.
However, he was unwilling to give up just yet. If there was even a shred of possibility, he wanted to fight for a little more opportunity for Helian Yue, to have more choices. This was the only thing Helian Yi, as a father, could do for Helian Yue in this situation.
The reason for this scene was that Helian Sheng had mentioned some of his thoughts to Helian Yi.
Ye Tiancheng was very important to the Helian family. Setting aside any talk of righteousness, Helian Sheng might not actually care that much about the lives of the common people. The reason he was guarding here, not daring to leave, was more for the sake of the Helian family.
Because once the situation erupted, the Helian family would be the first to face utter destruction.
And if this disaster were to truly break out, it would be useless even if the entire Helian family relocated. After all, if no one could stop this disaster, then it would eventually affect the entire world. No matter where the Helian family moved, they would not escape their ultimate demise.
This could be considered a case of "when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold," and thinking about potential dangers when in a state of peace.
Helian Sheng was not a short-sighted person. If Ye Tiancheng had a way to prevent all this, allowing him to see hope for the future, he would definitely want to seize the opportunity and build a good relationship with Ye Tiancheng.
Originally, this matter might not have been so difficult. But unfortunately, there were some thoughtless individuals in the Helian family who offended Ye Tiancheng, which made things very complicated.
Even if Ye Tiancheng wasn't holding a grudge now, and at least wouldn't target the entire Helian family, this still wouldn't satisfy Helian Sheng. As long as there was no complete reconciliation with Ye Tiancheng, Helian Sheng could not completely put his mind at ease.
Moreover, Helian Sheng undoubtedly viewed matters from the perspective of the Helian family's history. No matter what happened, he would always prioritize the Helian family's interests, with everything else being secondary.
Just like this time, his eagerness to find Ye Tiancheng, and even not properly restraining his family members, was due to the Helian family's predicament. In fact, Helian Sheng himself might have considered using some means if it proved difficult to invite Ye Tiancheng, in order to pursue efficiency.
What Helian Sheng never disagreed with were ruthless methods. He cared more about the impact and feedback each matter would have on the Helian family.
If it ultimately harmed the family, then Helian Sheng would truly be unable to agree.
Therefore, Helian Sheng might not necessarily think Helian Su was wrong. He just felt that Helian Su didn't consider the family at all, only focusing on the final outcome without considering the chain reaction that outcome would bring.
He had already stated Ye Tiancheng's importance. Yet, some people wanted to use drastic measures without considering whether they would offend Ye Tiancheng. Helian Sheng naturally felt dissatisfied with people who showed no consideration for the family.
But now that the bad outcome had already occurred, Helian Sheng had no choice but to try and salvage the situation.
Furthermore, there was another aspect. Just by looking at Ye Tiancheng's cultivation and learning about some of his deeds, Helian Sheng knew that Ye Tiancheng was no ordinary person. Moreover, cultivators had a sense for certain things.
From the moment he met Ye Tiancheng, Helian Sheng knew that Ye Tiancheng was a person blessed with great destiny. When facing someone with great destiny, if one could establish a connection with them, the benefits brought to the Helian family could allow the Helian family to continue for several hundred more years, and be endlessly beneficial.
In such a situation, how could Helian Sheng not want to benefit from Ye Tiancheng? This matter was not easy to begin with, and with the previous offense, it had become even more troublesome.
It was after much deliberation that Helian Sheng made up his mind.
The method he finally came up with was a marriage alliance, betrothing Helian Yue to Ye Tiancheng. It had to be said that sometimes, marriage alliances were indeed an excellent method, and the easiest way to attach oneself to Ye Tiancheng and secure more benefits for the Helian family.
Since ancient times, nepotism had been the most powerful. Helian Yue was also a member of the Helian family, and the daughter of the patriarch. With such a status, if Helian Yue were to marry Ye Tiancheng, it would be a great benefit to the Helian family, and in Helian Sheng's view, even to Helian Yue herself.
The only difficult point was that Ye Tiancheng was already married and had a wife.
However, in Helian Sheng's opinion, this was not a big problem. Especially since Helian Sheng had investigated Ye Tiancheng beforehand. Even if he had heard rumors that Ye Tiancheng had later settled down, Ye Tiancheng's past conduct was clearly investigable.
As a man himself, Helian Sheng would not believe that someone who was so romantic in the past, with countless women surrounding him and countless confidantes, would truly settle down completely and not be swayed at all.
Moreover, their chosen candidate was Helian Yue.
Helian Sheng had not met Helian Yue many times, due to the generational gap and the significant difference in status. However, in Helian Sheng's impression, Helian Yue was a very outstanding junior. If she were not a woman, she would be perfectly capable of succeeding as the next patriarch.
This was also one of the factors why Helian Sheng considered betrothing Helian Yue to Ye Tiancheng.
Because the Helian family was running out of successors. Helian Sheng was a rather old-fashioned senior in the family. In their eyes, the position of patriarch must come from the direct lineage. However, the current direct lineage of the Helian family, Helian Yi, had sons. He had two sons, but unfortunately, neither of them was capable of shouldering the responsibility of the patriarch.
The position of patriarch absolutely could not be passed to outsiders. For this reason, Helian Sheng always felt great regret. But if Helian Yue were a boy, he would not have to worry about future family candidates.
The situation of the Helian family was different from that of the Hou family. Even if the Hou family's legacy only had one daughter, Hou Mingzhu, it could be completely handed over to Hou Mingzhu for inheritance. However, this was absolutely not the case for the Helian family.
Helian Yi's daughter, no matter how much she was from the direct lineage, absolutely could not inherit the position of patriarch of the Helian family.
However, on second thought, if Helian Yue were to get married, and her other half was powerful enough, had a status that completely matched, and could lead the Helian family to greater heights, then perhaps there would be no problem.
It was precisely because of this that Helian Sheng was even more inclined to this idea.
If Helian Yue were to marry Ye Tiancheng, and their Helian family were to ascend to great destiny, then even if Helian Yi's sons were not qualified to take on the great responsibilities of the family, he and Helian Yi could endure for a few more years. Once Helian Yue had a son, and he was cultivated, they would no longer have to worry about a lack of successors.
According to the information Helian Sheng had obtained, Ye Tiancheng was a romantic and passionate man. Helian Yue was so outstanding. If she actively showed affection to Ye Tiancheng, Ye Tiancheng might not refuse her.
Therefore, Helian Sheng said to Helian Yi: "So what if that Ye Tiancheng has a family? A person of his status would never have only one woman by his side. Moreover, as far as I know, he wasn't only with that junior from the Hou family before."
"With your Yue'er's qualifications, I'm not afraid you won't be able to persuade Ye Tiancheng."
"This is also for the good of our Helian family. You might not see it, but that Ye Tiancheng is indeed extraordinary. If Yue'er can combine with him, the benefits she can bring to our Helian family will be unimaginable."
Helian Sheng said, sighing slightly, "As you know, our Helian family is almost out of successors. If even one of your two sons were capable, and Yue'er were a boy, we wouldn't have to go to such lengths!"
"Ultimately, it's for the continuation of our Helian family. If Yue'er can marry Ye Tiancheng and have another son, I won't have to worry about this anymore."
When the matter of the patriarch's position was mentioned, Helian Yi felt a pang of sorrow.
He also knew that his two sons were not promising. One lacked talent, performed poorly in school, and didn't do anything productive. Relying on being the patriarch's son, he spent his days recklessly, daring to do anything.
If Helian Yi weren't his father, he would have been beaten to death long ago.
As for the other son, it wasn't that he wasn't smart. It was just that his heart was not on the family at all, nor did he have a heart that considered the family. He only wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a musician and ran abroad to study at a music academy. After reaching adulthood, he had basically not returned many times, spending most of his time studying abroad.
Helian Yue was Helian Yi's favorite child.
Helian Yue was intelligent, and her conduct and style were truly suited to being a patriarch. If she weren't a woman, Helian Yi didn't know how much less worry he would have.
But Helian Yi also knew that the position of patriarch absolutely could not be passed to a woman, nor could it fall into the hands of collateral relatives outside the direct lineage. This was very important. Helian Yi knew very well what it meant for power to fall into the wrong hands.
Helian Yi indeed loved his daughter Helian Yue. But if it were for the family, he knew in his heart that he would choose to sacrifice Helian Yue.
However, Helian Yi was extremely hesitant. On one hand, he felt sorry for his daughter Helian Yue. Although he didn't know how formidable Ye Tiancheng was, since the senior said so, perhaps he truly had some formidable aspects that he didn't know about. But even so, Ye Tiancheng already had a wife and daughter.
As a father, how could he bear to betroth his precious daughter to a married man who already had a wife and children?
On the other hand, Helian Yi also saw that Ye Tiancheng and Hou Mingzhu were deeply in love, and Helian Yue was a long-time friend of Hou Mingzhu. If they were to force Helian Yue to marry Ye Tiancheng, how would Helian Yue conduct herself in the future?