Chapter 454: Chapter 453 I Poison Myself
The father and daughter talked for a while in the pavilion, and Helian Zhan said with anticipation, "Rongrong, stay for a few more days this time you’re back. After all, you are a member of the Helian Family. It’s not good to always live with your maternal grandparents."
Immortal Yan hummed, "My grandparents and their family treat me very well, and I’m quite happy living there."
Helian Zhan gave a bitter smile and said, "Does the Helian Family not treat you well?"
Immortal Yan nodded and said, "They all treat me nicely, but it’s because of you they are nice to me, while my grandparents and relatives really love me for who I am."
Helian Zhan helplessly said, "If that’s what you think, there’s nothing I can do, but since you’ve come back after such a long time, I still hope you could stay for a bit longer."
Immortal Yan pondered briefly and then said, "Let’s talk about it later."
Seeing she didn’t outright refuse, Helian Zhan felt joy in his heart and said, "Right, right, take your time to think about it. Oh, you remember the masters from the Qingtian Sect, don’t you? They’ve heard of your return and have come down from the mountain to see you."
Immortal Yan was somewhat surprised, "To see me?"
Helian Zhan nodded, "Yes, you’ve been weak and sickly since childhood, always staying at your grandparents’ to recuperate and receive treatment. I’ve been very concerned, and your masters have been worried about this matter too. They each brought some spiritual elixirs or precious tonics, saying they wanted to give them to you."
Immortal Yan was very touched inside, but meeting her father’s fellow disciples made her worry she might reveal herself.
Under the meticulous treatment of several masters from the Poison Sect over the years, her frail constitution had improved, and she didn’t just stop there -- she had succeeded in her cultivation, becoming a ’Demoness’ of the Poison Sect.
Although her father was a formidable person, she had special means to conceal her True Essence Cultivation. With her father’s nature, unless she cooperated, he would not take the initiative to check her body, and therefore he would not discover her anomaly.
But her father’s fellow disciples were different.
If they impulsively decided to take her pulse, they would certainly notice something was amiss.
She needed to make some preparations.
With this thought, she said to Helian Zhan, "The masters haven’t arrived yet, have they?"
Helian Zhan nodded and said, "Yes, I’ve come ahead. They will arrive shortly. Come with me to the entrance to greet them."
"Alright. You go ahead... I need to go back to my room for a moment and will come right after," said Immortal Yan.
Helian Zhan was taken aback, looking at his daughter with puzzlement.
Didn’t you just get up and wash? What are you going back to your room for?
Feeling her father’s puzzled gaze, Immortal Yan immediately showed an impatient look, "Oh come on, if I tell you to go ahead, just go. I really have something to take care of."
Seeing his daughter get angry, Helian Zhan immediately realized she might be going through her uncomfortable days of the month and it was inappropriate to ask more, hastily saying, "Alright, alright, I’ll wait for you outside."
He walked toward the outside of the courtyard.
Immortal Yan heaved a sigh of relief when he left the courtyard and then turned to go back to her room.
Seeing Yang Fei lying on the bed with his eyes tightly closed, as if he were asleep, Immortal Yan noticed the burner was out of hypnotic fragrance and walked over to refill it.
She then took out an elixir and placed it in her mouth.
I poisoned even myself; that’s ruthless enough, right?
After waiting for a while and letting the effect of the Bone Erosion Powder fully take hold, Immortal Yan finally felt at ease.
She had to be well prepared to meet her father’s fellow disciples and prevent anyone from detecting any flaws.
Of course, it didn’t matter even if they discovered her identity, but Immortal Yan enjoyed the feeling of her real identity being unknown to others.
"Hey, you’d better behave, and don’t cause any trouble, or it’ll be problematic if someone finds out," Immortal Yan whispered to Yang Fei.
Having felt the invasion of the hypnotic fragrance on his mind, Yang Fei snorted coldly, "I’m already like this, how could I not behave?"
Immortal Yan giggled, "That’s true, haha."
After closing the door to her room, she stepped outside to the courtyard, only to see her father waiting just outside the door.
When Helian Zhan saw his daughter emerge, his gaze shifted to the inside of her boudoir for a moment, then settled on his daughter, seemingly deep in thought.
However, Immortal Yan did not notice anything unusual in her father’s expression and said, "Let’s go."
At her words, Helian Zhan smiled, turned around, and walked away.
A man was hidden in his daughter’s room.
And it was a man.
As a father, Helian Zhan felt an impulse to burst into his daughter’s boudoir and confront the man who was hidden there.
But he restrained himself.
The disgrace of the family should not be exposed.
His daughter was not yet married, and if this matter became known to others, her reputation would be ruined for life.
But the question was, even though his daughter had not forgiven him and even harbored resentment towards him as a father, how could she, who was knowledgeable and respectful of tradition, do something so absurd as to hide a man in her boudoir?
All the way, Helian Zhan walked ahead, never looking back, nor initiating conversation with Immortal Yan.
His mind was full of the outrageous matter of the man hidden in his daughter’s boudoir.
It wasn’t long before the father and daughter arrived at the main gate, where Helian Cheng had been waiting. In addition to him, the Clan Leader of the Helian Family, Helian Bo, was also there, accompanied by several elders from the family.
The Helian Family was originally just a declining minor family among the third-rate aristocratic families of Central State City, but Helian Zhan was taken to the Qingtian Sect and taken in as a closed-door disciple by the previous Sect Master shortly after his birth. Since then, the Helian Family had hitched itself to the high branch of the Qingtian Sect and had rapidly developed over the decades.
Particularly after Helian Zhan showed exceptional Cultivation talents and entered the Divine Travel Realm at the age of thirty-two, the Helian Family had risen rapidly like a rocket over the past decade.
Now, with two Innate Realm masters and Helian Zhan, the youngest Divine Travel Realm powerhouse of the current era, the Helian Family had carved out its place in the Hidden Sect World.
Therefore, members of the Helian Family placed great importance on the Qingtian Sect, the esteemed benefactor that had completely changed the fate of their family. Hearing that several predecessors from the Qingtian Sect were coming to visit, Helian Bo, the family head, did not dare to put on airs because he was Helian Zhan’s father and personally came to the main gate to welcome them.
When the people of the family saw Helian Zhan and Helian Rong appear, they all welcomed them with smiling faces.
After all, the Helian Family owed its present status to Helian Zhan, the super genius.
As for Helian Rong, even though she had left the Family ten years prior, she was Helian Zhan’s only daughter, and the entire Helian Family was extremely fond of her.
Especially since the powerhouse elders from the Qingtian Sect had come this time precisely to treat Helian Rong’s physique, and since even these high-ranking figures of Qingtian Sect were so affectionate towards this little princess, how could the people of the Helian Family not regard her with importance?
Before long, a group of people could be seen striding towards them.
The three men leading the group wore blue robes and were white-haired elders, but they walked briskly and appeared youthful, with their faces glowing with health, exuding an air of transcendence and Taoist charm.
Behind these three were several younger disciples, who were also elderly. These disciples, some carrying boxes and some holding boxes, all wore expressions of joy on their faces.
Helian Zhan and Helian Bo went to greet them together.
Although Helian Bo was Helian Zhan’s father, he was only in his seventies and significantly younger than the senior figures of the Qingtian Sect he was now facing.
Facing the elders of the Qingtian Sect, Helian Bo greeted them with the deference due to an uncle’s generation, feeling nervous inside.
The Sect Master of the Qingtian Sect, Zhao Wannian, chuckled and said, "You are the father of our little junior brother; by seniority, we should rightly call you uncle. There’s no need to be so formal about such trivial matters."
Looking towards his son, Helian Zhan laughed and said, "The eldest senior brother makes the rules. Hahaha, please come inside, esteemed senior brothers, lest outsiders think the Helian Family is deliberately parading your presence here to show off."
Zhao Wannian also laughed heartily and, invited by the Helian Clan, entered the Helian Mansion.