Chapter 22: Fatal Crisis

A few days later, just as the Yan Family Fortress was preparing funeral arrangements for Yan Ruyan's father, Yan Mingyao, the Scorpion Exhaustion Blood Poison within the latter's body vanished.

Although his vitality remained severely damaged, he was no longer in mortal danger, which was a tremendous joy for the entire Yan Family Fortress.

After all, not to mention that Yan Mingyao was Yan Ruyan's biological father and of great importance to her, Yan Mingyao's own aptitude was not bad, and at barely a hundred years of age, there was a significant possibility he could condense a Golden Core and become a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

Otherwise, how could he have possibly produced a daughter with a Heavenly Spirit Root: Yan Ruyan?

Therefore, this matter was a great joy for the entire Yan Family; thus, the funeral turned into a celebration, and the entire Yan Family was incomparably happy.

Because Yan Mingyao needed to go into seclusion to recover his vitality, the Yan Family Ancestor, Mr. Xuan Ye, and others did not rush to question him, but instead waited silently for Yan Mingyao to emerge from seclusion.

This Yan Mingyao did not make the Yan Family members wait long; after adjusting his breathing slightly to recover some vitality, he emerged from seclusion.

Of course, his complexion was still bloodless and incomparably pale, but it was much better than before.

There was also no longer a need to lie in bed and leave last words to the Yan Family members.

At the same time, he was holding Yan Ruyan in his arms, who was full of joy with her little face flushed red.

At this moment, the person Yan Ruyan was most grateful to was Yan Taibai; she knew that the always omnipotent "Brother Taibai" would not let her down.

He had saved her father just by giving her a medicinal pill.

It is easy to imagine just how grateful and admiring the little girl Yan Ruyan was toward Yan Taibai in her heart at this time.

This was also one of the reasons why Yan Taibai risked saving Yan Mingyao.

Even in a place like the Ghost Spirit Sect, Yan Ruyan valued relationships, so her character and nature would naturally not be too bad; with this great favor of saving her father, she would inevitably be even more obedient to him in the future.

He had too many secrets, and Yan Ruyan would sooner or later be his Dao companion, so she must be absolutely trustworthy.

And this was just the beginning; there were still many things to come later.

"Mingyao, did you take some medicinal pill or something else? Otherwise, how could the Scorpion Exhaustion Blood Poison in your body disappear for no reason? This is one of the top ten blood poisons of the Yuanwu Country Blood Poison Sect; even for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator like the Ancestor, neutralizing it is not an easy task."

In the courtyard hall, Mr. Xuan Ye took the lead on behalf of everyone to ask.

This matter really had to be clarified to avoid any accidents.

Furthermore, if it was indeed the work of a cultivator from the Yuanwu Country Blood Poison Sect, this time a deep grudge had been formed.

Upon learning that Yan Mingyao was fine, the Yuanwu Country Blood Poison Sect would inevitably want to get to the bottom of it.

They might even take action against other Yan Family cultivators, so the matter was of great importance and had to be clarified.

Even if this was Yan Mingyao's secret, it would not do; it concerned the entire Yan Family.

"Xuan Ye, Ancestor, could you please have the other clansmen leave for a moment?"

Seeing this, Yan Mingyao stroked Yan Ruyan's little head with doting affection and made the request.

Once these words were spoken, without the Yan Family Ancestor and Mr. Xuan Ye needing to give orders, the other Yan clansmen—that is, the stewards and elders—sensibly left the hall.

In the end, only the five of them remained: Yan Mingyao's family of three, Mr. Xuan Ye, and the Yan Family Ancestor.

Subsequently, Mr. Xuan Ye took out an Intermediate Talisman that blocked sound and divine sense probing, sealing the entire hall completely to prevent any accidents.

After all this was done, Mr. Xuan Ye then spoke.

"Mingyao, you can speak freely now; there won't be any accidents."

"Actually, it was a medicinal pill that Yan'er gave me to take. At the time, I knew my days were numbered, so I didn't pay much attention to it, just taking it to comfort Yan'er since she didn't want me to pass away. But I didn't expect that the day after taking it, more than half of the Scorpion Exhaustion Blood Poison in my body had disappeared. At that time, I didn't make it public, even thinking it was an illusion, until the third day when the Scorpion Exhaustion Blood Poison had completely vanished, I confirmed it wasn't an illusion but that it had truly neutralized the Scorpion Exhaustion Blood Poison, and only then did I inform you all and go into seclusion to recover my vitality."

Yan Mingyao lowered his head and looked at Yan Ruyan in his arms, who was shy and afraid to face people, with doting gratitude, and spoke slowly, giving an answer that the three people in the hall could not believe.

"Yan'er!"

"Yan'er!"

"It was actually Yan'er!"

"How is this possible!"

The three of them said almost in unison, shocked.

Then they looked at each other with disbelief, and this remark made Yan Ruyan dissatisfied.

Although her father's true "benefactor" was Yan Taibai, she had also helped, so she turned her head directly from Yan Mingyao's arms, her little face flushed with dissatisfaction and annoyance, and said in a delicate voice.

"Why couldn't it be Yan'er? Yan'er also wanted to save Father."

Seeing this, the Yan Family Ancestor, Mr. Xuan Ye, and "Xueyi" looked at each other in dismay; they naturally believed that Yan Mingyao would not joke about this, but it was truly too unbelievable.

"Xueyi" reacted faster and quickly explained.

"Yan'er, you misunderstood; we meant, where did you get that medicinal pill? It couldn't have been refined by you yourself, could it?"

"I... I!"

Once this question was raised, Yan Ruyan's little face flushed even redder, covered in a rosy glow, and she stammered, not knowing how to speak.

Although Yan Taibai did not ask her to keep it a secret, she still did not want to tell others about this secret between the two of them, lest Yan Taibai be affected.

Especially after Yan Mingyao was fine, it was even more impossible for Yan Ruyan to betray Yan Taibai.

Seeing Yan Ruyan's expression, Mr. Xuan Ye narrowed his eyes and said uncertainly.

"It was Taibai who gave it to you and told you to feed it to your father, right!"

"No, it was, it was, it was bought by Yan'er herself. Yes, bought."

Yan Ruyan was only four or five years old; naturally, her mind could not be as mature as Yan Taibai's, so in her anxiety, she could only come up with this excuse.

"Good, we believe you."

Yan Mingyao said softly, and then used his eyes to stop Mr. Xuan Ye, the Yan Family Ancestor, and his own Dao companion from continuing to ask.

Mr. Xuan Ye, the Yan Family Ancestor, and "Xueyi" also chimed in accordingly.

"Yes, Yan'er, we believe you."

Seeing this, Yan Ruyan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had kept this secret between the two of them for Yan Taibai.

At the same time, two uninvited guests arrived at Yan Taibai's courtyard.

They really did not expect that Yan Taibai had not gone to the Library Pavilion, and coupled with the matter of Yan Mingyao.

The disciples of the Martial Arts Hall did not pay too much attention to the whereabouts of Yan Taibai, which gave them the opportunity to successfully enter Yan Taibai's courtyard.

At this moment, Yan Taibai also sensed extreme danger through the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash and the innate spiritual intuition for danger possessed by cultivators, and then he spoke with a light laugh.

"Two seniors, since you have come, why not reveal yourselves to meet and have a cup of tea before attending to your business?"

(End of this chapter)