Chaotic Sword God

“Goodbye then!” Jian Chen spoke before flying into the air to travel to the mountain.

Seeing Jian Chen disappear into the sky, Huang Qinglan displayed a look of undisguised admiration and envy in his eyes. Muttering to himself, he said, “Who would have known that in so few years, Jian Chen would reach the realm of a Heaven Saint Master. Truly a sight that makes any yearn in envy.”

After speaking his laments, Huang Qinglan continued on his path toward the small pavilion, but when he passed by the spot where Jian Chen had stood, his body came to a halting stop. Sniffing the leftover fragrance in the air, Huang Qinglan suddenly let out a drawn out sigh, “This is the scent of essence of orchid. I did not think that Huang’er would actually be willing to use it for Jian Chen, ai…”

Huang Qinglan displayed a look of helplessness on his face. The essence of orchid was a type of fragrance that wasn’t very well known to the common populace of the Tian Yuan Continent, but the majority of the females knew about it. In the eyes of the females, the essence of orchid was a symbol of pure love, the sacred flower for depicting love. A woman could only use this essence once in her entire life. Using this on the man the woman loved represented that she wholeheartedly fell for him and her feelings would never change.

When any single woman used this essence on a man, it illustrated the fact that the woman was prepared to give everything she owned to that man, including her chastity.

That was because the essence of orchid was a natural medicine that would confound the senses and evoke the most primal desires of man.

Huang Qinglan never thought she would be willing to use the essence of orchid on him in the short amount of time they knew each other. This was truly out of his expectations.

There was nothing else Huang Qinglan could do but sigh and continue to sigh. Jian Chen was truly a superior candidate. He was such a superior candidate that Huang Qinglan wouldn’t even be able to find a fault with him even if he tried. Jian Chen was nearly perfect, but the future of the Huang family was in imminent peril. Therefore Huang Luan had no choice but to be the expendable victim — betrothed to the Huanggu family without any power to choose who she would love.

Huang Qinglan walked into the small pavilion and up to the second floor. The entire room was filled with that essence of orchid, leaving him no choice but to shake his head helplessly. Then, looking to the tear-stained face of his daughter, his heart began to feel unwell.

“Huang’er…” Huang Qinglan opened his mouth. He wanted to speak some words of comfort to his daughter, but when he opened his mouth to speak, he realized that there were no words he could say to comfort her.

Using a yellow handkerchief to wipe at her tears, Huang Luan turned her back to face Huang Qinglan, “Father, your daughter wishes to be by herself.”

Seeing the icy demeanor of his daughter, Huang Qinglan sighed to himself. “Huang’er, your father knows your heart holds only Jian Chen. You are right, Jian Chen is a superior man in every way to the second master of the Huanggu family except in background. If it were any other time, your father would be happy to have you wed to him, but in this time of peril for the Huang family, you know just as well as I do. This choice we chose was never one we were able to select from.”

His daughter said nothing, and the father no longer wished to remain in this orchid-smelling room any longer. “Huang’er, your father doesn’t wish to bother you. Do calm yourself well and properly.”

……

Jian Chen came back to the mountain peak where the ancestor of the Huang family was. Bowing and cupping his hands in front of the wooden house, he spoke, “Senior, this junior has something I wish to discuss for a while.”

“Come in!” The ancestor called out calmly from within.

Jian Chen strode into the narrow and simple house. The scholarly old man remained seated on his stone seat with a smile on his face.

“Jian Chen, what might you wish to discuss with this old man? Perhaps you’ve changed your mind and are willing to lend the power of the Qinhuang Kingdom to my Huang family?” The ancestor spoke calmly.

“It seems senior is fond of jokes. This matter is far too important of a decision. This junior cannot represent the Qinhuang Kingdom in such a matter, and even if this junior agreed, the other Imperial Protectors would not agree.” Jian Chen replied.

“Then what is it you’re here for?” The ancestor asked.