Hao Xinyuan watched as his son collected the needles from Hao i and accurately drove them through the acupoints on Tang Zen's chest. He did not even need to remove the clothes that the old lady was wearing.
Hao i was also observing her brother displaying his brilliance from such a close distance, and this was for the first ti ever she was watching him. For a mont she turned her head and saw Han Lingshi watching Hao Ren with a faint smile and brimming admiration in her eyes.
She realized that short relationship between the two people had grown into sothing really strong and deep. Hao i could not understand the reason behind this but she knew that it was not a lie.
When she first found out about Han Lingshi, she thought this woman was going to use her brother as a shield to get away from the troubles of the secular world, but the growth and trust they both showed baffled her.
Hao Ren won her heart with his simplicity and down to earth effort. She wanted to ask her why did she choose Hao Ren to marry her, but she did not know how to approach the topic. After all, they were not at such friendly terms with each other.
Han Lingshi asking for her help in cultivation was also a surprise, but she knew, Han Lingshi was an objective person, she did not care if Hao i was soone she disliked, knowledge was much more important.
Hao Ren injected the seventh needle and said, "Withdraw your spiritual energy. Empress Hao, open your eyes and stop playing possum. What sort of a cultivator are you if you cannot even control your spiritual energy flow? Wake up."
Hao Xinyuan glared at his son and said, "How dare you talk to your mother in this manner?"
Hao Ren sighed and said, "Have you finally turned senile? It was all her attempt to kill herself."
The people were shocked, and Old Lady Tang opened her eyes slightly. Hao Ren shook his head and got off the bed. Hao i asked, "What do you an her attempt to kill herself?"
Hao Ren replied in a calm tone, "She has been a cultivator of at least six decades, do you think her emotional control is so shallow that it would cause her spiritual energy to rupture the ridians? When Old Boy Hao was holding her injury back she did not even try to control her situation, tell if that was not suicide?"
Hao Xinyuan looked at Tang Zen and asked with a saddened expression, "Why did you do you, Zen? Why?"
Tang Zen looked at Hao Ren and then closed her eyes. Hao Ren scoffed and berated her, "When I was a child you didn't love . You put through the illusion of my sister dying, and then you saw getting better and stronger so you began to llow out. However, now that I have learned the truth and hold you guilty, you wish to run away from it all without redeeming yourself?
What a strong cultivation expert you are, no? Hmph."
He paused and then continued, "The needles will remove by themselves when her energy is stabilized and the wound is closed."
Then he left the room and went to the gym. Hao Xinyuan said, "Lingshi, child, stay with him."
Han Lingshi was going to do that without him reminding her. She could sense that Hao Ren was agitated at this discovery. She entered the gym behind him, and found him raining down blows on the punching bag at such speed that she could not even see his hands properly.
She did not interrupt him right away, only after five minutes, when he cald down, she stepped up and passed him a towel and said, "You will have to take a bath again."
Hao Ren turned around with pinkish eyes, he was feeling very emotional at this mont. Han Lingshi patted his shoulder and said, "Your mother may not show it, but she is very emotional."
Hao Ren looked at her and asked, "What do you know about her? Huh? Forget it."
Han Lingshi did not mind his grumpy tone, after all, he was directly effected by all this. It was obvious that his state of mind would be influenced by such events around him. She said, "Maybe we should ask them all to sit down and tell us what is what."
Hao Ren wanted to shake his head when Han Lingshi urged, "Ren, if you kept looking away, it will make you bitter. You know what happens to bitter n, don't you? Han Ming is the biggest example of that."
Hao Ren sighed and asked, "Then what do you want to do? Force myself to sit down with them and listen to whatever they say? How would I even know if it is the truth or so other facade planned by them?"
Han Lingshi wanted to say sothing when Hao Xinyuan appeared at the gym entrance. She ca over to stand before Hao Ren and said, "I swear in the na of my martial heart, we will tell you nothing but the truth only."
Hao Ren was surprised as now he knew the importance of this martial oath. He sighed and said, "Dad, you."
Hao Xinyuan shook his head and said, "It is high ti, and we should really bear the responsibility of the situation we created."
He smiled faintly as he finished talking and then patted Hao Ren's shoulder before leaving the gym. At this mont, Hao Ren seed to have seen his father's back hunch a little. He did not know what to do in this situation, but Han Lingshi said, "Co on, what are we waiting for?"
Hao Ren sighed and held her hand as they walked out of the room. The five people gathered inside the living room. Hao Ren and Han Lingshi sat together on a single seating couch chair, with Han Lingshi occupying the wide armrest. This way she could also keep a grip on Hao Ren's arm.
Han Xinyuan sat opposite Hao Ren, with Tang Zen and Hao i on the big couch on his left. The old man said, "So, as you know you were born with blocked ridians, and could not cultivate. However, there are multiple reasons why we did not tell you about the situation because we are wanted in the Spirit Shimr Continent."
Hao Ren raised his brow and Han Lingshi was also surprised. Tang Zen spoke in a soft low voice, "We are not criminals."
Hao Xinyuan raised his hand to signal her to stop, and the old man said, "Tang Zen belonged to a super sect called the Tang sect. However, an arrogant Tianjiao of her sect kick started a war with the Orient Sun Holy Land.
He raped the Holy maiden under the affect of poison, and the Orient Sun Holy Land decided to ruin the Super Sect. Your mother killed a lot of disciples who ca after her, because the war was limited among the disciples. The elders did this because they did not wish to cause a lot of damage, and the blood shed only stopped after six months."
Hao Ren was looking at the trio with a calm face, and did not interrupt at all, and Hao Xinyuan continued, "I t your mother after the war ca to an end. She was injured and tried to attack . I stopped her and helped her. Gradually we started liking each other and then we got married.
The Hao Family is a big na in the Northern reaches of the eastern provinces. We ruled a big part of that region, but there was always so conflict inside the family. My cousin brother, Hao Tian, decided that he wanted to seize the power and he planned to kill , as I was the Heir to the Hao Family."
Hao Ren was shocked and exclaid, "Old boy, do you an to say that not only was I born in a cultivation family, I was also born with a silver spoon?"
Han Xinyuan clamped his forehead and Han Lingshi clear her throat to bring Hao Ren back to reality. The young man cald down, and Hao Xinyuan continued, "I had no interest in the family leader position, and one day, my father and mother left for an expedition. After a week we found that they were attacked on the way and were missing.
Your mother was carrying Xiao i in her womb, so, rather than facing Hao Tian, we decided to leave the family and hide.
For an entire year we hid, but Hao Tian did not give up the pursuit. The Hao Family put a bounty on my head, and Tang Zen's. Blaming us for regicide. The bounty was very attractive, and so, we faced a lot of struggle. Finally, we ca out here. We covered our identities with the help of a few old friends who were forced to co here and sealed our cultivation to avoid the sights of DEHB.
Had we told you, you would have followed Xiao i, and in that iron fist world, you would have died. Hao i was sent back so that she could avoid the DEHB who caught a scent of her when she broke through the core formation realm. We ca up with other ideas, but they did not look feasible."
Hao Ren asked, "Did you all never thought of saying, Ren, your sister is in a foreign country and is studying?"
Hao i sighed and said, "Would you have believed that given how short we were of money?"
Hao Ren retorted, "You are a bright student, you could have gained a scholarship."
Hao i rolled her eyes and replied, "This is why we had to lie to you, because you were such a clingy child that you would have tried to follow in all directions possible."
Hao Ren glared at her and questioned, "I was the clingy child, or was it you who followed everywhere with that pretty smile of yours? The entire group of children used to call a sis-con. How many tis did I tell you to not do that? But you never listened, since I had no one else, it was obvious that I would lean on you. I am a human for god sakes, and my mother did not like .
Was it wrong of to look for her in you?"
Hao i stood up quickly and said, "Do you think I did not like you? Did I not love you? I would beat up those kids who bullied you in secret, or did you think Hayden broke his leg just by kicking a pebble? I was elder to you, and I needed so space which I never found with you sitting on the windowsill with a sulky expression."
Hao Ren clenched his fist, because it was true that he was the one who pestered Hao i a lot, and would often sulk about the shitty system he had. However, Hao i was not wrong, at this mont, a ding echoed in his mind, *Ding: Host, a woman respects a man who is honest, and also cares about their relationships.
Issuing task: Strengthen the bonds. Find a mutual point of concession and nd your relationship.*
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