Qing Zhiyan stood before the door with a nervous look on her face. Although she had co, she was very nervous about eting the man that could save her.
She rembered clearly how it felt to be in presence of that mysterious being and that mory still chilled her to the bones. And now that she was going to et Master of that being, it was obvious she was nervous.
No amounts of sches and lies would work against such person but those were her strongest weapons, aning she was going to be defenseless in from of such being.
However, she also knew she needed to do this, for not only her future but also her mother's.
'Divine Harem Sect, let's hope this is my final destination. I don't have much ti left. If this fails, I'm dood.'
She took a deep breath and looked back at the bald middle-aged man who had been protecting her from her childhood. She smiled at him.
"Hastor, please stand guard outside and don't let anyone inside. Also, if anyone sees you here, don't let them get away. We can't let anyone know I visited the Divine Harem Sect, okay?"
Hastor looked at her with a complicated look in his eyes and then nodded.
Qing Zhiyan chuckled.
"Don't worry, I'll be safe."
It was a gamble and she was going to take it.
Along with what she had seen in Ying Yue and other speculation of hers, she had also researched about Lan Ming, one of the Peak Lords of Wind Flower Sect who went missing and found out that her last eting was with a young man with black hairs and a woman with description matching that of Ying Yue.
All of these gave her confidence that she was on the right track. And now, she had co to find out if she's right or not. She knocked on the door and soon heard a man's voice from other side.
"Co in, please."
She took a deep breath and entered the room, finding four young beautiful won sitting around a young man who perfectly matched the description she had heard of. His deep blacks scanned her from top of bottom however, she could see nothing in his eyes, no emotion whatsoever.
Aside from him, the other four won were also noteworthy, especially the red-headed. Qing Zhiyan flinched slightly when their gaze matched as she quickly looked away in hurry, thinking.
'W-What was that? Who is she?'
But she was still Qing Zhiyan, so she recovered quickly from it and bowed lightly before Shen Yu.
"Qing Zhiyan, Youngest Daughter of the Qing Emperor, greets the Sect Leader of Divine Harem Sect."
While Zhi Yan and others showed shocked reaction, Shen Yu and Xiao Lan just looked calmly at her.
"I didn't expect a princess to co here in person. It's my honour."
Shen Yu smiled.
"It's my honor, really."
Qing Zhiyan shook her head.
"So, what is soone of your status doing with here, Princess Qing? I don't think we did any cri."
Xiao Lan smiled and asked, her eyes looking straight at Qing Zhiyan's eyes as she thought.
'Sothing is wrong with them.'
Qing Zhiyan stayed silent for so ti before asked.
"Um, if you don't mind, Can I check sothing? It might offend you so I please ask for your permission."
Shen Yu titled his head in confusion and asked in his mind.
'Oii! What is happening? Why did such a high status woman decided to jump here? Also what is she gonna do?
I don't sense any malice from her but you know I've never been a good judge of character.'
[Do you see her eyes?]
'Yes, they're probably a Heavenly Gift she's born with. Though I don't know which one is it.'
[Yes, you can even call her the Heavenly Chosen, the so called protagonist favoured by the Heavens. Though I sense sothing different from her. Anyways, you can trust her. Those eyes and basically her plot armour led her to you.
As for what she's going to do, she's just checking if you're the right person. ]
Shen Yu raised an eyebrow as he didn't expect to et a Heavenly chosen so soon. But she seed interesting and very different from the protagonists he had read. Curious, he nodded.
"Sure."
Qing Zhiyan smiled in delight and closed her eyes as her smile slowly died down. After a few seconds, she opened her eyes which were completely white. She also began to emit a strange aura which made the surroundings filled with a heavy air.
Shen Yu looked in interest in her eyes and soon rembered what they were. His eyes shone in realisation as he thought.
'Eyes of Heaven! No wonder!'
'Eyes of Heaven? We'll need to see if her intentions are good otherwise she'll be a tough opponent. However, I doubt Master will let her go if she ant harm. She's probably just checking sothing with those cursed eyes of hers.'
Xiao Lan lowered her hands, ready to get in action if sothing happened.
After so ti, Qing Zhiyan's eyes returned to normal as a red liquid slipped from the corner of her mouth. She wiped it with her sleeves and smiled.
"I've found you, Master."
"Hmm?"
Shen Yu got a little confused before he understood what she ant.
'Is she planning to join my Sect? But what did those eyes of hers actually showed her? A dire future for her?'
Qing Zhiyan bowed before him.
"Thank you for giving the opportunity, Master..."
"My na is Shen Yu, the Sect Leader of Divine Harem Sect. So, you possess the Eyes of Heaven, huh. Why did you co to ?"
Shen Yu asked, curious about what actually happened for her to co to him. What exactly did she saw in future? And most importantly...
'Why does she trust us with her secret? Eyes of Heaven are very precious and she could lose everything because of them.'
Qing Zhiyan nodded and looked at the empty seat in hesitation, making Shen Yu realise that he didn't even ask her to sit down. He facepald ntally and gestured her towards the empty seat.
Qing Zhiyan sighed and went to sit on the seat, thinking about various things. She had used her Eyes of Heaven to confirm if Shen Yu was really the one that mysterious being talked about and now, she was sure of that.
She sat down and said.
"Where should I begin? Why did I co to you? Well, it's to seek refuge. I want your protection and in return I'm ready to do anything."
"What did you see in your Vision?"
Shen Yu rested his back on the couch and looked at her in interest.
Qing Zhiyan pursed her lips and asked, looking around.
"Is this room safe to talk?"
"Yes, you don't have to worry about privacy."
"Yes, well it includes the Qing Empire so I was a little careful. As you already know, I possess the Eyes of Heaven, which lets know the secrets of anything within the Heaven, be it past or future.
I was born with them but for so reason, my mother sealed them and only when I was ten years old, she unsealed them. I didn't realise earlier why she did that but when in one of my visions I saw my own death, I understood everything."
Qing Zhiyan's body trembled when she reached the vision part as the harrowing mories of that vision resurfaced. She gathered up her courage as she continued.
"In that vision, my body was lying in middle of a giant runic circle, with various ingredients. In place of my head....in place of my head, the head of a hideous Spiritual Creature's head was swen..."
Qing Zhiyan stopped there as the mories of hundreds of visions ca flooding in her mind, making her nauseous. Even after watching the sa in different manner for hundreds of ti, she still couldn't get used to that feeling.
The room's temperature suddenly dropped as Shen Yu's expression turned flat. Nobody could discern what he was thinking but the ladies had spent a month with him and that was enough to let them know how he was feeling.
Anger.
'Is she telling the truth?'
[You know it...]
Shen Yu took a deep breath.
"You know, there is nothing known as destined fate as much as everyone likes to call it. Future isn't set. It can be manipulated, yes but can never be completely set. So, what you saw can just be one of the future outcos.
Still, that doesn't change so facts."
"Hundreds of tis, Master Shen. Not just one ti. I've seen the sa thing in hundreds of different visions.
Sotis things are different, like which head or part they had decided to cut and change but in the end, the people who did this remained the sa and they always perford that strange ritual."
Qing Zhiyan shook her head and told the truth. For once, she was able to let out her feelings and she wanted to vent everything out.
Shen Yu looked up at ceiling and asked in an even tone.
"Can you tell who are they?"
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