When Daniel and the others arrived at the headquarters via the teleportation array, they were immediately greeted by many elders, all with high cultivation levels, not to mention the amount of vigilance that was in the shadows.
Seeing this, Fillia and the others were surprised, at first she thought it was just a mission to pick up some bastard from the family of some high-level old man, but when she saw the scene in front of her, she realized that things did not they were so simple.
Lukas was also shocked; only now did he realize that the brat he was watching was actually important enough to mobilize the senior elders in the family.
"Luckily I did not loosen my vigilance, if any detail were to escape me, not to mention rewards, my life could be in danger."
Upon reaching this conclusion, Lukas couldn't help breaking a cold sweat, thinking that he was on a tightrope all this time without him knowing it, fortunately he did not slacken in his work, so he should not have problems.
Daniel was also surprised, only his expression quickly returned to normal, while his grip on the child strengthened a bit, after all, the gazes of almost everyone present were focused on him.
The old man, for his part, observed the others, before saying to the young people:
"Your mission ends here, Fillia and Lukas, go to the treasure pavilion to collect your rewards, Daniel you come with me."
Hearing this, Fillia and Lukas bowed briefly before retreating towards the treasure pavilion.
When they were at a safe distance, Fillia couldn't help asking:
"Hey Lukas, you who spent 2 years watching him, do you know anything about that child?"
Hearing this, Lukas was surprised, he did not expect Fillia to ask about it, but still he replied:
"I only accepted this mission because an old man recommended it to me, and the reward was very good, but to be honest, you'd better not ask anything about it, nor do I know what I've gotten myself into and I'm starting to regret it. Fillia, I will go into closed-door cultivation, when I come out there will be a challenge letter waiting for you."
Thus, Lukas immediately ran in the direction of the treasure pavilion leaving Fillia behind with many doubts.
"Hmph, even if you don't tell me, I'll find out for myself, besides, don't think that for the great reward you will receive you will be able to surpass me, when the challenge letter arrives I will kick your butt for sure."
So Fillia, kicking the ground somewhat angrily, retreated to her room in the central circle, apparently not caring about the reward the old man spoke of.
On the other hand, Daniel along with the child were escorted by the elders to the main family room, a place where the elders and the head of the family met, even for Daniel, this was the first time he would enter this place.
Or so Daniel thought, but, to his disappointment, just as they were about to enter, the old man's words stopped him.
"This is as far as you can go, leave the boy and you can retreat."
Daniel for a moment wanted to refute, but seeing the intense gaze of the other elders, he swallowed his words, he could only withdraw frustrated.
As Daniel walked away, the old man's voice echoed in his mind, apparently he had used voice transmission to prevent the other elders from overhearing his conversation.
"I'm sorry Daniel, there was a change of plans, so I can't help you anymore, I know you wanted to say goodbye to him, but don't worry, from what they informed me, they won't kill him."
Hearing this, Daniel sighed calmly, before correcting his mental state and calmly leaving the place.
Meanwhile, the other elders had already arrived at the main hall together with the child, waiting for them were the 3 heads of the family together with the 2 guests, who, immediately the child appeared, began to evaluate and scan it.
At this, the elders immediately placed the boy on a table and quickly departed, what happened next was not something they could intervene in.
This upset the head of the Aegis family a bit, but he could only let it go, but not without first saying:
"Can we start Daoist companions right away? Or do they need something more from my family?"
Hearing the disgust behind the words of the head of the family, the 2 guests did not flinch, on the contrary, they ignored him and approached the boy before touching his head.
"It really is the boy, they are very slight, but I can feel the traces of the soul attack that hit him back then."
Hearing the words of his partner, the hooded man also placed his hand on the boy's head using his spiritual sense to scan him thoroughly.
"You're right, besides I don't feel any spiritual qi in him, so he hasn't cultivated either, what surprises me is that his physical body seems to be quite resistant, not to mention that he has almost no impurities, hahahaha, who would say, his aptitude for cultivation it is quite high."
The head of the Aegis family, when he saw the guests ignoring him and evaluating the child as they wanted, became very angry, when they practically doubted his reliability when confirming that it was the child, he almost lost his patience, but hearing that last surprised him, calming him down, before saying.
"That makes no sense, in our family, losing the bloodline loses talent in cultivation, you must be wrong, fellow daoist."
Seeing the calm and confidence behind the head of the family's words, the guest wrinkled his eyebrows, before using his spiritual qi and circulating it through the child.
This surprised everyone present, after all, the boy was only a mortal, so causing the qi to circulate through his body carelessly could end up killing him, thus, immediately the head of the Aegis family looked at the other heads before of nodding, immediately their auras pressed against the 2 guests.
"Fellow Daoists, what is the significance of your action? Or is the agreement being abolished?"
Seeing that the situation got out of control, the hooded man could only let go of the boy before retreating saying:
"Calm down companions, there is no need to be alarmed, I was just confirming his aptitude for cultivation, since the head of the family mentioned that his aptitude went with his bloodline, I wanted to check it out for myself. "
Seeing the heartfelt apology on the guest's face, the Aegis family head still didn't take the pressure off him, but motioned for the Mesh family head to examine the boy.
He quickly approached the boy and began to evaluate him, before speaking to him by voice transmission indicating that there were no problems.
Only then did the head of the family dissipate the pressure from him, but the vigilance in his eyes had only increased.
"Well fellow Daoist, I suppose you already verified my words and realized that I wasn't lying right?"
Hearing the accusatory tone, the guest only laughed in an embarrassed manner, quickly gave his partner a glance, clearly communicating with him, before replying:
"His talent itself is high, too bad his dantian was apparently damaged, so there are leaks of spiritual qi, making cultivation unfeasible for him."
Hearing this, the head of the Aegis family was shocked, when the child was born and after the tragedy, he had been given many examinations, but none mentioned anything about this, but seeing that the 2 guests did not continue with the topic, decided to leave it that way for now and investigate later.
"Well then let's get started at once, we will use the immortal art provided by the head of the Mesh family to cut off their cultivation path."
Thus began the "ceremony", they placed the child on the ground, where numerous words and seals had already been written, each one contained a different "meaning", then, they used the blood of countless high-ranking cultivation beasts as a catalyst, finally everyone present positioned themselves to simultaneously recite the incantation and infuse celestial qi into the gigantic formation they ended up inscribing.
By doing all this, the child began to float, suddenly, each of the seals on the ground came to life and entered the child's body, sealing a different "meaning", finally, they used the celestial qi to shape the final seal that would be on his dantian, preventing him from storing spiritual qi.
This process took a few days, and by the time it finished, everyone present was exhausted, after all, continually using their heavenly qi still put a heavy burden on their body.
The guests did not stay long, they consumed a spiritual pill before leaving quickly, the same with the other heads of the family, who the same head of the Aegis family thanked them before giving them the respective treasures that they agreed, once received they also left quickly, returning to their respective families.
In the end, only the boy and the head of the Aegis family remained in the room, who, seeing him, only sighed, looking at him with pity.
It was at this moment that a figure appeared in the room, from her appearance, she seemed to be an extremely beautiful woman, too bad a veil covered her face, also her aura radiated great sadness.
She slowly approached the boy, and assessed him slowly before speaking to the head of the family.
"The ancients are gone; it seems that the method that the Mesh family found left them more than satisfied."
Hearing this, the head of the family only sighed, before replying:
"Mother, with this the child should not go through any more problems, but at what cost? Was it really worth going through all that effort to save him? Even without knowing who his father is?"
Hearing those words, the woman remained silent for a moment before replying:
"It really was a very high cost, as to whether it was worth the effort, only time will tell, and as for her father... naming the child speaks a lot for itself, she doesn't even care about her son, what else about the father? "
The head of the family only smiled bitterly, his sister never mentioned the father of the child, did not even worry when the boy was attacked, it was his mother who intervened and protected him, in the end, the cost was too high and this was what less they could do for him.
"Get him a room, he will stay here until he wakes up, from what I know he is a very precocious child, if there is a place where he wants to stay or is interested, he fulfills his request, after all, a mortal cannot live with immortals "
And saying these words the woman disappeared, leaving them alone in the room, the head of the family only shook his head before doing what her mother had entrusted to him.