Ok now we had a little trip to the drugs and alcohol now back to the story. Enjoy!

Chapter 68 Jeane

After the accident in the Casino Zes day were quite peaceful. Since he had restored the Casino to it's former shape and the Patriarch threw in some words, the Green Phenix family didn't persuade the matter any further so as to not anger any party involved.

Furthermore the sect was in a pretty weird state right now. Due to the accidents in the casino and the memories that every participant had left, most that happened was already reconstructed and they all knew what happened in the casino that day. But at the same time they all had the memories of what they had done will being in the drugged state and others also remembered what others had done around them. This caused this figures to mostly stay out of public this days as they feared to make a public scandal or meet a person they offended in this time. In clear words, almost the whole elite of the various clans and fractions was currently hiding due to embarrassment or out of fear to face someone that they had offended in their broken state.

In addition many still remembered Zes rampage through the casino and vividly told their elders and family heads about it. Quite a few had also personally experienced Zes might on their own body and their bodies was a good picture to visualize just how much power zes physical body had without even using his spirit realm. All together caused the elders of the families to reevaluate Zes and once again try to curry favour with him. Even the once Zes had ruthlessly beaten were forced by their elders to pay their visits to Zes once the situation calmed down a bit.

A interesting fact was also that no one seemed to remember the patriarch or the old man that had also rampaged through to crowd on that day. Even the girls the patriarch had personally 'tried' out had no memories on him. It was almost as if he had never been there.

Well Zes knew that the patriarch had just used his overwhelming powerful soul to silently erase any memories on him in the minds of anyone, except for him and Maaran.

In this moment Zes was once again sitting in his pavilion, but unlike the earlier times were he had just admired his own garden (so narcissistic xD). This time he was actually cultivating his soul realm. Big amounts of divine soul energy rushed towards Zes and nourished his soul realm. It was so much soul energy that despite Zes having decided to live outside the core sect, he still managed to keep up with any core disciple sitting right next to the gathering formation.

This was because Zes had actually long ago set up some formations in his garden that also gathered the mysterious energy. Altogether there were twelve formations that sucked the divine soul energy into the garden and let it stay there. This formations were also the reason that Zes could grow cultivation treasures in the way he did. In truth the difficulty of growing cultivation treasures was the reason for the rarity of them in the sect. The whole sect had only Zes that managed to cultivate them. As for the cultivation treasures on the marked. They were all gathered outside by inner or core disciples that were send on missions to acquire them.

The reason for this was that cultivation treasures needed a place with high energy density to grow. Furthermore they need a very natural surrounding and special elements in the place they grow. This elements were nothing else then true dao's, meaning the natural daos that were in the surroundings. Every plant had it's own needs to them and only if this true dao was in place they could survive.

This is also why although the core sect had sufficient energy density and it would be no real problem to just create a natural enviroment, there was no cultivation treasures grown in the sect. Other then Zes that had already even exceeded the deity exceeding stage (sound kind of weird, but well how else to formulate it?), who can just command the true dao's to grow some cultivation treasures?(Reverence World Building Information) After all only after reaching Deity exceeding stage one was able to control them and after Zes rage three years ago there was barley any deity in the realm. As for deity exceeding experts? It would be a miracle if there was one in the next fifty years.

So this quite simple looking garden with it's slightly special plants was in truth the only one of it's kind in the whole realm!

Sitting in this special garden (quite some had complains about my long description of it) Zes was quietly raising his cultivation.

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At the same time in the patriarchs mansion.

The patriarch was currently also sitting in his garden, but unlike Zes he wasn't cultivating but sitting on a small table and drinking tea out of small blue cups. A calm smile rested on his face as he waited while enjoying the scenery.

Suddenly a young woman about 17 years old came into his sight and slowly walked the white stone path that led to the table at that the patriarch was currently drinking his tea.

The young woman had light blue and long hair that fell down like silk. She wore a very beautiful pure white gown that fell to her feet and every of her steps showed a elegance akin to a crane. A wonderful smile beamed as she reached the table and said.

"Father, I haven't seen you for a long time."

The patriarchs smile brightened as he heard her words. He had always doted upon his daughter, but due to his various obligations he rarely had time to spend with her. Because of this he had always a slight guilt in his hearth. But he was the patriarch and his position did not allow him to give priority to his daughter rather then to his Job. His guilt only rose as he had only called his daughter to user her to get a better position for the sect.

But the patriarch did not show anything of this on his face as he said.

"I know, I'm really sorry that I can not spend more time with you. You are certainly lonely."

"No, you don't have to apologize, I know that father has to deal with many matters considering the sect and has not much time to spent on anything else. I only hope that you don't stress yourself to much."

She quickly said distressed. She knew that her father really loved her, but that he had to many things to do in the sect. Because of this her biggest fear was always to become a burden to her father.

As the patriarch heard this his heart only became heavier. Who wouldn't fell bad to use his own daughter that cared so much about himself in order to let the sect be safe? But his decision was already made. In the last months there had been worrying rumors coming to his ears and if even just a part of them was true, the sect would face hard times. And if using his own daughter would safe his sect from destruction, the patriarch was more then willing to do it.

"Jeane, I'm sorry, but this time I'm here to ask something from you. It may be a bit harsh on you, but in order to ensure the sects, our all survival we have to do this."

The smile on Jeane's face grew flat. She had already guessed that her father would want something from her as he had suddenly called for her, but in her heart she could only feel disappointed. But it only a moment and her smile was back and she unhesitatingly said.

"If I can help then I certainly will. Father has only to say what I need to do and I will try my best to fullfil it."

In the end even though she was unsatisfied, Jeane just wanted to help her father and take a bit of the burden from his shoulders.

As the patriarch saw the determination in his daughters eyes he once again couldn't help but feel guilty. This was his daughter that was ready to endure anything that might come just to help him a bit, but even if it hurts him, he isn't allowed to hesitate and user her as pawn for the sect.

Jeane saw the hesitation in her fathers eyes and said.

"You don't have to worry about me, I will be able to endure anything that happens, so just do what you have to."

The patriarch nodded. Even though he did not want to, but it was his obligation to protect the sect.

"Ok, I will have to ask you to seduce a certain man. Try to make him like you and help him when ever you can. If you can follow every of his words and try to fullfil everything he wants."

Jeane was surprised.

"So father is intending to marry me to some expert?"

The patriarch could only press out a wretched smile.

"I would wish it could be this way, but in fact it is even good if he excepts you as a sex toy. I'm really sorry to say this and I don't think I can ever repay you, but it's likely that I will have to gift you to him as plaything to have his fun with."

Jeane's face turned ugly.

"Plaything? Who could be so powerful that you have to give your own daughter as plaything to get his help?"

She was the daughter of the Patriarch of the biggest Illis sect in the realm. A person who could fight with deity exceeding entity's on even ground! To be married to some expert was already something strange. But to get gifted as an item to play around with? This was crazy!

The patriarch knew that it was hard to accept.

"This expert is many times more powerful then myself and in this realm I reckon there is no one that can stand on equal ground with him. Also calm down, I haven't said that I will have to gift you away. It's only a option. Either way you will to try to get closer to him."

Jeane had to swallow hard. A expert many times more powerful then her father, this was insane.

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Zes garden.

Zes opened his eye and stopped his cultivation. Immediately the dense cloud of divine spirit energy dissipated and spread over the whole garden. As he did so a elder with a big beard came into the garden. the elder started to frown as he felt the high concentration of divine sprit energy that was even a bit higher then in the core sect, but he quickly caught up and politely said to Zes.

"The patriarch wishes to see you if this would be possible."

Normally the elder would never be so courteous to zes that was after all only a core disciple and still quite a way from the status of a elder. But before coming here the patriarch had personally instructed him to be as courteous as possible and not offend Zes in any way. Be course of this the elder was very careful with his words. After all if even the patriarch payed attention to this detail how could he allow himself to miss it out?

"I'm comming…"