The Immortal Emperor Returns

Chapter 59 The Infinite Ice Toad

When the man looked at Hua Qingwu, Elder Gui put away the cell phone secretly and walked toward Hua Qingwu.

Chu Xun could feel clearly that Hua Qingwu’s body suddenly got tense.

There was a meaningful expression in Chu Xun’s eyes. If one’s body got tense, it meant that she or he was on guard. Hua Qingwu was not like this along the way. She was frightened of Young Master Sheng.

“When did you come back, my sixth sister?” the man asked with a bright smile on the corner of his mouth.

“I arrived just now,” Hua Qingwu replied in a calm voice and moved closer to Chu Xun subconsciously.

The man narrowed his eyes when he spotted Hua Qingwu’s action. He glanced at Chu Xun curiously and quickly, and then his eyes fell on Elder Gui naturally.

“You worked hard to protect my sixth sister, Elder Gui.”

“That’s what I should do,” Elder Gui replied simply.

The man seemed not to care about the answer. With a warm smile on his face, he turned to Hua Qingwu and said, “Sixth sister, your third elder brother has been suffering from a weird disease recently. That’s why he did such a shameless thing. We should let this scandal get out of our family. So, tell Elder Gui to delete the video he has shot. Aunt Lan is waiting for you. Go to see her, hurry up.”

There was anger in Hua Qingwu’s eyes after she heard the words. The man’s words seemed to be unintentional but actually threatening. However, Hua Qingwu controlled her emotion well. She said with a bright smile, “You’re right, big brother. We shouldn’t let the scandal get out of our family. If others get to know this, they would think our family style so terrible. I’ll delete the video right now.”

Hua Qingwu took out the cell phone that Elder Gui handed to her. She pressed the buttons on the phone several times and smiled brightly before saying, “Big brother, delete it yourself. I have to go to see mom now.” After saying this, she threw the phone at the man.

The man caught the phone and deleted the video quickly. When he raised his head again, he found that Hua Qingwu, Chu Xun, and Elder Gui had entered the house. An expression of doubt flashed within his eyes.

Chu Xun raised the corner of his mouth. His cell phone vibrated one time just now. Hua Qingwu delivered the video to him.

Following Hua Qingwu to her home, Chu Xun saw dozens of villas in the mansion of the Hua Family. In the villas lived the members of the family.

The three of them stopped in front of a slightly dilapidated villa.

A tall and well-built man who was in his fifty fifties stood by the gate, with a gloomy expression on his face and his hands behind his back.

Hua Qingwu’s pace stopped, and after looking at Chu Xun, who looked at ease, she became determined again and strode forward.

“Kneel down,” the man looked at Hua Qingwu coldly and growled.

Hua Qingwu bit her lips and clenched her fists so tightly that her joints turned pale.

“Didn’t you hear me?” the man looked even graver.

“Yes, I did,” Hua Qingwu gritted her teeth and looked up at the man, saying, “But I don’t know what I did wrong. Why should I kneel down?”

“Bastard. I’m your father. Do I need a reason to let you kneel down?” the man looked very angry and was annoyed by Hua Qingwu’s attitude.

The man was no other than Hua Moxie, Hua Qingwu’s father.

“My father? Did you ever treat me as your daughter?” Hua Qingwu said sadly, “In your eyes, I’m just a chess piece of a little value, right?”

“Bastard, should you talk to your father with such an attitude?”

“Then, tell me, father, what kind of an attitude should I have toward you? Did you ever give me a smile? I worked so hard just to show you that I’m no worse than my brothers. But what did you do? You transferred my hard-earned business to my brothers. Why did you do that? Just because I’m a girl? You gave me to the Yun Family as a piece of goods for your own gains. Did you treat me as your daughter when you did this?” Hua Qingwu questioned sadly with tears covering her face.

“Shut up.” Hua Moxie flew into a shameful rage, rushed to Hua Qingwu, and slapped toward her face.

Elder Gui’s expression turned chilling as he stood between them.

“Slap!”

As Elder Gui was taller than Hua Qingwu, the palm fell on his shoulder. Elder Gui lowered his shoulder, which made Hua Moxie fall backward several steps.

“You nasty lackey. How dare you do that! Get lost!” Hua Moxie growled angrily and caught Elder Gui by the collar, trying to throw him away. However, Elder Gui stood so firmly as if he had taken roots into ground. As a result, Hua Moxie failed after he tried several times. He was so angry that he kicked Elder Gui in succession before he stopped.

“Let me tell you. Since you have come back, don’t think about leaving anymore. I’ve informed the Yun Family of the news that you came back. They will come here to take you home back tomorrow. I warn you, you’d better behave yourself. If you ruin my plan, don’t blame me for being cruel to you regardless of our relationship. You’re so lucky and blessed to be able to marry Young Master Yun. Don’t be so ungrateful.”

After the angry shout, Hua Moxie waved his hand and left in anger.

As if she had lost all her strength, Hua Qingwu trembled and seemed to fall at any time.

“Miss, please take care of yourself. You don’t need to worry with His Honor here.” Elder Gui held Hua Qingwu and comforted her.

His Honor?

Hua Qingwu looked at Chu Xun with pleading eyes as if he were a life-saving straw. She looked so delicate and touching like an abandoned cat.

Chu Xun patted her on the shoulder and said, “Do as you want to.” As he said, Hua Qingwu felt a tender breath from him and was refreshed.

Chu Xun did not ask her why she was on such bad terms with her father because that was not important. Since Hua Qingwu attached herself to him, he should protect her. As for Hua Moxie, Chu Xun had nothing to do with him.

“Thanks.” With Chu Xun’s support, Hua Qingwu became much more determined.

“How about we go to see your mother first?”

Hua Qingwu wiped the tears off her face and forced a smile. She did not want her mother to see her embarrassed look.

She walked forward and pushed the door of the villa open, and a gust of chilling air spread out.

Hua Qingwu could not help but shiver, and even Elder Gui also changed his expression.

Chu Xun raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and waved it. A gust of powerful True Energy spread out and drove the chilling air inside away.

Hua Qingwu could not wait to run into the house.

Following Hua Qingwu, Chu Xun and Elder Gui also entered the villa. They looked around and found the decorations inside were outmoded. It seemed that the house was cleaned regularly for it was very clean.

Hua Qingwu ran to the second floor, followed by Chu Xun and Elder Gui.

Standing in front of the door of the first room on the left on the second floor, Hua Qingwu wiped her face again and opened the door after making sure that there was nothing wrong with her.

It was dark and freezing cold in the room. Hua Qingwu turned on the light with trembling hands.

Chu Xun looked into the room and saw a pale-faced woman lie on the bed in the center of the room. Having suffered from illness for a long time, the woman looked withered and skinny. Her eyes were closed tightly, and her hair and eyelashes were covered with a layer of frost. There was some rice at the corner of her mouth and on her face, and the rice was covered with frost as well. It seemed that someone fed the woman not long ago.

“Mom...” Hua Qingwu rushed to the bed. Looking at her mother, who was tortured by illness, she could not hold back her tears anymore. As a result, tears welled up in her eyes.

“Miss, let His Honor have a look,” said Elder Gui.

Hua Qingwu looked back at Chu Xun and said in a pleading tone, “Please save my mom, sir. I beg you, please...”

Chu Xun waved his hand to stop her from begging him. He frowned slightly. He had thought that Hua Qingwu’s mother got sick because she had a special physique, but now it turned out that he was wrong.

He pressed between the eyebrows of Hua Qingwu’s mother with his fingertip and exerted his True Energy.

“Huh?”

Chu Xun withdrew his hand with an uncertain look on his face.

He pressed between the woman’s eyebrows again with his finger and lowered his gaze. Suddenly, his eyes opened widely, and he looked surprised.

“Sir, how is my mother?” Hua Qingwu looked worried and could not wait to ask.

“Don’t worry. She is fine, and her illness is not serious,” Chu Xun said at ease with smiling eyes. He had thought that spiritual energy was exhausted on earth. To his surprise, many spiritual treasures beyond his expectation were hidden on earth.

Hua Qingwu let out a heavy sigh of relief. Since Chu Xun said that it was not serious, it meant that he was confident to cure it.

A smile appeared on Elder Gui’s face.

Chu Xun pondered for a while and decided to tell Hua Qingwu what he knew. He thought that she had the right to know about it. “Your mother did not get sick herself but was framed by others.”

“Framed by others? Do you mean that someone harmed my mother on purpose, sir?” Hua Qingwu understood the words quickly and looked angry.

Chu Xun nodded and replied, “Yes, there is a kind of spiritual animal named Infinite Ice Toad in the word. It feeds on the vitality of living beings. There is a female ice toad and a male ice toad in the word. Now, the female Infinite Ice Toad lives in your mother’s body.”

Hua Qingwu and Elder Gui were puzzled after hearing the words. In their eyes, ice toad that fed on the vitality of living beings was like something in a fairy tale. They could not understand such a thing.

Chu Xun knew that Hua Qingwu and Elder Gui could not understand his words. Infinite Ice Toad was a kind of rare spiritual animal. One ice toad would be of yin while two would be of yang. They could increase one’s cultivation after being refined. Chu Xun was confident that he would reach the Foundation realm if he could refine the Infinite Ice Toad.

“To cut it short, what matters the most now is to find the male ice toad.”

“How to find it?” Hua Qingwu asked anxiously.

“I know how to find it, but we have to wait until night,” said Chu Xun.

“Sir, I want to know, what if we fail to find the ice toad?” Elder Gui thought for a while and asked.

Chu Xun looked at him and answered indifferently, “If we fail, she will die. Only the male toad could draw the female toad out. The female toad now is dormant in her body and won’t harm her life. However, if the male toad dies or has an accident, the female toad will choose to die with the male toad. By then, she will be frozen all over like a piece of ice that will break after being touched, and nobody could save her.”

Hua Qingwu’s beautiful face turned pale, and her body trembled.

Elder Gui’s expression also changed dramatically. He did not expect the consequence to be so serious.

“Don’t worry. Since she has been fine for such a long time, the one who framed her seems not to want her to die and must want something else.”

Hua Qingwu was not stupid; she thought of this as well. However, she could not figure out what the man behind this wanted.

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The night fell.

Chu Xun set up a defensive magic formation which covered the room. He told Hua Qingwu to take care of her mother while he and Elder Gui went to look for the male toad.

The two of them drove out of the Hua Family.

“Sir, where should we head to?” Elder Gui asked.

“Jiu You, it’s your show time.”

With Chu Xun’s words, Jiu You climbed onto Chu Xun’s shoulder with its little head pointed to the east.

Seeing Jiu You, Elder Gui was scared and trembled. To him, this little snake was even more terrifying than nightmares.

“Head eastward all the way,” Chu Xun said. Jiu You was a top-level demon and was born to be sensitive to spiritual animals. Jiu You could sense accurately where the male toad was.

After the car headed eastward for half an hour, Jiu You’s little head pointed to the southeast. The car went on under Jiu You’s instruction.

Elder Gui’s expression changed. Looking at a group of buildings not far away, he said in a low voice, “Sir, we’re on the territory of the Yun Family.”

“The Yun Family?” Chu Xun reacted quickly. “The family that Hua Qingwu will marry into?”

Elder Gui nodded and said, “It seemed that it was the Yun Family that framed miss’s mother.”

At this moment, Jiu You suddenly instructed the car to go southward.

Elder Gui was stunned and looked at Chu Xun. If they headed southward all the way, they would bypass the Yun Family. Did the scheme had nothing to do with the Yun Family?

“Just go on following Jiu You’s instructions,” Chu Xun said.

Elder Gui nodded and continued to drive the car forward. He was confused and wondered who it could be if it was not the Yun Family.