NOVPUB"City Lord Qin, don’t you already know what I could possibly be thinking," Xu Zimei said with a smile, shaking his head.
"But City Lord Qin, what is your purpose in holding this marriage recruitment?"
"Did you go to the sealed cave," Qin Feng asked coldly.
"What if I did?" Xu Zimei replied.
"Tell the truth, what did you see? If there is a single lie, I will suppress you right here," Qin Feng said, his presence overwhelming, pressing down on Xu Zimei.
"To suppress me, your strength at the Saint Vein Realm might still not be enough, I’m afraid," Xu Zimei said, shaking his head indifferently.
"Dad, what are you doing," Qin Shuang hurriedly intervened between the two men.
"Can’t we talk this out nicely?"
"Shuang’er, where is the token I gave you?" Qin Feng asked.
Qin Shuang took out the token; after all, Xu Zimei had already obtained the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, so the token wasn’t of much importance anymore.
"Come with me," said Qin Feng upon receiving the token, as he walked towards the outside of Thundercloud Cave.
Xu Zimei gestured with his hand and followed him out.
They arrived at the back hill of the Qin Residence.
"Hand over the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, and I can let bygones be bygones and let you leave," said Qin Feng, his back turned, speaking indifferently.
"I won’t hand it over," Xu Zimei replied, shaking his head.
Qin Feng’s gaze bore a sense of oppression as he reached out directly towards Xu Zimei.
In the next moment, Qin Shuang suddenly flashed in front, standing protectively before Xu Zimei.
"Shuang’er, what are you doing?" Qin Feng quickly withdrew his hand, asking in surprise.
"He saved my life. I won’t allow you to harm him," Qin Shuang said, shaking her head.
"What do you know? He came to our Qin Residence with ulterior motives, intending to seize the Heavenly Thunder Pearl," Qin Feng explained.
"That pearl has been in the Forbidden Land for so many years and hasn’t been of much use. What’s the harm in giving it to him?" Qin Shuang replied.
"It is a relic left by our ancestors and has its significant uses. Step back," Qin Feng commanded sternly.
"I won’t. We already married each other at the Thunder Pond, so Dad, please spare him," Qin Shuang pleaded.
"Let him hand over the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, and don’t try to deceive me. If you really married, how could he still be alive? With your Nether Ice Physique resisting you," Qin Feng said coldly.
"If that’s the case, if you want to kill him, you’ll have to kill me as well," Qin Shuang said with a shake of her head while still standing in front of Xu Zimei.
"You," Qin Feng looked at Qin Shuang for a long time and finally sighed deeply, waving his sleeve and walking away with his hands behind his back.
"He cannot leave our Qin Residence for the time being."
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Only after Qin Feng had left did Qin Shuang breathe a sigh of relief.
"Are you alright," Qin Shuang asked, looking at Xu Zimei.
"My father is not usually like this."
"He’s quite fond of you," Xu Zimei said with a smile.
"Because of my constitution, my father has been worried sick over these years," Qin Shuang said, sounding downcast.
The pair walked out from the back hill and into the Qin Residence.
Even though Qin Feng was out of sight, Xu Zimei could still feel that many eyes were secretly watching him.
Presumably, they were afraid he might try to escape.
"Let’s go to my courtyard. I want to check your condition," Xu Zimei said.
"What do you want to do?" Qin Shuang immediately blushed, looking like a red apple.
"Check your constitution. What are you thinking about?" Xu Zimei replied helplessly.
"If I wanted to do something, I would have done it at the Thunder Pond already."
Following behind Xu Zimei, Qin Shuang lowered her head and sneakily glanced at his figure.
In this world, there’s no such thing as an unsolvable problem.
Since the Nether Ice Physique exists, there must be a way to cure it.
Qin Feng’s method would require the sacrifice of too many people, and its uncertainty was too great, incompatible with the harmony of heaven, it could only be considered the worst plan.
After the pair arrived at Xu Zimei’s room, Xu Zimei asked Qin Shuang to lie down on the bed.
He then pressed his hands against Qin Shuang’s forehead and wrist, probing her interior bit by bit.
As soon as he made contact, Xu Zimei’s spiritual sense felt a blast of icy cold.
Xu Zimei found that Qin Shuang’s meridians and organs, including her heart, lungs, and stomach, were different from those of an ordinary person.
Her meridians and organs were snow-white, as if covered with a layer of frost.
The deeper Xu Zimei probed, the more he could feel that her body had been eroded by the internal icy cold; it was not a problem that could be resolved simply by dispelling the coldness.
Her body continuously generated coldness, and once it reached a certain extent, it would recur, similar to what had happened in the pavilion in the garden previously.
"This is practically an ice person," Xu Zimei sighed after concluding his investigation.
The situation inside Qin Shuang was already very bad, almost completely covered by ice. It wouldn’t be long before her life vanished the moment the coldness could no longer be suppressed.
"How is it?" Qin Shuang asked.
"It’s very bad," Xu Zimei shook his head.
"I’ve known that for a while," Qin Shuang laughed with a touch of melancholy.
Suddenly, she looked at Xu Zimei and said, "In the last days of my life, could you keep me company?"
"Don’t be so pessimistic, I will find a way," Xu Zimei waved his hand.
He had never encountered a congenital physique before, indeed it was somewhat tricky. For this situation, he could only consult the True Martial Holy Sect for information or ask around.
By evening, Qin Shuang had returned to her own room.
Xu Zimei entered the Divine Continent in his deep sleep.
He asked Bai Meng and the other two, none of whom had heard of the Nether Ice Physique.
It was probably a very rare constitution, or perhaps it did not exist during the Cosmos Ze Era, which is why the three were unclear about it.
...…
The Qin Residence felt exceptionally silent in the dead of night.
Inside the Qin Residence’s meeting hall, where Qin Shuang knelt on the floor.
Qin Feng, seated at the head, covered his forehead, clearly very agitated.
"Father, please let him go," Qin Shuang said.
"If it were anything else, I wouldn’t care, but not the Heavenly Thunder Pearl," Qin Feng said with a headache.
"So, in the last days of my life, does Father intend to let me die depressed?" Qin Shuang implored.
"Just because he saved you, you’re defending him like this? Foolish," Qin Feng said.
Qin Shuang lowered her head and remained silent.
In her mind at that moment, all she could see were images of Xu Zimei having saved her. Although their time together had been brief, even she didn’t know why.
It was as if she had just fallen into it.
"You can go back first, let me think this through," Qin Feng gestured with his hand and said.
"If he dies, your daughter will surely not live alone," Qin Shuang retorted, then left the room.
Watching Qin Shuang’s retreating back, Qin Feng ultimately let out a heavy sigh.
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Early the next morning, just after Xu Zimei got up, Qin Shuang had already come to his courtyard.
"You’re up so early?" Xu Zimei smiled and said.
Qin Shuang had a servant bring over some breakfast and set it on the table in the room.
"We have a noble visitor today, Father went to entertain him, so I got up early as well," Qin Shuang replied.
"What kind of noble visitor?" Xu Zimei asked after washing up.
"It seems to be the Saint Heir from the Heavenly Emperor Gate, asking Father to find someone," Qin Shuang stated.
"Father is taking it quite seriously since the guest’s status is extraordinary."
