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Helping Hua Minghai's Wife
🕑 Added 2023-11-18 07:21:46 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 78 ---
Five people are walking in the dark alley.
This place is the 'richest' part of the Divine Phoenix City, nearing the center and the busiest area. One might think someone like Hua Minghai, the Ghost Mirage Sacred Hand, would put his safe house somewhere discreet.
But no, Hua Minghai thought outside the box.
What's better than hiding in your enemy's core territory itself?
Entering a secret passage, Hua Minghai led Yu Long and his maids to a nice-looking courtyard with an artificial river and a garden full of flowers.
Hua Minghai has changed into a new appearance to that of a middle-aged gentleman, modeling a black robe with a golden rim. He has long black hair loose to his back and stubble.
Some servants bowed to Hua Minghai, and he dismissed them with a casual hand wave.
Sitting in a tea room, Hua Minghai sat on a chair and said, "Welcome to my humble abode."
Yu Long smiled, "Quite a nice place you have here."
"I bet the people you robbed would have never thought you'd live in the same neighborhood as them."
"They are." Hua Minghai laughed a little. "While they are busy chasing my afterimages, I enjoyed their riches in my home."
"Hehe, I even loaned their 'own' money back with some nice interest."
'Damn. What an evil man!' Hong Guan and Chu Yueli thought at the same time.
Lily's eyes sparkled as she commented, "I think we can be good friends with each other, Hua Minghai."
"By the way, my name is Lily. I'm one of the Shadow Brides. Code Name: Fawning Owl."
"You think so?" Hua Minghai was surprised.
Why did this young lady look excited for some reason? What a weird development.
Lily cleared her throat and added, "Ehem, have you ever heard of money laundering?"
"Hoh, go on..." Hua Minghai put on a curious look.
Hong Guan and Chu Yueli glanced at each other, feeling the chaos that was about to happen.
Yu Long checked the courtyard and sensed a weak life force in the nearby room. He frowned slightly and discovered a cold poison enough to kill many profound practitioners.
As Hua Minghai and Lily discussed business, Yu Long finally opened his mouth and questioned. "Is the woman in the third room okay? I assumed that the cold poison in her body wasn't a mistake."
Hua Mingai's expression became grave as he sighed, "You actually sensed that from here... As expected from the lord that I decided to serve."
"That woman is my wife. Ru Xiaoya."
"Around a few years ago, my Hua Clan was a big clan in the south, and we have a legacy known as the Lightning Speed School."
"However, a disaster occurred. My clan was accused of heinous crimes and murdered out of cold blood. It wasn't a coincidence when the young master of Sun Moon Divine Hall suddenly appeared and took the fancy of my wife's beauty a few months before that."
"He told me a mere clan like us deserved only to be his dog." Hua Minghai clenched his hand tightly. "That son of a bitch killed my family like it was a game for him."
"All because we rejected his advance..."
"He crippled my wife's cultivation and poisoned her with extreme cold poison. With such a frail body, how could she resist the poison? I began to steal treasure and medicine for her health."
"Just you know, I used to only steal from corrupts, but for my wife... I'm willing to do anything."
Given the current situation, Hua Minghai even wished the monstrous god-like expert Yu Long to have an otherworldly medicinal skill.
Even if Yu Long doesn't possess such mastery, the Shadow Realm Hua Minghai just joined must have a rare medicine to cure Sun Moon Divine Hall's extremely cold poison.
"Calm down." Yu Long patted Hua Minghai's shoulders in a carefree manner. "It's just an extremely cold poison."
"I can deal with it without lifting my hand." He boasted a second later.
"..." The three maids.
They didn't doubt Yu Long's medicinal skill, but why did he phrase it like that? He sounds like a young master.
Wait, Is he perhaps embracing his role as the young master?
Yu Long ignored the questioning gazes of his maids and stared at Hua Minghai, "Give me a few seconds."
"Can you really do it?" Hua Minghai hesitated.
Yu Long smiled and gave him a thumbs-up, "Leave it to me."
They went to Ru Xiaoya's room and found a pale-looking woman lying on the king-sized bed. She wore a white, snowy robe.
She looks no different than a corpse from Yu Long's perspective, but there is a steady life force rummaging deep in her body as if she is not willing to give up.
Yu Long acknowledged Hua Minghai's effort to keep his wife alive by feeding her rare treasures and medicines that extend one's lifespan and cleanse the cold energy.
Even the leaders of 1st class sects in the area don't have such luxury, with the Divine Phoenix Sect being the exception.
On top of that, Yu Long also noticed that Ru Xiaoya's physique changed due to the constant feeding of medicine. She couldn't even absorb all of them, which caused her body to become more like a tonic.
Unfortunately, the cold energy has seeped into her body and spine for too long, causing the medicinal effect to become inefficient. The poison has become part of her body.
Both poison and medicine fought fiercely in her frail body.
Yu Long stared at Ru Xiaoya quietly and activated [Kaiju Maker], observing her inner body.
"Haha, Minghai. You're a lucky bastard to have a wife like her." Yu Long suddenly commented.
"Eh?" Hua Minghai tilted his head in confusion.
Yu Long used [Kaiju Maker] to read Ru Xiaoya's bio information and discovered she was still alive because of her strong will to be on her husband's side.
Even if the chance is tiny, even if she had to endure life-destroying pain, she would try anything to resist death!
Yu Long snapped his finger, and white light escaped his body, entering Ru Xiaoya's forehead. Bright green rays of vitality spread from the bed.
Ru Xiaoya gasped as her complexion became better.
Her profound veins gradually fixed and revealed a flushed green light, which looked like crystal.
Light and Ice Elements burst from her body, wrapping her like a cocoon.
Crack! Boom!
The ice cocoon shattered into white haze, covering the whole room.
Hua Minghai blinked in disbelief as a feminine figure sat on the ice-covered bed. His eyes widened because the once-paled complexion had become flushed red with healthiness.
Tears came from Hua Minghai's eyes as he rushed to the bed and hugged his wife.
"Xiaoya!"
"M-Minghai?" Ru Xiaoya opened her eyes in bewilderment. "What happened here?"
"You're cured, Xiaoya!" Hua Minghai excitedly said like a child. He couldn't contain his happiness.
Yu Long shook his head gently and left them alone for a moment. He brought his maids out and stared at the sun in the azure sky.
"Did you really heal her, Young Master?" Hong Guan was suspicious because she felt the usage of profound aspects a moment ago.
Yu Long smirked, "Technically speaking, yes."
"I only give Hua Minghai's wife what she deserves."
"Ru Xiaoya would notice the change in her profound veins soon. Yueli, you'll be in charge of training her from now on." He added casually.
"You could also share the first three chapters of [Chronicle of Frozen World] with her."
"Noted." Chu Yueli nodded calmly. She was curious about what changes Yu Long made to Ru Xiaoya.
It should be a significant change, considering the intense chill earlier.
After a while, Hua Minghai and Ru Xiaoya finally come out. They couldn't hide the happiness from their faces.
"My lord." They bowed before Yu Long.
"Mm." Yu Long leaned against a tree.
Hua Minghai looked up and vowed, "From now on, I, Hua Minghai, will follow you to death!"
"I swore on my ancestor's name that I'd never betray your trust!"
Ru Xiaoya patted her husband's back and bowed, "Thank you for curing me, my lord."
"I don't know how to repay your kindness, but like my husband said. We wouldn't betray your trust and stay loyal forever."
"Sure, I will take both of your words for granted." Yu Long agreed with their pledge without much of a fuss. "From now on, Hua Minghai will be the branch leader of Eleventh Base."
"And you, Ru Xiaoya, will be the vice-leader."
"YES! WE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!" They responded with firm determination.
"Good." Yu Long laughed. This is easy replacement for his loss a while ago.
