The Immortal Emperor Returns

Chapter 171 Unbelievable!

The young major general who shocked both the ordinary and Martial Tao worlds was none other than Chu Xun.

When they heard this groundbreaking piece of news, the couple’s minds went blank. They could not believe their ears.

The Chu Xun in their memory was a skinny and slightly tanned boy. He had a bashful look whenever he smiled. That boy… was definitely unrelated to the titles given to him, like “The Cruel” and “The Devil”.

“Unbelievable, right?” Liu Xiangru suddenly shouted with a twisted expression, “I thought so too. How can that weak scum whom I threw into jail get out alive? How can he suddenly possess such great powers? It is unfair…”

Liu Xiangru could not accept the fact that Chu Xun was so strong. He was born into a noble family. First Presbyter once praised him as a genius that had not been seen in the Martial Tao world for hundreds of years. He even broke his own rule to accept him as his last disciple. He had a high starting point, be it in resources or talent. Even so, he merely reached Great Completion of Acquired Realm.

He chalked up a lot of achievements before the age of thirty and made a name for himself in Martial Tao world as well. For that, he was once complacent and proud.

However, his pride was shattered by Chu Xun’s sudden appearance. Compared to Chu Xun, his own achievements seemed negligible.

He had always been reluctant to admit that Chu Xun was superior to him… He always wondered if someone could tell him how Chu Xun managed to gain such great power within a mere three years.

At this moment, Chu Tianhe grew furious all of a sudden. He opened his eyes wide and bellowed, “What did you say? You threw him in jail?”

Liu Xiangru laughed and said tauntingly, “I may as well tell you this. Chu Xun went missing because I had him thrown in jail…”

“You monster.” Chu Tianhe said angrily as he suddenly charged toward Liu Xiangru.

Unfortunately, an old man in his fifties was in no way equal to Liu Xiangru’s strength. With a simple push from Liu Xiangru, he tumbled backward and fell to the ground.

“Tianhe…” Liu Ran said. Despite her loss of vision, Liu Ran had exceptional hearing, so she tried to find Chu Tianhe, using her ears.

“If Chu Xun had not captured Young Master Chen Shao, I can kill you any time I wish.” Liu Xiangru said, as he was reminded of Chen Shao, and he started cursing Chen Shao in his mind for the scum he was.

In fact, he wanted Chen Shao dead, because he believed Xuanji Mountain only needed one Liu Xiangru, which was himself. “Chen Shao is nothing, he is only lucky to be born into a better family than me.” He thought. However, he knew that Chen Shao should not die in Chu Xun’s hand, for he would die a horrendous death.

Liu Ran was extremely anxious as she could not see anything. Then she slipped and fell.

Chu Tianhe gathered all his strength to stand up and ran toward Liu Ran. He helped her up and kept reassuring her. He then stared at Liu Xiangru furiously and said, “You will suffer the consequences of your deeds.”

Liu Xiangru’s eyes looked even more vicious and in an ominous voice, said “After hearing so many legendary deeds of Chu Xun, I bet you think he is invincible.”

He continued after a few sneers, “To tell you the truth, if he really visits us, we will make sure that he will not be able to return. This Xuanji Mountain is not easy for one to set foot in, even the Human King had to consider carefully before paying us a visit. Chu Xun is going to die here.”

The couple felt their hearts tightening.

“Chu Xun killed my uncle, injured my father, threatened my grandfather and framed the Liu Family for treason. Our house is still under an army siege now. He has to pay for all these things he did to us, he has to pay by his own death.”

Chu Tianhe let out a bellow of rage. During the three years they were held captive by the Liu Family, they compromised on everything for the safety of their son. In the end, however, it was nothing more than wishful thinking on their part. The Liu Family never planned to let Chu Xun off. The mere thought of Chu Xun in jail almost made their hearts bleed.

Liu Ran could not see what was happening, yet she could feel her husband’s rage.

“You will see Chu Xun in one month, but that is also when you will witness his death on Xuanji Mountain.”

Liu Xiangru laughed like a lunatic and left.

The couple were then left by themselves, worrying for their son and praying that he would never come to them.

…

Chu Xun and Hua Qingwu returned to Gujiang City.

They were greeted by good news upon their arrival — the construction of Qianlong Mount Villas was finally completed.

Qianlong Mount Villas were no longer a group of villas, they were transformed into a luxurious manor for Chu Xun himself.

Long Ao suggested holding a grand opening ceremony.

“Never mind.” Chu Xun rejected his suggestion. He had very limited time on hand, so he would rather not waste it on such matters.

“You don’t need to concern yourself over this. Just leave everything to Chen Hanlong and you only need to show up on the date itself.” Long Ao said.

Chu Xun thought about it, then agreed to the suggestion.

On that day, Chu Xun looked toward the Spirit Vein in the distance. The magic formation had been destroyed during the grand battle back then. He now needed to set everything up again.

Back then, the magic formation only needed to cover one villa, yet today it had to cover the entire Qianlong Mountain. This new formation would surely exceed the one before, in terms of both its scale and strength.

Chu Xun’s speed had grown extremely fast. He initially needed two hours to run from Qianlong Mountain to Spirit Vein, yet now he only needed slightly more than ten minutes.

The hidden formation he set in the past was still there, but the original formation on Qianlong Mountain had been destroyed. The transmission of spiritual energy was broken, thus all the energy from the Vein had dispersed in the air.

Chu Xun removed the original formation and a giant hole leading to a cave appeared on the ground. During his first visit here, he had gone down through this hole and found Jiu You.

“It is still sleeping. I wonder when will it wake up?” He thought as he looked at Jiu You through his wrist.

Chu Xun took out the ancient jade that he prepared earlier for setting up the magic formation.

His movements stopped all of a sudden and he focused on the sparks that appeared along with the spiritual energy from the giant hole.

Those sparks were as big as sesame seeds. They were pure and transparent and emitted a faint white light.

Chu Xun reached out his hand and held some sparks in his palm. As he channeled his spiritual energy to his palm, the sparks suddenly turned into fine powder and dispersed.

Chu Xun’s face lit up with surprise, he then jumped through the hole and dropped straight down into the cave.

On his way down, the same type of sparks he saw earlier increased.

After falling for about a hundred meters, Chu Xun landed. It was his second time here, so he was already familiar with the surroundings.

The bottom of the cave revealed a completely different world. The palace where Chu Xun first met Jiu You was located in the south. There used to be a stone wall on the right, yet now there was a hole in the wall about the size of a bowl. Even more sparks flew out of that hole.

Chu Xun contemplated for a while, then punched a section of the wall and knocked it down. The wall exploded and rocks were sent flying all over the place. It was hollow behind the wall.

Chu Xun looked in the distance and was stunned at the next second. His eyes opened wide in disbelief.

In front of him was a huge, natural mine. The spiritual energy was highly concentrated there.

Sparks were floating in the sky. The entire mine looked as if it was a world built with azurites. There were shiny materials everywhere.

Chu Xun rushed into the mine in ecstasy. He picked up a stone about the size of a fist. After feeling it for some time, he started laughing.

“This is a Spirit Stone, incredible! I never knew Spirit Stones from the world of cultivation existed on Earth.”

Chu Xun could not control his joy. “With this huge amount of Spirit Stones, I can train here in isolation and reach the Nascent Soul Stage within ten years!” He thought.

By channeling his True Energy, a white vortex appeared on Chu Xun’s palm and it started absorbing the energy in that Spirit Stone. The size of the Spirit Stone slowly reduced, bit by bit. After about ten minutes, the stone turned completely into a powdery substance with a “swoosh”.

Chu Xun’s body started glowing. His organs resonated and his heartbeat grew stronger by the second. The spiritual energy he absorbed was transformed into True Energy immediately and channeled to his Dantian.

Chu Xun’s mouth curved into a smile. He then picked up another Spirit Stone of the same size and started absorbing its energy.

Swoosh!

Just as he started channeling True Energy, the Spirit Stone turned into powder.

“What…?” Chu Xun was stunned for a moment, then he picked up another Spirit Stone.

Swoosh!

The Spirit Stone turned into powder in the blink of an eye and filtered through his fingers.

Chu Xun’s joyous expression disappeared. Now he only wanted to cry.

His joy came to nought, what he discovered were a bunch of fake Spirit Stones.