Chapter 207 The Things Left by My Father
"The box?"
Song Ping was a little anxious, "Yes, it's a redwood box, the one that was usually placed on the cabinet. But Mom can't find it anywhere."
Chen Xuan thought for a moment, he had some impression of the wooden box. He remembered it was always kept at the Li family's place. "Mom, that box is at the Li family's. I'll go get it later."
Song Ping breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good!"
Chen Xuan pondered for a moment, "Mom, did Dad tell you to leave after my engagement?"
Song Ping nodded without hesitation.
"I understand!"
Chen Xuan's expression was a little dim.
He didn't know why his father, Chen Jianhua, did this, but there must have been a reason.
His father, Chen Jianhua, as a grandmaster of Feng Shui, had probably foreseen everything, just waiting for the right time.
Chen Xuan helped Song Ping and Aunt Tang move their luggage into a taxi.
Before leaving, Song Ping seemed to remember something. She called out to the driver and turned to Chen Xuan, saying, "I remember now, your dad also told me that he left something for you in the provincial capital. You can go and get it when you reach the provincial capital."
Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows, "The provincial capital? Where is that thing?"
Song Ping said, "Your dad said that when your realm reaches a certain level, you'll naturally know."
Chen Xuan thought for a moment and nodded, "Mom, I understand. Have a safe trip."
Song Ping waved her hand. The moment she turned, Chen Xuan seemed to see Song Ping shed a tear. He couldn't help but say, "Mom, I'll definitely come back for the New Year."
It was as if this sentence could shorten the time of their next meeting.
"Mm!"
Chen Xuan watched his mother Song Ping and Aunt Tang slowly drive away from the villa in a taxi.
Immediately after, he called Hei Hu and asked him to send people to protect Song Ping and Aunt Tang.
After everything was done, Chen Xuan drove to the Li family's house and knocked on the door for a long time. Butler Fu, a servant of the Li family, hobbled out.
"Mr... Xuan... Mr. Chen?"
Butler Fu was stunned when he saw Chen Xuan arrive.
Before, Chen Xuan had no status in the Li family. Even the servants called him by his name. He originally intended to call Chen Xuan by his name, but the scene of Chen Xuan causing the Li family to go bankrupt with just a few words came to mind, and he had to change his name to a respectful address.
Chen Xuan said indifferently, "I'm here to retrieve some things left at the Li family's."
"Mr. Chen, then please come in."
Butler Fu opened the door, and Chen Xuan walked in. He saw that the table was covered in a layer of dust, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
"Mr. Chen, your things weren't thrown away. They should all be in the storage room," Butler Fu said.
"Where are the Li family members?" Chen Xuan frowned.
Butler Fu chuckled, "Mr. Chen, you might not know this, but Miss Jiajia's aunt has returned. She seems to have become rich and has taken all the Li family members to another place, leaving only me to look after the house. I heard they won't be coming back."
"Is it that Li Hongxia who disappeared for six years?" Chen Xuan asked with a frown.
"Exactly."
"The Li family truly has ancestral blessings."
Chen Xuan smiled faintly. He didn't expect that the Li family, on the verge of destitution, would encounter such relatives.
As for Li Hongxia, Chen Xuan had some impression when he was at the Li family's. Li Hongxia disappeared during her university years after leaving a letter, claiming that she was favored by a certain prominent family and would be trained as their successor. No one knew Li Hongxia's whereabouts, and everyone thought she had met with misfortune. Later, when they called, the call went through, confirming that she had been taken in by a prominent family.
However, later on, the Li family could no longer contact Li Hongxia. The Li family members all thought Li Hongxia had met with misfortune. They didn't expect her to suddenly appear at this time.
However, Chen Xuan was not concerned about this matter.
"I'll take my things and leave."
Chen Xuan said to Butler Fu and walked into the storage room.
Butler Fu dared not stop Chen Xuan. Moreover, although the Li family had left him to look after the house, most of the valuable items in the house had been taken away, so he was not worried about Chen Xuan taking anything valuable.
Following his memory, Chen Xuan turned on the light in the storage room. Amidst the messy clutter, he finally found the redwood box his mother Song Ping had mentioned. He took the box and turned to leave the storage room.
Back in the car, Chen Xuan examined the redwood box, and his gaze suddenly sharpened.
The redwood box was square and covered with intricate patterns. Chen Xuan hadn't noticed it before, but now, as a Feng Shui master, he realized that the intricate patterns were not as simple as they seemed, but were curses from the underworld!
Generally, such boxes would have inscriptions for longevity or other auspicious phrases. He never expected it to be connected to the underworld.
Chen Xuan tried to open the box, but he couldn't.
At this moment, Chen Xuan slapped his forehead. He suddenly remembered something his father, Chen Jianhua, had told him when he was young: Feng Shui masters were often mysterious and would seal things with their 'qi' when hiding them.
'Qi' was different from spiritual energy or the internal energy of a martial artist. It was unique to Feng Shui masters. Once something was sealed with a Feng Shui master's 'qi', even the strongest brute force could not open it.
His father, Chen Jianhua, had even used this method to hide his personal savings from his mother, Song Ping. Song Ping had never found it because she couldn't open it at all.
After that, Chen Xuan gave up on trying to open the box by conventional means.
Chen Xuan took a deep breath, placed his palm on the box, and a surge of powerful 'qi' erupted!
The next moment, with a "crack," the lid of the redwood box split open!
Chen Xuan took a deep breath and slowly opened the box.
He found three items inside the redwood box.
A piece of paper with strange patterns drawn on it, a piece of ancient jade, and a porcelain shard.
Chen Xuan's gaze fell on the ancient jade, and his heart trembled. He quickly grabbed it and held it up to his eyes, staring intently at the ancient jade!
Could this be the ancient jade belonging to the Chen family?
Was it because of this ancient jade that Dark Blood instructed the Yu family to poison his mother, Song Ping?
Was he truly a pawn in a game?
Many questions flooded his mind, and Chen Xuan couldn't find the correct answers, but he knew he was infinitely close to the truth.
Chen Xuan put away the ancient jade for the time being and then picked up the paper with strange patterns.
The paper looked very old, its color had turned yellow, and it was full of creases, as if someone had thrown it in the trash and then someone else had picked it up.
After looking at it for a few moments, Chen Xuan was suddenly captivated by the strange patterns on it. He felt that these patterns were somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall what they were.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Chen Xuan's mind. He looked at the strange patterns on the paper again, staring intently, and his body stiffened!
These patterns... weren't they the curse patterns of the Ten Kings of Hell on Su Qian's back?!
"This..."
Countless thoughts surged in Chen Xuan's mind, and he couldn't find an answer for a moment.
How could his father be connected to the curse of the Ten Kings of Hell?
Was he trying to break the curse for someone else, or had he himself been cursed by the Ten Kings of Hell?
If it was the former, it would be fine. But if it was the latter... even as a grandmaster of Feng Shui, he might not be able to do anything about the curse of the Ten Kings of Hell, right?
Also, why did the Black and White Impermanence say they had seen a member of the Chen family for the second time? Could it be that the first person they saw was his father?
He gritted his teeth, suppressed all the doubts in his heart, and decided that when he returned to the Su family later, he would definitely ask Su Qian for a clear explanation!