Chapter 744 - 449: Silvery-white Magical Little Fruit

Chapter 744: Chapter 449: Silvery-white Magical Little Fruit

"Why would the seal on Xiaoyue loosen so many years ahead of schedule? I want to know that too. I need to ask her what the situation is.

When she sealed Xiaoyue back then, she promised me that the seal wouldn’t have any problems before she turned thirty."

Su Chen shared his wife’s confusion. After all, the friend who had placed the seal on their daughter had solemnly promised them there would be no problems.

Now the seal had loosened several years early. This was no small matter.

"Hurry up and call Wu Xiaoxuan. Ask her what’s going on with Xiaoyue’s situation," Zheng Qiuyi urged her husband anxiously.

Su Chen nodded. He pulled his phone from his pocket, opened his contacts, and dialed his friend’s number.

RING, RING, RING...

After a dozen or so seconds, the call connected. A lazy voice came from the earpiece, indicating the person on the other end was a bit tired.

"Oh?"

"Su Chen? You’re actually calling me? That’s rare! So, what’s up?"

Once the call connected, Su Chen skipped the pleasantries with his old friend and got straight to the point. With a serious expression, he told Wu Xiaoxuan, "The seal on my daughter has loosened."

"What?" The lazy voice on the other end vanished instantly. Wu Xiaoxuan let out a startled cry, then asked with concern, "The seal on your daughter has loosened? Is she alright?"

"She fainted once this evening, but after waking up, she said she felt fine. For now, there don’t seem to be any major problems.

But now that the seal has loosened, who knows what will happen as time goes on," Su Chen said to his friend, glancing at his wife’s worried face.

"As long as there are no immediate problems, that’s good." Hearing from Su Chen that his daughter was fine for now, Wu Xiaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Back when you sealed Xiaoyue, didn’t you swear up and down that the seal wouldn’t have any issues before she turned thirty? So why is it failing so many years ahead of schedule?" Su Chen asked, his voice heavy. His tone made it clear he was in a very bad mood.

"Er..." Wu Xiaoxuan’s slightly awkward voice came through the phone. "As for why the seal I placed on your daughter loosened so many years early... I’ll need to run some checks to get an answer."

"..." Su Chen knew his friend wouldn’t have wanted this to happen either. He took a light breath to calm himself slightly, then said, "Sorry, I got a little worked up."

"It’s fine. If it were me, I’d probably be even more worked up... Bring your daughter to the Capital City as soon as you can. I’ll examine her, figure out what’s causing the seal to loosen, and then reinforce it," Wu Xiaoxuan said.

"Okay, I’ll bring Xiaoyue to the Capital City tomorrow afternoon. We should arrive around evening. I’ll bring her to see you the morning after that," Su Chen laid out his plan.

"Alright," Wu Xiaoxuan replied before hanging up with Su Chen.

In the quiet laboratory, a middle-aged woman wearing a white lab coat placed her phone back on the desk. She had gold-rimmed glasses, a full figure, an elegant air, and faint crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes.

’What happened to Su Chen’s daughter? For the seal I placed on her to loosen so many years ahead of schedule...’

Wu Xiaoxuan lifted her right hand and placed it on the desk. She raised her index finger, and a faint golden Spiritual Light bloomed at its tip.

Spiritual Energy gathered at her fingertip, quickly transforming into threads of golden light that wove together to form a hollow sphere.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK...

Suddenly, a knock sounded at the office door. Wu Xiaoxuan dispersed the Spiritual Energy at her fingertip and called out, "Come in..."

CLICK.

A young woman, also in a white lab coat, opened the office door and walked in.

"Vice Director, one of the teams that went to explore the Spirit Realm brought back a very peculiar plant this time. The head of the botany lab asked me to have you come take a look."

"Alright." Wu Xiaoxuan nodded, then stood up and walked out of the office. The young woman in the lab coat followed behind her, her eyes filled with adoration.

Wu Xiaoxuan was only in her forties, yet she had already secured the position of Vice Director at the Capital Spiritual Energy Research Institute. One could only imagine how capable she was; she was an object of worship for all the young female researchers.

...

WHOOSH...

RUSTLE, RUSTLE, RUSTLE...

A gentle breeze swept through the courtyard, rustling the plants and trees. It also tousled the hair of the man and woman standing outside the villa.

After finishing the call with his old friend, Su Chen put his phone back in his pocket. He looked at his wife’s worried face, placed a hand on her shoulder, and comforted her in a gentle voice.

"Qiuyi, it’s alright. The seal on Xiaoyue has only loosened, it hasn’t broken. It’s just a small problem that we caught early. We just need to get it fixed right away."

Hearing this, Zheng Qiuyi tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear and nodded slightly, but the worry in her eyes did not fade.

Su Chen knew that a few comforting words wouldn’t be enough to dispel his wife’s anxiety.

Only when the hidden danger threatening their daughter was resolved would his wife truly be at ease. So, he said no more.