Just as Ning Wangshu was concentrating on his review.
At this moment, Xu Yiming wore a troubled expression.
"Dad, I really can't remember who on earth I offended!"
Xu Yiming looked at his father, Xu Shengchuan, and said helplessly.
Xu Shengchuan pinched the bridge of his nose, took a deep breath, and said slowly, "Since you can't remember, I can only find that Elder Lin again and ask him if he knows any more formidable masters."
"Let's see if he can help you break the Curse Seal inside your body..."
With his life at stake, Xu Yiming hurriedly said, "Dad, then you should call that Elder Lin quickly!"
He used to disbelieve in these things, but after experiencing the events of the night before yesterday, he had no choice but to believe.
"Mhm!"
Xu Shengchuan nodded, immediately picked up his phone, and dialed Lin Anguo's number.
"Hello, Elder Lin, it's Little Xu! I'm disturbing you presumptuously, but it's still about my good-for-nothing son. I want to ask if you know any more formidable masters?"
Lin Anguo on the other end heard Xu Shengchuan's words and couldn't help saying, "Boss Xu, let me put it this way: masters more formidable than me naturally exist in this world."
"However, every single one of them is a pillar of the Cultivation World. Never mind you, even I would find it extremely difficult to request an audience."
"As for your son's matter... please forgive my bluntness, but it is far more practical for you all to find out as soon as possible who actually cast the Curse Seal on him."
"Otherwise, not to mention whether those figures more formidable than me would be willing to see you, there is the question of whether there is even enough time."
"Just the possibility that someone might discover the Curse Seal inside your son was created by an expert of the same level, and whether they would be willing to take the risk of offending the other party to intervene, remains an unknown."
"Alright, Boss Xu, I have some matters on my end, so I won't chat with you any longer..."
With that, Lin Anguo directly hung up the phone.
Listening to the busy tone from the phone, Xu Shengchuan frowned. He could naturally tell that Lin Anguo had no intention of meddling in this matter any further.
Moreover, what Lin Anguo said made sense.
Back then, he had gone to great lengths just to get in good with Lin Anguo. Now, wanting to get acquainted with figures more formidable than Lin Anguo, how could it be that easy?
"Dad, how is it? What did that Elder Lin say?"
Seeing his father's tightly furrowed brow, Xu Yiming asked hurriedly.
Xu Shengchuan let out a soft breath, shook his head, and said, "There's nothing we can do. Elder Lin still suggests we find a way to locate the person who cast the Curse Seal on you and beg the other party to take it back."
"This... what can we do? I've thought about it for a full two days and truly can't think of anyone I might have offended or crossed. The only one I can think of is that woman I ran over and killed."
"However, you are completely clear on that woman's situation; it's simply impossible for it to have anything to do with her..."
Xu Yiming said bitterly.
Xu Shengchuan thought for a moment and said, "You keep thinking about it carefully!"
"If we rule out all possible scenarios, then the most impossible scenario might just be the true one! I'll have someone investigate that woman's situation carefully again later to see if we can find anything."
"Fine then!"
Xu Yiming said helplessly.
"Mhm."
Xu Shengchuan nodded and added, "Alright, it's getting late. Go back to your room and rest."
"Alright, Dad!"
Xu Yiming acknowledged and immediately returned to his room.
It was already late at night.
After returning to his room, Xu Yiming was still rack-brained, trying to figure out who he had recently offended or crossed.
Yet even though he had wrung his brain dry, he still couldn't remember at all.
Right at that moment, Xu Yiming's body suddenly gave a violent jolt as he felt a sharp pain assail his heart, making him feel as though Ten Thousand Ants Gnawing at the Heart!
The intense pain caused Xu Yiming's whole body to twitch instantly, his eyes suddenly bulging, veins popping all over his body, and cold sweat pouring down!
He wanted to open his mouth to cry out in pain, but he discovered that no matter what, he couldn't make a single sound, nor could he move even the slightest bit, which filled Xu Yiming's heart with incomparable terror.
Could it be... that the Curse Seal inside my body has acted up?
This thought flashed through his mind.
Yet very soon, he felt as though something had shattered within his mind, and a burst of memories suddenly surged forth...
"It is him! He is that woman's son! I remember now!"
Xu Yiming roared wildly in his heart.
He finally remembered everything!
He remembered that "devil"-like young man, remembered the words that young man had said to him, and remembered that it was the other party who had driven the Curse Seal into his body and even sealed that period of his memory...
At this moment, Xu Yiming's heart was filled with remorse!
Yet even more so, there was terror towards death. The pain inside his body, akin to Ten Thousand Ants Gnawing at the Heart, twisted his entire face and caused his entire body to twitch uncontrollably.
He struggled frantically to fight back, but it was all in vain...
Early the next morning.
"Sister Fang, hasn't Yiming woken up yet?"
After washing up, Xu Shengchuan came to the dining room to prepare for breakfast. Seeing that Xu Yiming was not around, he couldn't help asking the housekeeper.
Sister Fang hurried to say, "Sir, I haven't seen Young Master come out of his room ever since I got up."
Xu Shengchuan frowned slightly. "It's already past eight o'clock, why isn't he up yet. Sister Fang, go and call Yiming."
"Alright, sir."
Sister Fang acknowledged and hurried over to Xu Yiming's room.
Meanwhile, Xu Shengchuan casually picked up a bowl of millet porridge and began drinking it first.
Right at that moment, a sudden shriek echoed out. Xu Shengchuan started, instinctively raising his head. Immediately afterward, he saw Sister Fang running over in a panic.
"Sir, it's bad! Young Master, Young Master he seems... In short, you need to go take a look right now!"
Xu Shengchuan's heart instantly tightened as he hurriedly got up and ran toward Xu Yiming's room.
When he saw Xu Yiming lying stiffly on the bed without a sound, his eyes bulging wide and staring fixedly, his face painfully distorted, he staggered and almost fell straight down.
"Yiming! Yiming--"
Xu Shengchuan rushed forward in a panic, shouting loudly for Xu Yiming.
However, Xu Yiming gave no response whatsoever.
When he tremblingly extended a finger to test Xu Yiming's breath, he collapsed straight to the floor...
When Xu Shengchuan woke up, it was already noon.
His bodyguards were standing guard nearby.
Upon waking up, Xu Shengchuan instantly bolted upright and asked urgently, "How is Yiming? Where is Yiming?"
His bodyguards looked at one another, and one of them said in a low voice, "Boss, Young Master... he is already dead!"
"Wh-What?! He, he's dead..."
Xu Shengchuan cried out in a trembling voice, feeling the world go black before his eyes.
Upon seeing this, his bodyguards hurriedly steadied his body. "Yes. Boss, the doctor said... Young Master died of a sudden cardiac arrest. Moreover, judging from when he was discovered, he had already been dead for about seven or eight hours..."
Hearing this, Xu Shengchuan's entire body trembled uncontrollably, plunging into endless grief...
A long while later.
Xu Shengchuan seemed to finally snap out of his grief over the loss of his son a little. He took a deep breath, a trace of murderous intent suddenly welling up in his eyes, and said through clenched teeth, "Sudden cardiac arrest, what a fine sudden cardiac arrest!"
"No matter who you are! As long as you let me find out that you killed my son, no matter what price I have to pay, I will make you die without a burial place to accompany my son in death!"
Xu Shengchuan wore a vicious expression, his eyes turning completely bloodshot!
He knew very well that his son hadn't died of any sudden cardiac arrest at all; rather, it was that Curse Seal inside his body acting up and killing his son.
He had only this single, precious son, and his wife had passed away more than ten years ago.
Now, with his son dying a sudden death, the hatred in his heart could well be imagined!