Invincible Snake Emperor

Chapter 628: Chapter 600: Tu Xiao’an Who Wants a Human-Demon Love (Part 2)

Besides, the Ice Divine Fruit was too important. His granddaughter’s life depended on it. And just like that, in a flash, two of them were gone.

”You should have said you were willing to pay earlier. It’s too late now. There were only two, and I ate them,” Tu Xiao’an said with a smile. ”Who’s to blame for you not knowing how to treat a guest? You actually tried to drive this Snake King away. Serves you right.”

The Vice-Principal gave a bitter smile, forcing himself to suppress his anger. ”That’s not possible. Whenever the Ice Divine Fruit Tree bears fruit, there are always ten. Stop toying with this old man.”

”You’re not wrong. The Ice Divine Fruit Tree did bear ten fruits. But I ate one a day, and by the time I got here, only those last two were left. I was planning to give them to you, but you’re such a heartless old man. You’ve hurt this Snake King’s feelings.”

’Hurt your feelings?’

The Vice-Principal almost cursed out loud. ’Does this snake have a glass heart or something?’

”What exactly do you want? This old man is not joking with you,” the Vice-Principal said, his expression stern. If his granddaughter didn’t have the Ice Divine Fruit to suppress her condition, every day she slept would be immense torture. If this went on for too long, she might very well never wake up again.

”Apologize. Say you were wrong,” Tu Xiao’an said, raising an eyebrow.

The Vice-Principal’s body trembled, and his old eyes shot wide open. What kind of status did he have? How could he be asked to apologize to a snake?

However, as the Vice-Principal took a few deep breaths, he decided that for the sake of his precious granddaughter, an apology was an apology. He could afford to lose some face. Just as he was about to lower his head and open his mouth...

”Never mind. I was just kidding,” Tu Xiao’an said with a grin. He couldn’t push things too far. This old man was Su Rushi’s grandfather, after all. If he wanted any kind of future with that girl, not only could he not offend this old man, he would have to try his best to get on his good side.

’That was far enough.’

”I was just joking with you, Lord Vice-Principal. Don’t take it seriously,” Tu Xiao’an continued, still smiling.

”Hmph...” The Vice-Principal snorted heavily. ’Your idea of a joke is far too costly. Two extremely precious Centennial Ice Divine Fruits?’

Tu Xiao’an’s expression turned serious. ”Old man Vice-Principal, have you ever considered that even if I gave you ten Ice Divine Fruits, what good would it do? Can it truly save your granddaughter? In the end, it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.”

’What happens when all ten are eaten?’

”That’s why I told you to bring back the heart of the Ice Divine Fruit Tree as well. Did you get it?”

”No,” Tu Xiao’an immediately shook his head. In truth, he had it, but he didn’t want to reveal it yet.

”You scoundrel! You’ll be the death of me!”

”Vice-Principal, I’ll be frank with you. I know of one person in this world who can save your granddaughter’s life.”

Hearing this, the Vice-Principal looked at him excitedly. ”Who?”

”The person who can save your granddaughter is far away, yet right before your eyes.”

The Vice-Principal looked utterly baffled. He hesitated before asking, ”You’re saying you can save my Shi’Er’s life? Is that true?”

”True. Truer than a pearl.”

”No more games. If I find out you’re still toying with me, I’ll risk it all today to teach you, a mere snake, a lesson,” the Vice-Principal said in a low voice.

Tu Xiao’an just smiled, done with the pointless chatter. A deep blue aura, as cold as frost, erupted from his body.

In the next moment, something strange happened.

Inside the room, streams of Cold Yin Qi began to drift, wisp by wisp, toward Tu Xiao’an before being absorbed into his body.

”You...” The Vice-Principal was instantly stunned. The room was filled with the Cold Yin Qi emanating from his granddaughter’s body, but now, all of it was being absorbed by Tu Xiao’an.

’What does this mean?’ Then, a moment later, the Vice-Principal was overjoyed.

’That’s right!’ he remembered. ’This snake controls multiple Elemental Attribute Abilities, including the Frost Element.’

’It seems this kid is using his own Ice Frost Power to absorb the Cold Yin Qi for his own use.’

”Old man, I wasn’t lying to you, was I?” Tu Xiao’an said after absorbing enough Qi to return the room’s temperature to normal.

The Vice-Principal looked deeply at Tu Xiao’an. ”Then how do you plan to save my granddaughter?”

”It’s simple. I just have to absorb all the surging Cold Yin Qi from Su Rushi’s body. Then she’ll be like a normal person and can sleep peacefully.”

Hearing this, the Vice-Principal said, ”That method will only help my Shi’Er for a short period. After a while, the Cold Yin Qi will just build up in her body again. The Taiyin Cold Body will still be there.”

In the end, it’s still just treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

”I can just come over periodically to absorb it for her. It’s a bit of a hassle, but what can I say? I’m kind and love to help people,” Tu Xiao’an said, putting on a self-important expression.

The Vice-Principal saw this and wanted to smack him. ”Don’t think I don’t understand. You possess Ice Frost Qi, and the Yin Power in my Shi’Er’s body is the best kind of supplement for you. It can greatly increase the Power of your Ice Frost Qi. If anything, you’re the one benefiting from this deal!”

”At most, it’s mutually beneficial.”

The Vice-Principal fell silent. This might be the best solution for now, but it had one major drawback: his granddaughter would have to be in constant contact with this snake.

WHOOSH... The two words, ’Human-Demon Love,’ suddenly appeared in the Vice-Principal’s mind, and his mood instantly plummeted.

’His granddaughter has had a hard life. Both her parents died when she was young. And now she might end up with a snake?’

’If that happened, he, as her grandfather, would be greatly at fault.’

”The heart of the Ice Divine Fruit Tree... you really didn’t get it?” the Vice-Principal stared intently at Tu Xiao’an.

Tu Xiao’an shrugged. ”Really, I didn’t. There were too many Demons near the Ice Divine Fruit. I could only grab the fruits and run.”

”With your current strength, you still needed to run?” the Vice-Principal said doubtfully.

”Are you suggesting the White Demon King is just for show? If that’s the case, why doesn’t a dignified Vice-Principal like you dare to even go to the Yaoling Mountain Range?” Tu Xiao’an retorted with a straight face.

’This old man just doesn’t want me getting close to his granddaughter. Too bad I’ve already taken a liking to the girl.’

’I’ll follow the example of Chen Gao Yang and the Cat Spirit Haitang. Time to start my own Human-Demon Love story.’

’Why was he so helpful to the Cat Spirit and Chen Gao Yang? Because he yearned for something similar. He certainly didn’t want to spend his future with another snake for a partner.’

’In this life, he would probably never be able to become a true human again. Therefore, he had to marry a human wife to make up for that regret.’

”Old man, there’s actually a once-and-for-all solution,” Tu Xiao’an said cautiously. ”As long as you marry your granddaughter to me, I can break the curse of her Taiyin Cold Body.”

The Vice-Principal exploded with rage. ”Damned snake! Don’t even think about it! I knew you were up to no good!”

”Old man, what are you getting so fierce about? You need to accept reality. You, more than anyone, should understand how powerful your granddaughter’s Taiyin Cold Body is. She needs to be with someone to break this special constitution. But how could an ordinary person withstand the Taiyin Cold Body? Even someone at the Demon King Level wouldn’t have a one hundred percent chance.”

”Only I, Tu Xiao’an, this very snake, have powerful Cultivation and possess Ice Frost Qi. Your granddaughter and I are a match made in heaven. You could say our fate was decreed by the heavens themselves,” Tu Xiao’an rattled on.

The Vice-Principal sneered. ”A mere snake like you wants to be a toad lusting after a swan’s flesh?”

Tu Xiao’an: ”...”

’This rotten old man. I shouldn’t have been so polite to him.’

”Without me, your granddaughter would be the White Demon King’s wife right now! Would she still be here by your side? You ungrateful, rotten old man!” Tu Xiao’an didn’t bother being polite anymore.

”Hmph, that was then, this is now. I am the dignified Vice-Principal of the human Ancient Academy. How could my own granddaughter marry a snake? If word of this got out, how could I ever show my face again?”

Tu Xiao’an tried to console him in a solemn, heartfelt tone. ”Old man, you need to keep up with the times. Times have changed. Human or Demon, aren’t we all born from a ’mother’? If your granddaughter gets with me, not only can we break her Taiyin Cold Body, but I can also help her soar to new heights and become a Rank Three Creature in the future.”

’People with this kind of special constitution are natural-born Cultivators with exceptional Talent anyway.’

The Vice-Principal’s old face was a whirlwind of expressions. He kept snorting coldly but couldn’t get a word out for the longest time, because what Tu Xiao’an said actually made some sense.

’In truth, for any Cultivated Creatures, once they reached Rank Three of Enlightenment, their species didn’t really matter anymore.’

Heaven nurtures all things, transforming them into being. Life comes from existence, and existence comes from nothingness.

In short, this old man was just out of touch and stuck in his old ways.