Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 400: Sword Master Challenge 3

Lu Jing had a strong mental state, but he was still a little shaken when he saw that Zhen Yuan could dispel his sword intent domain in one move.

However, he soon calmed down and organised his thoughts.

’Fellow Daoist Zhen and I are both Mahayana realm cultivators.’ He thought, and a trace of understanding flashed in his eyes.

Although Zhen Yuan could nullify his sword intent domain, Lu Jing didn’t believe he could do it easily.

After all, unleashing the sword intent domain required a lot of energy and logically, destroying an opponent’s domain needed even more effort.

’He should have consumed quite a bit of qi and soul power in that attack. In that case...’ Lu Jing thought, looking at Zhen Yuan with meaningful eyes.

A moment later, he raised his sword and released his sword intent.

Soon after, the sword intent diffused onto the stage and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but frown in discomfort.

’What is he planning?’ He wondered, but most of the spectators weren’t as confused.

"Fellow Daoist Lu is about to use his monarch sword." A spectator said in an excited voice.

"Monarch sword? Is it the huge sword he used in the previous attack?" Another asked, but his friend shook his head and began explaining.

"The previous attack was fellow Daoist Lu’s sword intent domain and has little to do with his monarch sword style."

"What do you mean? What is the monarch sword style?"

"It’s an overbearing sword style that allows no resistance, just like a monarch." The person said and quickly continued.

"The opponent can only surrender or die when fellow Daoist Lu uses his monarch sword."

"Is it so powerful?"

"I heard that facing the monarch sword is like facing the aura pressure of a higher realm cultivator. One can only stand there and wait for death."

"Some weak-willed opponents can’t even stand and end up kneeling."

Unfortunately, Zhen Yuan was least afraid of intimidation.

Although he felt the sword pressure, his heart didn’t waver, and he casually lifted his sword.

’It’s time to end this.’ He thought, but suddenly frowned.

A moment later, he hastily turned around and swung his sword in a circle around him. Instantaneously, a silver sword light barrier appeared, but Zhen Yuan didn’t relax.

Instead, he tried to form another sword light barrier, but his speed could not keep up with the incoming attacks.

Before the second barrier could form, an overbearing sword fell towards him, and Zhen Yuan surmised it was Lu Jing’s monarch sword.

Simultaneously, a dozen attacks flew from all around and randomly hit the barrier.

Under numerous attacks, the barrier could not hold and collapsed in less than two breaths.

Seeing this, Zhen Yuan frowned and continued to block, but he was only one person and couldn’t defend against so many ambush attacks.

In the blink of an eye, countless attacks hit him and his body was flung out, almost flying off the stage.

However, Zhen Yuan was not weak.

Although he was seriously injured, he was conscious and reacted quickly. Before his body flew out, he used his qi to stop his flight and forcibly land on the stage.

At the same time, an angry roar echoed in the square, and a streak of fire was seen rushing from one side of the stage and grabbing a masked cultivator.

Simultaneously, a dozen formation disks flew about, and several masked cultivators were caught in them before the disks fell to the ground.

Everything happened so fast that the spectators didn’t realise what had happened until the ambush was over.

At this time, everyone was looking around with either a confused or shocked expression.

"Who dares to interfere with a challenge I am overseeing?" An angry voice resounded in the square as Luo Jianfeng flew towards Zhen Yuan.

"Disciple Zhen, how are you?" He asked.

"I am fine." Zhen Yuan said, his eyes narrowed into slits.

Although he was seriously injured, he didn’t plan to reveal his condition.

After all, revealing his weakness would encourage the mastermind to act again.

"Disciple Shen, bring the person over." Luo Jianfeng instructed after ensuring Zhen Yuan was fine.

Hearing the instructions, Shen Xu nodded and dragged the masked person towards Luo Jianfeng while using his qi to retrieve the formation disks he had previously thrown out.

After arriving, he dropped the person in front of Luo Jianfeng and wordlessly walked to stand beside Zhen Yuan.

[Ayuan, how are you?] He transmitted in a worried voice.

He reacted first because he was always looking at Zhen Yuan.

However, he chose to catch the perpetrators instead of assisting his Taoist partner.

On one hand, it was because he trusted Zhen Yuan and knew the man could handle the matter, and on the other, helping would invalidate the challenge.

Knowing that Zhen Yuan also wanted to win the challenges, Shen Xu forcibly suppressed his instincts and caught the perpetrators instead.

[Injured but fine.] Zhen Yuan said and raised his hand to rub the double’s hair.

[You did well.] He said.

[I wanted to help you.] Shen Xu said in an aggrieved voice.

[I know.] Zhen Yuan said.

[Ayuan, hurry up and transfer your injuries to me.] The double said and quickly continued.

[I will recover faster since I can take healing and other pills.] He said, but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

[Xiaoxu, you still have the martial arts challenge and can’t be injured when you go on stage.] The man said, but Shen Xu was not convinced.

[There is still time before the martial arts challenge.] The double argued.

[We don’t know that. It could be the seventh challenge.]

[Ayuan...] Shen Xu started, but Zhen Yuan interrupted him.

[Xiaoxu, I can still carry these injuries. I don’t want to use the transfer ability unless it’s really necessary.]

[You...]

[I will definitely let you help me if there is no other way.] Zhen Yuan said, and Shen Xu could only sigh in frustration.

’If only there was a way to forcibly transfer the injuries.’ He thought and decided to research the matter when he had some free time.

While Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were secretly talking, Luo Jianfeng began interrogating the masked cultivator.

Unfortunately, before the person could say a word, he lost his breath and his body collapsed on the ground.

"He is a dead soldier." Luo Jianfeng said with a solemn expression.

Most prominent families in the Tianxuan continent raised dead soldiers.

Dead soldiers were originally orphans or abandoned children taken from the streets or bought in the black market.

The prominent families specifically trained them as sacrificial pawns to die in place of their masters or to carry out secret tasks for the families.

Hearing that the ambushers were dead soldiers, neither Shen Xu nor Zhen Yuan was surprised.

After all, dead soldiers were trained to kill themselves if they were captured during a mission. This way, they wouldn’t bring trouble to the families behind them.

"He may be a dead soldier, but he has a soul. It’s still possible to search his soul." Shen Xu said with an indifferent expression.

At the same time, he walked to the corpse and placed his hand on its forehead.

A moment later, he removed his hand and subconsciously frowned.

"What’s wrong?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"His memory was erased." The double said and tilted his head with a thoughtful expression.

"I used formation disks to trap all the ambushers. They should still be alive." Shen Xu said, waved his hand, and a dozen formation disks appeared on the palm of his hand.

However, before he could do anything, a group of people flew onto the stage.

"Disciple Shen, you should leave this matter to the disciplinary hall." The leader said, and Shen Xu sneered with a mocking expression.

"How does the disciplinary hall intend to handle it?" He asked and intentionally collected the formation disks inside his left sleeve.

He did not trust the disciplinary hall.

First, it had been an incense stick since the ambush happened.

However, the disciplinary hall people only appeared when they heard that the perpetrators in the formation disks were alive.

What did this mean?

It meant that the group of disciplinary hall members were somehow involved with the ambush.

"We will naturally question the dead soldiers and give the two disciples an explanation." The leader said, but Shen Xu was not deceived.

"Dead soldiers would rather die than betray their masters. How does the disciplinary hall plan to extract information from them?" He continued asking, and the leader finally lost his patience.

"The methods of my disciplinary hall are not a disciple’s turn to question. Hurry up and hand over the suspects." The leader insisted, but Shen Xu turned to Luo Jianfeng.

"Elder Luo, my Taoist partner and I are the wronged parties. Are we obligated to hand over the suspects?" He asked.

The sect allowed disciples to fight each other.

However, killing was prohibited within the sect.

This time, the masked cultivators ambushed Zhen Yuan, but no one was killed.

Considering this, Shen Xu felt there was a loophole they could exploit to prevent the disciplinary hall from taking the dead soldiers.