Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 402: Rest

A moment later, the sword fell, and Lu Jing felt a sharp pain in his right chest.

Soon after, the heavy feeling disappeared, and Lu Jing fell to the ground, his body covered in sweat.

’I didn’t expect fellow Daoist Zhen’s sword attack to be more domineering than my monarch sword. Fortunately, we don’t have a life-or-death grudge. Otherwise, he could have killed me ten thousand times while I was immobilised.’ He thought and stood.

"Thank you for sparing my life." He said in a solemn voice.

"Mmh." Zhen Yuan nodded before turning to Yang Zitao.

Seeing the look, the elder turned to Lu Jing.

"Disciple Lu, do you admit defeat?" He asked.

"It’s my loss." Lu Jing said, removed a space ring from his middle finger and threw it to Zhen Yuan.

"The storage ring has enough spirit stones to buy an entry token to the sword intent forest." He said.

"Thank you." Zhen Yuan nodded, transferred the spirit stones to his space ring, and returned the other to Lu Jing.

After that, Lu Jing returned to his seat while Zhen Yuan stood still, waiting for Yang Zitao’s announcement.

"The next competition is the formation master challenge. However, there are still eight shichen remaining in the sword master challenge. You can rest until then." The man said, but suddenly looked at Zhen Yuan with a thoughtful expression.

"You and disciple Shen have already won six challenges which has voided your punishment. Do you still want to continue?" He asked.

"Of course." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"Xiaoxu and I are bound since we accepted all ten challenges." He said.

Yang Zitao sighed when he heard this.

However, he was secretly relieved.

After all, winning six challenges meant the sect wouldn’t have to lose two exceptional geniuses.

"In that case, go back and prepare." The elder said, and Zhen Yuan nodded before walking towards the portable cave that Shen Xu had already set up.

After entering the cave, Shen Xu activated the engraved formations and the two entered the space.

"How are you really?" The double questioned, anxiously examining his Taoist partner.

He felt helpless whenever Zhen Yuan was injured, and this time was no different.

Fortunately, although Zhen Yuan was seriously injured, the injuries were not life-threatening, and he would recover after a few days of rest.

"Ayuan, you rest first. I will check the library for a method to restore memories." Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan didn’t refuse.

Although he looked fine, he was tired and already at the end of his rope.

Fortunately, eight shichen were twenty space days.

Even if he slept for ten days, he would still have time to help Shen Xu with the interrogation.

Fourteen space days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Shen Xu was feeding the little fox when his eyes suddenly narrowed.

A breath later, he disappeared from the garden and appeared in their bedroom in the bamboo hut.

"How are you?’ He asked as soon as he appeared in the room.

"I have healed. Don’t worry." Zhen Yuan said, pulling the double into his arms.

After an incense stick of kissing and hugging, Shen Xu reluctantly pulled away.

"We only have six days to prepare." He said with a meaningful expression.

"Did you find a way?" Zhen Yuan asked and the double nodded.

"I have already completed that part." He said.

When Zhen Yuan was sleeping, Shen Xu searched the library and discovered the memory reclaiming pill.

The memory reclaiming pill was an obscure elixir that could restore erased memories.

That said, the pill wasn’t omnipotent.

First, it could only restore the memories erased within the past month.

Because of this, Shen Xu didn’t wait for Zhen Yuan to wake up before using the pills on the two ambushers.

Second, depending on the method used to erase the memories, the effects of the memory-reclaiming pill could be either permanent or temporary. If temporary, the memories would be permanently erased after one day of being restored.

This time, the effect was permanent, but Shen Xu had copied the memories to an image stone, for fear of losing them.

In addition to its limitations, the memory reclaiming pill was extremely difficult to refine.

Although it didn’t require many precious materials, the refining process was finicky and complicated.

"What did you find out?" Zhen Yuan asked, and Shen Xu sneered before speaking.

"As expected, the ambush had everything to do with the Lin family." The double said and began explaining.

From what he found out, three people arranged the ambush.

These three cultivators were the grandfather, father, and mother of the Lin family disciple who died from attacking their shop’s formation.

"Ayuan, we can’t let this matter go." Shen Xu said in a determined voice.

"I know." Zhen Yuan nodded, rubbing his partner’s hair.

"I have a plan." He continued.

"Hurry up and tell me." The double urged.

"The challenges are a rare opportunity for us to exact revenge while providing an alibi for ourselves."

"You mean..." Shen Xu started with an excited expression, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"We will secretly send the level nine puppets. Let them deal with the three while we are participating in the remaining challenges." Zhen Yuan said.

Shen Xu chuckled when he heard Zhen Yuan’s suggestion.

Letting the puppets deal with the three culprits would result in one of two scenarios.

The first scenario was that they wouldn’t be suspected since thousands of people could place them in the square, participating in the challenges.

As for the second, they would be suspected, but this would only confirm their ’mysterious’, powerful background.

After all, one of the culprits was an early-stage tribulation realm cultivator, while the other two were Mahayana realm cultivators.

If all three were mysteriously killed without attracting anyone’s notice, the sect elders would be surer that Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan had powerful backers.

"It’s not a bad idea to let them keep assuming that we have powerful backers." Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

After all, they didn’t want and couldn’t afford too much disruption.

As long as the sect believed they had powerful backers, the elders would be restrained and wouldn’t dare to recklessly attack them.

"Xiaoxu, we can retreat after we get the blood from the Zhao family." Zhen Yuan said with a serious face.

"I agree." Shen Xu said.

One year was a short time for cultivators.

However, it was enough time for the two to set their affairs in order.

After all, with the blood, they could prepare the blood awakening medicinal pool for the triplets.

When that was done, they would have time to spend on their own cultivation.

"Let’s begin preparing after the challenges are over." The double said.

If they won ten challenges, they would be able to choose twenty treasures from the sect’s treasury. Additionally, they would receive a private mountain for their own use.

After receiving the mountain, Zhen Yuan planned to arrange a powerful five-element formation to protect the mountain.

That way, they could retreat with peace of mind and not worry that their safety would be compromised.

"Ayuan, how should we arrange the triplets?" Shen Xu asked with a worried expression.

After all, leaving them outside would lead to their exposure even if there was a five-element formation around their mountain.

"I will use the zodiac golden rooster’s demon core to arrange a time formation in their portable cave. That way, we can ensure their safety while giving them an advantage."

"Won’t that disturb our retreat if they come out of seclusion and want to leave?" Shen Xu asked but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"It’s not easy to awaken the bloodline of a divine monster. They will be in seclusion for at least five thousand years.

"We can rest assured then." Shen Xu said.

After all, he and Zhen Yuan would only retreat for one to two thousand years.

"How long do you think the others will be in seclusion?" Shen Xu asked.

"About the same time as us – one to two thousand years." Zhen Yuan said.

Although Yang Shi and the others had already been in seclusion for several decades, monsters needed more time to advance than human cultivators.

Considering that, Zhen Yuan was not worried that the others would exit seclusion before he and Shen Xu.

"Ayuan, are there treasures you are particularly looking forward to getting?" Shen Xu suddenly asked.

"Not really." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"I will leave the choosing to you unless I discover a leak."

"Okay." The double agreed.

After countless instances, he had long understood that Zhen Yuan liked to let him follow his instincts and fate.

As a result, Shen Xu didn’t always get the most precious treasures but he always got the most suitable.

After that, the two left the bamboo hut and reappeared beside Xiaoren.

"Xiaoren, did you plant the unknown seed I won in the challenge?" Shen Xu asked, and Xiaoren nodded before leading the way.

At a glance, the seed had already sprouted into a small golden seedling.