Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 420: Inscriptions Master Challenge 1

The outcome was clear, and the elders didn’t delay the announcement.

After he was declared the winner, Shen Xu turned to Xuanyuan Yan and smiled.

"Thanks for going easy on me." He said, and Xuanyuan Yan subconsciously gritted her teeth.

She didn’t expect everything to go so horribly wrong.

When she and Xuanyuan Ze first conceived the idea of the challenges, they thought they had everything under control.

They thought they could justifiably control Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan, but what happened?

’We never expected that they would be so monstrously talented.’ She thought and glanced at her brother.

Only the inscriptions challenge remained.

However, she no longer hoped that her talented brother would pull a last-moment counterattack.

Thinking this, she sighed and removed a storage ring from her finger.

"Here are the things I wagered." She said, handing over the storage ring.

After getting the ring, Shen Xu checked the goods and transferred them to his own ring before returning Xuanyuan Yan’s ring.

"Thank you." He said, but Xuanyuan Yan didn’t say anything.

Instead, she turned around and returned to her seat.

"The inscriptions challenge will start in half an hour." Yang Zitao announced. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Hearing this, Shen Xu returned to his seat and looked at Zhen Yuan with an eager expression.

Seeing the look, Zhen Yuan chuckled and rubbed the double’s hair.

"XiaoXu is a genius." He praised, and Shen Xu raised his chin with a proud expression.

He was really proud of his performance in the alchemy challenge and couldn’t wait to perfect the recipes he had created.

"Is there a reward?" The double asked.

"What reward does XiaoXu want?" Zhen Yuan asked with a teasing smile.

"I want..." Shen Xu started but couldn’t think of anything he urgently wanted.

Most importantly, he and Zhen Yuan never needed favours and rewards to do things for each other.

Realising this, he smiled and leaned on Zhen Yuan’s shoulder.

’It’s enough for you to stay by my side.’ He thought.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

When time was up, Zhen Yuan stood and walked to the centre of the stage.

At the same time, Xuanyuan Ze also came forward and stopped before Zhen Yuan.

"Zhen Yuan, things have gone too smoothly for you and Shen Xu that you have begun to think you are invincible. I will show you the meaning of mountain beyond mountains." Xuanyuan Ze taunted in a confident voice.

His confidence was not misplaced!

From what Zhen Yuan knew, Xuanyuan Ze was an extraordinarily talented cultivator and inscription master.

Against someone else, he would be an undefeatable mountain.

Unfortunately, he was against Zhen Yuan!

Zhen Yuan was literally born for runes.

Unless something went horribly wrong, Xuanyuan Ze could not defeat him in a rune competition.

"Let’s wait and see." Zhen Yuan said before turning to Yang Zitao.

Seeing the look, Yang Zitao began announcing the rules.

"First, the challenge duration is one month." He started, and everyone couldn’t help but be surprised. Even Xuanyuan Ze was taken aback, and a trace of unease flashed in his eyes.

After all, although drawing inscriptions was more complicated than drawing talismans, drawing a single inscription didn’t need a month.

"This time, the challenge is to etch the big dipper sword inscription." Yang Zitao announced, but everyone was still confused.

The big dipper sword inscription was an attack-type inscription usually etched on swords.

After a sword was etched with it, it could unleash seven times its usual attack power.

However, for a skilled inscription master, one week was enough to etch the Big Dipper sword inscription.

’It must not be an ordinary big dipper sword inscription.’ Zhen Yuan thought, and he was right.

"The challenge has three requirements." Yang Zitao said and quickly continued.

"One, the inscription will not be etched on a sword but on a piece of ice porcelain." He said, and even Zhen Yuan frowned.

Ice porcelain was brittle and completely unsuitable for etching a domineering rune like the Big Dipper sword inscription.

"Two, you cannot reinforce the ice porcelain before etching the Big Dipper sword inscription." Yang Zitao continued, and Xuanyuan Ze could no longer hold back his anxiety.

"Elder Yang, can we reinforce the ice porcelain after etching the inscription?" He asked, and Yang Zitao sighed before shaking his head.

"You cannot." He said and continued.

"Third requirement, the inscribed ice porcelain must withstand three uses without shattering."

When they heard this, Xuanyuan Ze and the knowledgeable spectators felt like they had heard something fantastical.

"This challenge is unwinnable." A female inscription master stated, and the surrounding cultivators turned to look at her.

"Is it really so difficult?" Someone asked, and the female cultivator snorted before answering.

"It’s almost impossible to touch ice porcelain without shattering it. Do you really think such a material can be used to etch inscriptions?" She asked.

"Are the elders going for a loss-loss outcome?" Someone asked, and the surrounding cultivators felt like they had suddenly seen the light.

"If senior brother Zhen loses this challenge, he and Shen Xu will only get a pardon, nine treasures, entry tokens, and honorary elder positions. However, if he wins, they will get an additional eleven treasures. How can the sect be willing?"

"The elders may also be trying to curb their arrogance."

"Fellow Daoist Zhen and junior brother Shen are indeed a bit too arrogant. Maybe a loss is not a bad thing."

"I think they have the capital to be arrogant." Someone argued in a low voice.

"They can be arrogant because the elders appreciate their talent. However, the sect won’t tolerate them if they push their luck and become uncontrollable."

"Why is everyone acting like senior brother Zhen can’t find a way to complete the challenge? Have you forgotten what fellow Daoist Shen did in the alchemy challenge?"

"It’s not the same thing." Someone argued, but the previous speaker was not convinced.

In his heart, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were already invincible existences that could find solutions for whatever problems they encountered.

Thinking this way, he looked at the person who refuted his speculation.

"How is it different?" He asked.