Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 450: The Fall of Elder Zhou

"Come in." Luo Jianfeng said and raised his head.

A moment later, the cabin door opened and an elder walked in.

The elder was Bai Meng, a peak-stage Mahayana realm cultivator.

"Elder Bai, is there something?" Luo Jianfeng asked.

"Supreme elder Luo." Bai Meng greeted and quickly continued.

"Elder Zhou did not board the ship." She reported and Luo Jianfeng couldn’t help but frown.

"Has someone tried to contact him?" He asked and Bai Meng nodded before speaking.

"He has not replied to any our messages." She said.

"I will message the soul hall elder to see if there is anything wrong with elder Zhou’s soul lamp."

After saying that, Luo Jianfeng took out his communication jade and messaged the soul hall elder.

An incense stick later, his communication jade buzzed and he lowered his head to check the message.

However, after reading the content, he frowned and narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful expression.

"Supreme elder, is something wrong with elder Zhou?" Bai Meng asked and Luo Jianfeng sighed.

"His soul lamp has not gone out but it’s dimming by the moment." The swordsman answered and Bai Meng frowned.

"Mingxi town was a mixture of dragons and tigers, did elder Zhou offend someone and end up in trouble?" She asked.

"I will leave it to you to investigate this matter. Find elder Zhou as soon as possible." Luo Jianfeng instructed and Bai Meng nodded.

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On the deck, Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, the Dongfang couple, the Sima siblings, Tang Bin, and Murong Ling were drinking wine and talking.

"This wine is delicious." Sima Xin said and smacked her lips.

"It’s brewed from red treasure grapes." Shen Xu revealed and the others couldn’t help but be surprised.

Red treasure grapes were not only delicious but they were also rich in spiritual aura.

Because of this, they were popular among food and wine lovers but unfortunately, they were rare and could barely be found anywhere in the Tianxuan continent.

"You even found red treasure grapes. Fellow Daoist Shen and senior brother Zhen are so lucky." Sima Chen exclaimed and several others nodded in agreement.

"Red treasure grapes are not extinct in our Tianxuan continent but they can rarely be found even in secret realms." Murong Ling added.

"Our luck is not bad." Shen Xu said.

In fact, he and Zhen Yuan didn’t find the red treasure grapes in the Tianxuan continent but in the forbidden zone of the Tianqi continent.

However, the double didn’t explain this and allowed the others to think that they found the fruits in the Tianxuan continent.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During that time, everyone found out that elder Zhou disappeared in Mingxi town and had not boarded the ship.

The disappearance sparked some discussion but excluding the Zhou family members, no one was overly concerned.

However, things changed on the morning of the third day when elder Zhou’s soul lamp suddenly went out.

"I heard elder Zhou’s soul lamp has been dimming for days and suddenly went out half an hour ago." A disciple whispered to the surrounding people.

"Was he captured and slowly tortured? It could explain his death process." Another said and the group began discussing.

"Why would someone torture elder Zhou? Did he know something that he shouldn’t?"

"The Zhou family is a big clan. Maybe elder Zhou was captured by a rival clan."

"The torture may not necessarily be about the Zhou family. It could also be about the sect."

"The sect? But elder Zhou is just an ordinary elder. What could he know?"

"You are all thinking about capture and torture but isn’t there another possibility?" A female cultivator asked, her head tilted to the right with a thoughtful expression.

"This fellow Daoist, what do you mean?"

"I think it’s more likely that elder Zhou was trapped in a killing formation. It could explain his gradual fall." She said and the others immediately understood.

"Fellow Daoist Chu is right. A killing formation can explain elder Zhou’s death."

"It can indeed explain it but what is going on? Did elder Zhou accidentally stumble into a killing formation or was he intentionally harmed?"

"Elder Bai sent people to investigate as soon as she discovered that elder Zhou was missing. Is it possible that the investigators didn’t find the killing formation for three days?"

"Maybe it’s a killing formation disk." Someone suggested.

"Formation disks are generally weaker than arranged formations. How could elder Zhou be unable to escape from a killing formation disk?"

"Elder Zhou was a Mahayana realm cultivator. Only a level nine formation disk could trap him to death."

"What are you dreaming about? Who would use a level nine formation disk to kill a Mahayana realm cultivator?"

"Level nine resources are extremely rare and precious. I don’t think that anyone would waste them on trapping a Mahayana realm cultivator." Someone said.

The disciples and elders speculated in this way but no one suspected Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.

[I can’t wait to check their storage rings.] Shen Xu transmitted when he discovered that the trapped people had died.

[It will have to wait until we reach the southern blue ocean.] Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu nodded.

[I know.] He said.

"We will reach Linhai city in two hours." Dongfang Jing stated and the surrounding cultivators couldn’t help but be excited.

"I don’t know if we will encounter a sea beasts’ tide?" Sima Xiang wondered with a worried expression.

"The tide will have nothing to do with us even if we encounter it." Sima Cheng said.

"Can we really begin our journey without dealing with the tide?" Tang Bin asked.

"Sea beasts usually attack populated areas. The elders should have already planned a route that is far from Linhai city and other towns." Sima Ling said and he was right.

After nearing Linhai city, the flying ship changed course and went right.

Half an hour later, it arrived at a relatively remote shore and stopped.

"We will sail from here. Disembark quickly." An elder announced and urged the disciples to disembark when the flying ship landed.

After everyone got out of the flying ship, an elder put it away and took out another ship.

Although this ship could not fly, it was larger, grander, and had a level nine defensive formation.

"You can choose your own cabins on the fifth floor." The elder said, urging the disciples to get on the ship.

Zhen Yuan and the others didn’t delay.

After boarding the ship, they went to fifth floor and chose neighbouring cabins.

"We finally have some privacy." Shen Xu said as soon as he and Zhen Yuan entered their cabin.

"What do you want with so much privacy?" Zhen Yuan asked with a mischievous smile.

At the same time, he pulled the double into his arms and kissed him.

"Did you miss me so much?" He asked and Shen Xu rolled his eyes but stood on tiptoes to kiss Zhen Yuan.

"I missed you." He said.

After that, wood caught fire and the two had a quick fight that lasted three days.

On the evening of the third day, Shen Xu sighed and lazily drew circles on his lover’s chest.

"What are you thinking?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"Nothing much. Just feeling languid." The double answered but suddenly narrowed his eyes.

"We won’t be able to keep a low profile after this competition." He said and Zhen Yuan chuckled.

"Were we keeping a low profile?" The man asked and Shen Xu smiled but didn’t change the subject.

"Ayuan, there are more than ten thousand years until the Xuanwu secret realm opens. There is enough time for someone to establish the resonance technique."

"Are you worried that someone will try to steal our fate?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"I am not worried that someone will succeed." Shen Xu said.

After all, Zhen Yuan was an inexplicable existence while he had his father’s bracelet which would protect him from such schemes.

However, others didn’t know this and would certainly try to harm them.

Rather than being afraid that someone would steal their fate, Shen Xu was worried that ’ambitious’ people would disturb their life and affect their cultivation.

"I am confident we can deal with whatever schemes we encounter." Zhen Yuan said, rubbing the double’s hair.

"Mmh." Shen Xu nodded and quickly continued.

"Ayuan, let’s check the loot." He said.

After that, the two gave a puppet the space pendant, and left it to guard the cabin before entering the space.

A moment later, they appeared in the peach garden and sat at their usual stone table.

"I am a little looking forward to it." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan smiled before breaking the formation disk.

Soon after, four corpses fell out and the double sneered.

"I don’t want to burn them in our space. Let’s throw them into the ocean when we have a chance." He said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"Okay." He said.

After that, the two collected the storage artifacts and put the corpses in a storage ring.

"Six storage rings. Not bad." Shen Xu said.