Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 216: Doubt

While Tan Cheng was lost in thought, Shen Xu entered the front room from the back.

"Are you done?" Zhen Yuan asked in a doting voice.

"Done." Shen Xu nodded, walked to Zhen Yuan’s side and took the person’s arm.

"Alchemist Yuan." Zhao Fei greeted, startling Tan Cheng from his thoughts.

"Formation master Zhao and Formation master Tan are here. Thank you for supporting our Shenzhen pills and formations shop." The double said in a pleasant voice. freeweɓnovel.cøm

"Did alchemist Yuan just refine a furnace? What kind of pills did you refine?"

"They are nothing special." Shen Xu said, handing over a pill bottle.

Seeing this, Zhao Fei took the bottle and opened it.

A moment later, a soothing fragrance diffused in the shop and the four people felt particularly relaxed.

"Level five mind calming pills." Zhao Fei said as she checked the pill quality.

’All are high-grade pills.’ She thought, her eyes narrowed into slits.

However, she didn’t lose her composure for too long.

"Alchemist Yuan, I would like to buy these pills. Can I?" She asked and Shen Xu immediately nodded.

Because of the simulation room, Shen Xu’s refining technique had gotten better and better.

Even if he was refining a pill for the first time, he rarely produced a mid-grade pill, let alone a low-grade pill.

Since he felt low-grade and mid-grade pills were too poisonous, he usually destroyed those and only sold high-grade pills.

As for top-grade and perfect-grade pills, Shen Xu reserved those for personal use, auctions, and exchanges.

"I was just about to put them on the shelf. Formation master Zhao can buy them if she wants." Shen Xu said and Zhao Fei didn’t hesitate.

She immediately corked the bottle, put it away, and paid the necessary spirit stones.

"As expected, Alchemist Yuan is very talented." Tan Cheng said and Shen Xu chuckled.

"Thank you." The double didn’t deny it.

After all, he was indeed talented.

Since he didn’t plan to compromise his pill quality in order to play a pig, why should he deny what was evident for everyone to see?

"Alchemist Yuan, my Tan family has been looking for the spirit grasses on the list you provided." Tan Cheng started and Shen Xu actively took the bait.

"Fellow Taoist Tan Xiaoqing is very blessed to have a family who cares about her. Has the family found the spirit grasses? I can refine the pill at any time."

Tan Cheng clenched his hands when he heard that.

At a glance, Yuan Shen didn’t look like he was pretending or orchestrating a conspiracy.

For a moment, even Tan Cheng doubted if Yuan Shen was really guilty of tricking his Tan family.

However, he soon came to his senses and shook his head.

’It doesn’t matter.’ He thought.

When the Tan family first met Yuan Shen and Xu Zhen, Tan Cheng suspected the two.

He felt the timing of their arrival was too coincidental with Tao Xiaoqing’s accident.

However, after a thorough investigation, the family found the two had nothing to do with the accident. Even searching the souls of the culprits revealed no clues of the two people’s involvement.

Unfortunately, once things go wrong, it was difficult to correct the course.

Because of the initial suspicions, both sides plotted against each other.

However, their status was different and so were their perspectives.

Even if the Xu couple could forgive the Tan family for plotting against them, the city lord’s residence could not tolerate the couple’s trickery.

Ultimately, Xu Zhen and Yuan Shen were destined to die in the Yunshan secret realm.

Thinking of this, Tan Cheng sighed and narrowed his eyes.

"Alchemist Yuan, my Tan family has found all the spirit grasses except one. The remaining one can only be found in the Yunshan secret realm."

"It doesn’t matter." Shen Xu waved his hand in dismissal.

"My partner and I plan to stay in the Formation Tower City for several hundred years. I will still be here when the secret realm closes." The double said in a generous voice.

However, Tan Cheng almost gritted his teeth in anger.

’How far is he going to act?’ He wondered but what could he do?

After calming down, he looked at Yuan Shen with a solemn face.

"I am afraid that won’t work." He said and Shen Xu couldn’t help but frown.

"What do you mean?"

"The spirit grass is sensitive and must be harvested within three days of maturity and refined within seven days of being picked."

Shen Xu’s frown deepened when he heard that.

"Is formation master Tan talking about the Purple Light Flower?" He asked and Tan Cheng nodded.

"Why do you say it can only be found in the Yunshan secret realm? As far as I know, there is a field of Purple Light Flowers in the Purple bamboo forest. If not there, it can also be found in the ruins of the Lingtian sect."

Tan Cheng was shocked when he heard this.

Over the past one hundred years, the Tan family had convinced themselves that Yuan Shen had tricked them in order to obtain quotas to enter the Yunshan secret realm.

However, Tan Cheng didn’t see any signs of deception when he looked at Yuan Shen.

’Could we be mistaken? Could it be that Yuan Shen didn’t mean to trick us?’ He wondered, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Didn’t your people find the Purple Light Flowers in the Purple Bamboos Forest or the ruins of the Lingtian sect?" Shen Xu asked in an incredulous voice.

When Shen Xu first plotted against the Tan family, he thought the Purple Light Flowers could only be found in the Yunshan secret realm.

However, he read a lot of books during his one thousand years of seclusion.

From these books, he discovered that the Purple Light Flowers were not completely extinct in the Tianqi continent.

That said, getting them was not an easy task.

The Purple Bamboos Forest was a dangerous area in the Tianqi continent.

According to legend, the Purple Bamboos Forest was the territory of a ferocious monster.

However, no one was sure what kind of monster lived in the forest.

Some said it was a snake, others said it was a bamboo, ...

There was no consensus on this matter but native cultivators were consistent in their belief that the Purple Bamboos Forest was a death zone.

Of ten people who entered the forest, only one or two could come out.

Given the high death rate, few cultivators dared to venture into the Purple Bamboos Forest.

Compared to the Purple Bamboos Forest, the ruins of the Lingtian sect were safer.

However, they were extremely hard to get into because the entrance randomly appeared at different places in the Forbidden Area.