Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 224: Reward

City lord Tan, his wife, and his children were waiting in the main hall when Zhen Yuan, Shen Xu, and Tan Cheng arrived.

"City lord Tan." Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu greeted.

"Mmh." The man nodded, looking at the two with meaningful eyes.

"Xiaoqing is my only daughter and we will not treat you badly if you save her life." Tan Zheng said and Shen Xu almost sneered.

’What if she doesn’t recover?’ He thought.

However, he suppressed the words and only nodded in understanding.

"I will naturally do my best to save young miss Tan." He said.

"What reward does alchemist Yuan want for saving my daughter?"

Hearing this, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan subtly glanced at each other.

They originally wanted quotas to the Yunshan secret realm.

However, they no longer needed them so they had to change their request.

"City lord Tan, my partner is happy with the reward issued on the bounty board." Zhen Yuan suddenly said.

Decades ago, the city lord issued a reward bounty.

According to the bounty, whoever healed his daughter would receive one hundred million spirit stones and one kilogram of low-grade soul water.

Although they now had soul nourishing tree dew, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu did not despise the soul water.

After all, the tree was still young and couldn’t produce many drops of soul dew.

With the soul water, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan could further condense their soul power which would be beneficial to their future practice.

"Is that it?" The city lord asked, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"The reward is enough." Shen Xu confirmed.

Hearing this, the Tan family members were a little confused.

They always thought alchemist Yuan was deceiving them because he wanted quotas to the Yunshan secret realm.

Unexpectedly, when given a chance, the man didn’t ask for quotas but instead settled for the issued reward.

’Are we wrong about him?’ They wondered.

However, it didn’t matter.

What mattered was that Yuan Shen could cure Tan Xiaoqing.

"City lord, may I examine the young miss?" Shen Xu asked.

After all, Tan Xiaoqing had been sick for more than one hundred years.

Most importantly, she was frozen more than two decades ago and her condition may not be the same as what he remembered.

"Alchemist Yuan, I will take you to my sister’s room." Tan Cheng said and immediately led the way.

Soon after, they arrived in front of a white door.

"This is my sister’s room." Tan Cheng said while opening the door.

The room was more than one hundred square metres big.

It had white walls and pink furnishings.

At a glance, one could tell it belonged to a cherished princess.

After a quick look, Shen Xu’s gaze landed on the large bed.

At this time, Tan Xiaoqing was lying at the centre and looked to be just sleeping instead of frozen.

"I will examine her." Shen Xu said, walking to the side of the bed.

A moment later, he placed his fingers on the woman’s wrist and carefully felt the pulse.

"How is she?" Tan Cheng asked.

"She is in good condition. Your family has taken good care of her." The double nodded and withdrew his hand.

"Formation master Tan, please lead me to the alchemy room. I will prepare while waiting for the purple light grass."

"Of course."

The alchemy room was ordinary.

After conforming there was nothing suspicious in the room, Shen Xu began checking the spirit grasses provided by the Tan family.

When the purple light grass arrived, Shen Xu retreated while Zhen Yuan guarded the door to make sure that no one disturbed his lover.

An hour later, Shen Xu opened the door, holding a pill bottle in his other hand.

"Alchemist Yuan..." Tan Cheng called; his eyebrow raised in question.

"Fortunately, I didn’t betray the Tan family’s trust." Shen Xu said, pretending to be exhausted.

"Alchemist Yuan has worked hard." Tan Cheng said and quickly continued.

"My sister has been poisoned for more than one hundred years. Is it okay to give her the pill right away?"

"Of course." Shen Xu nodded and followed Tan Cheng to Tan Xiaoqing’s room.

At this time, the city lord and others were gathered in the room, waiting for Shen Xu to bring the pill.

"Lady Tan, please help the young miss refine the pill." Shen Xu said, handing over the pill bottle.

When lady Tan opened the bottle, she found a single pill.

The pill was white and exuded and alluring fragrance that made everyone feel refreshed and relaxed.

"Is one pill enough?" She asked, looking at Shen Xu with doubtful eyes.

"It’s enough." The double nodded.

After that, lady Tan opened the girl’s mouth and helped her swallow the pill.

At the same time, she placed her right palm on Tan Xiaoqing’s dantian and helped her daughter refine the pill.

One hour later, Tan Xiaoqing opened her eyes and lady Tan removed her hand from the girl’s dantian.

"Xiaoqing, you are awake. How are you feeling?" Lady Tan questioned in an excited voice.

"Mother..." Tan Xiaoqing started but her voice was a little hoarse since she hadn’t talked for a long time.

"Have some water." Lady Tan said and removed a water bottle from her space ring.

After moistening her throat, Tan Xiaoqing looked around while recalling what happened several decades ago.

"Mother, father, I feel fine." She said.

Hearing this, the Tan family was relieved.

However, they still summoned the family’s alchemist to take Tan Xiaoqing’s pulse.

After the alchemist confirmed that the girl was fine, the family was completely relieved and the city lord turned to Shen Xu.

"We will hold a banquet to celebrate Xiaoqing’s recovery and to thank alchemist Yuan for saving my daughter." Tan Zheng said and then turned to the housekeeper.

"Prepare a room for alchemist Yuan and formation master Xu. Let them rest until the banquet tonight."

"Yes, master." The housekeeper said.

At the same, Shen Xu nodded and thanked the city lord.

An incense stick later, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan entered a guest room.

At a glance, the room was smaller and less luxurious that Tan Xiaoqing’s room.

However, it was clean and comfortable to live in.

After confirming that the room was safe and didn’t have any suspicious items, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu looked at each other.

"Xiaoxu, rest first. I will take care of everything else." Zhen Yuan said.