Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]

Chapter 538: Stone

The two searched for one day before Shen Xu saw a similar stone in one of the books.

"I found it." He exclaimed and subconsciously tugged Zhen Yuan’s sleeve.

"Ayuan, It’s a soul marrow stone." He said.

Like soul water and soul stones, the soul marrow stone was a soul refining treasure that could increase and purify soul power.

After ascending to the immortal realm, the two enhanced their body and qi cultivation but hadn’t had an opportunity to cultivate their soul power.

With the soul marrow stone and other soul treasures including soul nourishing fruits, Zhen Yuan was certain they could successfully evolve their soul and improve their cultivation.

"It says here that the soul marrow is within the stone, and can’t be extracted with ordinary methods. We need to soak the stone in soul water to shed the outer skin." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded in understanding.

For others, soul water was a rare treasure and they would be reluctant to use it to soak a stone.

However, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan encountered the soul river in the Tianqi continent and had filled a pool in the Chaos Flame Space.

Most importantly, they collected many soul stones hence the soul water could be endlessly replenished and enriched.

After figuring it out, Zhen Yuan placed the soul marrow stone in a large basin and the two filled it with water.

"It will take awhile." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"We are not in a hurry." He said.

After all, they would be on the road for the foreseeable future, and wouldn’t be able to retreat for the time being.

In the following month, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan stayed in the space; double cultivating and preparing for the upcoming trip.

On this day, the two exited the space, checked out of the inn and headed to the Zhou clan’s residence.

The Zhou clan was the most powerful family in Bozhou town.

However, because the city lord was an outer elder of the Eastern Immortal sect, the Zhou clan was suppressed and couldn’t cover the sky with one hand.

That said, the Zhou clan was domineering in many ways and ordinary cultivators didn’t dare to offend them.

After arriving, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu presented the task acceptance token and the gatekeeper led them to an outer courtyard.

"Wait here." He said and Shen Xu nodded.

Looking around, the two saw more than two hundred masters already waiting in the courtyard.

[I didn’t expect the family to recruit so many people.] Shen Xu said and subconsciously frowned.

[That’s not the only strange thing.] Zhen Yuan said and the double raised an eyebrow.

[What do you mean?] He asked.

[Bozhou is a tier three town and has several teleportation arrays to tier three and tier two cities.] Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

[Why didn’t the family opt to use the teleportation array? They could first go to a tier two city, and then find a teleportation array to a tier one city. It wouldn’t be difficult to go to Suzhou from a tier one city.] He concluded and Shen Xu narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful expression.

[Maybe they don’t have enough immortal stones.] He concluded.

After all, teleportation was notoriously expensive.

If it was just a few people, the Zhou family could probably afford it, but if it was more...

[Let’s wait and see.] Zhen Yuan said.

Two hours passed and more masters arrived.

Seeing this, the waiting cultivators were surprised but none chose to leave.

At around three in afternoon, the courtyard door opened and am old man walked in.

"Fellow immortals." The old mam greeted and bowed to the waiting masters.

"My name is Zhou Yong and I am the Zhou family’s housekeeper." He introduced himself.

"Fellow immortal Zhou, what do you mean? Is your Zhou clan hiring all of us?" A male cultivator asked, glancing around with a confused face.

After all, the courtyard now had three hundred masters and each was either a true immortal realm cultivator or a heaven immortal.

Considering that the task reward was ten million immortal stones for every true immortal realm cultivator, and fifty million for heaven immortals, most of the masters felt that the Zhou family couldn’t afford such a big hand.

"Calm down." Zhou Yong said and began explaining.

"This time, my Zhou family is migrating to Suzhou." He said and the gathered masters couldn’t help but be shocked.

"The entire clan is moving?" A female cultivator asked and Zhou Yong nodded.

"After arriving in Suzhou, my Zhou family will not only give you the immortal stones but will also recruit interested masters. Additionally, we will recommend the surviving masters and support their residency in Suzhou."

Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan exchanged a glance when they heard this.

The main reason that they accepted the escort mission was because the Zhou family offered a recommendation as one of the rewards.

Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan original planned to slowly make their way to Suzhou.

However, while perusing tasks in the task building, they eavesdropped on others and learned that Suzhou was unlike other cities.

Unlike other places, outsiders couldn’t just settle in Suzhou.

If they stayed without a recommendation from a resident family, they would be forced to pay high fees and may even face restrictions in some areas.

Seeing the escort task, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan decided to take advantage of it.

On one hand, they wanted the recommendation, and on the other, escorting others would not only lessen their travel expenses, but also temper their state of mind.

[It’s strange that the entire family is migrating from a tier three city to the largest tier one city in the immortal realm.] Shen Xu observed and Zhen Yuan nodded in agreement.

[Let’s try to eavesdrop.] The man said and extended his spiritual sense to the Zhou clan’s inner courtyards.

Similarly, Shen Xu also spread his spiritual sense and spied on what was going on in the inner courtyard.

An incense stick later, the two exchanged a glance and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes.