Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]
Chapter 262: Preparations

Chapter 262: Preparations

"Master..." Yang Shi started but Shen Xu directly interrupted him.

"Shhh." The double shushed, placing his right index finger on his lips.

"Let’s talk about it later." He said, pointing to the distance.

Turning around, everyone saw several groups walking towards the iron heart tree.

The first group had six people: four male and two female cultivators.

At a glance, the six wore similar clothes and seemed to be part of the same sect or family.

’Their clothes’ style is not from the Tianqi or Tianyun continent. I wonder which continent they are from.’ Shen Xu thought before shifting his gaze to the second group.

The second group had eight people; three male, three female, and two doubles.

Unlike the previous group, the eight wore different clothes and didn’t seem to be part of the same force.

Most importantly, Shen Xu recognised three of the eight.

[Ayuan, it’s a group from Formation Tower City.] He urgently transmitted and Zhen Yuan nodded in understanding.

However, he wasn’t worried.

On one hand, his group wasn’t weak and on the other, he and Shen Xu were in their original appearance.

Unless the Formation Tower City group had a tracking treasure, they wouldn’t be able to recognise them as alchemist Yuan Shen and formation master Xu Zhen.

[Don’t worry. They won’t recognise us.] Zhen Yuan transmitted and Shen Xu nodded.

Other than the two, there were three more groups.

However, none was from the Tianqi continent and each was minding their business. _{fre\e(w)ebn ov.e l\. co.m}

"Let’s get the iron heart fruits first. Everything else will come after." Zhen Yuan suggested and the others immediately agreed.

Soon after, the five left the riverbank and walked towards the iron heart tree.

"No one has made a move." Yang Shi observed.

"The tree and its fruits are poisonous. Who would dare to approach them recklessly?" Feng Xue said, shaking her head.

"Doesn’t that mean that all the fruits are ours?"

"You dare to think about it?"

"Why don’t I dare?" Yang Shi sneered.

"Stop arguing." Shen Xu said, looking at the iron heart tree.

From what he knew, one iron heart fruit core had enough metal to refine one or more ordinary weapons.

Knowing that, Shen Xu wasn’t obsessed with collecting all the fruits on the iron heart tree.

After all, the tree had millions of fruits.

Even if their group only managed to harvest one hundred thousand fruits, Shen Xu would have enough mysterious iron heart to refine countless weapons.

Most importantly, he planned to transplant an iron heart tree shoot into the space.

After the shoot grew and matured, he would have a steady supply of mysterious iron heart and wouldn’t need to scrimp and save.

Considering this, Shen Xu narrowed his eyes.

"We don’t need all the fruits." He said.

"What are you planning?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"I want to sell the detoxification pill." The double said.

Hearing this, the others immediately understood.

Even if they had millions of iron heart fruits, they couldn’t use them all at once.

In that case, it was best to sell the detoxification pills or some of the fruits in exchange for spirit stones or other resources.

"Let’s open a shop."

"A shop?" Feng Xue couldn’t help but be surprised.

"We have been in the secret realm for almost two hundred years and have accumulated a lot of things we don’t need. It’s not a bad idea to try and exchange them for things we do need." Shen Xu said.

After that, the five busied themselves with setting up a structure and arranging formations.

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"Third sister, do you have a solution?" A male cultivator asked.

"Ordinary detoxification pills are useless against the iron heart poison. Unfortunately, I don’t have some of the spirit grasses required to refine the appropriate detoxification pill." A beautiful female cultivator said.

"Are the spirit grasses rare?"

"They are rare in our Tianmang continent but they may not be rare in other continents."

"Third sister, you mean..." A male cultivator started and the third sister nodded.

"We can try to buy them from other continents cultivators." She said.

"We are lucky to encounter the iron heart tree and I don’t want to miss the mysterious iron heart. Let’s do our best to get the spirit grasses."

While the Tianmang continent cultivators were trying to find a solution, Zhen Yuan and the rest opened their shop.

The shop was called Yuanshen Myriad Goods Store.

It had pills, talismans, formation disks, weapons, inscriptions, wine, spirit grasses, monster materials, and other things the group accumulated during their stay in the Yunshan secret realm.

After opening the shop, the five divided into two groups.

The first group was Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu and the second was Yang Shi, Feng Xue, and Li Wenqiang.

"Ayuan and I will go first." Shen Xu said in a solemn voice.

"Don’t worry, master. We will take care of the shop while you are away." Yang Shi said but Shen Xu wasn’t reassured until he saw Feng Xue nod.

"Remember to protect yourself." Zhen Yuan reminded.

After all, Yang Shi, Feng Xue, and Li Wenqiang were connected to Shen Xu.

If they were seriously injured, the double would suffer a backlash and this was an outcome Zhen Yuan didn’t want to see.

"Don’t worry, lord Zhen. We will activate the formations if we encounter an opponent we can’t defeat."

"Good." Zhen Yuan nodded.

Soon after, he and Shen Xu left the shop and walked closer to the iron heart tree.

Seeing this, the other groups held their breaths and eagerly waited.

"These two..., do they have a way to avoid the iron heart poison?" Someone asked.

"How can the iron heart poison be so easily avoided? Just wait and see! Their hearts are about to turn to iron; they will die without a burial place."

"I don’t think so." Someone argued and quickly continued.

"Although the iron heart tree is rare, it is well known. Who doesn’t know that the tree and its fruits are poisonous? I think those two have a way to avoid the poison. They otherwise wouldn’t dare to approach the tree."

"If they really have a way..." A male cultivator muttered, his eyes narrowed into slits.