Chapter 195: Summoned

Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu rented a courtyard shop on a side street in Formation Tower City.

Unlike Chaoyang city, the two didn’t open a wines and talismans shop.

Instead, they opened a pills and formations shop.

The shop was called Shenzhen Pills and Formations.

On this day, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan had just opened the shop when a carriage drew up.

At a glance, the carriage was plain but it had the coat of arms of the city lord’s residence.

Soon after, a male cultivator jumped from the carriage and walked to the shop.

“Who is the alchemist?” The man asked as soon as he entered the shop.

“Does this fellow Daoist need something from me?” Shen Xu asked, eagerly looking at the male cultivator.

It was only their second day of opening the shop.

Because of the shop’s location, they didn’t get many customers and Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were relatively idle.

Seeing a customer, Shen Xu was naturally excited.

“Follow me.” The male cultivator ordered and turned around without waiting for the double’s reaction.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated.

Although Shen Xu was eager for customers, he wouldn’t just follow a random person.

Most importantly, he was confident in his and Zhen Yuan’s products.

Sooner or later, their shop would become famous.

Considering that, he didn’t need to tolerate the male cultivator’s bad attitude.

“Why aren’t you following?” The man asked when he saw Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were still standing behind the counter.

“Why should we follow?” Shen Xu sneered.

“Don’t you know who I am?”

“I don’t know who you are but I know that I don’t need anything from you.”

“What do you mean?” The male cultivator narrowed his eyes in anger.

“You came to me because you need something from me. You should have the proper attitude when asking for help. Don’t order me around like I am your servant.” Shen Xu sneered.

The male cultivator clenched his hands when he heard this.

In terms of cultivation, he was not superior to the two people.

However, he was a guard of the city lord’s residence.

With this status, few people dared to look down on him in the Formation Tower City.

As a result, he became proud and arrogant.

However, the guard was not a fool and knew which lines not to cross.

Considering the current situation, the city lord would not forgive him if he attacked an alchemist.

’I will deal with him after the matter is solved.’ The guard thought and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

“I am Wang Feng, a guard next to the young lady. My young lady was injured and the city lord has summoned all the alchemists and spiritual healers in the Formation Tower City. Please follow me to the city lord’s residence.” The guard said.

Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu subtly looked at each other when they heard this.

[Do you want to go?] Zhen Yuan transmitted.

[There are pros and cons.] Shen Xu said with a thoughtful expression.

If they refused the city lords summon, they would be forced to escape from Formation Tower City.

However, if they accepted, the situation could become complicated.

Depending on the city lord’s personality, the alchemists and spiritual healers would be in danger if they couldn’t heal the young lady.

Alternatively, healing the young lady could also present problems.

Since the city lord was forced to summon all the healers and alchemists in the Formation Tower City, it meant the problem was not easy to deal with.

In that case, healing the young lady would attract unnecessary attention and their stay in Formation Tower City would be affected.

[Let’s check the situation first. I will decide after seeing the young lady.]

[Good.] Zhen Yuan agreed.

After that, the two closed the shop and followed the guard to the city lord’s residence.

The Formation Tower was at the centre of the city and as the guardians, the city lord’s residence was close to the tower.

At this time, hundreds of carriages drove into the city lord’s residence.

Each carriage carried a healer or alchemist and their guards.

When Zhen Yuan and his party arrived, there were already hundreds of alchemists and healers lined up to see the young lady.

“Line up and wait for your turn.” Guard Wang said, pointing at the queue.

After saying that, the guard left and the two lined up.

A moment later, a middle-aged man turned around and looked at the two.

“Junior, do you know what is going on with the young lady?” The man asked but Shen Xu shook his head.

“The guard didn’t tell us anything. He just asked us to follow without saying much.”

“Is that so?” The middle-aged man sighed and quickly continued.

“Which shop do you belong to?”

“Shenzhen pills and formations shop. We opened yesterday.”

“What bad luck!” The man exclaimed.

“What do you mean?” Zhen Yuan asked and the man leaned over to whisper.

“The city lord only has this daughter. If she isn’t healed…”

“Will the city lord blame us?”

“What do you think?” The man said with a regretful expression.

“What happened to her?” Zhen Yuan asked.

“I don’t know the details.” The man said and quickly continued.

“I only know she was injured while out training with her fellow brother and sisters from the Hanging Garden sect.”

Shen Xu frowned when he heard this.

In the book, sect disciples had no love for each other.

They didn’t care about each other and murder for resources was a common occurrence.

At this time, the double couldn’t help but wonder if the young lady had fallen prey to foul play.

In that case, the trouble was even more than he previously suspected.

After all, wouldn’t the culprit hate whoever healed the young lady?

Thinking of this, Shen Xu narrowed his eyes and a trace of determination flashed in her eyes.

’This matter cannot be taken lightly. Unless there are sufficient benefits, I won’t think about healing the young lady.’ He decided.

The queue moved quickly and three hours later, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan entered the house.

“My young lady is inside.” A housekeeper said, pointing at a door.

“Okay.” Shen Xu said and led Zhen Yuan into the room.

The room was one hundred square metres.

At a glance, there was only a young lady sitting on a stone bed in the middle of the room.

However, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were not fooled.

Although there were no guards, they knew there were image stones all over the room.

“Young lady, can I take your pulse?” Shen Xu asked.

“Go ahead.” The female cultivator said in a dead pan voice.

Without another word, Shen Xu took her wrist and began checking her pulse.

However, he soon released the wrist and looked at the woman with a complicated expression.

“Young lady…” Shen Xu started.

From the examination, Tan Xiaoqing was poisoned.

Most importantly, the poison wasn’t naturally occurring but intentionally refined.

“Do you know what is wrong with me?” Tan Xiaoqing asked, looking at Shen Xu with hopeful eyes.

“Young miss Tan should already know what is wrong with her.” Shen Xu said, his eyes narrowed into slits.

The poison was called love fragrance poison.

After ingesting it, the poisoned person would exude an intoxicating smell that was impossible to resist.

Regardless of relationship, those who smelled the fragrance would be attracted to the poisoned person and have an irresistible urge to sleep with her.

It was a sinister poison that could make a father rape his daughter or a monster rape a human.

The only reason the alchemists and spiritual healers were not affected was because there was a special isolation formation in the room.

Once Tan Xiaoqing stepped out of the room, she would become a walking target.

Not only men, she would also attract women and doubles regardless of relationship and age.

Only cultivators with a higher cultivation level than hers could hope to resist her.

’The one who poisoned her must hate her to death.’ Shen Xu thought but this realisation made him more vigilant.

Although he felt bad for her, he didn’t want to attract trouble to himself.

Thinking of this, he looked at the woman with a solemn expression.

“How was the young lady poisoned?” He asked.

“I only need you to heal me.” Tan Xiaoqing glared and Shen Xu smiled.

“In that case, I can’t help you.”

After saying that, Shen Xu turned around, held his lover’s hand and prepared to leave the room.

However, before they could leave, the door opened and several people entered.

“Father, mother, brothers.” Tan Xiaoqing called, looking at the newcomers.

’This is not good.’ Shen Xu thought.

Because the summons came too suddenly, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan had not prepared a proper escape plan.

If worse came to worst, they would have to resort to the teleportation formations they had arranged in various places along the way to Formation Tower City.

But neither Shen Xu nor Zhen Yuan wanted to resort to them for the time being.

After all, they still wanted to stay in the Formation Tower City for a few decades.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu had an idea and subtly glanced at Zhen Yuan.

[Follow my lead.] He said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

“We have seen the city lord, city lord’s wife, and young city lords.” Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan greeted.

“The young nephew is talented.” City lord Tan said, his eyes narrowed into slits.

Although the young man didn’t explicitly say he could heal his daughter, the city lord was not a fool. He saw the clues from watching the images transmitted through the image stones.

“The city lord praises me too much. I am just an ordinary alchemist.” Shen Xu said but the city lord shook his head.

“You should know how to treat my daughter.” He said in a confident voice.

Shen Xu sighed when he heard this.

“City lord Tan, I am just an ordinary alchemist. My partner and I have just arrived in the Formation Tower City and our shop hasn’t been open for two days.” Shen Xu insisted and the city lord couldn’t help but look at him with a thoughtful expression.

“What does being ordinary have to do with anything? Can you heal my sister?” One of the young masters aggressively asked.

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan looked at the person with narrowed eyes.

Although they were mere ants compared to the city lord’s residence, Zhen Yuan didn’t allow anyone to bully his wife.

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