Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 52: The Rong Family is the Chicken

"Seventh elder, seventh elder, seventh elder." A panicked voice echoed in the surroundings.

Hearing the voice, Rong Xue frowned.

"What’s the meaning of so much ruckus?" She asked and rushed out of her room.

"Seventh elder..., it’s terrible." A young man shouted; his face paler than milk.

"Collect yourself and speak calmly." Rong Xue admonished, her voice filled with disdain.

"Seventh elder, the soul lamp has gone out." The young man finally said.

Unfortunately, his words were still incomprehensible.

"Whose soul lamp has gone out?"

"The patriarch’s soul lamp has gone out." The young man repeated.

However, when he looked to see the seventh elder’s reaction, he found no one.

’Where did the seventh elder go?’ He looked around with a confused expression.

"Rong Mu." A female voice called, interrupting the young man’s confusion.

Turning around, Rong Mu saw Lin Xiang.

From what he knew, young Miss Lin was the third young master’s fiancée.

After they became Taoist companions, she would become a core disciple of the Rong family.

However...

The young man stared at Lin Xiang with a sympathetic expression.

Seeing the look, Lin Xiang frowned but didn’t say anything.

"What did you say about the patriarch’s soul lamp?" She asked instead.

"Young miss, it’s like this." The young man started.

Every member of the Rong family was occasionally assigned a chore.

This time, Rong Mu was assigned to the Soul Lamp Hall.

Normally, the Soul Lamp Hall was an easy job.

All he had to do was check the soul lamps to ensure the soul flames were still strong.

If a soul flame weakened or went out, he would report to the soul hall elder and let him handle the matter.

However, this time, something strange happened while he was watching.

First, twelve soul flames instantaneously weakened.

Soon after, five soul lamps went out and the remaining continued to weaken.

When he saw this, Rong Mu panicked and messaged the soul hall elder.

However, the soul hall elder did not respond to the message.

While Rong Mu was waiting for the soul hall elder, more soul lamps went out.

Even more absurd, the patriarch’s soul flame began to weaken.

Seeing this, Rong Mu trembled in fear.

However, he was only a qi refining realm cultivator.

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Unfortunately, he didn’t get a reply but waited for the patriarch’s soul lamp to go out.

At this point, Rong Mu couldn’t stand still.

In a panic, he ran out of the soul lamp hall and went to find the seventh elder.

"What about the third young master?" Lin Xiang asked.

"His soul lamp also went out." Rong Mu informed with an apologetic expression.

However, Lin Xiang didn’t need his pity or condolence.

Rather, she suddenly felt relieved and barely suppressed the urge to burst into laughter.

’The heavens are helping me.’ She thought.

As early as when she arrived in Dragon City, Lin Xiang wanted to escape the Rong family.

Unfortunately, the Rong family watched her closely and never gave her an opportunity.

"You should go back to the soul lamp hall. The seventh elder will want an explanation." Lin Xiang said and watched the young man leave.

Soon after, she returned to her room, packed her things, secretly left the Rong family, and hurriedly returned to the Divine Rainbow Academy.

However, while Lin Xiang was escaping, the Rong family was in an uproar.

"What is going on?" Rong Xue demanded after finally locating the soul hall elder.

"Seventh elder." The Soul Hall elder and several others greeted Rong Xue.

However, Rong Xue was not in the mood for formalities.

"I asked what is going on." She demanded.

"When the seventh elder was in seclusion, a genius talisman master appeared. The person is called Yuan Shen." The soul hall elder sighed and continued.

"The patriarch took some people to invite Yuan Shen to join our Rong family."

"Invite?" Rong Xue sneered.

"Seventh elder, we must avenge the patriarch." A middle-aged foundation establishment realm elder angrily said.

The man was Rong Ming and he was Rong Hao’s father.

When he learned of his son’s death, Rong Ming was heartbroken.

Among his five sons, Rong Hao was not the most talented but he was the most resourceful.

Now that the child was gone, Rong Ming naturally wanted to avenge him.

"Why didn’t you respond when the soul lamps went out?" Rong Xue narrowed her eyes.

When they heard the question, the elders looked at each other but immediately glanced away.

’Bastards.’ Rong Xue thought.

Although they didn’t say anything, she could bet they were plotting the so-called inheritance and the more than one hundred million spirit stones.

’Fools.’ She sighed.

"Seventh elder..." Rong Ming started but Rong Xue raised her hand to stop him.

"The patriarch was a mid-stage golden core realm cultivator but he couldn’t defeat Yuan Shen." She stated and quickly continued.

"The Rong family has lost a golden core, eight foundation establishment realm elders, and four young talents. This is not the time for revenge. It is the time to consolidate our strength and guard against other families."

Hearing this, several elders were immediately enlightened.

After losing the patriarch, the Rong family only had one golden core realm cultivator.

Most importantly, the seventh elder was a small realm shorter than the dead patriarch.

If the family didn’t get their act together, other families would find an opportunity to fish in muddy waters.

"Let’s talk about revenge after we survive the coming storm." Rong Xue said and the elders nodded with a solemn expression.

.....

Shortly after Rong Mu revealed the tragic outcome, the news spread in Dragon City.

In the Su family main hall, several people looked at each other, their backs soaked with cold sweat.

"Fortunately, our patriarch is in retreat and we didn’t take the opportunity to deal with Yuan Shen." Someone said and several elders nodded in agreement.

"If the second brother didn’t insist on waiting for the patriarch, our Su family would have suffered a disaster." An elder said while looking at Su Tang with a grateful expression.

"If our patriarch faced Yuan Shen..."

"Don’t say it." Someone interrupted and quickly continued.

"Anyway, let’s forget about Yuan Shen. Although his inheritance is tempting, our Su family is more important."

.....

At the talisman association, a similar conversation was taking place.

"Old Ji, don’t continue to think about Yuan Shen. That kid is not a good thing." Li Zhigang warned.

"This time, he killed the chicken to warn the monkeys. If the monkeys still want to jump around, they won’t have a good ending."

"I understand." The vice president nodded with a solemn expression.