[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness":3,"chapter-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1501":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1124003,1453,"Chapter 1501: Chapter 1305: Did you say it's possible that you're over 400 years old?","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1501",1501,"\u003Cp>By the lakeside, Auntie Qiao stared at the girl before her, who appeared to be a young maiden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, she didn't know how best to begin speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie Qiao?\" Lady Bi Zhu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Qiao carefully chose her words, \"Princess, is there a possibility that you are not eighteen years old?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remembered incorrectly?\" Lady Bi Zhu found it hard to believe, \"Could it be that I am sixteen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Qiao: \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused before saying, \"Is there a possibility that you are actually over four hundred years old?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Bi Zhu blinked at the person before her and said, \"Is that so, I just said I was eighteen years old, there must be something wrong with this lake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Qiao: \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was wrong with this lake?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Bi Zhu, looking at the water, said, \"The stone tablet did not give an answer after I told the truth, which suggests that the stone tablet was lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It said telling the truth would let us leave, which was incorrect. Perhaps we should go under the lake; there might be something else there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Lady Bi Zhu led Auntie Qiao towards the bottom of the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Qiao: \"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Princess, can't you just admit you're over four hundred years old?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Auntie Qiao found herself submerging beneath the sea water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, once under the water, she was shocked to discover an inscrutable palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This palace could only be perceived by getting close to it under the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was really the stone tablet at fault, or did she translate it incorrectly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe the princess truly was eighteen years old?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, the path is here,\" Lady Bi Zhu exclaimed excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon there was a change in the water, and some characters gradually emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Qiao understood the meaning instantly, a bit bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What in the world is true and what is false? If I say it's true, then it's true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single line rendered Auntie Qiao completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this wasn't about answering questions, it was about the Inquiry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All is false, everything is an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Core Realm is false, even the questions are false.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only she, naively sincere, truly believed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the characters, Lady Bi Zhu curiously asked, \"Auntie Qiao, what does this mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Qiao awkwardly said, \"They say eighteen is the prime of youth for a princess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Bi Zhu: \"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, Xu Bai stood looking out in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By observing some people, he discerned that there were four directions where opportunities lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each was very extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not know in which direction the Ruins of Return were located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did not plan to seek these opportunities, nor did he intend to search for the Ruins of Return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many outstanding figures present, and the attendees of the gathering were present, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Bai's presence would not make a difference, nor would his absence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he decided to head to the outskirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ruins of Return need to function. Logically, it requires some external elements, so looking outside might not be entirely unnecessary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still wanted to see. Beneath the Heavenly Extreme Silent Pearl, common opportunities held no significance for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they could enhance his cultivation, that was the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, should any mistake occur, he likely wouldn't survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being in the southern region, there was no escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he felt he understood Gui quite well, who often lived under such pressure; it indeed was easy for one's heart to grow restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his head in self-mockery, Xu Bai began to walk a path avoided by everyone else, taking a road not traveled by any.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not towards the center, but towards the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Bai searched for a way out, he realized at some point he had left the woods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him was a city that resembled magnificent mountains and rivers, grand and commanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon another glance, it seemed unremarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, a stone tablet near the city gate caught Xu Bai's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, he found a line of text written on it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sometimes, moving forward is not the only path; taking a step back may reveal a brand new vista.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Bai was somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moving forward is an opportunity, but so is stepping back. This secret realm really is remarkable,\" he mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There seemed to be opportunities everywhere here, and people had many choices, like the three thousand Great Ways, each road capable of achieving greatness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one is willing and able to walk, there will always be those who can walk it to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Xu Bai stepped into the city without much contemplation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the White Jade Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Books lined the edges of the walls, as if accounting for countless secrets of the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Yan Yuezhi was immersed in reading one of the books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, a young girl beside her was looking at the book index; she took one from the top and handed it over, saying, \"Sister Yuezhi, take a look at this; it might yield some insight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuezhi took the book and found it to be a record about worldly tribulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flipped through it briefly and found it to be a rudimentary account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren't you going out to seek your fortune?\" Yan Yuezhi asked while continuing to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't Sister also not venturing out?\" Chu Jie continued looking at the bookshelf as she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuezhi shook her head, \"I am already amidst fortune by being here, plus this place may record something important which we need to investigate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Yuezhi and Chu Jie had entered together, finding themselves in the palace upon arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were innumerable books here, only available for perusal and not to be taken away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why Yan Yuezhi did not want to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not much of a reader,\" Chu Jie said, flipping through another picked-up book and smiling, \"But knowing which books are useful, no opportunity can compare to the knowledge Sister could gain from them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the opportunity outside useless to you?\" Yan Yuezhi asked, looking down at her book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, a person of great fortune; many opportunities held no meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might be the same here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're useful,\" Chu Jie insisted seriously, \"Not only useful, but I can also sense the direction of the Ruins of Return; there lies an opportunity meant for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why don't you go there?\" Yan Yuezhi raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it for the Ruins of Return, or is it my own fortune?\" Chu Jie pondered.\u003C\u002Fp>",1105,"2026-06-03T11:46:36.654Z","2026-06-03T11:46:32.358Z",1,"novelbin.me","0bf09c784a1c970411ebcc125a4f130100fc97681efa6b2501d35c6fcfaa8dbf","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1502","cultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-chapter-1600",2139,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivating-in-secret-beside-a-demoness-cover.jpg"]