[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot":3,"chapter-falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-chapter-226":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1461440,1910,"Chapter 226: Yunshan Secret Realm: Lake of Solitude","falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-chapter-226",226,"\u003Cp>The first thing Shen Xu noticed was the aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the Tianqi continent, the aura in the Yunshan secret realm was more than ten times denser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So comfortable.\" He exclaimed, inhaling a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exhaling, he looked at Zhen Yuan and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t believe we won’t advance to the void refining realm after practising in this place for five hundred years.\" He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmh.\" Zhen Yuan nodded while looking at their surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are the others?\" Shen Xu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We seem to have been separated.\" Zhen Yuan answered and the double couldn’t help but be a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had read the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he knew, people who used the same token would be teleported to the same place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what happened when it came to him and Zhen Yuan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking about it, Shen Xu looked at Zhen Yuan and strongly suspected him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he had no evidence and didn’t really care about the other people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this way, Shen Xu also began to look around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, they were teleported to a clearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of them was a clear lake and around the lake was a forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest had extremely tall trees but Shen Xu didn’t recognise them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ayuan, do you recognise the trees?\" He asked but Zhen Yuan shook his head before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The lake and forest are not in the map we derived.\" He said and Shen Xu nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The book protagonist and his harem never came to this place.\" The double added but he wasn’t too concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had experienced the Demon Plants Forest secret realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, he and Zhen Yuan were teleported to an unknown place but ended up harvesting a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this way, Shen Xu eagerly looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, he gasped and pulled Zhen Yuan to the left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is something over there.\" He said, pointing at a tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhen Yuan looked at the tree and saw a plank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plank was nailed to the tree’s trunk and had some writing on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lake of solitude.\" He read and a trace of anticipation flashed in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty breaths later, he and Shen Xu looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the writing on the plank, the lake of solitude was a blessed place for meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they meditated on the shore, they would be able to improve their mental state; reducing the risk of developing inner demons and lessening the difficulty of future cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the real gains were on the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by meditating on the lake would cultivators gain a heaven-defying opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, meditating on the lake was easier said than done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu learned, everyone had three chances to meditate on the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they failed after three tries, they would be ejected from the area and wouldn’t even retain the opportunity to meditate on the shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meditating on the lake requires a calm heart and an ethereal state of mind. Otherwise, it will be impossible to stay on the water without sinking.\" Shen Xu said and soon frowned before continuing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can only stay in this place for twenty years and the benefits we gain depend on the time we spend meditating on the lake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoxu...\" Zhen Yuan called in a solemn voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have mind-calming pills?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do but...\" Shen Xu looked at Zhen Yuan with conflicted expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the look, Zhen Yuan sighed and reached over to rub the double’s hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry about me. Refine a pill and try to enter a meditative state as soon as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have a taoist contract. I will be calm when you are calm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xu nodded when he heard that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he knew Zhen Yuan was mostly placating him, worrying wouldn’t accomplish anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, he could only do his best and trust Zhen Yuan to do the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\" He said and planned to find a good place to meditate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhen Yuan stopped him before he could leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let Yang Shi out.\" He reminded and the double nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Shi had been in seclusion for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, he was trying to improve his cultivation and on the other, he was refining the blood awakening pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Shen Xu didn’t know if the lake was beneficial to Yang Shi, he still wanted him to give it a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely a breath later, Yang Shi appeared before the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the matter?\" The little snake asked, floating around the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have entered the Yunshan secret realm. See if this place is beneficial to your cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Yang Shi looked around and its eyes widened in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A forest of heart calming trees.\" He exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heart calming trees? Aren’t they supposed to be extinct?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought they were.\" Yang Shi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his inheritance memory, there were many heart calming trees in ancient times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, human, monster, ghost, and even demon cultivators loved them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, the trees were turned into furniture, accessories and other things in the hopes of creating heart-calming environments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, growth couldn’t keep up with consumption and the trees became extinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a good place.\" Yang Shi said, eager to begin meditating but soon thought of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, you can transplant a few trees into the space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" Shen Xu immediately agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he and Zhen Yuan mostly practised in the Chaos Flame Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had some heart calming trees, wouldn’t cultivation become easier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this way, the group of three went into the forest and transplanted more than one hundred trees into the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that was done, they returned to the shore and began meditating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xu and Yang Shi took mind-calming pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, they entered the state much faster than Zhen Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight months later, Shen Xu floated onto the lake and his body settled on the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, Yang Shi floated over only two weeks later while Zhen Yuan didn’t achieve the optimal state until the eleventh month.\u003C\u002Fp>",1019,"2026-06-06T02:30:15.893Z",1,"novelbin.me","e0c8b3942b2f8509a93904bb036a31312619f3a3b7e9807b46b263f519fdeab9","falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-chapter-227","falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-chapter-225",498,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffalling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-cover.jpg"]