[{"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-283":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},1461615,1910,"Chapter 283: Fire Souls","falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-chapter-283",283,"\u003Cp>On a boat, floating above the clouds, Shen Xu and the others eagerly watched the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the sea began to boil and a smell like rotten eggs diffused into the atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to vomit.\" Yang Shi cursed and anxiously covered his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Shen Xu rolled his eyes and sealed his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Idiot.’ He thought but didn’t remind Yang Shi to seal his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they watched, the sea turned red and waves of heat rose into the sky, scattering the gathered clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are still too close.\" Feng Xue said and operated the ship to rise higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely a moment later, streams of fire rushed up and water bubbles began to burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This eruption lasted two months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it was finally over, the sea calmed down but the surrounding temperature was unusually high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is a blessed land for fire spiritual root cultivators.\" Shen Xu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn’t think of retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand, his cultivation was not completely stable and on the other, an undersea volcanic eruption was a heaven-sent opportunity to collect fire souls, fire silver ore, lava grass, and other treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were lucky, they would even be able to collect molten and earth fires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go down.\" Zhen Yuan said but Shen Xu stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait.\" The double said, waved his hand and a pile of gourds appeared on the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are fire and ice gourds. You can use them to collect fire souls.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire souls were flame treasures found in ancient volcanoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked like flame tongues and were adept at hiding within fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, fire souls were an excellent cultivation resource for fire spiritual root cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With enough fire souls, it wouldn’t be a problem for Shen Xu to advance from the mid stage of the void refining realm to the late or peak stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Xiaoxu, you can secretly release Xiaomu and Xiaolei once we are closer to the volcano.] Zhen Yuan transmitted and Shen Xu nodded in understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he planned to let everyone fend for themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was a chaos fire root cultivator. Xiaomu and Xiaolei were elemental fires, Feng Xue was a phoenix and Yang Shi would eventually grow a fire head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that, he felt it was best for everyone to collect their own opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he suddenly turned to Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dean, fellow Daoist Chen, you are gold root cultivators and don’t need fire resources. We are willing to buy your fire resources in exchange for gold-type or other resources. Are you willing?\" He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi immediately nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, fire resources were useless to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they would eventually be exchanged for useful resources, wasn’t it better to trade with trustworthy allies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, they had caught a glimpse of the treasures in Zhen Yuan’s and the others’ hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could exchange for some of them, it wouldn’t be a problem for Dongfang Jing to advance to the mid-stage of the void refining realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Chen Yi, his cultivation was already at the peak of the void refining realm but he was forced to seal it to enter the Yunshan secret realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exiting the secret realm, he could use the collected resources to advance to the fusion realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Shen Xu collected the boat and the group rushed into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the water was still very hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they had prepared for this and were not only wearing defensive robes but were also using talismans to stave off the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw the volcano soon after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was now calm, it looked like a fiery monster and red magma was still flowing into the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Everyone should be careful. Escape as fast as you can if you encounter an old fire soul.] Shen Xu instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire souls were divided by years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level one fire souls were less than one year old, level two were less than ten years old, level three were less than one hundred years and so forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his level, Zhen Yuan could barely deal with a level seven fire soul while the others would be burned alive if they tried to capture a level seven one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the volcano was in a mid-tier secret realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless something unexpected happened, they would likely not encounter a level seven fire soul, let alone higher-level ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire souls began to appear as they neared the volcano.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the early arrivals were only level one or two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the group didn’t spare them and promptly sucked them into the fire and ice gourds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what they knew, fire souls were like Gu worms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they were put together in an enclosed space, they would devour each other and consequently increase their level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that, it didn’t matter if the group only captured level one and two fire souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as they collected enough, the resulting fire soul would be enough to improve their cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this way, no one rushed to enter the volcano’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they began circling the mountain, collecting fire souls wherever they went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, they collected some fire-type spirit grasses and ores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, all the grasses and ores at the periphery were common and easily found in the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, the group finally reached the top of the mountain and were standing on the edge of the volcano’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s time to go down.\" Zhen Yuan said, looking into the depths of the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see boiling magma, lava grass, and powerful fire souls from where he was standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn’t think of backing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the past ten years, they had collected many fire souls, ores, and grasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, these things were still not enough to help Shen Xu advance a small realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ayuan, Xiaomu and Xiaolei are in the boiling magma below.] Shen Xu transmitted.\u003C\u002Fp>",1005,"2026-06-06T02:30:15.894Z",1,"novelbin.me","2bc667772f70ccc8529f16f742393e241ef7d3bf10a207061c1f1b81a99dfce4","falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-chapter-184","falling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-chapter-385",498,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffalling-in-love-to-escape-the-original-book-plot-cover.jpg"]