Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 437: Pools and Fruits

Hearing the question, Shen Xu sighed and shrugged.

"Who knows?!" He said and immediately changed the subject.

"The second treasure is the cause and effect pools." He said.

The Xuanwu secret realm had nine cause and effect pools. Each pool could help a cultivator cleanse their luck and remove unnecessary karma.

That said, the cause and effect pools were even more mysterious than the sacred places.

First, they appeared at random and couldn’t be mapped.

Second, each pool had a Xuanwu guardian.

Ordinarily, cultivators needed to fight and kill guardians to access treasures but this wasn’t the case for the cause and effect pools.

Instead of fighting, cultivators needed to bribe the Xuanwu guardians and the length of time they could stay in the pools depended on how much the guardians liked the bribe.

As a result, some cultivators could soak in the pool for a thousand years while others could only stay for less than a day.

"These cause and effect pools sound like a good thing but they are not easy to take advantage of." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded with a solemn expression.

Cause and effect was a frustrating thing for cultivators.

On one hand, some cause and effect was due to their actions while other could be due to their relationship with others including ancient ancestors whose names had long been lost in the river of time.

Knowing that the Xuanwu secret realm had pools that could wash away some cause and effect, Zhen Yuan was eager to let Shen Xu soak in one.

After all, it was difficult to predict when an inherited cause and effect would act up, causing problems for unlucky descendants.

"Xiao Weimin didn’t encounter a cause and effect pool in the book." Shen Xu said with a thoughtful expression.

A moment later, he chuckled, his eyes filled with mockery.

"I sometimes feel that the author was too unkind to the main protagonist." He said and quickly continued.

"Other main protagonists get all the good things but Xiao Weimin’s opportunities are always a little lacking."

"It’s possible that these things didn’t exist in the original plot." Zhen Yuan said.

"Now that you mention it." Shen Xu nodded and sighed.

So much had changed that the plot had become unrecognisable.

However, Shen Xu still felt lucky that he knew plot because it served as a reference point.

Thinking this, the double nodded and continued talking.

"It would be good if we could soak in a cause and effect pool for the maximum one thousand years." He said and Zhen Yuan nodded in agreement.

"We have sixteen thousand years to research the Xuanwu clan and prepare a perfect gift." He said.

"Like the Phoenix, the xuanwu is a divine beast. Maybe Feng Xue and the others will have related inherited memories." Shen Xu said in a hopeful voice.

"Maybe." Zhen Yuan agreed.

Another mysterious thing about the cause and effect pools was that a cultivator could only encounter one.

After encountering one, whether they soaked in it or not, they would never be able to find another.

Listening to Zhen Yuan’s words, Shen Xu frowned with a frustrated expression.

"This Xuanwu secret realm is too much." He said.

After all, the nine pools were different and some were better than others. If he had a choice, Shen Xu would have preferred encountering all the pools and comparing their quality.

Unfortunately, reality was disappointing.

Because of the secret realms’ peculiarities, they could only soak in whichever pool they encountered, regardless of quality and characteristics.

"The map says that no one encountered a pool in the last three openings." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu sighed.

However, he always felt that their luck was enough. If nothing changed, he and Zhen Yuan would definetely find a cause and effect pool.

"Is there anything else about the pools?" Shen Xu asked but Zhen Yuan shook his head before continuing.

"The last treasure is the nine-colour star fruits." He said.

According to the map, there was a nine-colour star fruits tree in the Xuanwu secret realm.

The tree bore one hundred and eight fruits, every one hundred and eight thousand years.

As a result, the fruits ripened just when the secret realm opened, presenting a third opportunity for cultivators.

However, getting a fruit was easier said than done.

First, there were ten thousand cultivators and only one hundred and eight fruits.

Second, the tree appeared at random and it’s location couldn’t be mapped. Because of this, whether one could get a fruit depended on eight parts luck and two parts effort.

That said, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan hoped to get a nine-colour star fruit.

With it, Shen Xu’s cultivation would produce one hundred times the result with one hundredth the effort.

"This nine colour star fruit is a good thing." The double said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"After grasping a star of immortality, most people cultivate with spirit stones to advance their cultivation. However, if you had a nine colour star fruit, you could practice with star power which is a higher form of energy than spiritual qi. "

Shen Xu nodded when he heard this.

However, he soon sighed and began speaking.

"Unfortunately, the effect is not permanent and a cultivator can only eat one nine colour star fruit in their life." He said.

"The effect of one fruit lasts one thousand years. If we time it properly, we can use the star power to directly break through the mortal shackles." Zhen Yuan said.

"You are right." Shen Xu nodded, looking at the map with expectant eyes.

However, he soon regained his composure and closed the map.

Although he was eager for the Xuanwu secret realm, he didn’t allow himself to indulge his longing for longer than necessary.

After all, there was still sixteen thousand years until the secret realm opened and there were many things to be done before then.

After studying the maps and checking the things they bought from the Myriad Treasures Pavillion, the two settled down and resumed their usual life.

Time passed in this way and before they knew it, it was time for their meeting with the Zhou family.