Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 436: Sacred Places

Since they had concluded all their business, the two entered the space and appeared in the bamboo hut.

"Ayuan, hurry up and take out the maps." Shen Xu excitedly urged.

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan chuckled and removed the maps from his storage ring.

They had bought two maps: a map of the Xuanwu secret realm and another of the Eastern Blue ocean.

At this time, Shen Xu reached for the map of the Xuanwu secret realm and unfurled it.

The map was five square metres.

At a glance, nine concentric circles were drawn on it, dividing the map into nine unequal sections. Additionally, the area outside the outermost circle was filled with information; written in small script that was barely visible to the naked eye. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Fortunately, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were cultivators and could clearly read the text.

"The Xuanwu secret realm opens every one hundred and eight thousand years." Zhen Yuan began reading.

From what they found out, one thousand keys appeared every time the Xuanwu secret realm was about to open and each key could teleport ten people.

However, the Xuanwu secret realm was different from other secret realms.

First, those who grasped their star of immortality and successfully exited the secret realm would receive a key. This key could be used by their descendants for nine generations.

Because of this, most of the Xuanwu secret realm keys already had owners and only a few were available to the public.

"Six hundred and fifty six keys already have owners. Only three hundred and forty four are ownerless." Shen Xu said and sighed.

At the same time, he was grateful that he and Zhen Yuan encountered Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi.

Otherwise, they would have had to work very hard to get quotas for the Xuanwu secret realm.

"The last time that the secret realm opened..." Zhen Yuan muttered and narrowed his eyes with a thoughtful expression.

A moment later, he nodded and turned to Shen Xu.

"It will open in sixteen thousand years." He said.

"I thought it was sooner." Shen Xu said.

He always thought the secret realm would open in the next four to five thousand years.

Unexpectedly, he misremembered the book details and confused sixteen thousand years for five thousand years.

"It doesn’t matter. We will be ready when it opens." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu nodded.

"Sixteen thousand years is enough to raise our cultivation to the Peak of the tribulation transcending realm." He said.

"Not just the qi cultivation. It won’t be a problem to raise our body and soul cultivation to the Peak of level nine. We may even advance to half-step immortal." Zhen Yuan said.

"It would be great if we ascended immediately after leaving the Xuanwu secret realm." The double said with a wistful expression.

"It’s not impossible."

After that, the two continued studying the map.

"I always thought that the Xuanwu secret realm only had one treasure, the sacred places, but it turns out there are three." Shen Xu said in a shocked voice.

From the map, the two learned that the Xuanwu secret realm had three treasures.

The first was the sacred places.

The secret realm had one hundred and eight sacred places - fifty four white, twenty seven green, eighteen blue, and nine gold.

As for purple sacred places, they only appeared when a destined person entered the secret realm. Otherwise, they wouldn’t appear.

The white sacred places were located in the outermost section of the secret realm, mostly within the ninth, eighth and seventh circles as compared to green sacred places which were mostly in the seventh, sixth, and fifth circles.

Similarly, blue sacred places were mostly in the fifth, fourth, and third circles while gold were in the third, and second circles.

In addition to learning these locations, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan found out that a cultivator could only cultivate in one sacred place.

After cultivating in one place, they wouldn’t be able to enter another even if they found a better one later.

"It seems we have to be careful when choosing a sacred place to cultivate in." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"Regardless of where someone enters from, everyone is teleported to the outer edges of the secret realm." He said and quickly continued.

"The map is not clear but it’s implied that it’s not easy to move from the outer edges to the inner circle. XiaoXu, do you remember what was written in the book?" Zhen Yuan asked but Shen Xu shook his head with a frustrated expression.

"I may have skipped those pages." He said.

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan smiled and rubbed the double’s hair.

"It doesn’t matter. We will figure it out when we get there." He said.

"Mmh." Shen Xu nodded but had a thoughtful expression.

"What’s wrong?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"Of the nine, gold sacred places, three are in a fixed place while six appear at random in the third and second circles." The double observed and Zhen Yuan nodded before speaking.

"Those six are the best quality among the gold sacred places. It’s natural that they aren’t easy to find." He said.

"You are right." He said but his expression suddenly changed.

"I remember that Xiao Weimin found a gold-purple sacred place." He said and continued.

"Ordinary sacred places allow ten people to cultivate within but the place Xiao Weimin found was different. It only allowed five people." He said.

"The gold-purple sacred place sounds like a cross between a gold and purple sacred place. Maybe it’s the kind of place that only a child of luck can find." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu narrowed his eyes.

"What are the qualifications of finding a purple sacred place if even the child of luck, the main protagonist, can’t find it?" He wondered but Zhen Yuan couldn’t answer because he also didn’t know.

However, Shen Xu’s speculations triggered his thoughts and Zhen Yuan suddenly frowned.

"Xiao Weimin is a reborn person. Does he need to grasp a star of immortality?" He wondered.

A cultivator could only grasp one star of immortality in their lifetime. Since Xiao Weimin had already grasped a star in his previous life, did he need to grasp another in the current life?

After all, the soul was the same and the fate with his star was theoretically still there.