Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]
Chapter 108: Training 1

Chapter 108: Training 1

A moment later, Zhen Yuan smiled, looking at Shen Xu.

"He is not on the mountain." Zhen Yuan said and the double couldn’t help but sigh in relief.

"Good." He smiled.

"Let’s camp here and start heading up tomorrow." Zhen Yuan suggested.

"I will release Yang Shi." Shen Xu said, releasing Yang Shi from the Chaos Flame Space.

"Master." Yang Shi called.

"We are at the foot of Black Turtle Mountain. You can enter the mountain but you must be careful. Don’t get hurt or discovered." Shen Xu reminded.

"I know."

After receiving a storage ring with two million spirit stones, wine, talismans, and formations, Yang Shi slithered into the mountains.

Soon after, Zhen Yuan pitched a tent while Shen Xu prepared food.

An incense stick later, two people sat in front of a fire.

"Since Xiao Weimin has not arrived, we should not be in a hurry to go up the mountain. Take this time to train yourself." Zhen Yuan suggested and Shen Xu nodded.

"I can train my combat awareness while stabilising my cultivation."

The next day, the two woke up at dawn.

After breakfast, they packed their tent and promptly entered the mountain.

Black Turtle Mountain was a medium level mountain.

Because of this, it had plenty of level one and level two monsters but no level three monsters.

Shortly after entering the mountain, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan encountered their first monster.

"Long-haired blue rabbit." Shen Xu exclaimed.

The rabbit was two metres tall.

Excluding its front which had short white hair, the rabbit had long blue hair on the rest of its body.

"It’s a mid-stage level one monster." Zhen Yuan said, retreating behind Shen Xu.

Seeing this, the double became solemn.

During his retreat, Shen Xu learned to martial arts.

One was a palm technique and the other was a hammer technique.

However, he had never used them and didn’t know how effective they were.

Faced with the rabbit, Shen Xu didn’t draw his hammer.

Instead, he mobilised his qi and fiery power gathered in his palm.

Soon after, he moved his hand and a flame palm appeared above the long-haired blue rabbit.

However, the rabbit was not intimidated.

Before the palm fell, the rabbit hopped away and soon appeared in front of Shen Xu.

Without hesitation, it raised its leg and a brick-sized foot fell towards Shen Xu.

’Fast.’ Shen Xu thought, reflexively dodging to the side.

However, the rabbit was much faster.

Although he avoided most of the attack, a bit of foot fell on his body and Shen Xu groaned.

’Fortunately, the rabbit is a level one monster and I am a foundation establishment realm cultivator.’ The double thought, quickly retreating from the rabbit monster.

After putting some distance between them, Shen Xu tried again.

However, the outcome was the same and the double couldn’t help but frown.

’I need to move faster.’ He thought.

At the same time, he attacked twice in a row.

This time, the monster rabbit dodged the first palm but couldn’t avoid the second.

After being hit, it fell to the ground, unable to move.

Seeing this, Shen Xu sighed in relief but didn’t dare to move closer.

’I should attack it again just to make sure.’ He thought and did so.

After the palm hit the rabbit, Shen Xu did not unleash another attack.

Instead, he moved to the body and smiled in satisfaction.

"Brother Yuan, I killed my first monster." He excitedly said and Zhen Yuan smiled in encouragement.

However, he couldn’t help but secretly sigh in helplessness.

’Xiaoxu still has a long way to go.’ He thought.

After the first was a second and a third.

By evening, Shen Xu had dealt with six monsters and couldn’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment.

When they stopped to rest for the night, Shen Xu looked at Zhen Yuan with an expectant look.

"How was I? Did I do well?" He asked.

"You did well for your first time." Zhen Yuan praised, helplessly rubbing his wife’s hair.

"I heard the meat of long-haired blue rabbits is tender and delicious. Brother Yuan, I want to eat barbecue."

"Okay. I will teach you how to skin the rabbit and clean the meat."

After that, the two went to a nearby stream and Zhen Yuan patiently taught Shen Xu how to deal with monster meat.

Half an hour later, they returned to their tent.

"Brother Yuan, I will marinate the meat while you start a fire."

"Alright."

As the meat was roasting, Zhen Yuan turned to Shen Xu.

"Xiaoxu, what did you learn from today’s training?" He asked.

When he heard the question, Shen Xu frowned.

Although he was proud of his progress, he knew he had many shortcomings.

"My reaction speed is too slow." He said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"You were born in a peaceful world and have never trained in martial arts. It’s natural that your reaction speed is slow but don’t worry, this will improve with more training."

"I know." Shen Xu nodded.

In fact, he had already seen some improvement.

Compared to when he fought the long-haired blue rabbit, his reaction speed was much better in the afternoon.

"What else did you learn?"

"My qi mobilisation isn’t smooth enough. Because of this, it takes longer than necessary to condense a flame palm." Shen Xu said and continued before Zhen Yuan could ask.

"I think it will become smoother and faster once I get used to the martial arts."

"You are right. The Ten Flames palm art is tailored for you. It will become easier to use with more practice." Zhen Yuan said.

"Finally, I need better control of my qi consumption."

"I frequently exhaust my qi because I use too much qi to fight level one monsters. I must learn to be more efficient in utilising my qi" Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but feel proud.

’My Xiaoxu is so smart.’ He thought.

’With time, he will be an excellent fighter.’ Zhen Yuan smiled, lowering his head to kiss the double’s forehead.