Don't Mess with that Turtle-Chapter 53 - 052 Disciple and Master_1
53: Chapter 052 Disciple and Master_1
53 -052 Disciple and Master_1
“Mother!” As soon as she left the small courtyard where lessons were held, Feng Ya Ya called out in surprise.
Su Huanian stood quietly at the edge of the bamboo grove, waiting for Feng Ya Ya to finish class.
Inside the grove, Elder Ge was busily fidgeting with a large mud ball, it looked like he was making a beggar’s chicken.
Ge Feng approached with a speechless expression, first bowing respectfully to Su Huanian and then complaining to the old man, “Grandfather, aren’t the chickens from South Garden…”
“Never mind that!”
Elder Ge pushed him aside and looked at Su He with a smiling face.
Since parting at Tinghai Lake the year before last, this was their first real meeting.
He nodded satisfactorily at Su He’s heroic appearance, “Not bad, you actually do look a bit like a Dragon Turtle.”
You should indeed become my disciple!
Thinking this, he suddenly felt a bit ashamed; although he had expressed his desire to take a disciple during their last meeting under Elephant Water, and the Dragon Turtle was indeed happy about it,
the actual meeting made him feel uneasy and at a loss for what to do.
After a thousand years of cultivation, this was the first time he was taking a disciple, and it was even a Dragon Turtle.
“That…” He opened his mouth but didn’t know how to start.
Su He did not wait for him to speak and had already bowed down—plunging straight onto the ground, with the Dragon Head hanging low, in a gesture of respect.
A mature disciple should know how to make things easier for their master.
Elder Ge opened his mouth, his lips quivering, his cheeks flushing slightly, “Little Turtle, maybe you should think this through?
You must know, I can’t teach you anymore!”
He suddenly felt a sense of loss, even a bit of inferiority: “You’ve already learned the Turtle Longevity Secret, you’ve even improved it, enough for your current stage.
When you reach the second realm, your Dragon Turtle heritage will descend upon you.”
The Dragon Turtle’s heritage; even the whole Qingyuan Gate couldn’t find a higher-quality heritage than this.
This master seems to be of no use anymore.
Su He bowed even lower.
“Mmm~”
Head, elder, father, king…
That was probably the meaning; Beast Language had no specific proper nouns, one could only sense the intention in the roars.
Elder Ge’s mouth opened again, his eyes slightly unfocused, muttering, “What I can teach you is only the common knowledge of the Cultivation World, a mishmash of information, at most, I could accompany you on part of your cultivation journey…”
The path of a Divine God Beast was so long it could induce despair.
So much despair that one day when he would die, his bones rotten, reduced to dust, with no trace left, this Turtle could still watch the sunrise and moonset at Tinghai Lake, observe the rise and fall of Qingyuan.
Su He raised his head and looked earnestly at the old man, then respectfully lowered the Dragon Head again.
He did not know the rules of the Cultivation World, nor if a sloppy old man was qualified to take a Dragon Turtle as a disciple.
But it was he who had introduced Su He to cultivation, he who had passed on the Cultivation Technique to Su He.
Strictly speaking, they were not yet close enough for Su He to feel affection.
But Su He knew that the grace of passing on the way of cultivation was greater than heaven!
Since Su He began cultivating, he had only received two Cultivation Techniques: “Turtle Longevity Secret” and “Art of Dreaming,” both passed on by the old man.
The old man, at a loss, looked helplessly towards Su Hua, who, holding her daughter, watched calmly with a smiling corner of her lips, and did not speak.
Instead, it was Feng Ya Ya, tilting her head in confusion, “Grandpa Ge, if you want to take Big Turtle as your disciple and he wants to be accepted, why be so finicky?”
Elder Ge suddenly froze.
Why be so finicky…
Finicky about what…
Elder Ge froze.
Indeed, why be finicky if it is mutually agreeable?
Thousands of years could not compare to a naïve child’s way of thinking!
Suddenly invigorated, he laughed heartily.
His laughter shook the bamboo grove, tears streaming from his eyes.
After laughing, he loudly said to Su He, “Good!
I’ll take you as my disciple!”
All of a sudden, his spirit was elevated.
Who else in the world could teach a Turtle cultivation, other than me?
In a second life, he himself would be an even bigger Grass Turtle than Su He!
“But I’ve cultivated for a thousand years and will only take one disciple, how can it be so casual?
I will invite friends far and wide, notify fellow Sects, and hold a grand disciple-acceptance ceremony!”
As one of Qingyuan Gate’s previous generation of Elders and a contemporary of Su Hua’s father and Feng Yi Ju’s master, he was also one of the most distinguished and could not take a disciple lightly after over a thousand years.
Su He was overjoyed: Mmm~
Elder Ge broke into hearty laughter, “No rush, no rush!
I’ll first give you a title.
How can we keep calling you Dragon Turtle all the time?”
His disciple’s Bloodline had not yet purified, but to crown him with the title of Dragon Turtle would damage his Luck.
Su He blinked, “Mmm~”
“You have a name?
You want to name yourself?
What is it?”
This problem vexed Su He, as other matters could be expressed with beast roars or through intention.
But how to express a name?
It wasn’t like Big Zhuang’s name, where expressing something big and strong would suffice.
He turned the Dragon Head towards Su Huanian, calling out grandly.
Elder Ge puzzled, “Do you want the surname to be Female?
Immortal?
Beautiful?
Wife?”
Su He shook his head urgently.
“Su?”
Su He nodded.
Why would a Dragon Turtle want a surname?
Shouldn’t you pick a Daoist name or something?
Besides, why choose the surname Su?
Your master here is surnamed Ge!
Elder Ge instantly wore a look of constipation.
Is it because Su Huanian took care of you for a long time?
Elder Ge felt somewhat miffed.
Su Huanian lightly lifted the Immortal Sword, stood quietly under the bamboo, his lips curling into a slight smile, his handsome hair impossible to hide.
Su He blinked, feeling like you’ve all misunderstood something, but I, just a Little Turtle, dare not speak recklessly.
Elder Ge held his breath, “A surname has been chosen, then let this old Daoist give you a name…” freewebnøvel.com
Su He turned his head towards the two rows of rice seedlings outside the bamboo forest.
Elder Ge paused, “Su Grass?” What kind of terrible name is that!
“Su He!” Ya Ya giggled, interjecting.
Elder Ge fell silent, this name is also terrible!
The surname is terrible!
Why follow Old Su and take his surname?
He wanted to assert his authority as a master, protest a bit.
That’s when he heard the bell from Li Nan Yuan ring.
The next lesson began.
Elder Ge waved his hand, “Go on, join the new disciples for class, we’ll talk about the rest later.”
Li Nan Yuan’s lessons were all about basic knowledge and common cultivation sense, exactly what Su He needed most.
Ya Ya pouted, reluctantly waving goodbye to Su Huanian, watching her mother’s figure slowly fade into illusion, disappearing.
Only then did she follow Su He to the teaching area.
It had been several days since she last saw her mother and she wanted to dawdle.
But she was sure her mother wouldn’t agree.
The last few times she skipped class, wherever she fled to, her teacher would just happen to be holding class there.
Ya Ya was not foolish!
In this lesson, there were two tutors standing on the podium, one dressed in Sword Residence attire and the other in Sword Washing Pool robes.
The two regarded each other with unfriendly eyes.
They were here to snatch disciples.
As the teachings at Li Nan Yuan were coming to an end, the disciples were about to enter the Seven Veins for formal cultivation, and the tutors took this opportunity to promote their own techniques in hopes of snagging more disciples.
The Brother from Sword Washing Pool took the lead to salute and say to the disciple brothers and sisters below, “Everyone, long time no see, here I am again.”
“I am here too!” Brother from Sword Residence interrupted.
The Brother from Sword Washing Pool acted as if he was nonexistent, looking at the disciple brothers and sisters below, saying aloud, “I have long said, the sword is the world, and since you have joined the Fairy Sect, you should come to learn the sword!
To control the sword in the Nine Heavens and dominate all realms, would that not be exhilarating?”
Brother from Sword Residence took over the conversation, “Indeed, the sword is the world!
You should join Sword Residence, and cultivate our Sword Box!
Within a single box, a myriad of swords are concealed!”
He gave a pat on the sword box behind him, which landed on the ground, pointed a finger, and an Immortal Sword flew out from the box.
“The sword, it is the world!
It encompasses everything.
Thunder Sword!”
Lightning flickered on that sword, and it roared with thunder.
“Flame Sun!”
Another sword emerged, ablaze with roaring flames, hot as the sun.
“Rushing Wind!”
Another sword appeared, its form unseen, but as the wind rose, sand flew and the stone tore at everything.
“Sudden Rain!”
“Falling Snow!”
“Green Wood!”
With each shout, a sword emerged, each with its unique aura, the Sword Qi overflowing.
Indeed, it encompassed everything.
The Brother from Sword Washing Pool’s face, however, darkened, “If a sword is just a sword, why all these fancy tricks?
A sword alone constitutes a world!”
This was the fundamental disagreement between Sword Residence and Sword Washing Pool.
Both veins were Sword Cultivators, but Sword Residence pursued the simultaneous emergence of myriad swords, encompassing all, while Sword Washing Pool was intensely devoted to the sword, where the person is the sword and the sword is the person.
He pointed a finger, and an Immortal Sword appeared from his body, without radiance or Sword Ring, as if it were just an ordinary iron sword as he swung it in a cutting motion.
The wind halted, the rain ceased, the thunder dissipated, and the fire died.
As if nothing had happened at all.
