Don't Mess with that Turtle-Chapter 55 - 054 Soul Beast_1
55: Chapter 054: Soul Beast_1
55 -054: Soul Beast_1
“Congratulations to Brother Ge on finding an excellent disciple!”
A voice came from the direction of Huayang Peak.
“Haha!
Has Old Ge finally found someone to carry on his legacy?”
Teasing laughter drifted over from Evergreen Peak.
From the Heavenly Secret Pavilion came a resentful voice, “It’s not about having someone to carry on his legacy, it’s about having a turtle!
Old Ge is really low-key, silently taking the Dragon Turtle as his disciple.”
The congratulations quickly turned into accusations.
Elder Ge’s hearty laughter echoed throughout Qingyuan.
Su He shivered with fear, realizing that there were so many elders from the previous generation in Qingyuan Gate.
Su Huanian’s generation had stepped onto the stage roughly four hundred years ago and came into prominence three hundred years ago.
The previous generation must have been at least five to six hundred years old.
Those familiar with Elder Ge were probably all from the same batch who became disciples together more than a thousand years ago.
To live so long, they must all be of profound Tao cultivation.
In other words, this was the foundation of Qingyuan Gate.
Su He, carrying Feng Yaya on his back, hurried towards Tinghai Lake.
The little girl sounded so pitiful, saying her home was dark and empty, and she was all alone…
Around Tinghai Lake, twenty-eight newly constructed islands featured various pavilions and towers built beside mountains and water.
There was no lack of a place for Ya Ya to sleep.
As for eating…
Judging by the roaring intensity of the big sister from Jing’an Hall who was chasing after the two from behind, today they had very likely stolen some treasures.
In the Fu Mountain space, six steamer baskets lay quietly.
Su He had just finished hibernating, his stomach had not yet recovered, and he still had no appetite.
He only intended to steal one basket of buns, but the dice were too lucky, rolling a six.
To have become a disciple, struck the Sect Leader, and rolled a six on the first day after waking up, his luck was destined to soar this year.
It poured heavily over Tinghai Lake, the rain having fallen for a night and a day now.
The dark clouds over Qingyuan Mountain were split into several parts, raining here and there, without forming a whole.
Su He guessed that this had to do with the formations set up by the various mountain ranges.
In places like Tinghai Lake, where a great amount of power of the Water Element was gathered, the rainfall was particularly abundant.
It was as if half of the water from Qingyuan Mountain was being funneled here.
Fortunately, Tinghai Lake was enveloped by a formation that could drain off the excess water—the formation was not just what Su He had imagined, a domain created using various natural treasures for trapping or killing.
After seeing Su Huanian’s array maps and the Yellow Scarf Warrior setting up formations, he learned that formations would never be detached from the heavens.
The same set of formations would require different setups under different environments.
Especially for a dojo’s array method like that of Tinghai Lake, built by the mountain and by the water, a good formation was one that couldn’t be seen.
According to Qiu Tong, the world itself was a formation.
Perhaps that was indeed the case.
Feng Yaya was on the closest island to Su He’s ten-mile isolation water area, having eaten only a few buns before curling up on a small couch to sleep.
She didn’t go to bed, the couch was by the window, from which she could see Su He rise and fall in the waves.
The little girl was somewhat clingy.
Su Huanian seemed to be busy with something, seen rarely by Ya Ya these days.
The Immortal Sword that had been stuck underwater was also gone, likely taken away by Su Huanian.
With Feng Yi Ju and Su He becoming disciples of Qingyuan Gate, there was no longer anyone in Qingyuan Gate who could threaten him; thus, the Immortal Sword had no role to play.
That woman wouldn’t have gone to fight with someone, would she?
Was her injury healed?
With her boundary status, shouldn’t it take decades, if not a hundred years, to heal from an injury?
Su He didn’t understand, and Su Huanian didn’t discuss these things with him—Su Huanian didn’t understand the Beast Language.
As Su He interacted with more and more people, the Beast Language became increasingly inconvenient.
It had no fixed proper nouns, just using the “rhymes” in the beast’s roars to communicate.
If it were just to communicate with beast species, that would be enough.
Stop!
Pay tribute!
Call me boss!
That was enough.
If the other party did not understand, just beating them up would do.
But it was utterly insufficient for communicating with humans.
Su He needed to speak.
The Green Snake could speak, by solidifying the “human body” within the Mind Orifice’s Twelve Layers, which were the twelve segments of the trachea.
The Dragon Turtle also had this, but…
Su He closed his eyes and introspected; in the Mind Orifice, a Dragon Turtle rose and fell in the lake of True Blood.
The originally solid Dragon Turtle was now becoming ethereal, and one could vaguely see through it to the scene below.
Since the time Su He had condensed his first drop of True Blood, he knew that the progression of a Divine God Beast was different from a demon’s transformation into human form.
Demons open their Heart Orifices, which contain an Innate Taoist Body in human form.
By solidifying this human shadow step by step, demons can gradually transform.
However, within the Mind Orifice of a Divine God Beast lies the Divine God Beast Tao Body, the root of the Divine God Beast Bloodline.
Divine God Beasts do not solidify it, but rather draw upon its power step by step to enhance their own Bloodline.
When all the power of the Divine God Beast Tao Body is drawn upon, the Divine God Beast Bloodline reaches its zenith.
In other words, if the condensed Divine God Beast Tao Body within the Mind Orifice is inherently ethereal, even if one draws upon all of it, it would not be possible to become a true Divine God Beast.
On this point, Lu Ming had not deceived him.
Fortunately, Su He had consumed a Red Demonic Fruit, so he didn’t need to worry about this.
The only problem was that the Dragon Turtle within his Mind Orifice had become more insubstantial as his Bloodline leapt forward; there wasn’t an issue of practicing any particular part first.
This path was not viable.
Moreover, Su He did not feel any so-called bone obstructing his speech abilities.
The reason he could only emit the sound “ang” before was that he lacked a tongue and had a unique throat structure, which made it difficult to modulate sounds.
Now he had a tongue.
Su He tried to make sounds:
“Ah~ang!”
“Ang~ah~”
“Roar!”
It was somewhat challenging.
Elder Ge left the Palace of Longevity and headed towards Tinghai Lake, passing by Elephant Water only to see that foolish camel lying motionless at the bottom of the water, as if dead.
Was it playing dead?
When did this creature master such a skill?
“Get up, come with me!”
The camel’s eyelashes trembled faintly.
Sorry, master, you are too late.
I dived to my death two incense sticks ago, and now it is certainly impossible to…
Elder Ge was just passing by.
After calling out, he flew away.
Camel: …
When Elder Ge reached Tinghai Lake, he saw Su He laying on the surface of the water, making a cacophony of sounds.
Initially, he was underwater, but Su He discovered that the water flowing into his mouth affected his ability to make sounds, so he swam back up.
Elder Ge stood on the water surface, and the heavy rain fell on his head, naturally parting around him.
“Good disciple, are you trying to learn how to speak like humans?”
Su He turned around happily, “Ang~”
Elder Ge laughed heartily, “My good disciple, you are indeed wasting your energy.
A beast cannot speak human language!
Unless it transforms into a demon or becomes a Divine God Beast.
You’ll only be able to speak after completely transforming into a Divine God Beast.”
Human speech is more accurately described as the language of The Great Tao.
Among all sounds, it is the most straightforward expression of The Great Tao.
The language of The Great Tao cannot be spoken without a Taoist Body.
Although this world has many Magic Artifacts that can store language, they can only store it!
The source is still the spoken word of humans.
If there’s a Magic Treasure that can speak on its own, either it has accumulated enough words and text, scrambling and recombining them like mortal typographers, or the Magic Treasure has already contained The Great Tao and has become a Taoist Magic Artifact.
A Taoist Magic Artifact can naturally speak of The Great Tao.
This disciple of his, possessing only a Divine God Beast Bloodline and not yet a true Divine God Beast, naturally cannot speak human language.
“Ang?” Su He was stunned.
Old Ge, laughing merrily, casually sat cross-legged on the water’s surface: “There are traces of Soul Beasts in Qingcheng Mountain.
Su Huanian has gone to seize the opportunity; if she can get a Soul Beast, you might ask her for one to use its voice for communication.”
Soul Beasts are not beasts; they can sense the intentions deep within a person’s heart and can speak.
They possess various abilities and limitless uses.
“Before that, I can teach you a Spirit Communication Scroll that will allow you to have rudimentary communication with those who don’t understand the Beast Language.
Would you like to learn?”
Su He nodded frantically.
