Don't Mess with that Turtle-Chapter 62 - 061 Identity_1
62: Chapter 061 Identity_1
62 -061 Identity_1
The two joked and laughed as they entered the cave.
The cave interior was indescribably eerie, as if it were man-made yet seemed naturally formed, a long tunnel that grew larger as they descended, plunging down twenty to thirty miles before suddenly opening into an underground world.
Not far away were remnants of walls and battlements, though eroded by time to the point of being unrecognizable; it seemed that a city once existed here!
The air was gloomy with a rotten smell, and large, black cloud-like formations the size of water jars fluttered everywhere.
These were the Prison Ghosts; it was said within the sect that in ancient times, a special race was cursed and slaughtered here, and their lingering resentment turned them into Prison Ghosts after death.
The Prison Ghosts were peculiar, neither ghosts nor spirits, but merely clouds of mist.
But if anyone approached, they would latch on instantly, like an incurable ulcer, feeding on the person’s essence blood, capable of completely draining a person in just a few breaths.
Only a cultivator’s True Yuan could stand against them—not really to stop them, but to perish together.
The True Yuan and the Prison Ghost would exhaust simultaneously, and the consumed True Yuan could not be recovered, as if one’s Tao Cultivation was utterly wasted away.
This space was not located underground; if one were to dig down from Qingyuan Gate, let alone twenty to thirty miles, even two to three hundred miles would not reach this place; only the cave entrance they had just used could lead here.
This was likely a special space.
Having stood for thousands of years, Qingyuan Gate typically imprisoned major enemies within the Golden Pagoda, which absorbed their True Yuan to seal the entrance.
The Netherstone on the second layer surely had some connection to this place; Qingyuan Gate mined Netherstone day and night, yet it never seemed to deplete.
Empty a mine, bury it for a hundred years, and Netherstone would regenerate.
Ge Hong and Yu Yue dared not use Sword Flight.
The Pill Medicine they consumed only prevented the Prison Ghosts from approaching actively, but crashing into a swarm of Prison Ghosts while flying on a sword would mean a swift end, with no help from the medicine.
They could only pray to erase the Prison Ghosts before their True Yuan was completely depleted.
After walking for most of the day, they finally spotted seven or eight fellow disciples sitting on the ground behind a hill.
The leader was none other than Yu Housheng, the chief of the Law Enforcement Hall.
“Big brother, I’ve brought the Pill Medicine,” Yu Yue chirped, not at all resembling someone several hundred years old; instead, she seemed like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with jade-like skin.
“Nonsense!” Yu Housheng chastised, “At your age, you’re still not composed; you are now Leng Miaozhen from the Red Moon Tower and have been imprisoned at the Qingyuan Gate Prison for twenty years.
How can you be so spirited?”
Yu Yue stuck out her tongue and a mist flickered across her face for a moment before she switched her appearance, transforming into a woman in her forties.
She closed her eyes and reopened them, and her gaze shifted as well.
One could tell that she must have once been a captivating demoness, eyes brimming with seductive charm.
But now, all the allure was overshadowed by frenzy and hatred, as if longing to tear the world apart.
That look lasted only a moment before she gave up and reverted back, sticking out her tongue once more.
“Don’t worry, brother, nothing will go wrong.
I just don’t like that expression, but it’s not like I can’t do it.” Who could possibly have such great resentment!
“Didn’t you say that Ya Ya had made a mistake and was sent to solitary confinement in the Prison?
When I was up there, I didn’t sense her presence at all,” Yu Yue sat next to Yu Housheng, reaching into his embrace to pull out an apple and began crunching away at it.
Yu Housheng shook his head, “I found an excuse to release her ahead of time.
If I hadn’t let her go, she would have overturned the entire Prison by now.”
Yu Yue pouted, slightly disappointed.
The Sect Leader was far from straightforward.
While Brother had a puppet avatar outside to receive messages at any time, they were stuck in this wretched place for sixty years.
They could only get a breath of fresh air in the mines when fetching Pill Medicine, and even then, they had to sneak around.
“Big brother, does Ya Ya really resemble Teacher Su that much?
She’s like a genuine fairy emerging from the water, right?” Hope sparkled in Yu Yue’s eyes.
The nature of her lively personality was the very reason she was willing to spend sixty years in this dreadful place, wasn’t it just for these little ones in the sect?
Yu Housheng nodded without revealing anything different on his face, “A very pretty little fairy indeed, and the Divine God Beast Dragon Turtle was brought back by her.”
Yu Yue’s eyes shimmered with light.
Yu Housheng bowed his head silently eating his food.
The Sect Leader senior brother, from his humble beginnings, had led Qingyuan Gate through brambles and hardships to the top spot of the East Cloud Mountain Range, accountable to everyone.
Except he had failed his wife and daughter.
Shaking his head, he cleared the troubling thoughts away and swallowed the food in his hand in one gulp.
He then spoke in a grave tone, “Switch identities and venture into the ruins once more to search for any leftovers.”
He looked around and said, “Just use the techniques of the new identity!”
Everyone nodded.
In the blink of an eye, their appearances changed, all resembling the great enemies imprisoned in the Golden Pagoda of Qingyuan Gate Prison.
After decades of imitation, their eyes and temperament were enough to create confusion with the real ones.
At Ancheng Shallow Beach, Su He and a mouse were staring at each other, eyes wide.
Just now, with divine might oppressing and Water Quiet inflicted with severe injuries, Su He did not strike to kill.
Regardless of who was right or wrong, she was still a pitiable woman.
Since Su He wanted to be clear of this matter, he granted her wish.
Under the divine might, all the crocodiles on the shallow beach fainted, rolling their eyes upwards, and a mouse bubbled and floated up in a daze from beneath the water.
This mouse was larger than a cat, but did not look revolting.
Its golden fur looked a little silly and comical, somewhat like an otter.
But it was no ordinary mouse.
As it broke the water’s surface, it opened its mouth to curse, “Motherfuckers, which bastard knocked me out?”
When it turned its head, a turtle and a mouse locked eyes.
Exotic Beast!
It was not one of Qingyuan Gate’s exotic beasts; this generation at Qingyuan Gate had only six, and Su He knew them all—none were mice.
The ones from the previous generation had already transformed and mastered human form.
This was an outsider exotic beast, and a noble one at that, with a body covered in golden fur that remained dry despite being in water—a feat Su He, as a Dragon Turtle with water attribute, could not achieve.
Haumph~
Su He hummed lowly.
Did you hear everything Water Quiet said just now?
Trouble at Qingyuan Gate Prison should be considered a sect secret, not to be leaked.
The mouse hurriedly shook its head, “Woman?
What woman?
I absolutely didn’t see any woman…” It stopped mid-sentence; the Dragon Turtle hadn’t mentioned a woman.
Too clever for its own good, time to run!
It turned to flee but a large hand, condensed from water, reached out from below and grasped it firmly.
“Gurgle gurgle…
mercy…
gurgle gurgle…”
With its tail clamped in the large hand, it was lifted in front of Su He, “Haumph~”
You can try to escape, but if caught again, you’ll be slapped to death.
It’s been a while since I’ve had mouse meat.
Su He licked his lips, his eyes full of greed.
The golden mouse was petrified, “Grandpa, Turtle Grandpa!
You can’t do this to me, I’ve become a demon with awakened spirit wisdom, you can’t eat me!”
Su He ignored it and let out a long moan toward the crocodiles.
Repeat after me, I’m the boss here now, who agrees and who opposes?
Haumph~
Those who agree, follow me; those who oppose, get crushed on the spot.
All the crocodiles flipped over and spiritedly followed behind Su He, none willing to fall behind.
The procession moved majestically towards the east along Elephant Water.
Tinghai Lake was big enough to easily accommodate over a hundred more crocodiles.
Had it been any other disciple tasked with this mission, hunting would have been the only option.
These hundred-odd crocodiles were just ordinary crocodiles, incomparable to the resident crocodiles of Crocodile Beach in Tinghai Lake.
It was unknown whether it was due to Su He’s feeding or the dense spiritual power of Tinghai Lake’s water, but after this hibernation period, Su He discovered that three crocodiles were showing signs of evolving into Exotic Beasts.
It was a good turn of events.
They did not become arrogant with their newfound strength and dared not show off in front of Su He.
It might also have had something to do with receiving a beating upon their first meeting with Su He.
In any case, these three crocodiles were the most active in their offerings among all the crocodiles.
