Don't Mess with that Turtle-Chapter 66 - 065 Prize_1
66: Chapter 065 Prize_1
66 -065 Prize_1
Behind him, the Green Wolves howled but not one dared to chase into the water.
The water was not the world of wolves.
The greater the evolutionary gap, the wider it became; ordinary wild wolves could go into the water to catch turtles, but Exotic Beasts wouldn’t dare to compete underwater with a Dragon Turtle.
The water was the Dragon Turtle’s home ground.
Carrying Feng Yaya on his back, Su He swam against the current, making his way toward Tinghai Lake.
Not even halfway there, the Camel caught up, hopping around him, utterly joyful.
When Elder Ge first took the Camel in at Qingyuan Gate, it was only a six-star monster, and it had nearly lost its life to that pack of Green Wolves several times.
Wherever they were, a pack of wolves was always the bane of camels.
Back then, the Wolf King was a Profound Moon Beast and overwhelmed the Camel in combat.
Had it not been for the methods left by the old Daoist, the Camel would have died long ago.
The Camel’s love for drinking alcohol and fighting was a habit formed during that time, as drinking made it insensitive to pain.
Fighting rapidly advanced its own strength.
Battling from six-star to seven-star and then from seven-star until the Camel evolved into a Profound Moon.
The Camel was now a second-grade Profound Moon, while the Green Wolves remained a single Profound Moon, extremely stable in their Boundary Status.
After all these years, this was the only time it could completely suppress them, practically grinding the Green Wolves into the ground.
In the past, even after evolving into a Profound Moon, it was the Green Wolves who would gang up on it with their pack.
But today, I, Sturdy Master, also have a helping hand!
The Camel neighed excitedly, panting heavily, praising Su He.
Su He tossed it a Pill Yang Fruit, which was extremely beneficial for consolidating its Boundary Status.
The Camel paused for a moment, then hopped even more cheerfully, grabbed the Pill Yang Fruit in its mouth, and ran back to Wolf King Mountain.
It cast a coquettish look at the Wolf King from afar, tossing the Pill Yang Fruit up in the air and catching it again and again.
Right in front of the Wolf King, it swallowed the Pill Yang Fruit bite by bite.
A roar of rage came from Wolf King Mountain, and the Camel turned and ran.
Its newly acquired abilities had not yet been mastered completely, and it struggled to fight the Wolf King.
After all, the Wolf King had long reached the verge of evolving, only needing the Pill Yang Fruit to mature.
But now, its chance is gone!
The Camel was excited.
Su He was extremely fast, and within half a day, he could sense the surging Yuan Power of the waters of Tinghai Lake.
The Spiritual Energy in Tinghai Lake was rich, affecting even the surrounding environment.
Most notably, one could occasionally spot a one-star Exotic Beast in the lake.
There was even a time when a two-star Big Salamander challenged Su He’s status, attempting to take over Tinghai Lake.
But Su He did not kill it, for he had a natural affinity for Big Salamanders.
The Big Salamander now dutifully paid its tribute to Su He every day.
All preparations on the twenty-eight small islands scattered throughout Tinghai Lake were complete, all were occupied, though this place was just the venue for the event, as Qingyuan Gate had separate arrangements for the guests’ accommodations.
One cottage after another emerged in the mountain forest, blending seamlessly with the environment, as if they had always been a part of it.
With a month and a half still to go before the homage to the mentor, some guests had already arrived in advance.
Heavenly Secret Pavilion, Jing’an Hall, and the shops of Evergreen Peak had also opened.
Whenever Qingyuan Gate held an event, it was their time to shine.
The largest island in Tinghai Lake was occupied by Elder Ge to entertain guests, and he named it Longevity Island.
The name “Longevity” was derived from the fact that both master and disciple bore the Turtle bloodline.
Elder Ge’s second body was a Grass Turtle.
The Cultivation Beast Volume made no distinction between his multiple bodies; all were aspects of himself.
To say Elder Ge was a pure-blooded Turtle had no issue.
Su He first visited his master on Longevity Island, handed over Feng Yaya to Gu Lin, and then slowly sank under the water.
Fish and shrimp swam past, seaweed swayed, diffusing sunlight.
Perhaps because Tinghai Lake had gradually become clearer, Su He increasingly enjoyed staying at the bottom.
Watching little fish forage, listening to crabs build their homes.
It was another good year of spring.
Life was teeming.
Su He slowly closed his eyes as the Turtle Longevity Secret began to circulate slowly.
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This is even more so for the beast kind.
Su He never forgot what truly was the foundation of his existence.
The Dragon Turtle bloodline promised a hopeful future.
Days passed by, and the day to take an apprentice was drawing increasingly near.
In recent days, Su He had left Tinghai Lake only twice, once to gather honey from the forest.
That was the place found by the little fairy who needed to water the land of Qingping Mountain.
A colony of Mystery Bees hid within the mountain forest, having built a honeycomb as large as a small building.
Only the queen among the Mystery Bees was a Three-star monster, with the occasional one-star worker bee; most were strong honeybees not yet beasts.
But in the mountain forest, they reigned supreme.
Individually, even an ordinary person could put up a fight with a Mystery Bee.
But when they swarmed, unless one was at the Demonic Realm, the only option was to flee in complete disarray.
Harvesting honey was possible only for someone like Su He, who possessed the shadow of External Phase Mountain, capable of withstanding any attack without harm.
After this trip, several honeycombs, thick with honey, were added to the External Space.
The other outing yielded an even greater harvest.
Ten days ago, upon encountering the Treasure Hunting Rat, it struck Su He that this fellow wasn’t a Qingyuan demon, yet it sneakily infiltrated Qingyuan Gate.
The sandbank that suddenly gathered many crocodiles was likely harboring treasures.
The rat demon was timid; with just one glance from Su He, it honestly confessed everything.
A five-star crocodile had somehow been injured and died on the sandbank, its body long ago consumed by other crocodiles.
But before its death, the crocodile laid a clutch of eggs on the sandbank.
At this moment, in the External Space, thirty-two crocodile eggs lay quietly.
The eggs carried the aura of exotic beasts; these thirty little ones would become beasts the moment they hatched!
Now, this was a true treasure.
As the days pressed closer, on this particular day, Su He had just finished cultivating when a message floated into his ears.
“Uncle Dragon Turtle, may I trouble you to come out for a moment?”
It was You Xu from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion; he was in charge of the external affairs related to Su He’s apprenticeship.
Su He flicked his tail and surfaced, his dragon head breaking through the water.
Instantly, a commotion arose.
“It’s truly a Dragon Turtle!”
“Such a strong Divine God Beast aura.”
“Could it possibly transform into a Divine God Beast?”
No one knew when Tinghai Lake had become crowded with guests, boats carrying people gliding on the lake, shuttling between the twenty-eight islands.
Outside the lake, the courtyard houses throughout the mountain forest were also filled with people.
Calculating carefully, it turned out there were only twenty days left until the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
The day of the apprenticeship ceremony was fast approaching.
Hearing the exclamation of the people around, You Xu felt a sense of pride and bowed to Su He, saying, “Uncle Master, the four great arenas will start their contests tomorrow.
Does Uncle Master wish to announce the prize rewards?”
The noisy voices suddenly fell silent.
Everyone looked towards Su He.
Visitors are guests, all brought over by Elder Ge’s acquaintances, most of whom were familiar with each other.
Even if they hadn’t met, they had heard about each other, or at least about their elders.
The arena was meant for exchange, at least nominally.
But the more familiar the participants were with one another, the keener they became to win against each other.
And with the addition of lavish prizes, it would be even more perfect.
Many looked to Su He with hopeful eyes, yet there were also scrutinizing gazes among them.
A turtle, even with Divine God Turtle bloodline, couldn’t conjure up treasures from thin air—what prizes could it offer?
If it sought valuable treasures from its elders for the junior’s contest, it would show the Divine God Turtle to be no different from the rest.
Just as they pondered, they saw the Dragon Turtle pull out several herbs from its magical treasure, all of which were around Third Grade Transcendence.
In cultivator circles, grades are from one to seven—the higher the number, the higher the grade, opposite from mundanes.
That’s because cultivator grades are constantly updated; for example with Pill Medicines, while today grade seven is the peak, tomorrow someone might refine something surpassing grade seven and simply call it grade eight.
Hence, having one as the peak grade would be inconvenient for updates.
But these were mere Third Grade Transcendence herbs.
The expectant and scrutinizing eyes of the crowd turned into disappointment in an instant.
Even You Xu struggled to save face.
