Don't Mess with that Turtle-Chapter 68 - 067 Tian Shui Clan_1
68: Chapter 067 Tian Shui Clan_1
68 -067 Tian Shui Clan_1
Above Longevity Island, streams of sword light flew out, with more than thirty racing to five designated islands where the competition stages were located.
The elders on Longevity Island laughed heartily.
That’s more like it, young people ought to be lively.
To spend their days quietly sipping tea and playing the zither, even more sedate than these old folks—how absurd is that?
“This competition should be spectacular,” one said.
“Indeed!” someone chimed in.
The younger generation’s skills may still be lacking, but their imaginations run wild.
Put them together for a slight clash, and it can be quite enlightening.
The Refining Device techniques of two Transcendence Intention Orifices Realm youngsters at the last Fu Xiang Sect competition were astonishing.
They directly pulverized materials into powder, mixed them in proportion, and formed the shape of the artifacts.
Compared to the usual process of casting, assembling, array setting, spirit embedding…
This new method was dozens of times faster.
Although the quality has room for improvement, especially since they first craft a tree-branch-like framework of the magic artifact’s Array Map, then wrap it in powder.
The effect was significantly reduced.
But it was fast!
If it were a Sect war, such Refining Device techniques would be perfect for consumable items.
Now, this rapid shaping Refining Device method has already started a craze that’s sweeping through Jingzhou Prefecture and spreading to the Mystery Huang World.
Even a group of old folks are studying its viability.
Those two youngsters are also seeking a protective blessing for their great virtue.
Such remarkable talents can’t be judged by common standards.
They don’t expect their disciples to be such prodigies.
As long as the disciples mature and improve a bit through the competition, they would be quite content.
As for the rewards, everyone sitting here is an old ghost who has lived for over a thousand years and doesn’t care much about these things.
You Xu returned to the Guiyuan Island affairs hall with a beaming face full of prizes.
He is a disciple of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion and currently serves in the Foreign Affairs Hall.
This event is organized by the Foreign Affairs Hall.
With plenty of money, they can put on a good event, and a successful event brings more merit to the Sect.
It’s a pity that as the organizer, he couldn’t compete himself.
Otherwise, he would have vied for one of those beast eggs too—who knows if Uncle Dragon Turtle still has some to spare?
If the event goes swimmingly and Uncle Dragon Turtle rewards him with one or two eggs at the end, that would be perfect.
Amidst the praises of the crowd, Su He slowly submerged into the water.
With the protagonist gone, the crowd became more unrestrained in their speech, eager to try after seeing the prizes with their own eyes.
But there’s always someone who couldn’t help but pour cold water on their enthusiasm, “What are you all dreaming about?
Didn’t you see the sword light flying out from Longevity Island earlier?
They are at least Spirit Awakening Realm folks who have already signed up.
With them around, you still think you can win rewards?”
The crowd instantly glared at him angrily.
“Why are you looking at me?
If you’re not competitive enough and lack Tao cultivation, will glaring at me help you win a top spot?” He snorted, pointed his orchid finger, tossed out a handkerchief, and with a leap, embarked on it, riding the handkerchief away.
Everyone was shocked.
Darn it!
Such effeminate behavior, yet also a Spirit Awakening Realm expert.
The Spirit Awakening Realm is rare, to undergo Sword Flight and cleanse through the Nine Heavens is what it truly means to be an Immortal.
But the world is so vast that even the rarest of things is not as precious as one might think.
The same goes for Divine God Beast Bloodlines.
Su He has a Divine God Beast Bloodline, so it is likely that his full-blooded Turtle Brothers also have the Divine God Beast Bloodline—it’s just that they haven’t awakened due to the lack of Demonic Fruit.
If put into the context of the whole East Cloud Mountain, Divine God Beast Bloodlines are probably not rare; they’re just not awakened and thus go unnoticed.
Especially those with a chance to transform into a real Divine God Beast are incredibly rare, as scarce as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
It’s been a millennium since the Mystery Huang World last heard of the appearance of a new Divine God Beast.
Su He seized every moment to cultivate.
The number of orifices he had opened recently totaled two hundred and thirty.
He was aware of four hundred and twenty-nine turtle-related points.
But as Melting Points became more difficult further on, Su He estimated it would be fast if he could open all the orifices before hibernating this winter.
The True Blood increased by the day.
Every day he could feel progress, an addictive sensation.
After two Grand Circulations completed, a Fairy Crane landed on a lotus above Su He, opening its beak to let out a crane’s call.
Uncle Dragon Turtle, the Grandmaster is summoning you.
Su He swam out of the water and hummed a response.
The Fairy Crane was not a demon but the Child of his master, who had studied the Transforming Beast Guide and turned into a Fairy Crane for his second incarnation.
Elder Ge often complained about the child’s noise, forbidding its ability to speak, so it could only call out like an actual crane.
The first time he saw it, he thought Elder Ge had the power to enlighten living beings when he saw Elder Ge lightly touch the crane’s neck, allowing it to speak.
Su He paddled towards Longevity Island.
Elder Ge’s voice was soon heard, “Come to the back island.”
Longevity Island was a large island with a perimeter of five miles, with mountains on it and courtyards built on the south side for reception, where Elder Ge often resided quietly behind the mountains.
Since arranging Tinghai Lake, Elder Ge seldom returned to the small courtyard in Beast Valley.
Su He bypassed the main approach and ascended the island from the rear.
Upon reaching the top, he saw an old woman standing respectfully by Elder Ge’s side.
Behind the old woman were four others, three adult men, and one teenage girl.
All of them looked at Su He landing ashore, with their eyes momentarily turning into surprise, and the old woman even clasped her hands together, her tears falling down with a plop.
Discarding her walking stick, she kneeled tremblingly before Su He, followed closely by the four behind her who also performed a kowtow in greetings.
Su He was startled and hurriedly tried to dodge.
In the Cultivation World, such a grand salutation was not to be accepted lightly.
Accepting it improperly could damage one’s luck.
There were even cultivation techniques that manifested divine demon exteriors specifically for receiving grand salutations, where after three bows, a person’s luck would be damaged, making it difficult to avoid death.
Elder Ge pursed his lips, appearing to be somewhat jealous.
“Don’t bother hiding; you can’t escape!”
Su He: ??
“These are people from the Tian Shui Clan.
Back in the day, when your master accompanied Prince Jing to conquer the World of Heavenly Lifespan, I brought back this clan.”
The world under Su He’s feet was the Mystery Huang World, but there were other grand worlds in the starry sky, it was said that Mystery Huang World was warlike and had conquered many grand worlds.
“The Tian Shui Clan worships turtles and, seeing my second form, believed me a Divine God.
The whole clan relocated and followed me here to the Mystery Huang World.
For hundreds of years, they have worked diligently, maintaining water fields for me, becoming a significant source of income for your master.”
He glanced at the old woman kneeling on the ground and trembling slightly.
“In a few days you will formally become my disciple, and as a master, I should secure a foundation for my pupil.
The Tian Shui Clan will be handed over to you.”
Elder Ge gritted his teeth; as a vassal, the Tian Shui Clan naturally needed to come and celebrate their master taking on a pupil.
But once these people had seen the disciple’s Dragon Turtle appearance…
Elder Ge knew this group couldn’t be kept.
Even though they would remain loyal, in the future, the Young Master’s word would certainly carry more weight than his own.
The Tian Shui Clan’s worshipped Divine God Beast was the Dragon Turtle.
Hearing Elder Ge was going to hand them over to Su He, the old woman lying on the ground could no longer hold back, with tears falling like beads off a broken thread, plopping down one after another.
Su He shook his head, realizing it was not an illusion, they were indeed beads!
Her tears were still watery as they left her eyes but turned into pearls upon hitting the ground.
He looked at Elder Ge in astonishment.
Elder Ge pursed his lips, “Ever heard of Mermaids?
That’s them!”
The Classic of Mountains and Sea states: In the Southern Sea, there are Mermaids, which live in the water like fish and weave without hindrance, and their tears can turn into pearls.
These were just legends mentioned offhandedly by tutors in Li Nan Yuan, and yet they were real.
Su He was surprised and harbored some doubts.
Weren’t Mermaids supposed to be half-human, half-fish?
Moreover, Mermaids originated from the Southern Sea, not from the World of Heavenly Lifespan, right?
The World of Heavenly Lifespan was too far away, so far that when looking up at the starry sky, one simply couldn’t see it.
In fact, all grand worlds are so distant from each other that it’s difficult to see others with the naked eye.
The old woman performed a respectful ritual of kowtowing three times and nine bows, her hands clasped and singing softly towards Su He.
It wasn’t a language, but rather a unique, melodious song, or maybe a call.
As the song began, Su He felt as if he was in the midst of the ocean, surrounded by rolling waves, and his spiritual water power surged countless times in a flash.
In this song, Su He felt like a fish in water.
The song actually amplified his power!
Su He felt completely comfortable and let out a long chant.
His voice melded into the Mermaid’s song, complementing it perfectly.
It was as if they were born to accompany each other.
Naturally, the Mermaids were meant to be the vassals of the Dragon Turtle.
As Su He opened his eyes, he realized that at some point during the song, the five individuals from the Tian Shui Clan had transformed into half-human half-mermaid forms.
The woman had a full and shapely upper body with curves in all the right places, her lower body resembling that of a mermaid, long and powerful.
She had fins on her elbows, back, and behind her ears, and there were small horns on her forehead.
The men were handsome, and the women looked vigorous.
Wild, yet elegant.
