Don’t Mess with that Turtle
Chapter 148 - 148 020 Turtle Element_1

148: Chapter 020 Turtle Element_1 148: Chapter 020 Turtle Element_1 The Locust Tree shook its branches, calming its emotions as it looked at the Little Dragon Demon in the distance, absorbing the Dragon Turtle Qi.

Every leaf tingled with a joy akin to the sound of bronze bells.

Let him absorb!

Let him have his fill!

The Locust Tree paced back and forth, and as it walked, its body suddenly exploded with a bang, turning into wood chips that scattered all over the ground.

A large locust tree beside it swayed its body and pulled out its roots from the soil.

The branches formed hands, clenching into fists.

It was close; in his excitement just now, it almost touched the seal.

It nearly got suppressed again for a hundred years, unable to move.

It was not just a single tree; the whole Locust Tree Forest was it, yet at the same time, none of it was.

The Spirit Clan is a special existence among the major races of All Heavens and Myriad Realms, peculiar in that they have no true flesh bodies, only like spirits— or rather, their flesh bodies are illusory.

Six thousand years ago, he committed a minor infraction, and the Dragon Turtle sealed him within an Old Locust Tree.

After struggling for six thousand years, he barely managed to refine a sliver of the Dragon Turtle’s power, giving rise to this Locust Tree Forest, allowing him to inhabit each tree within it.

By his estimation, without any accidents, in another hundred and eighty million years, he should be able to refine all the Dragon Turtle’s power and break free from the seal.

Simply preposterous!

Even the mighty Dragon Turtle couldn’t estimate his lifespan accurately, and with such a strong seal, it acted as if he could live that long!

A normal Stepping Sky lives only for ten thousand years; even if he were to reincarnate and be reborn as Stepping Sky every time, he would have enough to outlast the seal for a hundred and eighty generations.

The Dragon Turtle Power he refined over the years was scattered and stored within each locust tree, which was his fundamental resistance against the seal.

Without these powers, he’d return to the sorrowful state of initially being sealed in an Old Locust Tree.

He stood on tiptoes, the unique “Divine Sight” ability of the Spirit Clan extending his view toward Su He.

The Divine Sight was also sealed, and what he could use now was not even one percent of the original.

But it was enough to obtain the information he wanted.

It appeared that the blood concentration of this Little Dragon Turtle was about fifty percent, showing great potential for evolution.

Taking out twenty percent of the Dragon Turtle Power he had refined over six thousand years should be enough for the Little Dragon Turtle to evolve.

As long as the Little Dragon Turtle evolved, it would definitely discover the Dragon Turtle’s Great Tomb above its head.

Inside lay a cast-off shell of a Pure Blood Dragon Turtle; which turtle walking the path of the Dragon Turtle would let that go?

As long as it absorbed the cast-off shell from the Great Tomb—no need to absorb it all, even if it absorbed just a tenth or a fifth, the seal here would weaken by a large margin, and then he would have countless ways to escape the seal.

Instead of now, where just causing a Space Rift and pulling in a Turtle cost him almost half his life.

The Locust Tree controlled the fleeing Locust Tree Forest, moving closer to the Dragon Turtle’s side.

These locust trees, all propagated by him, might be somewhat abnormal because they held both his and the Dragon Turtle’s power.

How could a normal locust tree just get up and walk?

They’re not Divine Trees from the Jewel Plant World or Ghost Trees from the Yin Locust World.

Su He slowly opened his eyes, the hunger emanating from his bones slightly diminished.

The Bright Mirror had been running at high speed, detecting no discomfort.

This Dragon Turtle Qi was indeed a great supplement for him, though it was a bit insufficient.

The Locust Trees came and went.

Each leaf radiated a fearless readiness to sacrifice itself for a noble cause.

Every single one of them was terrified to death, yet they acted as if they were resigned to it.

A group of deserters who flee in the face of battle could not possibly have such high enlightenment, someone behind them must be forcing them to do this, and that could only be the locust tree that had captured them.

Su He looked around but saw nothing out of the ordinary.

In the distance, all locust trees remained still, indistinguishable from normal locust trees, with the sole exception of this approaching group of odd fellows.

Each one, regardless of size, was as timid as a mouse, seeming like a bunch of ghosts tiptoeing through a minefield, firstly extending their roots forward tentatively, touching the ground to the left and right, only daring to take a cautious step forward after being certain of no danger.

The moment they touched water, they would immediately scream and retreat, the surrounding locust trees scattering at once, some even falling to the ground to be mercilessly trampled over by the others.

It was only after a good while, when truly nothing happened, that they dared to tentatively return, trembling with fear.

Once they were confident that the water was not poisonous, they dared to take another small step forward.

And so, they crept towards Su He, step by tiny step.

Eventually, they stopped three zhang away from Su He, inserting their roots into the ground as if abused, with a twist of their treetops, they appeared ready for the picking.

After a long while, seeing that Su He remained unmoved and did not bring down any terrifying raindrops, nor did any overwhelming waves form beneath them, these locust trees shook their leaves, making rustling sounds as if they were communicating.

Suddenly feeling emboldened, a group of locust trees swung their branches at Su He all at once, making a cracking sound like a whip.

Feng Ya Ya was on high alert atop Turtle Mountain, the approach of the locust trees had already set off alarm bells in her head, not waiting for their attack to land, she leapt up and punched the air in front of her as she soared.

With a thunderous noise accompanied by the sound of swords ringing, the air split instantly, and cracks spread out in all directions.

Then, with a loud crash, everything came tumbling down, turning into fine dust before her eyes.

Except for the region beneath where the Dragon Turtle lay, with her at the center, it looked as if it had been struck by a meteorite, a crater expanding outwards.

Within ten li, not a single locust tree survived, to say nothing of the strange wood splinters, even the black smoke that should have formed after the splinters turned to ash was non-existent.

This punch carried Su Huanian’s sword intent, capable of slaying both gods and demons on contact.

If it were not for her concern about what might have happened to Su He and the fear that too much commotion would affect Big Turtle, she could have extended her victory tenfold.

Su He, who had refined Su Huanian’s Sword Qi, was not surprised.

Beside him, the toad had opened its mouth wide in shock, its pink tongue rolling out, it slapped the ground with a duang and then bounced back up, hopping repeatedly between the ground and its mouth.

This girl is no ordinary individual.

The toad had its own calculations—it knew many of its kind.

Soul Beasts that wanted to truly advance could only do so by finding a compatible Cultivator and progressing together.

Especially those who had a chance to enter the Stepping Sky Realm and open up their own Cave World.

They were like human-shaped plugins for Soul Beasts—of course, the reverse was also true.

Humans and Soul Beasts complemented each other.

Otherwise, they would end up like him, several thousand years old and still accomplishing nothing.

Feng Yaya surveyed the surroundings; the locust trees at the edge of the meteorite crater trembled violently, wanting to flee but not daring to.

Far away, the locust tree possessed by the Spirit Clan trembled incessantly.

The ghost mask hid within the trunk, not daring to show itself, looking at the demolished locust tree forest and feeling its bark go numb.

This was an attack of the Stepping Sky Realm, unmistakably so!

Although it was in a sealed state, with dulled senses, its experience had not been consumed.

That little red dumpling has a Stepping Sky Realm elder!

I’m most afraid of these brats with Stepping Sky Realm combat power.

Foolish calves unafraid of tigers, nothing is off-limits for them and they dare to do anything, risking their very lives!

I just wanted to catch a turtle to bring in, how did it end up bringing in some kind of calamity star along with it?

The locust tree quietly shrunk down by three sections, even burying its trunk into the soil, fearing being discovered.

Today, after switching hosts two or three times and forcibly tearing through space to drag these folks in, nearly being suppressed and sealed, I’ve already injured my origin.

Unless it’s absolutely necessary, I can’t transfer to any other trees anymore.

Su He looked at Feng Yaya, whose aura of sword qi was so compelling she seemed very much like his mother, and said softly, “Ya Ya, I’m awake.”

“Eh?” The wariness in Feng Yaya’s eyes receded, and she hopped onto Turtle Mountain, giggling, yet she didn’t take off the knuckledusters on her hand.

Su He tossed a piece of warm jade her way.

Although most of the power from that punch came from the knuckledusters, Feng Yaya still seemed to have some difficulty in controlling them and had expended a lot of energy.

The little girl’s eyes brightened as she caught it and immediately began gnawing on it with relish.

Savoring the taste.

From a distance, the locust tree trembled and its leaves rustled vigorously.

Is that…

warm jade?!

If it were not for the fact that I can’t breathe, I would be gasping for air right now.

Whose wild child treats warm jade like a snack?

The Spirit Clan would at least rank within the top five hundred in all the heavens and myriad realms.

But even for royal families, it would be impossible to supply warm jade in large quantities!

It’s a treasure for cultivation, only produced by a handful of sovereign great worlds like the Sealed Emperor Great World, Mystery Huang World, Buddha World, The Divine Kingdom of Light…

just a few of these worlds.

Could this be some great world’s princess?

The leaves of the tree quivered.

It’s a good thing…

that all I wanted was to break through the seal by relying on the Dragon Turtle.

I hadn’t planned on scheming anything…

I snuffed out that initial bit of ill intention I had at the bottom of my heart.

Even if discovered, I should…

at worst, only expect to take a beating.

No, wait, this little girl doesn’t have protectors around her.

Which family’s princess goes out without protectors?

I’m deeply puzzled.

Is she from the Mystery Huang World?

Only those belligerent savages from Mystery Huang World would recklessly throw their children out to fend for themselves.

Or is she like me, a little thief who stole someone else’s treasure and broke in?

Six thousand years ago, I was exactly that, having stolen treasures from the Mystery Huang World, randomly fleeing, and accidentally crashing into the Dragon Turtle’s Great Tomb, where I was spotted by a dying Dragon Turtle and sealed here in an instant.

With one punch from Feng Yaya, at least a thousand locust trees turned to ash.

Silver mist-like gaseous filaments on the ground slithered toward Su He, merging halfway, forming thicker and more robust strands.

The lines gathered more and more until they formed a palm-sized ball, sprouting limbs, a head, and a tail.

It was the spitting image of a miniature Little Dragon Turtle.

With a silvery-white body, although small, it was incredibly sharp.

This Dragon Turtle must be of the metal attribute!

Among the Five Elements, only metal carries such a spirit of slaughter.

Step by step the Little Dragon Turtle crawled towards Su He, merging into his body upon touching his paw, instantly transforming into a stream of icy chi circulating through his body.

As expected, here it comes again!

This time Su He was prepared, not allowing it to forcefully enter, and immediately channeled his spiritual power to draw the icy chi into the Mind Orifice, suppressing it beneath the Dragon Turtle Tao Rhythm.

There was much more chi this time, unlike last time when it got absorbed before he even had a chance to move it.

The Mind Orifice is truly wondrous.

Both spiritual power and True Blood use the Mind Orifice as their core, and within the Mind Orifice, the Dragon Turtle Shadow, possessing the complete Dragon Turtle Tao Rhythm, is indestructible.

Basically, as long as the Shadow exists, Su He’s Mind Orifice would be his strongest part.

Once he fully transforms into the Dragon Turtle and the Mind Orifice Shadow dissipates, the Mind Orifice would no longer be as powerful as it is now.

However, by then, Su He himself would be a pure Dragon Turtle, a Dao body.

What could possibly enter his body without his consent?

The External Appearance Turtle Mountain, with such non-aggressive methods, is utterly indefensible.

He summoned the Bright Mirror to carefully discern its properties.

After a moment, a line of text emerged on the Bright Mirror: Turtle Element +48

Turtle Element…

True Yuan!

In the Shedding Mortality Realm, the seventh step is “Gathering Origin”, implying the condensation of True Yuan.

Su He was not unfamiliar with True Yuan.

The tutors in Li Nan Yuan were mostly at this boundary status and had demonstrated True Yuan to him, and there was also a Demon Clan elder who specifically showed the six Demon Cultivators the Demon Yuan.

Su He just didn’t react at first; True Yuan should be more condensed than this qi, resembling emulsion.

This Turtle Yuan had been diluted or refined.

Su He opened his eyes and looked towards the Locust Tree Forest, seeking out the one that had pulled them in.

Scanning the locust trees, they seemed very peculiar.

It was only August, but the locust trees had already formed pods.

However, these pods were not abundant in every tree, nor were they on every tree.

Every now and then, one or two locust trees would have a pod or two, but each pod was as large as a person, and every seed inside was as big as a watermelon.

What caught Su He’s attention even more were two towering locust trees in the distance, which had not produced pods but two eggs!

These fruits were hanging from the trees, identical to the stone eggs previously seen on the beach.