Don’t Mess with that Turtle
Chapter 184 - 184 043 Ethnic Groups Combined Two in One_3

184: Chapter 043 Ethnic Groups (Combined Two in One)_3 184: Chapter 043 Ethnic Groups (Combined Two in One)_3 “Calling elders ‘ancestor’ creates distance!”

The Dragon Turtle Tribe doesn’t rank its members by age.

It takes 80,000 years for a Dragon Turtle to reach maturity, but a new generation might not be born even after 180,000 years.

If we really ranked by age, how many ‘ancestors’ would need to be added to address a predecessor?

Order of generations among Dragon Turtles.

From the time you’re born, if a new turtle arrives within 80,000 years, you are of one generation.

If another appears not long after 80,000 years, then the three of you are considered the same generation—though in reality, the first and third may have an age difference spanning more than a single generation.

In Gu Luo and their generation, there was a population boom, with four Dragon Turtles born within 300,000 years, all counted as one generation.

It took another full 300,000 years before White Spirit appeared, and then little over 20,000 but less than 30,000 years passed until Su He was born.

So, White Spirit is indeed Su He’s clan sister, earnestly speaking.

“Mmm~”

“This one is Wasteland Ancestor!

The true body of Wasteland Ancestor suppresses the Dustless Sea, and cannot separate its consciousness from it.

Today, it forcefully split a sliver of consciousness to enter the Profound Realm just because you came.”

This is a very special Dragon Turtle, and it is not known whether it had merely split a sliver of consciousness or for some other reason, it appeared almost transparent, like a crystalline entity.

Su He bowed his head in greeting.

Wasteland Ancestor let out a long chant, “Good!

When you grow up a bit, come play in the Dustless Sea, and this second elder will give you a chance.”

Four uncle-level Dragon Turtles immediately began to howl.

The opportunity mentioned by the Wasteland Ancestor was only available to young Dragon Turtles.

They couldn’t get it in their youth because Wasteland Ancestor was then struggling with the Dustless Sea and couldn’t offer them the chance.

It wasn’t until more than 20,000 years ago that Little White Spirit went to play in the Dustless Sea and became the first Dragon Turtle to receive such an opportunity.

It made everyone envious!

Su He was even luckier, being a Water attribute Dragon Turtle, he was more suited to the opportunities offered by the Dustless Sea.

Su He immediately expressed his gratitude.

A few Dragon Turtles circled around Su He, some clapped their claws on his Turtle Shell, some doused him with water from above, others simply picked him up on their shells and took off running, carrying him like a youngster on their back.

It took a good while before things finally quieted down.

Su He understood and nodded to Gu Luo.

Gu Luo chanted softly.

“No need to be anxious, just recall the events on the Island Among The Clouds in your mind.”

They just wanted to see the remains left by White Spirit and find out what exactly had happened.

Su He closed his eyes and began to recall everything from the moment he stepped on the bamboo raft onto the Island Among The Clouds, all the way to the Dragon Turtle Palace and pushing the door open.

An image of a not-so-large White Jade Dragon Turtle appeared.

All seven Dragon Turtles looked towards the scene.

A look of melancholy and disappointment emerged in their eyes.

The sight of this familiar figure shattered a sliver of impossible hope they held onto.

It was indeed White Spirit.

Especially those repeated calls of “Call me sister!” Only she could produce such a voice.

“Let’s look further,” Red Ancestor’s voice rang inside the heads of the turtles, “It is indeed the remains of Little White Spirit, but…” Its eyes burst with a brilliant light, “Little White Spirit’s signature trait of recognizing people by their turtle form is missing!”

Seeing Dragon Turtles identify their names is a natural ability they have.

It’s fundamental…

The three of them are different.

Thai Zu can conceal or reveal his name at will due to the Tai Trigram within him.

Thai Zu had temporarily concealed its name as a punishment.

Wasteland Ancestor is suppressing the Dustless Sea, which is also a very unique place.

But with Little White Spirit, the name not being evident is wrong.

“Moreover, from Little Su He’s recollections, it can be seen that Little White Spirit’s strength was almost entirely absent from the body!”

If it weren’t for the fact that Dragon Turtles can’t reincarnate, can’t practice Borrowing the Dead and Returning the Soul, can’t leave the body as a Yuan Spirit, they would suspect Little White Spirit got tired of being a Dragon Turtle and changed her identity to roam free elsewhere.

The trait is missing, the strength is absent, and many coincidences were arranged, predicting this day thousands of years in advance.

The Sealing of the Spirit Clan left Little Su He with the Eternal Trigram, Turtle Bead, and Turtle Element, helping the young clan member advance.

What was this little one up to?

She didn’t want to live herself but would leave an entire Dragon Turtle to the tribe?

Su He and them would want it, but White Spirit didn’t want to lose it either.

Turtles, are very greedy!

Seven Dragon Turtles who lived for who knows how many years were all confounded by her.

Su He slowly opened his eyes, only to see the varied expressions of his seven elders.

The turtles shook their heads, unable to understand.

Wasteland Ancestor offered a few encouraging words, greeted the other Dragon Turtles, and his consciousness body gradually dissipated, leaving.

Today’s two major events had been completed, welcoming the newborn and inspecting the deceased.

The other turtles also said their goodbyes to their kin and gradually left.

Each turtle had its own affairs, and consciousness bodies that remained in the Profound Realm were mostly entrapped in deep slumber—facing the same few faces for hundreds of thousands of years, there’s nothing left to talk about.

Thai Zu’s eyes fell back into a state of Chaotic haziness.

Gu Luo chanted softly, leading Su He to a side where the Crystal Jade Bi stood.

The chant rose, with a slightly complicated undertone.

“Little one, recorded here are all kinds of treasures within the Dragon Turtle Clan, as well as the personal treasuries of the elders that are public.

When you’re cultivating and in need, you may directly take what you require—after taking treasures of the clan, you must return similar or equal items within ten thousand years.

Of course, completing tasks for the clan, or for other elders, in exchange for treasures is easier.

If you directly take them, and haven’t returned them by adulthood, you must return tenfold of equal-ranked treasures.”

This was the Dragon Turtles’ way of looking after the younger generation.

It’s somewhat akin to doing chores for your parents in exchange for pocket money.

“Of course—” it looked at Su He and chanted softly, “Within twenty thousand years, you may freely take a realm treasure without the need for reimbursement.

But each time you take one, you must state your reason—even if it’s just for showing off or scattering wealth in the streets.”

A realm treasure is an item needed to evolve an embryonic small world into a complete world.

Dragon Turtles aren’t short of wealth.

Scattering wealth doesn’t matter; the fear is being conned and counting money for the conman—being conned doesn’t really matter either, no elder will interfere, one learns from one’s pitfalls.

To spend some Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure for a lesson is well worth it.

Turtles live too long.

Having been conned, loved, and hurt leads to a Turtle Life.

To love, to hate, to despise, to enjoy—this is a complete life.

The worst is to desire nothing.

A Dragon Turtle devoid of desire, after ten thousand, a hundred thousand years, truly becomes no different from a stone.