Don’t Mess with that Turtle
Chapter 252 - 252 6 Earth Cloth_1

252: Chapter 6 Earth Cloth_1 252: Chapter 6 Earth Cloth_1 Su He looked at the Magical Treasure given by Bifang.

It was like a garment as light as gossamer—not actually clothing, its shape indescribable, almost like a wisp of thin smoke that enveloped his entire body when draped over.

This thing didn’t even require refining,, anyone could use it once it was in their possession.

Wearing it didn’t add an extra layer of defense, rather … it seemed to create a separation from the world, as if the Formation above could no longer detect him.

It could block Chaotic Edge probably for the same reason.

Chaotic Edge couldn’t detect the living creature beneath this layer of garment.

A dice landed on the garment, spinning around and around.

Su He instantly threw the garment into the External Space.

The dice followed right in, showing two dots.

Garment ×2

Is this really considered snatching?

It’s clearly compensation!

Meng Xuan flew up amidst the Thunder, “That’s the womb membrane of a naturally formed microcosm.”

Her dragon whiskers fluttered as she glared at Su He, “Afraid I’d snatch it from you, huh?” Stingy!

Seeing her approach, he immediately put it away.

As if a Dragon Turtle has never seen treasures!

Su He: “…”

He shook his head, “I’m afraid the Formation will judge that I used the Magical Treasure to ascend and refuse me the Token.”

This explanation was somewhat plausible.

Meng Xuan explained to Su He, “Only a naturally formed microcosm has a womb membrane, also called Earth Cloth.

Bifang isn’t skilled in refining treasures and used it directly, but you can ask your aunt to help you refine it into a Magical Treasure.”

Not just Bifang, all Divine God Beasts are not adept at refining treasures.

The fine craftsmanship of Refining Treasure and Alchemy, the more top-tier the Divine God Beast, the less adept they are — of course, this is relative to the Divine God Beast’s combat power.

A Divine God Beast whose lifespan is unfathomably long, what is there that they absolutely do not understand?

“It was right to take the Earth Cloth.

To just wear it and ascend would invite scorn.” Though the Earth Cloth prevents the Formation from delivering attacks, even if any blind person could see the combat power of the Dragon Turtle, who doesn’t have a mouth skilled at fabricating stories?

Su He looked towards the second area again.

The Golden Dragon whispered secretly, “Don’t move too quickly, that area is extremely beneficial for Water Type Divine God Beasts.

Even if you feel an aura that is extremely difficult and arduous to comprehend, and even harmful to the body, try to absorb as much as you can!”

After speaking, she winked at Su He and turned her head to descend the mountain.

Su He: “??”

This was no longer a hint, but an explicit instruction, right?

For Water Type Divine God Beasts, what else could be extremely beneficial, if not the Dui Gua?

Dui represents the marsh, it’s the big waters!

The only thing more suitable for Water Type Divine God Beasts than Dui Gua is Kangua.

So, Yunmeng Ze doesn’t forbid foreign Divine God Beasts from absorbing the Tao Rhythm of Dui Gua?

Su He looked towards the second area, where a Heng Gong Fish struggled to move towards the mountain’s peak, its body’s brilliance flashing desperately, as if repelling something and the surrounding air was poisonous.

Su He licked his lips and leaped into the second area.

Unlike the sudden arrival, he now had a firsthand experience.

The second area appeared vast, but upon entering, he could immediately sense abundant Yuan of water, and Spiritual Power felt like a thousand weigh mountain pressing on the Turtle Shell.

With every step taken, heavy Yuan of water impeded him.

Inside the Boundary Pearl, the Small Dui Symbol flickered with light, desperately absorbing the Tao Rhythm of Dui Gua.

No clouds and mist formed around the Little Dui Symbol that it couldn’t absorb, the dice evidently treating the entire Tao Rhythm of Dui Gua as one, permanently effective with a single roll.

The Witch at the summit of Tai’a Mountain, motionless, opened her eyes and looked down at her hands; after a moment, she regained her calm.

Su He looked at the Little Sixty-Four Hexagrams spinning around Tai’a Mountain.

He could control these Hexagrams at will, but whenever they encountered external Hexagrams of the same type, they would uncontrollably absorb their Tao Rhythm.

This was like a ticking time bomb.

Without a doubt, those possessing Hexagrams are great powers.

To simply extract the Hexagram’s Tao Rhythm from someone…

You would be beaten, or even die!

Su He attempted to control the Little Dui Symbol to stop absorbing the Tao Rhythm.

The light on the Little Dui Symbol brightened, and the absorption became even more vigorous.

Ungrateful child!

The Sixty-Four Hexagrams definitely belonged to Su He, otherwise, the dice would not have rolled down.

The issue was that now the Little Sixty-Four Hexagrams were like the heart during the Grass Turtle phase, beating independently of Su He’s control.

Only the fully solidified Little Constant Trigram could be completely controlled by Su He.

Su He took steps forward gradually, moving extremely slowly.

Speaking of being slow, turtles would win over all Divine God Beasts.

The heavy Yuan of water pressed down, and the Turtle Shell creaked and groaned.

The greatest challenge of this stage was not moving quickly, but moving slowly.

To stop and absorb the Tao Rhythm of Dui Gua, one had to endure the Suppression of the Dui water Yuan.

But not everyone wanted to move slowly to absorb the Tao Rhythm.

The Heng Gong Fish ahead was desperate to speed up.

It seemed that the Dui water Yuan was like lethal poison for it.

The Heng Gong Fish looked back at Su He, showing confusion.

This Dragon Turtle did not use any methods to disperse the surrounding water Yuan and appeared to be…

absorbing it?

The Heng Gong Fish had witnessed Su He’s combat power firsthand.

For a Heng Gong Fish that hadn’t opened the heaven, he was an unattainable existence.

Right after the Heavenly Tribulation, to be able to battle with those twenty-thousand-year-old beings who had opened the heaven twice, and even to triumph over them…

It was inconceivable!

Is this the nature of a Dragon Turtle?

Being the pinnacle of all Water attribute Divine God Beasts, it didn’t disperse the surrounding water Yuan.

Could it be that the Yuan here was originally intended for absorption?

The fish whiskers shook, and it attempted to remove the radiance from its body.

The Dui water Yuan instantly bore down; in just a moment, the Heng Gong Fish looked as if it had been thrown into boiling oil, its whole body making sizzling and crackling sounds, skin and flesh being stripped away to reveal bones.

With a painful cry, the Heng Gong Fish tumbled and leaped about wildly; the more it bounced, the greater the water Yuan damaged it, soon flaying its flesh and exposing bones.

Enduring the agony, it tried to absorb a trace of the water Yuan, and even its internal organs burst open.

The scene was unspeakably tragic.

“??”

Su He hummed lowly, tossed out the Earth Cloth to envelope the Heng Gong Fish.

The water Yuan no longer corroded or harmed it, and only then did the Heng Gong Fish start to recover, murmuring lowly towards Su He, “Thank you!”

The voice was pleasant, coming from a female.

But it seemed her mind wasn’t quite right.

It finished its gratitude, then cast a resentful glance at Su He, “Why is it that you are unharmed when exposed here?”

Su He was silent for a moment before replying, “I have an External Appearance!”

Although he did not have an External Appearance, the Water Yuan seemed to do him no harm; however, saying such might have caused harm to the Heng Gong Fish.

Heng Gong Fish: “…”

I’m the fool!

Its light screen propped up again and, with a few flicks of its fins, it returned the Earth Cloth to Su He, “Thank you for your aid, fellow Daoist.

I advise you not to comprehend here any longer.

Even Fu Zhu could not understand this place…”

It suddenly stopped talking and looked resentfully at Su He once more before flicking its tail and swimming towards the mountain peak.

Su He could hear the Heng Gong Fish muttering as it went: “He is a Dragon Turtle… He is a Dragon Turtle…”

What is Fu Zhu compared to a Dragon Turtle?

Just because Fu Zhu couldn’t do it, it doesn’t mean the Dragon Turtle can’t!

Moving as fast as it could, the Heng Gong Fish headed for the summit.

After a while, hearing no movement behind it, it turned to look but saw the Dragon Turtle had at some point completely stopped, its Turtle Shell bombarded wave after wave by the illusory sea waves formed by the Water Yuan.

The Heng Gong Fish opened its mouth but did not speak.

Is this the world of the Dragon Turtle?

The deadly Water Yuan that it, in utter fear, could not avoid, is merely surfing for the Dragon Turtle?

A Greedy Wolf and a Zheng marched into the second area, braced against the Thunder.

The Water Yuan sloped, the Greedy Wolf’s moon-white fur emitted a faint glow, and with a gentle shake of the third tail of the Zheng, the Water Yuan that came rushing towards it did not stick, diverting to either side.

The two beasts handled the weight as if it were nothing, which made the Heng Gong Fish quite envious.

The first tail of Zheng was a restrictive class Divine Skill, capable of solidifying space.

The second tail was a Fire Type Divine Skill, the third, defense…

The Greedy Wolf, walking with a brisk pace, came beside Su He and saw him with closed eyes, seemingly comprehending.

Its breathing became drawn out, the crescent on its brow flickering.

It was about to attack the Dragon Turtle?

The Heng Gong Fish took a sharp breath and let out a cry like that of a baby, charging towards them.

But then, the Zheng swiftly moved to stand before the Dragon Turtle.

“He is understanding Tao!” Zheng looked at the Greedy Wolf.

Everyone wanted to fight the Dragon Turtle, especially after being suppressed and beaten by White Spirit for twenty thousand years.

The mere sight of the Dragon Turtle filled them with an uncontrollable urge.

But there is dignity in being a beast!

A fight should occur when the Dragon Turtle is prepared, not when it is wholly absorbed in comprehending Tao.

Would you dare to take advantage when it is vulnerable?

The Greedy Wolf cast a brief glance at the Zheng, “Don’t be so foolish!”

Did those of the Zheng Clan only have brains for fighting?

They were not enemies, and an ambush while the Dragon Turtle was understanding Tao would put the Greedy Wolf Clan in a difficult situation to protect it.

It was simply taking a closer look at this Dragon Turtle.

What sort of abilities could make a Clan Uncle concede defeat to it without even fighting, causing it to lose thirty thousand merits?

The Dragon Turtle must have some methods!

The matter being settled, it would look for a fight with the Dragon Turtle—an emotionless and grudge-free spar, pure and simple.

It passed Su He and walked up the mountain, passing the Heng Gong Fish and snorting disdainfully.

It wanted to sneer a few words.

But then it was blocked by the Zheng again.

The Zheng looked at the Heng Gong Fish, its spiky tongue licking its mouth, smiling like a leopard-head house cat: “Not bad!

I like it!”

This kind of fish with the courage to recognize and appreciate kindness was to its taste.

The Heng Gong Fish retracted into itself a bit.

Fish and cats naturally did not get along, even though this was a leopard…leopards are big cats!

“If you have the chance, come to Zhang E Mountain.

I will show you around,” the Zheng waved its paw and climbed toward the mountain top, braced against the Water Yuan.

Zhang E Mountain was more than just a mountain; its vastness was indescribable.

Both Bifang’s and Zheng’s ancestral lands were located here, yet the two clans had a rather normal relationship.

The Heng Gong Fish was taken aback.

Among Divine God Beasts, there were levels of stature, but the only true equality was lifespan.

The Heng Gong Fish Clan was one of the weaker clans that could only open the Three-fold Heaven to its extreme.

Both the Zheng and the Greedy Wolf were unattainable existences for it.

The Heng Gong Fish glanced at the Zheng and Greedy Wolf who had surpassed it, then looked down at the Dragon Turtle below.

It lowered its body and flicked its tail, slowly swimming towards the mountain peak.

It maintained its own pace, neither chasing those ahead nor fawning over those behind.

Su He’s consciousness slowly relaxed, and the prepared Mountain Divine God Seal and Domain had their force removed as well; his consciousness reimmersed into the Boundary Pearl.

At this moment, the Small Dui Symbol was jumping for joy, and the Witch at the top of Tai’a Mountain opened her eyes again to look at her right hand.

There, a pen faintly began to take shape.

Extremely ethereal!

It seemed it would shatter at just one touch.

The instant the pen began to take form, Su He sensed the initial formation of an Opening Heaven Divine Artifact.

The Witch of the Pen was to be his first Opening Heaven Divine Artifact.

It took three to four months for the Little Constant Trigram to form the Witch, but the Little Dui Symbol took just over an hour to begin condensing the pen—The gap was glaringly obvious.

He wondered if it was because the dice had been enchanted, thereby improving the quality of the Hexagrams Rhyme that the Little Dui Symbol had absorbed, or whether within the Opening Heaven Divine Artifact, the Witch was more important than the pen, thus having a larger proportion.

There was a full month left until the Dragon Divine God Sacrifice, and it was uncertain whether this pen could be fully, solidly formed in that time.

Su He didn’t plan to go further up; who knew if seizing the mansion token counted as snatching.

If the dice rolled a number score, that would really stir things up.

He would stay here for the month, absorbing the Dui Gua Tao Rhythm, and if rest was needed, he’d freeload at the Little Golden Dragon’s Princess Mansion for the night.

They were all Divine God Beasts without many pretensions.

After an unknown amount of time, Su He slowly opened his eyes.

The waning moon was in the west, and dawn was near.

Unbeknownst to him, another figure had appeared at his side, a graceful woman dressed as a handmaiden, with a Soul Beast resembling a Fire Dragon Fruit hopping around her.

The Little Golden Dragon swirled around, and upon seeing Su He awaken, its Dragon Head approached him, tossing him a meaningful look, “Auntie wants to see you!”

Su He was startled.

The handmaiden bowed to him with a smile, “Honored guest, long time no see!”