Don’t Mess with that Turtle
Chapter 255 - 255 8 New Rankings of the Bai Ze List_1

255: Chapter 8: New Rankings of the Bai Ze List_1 255: Chapter 8: New Rankings of the Bai Ze List_1 A wave of sadness rose from beneath Yunmeng Ze’s waters.

All of a sudden, Su He turned around and peered into the underwater garden but saw nothing.

Tear drops fell without reason, purifying a patch of Ze Water.

The sorrowful aura from beneath the water was so thick it infected the surroundings, making it hard for Su He to maintain his composure.

A White Dragon broke through the water and soared to the Nine Heavens, coiling under the moonlight and stars.

It gazed at the waning moon in the west but remained silent, without even uttering a dragon’s chant.

The wave of sadness converged, all of it returning to the White Dragon.

It floated in the sky for a while, then slowly lowered its Dragon Head to meet Su He face to face.

Eyes like autumn waters, profound and silent…

“Am I beautiful?” After a long while, the White Dragon asked again.

Su He didn’t understand why but still answered truthfully, “Beautiful!

Extremely beautiful!”

“Thank you!” The White Dragon shook its Dragon Body and burrowed back into Yunmeng Ze, never to reappear.

Su He’s face was full of confusion.

What on earth had happened after he left?

In the distance, Golden Dragon Meng Xuan peeked out stealthily and snuck over.

Su He looked at her with a touch of resentment.

Give me my Earth Clothes back—two of them!

“What did you do to Auntie?” Meng Xuan whispered.

Why was there such a flash of sorrow?

Even the fish cried!

Su He: “?”

Shouldn’t she be asking what Auntie did to me?

With my little claws and tiny Turtle Shell, how could I do anything to her?

She even dug out my deepest secret!

Any deeper and it would be a breakthrough.

Su He was already silently calling for the Toad in his heart, asking it to take a trip to the Mountain and Sea Mystery Realm to see if any uncles or ancestors had hatched from their shells.

The Toad moves faster in the Profound Realm than he does.

It didn’t come with him to Yunmeng Ze and stayed in the minor world, completely engrossed in the grand undertaking of nation-building, especially since Feng Yaya had become a Transforming Beast, with a country entrusted to it.

Tasked with an important mission, the Toad didn’t slack off for even a day.

Ripples stirred beneath the water, and Liu Ru emerged, glancing at Meng Xuan before giving Su He a gentle bow and saying, “Honored Guest, Princess Chang was mischievous.

The Earth Cloth is too valuable; how could we ask for it in return?

Yunmeng Ze would like to offer this item in exchange, hoping for your understanding.”

She handed a hammer to Su He.

Meng Xuan exclaimed in surprise, “Eh?

Opening The Heaven?”

She signaled Su He with raised eyebrows and transmitted her voice, “This is a hammer refined in imitation of the Opening The Heaven artifact by a former Dragon King, a true treasure!”

She was signaling Su He to quickly accept it.

This mother Dragon always elbows outward.

Su He shook his head with a light smile, “Sister Liu Ru jokes, that’s a gift for Sister Ji, there’s no reason to ask for something in return.

Besides, Sister Ji also gave me Pill Medicine, who knows, maybe I came out ahead!”

I’m not foolish!

Earth Cloth might be precious, just a fetal membrane of a minor world.

Although only naturally formed minor worlds have it, with the All Heavens and Myriad Realms boasting of Three Thousand Great Worlds and a hundred thousand minor worlds, Earth Cloth certainly does not possess a unique attribute.

But Ji Feixue is unique, indeed!

If I can really get on good terms with Ji Feixue, what’s two more pieces of Earth Cloth?

Who knows how many people are queueing up to give gifts, unable to even deliver them!

Seeing his firm attitude, Liu Ru chuckled and took back the hammer, then said to Su He, “If there’s anything uncomfortable you can’t tell your family in the future, come to Yunmeng Ze to find me.

You’re also welcome to come for a visit when you have free time.”

Su He was overjoyed; wasn’t this how relationships were built?

He had already gone from an honored guest to Little Su He!

He chuckled, “I’m just afraid that if I come too often, Sister Liu Ru might find me annoying.”

Liu Ru covered her mouth and laughed lightly, then bowed shallowly to them and submerged back into the water, searching for Ji Feixue.

After dipping into the water, her expression grew somber—the sorrow that Princess Chang had just spread was all too clear to her.

Why would Princess Chang suddenly become like this?

Meng Xuan watched Liu Ru leave, then turned her weird gaze to Su He, “Sister Ji…” When did you and Auntie become so close?

Should I start calling you Uncle?

She curled her lip in disdain at Su He, “To not want a treasure, you’re foolish!”

After expressing her contempt, she moved closer to Su He again, “Let me show you something nice!”

She took out a mysterious jade mirror and displayed it before Su He.

It was the Bai Ze List.

Flipping to the Young Dragon Ranking, she gestured for Su He to take a look.

Upon it was a multitude of characters, not a single one of which Su He recognized.

He blinked and looked towards the Little Golden Dragon.

Meng Xuan realized her mistake, “Look at your own!”

The Bai Ze List connected with the Divine Sense, employing the characters natural to its owner.

Of course, the Dragon characters were used by the Golden Dragon Meng Xuan.

The Dragon clan has always liked to involve various powers, just like Yunmeng Ze and Xuan Tian Gate; rumors even suggest that in ancient times, there were dynasties established by the Dragon clan.

The Dragon clan has its own languages, unlike the Dragon Turtles, which are all lone wanderers.

Only the White Spirit, with too much time on its hands, came up with an exclusive language.

Su He took out the Bai Ze List.

The jade mirror flashed, revealing his information.

He, Dragon Turtle, ranked number 89973 on the Young Dragon List.

Among the 100,000 individuals on the Young Dragon List, there are those who have yet to reach Stepping Sky Three-fold—this includes the elites from All Heavens and young Divine God Beasts.

Of course, Divine God Beasts are not limited by age, and if one can manage to fight its way out of the Young Dragon List and enter the Battle List while still in its juvenile state, that too is perfectly acceptable.

Even members of other species have made it onto the Battle List without reaching Stepping Sky Two-fold.

In a vast world, all kinds of entities exist.

“What was White Spirit’s initial ranking when she first entered the Young Dragon List?” Su He asked curiously.

Meng Xuan greatly admired White Spirit and probably knew this information.

“She never made the list!” Meng Xuan’s eyes lit up when Su He mentioned White Spirit, “At the beginning, she was fighting the likes of Feng Jiu during the period when they were unopened hatchlings and couldn’t make it onto the Young Dragon List.

Later—White Spirit’s claim to fame was a battle where she faced a united front of one Stepping Sky Five-fold and seven Stepping Sky Four-fold from the Sealed Emperor’s Palace and wiped them out without a single injury, entering the Battle List at the rank of 50,000.

When she acted next, she went straight into the top 3,000 of the Battle List and stayed there for two millennia before being removed from the list.”

??

What does being removed mean?

Was her ranking only 3,000 before her death?

Meng Xuan knew what Su He was thinking from the look in his eyes and huffed, “Bai Ze is a stubborn old geezer; if you want it to change your ranking, even killing it won’t make it budge.

But if you beat it up and demand to be removed from the list, it will obediently comply.

However, throughout history, only seven have succeeded in getting their names removed.”

She leaned in close and said to Su He, “Bai Ze is ranked fifty-third on the Battle List, without a doubt in all the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.”

Su He was taken aback, his mouth dropped open.

I’m on my knees for my clan sister…

Meng Xuan waved a claw, “Don’t compare yourself to beings like that.

The fact you managed to fight your way onto the Young Dragon List without having opened the heaven is already astonishing to countless beings across All Heavens and Myriad Realms.”

This was different from how others made the list.

Dragon-Turtles naturally draw attention from birth; countless organizations and powers from All Heavens and Myriad Realms kept an eye on their every move even without his name appearing on the list.

The truth is the same for all members of the Four Spirits.

Any of the Four Spirits destined to rank in the top 200 on the Battle List after ten millennia would naturally attract attention—how could such a being not be noteworthy?

As Su He browsed the Battle List, he noticed that Ji Feixue was also not on it.

Not being named on the Battle List means she has beaten Bai Ze.

Her ranking must be at least above fifty-three.

He wondered if he should go somewhere to get two more Earth Cloths as gifts for her?

The Little Golden Dragon was talking, and unknowingly, Su He had led it back to Chenfeng Mountain.

It only realized where they were when a bolt of lightning struck it on its forehead as they climbed the mountain.

Still eager for more, it shook its tail and descended, only to see Su He below amid tumbling waves, steadying the lightning while entering the second region before coming to a halt and settling into a meditative state.

Ji Feixue didn’t mention the matter of the Dui Gua, which meant she permitted him to absorb it this way.

Time was running short; guests from different places who were to attend the Dragon Divine God Sacrifice would most likely all arrive today.

Chenfeng Mountain might not be accessible for many more days, so Su He seized all the time he had to draw from the Tao Rhythm of the Dui Gua.

The Boundary Pearl within activated the Small Dui Symbol at full capacity, spinning wildly around Tai’a Mountain.

…

At East Cloud Mountain, inside the No-Phase Sword Sect Water Jail.

There was a foot of stagnant water on the floor of the Water Jail with a foul smell.

Suspended above the water’s surface was a small table with four floating legs, on which there was a bottle of clear wine with several simple dishes.

Feng Yi Ju, dressed in Scholar robes, sat cross-legged above the water while the scholar opposite to him was half-submerged in it, appearing not to care in the least.

He sipped his wine and put down the cup, “Has the Sect Leader senior brother changed his mind?”

Feng Yi Ju replied with a slight smile, “To live in East Cloud is ultimately to observe the sky from the bottom of a well.

If junior brother had seen the Xuan Tian Sect Leader conjure millions of Talisman Runes with a flick of his wrist or destroy worlds with a wave of his hand, you would think likewise.”

An entire cycle of calculations and strategic planning over three hundred years just to gain a part of East Cloud, which spanned tens of thousands of miles, yet in front of such a Greater Power, it could be annihilated in the blink of an eye.

He still remembers the Dragon Turtle Protector that arrived breaking through the air when Su Huanian was undergoing his tribulation; its presence was as solid as a mountain!

Su Huanian’s sword strike, potent enough to cause mutual destruction, could not even leave a mark on the Dragon Turtle’s body.

The Dragon Turtle asked Su Huanian if he wanted it to directly suppress him.

Feng Yi Ju could feel the Dragon Turtle was not joking or merely being polite.

But was serious about killing a Feng Yi Ju being as inconsequential as a puff of breath!

In the Cultivation World, all is illusion except for true strength.

The scholar pondered for a moment, “But East Cloud is not yet refined, Qingyuan has not developed, and the Big Ming King Demon Statue still needs to be empowered by Stepping Sky.

Senior brother can’t shatter the mirror in one day.”

A single misstep could mean losing everything.

During the great battle in Qingyuan, Su Huanian inexplicably sent an avatar imbued with Intention, and the affairs of Feng Yaya came to light.

Su Huanian publicly burned the marriage token, severing the husband-and-wife relationship with the Sect Leader senior brother.

Her backing coalition—Sword Washing Pool, Heavenly Secret Pavilion, and even Beast Valley—all subtly began to drift apart.

Only their chiefs and power-wielding Elders had not yet returned.

The true split had not happened yet.

Feng Yi Ju pondered for a while, “We should not act hastily in East Cloud for now.

Without us moving, neither Xuan Tian Gate nor Yunmeng Ze would detect anything amiss; we should first find ways to elevate our Boundary Status.”

The scholar remained silent.

East Cloud was special, or else the senior brother wouldn’t have needed to endure the pressure from Prison Ghost to develop a Sect here.

Senior brother is capable enough to create the No-Phase Sword Sect and lead Qingyuan away from East Cloud into a wider world.

Sacrificing countless Disciples—wasn’t it all because of the specialness of East Cloud?

He poured himself another cup of wine, cradling it in his hands but not drinking, after a long pause, he looked at Feng Yi Ju, “Senior brother knows my race is special—I am from the Dry River Tribe of the Heavenly Origin Great World.”

“My tribe cultivates through warfare; the battle in Qingyuan granted us a great harvest.

If not for the Mountain Soul merging into my body, I would have broken through the Boundary Status long ago.

In spite of this, I have still made considerable improvements in this period.

A month ago, when my bloodline boiled and I felt panic-stricken, it must have been when a Divine God Beast of my tribe was nearby.”

With respect, he raised his hands to the sky in a ceremonial gesture, “The Divine God Beast worshiped by my tribe is Zhu Yan, formidable in combat.

It is the natural predator of all Divine God Beasts in All Heavens and Myriad Realms.”

He said with pride, “If senior brother would release me, I could surely find Divine God Beast Zhu Yan and perhaps even persuade it to obstruct the Dragon Turtle, so senior brother need not take a risk!”

Feng Yi Ju felt a stir but then slowly shook his head.

His junior brother admired Zhu Yan but did not realize the high status of the Dragon Turtle.

Whether Zhu Yan could stop the Dragon Turtle was doubtful.

Besides, what he planned to do completely avoided offending the Dragon Turtle, so why cause unnecessary complications?