Don’t Mess with that Turtle
Chapter 320 - 320 46_1

320: Chapter 46_1 320: Chapter 46_1 The stars were like a turtle-snake, swallowing clouds, releasing fog, with a roar that was ancient and timeworn.

Above his head, the seven constellations seemed to come to life, with a Black Tortoise meandering through the star sea.

Its body was surrounded by twinkling stars that illuminated the murals on either side of the tomb path, and Su Hua’s True Yuan flowed uncontrollably into the murals, unfolding a scene before him.

In a dark and mysterious aquatic domain, a Dragon Turtle was stirring up colossal waves, waging war against a group of people, a peculiar tribe with human bodies and cow legs, topped with a single horn.

War drums, battle flags, and Sun Chariot Frames spanned the heavens, and formidable Magical Treasures suppressed all directions.

The Dragon Turtle charged recklessly, unmatched in combat.

With drumbeats resounding, the One-horned Bull Men charged valiantly but to no avail, unable to even approach the Dragon Turtle’s body.

The war was like a one-sided slaughter.

Yet the Dragon Turtle continued its onslaught without venturing far, protecting something within this aquatic domain.

The war raged on, blood dyed the waters red as if it were a sea of blood.

After an indeterminate time, the sky suddenly tore open, and a beast resembling a rhino burst forth.

Its horn pressed against the Dragon Turtle’s shell, sending the Dragon Turtle reeling back and revealing what it had been guarding.

The Tao Palace!

The Dragon Turtle’s Heritage Palace!

At that moment, the Palace looked pristine as though it had just solidified, not yet merged with the Dragon Turtle Bloodline.

The One-horned Bull People were trying to seize the Tao Palace!

The Dragon Turtle roared and in a flash reappeared beside the Palace, its foreclaws striking downward, waves surged like a downpour, striking directly downwards.

It was an immense weight, but not the “a thousand weigh” that Su He knew.

Each raindrop seemed to contain a world that was born, flourished, and then perished.

Each drop of rain held the power to destroy worlds.

The Dragon Turtle attacked, spewing a mountain from its mouth that crashed into the rhino.

Without a sound, the rhino cracked inch by inch, and the space it occupied turned into a void, consuming all things.

Gasping for breath, the Dragon Turtle was unaware of how long it had fought.

Taking advantage of a lull, it cast a glance at the Tao Palace, its eyes filled with lingering affection, reluctance, and deep concern.

The scene shattered abruptly there, no longer showing the battle of the Dragon Turtle, but instead a thatched cottage appeared.

In front of it, a lone One-horned Bull Man sat quietly, beside him a coffin surrounded by endless Talisman Runes and Laws, with Magical Treasures suppressing it further.

The One-horned Bull Man’s face was somber as he gazed upward.

From the void, a sword descended, beheading the Bull Man.

A slender hand fell from the sky, scattering all the Talismans and Magical Treasures covering the coffin with a thunderous palm strike.

From within the coffin, a corpse was lifted and ascended to the heavens, then it disappeared.

That was the corpse of Su He’s past life.

The beheaded One-horned Bull Man’s head was not yet dead.

It looked up towards the Nine Heavens and spoke, “You may take away one life, but not the next.

The corpse and True Spirit of this person, our tribe must exterminate!

If it cannot be killed now, we’ll sever him in the next life.

Heaven shall not permit his existence!”

Boom!

A Mountain Divine God Seal descended from the sky, obliterating the entire mountaintop.

The murals shattered completely at this point, and no matter how Su He channeled True Yuan, he could not stir even the slightest tremor, with only the Xuanwu Seven Constellations above him shining brightly.

A moment of enlightenment rose from the depths of Su He’s heart.

With his current Boundary Status, he could only see this much of the murals.

The Azure Dragon and Phoenix Chao Fei must have seen more, which was why they were in such a hurry to come and go.

Even different races probably saw different things.

Su He crawled forward two steps, revealing his Peacock True Body, and instantly, the Xuanwu Seven Constellations above his head extinguished, transforming the murals on either side into cloud mists, just as he had seen in the White Tiger Tomb Path.

The Peacock could not see the murals of this tomb path.

Flapping his wings, Su He leaped and slid into the Vermilion Bird Tomb Path.

Looking up, he saw no movement in the Vermilion Bird stars, and the murals on either side were still obscured by cloud mist.

Su He frowned, sending forth his True Yuan, but neither the murals nor the Star Fate responded.

The Peacock True Body had not set foot on the Vermilion Bird Path, unable to see the scenes within?

This place was not large, but it seemed to record some secrets from the distant past.

The four tomb paths were related to the Four Sacred Beasts, but the scenes Su He saw had no connection to the Sacred Beasts.

Instead, they were related to him!

The tribe with the cow legs and a single horn, what were they?

Even through the murals, Su He could sense their murderous intent towards him.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary young man, from whence did such hatred arise—especially for just a corpse!

Not content with annihilating his past life, they also wanted to kill him in his current one?

A Mountain Divine God Seal to smother you!

Su He returned to the Xuanwu Passage, where the stars above shone brightly, and hundreds of stars moved according to a specific pattern.

Although he could not understand it, he was not foolish.

These moving stars were clearly related to Xuanwu!

Su He watched intently, memorizing the precise pattern of the stars’ movements without error.

The trajectories of more than eight hundred stars were not too difficult to memorize for Su He.

Once he was sure of his recollections, Su He returned to the White Tiger Tomb Path and pushed open the door—he had tried the Xuanwu Passage, but the door would not budge.

The Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace had four doors, but only one person could pass through each.

The Xuanwu Passage had been traversed by a Turtle and had recognized its master.

But the Tomb Chamber bore no shadow; that Turtle probably only entered the Passage and never visited the Tomb Chamber.

What a curious thing indeed.

Of the four Tomb Paths, only the White Tiger Tomb Path was unoccupied.

The one he claimed was the White Tiger Passage.

With his head bowed, Su He was still pondering the scenes he witnessed inside the tomb.

Unaware, he stepped through the stone gate and found himself outside the Tao Palace.

A comfortable familiar feeling arose leisurely.

Su He suddenly awoke to realize that the entire cavern had been completely refined by Su Huanian.

All he needed to do was imprint his own aura to claim it.

A trip to the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace appeared to have spanned a substantial amount of time outside.

Far away, Lei was roasting two large shrimp, emitting a faint, enticing aroma that whetted the appetite.

“How was it, what is suppressed inside?” Green Thunder turned his head to ask.

I also don’t know.

The two scenes didn’t reveal what they were suppressing, Su He shook his head, opened his mouth to speak, but discovered that he couldn’t describe what he had seen in the tomb.

“Eh?”

“What?

Can’t speak of it?” The Green Thunder Dragon asked curiously, coiling around Ya Ya’s turtle shell.

Su He nodded: “Whenever I think about the scenes inside the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace, my mouth can’t form the words.”

He tried for a bit, but it was not just speech.

Divine sense, consciousness, writing—none of the means of communication could be used to convey the message.

“Is there danger inside?” Green Thunder asked in a deep voice, arcs flashing on his body, squinting at the Tao Palace gate.

Su He shook his head.

Su He didn’t even know what the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace was suppressing.

However, now that his body from the past life was gone, he didn’t know if the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace still had its suppressing effect?

Electricity condensed between the two horns of Green Thunder, forming Talisman Runes that settled on Su He.

After a long while, he said, “Seal!”

There was a sealing power on Su He’s body, preventing him from speaking about the matters of the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace.

Lei fell silent for a moment: “No matter, all things impossible are just due to insufficient Tao cultivation.

Once your cultivation is sufficient and surpasses the one who established the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace, naturally all restrictions will cease to exist.”

He then pondered again for a moment: “Perhaps, the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace is suppressing the very thing it forbids you to describe?”

What’s there in a story that needs suppression?

Su He shook his head, “Does Uncle Lei know how my Dragon Turtle Tribe came to inherit the Tao Palace?”

A light flashed in Green Thunder’s eyes, and his claws moved excitedly, as if he was eager to try: “That matter, probably only Thai Zu knows.

You might want to ask him.”

Which Dragon Turtle wouldn’t be curious about the Heritage Palace?

He also asked out of curiosity with Uncle Red’s provocation but ended up being hung up by Thai Zu and whipped soundly.

Back then, the other Dragon Turtles were delighted with schadenfreude to an unreasonable extent.

Later, it was found that anyone who had asked had been hung up and whipped by Thai Zu.

This was about to become a traditional event for the Dragon Turtle Tribe.

Well, it was time for Su He, too.

He had already opened The Heaven, if he didn’t take his beatings now, his entire childhood would be incomplete.

Ya Ya is an exception, a little girl with thin skin cannot be beaten.

Green Thunder’s gaze fell on Ya Ya again, a trace of affection in his eyes.

The little turtle was stuffed and lay upside down on the ground, sleeping with her shell pointing downwards and limbs spread out.

Ya Ya was born from a broken shell, a natural Dragon Turtle who had not experienced a Heavenly Tribulation.

Without replenishment from Origin World energy, she must now truly grow step by step.

Now was the time when she needed to eat and sleep the most.

The Green Thunder Dragon’s beard moved, and he gently adjusted Ya Ya’s position, extinguished the bonfire with a soft breath, left the roasted shrimp beside Ya Ya, and tossed a box to Su He.

“Inside are Pill Medicines, one every three days, to be taken at the Hours of Zi each night.

Keep an eye on Ya Ya and make sure she doesn’t miss them.

They can help her solidify her foundation and boost her potential.

Also, the food is Ya Ya’s ration, you’re not allowed to steal it…

After she’s full, you can try some too.”

Su He: “???”

Uncle Lei wasn’t originally going to say this, right?

He looked up at Green Thunder, only to see another box flying towards Su Huanian: “You should take good care of yourself after a serious injury.

Since medicine is always harmful, it is better to nourish with food.

Don’t be frugal with some edibles.

I don’t have much of value here, but when Uncle Huai leaves seclusion, he will have real delicacies.”

Su Huanian was startled; she had not expected Green Thunder to actually have a gift for her.

Just as she was about to refuse, Green Thunder already swayed his beard and took flight, not giving her a chance to respond.

Su He looked at the box in front of him, then at the lunch box in Su Huanian’s hands, and a big question mark rose above his head.

I, an outsider?

Green Thunder glanced at him, this turtle didn’t have self-awareness.

Ya Ya and Su Huanian, one was the granddaughter, with the same attributes within the Dragon Turtle, that means she’s a blood granddaughter!

The other one is Ya Ya’s mother; she gave birth to a Dragon Turtle.

Is that an ordinary person?

She’s a hero of the Dragon Turtle Tribe!

Once all the Dragon Turtles leave seclusion, the real gifts will be delivered.

Even if she wants to be an Empress of a Great World, the Dragon Turtle Tribe will conquer it for her!

What about you?

Green Thunder looked at Su He and burst into laughter, his amusement apparent.

The bemused look in the turtle’s eyes was indeed interesting.

No wonder Uncle Red always enjoyed teasing the younger generation, it truly was fun!

It was just food, after all, Green Thunder wasn’t stingy.

But Su He had just survived the Heavenly Tribulation and immediately opened The Heaven and then condensed a second body.

It was too quick; he needed to slow down the rate of advancement.

Not to say that it’s normally ten thousand years per level of Heaven, but at least two to three thousand years are still required.

He shouldn’t indulge in nourishments anymore, and he should avoid external enhancements.

Every bit of Spiritual Energy should be drawn personally.

The slower, the better.

He should take his time to comprehend the strength of the moment, the body of the moment, the Inner World of the moment.

It was not too late to thoroughly understand oneself before moving forward.

Dragon Turtles aren’t short on time.

Green Thunder floated in midair, stamped his feet downwards, and a series of Talisman Runes fell on the ground outside the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace gate.

In an instant, the palace was sealed, the ground healed, and a tower filled with lightning landed, settling on the spot.

“Do not enter the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace when the elders are not around,” he cautioned.

There were no unusual occurrences this time, but it didn’t mean the Evil-suppressing Taoist Palace was truly harmless.

Maybe the thing inside sensed his presence outside and didn’t dare to act up?

It was time for Green Thunder to leave; he’d even lent Ya Ya to Su He, signifying an urgent matter that required his departure.

Had the Evil-supressing Taoist Palace not appeared, he would not have lingered here for so long.

There was a hiccup with Zhu and Huai’s integration with Soaring Snake; he had to check on it.

In Prosperous Divine Great World, where they were, Soaring Snake’s ancestral grounds became connected to some shady entities.

Lei left, vanishing into the sky without a sound, careful not to disturb the sleeping Ya Ya.