Don’t Mess with that Turtle
Chapter 451 - 451 93 Monkey Brother_3

451: Chapter 93 Monkey Brother?_3 451: Chapter 93 Monkey Brother?_3 If the artifacts from the forbidden grounds are of use to my husband, Su Hua Nian wouldn’t mind leaving behind two streaks of Sword Qi to protect this sect.

With her current level of Sword Qi, while it cannot suppress the Stepping Sky Three-fold, it can serve as a warning, and that is enough.

The cold wind blew, the night shrouded everything in darkness.

A full moon rose from the east, and Ran Hou had been guarding the entrance to the forbidden grounds for a long time, staring at the moon overhead.

When the moon was high in the sky, he raised his hand and pressed it against the gate.

A Talisman Rune flashed across his palm, and the gate to the forbidden area burst open.

Turning his head, he saw Su Hua Nian already standing in front of him, stepping inside.

The forbidden grounds of the Illusory Snow Gate were somewhat of a small secret land, yet too small, spanning no more than ten miles.

It was dim, with only a round moon above.

But this secret land was incredibly sturdy, its defenses even surpassing that of the Seven Absolute Secret Realm!

Su Hua Nian thrust her sword at the barrier, but it didn’t suffer the slightest damage.

On closer inspection, the secret land isolated everything inside from the outside, and standing in it, one couldn’t sense anything from the outside world, not even the Profound Realm.

Even the arrow on the bronze mirror at her waist had dispersed, unable to point towards Su He.

Su Hua Nian looked around.

In the center of the secret land stood an odd statue, neither human nor ape, clad in gold armor and wielding an iron stick, roaring up at the sky.

“Ancestor, no need to look at that monkey; it’s there to mislead visitors.

The real forbidden area is on the other side.

Please follow me,” Ran Hou said.

Ran Hou led Su Hua Nian toward a small pond in the center of the secret land.

As he stepped over, a Talisman Rune appeared in his hand.

Instead of falling into the water, he stood on the opposite bank as if he were a shadow reflected.

This wasn’t space power, it was as if two worlds were superimposed like mirror images.

Without Ran Hou’s Talisman Rune activating the power of the pond, Su Hua Nian would never have noticed it.

She soared into the air, feeling no sensation of entering the water.

Stepping out, she stood on the opposite bank of the lake.

The same secret land, the same isolation from everything, only lacking an entrance.

Instead of the monkey statue, the center of the secret land now featured a statue of Xuanwu.

Although its color could no longer be seen, it squinted at the moon above, seemingly wanting to bite it down in one gulp.

The moment Su Hua Nian entered, the statue buzzed and glowed with light.

Ran Hou clapped his hands in excitement: “You really are the ancestor!” He had been here many times, but the statue, being just that, should never have responded.

Once, he thought the forbidden area was a refuge for the sect.

He couldn’t even understand why the sect had kept guarding such a place without leaving, for what exactly!

Su Hua Nian shook her head: “It’s because of the response to my husband’s presence.”

Ran Hou: “???”

As if thinking about her husband, the always cold and aloof ancestor’s mouth was edged up in a slight smile, even her frosty gaze seemed to carry a hint of joy.

Looking at the statue of Xuanwu in front of her, she said, “The Divine God Turtle you saw fighting people a few months ago, was my husband.”

“!!!”

Ran Hou was completely dumbfounded, and after a moment, he said to Su Hua Nian, “So you’re not our sect’s old ancestor, but the old ancestor’s wife?”

No wonder that Divine God Turtle had suppressed that man and left the Illusory Snow Gate.

It turns out the old ancestor was protecting the younger generation?

Despite Su Hua Nian’s cool demeanor, she was almost amused by these words.

How could there be so many ancestors!

It must have been that a long time ago, a Dragon Turtle embarked on the Way of the Xuanwu and left its statue here.

Whether it was for inheritance or a message, Su Hua Nian dared not investigate rashly, lest she destroy the records.

Turning towards the small pond, she said, “Let’s go back!”

This matter was beyond her ability to handle; she needed to call her husband here.

Passing through the pond, they left the forbidden area.

In the Mountain and Sea Mystery Realm, Su Hua Nian’s consciousness body condensed.

Looking left and right, she saw a palm-sized little turtle beside her staring at the sky.

That was Su He’s consciousness body.

After two months of learning, dragon horns had grown, and his mind no longer hurt.

He managed to condense a small part of his consciousness in the Mountain and Sea, but only to the size of a little one.

He couldn’t wait, fearing that his wife might be in trouble in Phoenix Valley and unable to contact him.

Seeing the appearance of Frost Turtle, Su He focused his eyes and saw that Su Hua Nian didn’t seem injured.

He sighed in relief, then joyfully greeted her.

Su Hua Nian had already sent a spark of fire into his consciousness, “Husband, come find me!”

The moment the spark spoke, Su He’s small consciousness body exploded.

It was too small a consciousness to condense into a full consciousness body and couldn’t withstand the transmission of the star fire.

Su He suddenly opened his eyes within the Chaos, got up, and leapt forward.

His claws burst through the Chaos, revealing the Peacock True Body.

Using the aura from Profound Realm Consciousness to locate Su Hua Nian, he let out a cry, spreading his wings to fly.

The direction was not Phoenix Valley but the place where he and Feng Rong had fought.

Swift as lightning, Su He raced through clouds and fog, reaching the Illusory Snow Gate two months later.

Crossing the Chaotic place to the Far North Icefield took an immense distance, with no Flowing Light River to shorten the journey.

Su Hua Nian stood on the peak, her eyes lifting with mirth as she watched the Peacock approach.

However, Ran Hou looked utterly bewildered.

Even with the Illusory Snow Gate’s limited worldly experience, he knew the difference between birds and turtles.

He looked at Su Hua Nian in confusion, only to see the Peacock descending toward the summit.

In the air, it remained a bird, but upon landing, it had transformed into a Dragon Turtle — through Su Hua Nian’s words, he finally understood this wasn’t just a turtle, it was a Dragon Turtle!

“You’ve arrived!” Su Hua Nian said with a smile.

The Dragon Turtle shook its head, “How could I delay when summoned by the Immortal Sovereign?”

Su Hua Nian let out a snort of laughter.

She saw Su He arching his head proudly, showing off to her, “Wife, wife!

Look, I’ve grown horns!”

The unchanging Dragon Horns, now not only had they grown longer, but each also sprouted two small branches.

They were so tiny they were almost invisible unless looked at closely.

Dragon Horns were a symbol of the Dragon Turtle’s maturity—not in age but in essence.

When the Dragon Horns branched, it signified that Su He’s Inner World had truly matured and condensed completely.

Of course, to grow majestic Dragon Horns like Uncle Lei and the others, you’d need at least to be at the Opening Heaven Five-fold.

Su Hua Nian smiled and reached up to twiddle Su He’s Dragon Horns.

The three-zhang Giant Turtle completely melted.

This place was Su He’s Achilles’ heel.

A touch sent shivers through his body, especially with Su Hua Nian’s hands being so soft and boneless.

It felt like jelly wrapped around the horns.

His entire body trembled.

Ran Hou from the Illusory Snow Gate stared dumbfounded.

Was this the frosty ancestral master who had been meditating on the mountain top for months on end, unapproachable by anyone?

In front of the Dragon Turtle, she seemed like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world.

As they talked, the sky had already darkened.

The Northland became even colder.

Although the Northland was always covered in ice and snow, it indeed had its spring and summer.

In summer, the icy land and bone-chilling wind prevailed; in winter, it was truly bone-piercing cold.

Even Demonic Cultivators would shiver from the cold.

Without having condensed True Blood to reach the Transcendence Realm, it was genuinely life-threatening to venture out at night.

This was why the Northland was inhabited by Cultivators, but not by ordinary humans.

The full moon had yet to rise, and there were still three days to go until it was full.

But from the direction of the Forbidden Grounds, a beam of light shot towards the constellations, with a faint summons coming from behind the mountains.

Su He tilted his head to look, “Did you summon me because of this?”

“Yes,” whispered Su Hua Nian softly.

Perhaps it had been too long since they last met, for she did not let go of the Dragon Horns she held.

“Let’s go check it out,” said Su He with a smile.

A wave swept up and placed Su Hua Nian on his back before he turned to look at the Sect Leader of the Illusory Snow Gate.

“Is it you?

Not bad!”

This thing still owed him a favor!

Ran Hou opened his mouth, wanting to cheekily call out to his ancestor, but the overwhelming presence from the Dragon Turtle made it impossible for him to utter a word.

If Grandma killed those two Stepping Sky Two-fold with one sword strike each, Turtle Grandpa could probably do it even more easily—Dragon Turtle, do you eat people?

As he contemplated wildly, he saw the waves beneath Su He’s body roll and carry him towards the Forbidden Grounds.

Ran Hou hurried to catch up.

“Senior, this is my Sect’s Forbidden Grounds, which requires our Sect’s inherited Talisman Rune to open, and it also needs to be on a night of the full moon, which has yet to arrive…”

He reminded, only to see the Dragon Turtle, with the Fairy on his back, land in front of the Forbidden Grounds, look at it, and then just headbutt his way in.

The immensely sturdy gates of the Forbidden Grounds offered no resistance at all, the water waves lightly parting to let the Dragon Turtle pass through effortlessly.

Ran Hou was instantly dumbfounded.

The Dragon Turtle entering the Forbidden Grounds was as if returning home—he had to have the specific time and the specific Talisman Rune to get in!

Whose Forbidden Grounds was this really?

Ran Hou’s breath tightened, and he hurriedly followed.

The Talisman Rune in his hand appeared, crashing towards the gate but bounced back with a thud.

The time was not right, and he couldn’t get in!

Ran Hou stood up, his face confused.

A water stream shot out from the Forbidden Grounds, wrapping around him and pulling him inside.

The gates of the Forbidden Grounds seemed nonexistent, allowing entry and exit at will.

Upon landing, Ran Hou saw the Dragon Turtle gazing at the monkey statue in shock, murmuring two words he couldn’t understand.

“Holy shit!”

“Holy shit!!”

Su Hua Nian frowned slightly, “Husband, do you recognize this statue?”

Although she did not understand what Su He was saying, she could feel that these two words did not bode well.

Su He looked bewildered, and after a long moment, he shook his head.

A thought began to rise in his mind.

“Could this damn thing…

be a Divine God Monkey?

Or does my Monkey Brother have a legend here as well?”