The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 230: Taming the Little Rotating Turtle (1460+) -1

Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Taming the Little Rotating Turtle (1460+) -1

The Turtle Stone Statue, while mocking the Snake King, thought of its own sorrows and, like a child, bawled its eyes out.

The Snake King was so frustrated he felt like he was choking on his own blood.

"This isn’t something you should know. If you want to continue cultivating, if you want companions, then follow us. Otherwise..." the Snake King said, his eyes, the size of mung beans, threateningly staring at the Turtle Stone Statue.

Compared to being ridden all day and being ground into mud, perhaps following this self-proclaimed Snake King and the well-behaved young girl wasn’t so bad.

"Okay, I’ll go with you," said the Turtle Stone Statue, "But I have a condition!"

"A condition? You’ve got some nerve," the Snake King said, squinting his mung bean-sized eyes, "Everyone who’s dared to make demands of me has been bitten to death. Even if I can’t bite you to death, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

The Turtle Stone Statue shrank back its head and said, "Actually... it’s not really a condition."

"Then what is it? Out with it, I don’t have all day," said the Snake King haughtily.

He Tiantian listened from the side, thinking sometimes the smug Snake King could actually be reliable!

"Can you completely remove the seal on me?" the Turtle Stone Statue inquired. "I can’t use my mana right now, and I feel useless."

He Tiantian worried that the stone statue was up to something, especially after its crazy outburst, which was quite frightening.

"But you won’t go back on your word, will you?" He Tiantian asked anxiously, "We really want to be friends with you!"

"Of course not!" the Turtle Stone Statue snapped, "Don’t you trust your friend?"

He Tiantian quickly stepped back again, now certain that this turtle had a "split personality"!

The Snake King rushed up, his tail point jabbing into the back of the Turtle Stone Statue, and scolded, "Is this how you treat your friends all the time?"

He Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief. When it mattered most, the Snake King was reliable indeed!

With the Snake King standing on his back, the Turtle Stone Statue became timid again, reverting to its simple and honest self, "I don’t know what’s happening. I just can’t control myself! But I can assure you, I have no ill intentions."

When the Snake King got on its back, the Turtle Stone Statue felt an overwhelming pressure.

It knew the Snake King was more formidable than it was.

A wise person knows when to submit.

"Then can you take back the curse you cast?" He Tiantian asked, "I know some people have done bad things, but most haven’t offended you. But there’s a severe drought this year, and many people will die!"

"I can’t take back what was done in the past," the Turtle Stone Statue said, its eyes rolling, "I didn’t cast it anyway. Those people triggered the spell when they moved me. Even if I wanted to take it back, I couldn’t."

"So what do we do? Is there really no solution?" He Tiantian asked anxiously, aware that the stone statue couldn’t be blamed—it was also a victim.

"I can’t undo the past, but I just won’t cast any more curses. That should be okay, right?" the Turtle Stone Statue replied nonchalantly, believing that those people brought it upon themselves. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and let nature take its course.

He Tiantian was speechless. Well, that was that. Time to think of another solution.

"Snake King, remove the remaining seal from it," He Tiantian said, "Afterward, are you going to follow us, or are you going back to your original river?"

The Rotating Turtle Statue spoke with a hint of sadness, "I’m not going back. If you send me back this year, they’ll dredge the river next year and fish me out again. Then I won’t just be thrown into the square for kids to ride on—I’d be smashed to dust and paved into the road."

He Tiantian, upon hearing this, curiously asked, "Aren’t you quite formidable? The two people who dug you up turned completely black from poison, yet you’re still afraid of humans?"

"That was just the mana left by my master, and besides, the Heavenly Dao favors humanity quite a bit. Not only does it bestow upon you clever brains, but it also doesn’t allow beings more powerful than nature, like me, to bully humans. So I can manipulate the environment to get back at humans, but I cannot personally kill or harm them," the Rotating Turtle stone statue explained, feeling rather aggrieved inside.

Why did it have to provoke anyone?

"Oh, I see!" He Tiantian nodded, signaling Snake King to lift the seal on the stone statue.

After brewing for a moment, Snake King used a secret technique unique to the Demon Realm to release the seal on the Rotating Turtle stone statue.

Once the Rotating Turtle stone statue was unsealed, it stretched its body greatly, as staying in one pose for so long was quite tiring.

"That feels good!" The Rotating Turtle stone statue’s limbs could actually move now, and it groaned in relief.

"What’s your name?" asked He Tiantian. "We’re going to be friends from now on, and since you’ll be following us, we can’t just go without calling you anything, right?"

"You can call me Da Xuan," the Rotating Turtle intended to say, "and from now on, I’ll call you Tiantian."

"Alright, Da Xuan," He Tiantian laughed, suddenly remembering a question, "You’re so big, how are you going to follow us around?"

Seeing the two chatting happily and unable to join in, Snake King felt reluctant. Hearing He Tiantian’s words, it said, "It can stay inside the barrier, I’ll cover it."

The Rotating Turtle’s eyes rolled, and it leaned towards He Tiantian, "Actually... I can change my size, bigger or smaller."

After saying that, the millstone-sized Rotating Turtle stone statue shrank to the size of a washbasin, then further to the size of a bowl, and finally, it became the size of two thumbs, resembling the small pet turtles that He Tiantian bought at the entrance of her residential compound in a past life.

"You... you’re really amazing!" He Tiantian exclaimed, picking up the Rotating Turtle stone statue from the ground, "Now I can’t call you Da Xuan anymore. You should be called Xiao Xuan. When we’re out and about, you should stay like this. When we get back home, I’ll find a nice spot for you in the backyard where you can return to your original size. How’s that?"

"Good, good, good!" Little Rotating Turtle was adorably cute, looking very endearing.

"Hmph, hmph, hmph!" Snake King was not pleased, its neck outstretched straight, showing how annoyed it was!

It was then that He Tiantian realized she had neglected Snake King, and considering Snake King’s pettiness, her heart skipped a beat. She hastily tried to make amends, "From now on, we’re all followers of Snake King, and we should listen to Snake King’s commands."

The Little Rotating Turtle shook its little head eagerly, quickly trying to please, "Snake King, I await your commands."

Although this Little Silver Snake wasn’t very large, it exuded an aura of power as strong as that of its master, which it could feel.

Might makes right!

Since it was not as powerful as Snake King, it would submit.

Upon hearing Little Rotating Turtle’s words and seeing He Tiantian’s respectful demeanor, Snake King said, "Alright, get in here!"

Snake King then entered the barrier, taking Little Rotating Turtle along with it.

He Tiantian looked around, seeing no one else, and now that it was dark, stealing this black stone statue would go unnoticed.

Just when He Tiantian was feeling smug, she heard Qi Xiaoyan’s voice.

"Sister Tiantian... Sister Tiantian?" Qi Xiaoyan said anxiously and with self-reproach, "Where on earth did Sister Tiantian go? I hope nothing has happened?"

Niu Dajun comforted her, "Tiantian is smart; she’ll be fine."

"I hope you’re right," Qi Xiaoyan said, "Let’s keep looking. Under normal circumstances, Sister Tiantian would’ve been back by dinnertime. If there’s nothing wrong, she definitely wouldn’t miss mealtime."