Don't Mess with that Turtle-Chapter 63 - 062 The Grand Finale_1

63: Chapter 062 The Grand Finale_1

63 -062 The Grand Finale_1

Traveling upstream, it took only two hours to arrive, but returning downstream with the flow surprisingly took almost a day.

It was deep into night when they finally reached Tinghai Lake, where Qing tossed the crocodile in.

Giving the still-unconscious Feng Yaya a glance, he hurriedly headed towards Beast Valley.

Elder Ge’s small courtyard was outside of Beast Valley, right next to Elephant Water.

It was convenient for him to reveal his turtle body and descend into Elephant Water to manage his territory.

Crashing into the courtyard, Su He searched all around but couldn’t find any trace of Elder Ge.

The elder had gone somewhere unknown, and the child wasn’t home either.

Just as he was considering whether to crash into the second formation to bump against the elder’s divine sense, a voice came from above: “Disciple, are you looking for me?”

Su He looked up to see atop a pillar in the courtyard, which seemed majestic like a memorial archway, sat an exotic beast resembling a wild leopard with a patterned white body.

This was Master’s third form, Meng Ji!

In the Transforming Beast Guide, a cultivator acquires a new form with each realm.

In the Transcendence Realm, one can condense a second form, and in the Demonic Realm, a third form can be condensed.

Elder Ge’s third form initially condensed into that of a common wild leopard, which he then cultivated step by step, transforming into Meng Ji.

Meng Ji was good at hiding, always causing one to subconsciously overlook him.

Unless marked by Ge himself, even if one encountered matters related to the elder, it would be difficult to associate them with this form.

Even those with a deep impression of him might forget his existence.

This was an excellent beast body for lurking and ambushing.

The very foundation of Elder Ge’s existence.

The leopard leaped gracefully from the pillar, transforming into the shabbily dressed Taoist elder upon landing.

“Where did you find a Treasure Hunting Rat?

Looking at its size, it’s about to advance to an exotic beast, isn’t it?” Elder Ge asked, looking at the golden-furred rat Su He was holding.

“Meow!”

It spoke!

Su He’s grip tightened, and the golden-furred rat squeaked out a cry.

“Ouch ouch ouch, grandfather is right here, please be gentle.

My little body can’t take this squeeze.”

“A demon?” Elder Ge exclaimed in surprise.

Treasure Hunting Rats were already rare, as this species naturally carried a touch of mystique and could always find various treasures.

True to its name, it lived up to its namesake.

It was even rarer to see a Treasure Hunting Rat become a demon.

By nature, Treasure Hunting Rats had the properties of “exotic beasts” and detested the Demonic Fruit.

Under normal circumstances, they would not consume the Demonic Fruit, unless someone forcefully fed it to them.

Who would be so bold to interfere in the struggle for the Demonic Fruit?

Can they really bear the causality?

Elder Ge, with a third form that makes people overlook him, dared not to get involved lightly.

Su He meowed out his account of today’s events.

The Taoist elder laughed, took a long swallow of wine, and said, “I’m already aware of this.

We few old fellows will handle it.

You just need to continue with your cultivation.”

Elder Qiao had sent a message that morning.

Elder Ge had pondered it for a day and silently investigated, gaining some insights but also feeling that it seemed unlikely.

Yu Yue and Ge Hong had both died a cycle of sixty years ago, their deaths quite ordinary.

Especially Ge Hong—he was his own nephew, the only blood left by his brother.

How could he not investigate thoroughly?

There was nothing amiss with their death.

But Water Quiet unexpectedly saw them in Prison.

Qiao Changlun had stealthily checked his memory, Water Quiet had not lied.

Suddenly, Elder Ge felt as if Qingyuan Gate had become unfamiliar to him.

He lifted his gaze towards Qingyuan Mountain, where the Palace of Longevity stood tall and proud atop the main peak.

Feng Yi Ju had no active formations, open for anyone to probe into.

The elder fell into deep thought.

Su He set the Treasure Hunting Rat down, paid his respects, and left, swimming back to Tinghai Lake.

Within Tinghai Lake, the two groups of crocodiles had not fought each other.

The newcomer simply found a spot to lie down, puzzledly watching the older crocodiles hunt and pay tribute to the Dragon Turtle.

Perhaps it was because the spiritual power in Tinghai Lake had doubled, even the newly born fish tasted much better.

In a few years, after several generations, they should become even more delicious.

After having his fill, Su He slowly submerged to the bottom of the lake, where the spiritual power was even more concentrated than on the surface.

Executing the Turtle Longevity Secret, he slowly closed his eyes, contemplating his own Taoist path.

After tossing two secret books his way, Elder Ge stopped intervening.

This implied that skipping the ‘Inteniont Orifice’ and going directly to the bone sacrifice was feasible.

The saying “fear no injury when facing resistance” was just a jest.

Su He recalled the content of ‘The Qingyuan Bone Sacrifice.’ To sacrifice the bones, one first had to melt the acupoints.

Once melting acupoints, sacrificing bones, and forging viscera were three separate statuses.

They were later categorized in the same boundary status, all methods of refining the flesh body and transforming its Tao Rhythm.

For Su He, this meant transforming his body into that of a Dragon Turtle.

Letting the True Blood circulate throughout the body, his ordinary turtle form would become a true Dragon Turtle.

Cultivators melted points with spiritual power to blast open the acupoints.

Su He couldn’t do that; he had to use Dragon Turtle True Blood to sacrifice his bones, but he didn’t know where to start.

The acupoints were in the meridians, not in the blood vessels!

Su He was worried.

After a long time of thought and coming up with nothing, he decided to try like a normal cultivator and guide his spiritual power toward an extraordinary acupoint on his left forepaw.

This acupoint wasn’t on the route of the Turtle Longevity Secret; even if something went wrong, it wouldn’t affect cultivation.

‘The Qingyuan Bone Sacrifice’ mentioned that after melting the acupoints, one must nourish them repeatedly, otherwise the acupoints will close again.

If something went wrong, simply ignore it and let the acupoint close by itself.

The spiritual power within his body circulated, surged out of the meridians, and concentrated on the left forepaw, growing increasingly pressured into a solid sphere of spiritual power, causing the entire paw to glow faintly.

Then, he directly guided it into the acupoint and suddenly released it.

Boom!

His claw ached, and the acupoint suddenly opened.

Su He only felt as if a nail had been driven into his heart, his internal vision hurriedly shifted to his Heart Orifice.

Inside the Heart Orifice, the Dragon Turtle Illusion shimmered with a speck of light on the left front claw.

With careful sensing, it felt like a nail had affixed the claw of the Dragon Turtle Illusion within the Heart Orifice to his own claw, with threads of Tao Rhythm flowing from the illusion into his body through the nail.

The stagnation of True Blood gathering in his body resumed at that moment.

It worked!

Su He was overjoyed, and once again focused on finding an acupoint in his right front claw to replicate the process.

Nail, conduit, connected.

This method was correct, Su He had found a way forward.

That night, he blasted open thirteen acupoints, and even tried to open one within the seven diagrams of the cultivation technique’s operation.

It did not affect the operation of the cultivation technique, but instead, there was a slight improvement.

Su He was thrilled.

The sky above the water’s surface was already bright, Su He wagged his tail and floated up, Feng Yaya had awakened at some unknown time, kicking her little feet, nibbling on a steamed bun by the shore.

Her two small hands holding the bun, her whole face buried in it.

Seeing Su He come up, she immediately laughed with a sound like silver bells, offering the bun, “Big Turtle!”

Su He let out a long chant in response.

In the distance, disciples accompanied by Yellow Scarf Warriors were walking on water, saluting from afar to Su He, “Uncle Dragon Turtle, Disciple You Xu of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion has come to set up the mentorship ceremony site!”

This early?

Su He glanced over, and the Yellow Scarf Warriors setting up the site were even more numerous than those who had set up the Formation for him on that day.

You Xu said respectfully, “Elder Ge has a wide circle of friends, and many senior cultivators from far away will arrive early.

There will be many Daoist friends present, and temporary markets, arenas, teahouses, auction sites, and places for discussion need to be set up…”

Elder Ge’s acceptance of disciples was tantamount to a grand assembly of cultivators.

It was impossible to let everyone just drink tea for several days and then attend a mentorship ceremony and return.

Various events would be arranged every day.

“Uncle Dragon Turtle, is the centerpiece for the auction site ready?

Do you need this disciple to print the catalogues in advance?” No matter how many events there were, they couldn’t overshadow the presence of the protagonist, so most activities had to feature either Uncle Dragon Turtle or Elder Ge as the climax.

At the Demonic Realm’s auction site, Elder Ge had sent six treasures, which were certainly adequate for the climax.

As for treasures from the Transcendence Realm, it was Uncle Dragon Turtle’s responsibility to prepare, but they had not yet been sent.

Su He, “?”

“Also, for the arena competitions, there’s no arena for the Demonic Realm, but for the Transcendence Realm, there are arenas for martial combat, alchemy, Formation, Talisman Law, and Artifact Refining.

Uncle, will you reward the top three or top ten?

Do the prizes need to be wrapped with the help of this disciple?”

As the host, Su He naturally couldn’t personally participate in the arena battles; it wouldn’t look good whether he won or lost.

He just needed to prepare generous prizes, and that would save both face and substance.

Su He, “??”

“Uncle, would you like to add some more arenas?

Swordsmanship, magic skill, Fairy Chef…

you can add as many as you want.

It’s just that setting the prizes will be an expense for you.

Also, uncle should set up a stall, offering treasures at a low price as a benefit to the juniors who come to celebrate your event.”

Su He, “???”

His expression gradually became odd.

Why were there all these things?

Why did I have to prepare?

Shouldn’t accepting a disciple simply be bowing and serving tea?

You Xu’s voice lowered as he spoke, “Uncle, haven’t you prepared?”

Su He fell silent: I had no idea I needed to do all this!

And you’re causing trouble for a turtle!

I’m so poor I don’t even have clothes to wear!

You Xu’s mouth fell open, “Uncle…

this common knowledge of the Cultivation Realm, it was all discussed in South Garden.”

Su He was even more frustrated.

Don’t talk to me, I skipped all the lessons during hibernation, I didn’t learn anything, and suddenly the students from South Garden are about to graduate.

“Uncle, you must prepare these.

Otherwise, if it becomes a laughing stock, you’ll really become famous in the Cultivation Realm.”

Shouldn’t a Divine God Beast be all-treasure?

The shed turtle shells, scales, and nails could simply be used as prizes.

And guarding such a large Taoist arena, hasn’t it been managed before?

Even those rare fish and shrimp could be caught to serve as great prizes!

Su He didn’t have any; since waking from hibernation a month ago, relying on a faint sense, he had recovered all the shed turtle shells and absorbed them with his Innate Divine Ability, Fu Mountain, turning them into his defensive power.

He was going to become infamous.

Su He slapped the water and sped toward Beast Valley.

Master, return the Treasure Hunting Rat to me first!