1320: Chapter 1: I’ve Arrived in This Era!
1320: Chapter 1: I’ve Arrived in This Era!
This turtle is playing tricks!
As soon as Su He landed, Little Grand Ancestor Tai immediately spotted him.
The turtle’s eyes, at this moment, were unlike those of an old, blurry-eyed turtle of the future.
They shone bright as stars.
Yet for some reason, there was always a feeling from the depths of those eyes — this guy’s up to no good.
Tai Zu had said that he was slowly recalling certain memories.
This era’s Tai Zu was still too young and probably had no other memories.
Eyes are the windows to the soul, so this must be his true nature?
Su He snickered to himself when suddenly he heard Tai Zu above him start yelling, “Who’s the thief that broke my barrier and spied on my secrets?
With such Tao Cultivation, how come you haven’t saved enough to even buy a book in all these years?”
As he yelled, Tai Zu’s claw whipped up a cloud of dust ten miles wide.
That threatening dust storm, like dark clouds pressing down on a city, churned towards Su He with a suppressive force.
Su He’s eyes lit up.
Yo!
Tai Zu, having just reached Opening Heaven Four-fold, is sending me a duel invitation, how lucky am I?
You brought this on yourself!
Su He laughed heartily as he charged forward, headlong into the dust storm, only to halt in shock.
The moment he collided with the dust storm, it dispersed.
Despite its fierce appearance, it had no killing power.
The only effect it had was to fling all the bystanders out who were previously reading books.
Who would have thought that little Tai Zu was actually kindhearted?
It’s just that — while his taunting could still be heard amidst the dust, Tai Zu had already vanished without a trace.
Looking around, Su He saw the Dragon Turtle weaving through the void, making a swift getaway, all the while muttering to himself: “That damnable turtle shell!
To break through our barrier so quietly and smoothly, why bother fighting?!”
Tai Zu left behind no trace of his escape, using multiple sealing techniques as he flickered in and out of sight — now in the far south, now in the distant north.
Su He’s expression became increasingly odd.
No wonder Ji Feixue said that Tai Zu was able to escape from an Immortal Sovereign’s grasp while at Opening Heaven Five-fold.
Such rich experience in fleeing.
Just breaking through space and blinking away in an instant, how many techniques can he deploy in that brief moment?
Hiding, baiting, disrupting…
This guy must have been a scout, right?
If it weren’t for Su He’s Turtle Shell, he wouldn’t even be able to follow him with his eyes!
With such skills, even the Big Freedom Bodhisattva would be eating his dust!
But at this time, Tai Zu is full of thoughts, quite amusing.
Su He, with his Turtle Shell on, felt his strength enhanced.
His gaze, coupled with his Divine Sense, was fixed on Tai Zu.
Although he couldn’t perceive Tai Zu’s thoughts completely as with a Mind Reading Technique, he got the gist of them.
Those intentions translated probably into swearing…
Tai Zu on the run: “The aura emitted by that birdman, it’s not from the same Boundary Status as those old turtles, is it?
Since when did another Immortal Sovereign appear in this world?
No, wait…
which old geezer is hiding their presence and trying to provoke Turtle Grandpa?
Did I desecrate their ancestor’s grave?”
The latter part wasn’t swearing, but confusion!
Even his mind was rapidly sifting through recent memories, checking if any of the graves he’d robbed had an aura similar to Su He’s.
He really did such things!
Su He: “…So this is what you’re like, Tai Zu!”
But for some reason, this Tai Zu did not shock him, but rather…
it seemed more normal!
Tai Zu checked his memories along the way, not only had he never desecrated the birdman’s ancestral tomb, he hadn’t even snatched a cultivator’s cave dwelling with a similar aura.
Instead, he felt…
that the turtle shell on that guy’s back seemed frighteningly familiar.
Did the thief steal the old turtle shell from his home?
To catch a Dragon Turtle because it couldn’t be used?
Damn it!
Is it Tai Zu’s bad luck, or did that bastard have too keen an eye?
How did he know he was the most talented existence of the Dragon Turtle Tribe?
He had tried his best to hide his skills, delaying Opening The Heaven as much as possible, truly taking nearly ten thousand years to reach just One Level!
That feeling of being watched, it didn’t vanish even after escaping from that birdman’s gaze?
“Old turtle, old turtle!
You’ve lost your Turtle Shell!” Tai Zu, in his flight, had a Symbol lit up on his forehead, whispering loudly as if calling for help, yet with the momentum as if he’d accomplished a great feat.
Su He: “…”
Su He was at a loss for words and then heard a chuckle close by: “Hehe, isn’t this little guy quite interesting?”
Su He nodded again and again, turning to the suddenly appearing Mingzu with a smile: “Elder Ancestor, with Tai Zu’s temperament in his youth, isn’t anyone upset enough to beat him up?”
Mingzu laughed heartily: “His own kin are too embarrassed to hit him, his peers can’t beat him.
And those outsiders…
with his escaping skills, even I feel inadequate!”
And he doesn’t hesitate to call for help either!
The pride of the turtles!
Su He burst into laughter, how come by the sound of Mingzu’s words, Tai Zu seemed somewhat of a bad apple?
As Mingzu spoke, his gaze fell on the Turtle Shell on Su He’s back, the laughter evident in his eyes: “Young one, first put away the Pangolin.
Exposing yourself with such a rich aura will inform everyone of your arrival.”
In response to his intentions, Su He withdrew the Pangolin, and his aura subsided.
His body swayed and transformed into the pure form of a Dragon Turtle — even retracting the Spirit Snake, appearing as a typical Dragon Turtle of this era, indistinguishable and without a name.
This was the Clan Leader ability gained from refining the Pangolin.
Mingzu looked at him, his eyes growing increasingly amused with satisfaction.
The Toad also leaped out from between Su He’s eyebrows, raising a paw to greet Mingzu: “Yo!
Old turtle, long time no see!
Has the Mountain and Sea Mystery Realm been successfully opened?”
Mingzu couldn’t help but burst into laughter, the laughter shaking the heavens and earth: “Not yet, not yet!
Just waiting for you to finish the job!”
The Toad immediately straightened up, looking smugly at Su He.
Su He shook his head and smiled.
Sometimes the Toad’s brain worked better than his, but most of the time it was childishly naive.
Su He turned to Mingzu: “Elder Ancestor, how much time has passed here since my last visit?”