Vol.2 – Chapter 60 – Only this once


I don’t believe you!

This demon is very cunning, having deceived me once, it wants to do it again.

Su He has figured out the situation in this grand hall.

Every living being, regardless of their gaze, voice, or body language, will stir their Divine Sense when they want to express something, no matter how much!

However, the voice coming from the grand hall carries no intention or emotion! Even if the tone clearly sounds joyful or teasing.

It’s like a puppet devoid of emotions.

Su He looked up at the grand hall.

Not missing a single detail, he inspected every inch of it. After two or three hours, the sky outside had completely darkened, and the stars were in the sky.

Su He couldn’t figure anything out!

In his eyes, this was just an ordinary grand hall! The only advantage was its sturdiness, so sturdy that Su He couldn’t damage it even a bit.

Inside the Mountain and Sea Profound Realm, his consciousness clone rose with the waves, letting out a soft long chant into the sky.

Is everyone asleep?

A moment later, he was pulled to the bottom of the sea, where a huge, crystal-clear, transparent Dragon Turtle appeared before his eyes.

“Second Master!” Su He softly chanted.

This was the ancient ancestor suppressing the Dustless Sea, usually, his consciousness clone didn’t stay in the Mountain and Sea.

The crystal Dragon Turtle looked at him, a smile in its eyes.

Good!

Calling him Second Master was much more intimate than calling him the ancient ancestor, this was the way a family should address each other.

“Second Master, you haven’t slept yet?” Su He softly chanted.

The ancient ancestor laughed heartily.

He replied with a long chant, “That’s not sleep, it’s adjusting for the fusion with the Teng Snake. I have to prepare first to ensure that nothing goes wrong in the Dustless Sea during the fusion period.”

His true body was suppressing the Dustless Sea, so he needed to do more preparatory work in the early stage to avoid being unable to take care of the Dustless Sea during the fusion period. This time he also returned to the Mountain and Sea Profound Realm, picked some materials from the clan’s treasury, and set up a large formation. Just in time to hear the call of the little one.

“What happened?” The ancient ancestor looked down at Su He.

Su He sighed and softly responded, “My main body is in my clan sister’s tomb, but… I don’t understand!”

His knowledge was lacking, his cultivation level was low. Everything was in front of him, but Su He couldn’t understand it.

“Let me see.” The ancient ancestor softly chanted, without any movement, Su He’s consciousness suddenly dispersed, turning into a screen, simultaneously projecting what Su He’s main body saw.

The palace, the stone pillars, the pool, the small island, the two corpses, and a little cub with a dumbfounded face.

“Huh?” Seeing the two Dragon Turtle corpses on the small island, the ancient ancestor’s voice directly appeared in Su He’s consciousness.

“You should take a bird’s eye view of this place.” This was the first time it had truly seen the White Spirit’s burial ground. The last time it had only seen it in Su He’s memory, and could only see what Su He saw from one side. Moreover, memory is not always reliable!

No need for great power, those in the Demon Subduing Realm could easily alter the memories of the weak.

Su He did as instructed. He rose into the sky on the waves beneath him, looking down at the small island below. Then he slowly turned his head, taking in the entire grand hall in a circle after circle.

“Go out and take a look outside.”

Su He leapt out, flying high, overlooking the grand hall and the small island.

The small island was shaped like a gourd, the big gourd was the tomb chamber palace, and the small gourd was the land bestowed by the gods.

“This aura…” The ancient ancestor was silent for a moment, his voice resonating in Su He’s consciousness, “This is the Mother Gourd of the Salvation Tower and the Body Preservation Hall of the Ten Thousand Heavens Palace!”

Without waiting for Su He to ask, the ancient ancestor had already explained to him.

“The Salvation Tower was created by the Mirror Viewing Clan, a very peculiar clan. They move like ghosts and spirits among the heavens and worlds, only responding to the summons of the people. If someone encounters a problem they can’t handle, they sincerely pray, and the Salvation Tower will have a Mirror Viewing Clan member appear, replacing their identity and handling the event for them. The Mirror Viewing Clan can obtain unique Qi from this, advancing their cultivation.”

Su He’s eyes lit up, the vast world had everything, this was the legendary stand-in master! An existence that many people yearned for.

The ancient ancestor’s chuckle echoed in Su He’s consciousness, “Where in the world is there such a wonderful thing? The Mirror Viewing Clan’s handling of matters often brings more trouble. However, their Mother Gourd is indeed a treasure. The Mirror Viewing Clan can replace everywhere and still live well, thanks to this object. If they leave a mark in the Mother Gourd, even if they die accidentally, they can be reborn in the gourd!”

“The Body Preservation Hall of the Ten Thousand Heavens Palace does not have the ability to resurrect, but no matter how severe the injury, if one is placed in the Body Preservation Hall, the injury can be solidified, permanently on the verge of death.”

The ancient ancestor’s voice carried a hint of confusion.

Whether it’s the Mother Gourd or the Body Preservation Hall, both have great limitations. The Mother Gourd only works for the Mirror Viewing Clan, and not all clan members can be resurrected. Those above the Demon Subduing Realm can’t do it.

The Body Preservation Hall is similar, it becomes ineffective for those above the second level of Traverse Heaven.

Otherwise, how could such treasures be guarded by their small clans?

Su He flew around the island in the clouds, playing it bit by bit for the ancient ancestor. The ancient ancestor was silent for a long time before saying, “Your corpse is probably a means of resurrection. If you encounter an accident outside, you may be resurrected here. However, don’t try it with matters of life and death.”

One peck, one drink, the fate of the world is set. Divine Beasts are naturally special, long-lived, and have extremely strong combat power. However, they can’t be like ordinary cultivators, stepping into the second level of Traverse Heaven, the Star Life Realm, entrusting their lives to the void. As long as there is no means to reverse the root, and the life star cannot be shattered, they can be resurrected after death.

Divine Beasts only have one life, once they die, they are dead!

Did White Spirit want to defy the heavens and change her fate, to live another life after death?

She had already foreseen her death – or had already made plans to die, but something went wrong and she couldn’t be resurrected!

The corpse in the Body Preservation Hall is a real corpse.

She took too much for granted, probably because she didn’t have a clear understanding of her own strength! The means to resurrect her, there’s not much in the heavens and worlds that can’t be resurrected.

No wonder she didn’t allow other Dragon Turtles to approach, the Dao Rhymes of the Dragon Turtles are different, she was afraid that the nature and Dao Rhymes of other Dragon Turtles would affect the resurrection formation.

The little turtle cub was different, he… was too weak!

Su He’s head was shaking like a rattle, apart from White Spirit, who had an abnormal brain circuit, who would play with death when they had nothing to do?

The ancient ancestor was silent for a long time, his true body was not there, and he could only observe through the eyes of the little turtle cub, he couldn’t see even one or two percent of it.”Where is the clan sister?” The Black Turtle was his means of resurrection, but what about the White Turtle?

The Ancient Ancestor shook his head: “She is too powerful. There is no possibility of resurrecting her. For her, this place is a great tomb…”

The Ancient Ancestor fell silent for a moment, then said: “Don’t push yourself. Even we old fellows can’t understand what White Spirit has done. Since she has the means, she must have left a backup plan. Cultivate well, and you will discover it in time.”

Su He nodded, then asked, “Second Uncle, can the palace speak?”

“It’s a newly born spirit, similar to a tool spirit. It can imitate the demeanor of the White Spirit before her death. If you like it, wait for it to fully condense, and you can come here to train it in the future.”

Su He was taken aback, somewhat disappointed. It wasn’t the White Spirit, just an artificial AI.

Inside the Mysterious Realm, the curtain flashed and Su He’s consciousness clone was restored. After being encouraged by the Ancient Ancestor, he was about to be sent back to the small island.

Su He hurriedly called out: “Second Uncle, help me refine the entrance to the small world! I want to carry it with me.”

The Ancient Ancestor shook his head with a smile.

“I can’t do it. My true body is in the Dustless Sea and cannot leave even a step. Even the Teng Snake was hunted and sent here by them. Wait a little longer, wait for your Uncle Luo and the others to wake up, and they can help you. If you’re not at ease, there are Boundary Stones in the clan treasury. Take one and put it into the small world to add a layer of defense to the space entrance.”

Su He nodded. With a flash, he was back on his own small island.

The Ancient Ancestor at the bottom of the sea didn’t pick any more treasures, but instead stood still at the bottom of the sea, seemingly lost in thought.

Cloud Island.

Su He looked at the two Dragon Turtles in the main hall, deep in thought.

According to the Ancient Ancestor, this was the resurrection method left by the White Spirit, but it didn’t succeed. The resurrection card was bugged, and it was always in a running corpse state, so it needed help?

Why not directly ask for help from the elders? It couldn’t be that he was here to form a backup for resurrection, and he needed to commit suicide once, and then resurrect with her, right?

He was a little scared. Su He looked at the body of the White Spirit: “Miss?”

For some reason, he always felt that it was too abnormal for this White Jade Dragon Turtle to lie quietly. It should jump up, sit cross-legged with hands on hips, and laugh, asking him if he was surprised.

But the White Jade Dragon Turtle didn’t do that.

Su He called out softly again.

After a while, a clear sigh came from outside the hall.

Su He turned around and left the hall, chasing the sound all the way from Cloud Island to the big marsh below.

The marsh water was calm, only slightly rippling.

Above his head, a full moon hung in the sky. The moonlight passed through the clouds and fell on the water, gently rippling with the waves.

Under the moonlight, on the water, a stunning woman stood barefoot. Her feet crossed, her jade fingers pointed at the water, her light gauze danced with the wind. Looking at Su He, there was a smile in her eyes.

Behind her was a phantom of the Basalt, the spirit snake was elegant and light, and the basalt turtle was domineering and mighty. Under the moonlight, it was even more mysterious.

The woman’s lips parted slightly, and she said softly: “Little clan brother, only this once, watch and remember, don’t forget!”

Su He didn’t recognize this woman, but just one glance told him that she was the White Spirit! The turtle was the White Spirit, the snake was the White Spirit, and this woman was also the White Spirit!

Before Su He could speak, a clear and ethereal song rose, like a mermaid’s low chant, blending into the marsh water with the full moon. The water surface was dotted with stars, the moonlight was sparkling, and it was breathtakingly beautiful.

The Fairy danced barefoot and barehanded, stepping on the nodes of the song, her figure swaying, like a fairy from the moon palace.

For a moment, Su He was stunned.

He didn’t know what the White Spirit was doing, he just thought it was beautiful. The full moon, the blue smoke, the water-like dance.

This dance, this song, this moonlight… like flowing water, seeped into Su He’s heart.

When the dark clouds rose, half covering the bright moon, the song ended.

It was beautiful, but Su He didn’t understand.

But Su He knew that this White Spirit was not right, she was actually not jumping! She was actually beautiful. The style was all wrong.

He looked at the woman, and the Fairy shook her head slightly: “Don’t ask, I’m just a fragment of consciousness, leaving you a dance… maybe it’s a technique?”

It was just a strand of consciousness cut out by the main body, and it slipped away during the body technique, leaving behind a dance. She didn’t know about the past.

As soon as she finished speaking, her figure, like a dreamy bubble, gently dispersed.

Su He was stunned, feeling a bit of loss.

“Isn’t the human form of sister pretty?” That pleasant voice fell into Su He’s ears for the last time. It had become a playful tone again.

She’s teasing me again!

Su He was helplessly furious. He rose from the waves and returned to Cloud Island. The main hall, the corpse, the quiet small island, nothing had changed. When he spoke again, the main hall returned to random answers.

He returned to the big marsh by stepping on the waves, and the mermaid sacrifice was still preparing the books.

Su He stood next to a giant egg with a strange expression. This egg was carefully enshrined in the underwater palace by the mermaid clan.

It was the legacy left by the White Spirit.

It was not left by laying eggs, but formed by condensing her own bloodline inheritance with all kinds of heavenly materials and earth treasures.

Su He’s consciousness clone had asked the Ancient Ancestor to look at it. There was no mistake, adult Dragon Turtles all had this ability. Probably the White Spirit was also not sure if she could resurrect, so she left this Dragon Turtle egg.

But there was only the life breath of a female turtle in the egg, not a male turtle’s. It needed a male turtle to soak and hatch it with its own origin.

Sure enough, after awakening the Dragon Turtle bloodline, whether male or female, all Dragon Turtles set the continuation of the lineage as the most important purpose of their lives!

At this moment, Su He was helpless, he… was too small. Dragon Turtles needed at least the Five Heavens to nourish their bodies before they had the ability to reproduce.

Of course, Su He took on this task without hesitation, and glared back at the idea of the Mermaid King wanting other Dragon Turtles to help.

The Ancient Ancestor laughed heartily and sent his consciousness clone away again.

This method of inheritance was just a backup option when there was no other choice. The possibility of a real Dragon Turtle being born was extremely small.

It would be better to leave a turtle bead and let other turtles inherit it, but obviously the body of the White Spirit had other uses and could not condense into a turtle bead.

When the sky was about to dawn, the sacrifice had prepared tens of thousands of books.

Jade Bead followed the sacrifice.

The Sacrificial Priest prostrated: “Honored God, all divine decrees of my God are here. But the decrees are written in the script created by my God. Could Jade Pearl stay by your side and recite them for you?”

“Agreed!” Su He understood what the merfolk priest wanted. He didn’t want to trap the descendant of the awakened merfolk queen’s bloodline in this graveyard.

Bai Ling was unreliable, who knew if she could return, or how long it would take. It was needless to say a hundred thousand years, even if it took three to five thousand years to return, the merfolk would have changed generations twice.

Without serving the Dragon Turtle, the merfolk’s advancement was slow. They often couldn’t even reach the stage of Subdue Demons, and their lifespan ended after two to three thousand years.

Rejecting the priest’s invitation, Su He collected the books and rushed out of the grand tomb with Jade Pearl. He had already seen the spirit race on the old locust tree.

Su He couldn’t break the seal, making it difficult to kill that spirit race.

He suspected that the first time he was able to reach in was because the seal had deliberately opened a back door, allowing him to take away the Heng Gua.

Outside the grand tomb, it was also morning, with the dawn breaking through the sky and the sun just rising.

Su Huanian stood on a stone egg with the Fairy Sword, looking at the space here. The space of this world was special, friendly to the Dragon Turtle, but tough on outsiders.

Su He could break through the space with a head-on collision, but Su Huanian, who was at a higher Realm, couldn’t.

After Feng Yaya told about her experience in the space of the grand tomb, where there was a spirit race who could Traverse Heaven, Su Huanian came here to guard.

Until Su He broke through the sky with a merfolk.

They looked at each other and laughed, flying together towards the island where Feng Yaya was.

“What are you going to do next?” Su Huanian asked softly.

Doesn’t the Dragon Turtle clan have a fixed territory? Does the newly Tribulation Crossing little Dragon Turtle not need to go home?

Su He was taken aback.

There were many things to do, a bunch of Divine Abilities waiting to be learned, and he had to participate in the Dragon God Festival of Yunmeng Ze.

Most importantly, after the Dragon Turtle’s Tribulation Crossing, he didn’t choose a cultivation method. He used to advance by relying on Old Taoist Ge’s Turtle Longevity Breath Technique.

After the Tribulation Crossing, this technique could no longer keep up with Su He’s progress.

The Dragon Turtle had its own breathing method. But he wouldn’t choose right after the Tribulation Crossing. He needed to first determine his path, know what kind of Dao foundation and Dao tools he wanted to condense, and then choose the corresponding breathing method.

To achieve Divine Ability.

But Su He’s Dao foundation was settled by Bai Ling, and the way of advancement was to condense sixty-four “Gua”. The requirement for the breathing method was not high.

He should choose the one that suits him best, the one that enhances his physical body the most.

And the combat skills for fighting, a Dragon Turtle couldn’t possibly always use only innate Divine Ability.

The Dragon God Festival was on the second day of the second month, and it was only October now, there were still several months. Enough for Su He to truly enhance his power significantly.

(End of this chapter)


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