Su He lay in the water, allowing the sunlight to fall on his turtle shell.

Su Huanian stood on a rock in the lake, gazing into the distance.

“What are you doing?” Su He looked at Su Huanian and asked.

“Waiting for someone, what about you?”

“Watching you.”

Su Huanian chuckled lightly. This was just a turtle, simple-minded. If it were a human, she would have slain him with a single stroke of her sword.

“Who are you waiting for?” Su He asked again, feeling a slight sourness in his heart.

Su Huanian brushed her hair behind her ear, her voice becoming a bit colder: “My fiancé.”

Su He’s turtle eyes widened in disbelief, “You, you have a boyfriend?”

This was terrible news. No matter what form a man took, he always hoped that every beautiful woman he met was single.

Even if the woman just brushed past him, or didn’t even speak a word to him.

Boyfriend? This term was quite novel. Beasts were always so straightforward. Su Huanian smiled lightly, “I’ve never met him. It’s an arranged marriage by my father. I heard he’s passing by here for an examination, so I came to see.”

The fiancé of a fairy was just an ordinary scholar?

Su He blinked, feeling a bit relieved, “So you’re not here to see your fiancé, but your future – why don’t you look at me too? Maybe I’m your future.”

“You’re a turtle!” Su Huanian said softly, her tone gentle but firm.

Su He lifted his head, the lake water flowing down his neck, casting a rainbow glow in the setting sun. He looked at Su Huanian and said seriously, “If you’re willing to teach me cultivation, I can eventually transform into a human.”

Su Huanian looked at him, a hint of surprise in her eyes, “You, want to be my disciple?”

“Can I marry you after becoming your disciple?”

“No – whether you become my disciple or not, you can’t!”

Su He fell silent, slowly retracting his head into his shell, burying it under the water.

He felt a bit depressed, a long-lost feeling rising within him. It seemed like a long time since he had retracted his head into his shell.

In the upper battlefield, Daoist Qinghe coughed to ease the awkwardness, whispering, “Even in the illusion, there should be logic. Why would your turtle think that he can transform into a human just by cultivating?”

Without the Demon Morphing Fruit, without the Mind’s Eye human form, no matter how much he cultivates, he would just be a powerful Exotic Beast, unable to even awaken his Spiritual Intelligence.

Old Taoist Ge fell silent for a moment, then whispered, “Do you remember the rumor that spread after the opening of the Xuanhuang Cave Heaven the time before last?”

Daoist Qinghe pondered for a moment, “You mean the rumor that all beasts could gather the spiritual essence of heaven and earth to morph into demons in ancient times?”

“Didn’t the Ten Immortal Sects debunk that rumor?”

Old Taoist Ge’s leopard whiskers twitched. Shouldn’t the debunking of the Ten Immortal Sects be interpreted in the opposite way?

The two fell silent for a moment, then turned their attention back to the illusion. Many things in the subconscious of the Dragon Turtle illusion might come from the Dragon Turtle’s inheritance, ancient secrets they didn’t know. As long as it didn’t involve confidential information, they wanted to learn more.

It was definitely not for gossip!

……

“What are you doing?” It was already dark in the illusion, a moonless night with a sky full of stars.

Su Huanian had already left the rock in the lake. A thatched hut had appeared by the lake. Su He didn’t know where the hut had come from. When he woke up from his daze in the afternoon, the hut was already there.

Su Huanian’s Fairy Sword was digging circles in the ground, seemingly for no reason.

“Digging a well,” Su Huanian replied softly.

Su He was puzzled, “Why are you digging a well? Isn’t there lake water here?”

Su Huanian looked at him, “That’s your bath water, how can it be consumed?”

Su He was stunned.

He had never thought about this problem. Since he had become a turtle, he couldn’t remember how long it had been. Every day he hunted, slept, and excreted in this lake, never realizing anything was wrong.

Wasn’t this natural?

Besides, as a fairy, shouldn’t you be able to conjure pure water with a flick of your finger? Why dig a well?

“What’s in there?” Su He looked at the stove in front of the hut, a delicious aroma wafting from the iron pot on the stove.

“Black chicken and turtle soup,” Su Huanian’s voice had a hint of mischief.

Su He’s face was full of horror. He took a few steps back on his hind legs, swallowed hard, and asked Su Huanian cautiously, “How about, we eat fish? I’m really good at catching fish.”

A sly glint flashed in Su Huanian’s eyes, she seemed very agreeable, “Sure.”

Su He dove into the lake and soon returned dragging a large carp. He was very careful to only bite the tail of the carp, not damaging the flesh.

“Here!” Su He placed the fish under the eaves of the hut. The carp flopped around wildly, extremely lively.

Su Huanian shook her head, “You eat it, I don’t eat meat.”

“Eh?” Su He looked at the now clean iron pot. In just a short while, the black chicken and turtle soup was gone!

Su Huanian said softly, “That was prepared for you. It’s all top-grade spiritual items, which can nourish your yin and replenish your qi to help you on your path. Since you don’t like it, I poured it out.”

Su He: “???”

“!!!”

He looked at Su Huanian in disbelief, but Su Huanian had already closed her eyes, sitting cross-legged in front of the hut, slowly breathing in and out, her chest rising and falling slightly.

Days passed.

Su Huanian settled down by the lake, watching the lake, listening to the rain, cultivating, occasionally responding to Su He, or driving him away to bathe in the lake.

Time was peaceful like this, and Su He was content.

Inside the battlefield, Old Taoist Ge and True Person Qinghe looked at each other, puzzled.

This Turtle’s weakness was not “lust”!The illusion was born because of him, and he existed in the illusion. If the turtle was lustful, it would surely peep at Su Huanian bathing—at least the scene of Su Huanian bathing would appear. But the turtle really left far away, and the distant illusion disappeared until the Dragon Turtle returned, Su Huanian had already finished bathing.

He was not lustful, was he just in the illusion to accompany Su Huanian and have a romance?

Old Taoist Ge’s head was aching. If This Turtle was lustful, it would be easier to handle. Lustful ones are not confined to humans, probably because Su Huanian was the first one he saw, so she also appeared in the illusion.

If that was the case, a few beautiful women or delicate turtle species would suffice after a few rounds of training.

But This Turtle seemed to want to stay together forever, which left people at a loss.

Old Taoist Ge opened and closed his front paws, making an impatient snoring sound from his throat. The seven Mysterious Moons on his forehead were shining brightly.

The others looked at him but didn’t say much, probably guessing that Old Taoist Ge’s Dragon Turtle disciple had a weak point in his cultivation level, and Old Taoist Ge didn’t know what to do.

Such psychological problems, no matter how high the cultivation level, there was no solution.

“Old Taoist Ge, why don’t we enter the illusion and help the Dragon Turtle cut off his thoughts?” The voice of Daoist Qinghe echoed in his heart.

Old Taoist Ge looked over.

“How can we help him cut off?”

“You act as his master, and I will transform into the appearance of Su Daoist, acting as the father of Fairy Su, entering the illusion to guide the Dragon Turtle to the Dao—Isn’t there a fiancé for Fairy Su in the illusion? Let them have a happy and fulfilling marriage.”

Daoist Qinghe stroked his chin, who has ever seen a person and a turtle together? They were different species, if they really fell into it, they would be asking for trouble.

Especially Fairy Su of the Qingyuan Sect, not to mention the existence of Feng Yiju, even the cold temperament of Fairy Su was not approachable by ordinary people.

This Dragon Turtle’s thoughts were twisted, it should be corrected.