Vol.2 – Chapter 8 – Toad


Su He opened his sleepy eyes and looked forward.

On the boundless sea, a huge sea dog was swimming towards him. On its head, it carried a delicate little lounge chair the size of a watermelon. On the chair, a green-skinned toad was sitting cross-legged, wearing a mink vest, puffing on a large pipe.

It was grumbling and coming this way.

The toad was lying on the chair, looking at the sky, taking a puff of dry smoke, and cursing. When the sea dog swam to the shore, the toad propped up its body and looked this way: “Let me see, that turtle son stole from me…”

Suddenly, it froze, and after a while, it screamed hysterically: “Toad, you’re a green flower! Dragon Turtle!”

The pipe in the toad’s claw fell down, and the red tobacco bounced out, falling on the sea dog’s head. The sea dog screamed and flipped over the lounge chair along with the toad, slapping its head with its front fins.

The pipe toad fell into the sea.

The tobacco did not go out when it fell into the water, but made a crackling sound. The toad, soaked in mink fur, was completely unaware, just staring at Su He in a daze.

After a while, it suddenly jumped up: “Damn it, where did the Dragon Turtle come from? How could there be a Dragon Turtle?!”

“Which Dragon Turtle egg hatched? It’s not a thousand years yet, how could a Dragon Turtle appear?” It was pulling its hair, refusing to accept the reality.

Green Snake swam over with her clumsy body, tilted her head and looked at the toad: “Demon?”

The toad suddenly looked up: “What’s wrong with being a demon? Do you look down on demons? I am the only great demon in this world…”

“Not a demon, it’s a soul beast!” It chattered on and on, Su He wrinkled his nose and sniffed, and said so.

Old Taoist Ge’s soul beast had stayed on Su He’s head for a long time, and Su He was very familiar with the aura of the soul beast. No matter how much smoke this toad had smoked, it couldn’t hide the aura that seemed to be neither here nor there.

A talking soul beast must be at least third-grade.

The toad’s voice was choked back into its throat.

It glanced at Su He, and after a while, said: “Kid, you’re not a native Dragon Turtle, you’re a foreigner!” No native Dragon Turtle would know about such a rare thing as a soul beast.

The information was a bit overwhelming, Su He squinted at it: “Are there Dragon Turtles here?”

“Not a single one!” The toad spat out: “If there were really Dragon Turtles, would I have been trapped here for thousands of years?”

“Toad, no swearing!” Feng Yaya stood with her hands on her hips, looking down at the toad, a gleam in her eyes.

This toad is not taller than her!

Little brother!

The toad was taken aback, its eyelids twitched: “Kid, if you were like me, a toad that has lived for so long and can still talk, I would think you are a god.”

It stood up, walked to Feng Yaya with a splash, and stared up at Feng Yaya.

Feng Yaya was stunned for a moment. She suddenly understood, stretched out a small hand and patted its head: “Good boy! Don’t make trouble, go play!”

When she made a mistake and looked at Aunt Lin like this, Aunt Lin would do the same.

The toad blinked and was dumbfounded.

Su He walked around to its back and blocked the toad’s retreat: “What do you mean by Dragon Turtle?”

The toad turned around and rubbed its claws, if you want to talk about this, I’m interested. It croaked twice: “Do you know where this is?”

Su He shook his head.

“I don’t know either!” The toad said with some pride: “But I know that once you enter this place, you can’t get out, only the Dragon Turtle can take people out.”

“Why?” Su He was curious. Does the Dragon Turtle have the ability to travel through realms?

The toad shrugged: “Who knows? Maybe this place used to be a Dragon Turtle’s nest, or maybe it was a place where a Dragon Turtle played, or maybe it was a place where a Dragon Turtle raised its illegitimate children. Anyway, I know that only the Dragon Turtle can see the boundary of this place and can travel through it.”

It looked at Su He: “How about we cooperate? You sell me some of the Dragon Turtle’s True Blood, and when I breed the next batch of Dragon Turtles, I can take you out.”

Su He looked at it strangely.

The toad waved its hand: “I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking that once you transform into the divine beast Dragon Turtle, you can freely enter and exit – boy, you’re thinking too much! Who can transform into a Dragon Turtle if they want to?”

“Haven’t you noticed that the beasts here are not afraid of you, as if they can’t sense your aura? There used to be a real Dragon Turtle here, and the beasts here will only fear the real Dragon Turtle! You don’t have the spirit of the Dragon Turtle!”

The toad said earnestly: “Listen to me, I’ve been here for thousands of years, collecting the aura of the Dragon Turtle here to incubate turtle eggs, which will hatch in a thousand years and carry the aura of the Dragon Turtle.

As long as you use your Dragon Turtle’s True Blood to irrigate the turtle eggs, the next time they hatch, there will definitely be a purer Dragon Turtle. It’s only a hundred years away from the next hatching, as long as you’re willing to cooperate, maybe next time we can get out.”

After finishing speaking, the toad looked at Su He with hope: “Deal? I promise not to hurt you, and I’ll replenish you immediately after collecting the True Blood!”

Su He immediately backed away.

The True Blood of the Dragon Turtle comes from the Dao Body of the Dragon Turtle in the Mind’s Eye. Every bit of Dao Body consumed forms a bit of True Blood. If the True Blood is collected, what can be used to replenish it? The Dao Body is already gradually becoming transparent and being consumed!

“Don’t look at me like that!” The toad jumped up and said: “Don’t you believe me, three thousand years ago, a small Dragon Turtle also broke in, didn’t listen to me, thought it could transform into a divine beast. It ate the Demon Morphing Fruit that was so green it was black! Even it didn’t transform into the divine beast Dragon Turtle, its shell is still thrown at the bottom of the sea. How likely are you?”

The black-green Demon Morphing Fruit, which is hard to come by in ten thousand years! There won’t be such an opportunity again.

Seeing that Su He was still hiding, and even moving away from it, the toad was immediately disappointed: “Hey! If you don’t become a Dragon Turtle, you’ll be trapped here and die. I, as a soul beast, have an infinite lifespan, don’t you plan to leave? If you miss this time, it will be a thousand years before you can hatch again!”

You’re just a turtle with the bloodline of the Dragon Turtle, there are exotic beasts everywhere here, it’s uncertain whether you can survive or not.

Su He’s eyes were shining: “I, won’t leave!”

He was content here.

The toad suddenly froze, took off its mink vest, and threw it on the sea. It pointed at Su He with one claw, “You…” but couldn’t say a word for a long time.

Finally, it jumped up, looked at Su He disappointedly, picked up its little chair from the water, jumped back onto the sea dog’s head, and sat down heavily.

It searched around for a long time for its pipe, but couldn’t find it, which made it even angrier.

Another stubborn turtle, just like the one from three thousand years ago, and this one is no different. All those of the Dragon Turtle lineage are as stubborn as mules, refusing to turn back even when their heads are bloody and battered!

It stomped its foot in frustration, while the seal beneath it tilted its head in confusion.

The toad felt even more aggrieved. How stupid! Why did it choose such a creature as its mount in the first place? It pulled out a small, delicate whip from under its little chair and swung it with a snap.

The seal immediately understood, its four flippers paddling furiously, speeding off in a frenzy.

Short-sighted Turtle!

The toad grumbled and cursed, and as it was cursing, it suddenly lifted its head as a thought struck it: Did That Turtle just speak human language?

(End of Chapter)


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