Su Huanian watched her daughter playing with the turtle, her face gradually turning pale.

She approved of her daughter finding a turtle as a friend. Even if it wasn't a spirit, a turtle's lifespan was long enough.

Yaya was too special; she was born during a lightning tribulation, which caused her to develop at a pace ten times slower than normal due to the lightning entering her body.

After sixty years, she still resembled a three or four-year-old child.

Only creatures like spirits could grow at a similar pace and truly be her companions. Even if this turtle couldn't transform into a spirit, it could still be her pet for a long time.

But, the turtle as a father...

Su Huanian formed her fingers into a blade and quietly watched Su He.

Perhaps because she was born from a lightning tribulation, Feng Yaya was naturally close to the heavens and earth and often spoke prophetically without realizing it.

The words she casually uttered would often become reality.

She said she didn't like Brother Gu and that he should be struck by lightning, and he really was struck dead by lightning. She said Elder An looked kind and would make a good mother, and the single-for-eight-hundred-years Elder An really gave birth at the age of eight hundred. She envied the relics of Xuanqing Temple and wished her sect had some too, and within three months, the Qingyuan Sect discovered ancient relics right at their doorstep...

Such incidents were countless.

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Now she said she wanted a turtle to be her father...

Fairy Su felt it hard to breathe, as if two heavy stones were pressing on her chest. Her magical power unconsciously surged into her finger blade, and her gaze at Su He grew colder.

Suddenly, Su He felt a terrifying crisis descending upon him, a life-or-death situation, as if he was about to face a battle more terrifying than a pack of wolves or crocodiles.

He instinctively retreated into his shell, glancing around to find the source of the danger.

Feng Yaya knocked on his shell, "Hey, Big Turtle, are you home? What's wrong? Did something scare you? How will you save me in the future if you're so timid? You have to come save me if someone tries to eat me!"

Su He: "???"

Is this how a child's mind works? Such wild imagination, why would someone eat you?

The sword light flickering on Su Huanian's fingers paused and then retracted.

She laughed at herself for being so affected. Hearing Yaya say the turtle would be her father made her instinctively want to kill the turtle. But how could it be this turtle?

A turtle capable of coercing her would have to have survived a lightning tribulation and possess immense magical power, perhaps even be a great power in the Traverse Heaven Realm; otherwise, how could it suppress her?

It couldn't be that she had taken a husband! The dignified Fairy Su of the Qingyuan Sect was not someone so shameless.

If her husband dared to tease their daughter again, saying she was so cute he wanted to cook and eat her, she would definitely fall out with him!

No longer paying attention to her daughter and the turtle, Su Huanian focused on operating the formation.

The future was uncertain, but focusing on cultivation was the way. If her realm was high enough, who would dare have impure thoughts about her?

The hostility came quickly and left just as fast. Su He, who was terrified and thought he was doomed, found the hostility inexplicably disappeared.

The mountain breeze gently blew, the summer twilight cast its light on the mountain peak, and the pool water sparkled with a rainbow of colors under the setting sun.

Feng Yaya knocked on Su He's shell, outlining the wonderful life after Su He would join her.

"Let me tell you, Grandpa Ge is a good old man, but he's too stingy. He created a breathing technique for his turtle, and when I asked for it, he wouldn't give it to me. Now he's out on business, so when you come to me, I'll take you to steal that breathing technique!"

Su He's eyes lit up.

"And there's the health porridge from Jing'an Hall, the ginseng fruit from Qiyun Peak, the water essence stone from Sword Valley... so many things useful for turtles, we'll steal them all. If we can't steal them, we'll go in disguise and rob them! Don't worry, they can't beat me, and even if we're caught, my mother is the sect leader's wife, they wouldn't dare punish me."

Su He looked at Feng Yaya with a completely changed expression, placing a turtle claw on her shoulder and giving it a serious pat.

Great, this is a friend worth having.

With just a few words, a deep friendship was forged between the child and the turtle, and they made extensive and friendly plans for their future bandit activities a hundred days later.

Until nightfall, it was time for Feng Yaya and Su Huanian to leave.

They didn't ride swords but walked hand in hand down the mountain, the little girl occasionally turning back to wave.

Su He nodded from the pavilion corner.

Watching them go further away, Su He suddenly realized.

Wait a minute!

This hundred-day contest among the beasts for the Demon Morphing Fruit opportunity, this fairy didn't want me to miss it, but... damn it, I'm the one being contested for!

If I don't follow them and stay here, I'll be gutted by the beasts for the undigested Demon Morphing Fruit!

Especially since the fruit he ate was a higher-quality red fruit, emitting a stronger aura, a turtle living high on the mountain—a beacon!

Brothers, wait for me!

Su He wanted to shout, but turtles are mute, lacking vocal cords to make sounds, except during mating.

He nearly jumped off the pavilion corner, quickly crawling after Feng Yaya and Su Huanian. Feng Yaya's eyes widened, and Su Huanian's clothes fluttered.

Feng Yaya was full of surprise, "Big Turtle, do you miss me?"

Su Huanian smiled gently, how could there be so many intelligent and affectionate turtles, Elder Ge encountered one, and now Yaya did too. Has the turtle population of Qingyuan Mountain collectively awakened?

This turtle probably wants to go down the mountain too, after all, there's only a small pool up there and no food...

Then she saw the black turtle crawling quickly, biting her daughter's clothes and refusing to let go.

Su Huanian was stunned, and Feng Yaya cried out, jumping and hopping. Holding Su He, she looked at her mother with big, innocent eyes.

Fairy Su shook her head, "The Ancestor has instructed, during the Demon Morphing contest, no beast pets are to be taken."

The contest for the Demon Morphing Fruit is both an opportunity and a selection, to choose the most suitable beasts for transformation, survival of the fittest.

During this period, no beast pets are to be taken, meaning no sect members are to participate in the beast contest for the Demon Morphing Fruit. The Ancestor's instructions are not to be disobeyed by anyone in the Qingyuan Sect, except for someone as carefree as Elder Ge.

The little girl immediately looked disappointed, puffing out her cheeks, "Alright then..."

She reluctantly put Su He down.

Su He: ??

Giving up?

Su He was shocked, wait, aren't you going to resist a little? He looked at Su Huanian, this fairy, I have something to say! Give me a spell, the kind that lets beasts speak by tapping on their neck.

Last year, he saw the sloppy Old Taoist tap a crane, and the crane started speaking human words.

Fairy Su didn't understand his gaze, instead thinking this turtle was quite intelligent. Such intelligence wasn't something that could be achieved by recently consuming a Demon Morphing Fruit and awakening spiritual intelligence; it must be innate.

It wasn't surprising, as turtles are a naturally gifted species, with true Divine Turtles being one of the four sacred creatures alongside dragons and phoenixes.

She thought for a moment, then tapped Su He's forehead with her jade-like finger, leaving a mark. This mark wasn't visible, but if someone tried to capture Su He and mark him, it would warn them that this turtle already had an owner.

Feng Yaya awkwardly crouched down, patting Su He's shell. Reluctantly, she was pulled up by Fairy Su, who lightly tapped her feet and rose into the air on a fairy sword.

The fairy sword carried the two into the clouds, their clothes fluttering ethereally, truly like fairies descending to the mortal world.

Not taking me...

Su He stood still for a moment, looking down the mountain. The wolf pack and crocodile group had long dispersed, leaving seven or eight corpses, with no one daring to approach.

There was also half a Swimming Snake, with a die settled on it:

Six points!

This was also food Su He had snatched from the Sparrowhawk, the die had settled, but he went to fight wolves and hadn't harvested it.

Cautiously, he crawled over and grabbed the snake's tail. The die disappeared, and the snake didn't multiply. This was an enhancement in quality.

Su He carried the snake tail back up the mountain as fast as he could, dragging it into the pool at the summit, his heart pounding wildly.

Six-point quality enhancement, this was unprecedented.

This half snake was severed at the seven-inch point, with the gall and heart on this side, about one and a half meters long, as thick as a walnut. It didn't have a fragrant taste, but a slight spiciness.

Turtles and humans have different taste perceptions, the fishy smell of the snake tasted like a slightly spicy snack to Su He.

He tore it open and swallowed it.

The snake meat was chewy, but he didn't dare waste time chewing, six-point quality snake meat, he needed to get it into his stomach to feel secure.

Swallowing it whole as fast as he could, Su He let out a long burp.

The sky darkened, the sound of insects chirping softly, and in the distance, wolves howled and beasts roared. Lying on the mountain top, closer to the sky, the stars twinkled brightly.

Su He submerged in the pool, the entire sky rippling with the water, and with the stars, he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.