Don’t Provoke the Turtle

Chapter 8: But food, clothing, shelter and transportation

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Su He turned around suddenly and saw several water snakes swimming towards him.

The first one was obviously a king snake, more than two feet long and as thick as a calf. It was green and very beautiful. Su He actually saw a sense of "charm" in a snake.

It has also eaten the demon-transforming fruit!

The turtle and the snake were both certain of each other's identities.

The aura of the demon-transforming fruit could not be concealed at all. The two sides stood in silence, guarding against each other, and neither of them launched an attack first.

The water snakes following the snake king swam up quickly and surrounded the snake king to protect him.

Obviously this wasn't the first time. The snake was able to protect its own demon fruit, thanks in large part to the snakes under it.

This is nature.

In the fight for the demon-transforming fruit, social animals always have an advantage over solitary animals. The nine days that the demon-transforming fruit grows alone cannot be guarded by any non-social animal.

The demon-transforming fruit in the small pond would definitely belong to the Wolf King if Su He hadn't intercepted it. That wolf pack had more than twenty wolves and could face any threat.

Except for Lao Liu.

Su He and the Snake King stared at each other quietly, then slowly retreated at the same time. Neither of them had any intention of taking action. Both sides estimated the size and threat level of the other, and tacitly took the other off their menus.

After retreating five or six feet, the green snake suddenly opened its mouth and spit out a cloud of mist, which instantly enveloped the snakes. Su He was startled and quickly dived under the water. Fighting with snakes underwater is always better than fighting on the surface.

Looking up from underwater, the green snake spit out thick fog to wrap the snakes, and then quickly dived to the surface of the water and swam away into the distance.

Throw a smoke bomb and it will retreat.

A little bit of intelligence but not too much.

But it can spit out mist! Only strange beasts and monsters can master extraordinary abilities. Swallowing clouds, spitting fire, summoning wind, attracting lightning...

Alien beasts cannot transform into monsters, have no interest in monster-transforming fruit, and may even resist it. This green snake can only be an ordinary snake that ate the monster-transforming fruit.

It has only been a few days since it ate the fruit, and it has gained supernatural powers

Why don't I have it

Su He swam towards Tinghai Lake to speak up for himself.

After a few days of heavy rain, the sky finally cleared up. Fish, shrimps and crabs swam to the upper layer to breathe. Various species could be encountered from time to time. There were old crocodiles swimming back and forth to hunt prey, causing countless splashes of water.

This area is originally a crocodile beach.

Several crocodiles saw Su He and tried to approach him, but they hesitated because of his size.

This was because the aura of the sleeping demon fruit had faded a lot during this period, and his body had grown too much, so the crocodiles could not do anything to him. If it were still the same, these old crocodiles would have pounced on him without caring.

Su He paddled quietly, trying to find a place to settle down permanently.

Wolves have their own packs, snakes have their own packs. Su He wanted to find an island to try and see if he could tame a group of turtles. He didn't need to do anything else, even if he could give him a warning while he was sleeping, that would be great.

One crocodile was unwilling to give up and wanted to cut Su He open and steal the demon-transforming fruit.

Follow along.

Su He adjusted his state and swam forward at a leisurely pace. A few lotus flowers floated across the water. Although they were damaged by the wind and rain, they looked like they had bloomed.

I slept too long and the lotus flowers are already in bloom.

The day he and the sloppy Taoist priest had agreed upon had arrived.

Su He swam towards the agreed island based on his memory.

The crocodiles following behind him finally couldn't hold back anymore, and the first one suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Su He, opening its mouth and biting Su He's hind paw.

A fishy smell hit Su He's nose and he shrank into his turtle shell.

Click!

The crocodile bit the turtle shell skirt saw and broke two of its fangs, which made its head buzz. It was confused and at a loss as to what to do. Su He turned around and bit its front paw, then pulled it backwards and turned it over.

Click!

The entire claw was twisted and torn off.

Blood splattered in the lake. The bloody scene did not scare off the other two crocodiles, but aroused their ferocity, and they rushed forward with roars.

Su He quickly shrank into his turtle shell and let them gnaw at him, standing still as a mountain.

After this deep sleep, the tortoise shell became even harder. The crocodile bit it and made its internal organs hurt, but the tortoise shell showed no signs of damage.

Bang!

A crocodile bit the turtle shell, but instead of breaking it, it clamped it up and down like firing a bullet, pushing Su He out and crashing into another crocodile.

The intestines flowed out through the hole.

The crocodile rolled over and struggled, and yanked Su He away with its tail. However, it did not dare to chase him. It ran away with blood dripping from its body and its tail wagging.

Two of the three crocodiles are gone.

The remaining crocodile stopped moving forward, slowly shook its tail, and quietly escaped.

Su He stayed in the water for a while, his internal organs twitching slowly. He was sure that the three crocodiles had escaped, and a sense of pride arose in him.

The crocodiles couldn't do anything to him, and there weren't many species in the lake that could pose a threat to him.

He raised his turtle head and swam towards the promised island with a proud look on his face.

After a heavy rain, Tinghai Lake completely changed its appearance, and most of the island in Su He’s memory disappeared.

It took Su He a whole day to find the island. At this moment, only the bare hilltop was left standing alone on the water.

Su He walked around the island and did not see the sloppy Taoist priest. He only saw a turtle statue immersed in the water, indicating that the Taoist priest had been there before.

Su He broke his promise.

Su He lay beside the stone turtle for a long time, and finally smiled helplessly. The islander brought a stone and placed it beside the stone turtle, pretending to be a seasoned drinker.

I came to the appointment, but I was overdue. We will meet again if we are lucky.

If I get it, I'm lucky. If I lose it, it's my fate.

You have already swallowed the demon-transforming fruit. You will have opportunities to seek the truth in the future. There is no need to worry too much about gains and losses.

After two years of being a turtle, Su He has learned nothing else, but he has long been indifferent to gains and losses. Especially when you are a young turtle, you don't need to be happy about picking up food, because there may be a predator hiding behind you. There is no need to worry about the prey escaping, you might as well go find food quickly.

A beast obsessed with gain and loss cannot survive.

To survive in the wild, you need to be cautious, but also learn to be heartless.

Outside the Qingyuan territory, in a special area, the sloppy old Taoist who was chewing a chicken butt with greasy mouth suddenly stopped and looked up: "Tong'er, Grandmaster, I seem to have done something wrong!"

The child didn't understand.

The old Taoist said solemnly, "If the little turtle swallowed the demon fruit, it would have a suitable inheritance in the fruit. If it didn't swallow it, it would have embarked on the path of a strange beast. The breathing method is not suitable for it anyway. I shouldn't leave the stone turtle behind."

I hope the little turtle really breaks his promise. Or maybe the earth shakes or a volcano erupts and cracks the stone turtle? At worst, a flood will flood it. The stone turtle is a breathing method, which is only useful in the wind. If it sinks to the bottom of the water, it will be a real ordinary statue.

This place is special and incompatible with the outside world. It seems to be a special space. The old Taoist didn't even know about the Qingyuan rain.

At this moment, Su He was quite excited. He was lucky. He found a truly suitable "water palace" shortly after leaving the island.

It was a broken alchemy furnace, the alchemy chamber had disappeared, leaving only the three-legged furnace upside down on the bottom of the lake. The furnace body was rusted with a thick layer of rock-like stuff, and there were shellfish parasitizing on it. The water plants around it swayed with the water flow.

This furnace is very large, with a diameter of at least five or six meters.

Dig a concave hole at the bottom of the lake, crawl into the furnace, and block the hole with pebbles. It will be a good place to hibernate.

Su He decided to settle down here.

What a cultivator seeks is nothing more than food, clothing, shelter, money, companions, and land. Su He's requirements are even lower, just food and shelter are enough, and now all he wants is a companion, and to tame a group of turtles for his use.

This is not a task that can be accomplished in a day or two. The most urgent issue is food.

When he arrived at Tinghai Lake, there were fish, shrimps and crabs everywhere, but Su He found that he had no source of food.

Perhaps because of the different living environment, the fish in Tinghai Lake are more cunning, and it is difficult for Su He with his body size to snatch their food.

Generally speaking, a large turtle like Su He would hunt by sitting still, like a dead animal, and then suddenly attacking the prey when they pass by.

But Su He needs to grab and roll points, so this method cannot be used.

I kind of miss the giant salamander.

Su He crawled out of the alchemy furnace and swam towards the Crocodile Beach.

Given his body size, even if he found a giant salamander, he would not be suitable to team up with Su He.

If nothing unexpected happens, the restaurant will have to move to Crocodile Beach.

(End of this chapter)