The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 254 - 158: Creating One’s Own Heaven and Earth_2
"His true body is also very powerful, that’s why after it became a magic artifact, it has lasted thirty thousand years without crumbling," he sighed lightly, "However, without the continuous replenishment of Divine Power, it will eventually dissipate one day."
"Is this great door meant to distinguish between demons fated and not fated to enter?" she pondered and then asked. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
"No! He simply doesn’t want to let anyone in," he replied.
This answer was truly definitive. So now, were they supposed to just stand outside the door, idle? With Wen Liangyu being too small in stature, she lifted him up and held him in her palm to facilitate his observation of the door.
He squeaked a few times, and Qiongqi translated, "How does the Dragon Turtle himself open this door?"
Ning Xiaoxian rolled her eyes, "He is this giant turtle himself, how could he not open... it?" Before she finished speaking, she understood Wen Liangyu’s implication. This giant turtle would only open the door when its External Body stood outside of it. In other words, the door would open when it sensed its own aura.
Currently, there’s no doubt the Dragon Turtle’s External Body has vanished, but the principle behind opening the door remains the same.
Changtian couldn’t help but praise, "Wen, your reasoning is solid." He called Ning Xiaoxian over and took out a Turtle Shell Token from his bosom and handed it to her, "This is a token given to me by the Dragon Turtle, let’s see if it’s willing to open the door when it senses its own aura?"
The patterns on this turtle shell token were pretty, but it looked as if it was forcibly torn off.
"What’s wrong?" Changtian saw her turning the turtle shell token over and over.
"This looks so familiar, how did you come by this token?" She scrutinized it repeatedly and the more she looked, the more doubts sprouted within her: she seemed to have seen this shape somewhere before!
"Cough!" He gave an awkward hum, his tone unusually apologetic, "Many years ago, in a moment of youthful contentiousness, we both revealed our True Bodies, and I forcibly tore this off its body; later we reconciled with a handshake, and he gifted me this turtle shell. After I took it back, I refined it a bit... Could you close your mouth, please?"
She gaped at the turtle shell, her mouth opening wider and wider in shock. No wonder this thing looked familiar, it was that huge chunk of shell flesh torn off the giant turtle! That was a piece of flesh the size of several soccer fields, and yet after refining, it couldn’t even fill her palm. Immortal Law was truly awe-inspiring, capable of storing Sumeru in a mustard seed.
Then her mind belatedly caught up to one fact: Changtian implied that he personally tore off this turtle shell. In other words, the colossal wound on the Dragon Turtle’s body was bitten by his True Body! How huge a maw must one have to inflict such a wound? Looking at his current radiant appearance, she simply couldn’t envision him biting into the giant turtle... this kind of mental imagery was beyond her!
It seems the disposition of the Dragon Turtle is pretty mild indeed. Having had such a huge chunk of flesh bitten off by Ba Snake, anyone else would be in agony, yet it even consented to make peace with the other party?
Seeing her staring like this, Changtian felt rather uncomfortable and changed the subject: "Shouldn’t you be going out now?"
She carried the turtle shell token out of the God Demon Prison and stood in front of the blood-red door. Surely enough, after a couple of seconds, the door opened inwardly. The door itself was cast from the flesh and blood of the giant turtle, and at this moment, it didn’t emit any grating creaking noise, but silently swung open, allowing her and Wen Liangyu to step in, then gently closed behind them.
This door was ten meters thick, and without the Turtle Shell Token, forcibly opening it would likely not be an easy task, not to mention this old turtle is skilled in arrays. Wouldn’t he have set up some mechanisms and arrays behind it to plunge the intruders into a state of desperate desire for life or death?
No sooner had the door closed than a light source inside lit up, illuminating the underside of the turtle like daytime. She squinted to see that in a corner beneath the turtle, there were hundreds of large urns, from which bright white flames spurted out, revealing every detail within tens of meters as if amidst Daytime Flames.
"These urns contain mermaid cream, also known as Merfolk Oil, which doesn’t spoil over time and burns forever!" Changtian explained to her. Merfolk Oil was something she had heard of; it was said to be in Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum in Huaxia, a treasure too costly to acquire. But each urn here was so large, needing four or five people to wrap their arms around them. How many merfolk would have to be slaughtered to extract enough oil to fill them up? Indeed, a Divine Beast is a Divine Beast, even if mild-tempered, it never concerns itself with the life or death of low-level demons.
"Take a couple of steps forward," he said.
She and Wen Liangyu did as told, and instantly, a flash of white light passed before their eyes.
When they opened their eyes again, they were stupefied.
How could this resemble the inside of a turtle’s belly? The sky above was clear, with the sun shining brightly. In front of them was a tranquil, shimmering lake, with fish occasionally leaping out of the water, willows drooping by the lake, kingfishers eyeing their prey and cormorants patrolling leisurely. Occasionally, the white mist on the lake’s surface dispersed under the breeze, allowing them to see a crescent moon-shaped bridge and a small courtyard with white walls and black tiles in the distance!
She and Wen Liangyu seemed to sense something, looking down to see themselves standing by a wooden pier, the gentle sounds of water hitting the shore caressing their ears, the fragrance of jasmine filling their noses, and before them sat a small black-awning boat with an oar inside. She swiftly turned around, yet there was no trace of the blood-red door behind them. They had completely merged into this scenery resembling the Water Towns of Jiangnan!
This Dragon Turtle, slumbering within Heart Lake, had crafted a lake within itself, a Taoyuan hidden from the world! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote with a recommendation ticket, Monthly Ticket at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
