"Hmm... Golden Tortoise?" Lin Yun's words made Bijie pause. After frowning and pondering for a moment, she recalled that Golden Tortoise with the strange symptoms.
She clapped her hand to her head and said, "Yes, Honored One, there is indeed such a Golden Tortoise in the Star Dou Great Forest. I remember it; it was a thirty-thousand-year Golden Tortoise."
"It once asked me to treat it, but I could only briefly alleviate its symptoms. I couldn't solve the peculiar draining of life from its body."
Bijie had treated countless soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, but very few were memorable to her. This Golden Tortoise was one of them.
For Bijie to remember it, either the healing process of this soul beast was worth recording, or she simply couldn't cure it, and this Golden Tortoise was clearly the latter.
Because it was one of the few soul beasts Bijie was powerless to help, she had some impression of it, which is why in the original work, it was lucky enough to be transformed into a soul spirit.
"Honored One, I will take you to the Golden Tortoise's territory to find it now." Upon learning Lin Yun's goal, Bijie instinctively flew ahead to lead the way.
As for why Lin Yun wanted to find that Golden Tortoise?
Bijie didn't ask, nor did she want to ask.
As a subordinate, she only needed to complete what Lin Yun instructed her to do. Don't ask too many unnecessary questions.
(Knowing too much can be very dangerous, hehehehe.)
Lin Yun also didn't ask Di Tian for help. Instead, he flapped his dragon wings and followed Bijie. Di Tian walked in the air, seemingly not fast, but with every step, he would strangely appear not far behind Lin Yun, not falling behind at all.
Regardless, Di Tian's way of traveling certainly exuded immense gravitas.
Even five-star general Lin Yun couldn't help but comment: Dou Zong experts are indeed terrifyingly powerful.
Spatial power is truly amazing!
Although Lin Yun could now control some spatial and even temporal power, due to his cultivation level, he was far inferior to Di Tian.
'It doesn't matter, one day, the way I walk will be even cooler than Di Tian's!' Lin Yun thought to himself while flying.
There was no helping it. Before he could fly, all he thought about was how to fly. After he could fly, all he thought about was how to fly more stylishly. Being strong was a temporary thing; being cool was a lifelong endeavor.
Not long after, Bijie slowed down her flying speed.
The Golden Tortoise clan wasn't weak, so their dwelling place naturally wasn't too far from the center of the Star Dou Great Forest. It was no surprise that Lin Yun and his companions could arrive here quickly given their travel speed.
Upon arriving at the Golden Tortoise's tribal land, Bijie originally intended to greet them and give notice, but Lin Yun simply snapped his fingers. Without a word, Di Tian unleashed his full dragon might and soul power pressure.
The pressure from the strongest individual on Douluo swept through the entire Golden Tortoise tribal land without reservation. The lower-ranked tortoises immediately foamed at the mouth and passed out from fright.
Only tortoises aged fifty-thousand-years or more could maintain consciousness, but they were largely pinned to the ground, unable to move.
A joke.
Lin Yun had come to settle scores this time. Why would he bother greeting them?
Seeing Lin Yun's and Di Tian's actions, Bijie seemed to understand something and immediately locked her aura onto one of the not-so-large tortoises among the group.
It's worth noting that not all tortoises of the tortoise clan can become Golden Tortoises. Besides having extremely excellent bloodline themselves, only by reaching a certain age can they become Golden Tortoises.
And the one Bijie had locked onto was one of the few Golden Tortoises in the tortoise clan.
After being locked onto by Bijie's aura, that seemingly very weak Golden Tortoise's heart sank, and it almost couldn't resist turning around and fleeing.
But at this point, it wasn't a matter of whether it could run, but that it simply couldn't.
There were many reasons why it was able to steal the Gold of Life from the Lake of Life back then. Firstly, as a Golden Tortoise, its ability to conceal its aura and hide was very strong. Secondly, Di Tian didn't expect that a Fierce Beast would dare to steal the Gold of Life from the Lake of Life, and it was only due to a momentary oversight that a piece was stolen.
But now, there were no conditions for it to escape.
Being stared down by Di Tian and Bijie combined, let alone a Golden Tortoise that was almost tormented to death by the Gold of Life, even the Myriad Demon King might not be able to escape.
Otherwise, wouldn't it make Di Tian and Bijie seem as useless as Xuan Zi?
Following Bijie's gaze, Lin Yun also saw the Golden Tortoise among the group of turtles, and the expression on his face became somewhat meaningful.
"Di Tian, grab it."
"Yes, Honored One." Di Tian nodded, extending his right hand to grasp at empty space. A phantom black dragon claw instantly appeared, gripping the Golden Tortoise's shell and bringing it before Lin Yun.
Looking at Lin Yun, the Golden Tortoise's body stiffened, shrinking into its shell and trembling.
Lin Yun's identity in the Star Dou Great Forest was not something every Fierce Beast was qualified to know. Besides the few Fierce Beasts that frequently appeared in the Lake of Life, only one, Sheng Xin, knew.
This Golden Tortoise clearly wasn't qualified to know Lin Yun's identity.
But that didn't stop it from fearing Lin Yun.
To have Di Tian, the Beast God of Star Dou, following him like a bodyguard, if Lin Yun didn't have some special identity, the Golden Tortoise wouldn't believe it even if you beat it to death.
If Lin Yun was just a regular human, as he appeared to be, the Golden Tortoise would, right then and there, eat its own shell!
"This... Your Excellency, is there something you need from this little turtle?" Lin Yun didn't speak, but the Golden Tortoise dared not just let him stare at it, so it braced itself and spoke first.
What if Lin Yun saw through some flaw, then wouldn't it be finished?
It was better if the Golden Tortoise hadn't spoken; as soon as it did, Lin Yun's smile grew wider.
"Oh, you can actually talk?" Lin Yun said with an ambiguous tone.
"Cough cough... Yes, our Golden Tortoise clan is quite uniquely blessed, which is why I can speak human language with my ten-thousand-year cultivation," the Golden Tortoise began to lie through its teeth.
Lin Yun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly flew in circles around its shell: "Ten-thousand-year cultivation? Not necessarily... why do I see you as a hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast?"
Golden Tortoise: ...
Di Tian: ...
Bijie: ...?!
Not just the three of them, but even the strong members of the Tortoise clan on the ground who heard Lin Yun's words widened their eyes.
Oh my, this little turtle is actually a hundred-thousand-year-old expert?
Having its true cultivation revealed by Lin Yun in one go, the Golden Tortoise's mouth dropped open in shock, and its small, bean-sized eyes became filled with despair.
It's over, the turtle's done for!
(End of Chapter)
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