Longevity with a Turtle

Chapter 56: Chapter 55: Yun Family’s Transformation

Little Black poked his turtle head out, his beady Doudou eyes revealing dissatisfaction.

”Your Cultivation is higher. You should be the one blocking from above.”

”Cut the crap. Look at what this is!”

Chen Jianghe took out a stalk of Clear Spirit Grass and waved it in front of Little Black’s nose, instantly making his eyes shine with a green light.

”Master, give it to me quickly.”

”Now you acknowledge me as your master? You’ve become a Spirit Beast now. You need to learn gratitude. Without me, you’d still be a Mortal Turtle with a crippled lifespan.

”When we encounter danger, you must know how to protect me, understand?”

Chen Jianghe gripped the Clear Spirit Grass tightly. Unless Little Black nodded, he absolutely would not let go.

Little Black nodded frantically.

”Master, I was wrong. Hurry, give it to me.”

CHOMP CHOMP!

Little Black snatched the Clear Spirit Grass into his mouth in one bite and began chewing carefully. The patterns on his Turtle Shell lit up with a faint glow, absorbing and refining the Spiritual Qi contained within the grass.

An hour later, Little Black smacked his lips, still wanting more, and looked at Chen Jianghe with expectant eyes.

”So fragrant! Is this the Clear Spirit Grass? Do you have more?”

”I do. Wait a few days until you’ve completely digested this stalk of Clear Spirit Grass, and I’ll give you another one.”

”A few days? But I feel like I’ve already digested it completely.”

”That’s just your illusion. In reality, it takes two days to digest a stalk of Clear Spirit Grass. Be good.”

Hiding beneath Little Black, Chen Jianghe pressed tightly against his plastron. He could clearly feel that Little Black’s Magical Power had grown much thicker. He also knew that Little Black had indeed completely digested the Clear Spirit Grass, but he still planned to wait two days before giving him more.

This fellow was no less afraid of death than he was. Without some benefits dangling in front of him, he might not be willing to stay on top and act as a shield.

RUMBLE!

A deafening roar reached the bottom of the lake. Chen Jianghe, hiding thirty meters deep in the sandstone beneath the lakebed, clearly felt the ground shaking. A battle had already broken out on the lake’s surface, but Chen Jianghe couldn’t care less. He had no desire to watch the spectacle.

He only wanted to stay honestly at the bottom of the lake and avoid this catastrophe befalling the Yun Family.

The Yun Family had been kind to him, so he secretly prayed in his heart that they could survive this disaster and become a Top-Level Immortal Race with two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

***

Six Red Flame Flood Dragons, each ten zhang long, churned the Inner Waters, causing the lake to boil.

Many aquatic creatures floated up, showing their white bellies. A thick layer of Little Cyan Fish even floated on the lake’s surface.

Many Senior Fishermen and Farmers and Honored Guest Elders who hadn’t managed to flee in time suffered collateral damage, dying under Lann Tianxiang’s Profound Celestial Dragon Pattern Rope.

Yun Family Master Yun Xiaotian and five Elders—six Ninth-Layer Qi Refining Great Cultivators in all—surrounded Lann Tianxiang in the center. The High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts in their hands gleamed with light as they formed a Battle Array.

Although they had formed a Battle Array that amplified the combat power of the six Ninth-Layer Qi Refining Cultivators, their opponent was Lann Tianxiang—a Great Demon who had already successfully reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In just a few exchanges, they fell into a disadvantage, forced to transition from offense to defense, struggling bitterly to hold on.

The Yun Family Ancestor did not make a move, keeping his guard up against the four Foundation Establishment Ancestors on the Flying Ships. The Foundation Establishment Ancestors on the four Flying Ships also remained motionless.

They were waiting. Waiting for Lann Tianxiang to slaughter Yun Family Master and the other Ninth-Layer Qi Refining Great Cultivators. That way, the Yun Family Ancestor would be forced to take action.

When that time came, they could reap the spoils. As long as Lann Tianxiang wore the Yun Family Ancestor down to death, they could slay Yun Bufan today and directly carve up the Yun Family. At the same time, they were also waiting for the anomalous signs of Yun Bufan’s Foundation Establishment Failure.

Inside the Yun Family ancestral hall.

More than a hundred Yun Family disciples stood guard outside, Magical Artifacts in hand. Their gazes were firm and their expressions resolute; every one of them harbored the determination to fight to the death.

They were the final wall protecting Yun Bufan.

”Daniu, if that Demon really breaks in, you must take the children and leave. You are not from the Yun Family. You don’t have to stay here until the bitter end,” Yun Huizhen instructed Yu Daniu in a lowered voice near his ear.

”No. It was only through the Yun Family’s grace that I was able to step onto the Immortal Path. Now, I am a son-in-law of the Yun Family, and my Cultivation has reached the Fifth-Layer Qi Refining. How could I cowardly cling to life at a time like this?” Yu Daniu said with a firm tone. ”I was originally a child from a farming family. To be able to marry you is my greatest fortune. How could I ever abandon you?”

Hearing Yu Daniu’s words, Yun Huizhen’s phoenix eyes reddened and welled up with a thin mist of tears. She gave him a solemn nod.

BOOM!

In the sky above the Inner Waters, Lann Tianxiang controlled the Red Flame Flood Dragons to charge at Yun Xiaotian with full force, prompting the five Elders to fly over to his rescue. However, right at that moment, the Profound Celestial Dragon Pattern Rope in Lann Tianxiang’s hand swept out horizontally, tangling toward the Sixth Elder, Yun Zhonghui.

With a loud BOOM, the Defensive Spiritual Artifact on the Sixth Elder shattered instantly. The Profound Celestial Dragon Pattern Rope, brimming with Foundation Establishment Stage Magical Power, lashed viciously against his body.

It was already too late for Yun Xiaotian and the other Elders to rescue him.

With a flick of Lann Tianxiang’s wrist, the High-Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Profound Celestial Dragon Pattern Rope, suddenly erupted with the might only found in a Top-Level Spiritual Artifact. It shredded the Sixth Elder’s body to pieces, turning him into a mist of blood that filled the sky.

”Everyone, be careful! This Demon’s Magical Artifact has already undergone Refining to become a Top-Level Spiritual Artifact!” Yun Xiaotian shouted.

Seeing the Sixth Elder murdered by Lann Tianxiang, the Yun Family Cultivators were all filled with indignation. Even the Yun Family Ancestor wore a dark expression, his eyes cold and gloomy.

However, glancing at the four Flying Ships, he couldn’t act rashly; otherwise, the Yun Family would undoubtedly suffer an annihilating disaster.

”Eighth-Layer Qi Refining disciples of the Yun Family, join us in fending off this Demon!” Yun Xiaotian bellowed at this moment.

Hearing this, the Yun Family Ancestor and the four currently fighting Elders all underwent drastic changes in expression, their eyes revealing indignation and helplessness. Yun Xiaotian was trying to use the lives of the Eighth-Layer Qi Refining Cultivators to stall for time for Yun Bufan.

Following Yun Family Master Yun Xiaotian’s order, over a dozen streaks of sword light flew out from Huxing Island and joined the battle. They knew what their mission was in joining this battle.

Yet they did not show the slightest hint of fear, much less harbor any dissatisfaction toward Yun Xiaotian. They were either branch heads or Direct Lineage Stewards; everything they had was given by the family. Now that the family was facing its tribulation and turning point, how could they—who had received a lifetime of grace from the family—not step forward?

”If you want to send these ants to their deaths, I’ll gladly oblige!” Lann Tianxiang laughed loudly. His Divine Sense controlled the Red Flame Flood Dragons, and his Magical Power drove his Top-Level Spiritual Artifact, the Profound Celestial Dragon Pattern Rope, as he slaughtered his way through the Yun Family Cultivators.

To a Foundation Establishment Ancestor, Qi Refining Stage Cultivators were mere ants. No matter how many there were, it was futile. Almost every incense stick of time, a Cultivator would plummet into the lake, or be turned into a mist of blood filling the sky.

As time passed, the Yun Family Ancestor watched the Yun Family disciples fall one by one. His eyes turned bloodshot, and his fists were clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, causing blood to instantly drip down.

Suddenly.

The vortex in the sky above the Huxing Island ancestral hall abruptly came to a halt. Then, the massive amount of Spiritual Qi surged into the ancestral hall, as if devoured by a giant beast.

Seeing this scene, a flash of joy crossed the Yun Family Ancestor’s eyes before being enveloped by boundless fury. The Death Qi radiating from his body vanished in an instant. He summoned his Top-Level Spiritual Artifact Flying Sword and charged directly at Lann Tianxiang.

”Demon, I want you dead!”