Before long, you and the Azure Dragon parted ways, each embarking on your own journey.
The Azure Dragon was diving into the deep sea to continue its training and improvement.
As for you, you were preparing to return to the mainland!
After all, you've been in this sea region for quite some time.
Originally, you wanted to see how vast this ancient sea region was.
But it turned out to be too vast, seemingly endless.
Continuing to explore would be too much of a waste of time.
You felt it wasn't necessary!
After all, you had more important matters to attend to.
Your exploration of this sea region was merely a diversion.
Back on the coastal land, there were children from a tribe waiting for you to return and teach them!
That's right, your visit to this sea region was just incidental.
The main reason was that there was a large tribe in this coastal area where you came to spread your teachings and cultivate talent!
Exploring the sea region was something you did during your leisure time between teaching.
Now, you've been out here for a while.
If you don't return soon, you'll delay your main duties.
As for how big the sea region is? How big the world is?
You actually asked the Azure Dragon this question.
But it didn't know either!
After all, it was a reclusive dragon, hiding in the great river near the Azure Flood Dragon Tribe before meeting you.
Its knowledge was quite limited.
Since that was the case, you didn't delve further.
How big the world is, what does it matter to you!
So, you left the sea region and flew inland.
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed!
You returned to the coastal land.
As soon as you landed, several children around ten years old ran up to you!
"Teacher Jiang, you were gone for so long this time, we thought you weren't coming back!"
The title "Teacher Jiang" was something you instructed the children to call you.
After all, being called Master felt too formal.
With so many children you were teaching, if they all called you Master, wouldn't you be overwhelmed with disciples!
You looked at this group of children, smiled, and patted their heads, teasingly saying, "Have you all learned the techniques? And now you want me to leave." r
You now had experience teaching "disciples."
No longer did you teach them hand-in-hand every day; instead, you gave them the techniques.
Then, after a while, you would "assess" them.
The children ran to the elder, clamoring for their rewards.
The chief smiled at the children, telling them to come to his house in the evening for their rewards, and then sent them away.
Then, he clasped his hands together and, with some embarrassment, said to you, "Sir, the Totem Ancestor would like to meet you!"
You were taken aback by his words.
Totem Ancestor?
You were familiar with the concept of totems, having been in this world for so long.
Simply put, it was a demonic beast that protected a particular tribe.
For example, the Azure Dragon was referred to as a totem by the Azure Flood Dragon Tribe.
However, as far as you knew, those totems rarely interacted with the people of the tribe.
Unless it was something significant.
Why did the totem of this tribe want to see you?
Unable to figure it out, you didn't dwell on it!
After all, totems were generally friendly to humans, so you weren't worried about any danger.
So, you nodded to the chief, signaling him to lead the way.
Afterward, the chief led you to the seaside, then respectfully began to whisper to the sea.
As the chief whispered, waves slowly began to form in the sea.
Was the totem of this tribe in the sea?
It seemed quite reasonable upon reflection.
You also knew this tribe was called the Divine Tortoise Tribe.
So, their totem should be a sea turtle.
But soon, you realized your assumption was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
It wasn't in the sea, but beneath your feet.
You looked at the scene before you, astonished.
You saw that you and the entire tribe were floating in the sea.
Of course, it wasn't that everyone had fallen into the sea.
Instead, the land where everyone lived was moving!
It had moved into the sea.
At this moment, you fully understood.
This tribe had been living on a giant tortoise all along.
This was something you had never expected.
In fact, it wasn't your fault.
It could only be said that the giant tortoise's breath-holding technique was too powerful.
You had lived here for so long and had never noticed anything unusual.