As soon as the words were spoken, you found yourself next to the Divine Tortoise's "child." Taking advantage of the Divine Tortoise's distraction, you gently held its "child" in your hands.
Afterward, you and the Divine Tortoise had a brief tug-of-war over its "child."
In the end, the Divine Tortoise left to destroy the World Gate.
However, before leaving, it gave you the coordinates of the World Gate.
It said it wasn't absolutely confident.
If it failed, you could give it a try.
Watching the Divine Tortoise's departing figure, you felt a bit emotional.
Did you win?
It seems so, but wasn't this the Divine Tortoise's intention all along?
You looked at the small turtle, the size of a bowl, in your hand.
With a sigh, you said, "Little one, you have a mother who loves you!"
Indeed, the Divine Tortoise was going to destroy the World Gate all for this little turtle.
Although the Divine Tortoise never said it, after examining the little turtle's condition, you fully understood.
The Divine Tortoise was indeed shrewd!
In fact, the condition for the Divine Tortoise agreeing to destroy the World Gate was for you to take care of the little turtle and ensure it lived for at least a thousand years.
At the time, you agreed without a second thought.
After all, for the offspring of a Divine Tortoise, living a thousand years should be easy, barring any accidents.
But now, you realized that this little turtle was born with defects, lacking any innate Divine Ability.
In simple terms, it was just an ordinary turtle, and a malnourished one at that.
Under normal circumstances, it would be fortunate for this little turtle to live ten years, let alone a thousand.
Moreover, the little turtle's spiritual intelligence hadn't awakened, and it couldn't cultivate.
In this situation, even with the Divine Tortoise's half-Dao level strength, there was nothing it could do.
After all, its strength came from its innate Divine Ability, which was natural.
As long as it lived long enough, it would have such strength.
It had no way to awaken the little turtle's spiritual intelligence or its innate Divine Ability in advance.
This might be the fatal flaw of fierce beasts that cultivate innate Divine Abilities.
They can only ensure their own strength but can't help others.
Of course, if a fierce beast's innate Divine Ability was to help others, that would be a different story.
Then you began collecting elixirs to refine the Enlightenment Pill.
Since you promised the Divine Tortoise, you didn't want to break your word.
After all, refining the Enlightenment Pill wasn't too laborious.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
You successfully refined the Enlightenment Pill and gave it to the little turtle.
The little turtle's spiritual intelligence awakened.
However, teaching it to cultivate wasn't going smoothly.
Perhaps the little turtle inherited the Divine Tortoise's laziness and love for sleep.
Every time it practiced, it would fall asleep.
Your teaching career faced its first major setback!
Five years passed, and the little turtle's lifespan was halfway gone, yet it still hadn't begun cultivation.
With no other choice, you refined several pills to increase its lifespan and gave them to the little turtle.
By the tenth year, the little turtle finally stumbled its way to the Qi Refining period, extending its lifespan.
However, this little turtle seemed different from humans.
When humans reach the Qi Refining period, they only gain a hundred years of lifespan, but you found that this little turtle gained a thousand years.
Though you didn't understand the reason, it was a good thing regardless.
With this, as long as nothing unexpected happens, you've fulfilled your promise to the Divine Tortoise.
When the little turtle broke through to the Qi Refining period and its lifespan increased to a thousand years, somewhere in the void, a giant Divine Tortoise shed two lines of tears.
It murmured, "Child, grow up well!"
Then, the Divine Tortoise broke through the void and quickly departed.
It had its own promise to fulfill.
Not just for you, but for its child.
At that moment, you looked up at the void, smiled slightly, and shook your head.
"Really, am I that untrustworthy?"
Indeed, you had long since discovered the Divine Tortoise.
You hadn't noticed it in all those years because you hadn't expected it to hide underground, and the Divine Tortoise had been in a deep sleep, using the Turtle Breath Technique.
This time, the Divine Tortoise was hiding in the void, watching secretly.
The difference in concealment between these two methods was vast.