Chapter 556: Insufficient Dao Rhythm

“Little Green, please take a look at these spiritual lines on the tortoise shell. If possible, help me restore them.

I will continue to find different levels of spiritual veins for you to absorb.

I will strive to help you grow and return to your peak state as soon as possible.”

Su Jingzhen knew that Little Green understood what he was saying.

And if the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss had truly evolved from the perfect world he once imagined, then Little Green’s origin was incredibly extraordinary.

In his opinion, as long as Little Green could regain even a fraction of its abilities, it would have no problem deciphering the spiritual lines on that tortoise shell.

In this regard, he had unparalleled confidence in Little Green.

And now, he wasn’t making unreasonable demands.

Since Little Green needed spiritual veins, he would find them.

Since he needed Little Green’s help, it was perfectly reasonable.

Upon hearing his words, a wave of energy emanated from Little Green.

It directly affected the virtual image of the Tortoise Shell in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

The image suddenly became more substantial.

And ancient, profound Dao Rhythm began to appear on it!

Su Jingzhen’s eyes widened, his gaze fixed on Little Green.

His excitement was beyond words.

He had only thought of asking Little Green to try it, and unexpectedly, it worked right from the start.

“Why are you standing here?

Don’t you have many places to go?”

Seeing Su Jingzhen standing still in the stone hall without moving, Bai Suzhen couldn’t help but speak up.

The more she interacted with Su Jingzhen, the more mysterious Bai Suzhen found him.

Sometimes, even she couldn’t understand him.

“Wait, I suddenly have some insights.”

However, Su Jingzhen hastily replied and then fully immersed himself in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

“Hmm?”

Bai Suzhen became even more curious, but didn’t ask any further.

As time passed, the Dao Rhythm on the tortoise shell in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss became more and more powerful.

Inside the spiritual vein cave they were in, it seemed as if a massive black tortoise had materialized.

The tortoise radiated an ancient and primordial aura.

Its head was fierce, and its back shell was weathered, as if it had lived from ancient times to the present.

“Ancestral Tortoise!” These two words appeared in Su Jingzhen’s mind.

Even the virtual image formed by the tortoise shell seemed to suppress him.

Judging from what he could see, the bloodline strength of this creature must surpass his current dragon bloodline.

“Wow, what level of divine beast is this?”

Su Jingzhen muttered to himself.

He had only wanted to try it out, never expecting that just from the shape of the turtle shell, Little Green would truly form the presumed ancestral turtle.

Considering the profound nature of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and Little Green’s abilities, he knew that this was no coincidence.

The new leaf on Little Green, rooted in the Spiritual Source, suddenly swayed.

Another mysterious wave of energy affected the virtual image of the Black Tortoise.

The Dao Rhythm on it seemed to intensify.

The spiritual lines on the tortoise shell began to flicker.

When Bai Suzhen had formed the image of the tortoise shell in his Sea of Consciousness, they had noticed that a central part was missing.

This was supposed to be the missing piece of the Ancestral Tortoise.

It was also the reason why the Tortoise Sect’s Immovable Tortoise Seal was always incomplete.

Now, Su Jingzhen saw that under Little Green’s influence, the surrounding spiritual lines were slowly growing toward the center.

It seemed that she had the potential to complete it.

“So Little Green has such abilities?

Does this mean that I don’t need to visit the main sect of the Tortoise Sect to observe their ancestral tortoise?”

As he spoke, Su Jingzhen’s excitement was beyond words.

But while he was thinking about it, the growth rate of the spiritual lines in the missing central part of the tortoise shell slowed down.

Soon it stopped altogether.

The light of all the spiritual energy lines gradually dimmed.

Then, a wave of energy from Little Green reached Su Jingzhen.

He immediately understood its significance.

“Insufficient Dao Rhythm?”

His eyebrows furrowed.

Little Green had just informed him that in order to complete the Ancestral Tortoise’s missing primordial spirit lines and fully restore this primordial divine ability, it needed to absorb more Dao Rhythm.

This was impossible with his current strength.

After all, since Su Jingzhen first entered the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, Little Green had only absorbed the Dao Rhythm from the mysterious space of the Spiritual Medicine Sect and the stone carvings in the Dantai Ruins.

For ordinary cultivators, absorbing Dao Rhythm from those two places might be immensely beneficial.

But Little Green, in its heyday, was apparently a world tree that supported the heavens!

For such an existence, the Dao Rhythm from those two places was indeed insufficient.

“In that case, I will do my best to find artifacts containing Dao Rhythm for you!”

Su Jingzhen’s consciousness looked at Little Green in the Spiritual Spring, his tone serious.

Currently, his system and the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss were his greatest assets.

They were his two Golden Fingers.

Anything that would benefit these two would be his top priority.

As his words fell, Little Green emitted another wave of mysterious energy, enveloping the virtual image of the Ancestral Tortoise.

The spiritual lines on the tortoise shell flashed again.

Then, the primordial divine ability represented by those spiritual lines, the ‘Immovable Tortoise Seal’, was suddenly transferred by Little Green into Su Jingzhen’s sea of consciousness.

He didn’t need to understand it himself.

However, the Immovable Tortoise Seal that Little Green copied at that moment was still incomplete.

However, even as an incomplete version, this one was perfect among all incomplete versions.

It was at least stronger than what the Earth Tortoise Envoy had demonstrated.

“Is this what cheating feels like?”

Su Jingzhen muttered again.

At this moment, he once again felt that despite all the years he had lived on Earth and in the cultivation world, it was only now that things were going smoothly.

With his comprehension abilities and the special cultivation method, he was confident that he could quickly master the Immovable Tortoise Seal.

“I’ve had a sudden insight. Now, let’s go.”

Su Jingzhen’s face showed a confident smile.

He didn’t explain anything to Bai Suzhen.

He walked out of the Tortoise Sect’s stone hall.

“Still keeping secrets?”

Bai Suzhen muttered.

But she didn’t want to find out all of Su Jingzhen’s secrets.

She didn’t ask any further questions.

It was only after Su Jingzhen had completely left the stone hall and his presence was no longer felt that Xuan Yuan and the other elder suddenly raised their heads.

“Is he… gone?”

Xuan Yuan’s gaze shifted to the outside of the stone hall.

It was empty.

The other Tortoise Sect disciples had fled at the first sign of trouble.



“He should be… gone, right? Did we escape? But why did he let us live?”

The moment Earth Tortoise’s Envoy was killed by Su Jingzhen, their hearts had sunk.

They thought that they would follow Earth Tortoise Envoy to their deaths.

Unexpectedly, the ruthless demon Su Jingzhen spared their lives.

“The main sect will not let this go.

If one of the main sect’s Eight Divine Envoys falls here, they will certainly take action.

As witnesses to the whole event, it is impossible to escape.

We should wait here for other envoys from the main sect to arrive.”

Xuan Yuan had a clear understanding of their situation.

Ordinary people dying, or even their Qingzhou branch being destroyed, would not affect the main sect.

But the special status of the Earth Tortoise Envoy would surely provoke the wrath of the main sect.

Given the power of the main sect, they didn’t even think about running away.

Getting caught would mean more than just death.

All they could do was hope that the main sect’s envoys would spare them after they understood the whole story.

…

Standing at the edge of the misty swamp, Su Jingzhen noticed that the mist inside the swamp seemed to be slowly dissipating.

The spiritual energy had become much thinner in less than an hour.

Perhaps within a day, the Mist Swamp would reveal its true form, no longer mysterious.

Since he had completely removed the spiritual vein, the natural illusion field there had disappeared.

However, Su Jingzhen didn’t care and didn’t feel guilty. Sёarch* The nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

After all, cultivation was about fighting for one’s life against the heavens.

Although his cultivation level was still low, he understood that there was a balance in everything.

In order to achieve immortality, cultivators naturally take from everything.

When you gain something, something else has to lose.

“Before nightfall, I might be able to reach another sect.

The Heavenly Sword Sect, where the Heavenly Sword Ancestor resides, seems to be about a thousand miles away from here.”

Su Jingzhen glanced at the sun and didn’t hesitate to immediately take off on his flying sword.

He flew towards the location of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

…

This was a vast area of extremely rich spiritual energy.

It was also shrouded in endless dense fog.

Inside, there were countless small and large islands.

Similar to the previous misty swamp, there were majestic stone palaces on these islands.

These palaces were engraved with countless ancient patterns, most of which depicted black turtles.

This place was none other than the headquarters of the Tortoise Sect.

In the center of the Tortoise Sect’s largest island, dozens of figures had gathered, with an old hunchback sitting at the head.

In the middle of the hall, there was a shattered soul jade.

Under normal circumstances, the shattering of a soul jade wouldn’t mean much and wouldn’t be noticed.

After all, the Tortoise Sect was huge, with too many disciples, and deaths occurred every day.

If every death was investigated, there would be endless conflicts.

However, this soul jade was very special, it belonged to one of the Eight Divine Envoys, the Earth Tortoise Envoy.

“Have you found out? Where did Earth Tortoise go today?”

The old man’s aged voice suddenly resounded.

“Reporting to the sect master, Earth Tortoise used our sect’s internal summoning array about an hour ago.

The coordinates seemed to be the wilderness of Qingzhou!

But now, the sub-array of the summoning array in Qingzhou has been completely destroyed.

We cannot go down there directly.”

A middle-aged man in a black robe spoke, his eyes filled with unprecedented ferocity.

“Qingzhou… Qingzhou…

How could such a wilderness have the power to kill the Earth Tortoise?

Check to see if anything significant has happened in Qingzhou recently. If nothing is found, then destroy all the sects in this wilderness.”

The master of the Tortoise Sect spoke with a calm tone.

However, everyone in the hall could sense the anger in his words.

Qingzhou, being a wilderness, was indeed too weak compared to the entire Tortoise Sect.

Even if they annihilated them, the other sects in the Luo River Basin wouldn’t find it unreasonable.

After all, every sect in the Luo River Basin was superior to Qingzhou.

Such actions of wiping out an entire region were not uncommon among many sects.

Even before he finished speaking, the black-robed middle-aged man who had spoken earlier frowned again.

“Reporting to the sect master, something has indeed happened in Qingzhou recently.

There was news that a spiritual vein of liquid-level spiritual energy had been discovered there.

It has attracted the attention of several major powers, including Dongxuan Academy and the Heavenly Dragon Race.

The Heavenly Dragon Race sent the demoness Qiu Yaoyao.

When we heard the news, we were tempted, but we knew we couldn’t compete with the Heavenly Dragon Race, so we didn’t send anyone.

The reason why Earth Tortoise suddenly went to Qingzhou is still under investigation.

But considering Qiu Yaoyao’s strength, it’s possible that she could have killed Earth Tortoise.”

As soon as this was said, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to grow heavier.

Before the Tortoise sect master could ask any more questions, the black-robed man continued, “Also, about a month ago, the Yan Clan sent a fleet to retrieve a fully awakened Water Spirit Saint Body.

The awakening location of that Water Spirit Saint Body was also in Qingzhou!”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed again.

The discussion intensified.

“I thought the name sounded a bit familiar. It turns out that it had caused quite a stir among the Luo River factions a month ago.”

“Could it be that it’s not a wilderness, but a treasure trove?”

“But if it really is the Heavenly Dragon Race, it might be difficult for us to avenge the Earth Tortoise.”

“…”

While the crowd was discussing in the hall,

The Tortoise Sect master at the head of the room furrowed his brow again.

Usually, such a figure didn’t care about the day-to-day affairs of the sect. They only focused on cultivation and the pursuit of immortality.

He was hearing this information for the first time

After a moment of silence, he spoke gravely, “Investigate!

Find out the reason. If it is indeed the Heavenly Dragon Race, they must give an explanation for unjustly killing one of our divine envoys.

The Heavenly Dragon Race may be strong, but the Tortoise Sect is not to be trifled with!”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed.

In the Luo River Valley, the Heavenly Dragon Race was in a league of its own.

The Tortoise Sect had always been a second-tier sect.

When had the sect master spoken so boldly?

Considering that the sect master had been in seclusion, and the existence within their sect hadn’t made a move for a long time, they all had their suspicions and felt a wave of excitement.

“We will obey the sect master’s command!”

After everyone left the hall, Tortoise Sect entered a state of readiness.



The atmosphere within the Tortoise Sect became increasingly tense.

As the last rays of the setting sun disappeared behind the western mountains, a dark, ancient battleship appeared above the Qingzhou’s Tortoise Sect, breaking through space.

The flag of the Tortoise Sect flew from the bow of the ship.

Xuan Yuan and the other elder who had been waiting there immediately prostrated themselves again.

“Xuan Yuan and Xuan Feng, welcome the envoys of the main sect!”