Don't Mess with that Turtle

His gaze slightly lowered, his face shadowed with a trace of darkness, as he stared intently at Su He, murmuring to himself, "Not a demonic transformation nor an exotic beast, this is a Divine God Beast!"

At the very least, it possesses the blood of a Divine God Beast.

The cultivation paths for beasts are only two, to become a demon or an exotic beast. Divine God Beasts are not about cultivation, but bloodline!

Dragon, Phoenix, Kylin, Divine God Turtle, Golden Crow, Moon Toad…

Countless Divine God Beasts exist in legends, but few have ever been seen with one's own eyes.

Lu Shidi's teeth clenched with an audible grind, "Why, after I have chosen my Life Bound Beast, does a Divine God Beast appear!"

Su He looked at him and slowly stepped back.

This person held hostility towards him, a deep animosity of the life-and-death kind!

How utterly nonsensical!

"Why did you not appear earlier or later? Why only after I have chosen my Life Bound Beast? Am I, Lu Ming, unworthy of you?"

Lu Ming was born in the Beast Valley of Qingyuan Gate, a line that did not primarily practice swordsmanship or Talisman Law, but beast taming cultivation, nurturing one's own Life Bound exotic beast; the beast is me and I am the beast.

Lu Ming's Life Bound Beast had formed a contract just three days ago—a White Tiger with exceptional natural gifts. But even the highest talent of a common exotic beast cannot surpass a Divine God Beast's bloodline, can it?

Three days!

Just three days late!

If he had discovered this turtle three days earlier, he would have made it his Life Bound Beast at all costs!

But it was too late!

Per the beast-taming laws, one person in one Boundary Status can only form a contract with one Life Bound Beast. With Lu Ming's talent, it was impossible for him to reach the next Boundary Status in hundreds of years.

Lu Ming could not wait for hundreds of years!

Moreover, the news that there was a turtle with Divine God Beast blood in Tinghai Lake could not be suppressed; the Beast Valley would know sooner or later, and someone would eventually claim this turtle as their Life Bound Beast.

But I am the top true disciple of this generation's Beast Valley!

Lu Ming's hatred made his teeth itch.

He pulled out a Talisman Pen and scribbled Spirit Talismans in the air, slapping them toward Su He's head.

Nobody is going to steal my Divine God Turtle, even if it can't become my Life Bound Beast, it can only be my beast pet!

Beast Servitude Seal, Life-Death Talisman, Cage... Let's see who dares to snatch it, and if they still dare to make it their Life Bound Beast, I, Lu Ming, wouldn't mind having an extra servant.

The Life Bound Beast and its master share a heart and origin; if someone else has contracted the Spirit Soul of a beast pet, they cannot escape.

He did not understand these Talisman Runes, but the alarm bells in Su He's heart were ringing loudly; his beastly instincts told him that being marked by these symbols would be worse than death.

Su He turned and fled, but the Spirit Talismans caught up to him, imprinting towards his forehead. However, just as they were about to touch, a Tao Seal lit up above Su He's head, shattering all of Lu Ming's beast pet Spirit Talismans.

It was the Tao Seal Su Huanian had left on him over a month ago.

It wasn't much use, merely to prevent others from taking Su He as a beast pet.

Lu Ming's face turned an instant shade of purplish-red.

Just a common warning Spirit Talisman, yet it shattered his own—a clear sign that whoever left the warning Symbols was unreachable in their Tao cultivation.

Damned be it!

This should be the doing of a pampered young master who discovered the Divine God Turtle early but lacked the patience to form a contract. So he enlisted an elder to leave a Tao Seal on the turtle, only to wait until his Tao cultivation was sufficient to then form the contract himself.

This person is truly selfish!

Having discovered a Divine God Beast and not reporting it to his sect. If he had reported it, the Divine God Turtle would surely have been taken by the Beast Valley, and the disciples of this generation could compete fairly for its taming.

A sizeable token of gratitude for the finder from the successful one would have sufficed.

This person must've known that placed in the Beast Valley, I would have tamed it first; thus, he hoarded it here.

Which senior helped this junior? Elder An? Elder Qiu?

The other two Elders of the Beast Valley wouldn't have—faced with something valuable, they only think of me. Or perhaps it was a senior of another Qingyuan lineage?

Despicable!

With the Divine God Turtle snatched away, Lu Ming's face darkened further. He couldn't force the turtle to be his beast pet, for it would trigger the warning Symbols, and as a disciple who had already chosen a Life Bound Beast, challenging an Elder's warning and forcing the beast pet onto himself would mean deeply offending the Elder.

A vicious glint flashed through the corners of Lu Ming's eyes.

If he couldn't possess it, then he would destroy it! Should his White Tiger manage to devour this Divine God Turtle, its talent would surely increase by a great measure.

As the Life Bound Beast and its master share each other's fortunes and misfortunes, the White Tiger's improvement would be his own. His path to Tao cultivation would become a smoother journey.

With an Elder's warning talisman in place, Qing couldn't simply let the White Tiger come and eat it. He had to think of a plan.

Lu Ming stood silently by the lake for a moment, his eyes gradually lighting up.

Feng Yaya!

The little princess of the Sect Leader's family! For some reason, she had been lingering in Beast Valley for the past few days, supposedly having an appointment with someone outside, and the hundred days were nearly up. She was waiting at a place for the person she had an appointment with.

Since Beast Valley was the closest, she decided to linger there.

A little girl who never seemed to grow up and wasn't very smart, but her Tao Cultivation was not low. Just by employing a small trick, she could be made to turn Beast Valley upside down, letting all the Beast Pets escape.

As long as the White Tiger took the opportunity to come out and swam along Elephant Water, and by chance encountered a young Divine God Turtle, and accidentally bit it to death and ate it, that wouldn't be an unacceptable mistake, right?

It would just be the instinct of an Exotic Beast! It is in the nature of beasts to eat each other!

It would be best to create an alibi for himself as well, such as being punished and locked up by the Law Enforcement Hall...

Perfect!

After all, if he were locked up in solitary confinement, it would be impossible for him to leave, much less direct the White Tiger to make a mistake.

Of course, for the safety of the White Tiger, it would be best to tamper a little with this Divine God Turtle. Lu Ming waved his Talisman Pen, and a Talisman Rune fell upon Su He's Shell.

He intentionally avoided the head of the turtle, where the warning Symbols were located.

"A Ten Thousand Pound Talisman and a Position Talisman should suffice." Using more talismans makes it easier to slip up. The Position Talisman was for pinpointing, and the Ten Thousand Pound Talisman would activate upon encountering the White Tiger. No matter what methods this turtle had, when suppressed by the Spirit Talisman to the point of being immobilized, it could only let the White Tiger devour it.

"Just stay put and wait for my White Tiger to come and eat you."

After saying this, he laughed sneeringly and flew off on his sword. It was better to act sooner than later. First, he needed to find a way to keep Yu Lin occupied and prevent him from coming to teach Crocodile again, for Yu Lin might discover the Spirit Talisman he had left on the Turtle Shell.

Lu Ming moved with great speed, while Su He squinted, watching him leave.

Indeed, the intuition of beastkind was the most trustworthy. This person had ill intentions! No wonder she disliked him from the first glance; he had an odor that beasts resist.

This person must frequently be in contact with various types of beasts, but most have left behind an unfavourable scent on him.

Saliva, urine, stray hairs...

Using her memory, Su He sketched down the Spirit Talisman that Lu Ming left on the Turtle Shell.

The first Spirit Talisman was completely unrecognized, while the second was centered around an Earth Yuan Symbol. Su He couldn't understand the specific effects.

All Spirit Talismans related to the earth would center around the Earth Yuan Symbol, such as: gathering Spiritual Energy, sorting out earth veins, increasing rice yields, Earth Escape...

Combining this with Lu Ming's self-mumbling, one of the Talisman Runes that Su He completely did not recognize should be the Position Talisman. The one centered around the earth must be the Ten Thousand Pound Talisman.

As the name suggests, it weighs ten thousand pounds. It should be used for suppression, sealing, restriction, and such.

To suppress me and then let the White Tiger come and devour me?

A cold light flashed in Su He's eyes. Thinking back to Lu Ming's previous actions, it seemed that Lu Ming wanted to make her his Beast Pet, but was thwarted by the Symbols left by Su Huanian. Since he couldn't tame her, he wanted to destroy her instead.

Damn it all! What have I ever done to provoke you?

Su He then turned around and snatched the Crocodile's prey.

By eating a few prey with improved Quality and stacking up the Energy inside her body, she could molt and shed the turtle shell marked with his Spirit Talisman.

And then...

A White Tiger was just that, without the Spirit Talisman to restrain her, it wouldn't be hard to kill it. If that failed—Su He glanced at the several hundred Su Family Crocodiles on Crocodile Beach —even if your White Tiger is an Exotic Beast, I refuse to believe that a hundred crocodiles can't kill you!

After that, Su He looked towards the Sword Light cutting through the sky, leaving only a glimmer of brightness.

Though Su He had fought with various beasts, even having several close brushes with death and never developing hatred for those wild creatures, for some reason, she always felt uneasy until she could crush Lu Ming.

Sturgeon, two points.

The Quality isn't good enough, throw it back to the crocodiles.

Rabbit, one point.

...

Wolf, three points.

Su He snatched prey from one Crocodile after another, leaving the Su Family Crocodiles confused; not understanding why their king was suddenly taking their prey today, only to throw it back without eating it.

Each time he threw the same prey back, it immediately exuded an enticing aroma, causing a frenzy among the crocodiles.

Until, after snatching from the twelfth crocodile.

Deer cake, four points, Quality.

Su He spared nothing, devouring the little milk deer completely. The warm deer blood made her entire body feel toasty, and two hours later, Su He leisurely closed her eyes.