vstars Chapter 369 Learning about Grandpa Turtle's Inner Curse
Chapter 369 Learning about Grandpa Turtle's Inner Curse
"I definitely want to go, but..."
Wenwen grinned mischievously, "You've been underwater for so long, you should be able to find some good stuff and opportunities, right?"
The old tortoise tilted its head, feigning ignorance, "What good stuff? What kind of opportunity?"
"What do you say?"
Wenwen didn't expose it. The two, master and servant, stared at each other, exchanging glances and glares.
Wenwen's assertive manner eventually overwhelmed the old tortoise, who said helplessly, "What I think is good may not be what you think is good. Besides, are opportunities so easy to come by? Don't you have to stumble upon them? Do you think you can just wander around and find one? If it were that easy, the monsters in the sea would be too busy..."
"Stop, what's the point of all this? Just one question: do you have anything good?" Wenwen interrupted the old turtle without hesitation.
This old tortoise, true to its old age, is talkative and long-winded. Even though it knows it can't win against its owner, it always tries to resist and stall, always hoping to slack off. Little does it know that it always loses. But it seems to have a sadomasochistic streak, repeatedly losing and fighting again and again, always finding pleasure in its struggle against its owner. It goes on and on, never tiring of it.
Wenwen saw through the old tortoise's thoughts and said helplessly, "That demon beast has a bead that can help it break through its cultivation level."
"What kind of monster? What kind of bead? Tell me more."
Wenwen's curiosity was instantly piqued, and she kept asking questions.
"A three-clawed dragon-fish, with a pearl on its head."
The old tortoise looked at everyone and began to recount, "That was a long, long, long time ago..."
Then, the old turtle started talking to Long Jiaoyu about the bead.
It turns out that was a very, very long time ago, so long ago that it needs to be traced back to when the old turtle was still a baby turtle.
When the little turtle was young, it swam to a place one day and saw a group of cultivators fighting over a bead in the sea. After eavesdropping, it learned that the bead could help demon beasts break through their cultivation. At that time, the little turtle's cultivation was too low to obtain the bead, so it went to its neighbor next door - the little dragon fish.
The two of them conspired together to get the bead. As for how to divide the spoils, the turtle and the fish didn't think it through at the time, and didn't even mention a specific distribution plan before directly participating in the battle for it.
Perhaps it was a sudden loophole from heaven, because during the battle, the cultivators completely overlooked a small dragon fish with low cultivation level. While the cultivators were fighting fiercely, the little fish swallowed the pearl into its belly and then, under the cover of the little turtle, escaped and fled.
Then, as you can probably guess, the rest of the story unfolded.
The little dragonfish monopolized the saliva pearl and kept it out of the little turtle's sight.
Once a pearl is inside a fish's belly, how can it be so easily spat out? The dragonfish, having obtained something good, would not easily give it up; it's already good enough that it didn't kill the little turtle.
With the help of the Top Saliva Pearl, the Little Dragon Jiao Fish's cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. One claw grew, then two claws, then three claws, and its cultivation level suddenly surpassed that of the Little Turtle by a large margin.
After a long time, one day, the three-clawed dragon Jiaoyu returned to find the little turtle and promised to find cultivation resources for it in the future to make up for its losses.
So the little turtle suppressed all its resentment and diligently cultivated day and night. Of course, it received a lot of help from Long Jiaoyu during this time. After the little turtle became an old turtle and its cultivation reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, the grudges between the two were finally wiped clean.
From then on, birds could fly freely in the sky, and fish could leap freely in the sea.
The friendship between the turtle and the fish has come to an end.
They made it clear to each other that they were neither enemies nor friends, and that they were strangers to each other.
The story ends here.
"That's how it is," the old tortoise said with a long sigh.
The story was so convoluted that everyone listened with great interest. Gossip is gossip because it doesn't happen to them, so everyone views it through a lens of prejudice.
The group, still not quite done chatting, continued the conversation for a few more minutes.
"Are you sure it's over?" Wen Chengbin asked.
“Yes, who knows, it might be just the beginning?” Ye Jingchuan agreed.
"Bullshit, what a load of rubbish."
The old turtle said angrily, "I wish that damn fish would be chopped to death. I get annoyed just looking at it."
Wen Chengjian: "Grandpa Turtle, have you run into it recently?"
Grandmaster: "You fought it?"
Wen Qiyuan: "You lost?"
"Oh, you lost."
Wenwen suddenly realized, "No wonder you tricked us into going to find it, and even encouraged Uncle to fight it. Oh my, you old turtle, you've got some bad intentions."
"By the way, what level of cultivation does your childhood friend have?"
"What childhood friend? Just a strange beast," the old turtle emphasized.
"Tsk tsk tsk, all talk and no action."
Wenwen wasn't going to tolerate it. "You don't really want us to kill it, you just want to steal that bead to get revenge on it, right? Even now, you're still not satisfied."
"But you were the one who asked it for help in the first place. In the end, you were not as skilled as it and a fish beat you to it. You should have thought of these consequences when you started looking for it. Blame it on your weakness at the time, and your ambition that was too great, and your delusion that you could possess that pearl and hand it to Long Jiaoyu as a test of friendship."
"In the end, you gave away this opportunity yourself. Long Jiaoyu just seized it. You should be glad that this fish isn't completely bad. Not only did it not intend to kill you, it even helped you find cultivation resources."
"In the end, you just don't want to admit that it's better than you and had the opportunity before you."
The old tortoise, whose thoughts had been guessed, retorted with a stiff neck, "So what if it is? I was the one who discovered the saliva pearl first. It's not right for it to steal it. Even if it helps me find resources in the end, that's what it should do."
Wenwen shook her head and said, "No, there is no such thing as 'should' or 'shouldn't' in this world. Everything depends on strength. If you are strong and have a powerful fist, you have the right to speak. That's how it is."
After Wenwen finished speaking, she looked at her grandmaster and said, "Let your grandmaster enlighten your broken turtle heart, hehehe, grandmaster, come on, give it a profound lesson in thought, educate this stupid head of yours, hahaha."
The old tortoise wanted to cry but had no tears left, and felt utterly hopeless...
Its heart was indeed badly injured; to be precise, the owner's finishing blow was very accurate.
Yes, it admitted that Longjiaoyu had been too smug lately, and it wanted to find someone to beat Longjiaoyu up to deflate that lousy fish's arrogance.
Furthermore, it heard that the Dragonfish wanted to leap over the Dragon Gate, and it didn't want that wretched fish to achieve its wish. It just couldn't stand it, even though...
Yes, leaping over the dragon gate!
Suddenly, the old tortoise remembered this.
Wasn't the master looking for an opportunity? This is a perfect opportunity right here.
"Master, weren't you looking for an opportunity? I suddenly remembered such an opportunity. Would you like to hear about it?"