Chapter 2 Bullying the Golden Tortoiseshell
He made no comment on the golden hawksbill turtle's foolish behavior!
That's just the nature of soul beasts!
If there were even a few more intelligent soul beasts, they wouldn't have ended up facing extinction.
Finding the golden tortoiseshell is difficult for human soul masters, but it's not difficult at all for soul beasts.
Moreover, the Golden Earth Dragon clan and the Golden Hawksbill Turtle clan were originally friendly races.
Within half a month, Jiang Heng learned from his clansmen where the golden hawksbill turtle was hiding.
This time, he personally led two golden earth dragons that were 90,000 years old.
"As expected of a tortoise, it kept its secrets well!"
Looking at the deep pool in front of him, Jiang Heng clicked his tongue in amazement.
This golden hawksbill turtle, despite being a 100,000-year-old soul beast with an age of 190,000, chose to hide in the pool in the mixed zone.
With a leap, Jiang Heng and two clansmen plunged into the deep pool.
Then the destructive search began.
Soon, the golden tortoiseshell was forced to reveal itself.
"Stop pretending, I know you're a 190,000-year-old soul beast."
"Cooperate with me, and I can help you through a life-or-death crisis."
"Of course, you can also choose not to cooperate. I think Di Tian is still quite interested in a petty thief who steals things."
Jiang Heng didn't exchange any pleasantries with the golden tortoiseshell and directly stated his purpose.
"How...how did you know..."
The golden tortoise, who was trying to pretend to be a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, became nervous after Jiang Heng exposed it.
With his defensive capabilities, he was naturally not afraid of this 100,000-year-old golden earth dragon king, but he was afraid of Di Tian!
"Come with me!"
Jiang Heng issued the order in a very domineering manner, and under pressure from the situation, the golden tortoiseshell had no choice but to accept its fate.
Of course, he wasn't stupid either; he could glean a lot of information from how this 100,000-year-old soul beast addressed Di Tian.
Perhaps, if I leave with the other person, I won't die.
Jiang Heng then took the golden tortoiseshell back to their underground palace.
"This...this palace was built by you yourselves!"
Looking at the palace before him, the golden tortoise felt as if he had entered the human world. Compared to their living quarters, his previous place was nothing but a doghouse.
Most importantly, it's very safe to live here.
Unless Di Tian is mentally ill, he wouldn't go to the trouble of digging up more than two thousand meters underground just to find him.
"Abandon your defenses and cooperate with me. I will forcibly strip the Life Gold from your body, and you can still live."
"Otherwise, given the speed at which this Life Gold absorbs life force, you will surely die within a thousand years."
Upon arriving at the underground palace, Jiang Heng immediately revealed his solution.
"No, do you think I'm stupid?"
"Give up resistance, and if you take this opportunity to kill me, what am I supposed to do?"
Even if you keep your promise and cut open my abdomen, won't I still die?
Upon hearing Jiang Heng's words, the golden tortoiseshell immediately became agitated.
This is clearly a case of not wanting him to live!
"Your Golden Tortoiseshell Clan are essentially auspicious beasts. Killing you would bring me bad luck, and I would certainly not be able to survive the next Heavenly Tribulation. Do you think I'm that stupid?"
"Even if I accidentally killed you while trying to help you in the process of obtaining the Gold of Life, it would still be considered killing you and would still have a backlash. Since I dared to make this suggestion, I have a way to deal with it."
Jiang Heng thought this guy was absolutely out of his mind.
If he were a golden tortoiseshell, he would risk half his life to dig the gold from the belly of the living being.
"this..."
Upon hearing Jiang Heng's words, the golden tortoise hesitated.
His not-so-bright mind worked for a moment, and he suddenly realized how true that made sense.
"Okay, I'll cooperate with you!"
Subsequently, the golden tortoiseshell made its decision.
If the golden hawksbill turtle resists with all its might, with its terrifying defensive capabilities, even Jiang Heng's dragon claws cannot break through its body.
Although the Golden Tortoise Shell can only exert the power of 40,000 to 50,000 years at most now, it is still essentially a 190,000-year-old soul beast.
Fortunately, the other party cooperated fully and did not resist.
Then, Jiang Heng used his sharp dragon claws to cut open the golden tortoiseshell's abdomen.
Locate the location of the Life Gold, cut it precisely, and dig it out along with the surrounding piece of meat.
During this process, the golden tortoiseshell severed its senses, otherwise it feared it would die from the pain.
After successfully extracting the life-giving gold, Jiang Heng began stitching the other person up.
Yes, it was stitching, very rough stitching.
If it weren't for the incredible vitality of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, this golden hawksbill turtle would have been tormented to death long ago.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
"Take your time to recover. In a few hundred years, you might be back to your old self."
Looking at the half-dead golden tortoise lying there, Jiang Heng spoke softly.
In this way, the golden tortoise shell was bound here, allowing him and his people to grow up faster.
Of course, if the opportunity presented itself, he would not hesitate to kill the golden tortoise shell, for it was a matter of life and death, and only a dead beast could keep the secret.
It should be noted that even the clansmen who accompanied him to find the golden tortoiseshell did not know what he was doing.
Of course, the golden tortoise shell cannot die at its own hands; luck, that thing, can really backfire.
Find a suitable opportunity, let the humans take action, and then he will kill the humans to help the golden hawksbill turtle avenge itself.
After that, he began studying the Spirit Gold.
Swallowing it will surely lead to death, unless one is extremely powerful or possesses the ability to devour.
He couldn't actually integrate it into his spiritual sea to nurture his spiritual power; what he lacked right now was spiritual power.
Although it inherited the spiritual essence of its predecessor and barely reached the point of having form but no substance, it was still somewhat lacking in the end.
However, by wearing it with him, he could constantly feel his own power growing stronger, and even the hidden injuries in his body were quietly healing.
This thing is truly incredible.
Therefore, he did not immediately utilize the Life Gold, but instead kept it on his person to constantly enhance his own power.
With the presence of the golden tortoiseshell and the gold of life, the entire Golden Earth Dragon clan could feel their strength rapidly increasing.
During this period, he has been studying the things he obtained from human storage soul tools.
This also enabled the clansmen to collect more related storage soul tools.
Using the knowledge contained in these storage soul tools, as well as the natural intuition of the soul beast race, he had his clansmen help him find many herbs that could enhance spiritual power in the Star Dou Great Forest.
With the support of his powerful physical body, the nourishment of the Life Gold, and the assistance of various herbs that enhance spiritual power, it took him less than ten years to completely stabilize his spiritual power at the realm of tangible yet intangible, comparable to a level 92 Title Douluo among human Soul Masters.
Furthermore, the powerful physique of the soul beast was enough to support him in condensing a soul core.
As for the method of condensing the soul core, he also obtained it from the golden tortoiseshell.
Preparations continue; the soul core is being condensed.
(End of chapter)