Chapter 5: The Old Turtle's Descent

  Behind the island of Manlong, there is a vast expanse of rocky beach, which covers an area roughly three times that of Manlong Island. This place is also a paradise for various species of turtles in Manlong Lake, especially during the turtle breeding season when countless large and small turtles crawl onto this beach to lay eggs. At that time, the young people of Manlong Island would often enter this place in groups to dig up turtle eggs from among the sand and rocks.

  The big black turtle moved quickly and soon arrived at the front of the Rocky Beach, but as it approached the Rocky Beach, it stopped at the edge. The blood-red eyes seemed to flow out a kind of sorrowful gaze towards the depths of the Rocky Beach. In this situation, Leng Yun, who had jumped off the turtle's back, could only gently stroke the big black turtle's head that was staring deeply into the Rocky Beach.

  Afterwards, Leng Yun didn't stay for long. He wasn't unfamiliar with this place. Every year, on the night of the full moon, he would come here once, and each time, Da Hei Gu would only be able to stay outside the rocky beach, and its expression would always be like that. It was precisely because of this that Leng Yun guessed that Da Hei Gu was actually the son of the big white turtle.

  Carrying a bamboo basket, Leng Yun walked into the depths of the Rocky Beach with an unusually familiar gait. Inside the basket were six Silver Moon Flying Fish, extremely rare in the Barbarian Dragon Lake. These fish were the favorite food of the Great White Turtle, so although they were expensive and difficult to catch, Leng Yun would try to grab a few from the lake every time he visited the Great White Turtle from a few years ago. However, over the past year or two, the Silver Moon Flying Fish around Barbarian Dragon Island had almost become extinct, forcing Leng Yun to search far and wide, even a hundred miles away. It was because of this reason that Leng Yun encountered the divine battle on that deserted island a hundred miles away from Barbarian Dragon Island four days ago.

  At the deepest part of Luanshi Beach, there is a black boulder over ten meters high but covering a vast area. Leng Yun arrived at one side of the rock in no time and found an entrance about five meters above the ground, which was less than two meters wide. As he approached, he directly jumped into the cave with his bamboo basket.

  As soon as Leng Yun jumped into the cave, he felt a refreshing coolness and a breath of fresh air. Every time he entered this place, Leng Yun would unconsciously take several deep breaths at the entrance, and every time he could clearly feel that with his breathing, a warm current directly flowed from his chest and abdomen to all parts of his body, followed by a comfortable warmth throughout his body. This was also why Leng Yun wanted to find a way to bring a few Silver Moon Flying Fish here every month, otherwise, with Da Bai Gu's stomach that didn't need to eat at all, there would be no use for Leng Yun to deliver fish.

  The cave wasn't very long, only about thirty meters or so, and it wasn't straight either. Soon, Leng Yun arrived at the end of the passage, a stone chamber that was only about ten meters in size. And right in the deepest part of the stone chamber, a turtle shell the size of a millstone lay on top of a pile of dry grass, which, of course, had been brought in by Leng Yun himself.

  "Old turtle, I've come to bring you some fish!"

  As Leng Yun walked in, the tortoise shell didn't make any big movements, but facing the entrance, two very beautiful black light spots appeared on one side. Leng Yun directly carried a bamboo basket and walked over, then grabbed a silver moon flying fish and handed it to the location where the two black light spots appeared.

  As the Silver Moon Flying Fish appeared, the lifeless tortoise shell finally stirred. A head that looked extremely like a dragon's emerged from within the shell, with a pair of silver horns on its forehead and several silver whiskers. It took the Silver Moon Flying Fish handed over by Cold Cloud in one bite. However, as it savored the delicious taste of the fish, its gaze towards Cold Cloud was filled with deep helplessness.

  The big white turtle was savoring the delicate flavor, and the beauty of the silver moon flying fish was indeed a rare delicacy in the world. Cold Cloud still remembered the only time he had drunk silver moon flying fish soup as a child, which was during the great drought at Buliang Lake when he was three years old. Cold Cloud's father was lucky enough to catch one, although it wasn't very big, but even one small fish could be worth dozens of taels of silver. However, in order to let Cold Cloud's mother taste the legendary silver moon flying fish, Cold Cloud's father showed a strong determination that Cold Cloud had never seen before, guarding the pot day and night for nine days and nine nights without sleep or rest. In the end, Cold Cloud got a small bowl, but the satisfaction he felt was still vivid in his memory even now. Unfortunately, since then, he hadn't eaten silver moon flying fish again, even though he could catch them himself now. Every time, Cold Cloud's mother would save the silver moon flying fish that Cold Cloud caught and ask him to send it to Big White Turtle instead.

  But as for this, the White Turtle was very helpless. Every time he wanted to refuse Cold Cloud's disturbance, but couldn't bear to part with the Silver Moon Flying Fish, otherwise Cold Cloud wouldn't have the good fortune to come and stay with the White Turtle for half a day every month.

  When the white turtle ate the first silver moon flying fish, Leng Yun habitually picked up the next one. However, at this time, a gentle and amiable female voice that was somewhat aged echoed in the cave, "Your mother's request, I can only help you repair the Qiankun bag, nothing else."

  "Ah, old turtle, you can talk." Leng Yun was startled. In all these years, Leng Yun had never heard him speak before, nor had he ever seen him speak, including that time more than nine years ago when he pushed it into the water.

  As for the title of "Old Turtle", perhaps Da Bai Turtle was used to it, or perhaps he didn't care how Leng Yun called him, after all these years, Leng Yun had always been calling him "Old Turtle".

  The giant white tortoise looked at Leng Yun, then at the Silver Moon Flying Fish in his hand, and finally spoke up: "Put the fish down, after you leave, no one will come to deliver fish to me again, I'll eat the rest slowly later."

  "Do you know I'm leaving?"

  The white tortoise didn't even glance at Leng Yun, his gaze was focused on the remaining four silver moon flying fish. "As long as I want to know, nothing in this Savage Dragon Lake can escape my ears. The words your mother said just now, I heard them all, but I've never left Savage Dragon Lake and don't have a habit of collecting treasures, so I don't have anything to give you."

  Although Leng Yun was not very old, his face involuntarily showed a hint of redness at this time. When he left home earlier, Leng Yun's mother suddenly told him to ask Da Bai Gu for a few treasures when he had the chance to leave. Although he didn't know what treasures his mother was referring to, Leng Yun did have such an idea, but unexpectedly, Da Bai Gu knew about it without waiting for him to bring it up.

  "Are you the legendary Dragon Son who rules the underworld?" As for legends, Leng Yun had seen many in books, but he didn't have much reverence for them. Of course, this was also a case of ignorance being bliss. Back then, he had been one of the main members of the team that helped the Great White Turtle, so he didn't think the Great White Turtle could really overturn rivers and seas, ride the clouds and drive the fog like in the books, and naturally, he wasn't afraid either.

  "I don't know." The white turtle's answer was strange, but he immediately explained: "My mother is indeed a true dragon. As for whether I am the Ba Xia recognized by your human tribe, I'm not sure, but I should be similar to what you humans describe as Ba Xia. After all, for us true dragons, except for our pure-blooded descendants, other descendants will have unusual characteristics, and can only be said to be similar."