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Lu Yuan clutched his neck with his left hand, materialized a Water-Resistant Elixir with his right, and shoved it into his mouth. Only then did he recover.

As Lu Yuan was pushed away by the current, the Flood Dragon blocked his path with a swing of its tail. The Flood Dragon spoke, "Young man, you woke it up. You’re in for it now~"

Hearing this, Lu Yuan understood everything. ’This Flood Dragon knew all along but didn’t tell me. It was just enjoying the show!’

The massive Old Turtle opened its mouth, took a huge gulp of water, and sucked Lu Yuan right back in front of it.

The Old Turtle opened its eyes—its eyelids were five centimeters thick—and slowly said, "Who disturbed my hibernation? Dammit! Big worm, you couldn’t even keep watch for me."

The dead of winter was the perfect time for a turtle to be hibernating.

The Flood Dragon peeked its head out and said, "Old brother, someone’s here to see you on urgent business!"

The Flood Dragon had lived for over a thousand years, but compared to this Old Turtle, it was just a child. No Water Ghost or Water Beast in this reservoir had lived longer than the Old Turtle.

"Oh? And who would come all the way here to find me?" The Old Turtle’s eyes swiveled to stare at the young man, Lu Yuan, before it.

Lu Yuan once again conjured a ball of cyan Flame, illuminating the surroundings.

The Old Turtle was a little surprised. ’To think the Human Race still has someone who can use such Magic.’ But it was only a fleeting surprise.

The Old Turtle had lived for so long that even though it always hid underwater, it had seen everything.

By the light of the Flame, Lu Yuan finally saw it was an Old Turtle, curled up and motionless. He never would have guessed it was a turtle; he’d thought it was just a rock.

Clutched in Lu Yuan’s hand was one of the Turtle Shell Fragments from the turtle’s shell. Lu Yuan quickly hid his hand behind his back, forcing a friendly smile, but he couldn’t speak.

The Old Turtle naturally noticed Lu Yuan’s furtive movement. While hibernating, it had felt three "BANG, BANG, BANG" impacts. The third one, especially, had made its internal organs tremble. ’So it was this brat’s doing.’

The Old Turtle’s anger flared. It berated him, "You rotten brat! How dare you peel off my old shell! See if I don’t eat you!"

After speaking, the Old Turtle opened its mouth wide and, without another word, began to swallow the water. Lu Yuan’s body was pulled along by the current, drifting uncontrollably toward the Old Turtle’s mouth.

A vortex formed on the surface of the reservoir. Many Water Ghosts and Water Beasts scrambled onto the bank as the water level dropped rapidly.

On the reservoir dam, Yunyun floated up and shouted, "Father, this is bad! Brother-in-law has really caused trouble underwater!"

Gongyue Monarch, with his legs crossed, said dismissively, "Daughter, don’t make such a fuss. Apart from that Flood Dragon, none of the other Da Xingzi underwater are a match for the Master. What the hell is there to panic about?"

Yunyun tugged on her father’s hand and said anxiously, "Father, get up and help Brother-in-law! Down there isn’t just Xiaodong, there’s also Xiaobei! Xiaobei is a giant turtle who’s been cultivating for who knows how many thousands of years!"

Gongyue Monarch immediately shot to his feet, his face full of disbelief. "What? What’s going on? A turtle thousands of years old? The Master really went into the water to catch a turtle!"

"What are we going to do? I’ve only met Xiaobei a few times. He stays in his underwater cave all year round and doesn’t interact much with the other Xingzi," Yunyun said, her voice laced with anxiety.

’If anything happens to Brother-in-law, my mother-in-law will definitely give me a harsh lesson.’

In the forest, many Da Xingzi had gathered on the reservoir bank to watch the spectacle. Not a single one dared to enter the water to rescue Lu Yuan.

Even Fierce Tiger Xiaoxi, still in the guise of a yellow-furred dog, was just lying on the bank staring at the water, showing no intention of diving in to save Lu Yuan.

Seeing this, the Flood Dragon, who was also in the cave, knew that the Old Turtle had never met Lu Yuan and naturally didn’t know his status. It was genuinely worried the turtle would swallow Lu Yuan whole.

Just as the Flood Dragon was about to intervene, a suit of Golden Soft Armor appeared in Lu Yuan’s hands. Empowered by Lu Yuan’s Spell, the Golden Soft Armor began to grow larger... The item rewards from the system always had functions Lu Yuan didn’t discover at first.

The Golden Soft Armor could grow larger or smaller. A 200-jin fatty could wear it, and a ten-odd-jin baby could wear it snugly.

He had originally been given ten suits of Golden Soft Armor, five of which Lu Yuan had casually gifted to Gu Gaoxu with a wave of his hand.

Lu Yuan hammered the Golden Soft Armor into the surrounding rock walls, forming a barrier net to stop himself.

The water the Old Turtle was inhaling passed through the barrier net into its stomach, while Lu Yuan used the net to keep from being swallowed.

The Flood Dragon had been about to try and mediate, but it hadn’t expected Lu Yuan to have such quick wits and powerful abilities, so it decided to keep its mouth shut.

’If something really does go wrong,’ the Flood Dragon thought, ’it won’t be too late for me to intervene then.’

Lu Yuan used the Sound Transmission Skill to first apologize and placate the Old Turtle, then stated his purpose.

The Old Turtle, having sucked its belly full of water, let out a satisfied burp. Then, it relieved itself of a great deal of urine, which was carried away by an undercurrent.

The reservoir’s water level began to rise again, and the surface gradually calmed.

Yunyun, who had been about to go tell her mother-in-law, saw this change and her legs went weak. Floating in the air one moment, she dropped to the ground the next, muttering, "It’s over, it’s over. Brother-in-law is definitely a goner. My sister will either be a widow or have to remarry with a child!"

A nearby Gongyue Monarch flicked his daughter on the forehead. "Daughter, don’t talk such nonsense. The Master is a blessed man and will be fine! The Master’s wife won’t become a widow!"

Yunyun rubbed her head and replied, "So what do we do now?"

Gongyue Monarch said, "We wait and see!"

Seeing the Old Turtle had stopped inhaling water, Lu Yuan put away the Golden Soft Armor and bowed to it.

It turned out the real undercurrent was behind the Old Turtle. Its urine would be carried away by this current, preventing it from polluting the cave at the bottom of the reservoir.

’This cave is actually a pretty good place.’

The Flood Dragon rested in one part of the cave, while the Old Turtle hibernated at the bottom.

The Old Turtle spoke, "Since you’re the son-in-law of my benefactor’s family, I won’t make things difficult for you. Why have you come here?"

Lu Yuan sent via sound transmission, "Senior, I’ve come for some of your Turtle Shell Fragments!"

Lu Yuan’s bluntness took the Old Turtle aback. It had forgotten how long it had been since anyone had dared to speak to it so brazenly.

From Yunyun mentioning "Xiaodong and Xiaoxi," Lu Yuan had deduced the existence of a "Xiaobei." On the way here, he had secretly performed a divination and confirmed that there was indeed an old turtle lying at the bottom of this reservoir.

The shell fragments from a turtle were one of the ingredients needed to refine the Human Level Lower Grade Elixir of Eternal Youth. If he could get the fragments and successfully refine the elixir, he might be able to counteract the cold poison in his daughter, Ruyan.

But there were specific requirements for these turtle shell fragments. The higher the turtle’s Cultivation, the greater the chance its fragments could be used to refine an Elixir of Eternal Youth. That’s why the shells of turtles only a few years old were useless for anything other than making soup or sucking out the meat.

This was also why Lu Yuan hadn’t told his family and had insisted on coming here alone.

The Old Turtle was getting annoyed. The Flood Dragon began to speak up for Lu Yuan, chiming in, "Old brother, don’t be so stingy. It’s just a shell. Peel a few pieces off for this young man."

"He—he already chiseled a piece off me! Why don’t you peel off some of your scales for him?" the Old Turtle retorted.

"He doesn’t need them. If he needed my tendons, I’d let him peel them right off," the Flood Dragon said with a nonchalant air.

Hearing this, Lu Yuan’s eyes went wide. He stared intently at the Flood Dragon, the two words "Want it!" practically written across his face.

The Flood Dragon shrank back and secretly sent a sound transmission to Lu Yuan: "You really want them? This is no joke. I don’t have any tendons to give you!"

"Fine! You’re so generous! So noble! So incredible!" the Old Turtle said, growing more and more agitated.

The Flood Dragon and the Old Turtle began a war of words...

After some "well-intentioned" persuasion from the Flood Dragon, the Old Turtle finally agreed to give Lu Yuan some of its shell fragments.

The Old Turtle said to Lu Yuan, "Fine, fine. We’ll let the matter of you peeling off my fragment go. Young man, how many more do you need?"

Lu Yuan held up one finger on his left hand.

"Just one more is enough?" the Old Turtle asked.

Lu Yuan extended his right hand, balled into a fist, adding a zero.

The Old Turtle was first astonished, then began to question Lu Yuan, saying:

"Ten fragments? What do you think I am? Some local tycoon? Peeling them off my shell will weaken my defense. Can’t you use the ones I’ve shed before?"