Chapter 34: Golden Tortoise: “i Want To Sacrifice Myself To You.”
A huge tortoise-type soul beast about five meters in diameter slowly emerged from the water surface.
The golden tortoise shell appeared sacred and noble under the sunlight.
Its peculiar triangular pyramid-shaped head was held high, nostrils flapping as it swam toward Huo Yuhao on the shore.
At this time, Huo Yuhao had already grilled the three fish to a golden crisp, the oil dripping from the fish meat onto the fire making sizzling sounds.
The nearby envious Shadow Cat had its paws tucked in, lying on the ground, staring longingly.
Soon, Huo Yuhao placed the largest fish in front of it—after all, these three fish were all caught by it, so it should eat the best one.
Seeing Huo Yuhao place the best and largest one in front of itself, the Shadow Cat didn’t rush to eat but first walked over and rubbed against Huo Yuhao’s pants leg.
“Meow~”
Then the little one went to the grilled fish and shoved its head directly into the fish belly, eating madly.
The degree of immersion was such that one might think he had added some ice to the grilled fish.
Huo Yuhao nodded contentedly. He had stayed in Xuan Feng City for several months without a chance to showcase his unique grilled fish technique.
Judging by the Shadow Cat’s reaction, his skills hadn’t declined.
Not to brag, but even without soul power, just relying on this grilled fish technique and some marketing methods, he could start his own grilled fish empire on the Douluo Continent.
Open a few hundred chain stores in a year—the store name Huo Yuhao had already thought of: “Huo Tian Yao.”
Then bring out milk tea and other sweet drinks to promote “Snow King Ice City” to the otherworld.
Give the people of the Douluo Continent a little shock from chain stores.
It’s a pity that without the cheat personally assigning him, he might have actually done it by now.
But if he gets the chance later, he could try whether the chain store model can work on the Douluo Continent.
Huo Yuhao picked up a nearby grilled fish, didn’t mind the heat, bit off a large piece of fish meat, and started chewing.
The fish on the Douluo Continent might be a bit rude, but the meat quality was top-notch—even in the golden age of his previous life on Earth, it would be absolute premium!
Just as Huo Yuhao was eating heartily, the colored blade pattern on his right hand glowed faintly, transmitting information to Huo Yuhao.
“Human, I want to eat too.”
Ever since getting this blade, Huo Yuhao had been feeding it with entropy power, and it was growing. At first, its speech was fragmented.
Now it could already say a continuous sentence.
When Huo Yuhao tried asking where it was born, it vaguely said it was born in a sea of colors.
It was summoned by Yu Hongzhi’s soul skill.
To uncover the full truth, he probably needed to enter that Dream Gate, but without the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and Ilex in place, he didn’t dare to enter rashly.
“You can eat food?”
Huo Yuhao was a bit surprised—a blade that could eat was indeed a bit bizarre.
Still, Huo Yuhao placed half the grilled fish above his right hand.
His own blade, he had to pamper it.
Then the colored blade pattern bloomed with white light, and a light ribbon shot out from it, turning the grilled fish into foam.
“Delicious!”
For the first time, the Remnant Dream Blade transmitted joyful emotions, and then the colored light ribbon rubbed against Huo Yuhao’s cheek like it was acting spoiled.
The nearby Shadow Cat lifted its head and meowed a few times unwilling to show weakness, ignoring the oil all over its face, and came to rub frantically against Huo Yuhao’s pants leg.
“Damn, you old fogey, these pants are newly changed!”
“Meow!”
After some playful tussling, these two living ancestors finally settled down a bit. Just as Huo Yuhao was about to pick up the last grilled fish to eat, a deep, muffled voice came from behind him.
“How is your grilled fish so tender and fragrant?”
“There’s an expert!”
At this moment, Huo Yuhao’s hands and feet went numb, and the corners of his mouth twitched hard.
There’s a consensus in the Star Dou Great Forest: if you hear a human voice nearby with no one around, you can basically assume the identity proof is in your mouth.
Because it’s either a super soul beast or an encounter with a Hundred Thousand Year Beast King.
Fortunately, when it entered his spiritual power range, the [Record] ability included its information in the illustrated record.
“Golden Tortoise: Auspicious imperial beast, the kingly race among tortoise-type soul beasts, the uncrowned king of tortoises, the pinnacle of defense. Generally grows in places thick with luck in the Star Dou Great Forest. This race has extremely long lifespans, and every individual can normally grow into a Hundred Thousand Year Beast King.”
“Because it inherently carries luck, it usually has powerful soul beasts as guardians. The Golden Tortoise itself has a proud and loyal personality and won’t initiate conflicts.”
After getting the illustrated record information, Huo Yuhao let out a long breath. If it were any other Hundred Thousand Year soul beast, he would probably have to shed a layer of skin.
The only Golden Tortoise that could appear in the outer ring that Huo Yuhao could think of was the one from the original work that stole Life Gold.
In the original work, a Hundred Thousand Year Golden Tortoise sneaked into the Lake of Life out of greed and, relying on its luck to conceal itself, bit off one-fifth of the Life Gold from the spring eye.
This one-fifth of Life Gold could be said to be the Star Dou Great Forest’s accumulation over ten million years.
But a mere Hundred Thousand Year soul beast couldn’t withstand such massive vitality.
Thus, the Life Gold absorbed its vitality in turn, making it suffer unimaginable pain.
In the end, it benefited Xu Sanshi and became his soul spirit.
Huo Yuhao felt relieved and turned his head to see it was indeed a peculiar tortoise-type soul beast staring at the grilled fish in his hand with golden eyes.
Huo Yuhao lifted the hand holding the grilled fish, and its eyes followed.
It had a dumb and honest look.
But fair enough—if its head weren’t that tough, how could it dare to target the Lake of Life right under Di Tian and a bunch of fierce beasts.
“Here, eat it.”
Huo Yuhao offered the grilled fish to the Golden Tortoise’s mouth.
The Golden Tortoise was dazed by the aroma. Having lived so many years, it had never smelled such fragrant food.
“Thank you, human.”
It ate the grilled fish in one bite, and then the Golden Tortoise’s eyes suddenly widened.
The entire tortoise flipped over like a cat seeing catnip, oblivious to the world, lying on the ground with its shell up.
The nearby Shadow Cat looked at this Hundred Thousand Year Beast King like a country bumpkin, its eyes full of disdain.
A long time later, the Golden Tortoise flipped back over, its pair of golden eyes filled with satisfaction as it looked at Huo Yuhao and said:
“It’s been a long time since I felt this relaxed.”
“Human, do you need a soul ring? I can sacrifice to you.”
Huo Yuhao looked at it doubtfully. He didn’t believe pies fell from the sky, nor that one grilled fish could make a Hundred Thousand Year Beast King offer sacrifice willingly.
If Hundred Thousand Year soul rings were that easy to get, all soul masters on the Douluo Continent would have started learning cooking, and this wasn’t the set of some food anime next door.
Huo Yuhao asked: “Why sacrifice to me? I don’t believe it’s just because of the grilled fish.”
But the Golden Tortoise’s eyes were full of pride as it said in its deep, muffled voice: “Of course not. I’m an old tortoise, at least a beast king—how could I sacrifice over food.”
“Kid, you’ve hit the jackpot. This old tortoise doesn’t have much lifespan left due to some problems.”
“Our Golden Tortoise race is a luck imperial beast that can turn danger into safety.”
“The moment I saw you, my luck told me I must follow you.”
“I trust luck’s judgment—that’s the foundation of our race.”
“Moreover, a voice is urging me to sacrifice to you quickly. That voice is too ethereal, like it came from the world itself.”
Huo Yuhao fell into thought. He didn’t want his first ring to absorb the Golden Tortoise because the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was coming.
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was currently being chased by a bunch of fierce beasts—it couldn’t wait any longer.
Even a little later, it might be caught back to the Lake of Life by Di Tian and the others.
The Golden Tortoise could wait longer, so Huo Yuhao hoped his second ring would be the Golden Tortoise.
The first ring should still be reserved for the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and the attracted Ilex.
