kvmb Chapter 374 Old Taoist, let go of my grandfather!
Chapter 374 Old Taoist, let go of my grandfather!
"Brother Turtle, you can go in peace. We...we'll see each other again soon."
For no apparent reason, the old tortoise stopped at the entrance of the stone house.
Then, a very weak voice came from inside the room.
"Goodbye, Brother Yu..."
This sound?
Why does that sound so familiar?
The old tortoise couldn't believe it for a moment. Suppressing his emotions, he pushed open the stone door and rushed inside.
In a deep corner of the stone house, two souls were imprisoned.
One of them resembled an old dragon-shaped fish.
One of them looked like an old tortoise.
The soul of the old tortoise is currently dissipating.
In other words, in the process of its soul dissipating, the old tortoise's limbs were slowly dissipating, leaving only its shell and head.
Seeing this, the old tortoise's eyes widened in fury, and he shouted at the old tortoise's spirit with heart-wrenching cries.
"Grandpa—"
The old tortoise roared, using up all its spiritual power. The aftershocks of the sound shook the entire sea area, causing the cave to teeter on the brink of collapse.
This situation terrified the group of people who were scavenging for resources.
"Grandpa Turtle, what's going on?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wenwen arrived at the stone house first, and placed her hand on the back of the old tortoise to soothe it.
"What's wrong, Grandpa Turtle?"
The rest of the people also appeared one after another at the entrance of the stone house.
The old tortoise's soul, which was dissipating, used its last bit of strength to open its eyes and look towards the door. When it saw the old tortoise, a light flashed in its eyes, and it smiled and said, "Little tortoise, Grandpa has finally met you. This wish has been fulfilled. It's good. From now on, follow your master well."
Subsequently, most of the old tortoise's shell dissipated until only half of its head remained.
"Grandpa, sob sob sob..."
The old turtle burst into tears, so heartbreaking that it moved anyone who heard or saw it to tears, stirring a deep sadness in everyone's heart.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the old tortoise gradually turned into specks of light and dust, which drifted towards the door with a gust of wind.
Just then, the grandmaster took out the Soul Nourishing Wood, shook it gently, and the little speck of light dust surrounded the Soul Nourishing Wood.
"Grandpa Turtle, do you want your grandpa to be reincarnated at will, or do you hope your grandmaster will give you a hand?"
The grandmaster consulted with Grandpa Turtle.
The old tortoise looked at his grandmaster with teary eyes, somewhat bewildered, "Huh? Grandmaster? What do you mean?"
"Nothing more than performing a ritual to guide them to a suitable place," the Grandmaster explained.
The old tortoise pondered for a few moments, then solemnly pleaded, "Grandmaster, I have no way to repay you. Master, tell me, how can I repay you?"
Uh?
Wenwen: What does this have to do with her?
The others: Old Turtle's words sound rather convoluted, and we don't quite understand them.
Grandmaster: You fool, you've lived for a thousand years and you still don't seem very smart.
"We're all family, there's no need to talk about repaying each other, that's too formal."
The grandmaster suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and spoke seriously.
"Then I'll put it away for now, and we'll discuss it in detail when we get back."
"Also, do you recognize that fish over there in the corner?"
Adhering to the principle of treating everyone equally, the Grandmaster pointed to another soul and asked.
The old tortoise looked at the weak soul of the old dragon Jiaoyu in the corner.
It felt terrible and wanted to lie and say it didn't know him, but grief prevented it from saying it.
"Little turtle, our little fish has wronged you all these years. Grandpa Fish apologizes to you again on its behalf. Grandpa Fish will soon disappear. If you see the little fish again, then..."
Unexpectedly, Lao Long Jiaoyu spoke first.
"No, Grandpa Fish, you, or else, you too, also..." The old turtle choked up and couldn't finish his sentence.
The grandmaster stepped in to defuse the situation, saying, "Well, old man, why don't you come in here too? It's better than wandering outside, don't you think?"
After much hesitation, the old dragon Jiaoyu finally refused, saying, "No, I've been trapped here for so long, and before I dissipate, all I want is to go out and see the sea. I'd better..."
"Grandpa Fish, why are you trapped here? Is it the crab demon preventing you from being reincarnated?"
The old tortoise interrupted the old dragon Jiaoyu and asked a question instead.
"That's a long story."
"Then cut to the chase. Why is my grandfather here too? How did you all end up being pressed together?" the old turtle interrupted.
"Ugh!"
Old Dragon Jiaoyu sighed deeply and said, "The thing is..."
It turns out that a long, long time ago, after the little fish and the little turtle had a falling out over the saliva pearl, the two beasts left the nearby sea to venture out and explore. For a long time, they had no contact with their families. As time passed, the new overlord, the crab demon, coveted this sea area.
So the crab demon launched an attack on this sea area, and coincidentally, on that very day, the little fish and the little turtle returned at the same time.
Because the little fish and little turtle had low cultivation levels and weak combat power, they had no choice but to watch helplessly as the crab demon destroyed their home and slaughtered their family.
Before their elders were slaughtered, they exhausted their cultivation to secretly send the two little beasts away from this sea area without the crab demon's knowledge.
That's why, later on, Long Jiaoyu helped the old turtle find cultivation resources.
"Then how did your souls get trapped in this stone house?" the old tortoise asked.
After catching his breath, Lao Long Jiaoyu continued.
"By chance, the crab demon obtained a Soul-Suppressing Stone. After destroying this sea area, it forcibly trapped everyone's souls here, preventing them from being reincarnated."
"Actually, the Soul-Suppressing Stone alone is not enough, mainly because the Crab Demon's demon core also contains a magical power that suppresses souls."
"The magic and the Soul-Suppressing Stone complement each other, suppressing the soul day after day until the soul is completely destroyed."
"However, at noon today, that magic suddenly disappeared, and then, not long after, you arrived."
So that’s it?
Upon hearing what Lao Long Jiaoyu said, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Good heavens, all of this is because the demon core exploded!
But ultimately, it all comes down to competing for resources!
They're the culprits, aren't they?
They couldn't say for sure who started the war.
Wars begin with the struggle for resources and end with resources.
At this moment, everyone deeply felt the cruelty of the cultivation world, where all wars were related to resources.
There are only so many resources; they either belong to you or to me.
Whoever can grab it, whoever can own it, everything depends on strength, and only then will they have the last laugh.
Just then, the soul of the old dragon Jiaoyu began to show signs of dissipating.
It is not too late.
The grandmaster took out the Soul-Nourishing Wood and began chanting, "Amitabha...￥%@*&%......"
Slowly, the stone house was filled with the echoing sound of scriptures. Then, a ray of light drifted out from the Soul-Nourishing Wood. This light slowly enveloped the soul of the old dragon Jiaoyu and guided him into the Soul-Nourishing Wood. The old dragon Jiaoyu's soul gradually disappeared into the Soul-Nourishing Wood, until only a corner of his clothes remained.
Just then, a startling sound came from outside the door.
"Old Taoist priest, let go of my grandfather!"