Chapter 174: Turtle: Danger!
"Thank you, Biji!" Du Qianjue gratefully looked at Biji.
"You're welcome. Just remember your promise: as long as you help our spirit beasts survive better, that's all that matters," Biji said with a smile.
True to her kind and compassionate nature, Biji was thinking about the survival of the spirit beast clans.
Tsk...
Du Qianjue glanced at the Lake of Life.
Enough said, embarrassing, pretending to be some kind of spirit beast sovereign, don't you feel ashamed!
Inside a special space, Gu Yue's breathing suddenly quickened, feeling an urge to sneeze.
"Before we start, there's something else I need help with from the Beast God," Du Qianjue said.
"What is it?" Di Tian, who had been monitoring from afar, stepped out of the space, his expression neutral.
"?"
Du Qianjue's head showed a question mark.
"Weren't you going to sleep?"
Sleeping is for Di Tian; what does it have to do with me, the Beast God?
Di Tian's mouth twitched, his eyelids flipped, and his tone became impatient: "Just tell me, what is it?"
Only Biji was snickering to the side; she rarely saw Di Tian so unable to keep his composure.
Getting to the matter at hand, Du Qianjue also dropped his joking demeanor.
"I need the Essence of Life!" Du Qianjue looked seriously at Di Tian.
Di Tian's face changed slightly, immediately refusing: "Although I don't know where you got the Essence of Life in your possession, nor why you are sure that the Lake of Life contains it, I can't give it to you."
The Essence of Life was a precious item used by Gu Yue to heal injuries, and even the piece under the Lake of Life, Di Tian felt, was scarcely sufficient; how could he part with some for Du Qianjue.
"I didn't say I wanted those under the lake. I wouldn't dare covet your lifeline; I want something else," Du Qianjue shrugged.
Strictly speaking, that piece is also part of the Essence of Life under the Lake of Life.
But who lets you, Di Tian, not even recover the stolen Essence of Life?
Right, Gold Tortoise?
"There's Essence of Life elsewhere?" Di Tian frowned slightly, confused, "If you know where it is, why don't you just get it yourself? With the Snow Emperor with you, what danger could possibly occur?"
"It's not that I can't directly retrieve it, but it's better to inform you first, regardless of anything, this matter is also a family affair of the Star Dou Great Forest," Du Qianjue explained.
"Family affair?" Di Tian's eyes narrowed slightly.
Du Qianjue smiled mysteriously, holding up a finger: "Let me remind you, the anomaly under the Lake of Life a thousand years ago, and the missing piece of the Essence of Life at the bottom of the spring."
Di Tian's complexion drastically changed.
"How do you know about this?!"
"What's this?" Biji was curious.
What does Du Qianjue know that she, a Star Dou fierce beast, does not?
Du Qianjue wasn't even born a thousand years ago, right?
Biji's gaze at Du Qianjue shifted, feeling that his seemingly smiling face was shrouded in a mysterious fog.
"A thousand years ago, I noticed that a part of the Essence of Life under the Lake of Life had been stolen. When I went to investigate, I found no traces, but the Essence of Life indeed lost a part," Di Tian said, his expression dark, his murderous intent permeating the air, and his right hand covered in a dark aura forming a black dragon claw.
"If I hadn't been distracted trying to track down the culprit who stole the Essence of Life, that insect wouldn't have had the chance to escape."
After catching the Skydream Iceworm, all the spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest over a hundred thousand years old, very consciously absorbed only the soul power of the Skydream Iceworm, daring not make any other moves.
It was precisely because it had been so for thousands of years that Di Tian had slightly relaxed his vigilance.
Who would have thought that there were spirit beasts daring enough to stir up trouble and touch the Essence of Life?
The most humiliating part was that Di Tian, the God of the Star Dou Forest, didn't even find out who the other party was.
"Tell me, which spirit beast is it!" Di Tian's voice was icy, his golden vertical pupils brimming with killing intent, the Dragon God Claw already manifesting in his hand.
"If your information is correct, I will give you that piece of the Essence of Life!"
Although Silver Dragon King Gu Yue hadn't blamed him for the loss of the Essence of Life, for Di Tian, it was a disgrace!
And disgrace needed to be washed away with blood!
"That spirit beast, Biji knows about it, she even helped heal it," Du Qianjue turned his gaze towards Biji.
"Ah? Me?" Biji was stunned, her delicate white fingers pointing at herself.
"Yes, do you remember a Gold Tortoise, whose life force was incessantly dwindling?" Du Qianjue chuckled, "And this dwindling couldn't be stopped by any means, even if you injected it with life force, it would still mysteriously disappear without a trace."
"Oh, you mean that one!" Biji suddenly realized, "Gold Tortoise clans are quite rare in our Star Dou Great Forest, and they can also gather some fortune, which is beneficial for our Star Dou, so they generally receive our protection."
"The Gold Tortoise clan did indeed ask me to treat a Gold Tortoise; the situation that occurred on it is exactly as you described, to the letter."
Gold Tortoise? Very good!
Di Tian took a deep breath, his eyes flashing sharply, his right hand's Dragon God Claw directly cleaving through the air, tearing open a profound twisted spatial crack, and stepping into it.
Watching Di Tian's departing figure, Du Qianjue clasped his hands in his heart, mourning for that Gold Tortoise.
Turtle, you can die in agony now!
May there be no Essence of Life in heaven!
Amen—
"Wasn't it swallowing the Essence of Life? The Essence of Life should have given it life force, why did it turn around and absorb its life force?" After Di Tian left, Biji asked, puzzled.
She had benefited a lot from the Essence of Life; as one of the ten great beasts, only she possessed life attributes, and she had absorbed no small amount of the life force from the Lake of Life.
It was natural to have this question.
This wasn't because she was ignorant; the properties of the Essence of Life, a treasure that only Gu Yue could use, were unknown to other spirit beasts who could only absorb the life force emitted from the Essence of Life.
No one dared to experiment with those pieces of the Essence of Life, so she naturally didn't know the properties of the Essence of Life.
"What it swallowed was indeed the Essence of Life, but Biji, you must understand, the Essence of Life is a metal formed by the solid purification of life force!" Du Qianjue didn't keep secrets, sharing some information he knew.
"So what, isn't it still life force?" Biji frowned.
"If you think so, you are very wrong."
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(End of Chapter)