Chapter 1671 - 228: If Enlightened

Chapter 1671: Chapter 228: If Enlightened

"What do you say?"

"Was this turtle born here fortunate, or unfortunate?"

Stroking the snowy white figure on the large rock, with his back to Xie Xuanyi, sitting at the bottom of the deep sea, he suddenly spoke, saying this without any preamble.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi frowned slightly, not responding immediately.

There was no one around here, so he restrained his breath, assuming the other was just talking to himself.

That figure didn’t look back, continuing to murmur.

"Although there is abundant primordial energy here, there are also various restrictions."

"If it doesn’t consume the primordial energy, it will starve to death..."

"If it does consume the primordial energy, it will be trapped to death..."

At this point.

The person paused for a moment.

This time.

He turned around, his gaze penetrating the darkness, directly landing where Xie Xuanyi stood.

"What do you think?"

Exposed.

Xie Xuanyi lit up his sword fire, illuminating the darkness, watching the figure sitting on the fishing platform.

This figure was shrouded in radiant light, its face obscured.

At least at the Heavenly Human Realm.

Stronger than the Wangyou Island Master.

However... although the other was strong, they did not bring any sense of oppression to Xie Xuanyi. His Heart Lake remained calm, and meeting his gaze, he felt more at ease instead.

"Life and death are predetermined."

Xie Xuanyi said softly, "Whether fortunate or unfortunate... it’s always here, unable to change. But in my opinion, it’s fortunate."

"Oh?"

The snowy-white great cultivator cupped his chin with one hand, turned around, and seriously said, "I’m all ears."

"Being trapped is better than starving. This young turtle, once full, can perhaps break free of these shackles."

Xie Xuanyi calmly watched the giant in front of him.

Though still in its infancy.

Its body was already several miles large, comparable to the large reefs near Wangyou Island and Xuanwei Island before.

This required consuming a massive amount of primordial energy.

Only during the Golden Era a thousand years ago could such a great demon be nurtured.

If born a thousand years later.

With the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi dried up, this young turtle would have already starved to death.

"That’s true."

The snowy-white great cultivator laughed silently, "So, you think this giant still has a chance to live on?"

"Naturally."

Xie Xuanyi glanced at the young turtle and said earnestly, "You and I, as long as we take action, can shatter this large rock with a casual strike, sparing it from suffering."

"Intervention from outsiders would not count as its fate."

The great cultivator shook his head.

"Is that so? I plan to leave here."

Xie Xuanyi said, "What you do has nothing to do with me... Before I leave, I will certainly destroy the formation here."

Since his presence had been discovered.

There was nothing left to hide.

Xie Xuanyi was not concerned about taking action here; he was about to leave, and if the other blocked him, he would fight directly—

Swish!

Xie Xuanyi pressed a finger to his brow, sword fire swept out from the Lifebound Cave Heaven, illuminating the entire ruin of the Holy Realm.

The stone walls reverberated with threads of Sword Qi from all directions.

The next moment.

He halted.

Only to see...

Not far from the broad fishing platform, a line of golden ancient text was engraved, quite new and untouched by the slightest erosion of time.

[If I attain the Dao, I wish to bury myself in the North Sea, to feed the turtle with my body, obtaining millions of years of great purity.]

These ancient words directly froze Xie Xuanyi’s actions.

This piece of text.

He had seen it before.

With the reflection of these ancient characters, memories surged like a tide, and Xie Xuanyi finally understood where the "familiarity" of this ruin came from—

He had been here.

This is the Beihai Tomb!

Thus, the man sitting at the top of the Beihai Tomb must be...

"Bai Ze."

Xie Xuanyi spoke with a complex expression.

"Yes."

Bai Ze smiled, seemingly not surprised.

He did not take action nor showed hostility, just waved his sleeve, gesturing for Xie Xuanyi to sit down.

It should have been the deepest part of the North Sea here.

Yet, for some reason, a beam of heavenly light fell from above the ruins, shining upon the place where they were.

Threads of warmth fell into the Heart Lake.

"Do you know who I am?"

Xie Xuanyi remained vigilant, knowing his current appearance.

With the Chaos Light draped upon him,

The Dao Seal prominent.

Bai Ze, who died resisting the "Great Tribulation," such a strongest person, would definitely recognize him.

"Does it matter who you are?"

Bai Ze smiled indifferently, slowly saying, "Some say you are the Reversal Traveler of the River of Destiny, and others say you are the Great Tribulation that will bring doom to this realm... But whatever the saying, it matters not to me."

He did not take action.

This in itself explained everything.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi opened his mouth, wanting to tell Bai Ze.

A thousand years later.

He would still be the inheritor of the Primordial Swallowing Divine Power, the sole owner of the Boundary Stele of the Holy Realm.

But regrettably.

These words, he could not speak.

Under the constraints of the Heavenly Dao Rules, he could only meet, recognize, and converse with Bai Ze with his "Chaos Body."

Xie Xuanyi sat down.

He was actually curious also about what Bai Ze wanted to say to him.

After he sat down, the radiance of the sword fire dimmed, but the young turtle trapped in the Beihai Tomb let out another low moan of pain.

It was wedged between the cracks in the rock.

Bai Ze reached out again, gently stroking it.

"Look."

"This great turtle... how pitiful."

Bai Ze spoke softly, his voice full of pity.

However.

He only comforted, only felt heartache, but did not offer substantial help; with his realm and power, just a wisp of Divine Thought could shatter these rock crevices.

Yet he did no such thing.

Xie Xuanyi frowned watching this scene, somewhat puzzled.

Suddenly.

"Do you think—"

Bai Ze asked, "If no one assists, will it die, or will it live?"

Xie Xuanyi paused.

He knew.

A thousand years later, the Beihai Tomb remained, and this young turtle had grown into a great turtle, grasping the accumulated enormous Qi fortune of the Da Chu Dynasty.

But...

Was that because of Bai Ze’s intervention, or was it the result of the great turtle’s own struggle?

Xie Xuanyi didn’t know.

"It seems that after many years, it still lives."

Bai Ze watched Xie Xuanyi, seeing this reaction, couldn’t help but laugh with a slightly relieved tone.

"Is the life and death of this great turtle that important?"

Xie Xuanyi couldn’t help but ask.

"If only discussing the life and death of this great turtle, naturally it is not important..."

Bai Ze said lightly, "This creature is merely rare, but after this one dies, another can always be found. The North Sea is so large, surely it is not home to only one turtle."

"But if what is to be discussed is not just this great turtle."

Bai Ze’s expression became gradually serious, "Then the nature is different."

"What do you mean?"

Xie Xuanyi vaguely grasped something, but didn’t completely understand.

"This world, this all living beings."

"You."

"Me."

Bai Ze spoke very seriously, enunciating each word, "Are all this turtle."

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(PS: 1, more to come tonight. 2, this should conclude within a week.)