Chapter 8: Turtle Dragon

Qu Yi, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan flew together in the air, continuing their journey.
Wu Yuan had advanced to the later stage of the Golden Core phase, and the Peng Wings on its back could now fly at incredible speeds, comparable to Qu Yi’s speed when using his speed techniques.
Seeing Wu Yuan’s lively demeanor as it flew around, its dragon head looking left and right as if it had never been in the air before and wanted to take in the scenery, Qu Yi said with a smile, “Wu Yuan, I wish I could communicate directly with you now.”
“Woof!” Wu Yuan responded cheerfully, clearly thinking the same.
However, the Spirit God had said that communicating with Wu Yuan’s spiritual consciousness was no problem at the moment, but since Wu Yuan didn’t understand human language, it needed to spend some time with Qu Yi first before they could communicate verbally.
Qu Yi felt that it wouldn’t take long before they could communicate directly, as this beast had an extremely strong learning ability. At its current level in the later stage of the Foundation Establishment phase, it could already understand his words. Now that it was in the later stage of the Golden Core phase, it probably wouldn’t take even a month to fully master human language.
“Qu Yi, shall we have a competition? Let Wu Yuan and my Blood-Sucking Mosquito go hunt monsters to see who can kill more,” Bai Man suddenly said with a smile.
After obtaining the Blood-Sucking Mosquito, Bai Man believed that given the strength of the monsters in Fangluo Mountain, which was at most at the later stage of the Golden Core phase, they couldn’t withstand a collective attack from the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. Thus, she wanted to plunder Fangluo Mountain completely.
“I have no objection, but I’ll still ask Wu Yuan’s opinion first,” Qu Yi said with a smile before immediately asking Wu Yuan, “Wu Yuan, do you want to compete?”
“Woof!” Wu Yuan nodded its dragon head, clearly eager.
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“Wu Yuan, there’s a Green Shadow Leopard ten miles ahead. Go quickly!” Qu Yi shouted from the air.
In an instant!
Wu Yuan, which had been leisurely enjoying the scenery in the air, suddenly dashed off at the sound, creating a gust of wind as it rushed ten miles away.
After agreeing to Bai Man’s challenge, Qu Yi didn’t hold back at all. He used his spiritual consciousness to scan the surroundings, notifying Wu Yuan immediately whenever anything was detected.
Meanwhile, Bai Man flew to another location, sending her Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes into the jungle below.
Seeing Wu Yuan go, Qu Yi didn’t follow but kept an eye on Bai Man, not wanting to leave her side. After all, Fangluo Mountain had been a remote place before, and who knew if there were any powerful monsters. For Bai Man’s safety, Qu Yi didn’t want to stay too far away.

Wuyuan instantly flew to the territory of the Green Shadow Leopard. Seeing that the leopard was still lying on the ground, completely unaware of his arrival, Wuyuan suddenly let out a howl, then transformed into a streak of shadow and rushed at it.
Roar! The Green Shadow Leopard reacted quickly too. Realizing Wuyuan was approaching at high speed, it rolled aside to avoid his attack.
When Wuyuan landed, his powerful hooves missed the leopard, but its dragon head immediately spat out a golden sword of light. Whoosh! That golden sword of light struck the leopard’s back, instantly creating a bloody hole.
The Green Shadow Leopard was only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. Now it finally realized that this attacking beast possessed the strength of the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and moreover, its body was already injured. It didn’t dare to continue fighting and immediately turned into a green shadow, diving into the deep forest.
But Wuyuan’s speed was much faster than that of the Green Shadow Leopard!
Howl! Wuyuan let out a joyful cry as his body disappeared. Soon, his dragon head was seen biting the leopard’s neck.
The Green Shadow Leopard struggled hard for a moment before its entire body quickly shriveled up, all its vital energy being drained by Wuyuan.
Howl!
Wuyuan let out a proud cry, then found a green demon core on the leopard’s head. Taking it out, he immediately flew back.
Qu Yi caught the demon core thrown by Wuyuan and said with a smile, “Wuyuan, well done!”
Then, Qu Yi showed the demon core in his hand to Bai Man.
Bai Man immediately pouted and frowned.
Qu Yi didn’t dare to show off too much and quickly stored the Green Shadow Leopard’s demon core in his storage bracelet.
A while later, that group of Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes flew out of the jungle, carrying a green demon core and flying over to Bai Man. Bai Man immediately took the Golden Core into her hand and then waved triumphantly at Qu Yi.
Qu Yi immediately flew over to Bai Man, took the green demon core, and after sensing it briefly, realized that this demon core was also at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, which made him very happy.
If he wanted to reach the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm by devouring Golden Cores, he would need fifty such cores. Now, he had obtained two mid-stage Golden Core demon cores at once, so he was still very pleased.
“Qu Yi, how about it? The Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes are amazing, right?” Bai Man asked with a smile after seeing Qu Yi take the demon core she gave him.
Qu Yi was momentarily stunned, thinking to himself that it was clearly Wuyuan who killed the Green Shadow Leopard first. Why was his senior sister still so proud?
However, Qu Yi replied with a smile, “Senior sister, the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes are truly amazing. They flew into the forest and killed that Ghost Viper.”
He had to keep Bai Man happy; otherwise, he would suffer the consequences.

Bai Man giggled.
Ugh! Wu Yuan was displeased. The dragon head kept pecking at Qu Yi like a woodpecker.
Qu Yi could only remain silent, willing to let Wu Yuan vent his anger on his body.
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Qu Yi and Bai Man continued flying forward, with Wu Yuan following behind. With wings flapping and hooves dancing, and the dragon head scanning around, it was truly a leisurely scene.
“Instrument God, Wu Yuan already has the strength of the late Golden Core stage. Why doesn’t he have a Fiend Core either?” Qu Yi asked while flying, secretly communicating with the Instrument God.
The Instrument God laughed heartily. “Qu Yi, haven’t you seen that even adult Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes have the strength of the Golden Core stage but still lack a Fiend Core?”
Qu Yi quickly interjected, “That’s different. Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes are only the size of a palm. It’s understandable they don’t have a Fiend Core. But Wu Yuan’s body can grow up to twenty meters long. It’s unreasonable for such a large body to lack one.”
The Instrument God’s voice suddenly grew loud as he said urgently, “You fool, Qu Yi! Who said that a larger size necessarily means having a Fiend Core? It’s one thing to lack knowledge, but it’s shameful that you still claim such things. Let me tell you—there are countless ways to cultivate in the universe. It’s not just about the Golden Core path. But there’s one thing in common: understanding the energy of the Five Elements. Enough about this. Your stupid head probably can’t understand anyway.”
Qu Yi was frustrated. He gritted his teeth, wanting to argue, but decided against it. Provoking this erudite Instrument God any further might result in his own spirit being slapped.
At that moment, the Instrument God suddenly spoke up, “Qu Yi, twenty li ahead, there’s a thousand-foot waterfall. Below it is a deep pool with two Turtle Dragons. Go and kill them.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi immediately sent out his spiritual sense and indeed sensed extremely strong energy fluctuations in that pool.
“Sister, let’s go to the waterfall ahead. There are two Turtle Dragons there,” Qu Yi told Bai Man right away.
Bai Man checked for herself and looked a bit nervous. But seeing Wu Yuan’s leisurely demeanor and thinking of her own Blood-Sucking Mosquito, she felt that killing those two Turtle Dragons would be sufficient, so she relaxed.
“Okay, let’s take action this time too,” Bai Man said calmly.
“Wu Yuan, let’s go!” Qu Yi called out immediately, then flew toward the waterfall first.
Ugh! Wu Yuan quickly followed, flying side by side with Qu Yi.
Bai Man pouted, waved her hand, and also flew over, though much slower.
Soon, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Bai Man arrived above the waterfall and descended together to the pool below.

Qu Yi and Bai Man immediately stopped operating the “Interest-Free Art,” revealing their cultivation at the early Jin Dan stage. Wu Yuan, on the other hand, rushed straight toward the pond and began howling loudly.

The two turtle dragons in the pond were already at the advanced stage of Jin Dan, having sensed Qu Yi and his companions as soon as they arrived above the waterfall. However, out of caution, they did not immediately emerge from the pond. The strength displayed by Qu Yi and his companions now made the two turtle dragons relax their vigilance. After all, they were both at the advanced Jin Dan stage—how could they possibly fear these three?

Whoosh!

Two columns of water suddenly gushed out of the pond, and the two turtle dragons leaped out, sizing up Qu Yi and his companions coldly.

By the time the turtle dragons attacked, Qu Yi, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan had already flown into the air, where they could finally see the true form of the turtle dragons. Their dragon heads were grayish, their scales resembled turtle shells, and their bodies were over twenty meters long, exuding a formidable presence.

“Humans, you actually dare to come to our territory? You’re seeking death,” said the turtle dragon with the larger head.

Qu Yi held the Green Python Sword in his hand, pointed it at them, and said with a smile, “Turtle dragons, since I’ve dared to come, I certainly fear you not. As you can see, this beast is my companion. Its cultivation is also at the advanced Jin Dan stage, so it can hold off one of you. My wife and I can join forces to take on the other.”

Bai Man’s face turned red as she raised her Locust Snake Sword as well.

“Haha, so your wife thinks she can match us just because she has a low-grade precious weapon? Human cultivators may be good at crafting weapons, but what’s the use? Your cultivation is only at the early Jin Dan stage. Do you really think you can harm us?” the other turtle dragon sneered.

The turtle dragons were confident in their scales and believed it was impossible for humans to attack their bodies.

Seeing the arrogant expressions of the two turtle dragons, who seemed certain of defeating them, Qu Yi smiled and said, “Turtle dragons, I must admit you’re powerful, but today we will make you die.”

After saying that, Qu Yi suddenly took out the Wind Binding Formation, and a hurricane arose around them, instantly engulfing the turtle dragon with the larger head.

Seeing that Qu Yi had started attacking, Bai Man and Wu Yuan also rushed at the other turtle dragon.

The turtle dragon with the larger head, trapped in the tornado, struggled briefly before realizing the power of the Wind Binding Formation. It suddenly shouted, “Counterwave!”

A powerful wave erupted from its body, scattering the hurricane, and it broke free. With a cold tone, it said, “Humans, you must die!”