Chapter 512 - Giving A Banquet (1/2)

Treasure-hunting Beasts were marvelous creatures according to legends. It was said that their kind had unexplainable exploration abilities toward treasures in the universe. It was a gifted ability, and it was so brilliant that it was indescribable.

Nonetheless, there were many kinds of Treasure-hunting Beasts too, and they were adept at finding different treasures.

Some Treasure-hunting Beasts had superb sensing abilities toward various wonderful plants and minerals while some had special senses toward pills, pieces of equipment, and even treasures such as ghosts. All in all, Treasure-hunting Beasts of dissimilar breeds could sense divergent things.

Even so, according to the little red bird, there were already very few Treasure-hunting Beasts that could sense things that produced immortal liquids, so much so that they were critically endangered.

Therefore, Ou Yangming and the little bird were unusually excited when Big Yellow found the Tree of Splendour.

The little red bird hopped off and tilted its head to ponder, then it flapped its wings and separated the jade bottles on the ground into two parts. “I’ve split them into two portions, and we’ll pick one of them each so it’s fair.” Following that, it looked up and cast a questioning look at Ou Yangming.

Ou Yangming grinned and said, “You can go first.”

Although it seemed like the little red bird had casually divided the bottles, in reality, its choice was quite on point. Whether it was the number of bottles or the amounts of immortal liquid contained inside, there was not much difference.

After getting Ou Yangming’s approval, the little bird flapped its wings and kept one of the portions.

Big Yellow was the one that found the Tree of Splendour, but it ended up in Ou Yangming’s possession, and the yellow dog only received over 10 drops of immortal liquid while the young fellow and the bird kept most of the liquid.

Even though it seemed unfair, they were only taking what they needed, hence even Big Yellow was rather satisfied. This was because it knew very well that the Tree of Splendour would not produce immortal liquid at all if it was kept in its stomach for a long time. Besides, even if the plant was taken out to be cultivated, putting aside the question of whether the big yellow dog had the time and energy, in terms of its abilities only, it might not be able to secure the spiritual item at all.

Instead of not knowing who might benefit from the plant in the end, Big Yellow figured that it would be best to leave it to Ou Yangming because he would not treat it poorly no matter what.

After keeping the remaining jade bottles, Ou Yangming retrieved the Tree of Splendour and put it back into the Long Feather Band’s s.p.a.ce.

He was slightly stunned when he entered the s.p.a.ce through his consciousness; he noticed that the lazy turtle was not sleeping but was eagerly waiting for his return.

“Human powerhouse, are you here to return the spiritual item to me?” The spirit turtle was evidently elated at the sight of the Tree of Splendour, thus it immediately asked.

Ou Yangming sneered. “Return it to you? Were you the one that found it?”

The lazy turtle was startled. “No.”

“If that’s the case, why should I return it to you?”

The lazy turtle turned its large head in the air as though it was very troubled by the question. After some time, it expressed, “Honorable human, you might not be aware but if spirit turtles like me acquire spiritual items, we’ll complement each other. You’ll be pleased by the time taken to collect immortal liquids from the spiritual items and the amount gathered.”

Ou Yangming was moved. He instantly understood why the Tree of Splendour did not react at all in the outside world but began to give out immortal liquid once it met the spirit turtle.

It seemed like the plant was indeed fated with spirit turtles.

Nevertheless, the lazy turtle must not gain something without giving anything.

“Lazy turtle, I can lend you the Tree of Splendour, but when I set you free in the upper realm, you’ll have to return it to me,” Ou Yangming noted.

The lazy turtle blinked as if it failed to calculate its gains and losses.

It was given a comfortable place to sleep in, but the s.p.a.ce belonged to someone else, after all. As such, it was being restrained inside and was far from being free. If it returned to the upper realm, it would want to recuperate in an empty place.

As for the task a.s.signed to the turtle from the upper realm, it had forgotten about it long ago. In any case, it had already planned to do it half-heartedly and was going to sleep after a decade.

However, the situation seemed different now because the resourceful human powerhouse found a spiritual item. When the spirit turtle thought about how the item would benefit it, it could not remain calm anymore.

Ou Yangming did not urge the giant turtle, but he seemed unconcerned. With a flash of thought, the Tree of Splendour landed on the turtle’s back. The lazy turtle was delighted, and it swayed its back to allow the plant’s roots to enter the gaps on its back.

The lazy turtle tried its best to extend its neck. It also squinted its eyes halfway and seemed to be in extreme comfort as though it had an o.r.g.a.s.m.

When the Tree of Splendour previously landed on the spirit turtle’s back, the fellow was sleeping, thus Ou Yangming and the little red bird could not see its reaction. This time, they knew the plant and the turtle combined was much more powerful than they imagined.

After a long time, the lazy turtle calmed down and looked hesitantly at Ou Yangming.

Ou Yangming did not stay. He told the spirit turtle before his consciousness left the Long Feather Band’s s.p.a.ce, “You can go to sleep first. If anything happens, I’ll wake you up.”

The lazy turtle was dumbfounded for some time inside the s.p.a.ce. It glanced at the Tree of Splendour and the sea, then it finally curled up its body again.

‘No matter what, I’ll sleep first. I’m so, so sleepy…’

“Hey, why don’t you make a contract with the lazy turtle?” The little red bird blinked and asked in confusion, “I can tell that it values the Tree of Splendour very much, so it’ll likely agree to stay if you ask it to.”