Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 114: Following and Unconventional Ways
Niu Yi and the old turtle entered the water palace. He saw that there were quite a few fish and shrimp monsters in the water palace, and the layout inside was also quite careful.

As the old turtle walked, he introduced it to Niu Yi with a smile:
"So that the Immortal Master knows, my ancestors practiced cultivation in Tongtian River. It was not until my generation that I renovated this ancestral home and built this water palace."

Niu Yi looked at the surrounding reefs, which were dotted with pearly purple shells and planted with many aquatic spiritual plants and luminous water plants. The design was also quite thoughtful.

At this moment, Niu Yi suddenly heard the sound of children playing and turned his head to look.

But I saw several small turtles surrounding another small turtle, spinning and playing around.

"Hehe~ There's a big hole in Yuanliu's shell~"

“It’s so ugly~”

"Hey, Turtle Six's shell is so ugly~"

When Niu Yi saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown slightly and looked at the little turtle in the middle with its head drooped.

These little turtles are obviously still young, and some of them have not yet transformed into human form.

There was obviously a large piece missing from the shell of the small turtle surrounded in the middle, as if it had been hit by something.

This is the little turtle.
"Master, the garden for receiving guests is ahead. Please come in~"

"Please, please~"

Niu Yi and the old turtle smiled at each other, and the two of them walked past this place and went straight into a strange garden inside the water palace.

This was Niu Yi's first time visiting the River Water Palace, and he found it quite novel.

The old turtle then walked towards the stone table and stone bench in the garden, and sat opposite Niu Yi. He pushed the fish-shaped blue spiritual fruits on the table towards Niu Yi and said,
"Haha~ Immortal, there's a special spiritual fruit tree in my Tongtian River. It grows at the bottom of the lake and can reach ten feet tall. It absorbs the spiritual energy from the water and produces these ten fish fruits every thirty years. I'd like to invite you, Immortal Guangyi, to taste them."

"Well, thank you for your hospitality, old man."

Niu Yi smiled and nodded, picked up one of the blue fish-shaped spiritual fruits, put it to his mouth and took a bite, but found that the spiritual fruit was extremely crisp, refreshing and delicious. Streams of spiritual energy like water vapor were rapidly flowing into his body.

Niu Yi couldn't help but nodded in admiration.

"Good spiritual fruit~"

This fish fruit is quite comparable to his nine-leaf treasure orange. He didn't expect that this person would take out such a spiritual fruit to entertain him.

"Haha~ As long as Immortal Guangyi likes it, I'm glad. I just don't know why you came here this time."

Niu Yi pointed to the gate of the Water Palace Garden and said:

"I came here precisely because of the matter concerning Turtle Six in the old man's family."

The old turtle was taken aback for a moment, then said with some sudden realization:

"Master, could it be that you were invited here by the Zhu Mansion?"

"Exactly."

When the old turtle saw Niu Yi nod, he was speechless for a moment, then nodded and bowed, saying:
"I think I understand. I will tell my son Yuanliu later and ask him not to cause trouble for Mr. Zhu." This matter started half a year ago. It was actually a small matter.

On that day, the Zhu family was holding a sacrifice on the river. The big ship was floating on the river and scattering tributes. But at this moment, the playful Yuan Liu did not notice the big ship on the river, but was only chasing a spiritual fish, and collided directly with the treasure ship!
Unexpectedly, the Zhu Mansion's big ship was extremely strong, and it knocked off a piece of the turtle shell of the little turtle Yuanliu.

This made Yuanliu extremely depressed. In addition, he was often teased by his own people because of his turtle shell, so he began to bear a grudge against Mr. Zhu of the Zhu Mansion and the big ship.

Whenever the big ship set out, he would stir up waves to prevent the ship from sailing. And every night, he would go to Master Zhu to ask him for help in his dreams. He knew he was in the wrong and stared at him like an angry child.

The old turtle didn't care much after knowing this. Although this matter had little to do with the Zhu Mansion, it was his own little turtle whose shell was broken after all, even if the shell would heal in a few decades.

And since Yuanliu didn't do anything too out of the ordinary, he didn't interfere much and just let the child vent his anger.

"After all, this matter was just an accident. Please rest assured, Immortal. I will go find Yuan Liu now and ask him not to cause trouble for the Zhu Mansion again."

As the old turtle was about to stand up, he was stopped by Niu Yi.

"Haha~ Old sir, there's no need to be like this. Although I agreed to be Mr. Zhu's lobbyist, I don't want to see anyone's relationship damaged."

"Since this incident was nothing more than an accident, and the old gentleman has offered me this precious fish and fruit as a treat, why don't I help this little turtle grow its shell back in return for something in return~"

The old turtle was slightly startled when he heard Niu Yi's words, then his smile became more sincere, he nodded and said:

"Please rest assured, Immortal. I have seen the Zhu family's annual river sacrifices, and I will not cause them any trouble."

"If the Immortal Master has the means to help my little turtle restore its shell, I would also like to express my gratitude. However, this matter is not urgent for now. It is rare for the Immortal Master to come to my water palace. Please allow me to show my hospitality and treat you to a banquet."

"Hahaha~Okay, okay~ Then I won't be polite."

This old turtle is also an old demon.

Although the old turtle appears polite at this moment, it can be seen from the fact that he allowed his grandson to cause trouble for the Zhu Mansion that he does not take the Zhu Mansion seriously, even though this matter is not the Zhu Mansion's fault.

In other words, the Zhu family suffered a completely unprovoked disaster.

From the old turtle's perspective, he is the master of the Tongtian River after all, and the turtle clan has a long lifespan. Why would he care about the mortals on both sides of the river? In the time it takes him to take a nap, the Zhu Mansion on the shore may become the Luo Mansion, the Jin Mansion or some other mansion.

Niu Yi could naturally see that the old turtle wanted to make friends with him, or in other words, to establish a relationship with him.

And since Niu Yi was willing to treat even the villagers in the mountains, he naturally would not look down on the master of Tongtian River in front of him. Moreover, if we only look at the cultivation level of this old turtle, I am afraid that he is much better than him at this moment.

It's just that he practiced the Eight-Nine Profound Art, and his whole body was flawless. The old turtle had no idea how deep he was, so he was extremely cautious and polite the whole time.

Of course, if a fight really breaks out, not to mention his indestructible golden body, just his dragon roar and tiger roar map, ten thousand leaf golden bamboo sword, star chessboard, and god-locking chain will be opened one by one.
I can only say, don't bully the old turtle. After all, this old man is actually quite miserable. Hundreds of years later, there will be the disaster of the King of Inspiration.
As for the old turtle, Niu Yi's willingness to help his little turtle meant that he had no intention of using his power to bully others. It was natural for him to have a good relationship with such a divine figure.

Even though his ancestors practiced in Tongtian River and he is now the master of Tongtian River, he is still just a self-taught person after all, and is far inferior to the person in front of him who obviously has a great background.

This is also the reason why he kept a very low profile from the beginning.

Can't afford to offend, really can't afford to offend
(End of this chapter)