Douluo Continent: I, Long Aotian, will not be a supporting character.

"Golden tortoiseshell, don't be nervous. We have come here with sincerity."

"As I said, my martial soul comes with the power of destiny and fortune. The reason I came here is because I have a sure way to save you, given your situation."

"Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch. The condition for me to save you is that you become my dad's ninth spirit ring. He's currently a level 90 quasi-title Douluo, and he's just one spirit ring away from becoming a ninth one."

"Human, you still say you weren't hunting for my soul rings and soul bones?" the golden tortoiseshell roared angrily.

"Golden Tortoiseshell, calm down. As I said, we're not here to hunt you. If we were, I wouldn't have wasted so much time talking to you. My master is a level 99 Limit Douluo, a powerful expert. Killing you would be a piece of cake for him. But we haven't used force to kill you or to take your spirit rings and spirit bones. That's enough to prove our sincerity, isn't it?"

"I can sense that your situation is extremely urgent; your life is slipping away at any moment. Rather than waiting to die, why don't you listen to my plan?"

Upon hearing Long Aotian's words, the golden hawksbill turtle seemed to fall into deep thought. After a moment, it spoke, "Human, tell me your plan."

Upon hearing Golden Tortoiseshell's words, Long Aotian knew that things were in his favor.

"Golden hawksbill turtle, as a 100,000-year-old soul beast, you must know about sacrifice, right?"

"Of course I know. So what?"

"Since you know about sacrifice, you must know the difference between a sacrifice spirit ring and a hunting spirit ring."

"When hunting, a Soul Master needs to completely obliterate the Soul Beast's soul when absorbing a Soul Ring. However, with the Soul Beast's voluntary sacrifice and the Soul Master's deliberate protection, the Soul Beast's soul can temporarily slumber within the Soul Ring or Soul Bone. If the Soul Beast's own soul power is strong, or if it has spiritual or life-related rare treasures to assist it, the soul slumbering within the Soul Ring or Soul Bone can even revive sooner. Although it has lost its physical body, it has survived in a way. It can be said that as long as the Soul Master does not die, the sacrificed Soul Beast will not die."

"Golden Tortoiseshell, given your current condition, rather than waiting to die, you should offer yourself as a sacrifice to my father. You are an auspicious tortoise, and your soul power is extremely strong. After the sacrifice, you may not be asleep for long before your soul is revived. Wouldn't that be a form of survival? It's much better than your current half-dead state."

"Furthermore, my father, Long Yuanba, has already reached the level of a Quasi-Title Douluo at the age of thirty-six. Moreover, my father also possesses a 100,000-year-old eighth spirit ring. If he were to acquire the 100,000-year-old ninth spirit ring from the sacrifice of the Golden Tortoise, it would be a certainty that my father would reach the Limit Douluo level in the future. The lifespan of a Limit Douluo can reach three hundred years. Although it is insignificant compared to the lifespan of a 100,000-year-old spirit beast, you probably only have a few decades of lifespan now, or even less than a hundred years. In comparison, the lifespan of a Limit Douluo is much longer."

"Furthermore, if you sacrifice yourself to my father, you can go with him to experience the prosperity of human society. You have already lived a lonely life as a soul beast for 100,000 years. If you can spend the last few hundred years in human society, wouldn't that be much more worthwhile than waiting here to die for decades?"

Hearing Long Aotian rattle off so much, the golden tortoiseshell's eyes darted around a few times. After a moment of contemplation, it said, "Human, I must say, you've persuaded me."

"A vibrant and colorful life of about three hundred years is indeed much better than a few decades of waiting to die."

"Okay, I agree to sacrifice myself for your father, but I have one more condition!"

"What are your conditions? Just tell us, and we'll definitely meet them if we can!" Long Aotian quickly said upon seeing the golden tortoiseshell agree.

"That is, in the future, you need to find me a beautiful female turtle partner. I've lived for 100,000 years and I'm still a single turtle. I'm going to enjoy the next few hundred years."

Upon hearing Golden Tortoiseshell's words, Long Aotian's lips twitched. He hadn't expected Golden Tortoiseshell to be such a lecherous creature. Come to think of it, in the original story, Xu Sanshi used this trick to lure Golden Tortoiseshell out.

"Okay, the golden tortoise shell is fine. My mother is thirty-five years old now and is already an eighty-eighth Soul Douluo. In a few years, she will probably reach the ninety-level Quasi-Title Douluo. When that happens, we will find a 100,000-year-old beautiful tortoise-type Soul Beast for my mother as her ninth Soul Ring."

"However, you will also need to help at that time. As the emperor of turtles, if you step forward to persuade a 100,000-year-old turtle soul beast to sacrifice itself to my mother, then you will have a wife."

Golden Tortoiseshell glanced at Ao Yumou, and after sensing that her aura was indeed not far from that of a Title Douluo, nodded and said, "Okay, deal!"

"Dad, come on!" With everything settled, Long Aotian excitedly called his father over.

Seeing that Long Aotian had actually persuaded the 100,000-year-old golden hawksbill turtle to sacrifice itself, and that the poison would surely kill it, Long Yuanba, Ao Yumou, Vina, and the others were both shocked and excited.

Sacrifice can unleash the full power of a soul beast to the greatest extent, far exceeding the boost gained from hunting soul rings. It's something that can only be encountered by chance, yet now it has actually been achieved through Long Aotian's words.

Long Yuanba stepped forward, first giving Long Aotian a tight hug, and said, "Son, Dad won't say anything more. From now on, we'll be on our own. You call me Dad, and I'll call you Brother."

Long Aotian smiled wryly; his father still loved to joke around.

With a loud bang, Dad flew out of the room. It turned out that Mom had seen her husband talking nonsense to their son again and kicked him in a fit of anger.

Long Yuanba flipped over and jumped up, then scurried back, saying, "Haha, wife, if I get kicked by you, I can get a 100,000-year-old soul beast as a sacrifice. So give me a few more kicks!"

"Stop joking around, let's start the ceremony already, don't waste time." Seeing her husband being shameless, Ao Yumou urged.

Upon hearing this, Long Yuanba composed himself and became serious.

Approaching the golden hawksbill turtle, he solemnly cupped his hands and said, "Golden hawksbill turtle, I, Long Yuanba, hereby promise that if you follow me, I guarantee you will live a life of luxury and have beautiful female turtles by your side."

The golden hawksbill turtle gave Long Yuanba a deep look, after all, this would be its host from now on, and then said, "Let's begin, and don't forget what you said!"

As the golden tortoiseshell finished speaking.

A blinding golden light suddenly spread from the head of the golden tortoiseshell, transforming into a golden halo that instantly expanded. Wherever the golden light passed, everything was dyed golden, and everything around seemed to fall into stillness.