The sage was determined to die.

The old tortoise's voice suddenly stopped.

His supposedly impassioned voice suddenly stopped, and his clumsy resistance froze in place. The pale yellow Wenxin crystal hung in front of his neck, yet his body felt no unbearable pain.

A myriad of thoughts flashed through its small brain. The old tortoise could only feel its own rapid breathing. It didn't even dare to breathe too loudly, for fear of shattering this precious mind.

...Just what kind of being is this person?

The old tortoise stared directly at the young man with its round eyes. Whether the man was truly stupid or pretending, he had thrown such a treasure at him like a stone, yet his shrewd face showed not a trace of resentment.

Moreover, he was no longer being electrocuted.

As an ancient tortoise puppet, he couldn't describe the pain in detail. He could only say that the stinging sensation was as if it were trying to pass through his body and injure his true form. This made him even more eager for the Wenxin, but he was also somewhat helpless because his true form was not there.

...Although this literary heart was not the one he wanted, it was like a mountain of gold right in front of him. Who could resist it?

Of course, except for this idiot in front of me.

Thinking of this, the old tortoise raised his neck, striking a haughty pose. However, he was so short that the movement looked exactly like he had strained his neck while sleeping.

"You don't even know who I am?" The old tortoise spoke with an air of disdain, contempt, and threat.

"Aren't you an oviparous animal, but a mammal?" Ji Bai asked in surprise, then nodded in realization.

Old tortoise: "..."

For some reason, although he couldn't understand what the madman was saying, he felt a sense of helplessness, as if a thousand words were stuck in his throat, and he wanted to curse but couldn't.

Forget it, why should a normal person argue with a madman?

Anyway, this madman doesn't know who he really is. After he gets the Wenxin, he can just kill the madman. Who would know that he once agreed to be a pet for a young man just for a Wenxin?

Ha ha.

The old tortoise couldn't help but roll its eyes, thinking to itself that it was lucky to have actually run into a fool.

……

I'm really lucky to have run into a fool.

Ji Bai's face remained innocent and kind. He even reached out and touched the old turtle's head, feeling the pain in his body that wasn't too unbearable, but still attacked his nerves, making it impossible for him to escape.

This fool thinks that by becoming his pet, he can inherit this Wenxin fragment. Doesn't his pet still belong to him?

He had been watching the old tortoise's physical changes closely. Seeing that the tortoise was lively and almost unaffected, he knew that according to the rules of the Book Mountain, this judgment was reasonable.

Based on his reasonable speculation, this guy was probably someone important who did it.

Although he didn't know why the other person would act like a coward, as a kind young man, Ji Bai always respected other people's private quirks.

"Hey, Little Green, we need to split up now." Ji Bai patted the old turtle's head, his tone so familiar that it was as if they had known each other for over ten years.

The old tortoise twisted its enormous body, and for a moment it didn't even realize that the other party was actually addressing it.

Filled with suspicion, he asked, "Why can't we act together?"

The young man squatted down, patted his tortoise shell, and spoke with a tone that was both melancholy and smug, which was not like that of a normal person.

He heard the other person say, "Hey, it seems you don't know my other identity, do you?"

A string of question marks slowly appeared on the old tortoise's head.

Fortunately, as he expected, this man was a chatterbox who couldn't keep a secret. Without batting an eye, he said, "I came out alone this time to scout the way for my group of eager little brothers. Now that I've scouted the way, I naturally need to rejoin them."

"Can't you take me with you?" The old tortoise seemed unconvinced and asked suspiciously.

Ji Bai slapped his hand on the turtle shell, the palm vibrating and the shell trembling. He hesitated, "My gang of underlings aren't me. You're a wild one, and you're so ugly, yet you can talk. What if you scare them if I take you back?"

The old tortoise's eerie green eyes widened instantly.

What the hell is that bastard saying?

Is he ugly?

ugly?

Seeing that he had hit the nail on the head, Ji Bai was a little embarrassed and sent him a good message: "Think of it on the bright side. Although you are weak and ugly, you are kind-hearted. I will talk to them when I get back, and I think they will accept you."

The old tortoise silently swallowed a hundred ways the other could die, forcing out a benevolent smile: "But I'm still wearing your things..."

"Why not just wear it?" Ji Bai casually grabbed the crystal, his movements rough and without any self-awareness. "I just dug it up and got it. It's probably not anything too valuable."

Ignorant fool.

The old tortoise suppressed his anger and did not utter a rebuttal, fearing that the madman would really drag him back, but he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

"Hey, Xiao Lü, you really need to read more books in the future. Look at you, so unsophisticated."

Old tortoise: "..."

He never imagined that he would one day hear such absurd remarks from an arrogant junior.

The old tortoise didn't speak, but its eyes were filled with flames of anger.

"Those pitiful little eyes." Ji Bai patted the other's big head and sighed, "Are you really that reluctant to part with your master?"

The old tortoise lifted his leg and walked away. For some reason, the madman's superb comprehension ability was truly embarrassing. He was afraid that if he didn't leave soon, he would be arranged to be so eager to see his master that he couldn't live without him.

"Hey, don't go to the wrong place!"

Ji Bai waved to him from afar, and for some reason, under his ardent gaze, the old tortoise crawled much faster.

……

Just as Yan Ming and his group were resting with their own ulterior motives, Ji Bai appeared like a ghost.

He appeared silently, and when the group turned around and bumped into him, they looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"You you you—"

Someone collapsed to the ground, pointing a trembling finger at Ji Bai: "How did you end up here?"

Ji Bai took a step to the side, avoiding the man's finger, and said with some surprise, "Haven't you seen me before? Why are you so scared?"

After saying that, he seemed to realize something and said, "It seems you've already run into each other."

His words were ambiguous and he did not name names, but everyone present almost instantly realized what Ji Bai had said.

"How is it?"

Ji Bai found a clean spot to sit down, rested his chin on his hand, and asked, "Are you all satisfied with the gifts I gave you?"