Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Just for a moment,

Jiang Ning had crossed through the cave's passage and arrived at the spacious area inside the small hill.

He also saw the old turtle lying next to the pool of Emperor's Liquid.

The old turtle's eyes, small as mung beans, stared directly at him, its expression extremely cautious.

In its lifespan of over two hundred years, the old turtle had seen all kinds of humans coming and going above the lake's surface.

Yet, it had never seen someone like Jiang Ning, who seemed as calm as if he were on land.

It should be noted that this place was the true deep-water region of Luoshui Lake, a thousand feet above the lake's surface.

It was a true human forbidden zone, a true unpopulated area.

Because not only was this place too high above the lake surface, but more importantly, the pressure of the lake water was too great.

Most aquatic creatures could not survive in such deep water.

Only creatures like this one, which had broken through racial limits and transformed into a demon, could move around here with ease.

Thus, prior to this, it had never seen human traces reaching this deep-water lakebed a thousand feet below.

"Human, leave this place immediately!"

Suddenly, the old turtle's eyes became slightly solemn as it spoke.

As it spoke, the water began to ripple.

"You can talk?" Jiang Ning appeared slightly surprised.

"Old man, having lived over two hundred springs and autumns, is it so strange that I can speak human language?" the old turtle said calmly.

It slowly moved forward, walking along the ground to Jiang Ning, its head stretching forward and pretending to sniff in front of him.

"You little mortal smell quite nice, how about I take a bite?"

"Sure!" Jiang Ning chuckled.

"Uh..." The old turtle's elongated head suddenly froze like a statue, its green eyes staring in shock at Jiang Ning.

The next moment,

it saw Jiang Ning raise his hand and grasp its throat, then lifted it up.

"What are you doing!!!" the old turtle looked at Jiang Ning in panic; its four legs kicking wildly in the air, momentarily flustered.

"Weren't you going to bite me and taste me?" Jiang Ning showed a smile.

"No, no, no..." the old turtle hastily denied, "I was just joking!!!"

"I don't want to taste you!"

"I don't want to eat you either!"

The old turtle continued to frantically shake its limbs, and its head desperately tried to retract into its shell to escape Jiang Ning's chokehold.

But at that moment, it felt the grip on its throat was incredibly firm, no matter how much it struggled, it couldn't break free even slightly, which filled it with instant fear.

In terms of strength, it knew it was no match for this mysterious human in front of it.

At that moment,

with his right hand still gripping the old turtle's throat, Jiang Ning's left hand directly reached into the old turtle's mouth.

"Ugh ugh ugh—"

"What are you going to do..."

"Don't ah!!"

The old turtle shook its head frantically.

Jiang Ning said with a smile, "Bitting you! Taste my flavor."

"I dare not... I won't eat anymore..." the old turtle's voice was filled with pleading.

Jiang Ning didn't care at this moment.

A talking old turtle which had transformed into a demon was, in his view, very valuable.

Therefore, his initial thought of slaying the old turtle had changed to subduing it.

To subdue the old turtle, the simplest method apart from fists was relying on the Authority of the Divine Descendants.

Just by consuming its flesh and blood, he would gain the means to control the old turtle.

Just like he had controlled Xiao Emei a few days ago.

At that time, as soon as the thought arose in his mind to strip away the power belonging to him integrated into Xiao Emei's limbs and body, Xiao Emei experienced excruciating pain instantly.

However, from that experience, he had also made a discovery.

Xiao Emei was not incapable of breaking free from his control.

As long as one could endure the stripping of their own power, Xiao Emei could naturally escape his control.

But Xiao Emei obviously couldn't resist such a mysterious method and had chosen to submit.

At this moment,

Jiang Ning resorted to the same old trick.

With his left hand deep in the old turtle's mouth and gripping its throat, under the old turtle's terrified gaze, Inner Breath pressed out the blood from its veins, drop by drop falling into the old turtle's throat.

As his blood merged into the old turtle's body, the old turtle immediately widened its eyes, staring at Jiang Ning with a shocked face.

At that moment, it felt its physical body rapidly improving, experiencing the divinity of each drop of blood merging into it, and the energy contained within.

The old turtle suddenly ceased its struggles.

After a moment, Jiang Ning withdrew his left hand.

He had forced out ten blood droplets from his body, and all these droplets had now merged into the old turtle's body.

Then, his right hand also loosened, and the old turtle instantly fell onto the soft sandy ground.

After glancing at the old turtle, Jiang Ning withdrew his gaze and looked forward at the water pit covered in the silver liquid.

In the silver liquid, he also saw the remaining strand of Emperor's Liquid, like golden thread.

The strand of golden color rolled in the silver liquid, displaying an immiscible state with it.

At that moment,

the old turtle watched Jiang Ning slowly walk towards the Emperor's Liquid, feeling a pang in its heart.

It knew that its pool of Emperor's Liquid was no longer safe.

The purpose of this mysterious man's visit was obviously because of this pool of Emperor's Liquid.

Enduring the drastic changes in its body, the old turtle watched Jiang Ning approach the pool of Emperor's Liquid and then slowly lower his hand into it.

Fumbling at the bottom of the water pit for a moment, Jiang Ning touched the item he was seeking, the Taiyin Stone.

Or rather, a fragment of the Taiyin Stone.

Found consecutively in Luoshui Lake.

Obviously, these were fragments scattered in Luoshui Lake.

Across the lengthy passage of time, he had now found three such fragments.

At this moment, the piece he held, larger by a round than the previous Black stone, was the third fragment of the Taiyin Stone.