Immortality: Becoming an Immortal Starting with the Druid

Chapter 165 Catching a Turtle

The lapis lazuli light surged like ripples on water.

The light gradually dimmed, and within it, a round body covered with blue diamond-shaped scales could be vaguely seen.

Xiao Qing, who was constantly watching the changing azure-gold light, couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"No...no way!"

Just as Xiaoqing's round, adorable eyes widened dramatically, the azure-gold light surrounding Xu Yunxin finally vanished.

A large, bowl-sized, three-foot-long, blue-scaled "monster" makes a dazzling appearance.

It is called a "monster" mainly because this snake-like creature is covered with blue scales, has four limbs, and its head, which should be flat and long, is round and square, with sparse hair on it.

His entire face protruded forward, resembling a snake's kiss.

"Ah, this~"

Even though she knew it was Xu Yunxin in disguise, Xiaoqing was still startled by the strange appearance he had created. In her panic, she almost scattered her cloud-riding vehicle.

Xu Yunxin stood on the cloud, supporting himself with his two legs and his thick, long snake tail. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only hissed and couldn't utter a single human word.

"How have I changed, Xiaoqing?"

Xu Yunxin could see the strange-looking body that had appeared, but he couldn't see his own face.

He tried to cast a spell to summon a water mirror to see himself, but found that the internal energy and spiritual power had turned into unfamiliar forces, and he couldn't use them properly for the time being.

Left with no other option, Xu Yunxin could only seek help from Xiaoqing through a telepathic connection.

Hearing the young master's anxious voice, Xiaoqing smiled.

With a wave of his hand, a silver-white cloud mirror materialized in front of Xu Yunxin, reflecting his image in the light.

Looking at the strange appearance he had conjured, Xu Yunxin deflated and dispelled the transformation.

After transforming back into human form, Xu Yunxin explained to Xiaoqing that this was a new skill he had acquired.

After hearing Xu Yunxin's explanation, Xiaoqing's mouth opened into an "O" shape.

"Young Master, does that mean you can transform into other animals simply by observing and learning?"

Xu Yunxin nodded, pondering how to observe and learn from this.

Xiaoqing thought to herself, "Young Master can turn into a snake too?!"

Both of them were preoccupied with their own thoughts, and countless ideas were swirling in their minds.

It wasn't until the cloud chariot passed through layers of bamboo forests and stopped on a damp swamp that the two of them came to their senses again.

Xu Yunxin and Xiao Qing had a clear goal for this trip. They planned to first go to the outer layer of the Thousand Lakes Wasteland to capture the white turtle they had encountered last time, and then see if there were any other useful second-tier demonic beasts. They would capture and keep the useful ones, and kill the useless ones to extract their crimson essence.

The monsters hunted in this way can provide raw materials to prepare for his foundation building later, and can also be considered as accumulating another wave of crimson origin to upgrade the World Tree.

Ever since Xu Yunxin's World Tree advanced to the Crimson level, it has been stagnant. To advance its level further, it needs to use Crimson Origin.

As for why we caught this white turtle first, it's simply because it is a turtle.

Yes, it means exactly what it says.

In fact, after hunting the two-headed serpent for the first time, Xu Yunxin discovered that almost all the second-tier monsters nurtured in the desolate marshland near the south of the Thousand Lakes Wasteland were strangely shaped.

Although it still retains the shape of some kind of organism, there will be some variations.

Xu Yunxin originally thought that these demonic beasts approached the Southern Barbarians because they were bio-engineered demonic beasts that had been corrupted by the Southern Barbarians' blood and evil, and were intended to be used as cannon fodder to prevent the Immortal Dynasty from recovering the Southern Region.

But whether it was the two-headed serpent or the dozens of second-tier demonic beasts hunted later, the mutations of these demonic beasts were only limited to their shape. Their origin and essence remained the same, and their bodies were also rich in spiritual energy. There was no other blood evil or filthy impurities that could cause changes in their origin.

This bizarre phenomenon was beyond Xu Yunxin's comprehension, and even Xiao Qing, who had already reached the third rank, awakened the Azure Dragon bloodline, and was capable of keen perception, couldn't understand it.

Ultimately, it can only be attributed to perhaps an invisible change in the natural environment.

While most second-tier demonic beasts exhibit various physical mutations, that white turtle showed no mutations whatsoever!

Moreover, its carapace is a pure, flawless jade white!

It's like a "jade bowl lotus" growing out of mud.

If Xu Yunxin and Xiao Qing hadn't been in a hurry to prepare resources for their tribulation, and Xiao Qing hadn't been unable to go all out, and hadn't had no good way to deal with such a tough-looking monster, they would definitely have tried every means to capture this white turtle.

Now that Xiaoqing has advanced to the third tier, dealing with second-tier monsters is, frankly, a bit of a disaster.

After the cloud platform came to a stop, Xu Yunxin and Xiaoqing exchanged a glance.

"I'll make the first move and see if I can scare this turtle out. Once the situation is clear, you can then reappear to capture it."

Seeing Xiaoqing nod slightly, Xu Yunxin raised his hand and gestured, and the specks of blue light in the air quickly gathered, instantly condensing into a three-foot-long, eight-sided broadsword in his hand.

Xu Yunxin lightly pointed his sword finger, and the three-foot-long blade in his hand slashed downwards.

"Swoosh~ Swoosh~ Swoosh~"

As the sword pressed down, a biting wind suddenly swept across the swamp.

The wind was strong and fast, and it was also carrying ice crystals.

As soon as these ice crystals landed on the swamp, they quickly froze the surface of the swamp, forming a thick layer of ice in the field of vision in a short time.

As Xu Yunxin continued to increase his strength, the cold wind under the sword's edge blew more and more fiercely, and the ice on the marsh spread rapidly downwards, the ice layer becoming thicker and thicker. In some shallow areas, the water was completely suspended on the thick ice layer, and the exposed muddy ground was frozen into hard soil by the cold wind.

Even at this point, there was still no movement beneath the water.

Seeing that the "Winter Begins" sword technique could not force the white turtle out, Xu Yunxin changed his sword technique and threw the three-foot-long green sword in his hand onto the ice.

The green peaks sliced ​​through the thick ice layer as easily as cutting tofu, then quickly dispersed into blue specks of light that drifted below the ice surface.

Beneath the waterless ice, the blue light penetrated everywhere, and soon a deep depression where a considerable amount of water still remained was discovered.

"Found it!"

Xu Yunxin was overjoyed. He flew over the deep depression in a flash, raised his hand and conjured a heavy earthen spear, and thrust it heavily into the depression!

"boom!"

The musket grew rapidly in the air, becoming as thick as a stone pillar by the time it pierced the ice.

The ice surface was smashed open by this giant pillar, and amidst the flying ice shards, it plunged deep into the depression!

"Bang!"

Sewage splashing everywhere!

"Ha~"

A strange breathy sound echoed from the puddle.

The stone pillar that Xu Yunxin knocked down shattered into pieces and turned into a cloud of ashes.

Immediately afterwards, a beam of shimmering white light, like a bolt of lightning, aimed at Xu Yunxin, who was floating in mid-air, and struck him fiercely!

"Well done!"

Xu Yunxin neither dodged nor evaded, but instead revealed himself and took the initiative to meet the white lightning.

Just as the white light was about to arrive, a layer of green light armor suddenly appeared on Xu Yunxin's body.

The armor was a deep green color, and there was only a thin layer of it.