#252 - Chapter 252: The Divine Turtle May Live Long, But It Will Die

Inside the Crystal Palace.

Ye Kong and the Divine Turtle sat opposite each other, with tea and fruit plates on the table.

The Divine Turtle sat upright on a grandmaster's chair like an old man, with long eyebrows and a long beard. If it weren't for the turtle shell on its back, Ye Kong would have really thought it was a human.

The man and the turtle quietly drank their tea.

After a moment, Ye Kong finally asked, "How long have you lived?"

The Divine Turtle slowly put down his teacup and said, "I existed when the heavens and earth first opened."

"Now, I can't remember how many years it has been."

He was undoubtedly the longest-living Divine Turtle, from the beginning of heaven and earth to the present.

"You've lived even longer than Earth Mother, so you must know a lot," Ye Kong said again.

"Earth Mother, ah, I know her. When I saw her, she had just been born. Like Heavenly Duke, Earth Mother was gentle, loved to eat, and was lazy. Heavenly Duke was fierce and arrogant, which would bring him misfortune."

"If I'm not mistaken, Heavenly Duke died at your hands, right?" After the Divine Turtle finished speaking, he looked up at Ye Kong.

"Are you going to avenge him?" Ye Kong asked.

The Divine Turtle shook his head and chuckled, "I don't have much of a relationship with him. I just advised him once when I saw him back then."

"How much do you know about the Heavenly Dao Master and the Law?" Ye Kong continued to ask.

"Didn't Earth Mother tell you?" The Divine Turtle asked back.

"What she said was ambiguous," Ye Kong shook his head.

The Divine Turtle heard this, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea.

"The Heavenly Dao Master, Hong, was also a figure from the beginning of heaven and earth, from the same era as the Law."

"What you want to ask about the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground, was actually established by Hong," the Divine Turtle continued.

After hearing the Divine Turtle's words, Ye Kong finally understood what the Heavenly Dao Master's name was.

Hong!

A name that Earth Mother had never mentioned.

"He established the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground, imprisoning divine beasts and ferocious beasts here, to restrict you?" Ye Kong continued to ask.

The Divine Turtle shook his head and chuckled, "It's not that he imprisoned us, but that we voluntarily guard his tomb for him!"

These words greatly shocked Ye Kong.

He had guessed wrong.

He had previously speculated that the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground was established by the Heavenly Dao Master to restrict divine beasts and ferocious beasts, to prevent them from going out and causing trouble.

But he never expected that it wasn't forced imprisonment, but that the divine beasts and ferocious beasts voluntarily entered to guard his tomb.

Ye Kong never expected that the huge Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground was actually a tomb!

And it also contained the Heavenly Dao Master, Hong!

This was too unbelievable!

If the Divine Turtle hadn't said it, who would have thought of it?

"There's nothing to be surprised about. Even a detached Heavenly Dao Master cannot avoid death."

"Isn't it possible to ascend?" Ye Kong looked at the Divine Turtle and asked.

"It is possible to ascend, but after ascending, you leave the cultivation world. They don't want to leave, and they can't leave," the Divine Turtle continued.

"Why?" Ye Kong asked, puzzled.

The Divine Turtle drank a cup of tea and did not answer.

Ye Kong paused, thinking of the four forbidden areas of the cultivation world, and couldn't help but ask, "Are the four forbidden areas of the cultivation world all burying the supreme powerhouses of the ancient era?"

The Divine Turtle put down his teacup and explained, "The Vaisali Pure Land buries Buddha, the Demon Abyss Forbidden Ground buries the Demon Emperor Qing, the Forbidden Sea…"

The Divine Turtle paused when he said the Forbidden Sea, and then said, "It buries the Law, right?"

"There is no Buddhism in the cultivation world now," Ye Kong couldn't help but say.

The Vaisali Pure Land is the largest pure land among the four forbidden areas, occupying a western continent.

The land of a continent is all a forbidden area, difficult to enter, and no one knows what the situation is inside.

"Yes, Buddhism has been destroyed. Back then, the Vaisali Pure Land was full of Buddhas," the Divine Turtle nodded.

These words made Ye Kong ponder.

Something major must have happened in the ancient era.

Causing the Law to be sealed in the Silent Land, the Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Dao Master to fall, and even the huge Buddhism to be destroyed.

What is the concept of Buddhas everywhere?

All the people in a continent are Buddhas of Buddhism, and their strength must be very strong!

But such a powerful Buddhism has been destroyed, who can do it?

Ye Kong's heart was full of doubts, but when he looked at the Divine Turtle, he knew that the Divine Turtle didn't want to say more, so he couldn't force him.

Forget it, I'll ask Earth Mother later.

Ye Kong planned to go back and ask Earth Mother, after all, Earth Mother was also a person from the ancient era.

"Ye Kong, I want to ask you for something," the Divine Turtle suddenly looked at Ye Kong and said.

"Tell me," Ye Kong nodded.

"When you come to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground in the future, it's okay to eat some meat, but don't take their lives. They will be of great use in the future," the Divine Turtle looked at Ye Kong and said.

"Then tell me what exactly happened in the ancient era, and I will agree to your request," Ye Kong looked at the Divine Turtle and said.

"The ancient era…" The Divine Turtle sighed.

"That was the best of times, and the worst of times. Countless predecessors used their blood and lives to exchange for hundreds of thousands of years of peace in the cultivation world."

"I can't tell you what happened, it will reveal the secrets of heaven," the Divine Turtle lowered his head and said.

Although the Divine Turtle lived a long time, his strength was average.

He couldn't beat Ye Kong, otherwise he wouldn't be so easy to talk to.

"Can't you say even a little?" Ye Kong asked again.

"No," the Divine Turtle shook his head.

Ye Kong knew from the Divine Turtle's state and tone that it was useless to force him.

"Okay, I agree to your request. I won't harm lives when I eat meat in the future," Ye Kong said.

The Divine Turtle bowed his head to thank him, unable to bend over due to the turtle shell on his back.

Ye Kong turned the teacup in his hand, his mind filled with thoughts about the ancient times.

"I heard Earth Mother say that the Law wanted to destroy the world, so he was imprisoned by Hong, is that so?" Ye Kong asked instead.

"Yes," the Divine Turtle nodded and said, "Earth Mother should have told you about the Law's experience, which is to destroy the world."

"But she didn't finish. The Law's idea is to destroy the world and then start a new one."

"What Earth Mother told you should be the best of times in the ancient era," the Divine Turtle continued.

"The worst of times is…" Ye Kong couldn't help but ask curiously.

"With the Law being sealed, the worst of times came," the Divine Turtle explained.

"Because the worst of times was caused by the Law, Hong sealed the Law in the Silent Land, burning it with eternal fire and striking it with heavenly thunder."

Ye Kong looked at the Old Turtle, what he wanted to know was what exactly happened in the worst of times?

Powerhouses as strong as the Heavenly Dao Master and others would all be silenced!

But the Divine Turtle just wouldn't say, which suddenly made Ye Kong want to eat turtle soup.

After the Divine Turtle finished his tea, he also lay down on the grandmaster's chair to rest.

This tea was a refreshing tea. The Divine Turtle could only maintain his consciousness by constantly drinking tea.

Otherwise, he would fall asleep.

He had reached his limit, but he had been holding his breath all along, not dissipating.

He needed rest to maintain his life.

If Ye Kong hadn't arrived, he wouldn't have appeared.

Ye Kong looked at the sleeping Divine Turtle, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea, his eyes always filled with doubt.