It's not a big problem, don't panic.

Ye Feng has always been full of self-confidence.

After all, he has completed his aptitude, cultivation techniques, and sacred beasts. If he still cannot ascend, then Ye Feng will truly be out of options.

Speaking of sacred beasts, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little amused and exasperated.

His divine senses detected that the sacred beast friend the old tortoise had mentioned had arrived.

And it is also giving this old friend a "warm welcome".

"Squeak squeak squeak, old turtle, you told me this place is so great, but it's not as great as you say."

The old tortoise glared and said angrily, "You think you can look down on the world just because you occupy this mud pit of the Yellow Springs? Our Shu Mountain Sword Sect is a quasi-invincible sect. Although many of our good places are still in the early stages of development, there is one thing that is absolutely unique in this world."

"Squeak squeak squeak..."

A giant, rat-like sacred beast lay listlessly on the ground, squeaking.

Then he said to the old tortoise, "Tell me about it. Anyway, I don't think there's anything in this world that can compare to my Yellow Springs Mud Pit. If I hadn't wanted to get out and about recently, I wouldn't have come here to see you."

"You need to get out and about more, otherwise you won't know how big the world really is, or how many amazing things there are."

The big rat yawned and said, "I've been around this world before. I'm the first of the twelve zodiac animals. What other magical things could there be?"

The old tortoise earnestly said, "The world changes. Your travels were thousands of years ago. Human lifespan is limited, while their development is very rapid."

"Tch, you're all talk. I've at least been out and about for hundreds of years, while you've been holed up in your lousy green pond without moving an inch. If it weren't for this Supreme Ye destroying the sect you were in, would you even think of making a move?"

The old tortoise said with a happy expression, "That's why I came to this paradise on earth and received such great fortune. If I hadn't known you for over ten thousand years, do you think I would share this good thing with you?"

"Squeak squeak squeak... It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad. I wonder what benefits the owner of this place gave you to make you praise it so enthusiastically. Back then, you complained about your sect every day."

The old tortoise chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter, does it? Didn't you used to show off your origin to me all the time? Why don't you show it off again?"

"Squeak squeak squeak... This is boring. In another two thousand years, my origin will be about 80% complete, while the rest of you are only at most 60%. Compared to you, it's like a dimensional reduction attack."

"Show me one, let me see what more than 70% of the original essence is like."

The big rat glanced at the old tortoise and snorted, "So eager to see my origin, did you recently acquire some rare treasure to enhance it?"

The old tortoise chuckled smugly: "There is some, though not much, but it's more than enough compared to you."

"Oh? Looks like I can't put your mind at ease without showing off a bit? How much of your essence can a treasure from a place like this replenish? Oh, I see, you think I'm lying. After all, when I last saw you, I was only at 50%. It's understandable that you don't believe I can grow by more than 20% in three thousand years."

After speaking, the big rat shook itself and stood up.

With a flash of yellow light, a layer of rich, earthy yellow light appeared on its body.

The giant rat said smugly, "How about that? A full seventy-two strands of primordial essence. In another two thousand years, it will definitely have no problem replenishing to eighty strands. Why don't you show me what you've got?"

If you even open a hair's eye, you'd probably be terrified by all seventy-two strands of my primordial essence!

I'm so envious of you.

The old tortoise gave a cold laugh.

The sight of that honest-looking turtle face making a sneer felt very incongruous.

The old tortoise said humbly, "I'll just show it once, but it's a bit embarrassing compared to yours."

The big rat chuckled and said, "Squeak squeak squeak... Don't worry, I won't laugh at you. After all, we've been friends for so many years. I'll just watch and won't say a word."

The old tortoise didn't say anything more and immediately began to circulate its own primordial energy.

A hazy green light emanated from the old tortoise, making it appear very sacred.

The large rat that had been lying on the ground suddenly sprang up.

Two beady green eyes stared intently at the old turtle.

The old tortoise squinted its beady green eyes as it looked back at the big rat.

"Squeak squeak squeak... squeak squeak squeak..."

The old tortoise rolled its eyes and said, "Speak human language. Your tribe's language is different from ours."

"Squeak squeak squeak... How can your origin be so strong?! Tell me quickly!! Three thousand years ago, your Timo's was only forty percent, but now it's already at the ninety-nine Great Perfection! This is impossible, absolutely impossible! Is this some kind of illusion?!"

The old tortoise chuckled and said, "Don't tell me you don't believe it, I don't believe it myself, but it's the truth, a truth that no one can change."

Seeing the big rat's dumbfounded expression, the old tortoise felt as refreshed as if he had just drunk a sip of iced plum juice and eaten a bite of iced watermelon on a hot summer day, followed by a severe bout of diarrhea.

Serves you right for showing off to me all this time!

Are you still going to show off?

A mere seventy-two paths? I have ninety-nine! Hmph!

This is only because Xiao Hongzhuang wasn't around. If she were to reveal her 108 original powers of ancestor, wouldn't you be so scared that you'd dig a hole in the ground?

The big rat got angry and grabbed the old tortoise's whiskers, yelling, "Tell me right now, how did you do that?! We've been friends for so many years, you wouldn't not tell me, would you?!"

The old tortoise stretched out its claw and slapped the big rat's paw away with a "smack." It then stroked its two somewhat disheveled whiskers and said, "Just talk, why are you resorting to violence? If you want to know, just ask me. If you ask, of course I'll tell you. If you don't ask, how am I supposed to know if you want to know?"

"Even though you're looking at me with such sincerity, you still have to tell me what you want to know. It's impossible for me to tell you what you want to know, or for me to tell you what you don't want to know. We have to be reasonable! Do you really want to know?"

The big rat hurriedly said, "Squeak squeak squeak... Well then, hurry up and tell me!"

"Then I'll tell you. You really want to know, right? Let me confirm again, you really want to know, right? It's not like I'm forcing you to tell me, okay?"

The big rat's beady green eyes were already gleaming with a red light, as if it were about to devour a tortoise.

He felt like there was one, no, a whole bunch of them, next to his ear!

A whole swarm of greenbottle flies was buzzing incessantly in my ear.

Moreover, these large green bean flies buzz very slowly, making you want to kill them as soon as possible.