The next morning.
Before the rooster had even crowed, Xiao Wu unusually rose early, waking Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Romantina before heading to the Worker-Peasant Council.
Inside the karst cave, the Spirit Rhyme Turtle surfaced from the lake at the center. Over the past four years, its size had tripled. It was more than ten meters long and, counting only its head, three meters tall. But including the Golden Ancient Tree on its back, it stood over ten meters high.
Holy Soul Village and the surrounding region had built roads, cut through mountains, dug river channels, and altered the Feng Shui, harmonizing the Aura Field and allowing more Heaven and Earth Energy to gather.
As people came and went, human presence spread through the area, causing the Spirit Rhyme Turtle's intelligence to grow even faster. Not to mention that the Golden Ancient Tree on its back had become increasingly lush, actively drawing in Heaven and Earth Energy to assist the Spirit Rhyme Turtle's cultivation.
Thus, in only three short years, this Spirit Rhyme Turtle's cultivation had already reached nearly a thousand years. Not only had it broken through the limitations of its species, it had also pulled far ahead of Soul Beasts from other races. Its cultivation speed was practically no different from that of a highly talented Soul Master.
"Mm!"
The Spirit Rhyme Turtle climbed ashore. By the time it reached them, the water on its body had already dripped away. Lowering its head, it affectionately rubbed against Zhou Qing's and Tang San's heads.
As for Xiao Wu and Romantina, the Spirit Rhyme Turtle ignored them completely.
After all, it was most familiar with Zhou Qing and Tang San.
As for Xiao Wu... she had once frightened it with the aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It did