Cave Mansion Recording (Revised)

Shui Jing suddenly looked up. I thought you would use some brilliant move to protect this beast. To conclude this just because it cried out twice?

Hahaha!

Hahahaha! You are the Peak Master of Beast Taming Valley, so of course you care more about the high and mighty Sect Leader's Wife. You might as well have killed my daughter and me with one sword. I would have admired your cultivation level and courage, but instead you resort to such petty tricks, earning only scorn! I even suspect Lu Ming's situation was also orchestrated by you hypocrites, who did some filthy deed to make him bear the crime.

She laughed bitterly, but her tattered hem was pulled by a pair of weak hands. Looking down, she saw Qiao Ling climbing out of the palanquin, her face pale and bloodless.

Grabbing her clothes, she said tearfully, "Master... let's... go back! It wasn't the Divine Beast that bit me, it was me, I fell myself."

She bit her lip and turned her head slightly, looking pitiful.

Divine Beast? Shui Jing was stunned. Her status was not high, and she lived in a remote area, so she hadn't received the news yet.

Meanwhile, the Law Enforcement Hall erupted, with shouts echoing everywhere.

The surrounding disciples were outraged. Attack? Assassination? Are they crazy? The news that this turtle is a Divine Beast has already spread. Who would be foolish enough to assassinate a Divine Beast?

Listen to this fellow disciple's explanation, she fell herself...

How could she fall into a turtle's mouth? Didn't Chief Xia consider the bloodstains on the turtle's teeth when he spoke so carelessly? We are all cultivators, our senses are sharp. We can still distinguish if this blood belongs to this fellow disciple! Xia Da Li was bewildered. He was just translating. Why were they glaring at him? If they were unhappy with the explanation, they should go find the turtle.

And... the wind in the Law Enforcement Hall today is a bit too boisterous. Even if they were interrogating a Divine Beast, so many disciples shouldn't have gathered at the first moment.

Xia Da Li scanned the crowd, his gaze lingering slightly on a few disciples.

A hint of amusement arose. Someone is trying to steer the narrative.

The people behind Lu Ming? Is a disciple who brought it upon himself and was crippled still worth this much effort?

I vaguely heard that Lu Ming has another opportunity, obtaining a not-weak inheritance. Is someone coveting his inheritance?

Shui Jing's heart ached. It's because I'm too weak. I have nothing but seniority, so my only disciple has to endure such grievances in public.

She grabbed Qiao Ling's hand, both angry and anxious. "Nonsense! How could this turtle harm you? Just say it. Azure Origin Sect doesn't just have black-hearted maggots, but also tens of thousands of enthusiastic disciples. This sand won't blind our eyes!"

She surveyed everyone in the hall. Has Azure Origin truly degenerated to such an extent in this past sixty years, becoming so unbearable to look at, engaging in all sorts of petty schemes, yet these people act like blind fools and don't see it!

"Master!" Qiao Ling choked back tears, pleading with Shui Jing, "If I didn't fall, then how else could it have happened? Our Azure Origin Sect has stood for thousands of years, and this is our only Divine Beast! I... I am just a humble ordinary disciple of the Heavenly Mechanisms Pavilion..."

She didn't say much more, but her eyes seemed to speak, expressing her humility and the Divine Beast's nobility with utmost clarity.

The expressions of the surrounding disciples turned strange. Several young men from the same lineage even showed indignation. A disciple of the Heavenly Mechanisms Pavilion is humble? And deserves to suffer in silence? "Scoundrel!" Peak Master Yu reprimanded. "Right and wrong have their own judgment. If you have any grievances, state them clearly. This Law Enforcement Hall is not a place for a junior disciple like you to bear the blame!"

What is the meaning of this? Are we people who don't understand right from wrong?

Qiao Ling bit her lip and lowered her head, offering no defense. A tear slid down her cheek.

Someone in the crowd whispered, "I know, Junior Sister Qiao is Lu Ming's Dao companion. This turtle has a grudge against Senior Brother Lu. Since it couldn't defeat Senior Brother Lu, it came to assassinate Junior Sister Qiao. And now it's trying to frame her, how shameless!"

"What's going on?" someone who didn't know the story immediately asked, and instantly the hall buzzed, embellishing a drama of a Divine Turtle seeking revenge on its loved ones so vividly, as if they had witnessed it with their own eyes.

Xia Da Li looked at those few people, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, then he slightly turned his head to look at Yu Housheng.

Yu Housheng looked at Su He. "Let me ask you, do you have any evidence that Qiao Ling assassinated you?!"

I do! But I'm currently deleting the video and can't answer your question. Su He's eyes were tightly closed, fully focused on deleting the recording from Turtle Shell's Mountain.

Just now, Ge Feng had activated the Turtle Shell's Mountain recording function during class, wanting to create a record for Feng Ya Ya. The recording had never been turned off. However, the recording also captured him discarding the medicine vat at the Xiangshui Tributary, which had to be deleted! Su He's cultivation level was too low, and his spiritual sense was insufficient, making the deletion extremely difficult.

Seeing Su He's silence, and even his closed eyes resisting, the head of the Law Enforcement Hall's expression turned cold. He took a token from the desk and was about to throw it down.

This was the Law Enforcement Hall's Interrogation Order, used to authorize execution.

Qiao Ling's pale eyes widened in fear. "Uncle-Master Yu, no!" She bit her lip and shook her head. "The Divine Turtle has just arrived at Azure Origin, and it has no sense of belonging or loyalty to the sect. If you use torture on it again, it might never be loyal to the sect. Can you possibly set a restriction in its Origin Spirit? It's a Divine Beast, not a Pet Beast..."

A turtle is a turtle. Even a Divine Beast, what does it know of acting skills or emotional contagion?

Qiao Ling closed her eyes and knelt down. "Disciple... I fell!"

So pitiful! Shui Jing gripped her disciple's hand, gritting her teeth in anger, but unsure what to say.

A murmur arose from the assembled crowd.

"Set a restriction!" someone shouted first. Immediately, a group of disciples joined in.

"Set a restriction!"

"Set a restriction!"

The entire courtyard was filled with shouts demanding that a Origin Spirit restriction be placed on Su He.

Xia Da Li suddenly understood. So that's the goal! His face instantly darkened. Which idiot thought of placing a restriction on a Divine Beast? Divine Beasts are not to be insulted. Even a wild beast that has embarked on the Divine Beast Path should not be lightly insulted! To have such thoughts means you haven't been beaten enough by a Divine Beast! Xia Da Li was about to stand up.

Just then, a sharp sword cry rang out. A silver Immortal Sword flew from the horizon, heading straight for Su He's neck.

Su He felt a prickling sensation on his back.

In a moment of life-or-death crisis, a golden light shot out. It was Yu Housheng, flinging the token, which knocked the Immortal Sword aside.

The sword drew an arc in mid-air and lunged at Su He again. But Yu Housheng raised a light barrier to block it.

"Madam, you've crossed the line!" Yu Housheng said sternly.

"Get out of the way!" a cold voice came from the Immortal Sword. It was Su Hua Nian.

Yu Housheng's expression was extremely grim. He pushed against the Immortal Sword and rose to meet it. "I know what Madam is thinking. This turtle bit through Qiao Ling's neck, so Madam wants to shoot through the turtle's neck to punish it and close the case. But—"

He suddenly looked up. "This old man disagrees!"

"This turtle has a noble bloodline and extremely high defense. A stab through the neck is merely a superficial wound that will heal in three days. But its attack on Qiao Ling was malicious, a premeditated act of revenge and murder. How can it be let off so lightly?! If so, what becomes of the sect rules?"

"Madam, as the Sect Leader's Wife, you should uphold justice. How can you let personal feelings override public duty?!"

The Immortal Sword's power weakened but did not retreat, remaining locked in a stalemate with him. Yu Housheng knew she was being disingenuous; otherwise, with her cultivation level, ten of him wouldn't be able to stop her.

Just as he was unsure how to advise her, a ethereal and majestic voice echoed from above the Law Enforcement Hall:

"Madam, you've gone too far!"

It was Feng Yi Ju, the Sect Leader of the Azure Origin Sect.

The Immortal Sword remained motionless and silent, still in a standoff.

Xia Da Li cupped his hands towards the sky. "Senior Brother, this turtle is only three years old. Although it possesses intelligence, it doesn't understand human affairs. Not to mention the case is still in doubt, even if it truly injured a disciple, it would merely be its beastly nature. It should be educated, not punished. If punished, it will surely harbor resentment. What then?"

He looked towards the direction of the Eternal Life Hall, his attention fully focused.

The sky was silent for a moment. The Sect Leader hadn't spoken, but the Scholar's voice was heard instead: "Then let's set up a restriction!"

As long as there was a restriction, even the most rebellious beast could be brought back in line.

Xia Da Li's expression changed drastically.

Some disciples in the crowd sensed that the atmosphere was a bit strange, as if something was amiss. But immediately, others began to clap and cheer, shouting, "Whether it's a Divine Beast or an Exotic Beast, only those with restrictions are good beasts!"

Are there any beasts without restrictions?

Su Hua Nian's Immortal Sword suddenly unleashed a fierce Sword Qi, forcing the shouting disciples to their knees.

The clamor instantly died down! Having been healing at the bottom of the pool earlier, unaware of external matters, he had rushed here with his sword upon receiving the news, thinking the turtle had truly bitten someone. Now, it seemed that wasn't the case!

By the water pool, Su Hua Nian looked towards the Eternal Life Hall.

Shui Jing lay on the ground, her eyes filled with humiliation. She and Su Hua Nian were of the same generation, and she had even joined the sect earlier. Now, Su Hua Nian hadn't even appeared in person, yet with just a sword, she couldn't even maintain the cultivation to stand.

Sword Qi crisscrossed the sky, and Feng Yi Ju's voice came from above: "Madam, if this turtle is truly at fault, setting up a restriction can also allow the disciples to be at ease..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gui Shan, on Su He's back, suddenly emitted light, projecting an image.

An Ink Turtle carrying a mountain, disembarking from the Xiangshui Tributary, encountered a woman after walking two to three li. The woman approached it step by step...

Qiao Ling, who was lying on the ground, suddenly her face changed drastically.

The unfamiliar woman in the projection approached Su He step by step and then suddenly drew her sword.

Combat, dispelling illusions, the arrival of others, self-harm, a plea for help...

The scene played from Qiao Ling's encounter with Su He, synchronized with reality.

The air in the Law Enforcement Hall suddenly seemed to freeze, so quiet that a pin drop could be heard. Until a disciple softly said, "This thing is fake, right?"

"This is a Cave Mansion Recording, it cannot be tampered with," Xia Da Li chuckled lightly.

Yu Housheng remained silent for a moment, then pointed into the air. A beast horn fell from Qiao Ling's body, blood dripping from it, making everything clear.

By the time the recording began to play, Qiao Ling's face was already ashen. Now, she couldn't even react.

Feng Yi Ju's voice from the sky had disappeared at some point, without even a goodbye, which was quite impolite.

Yu Housheng's face was as dark as wood as he looked at Qiao Ling. "Why did you attack a Divine Beast of the sect?"

Qiao Ling lowered her head and remained silent.

"Why?" Yu Housheng demanded.

Qiao Ling looked up, her face filled with madness. "Hahaha! Why? He harmed Senior Brother Lu! That was Senior Brother Lu! Beast Taming Valley's First True Disciple, and the first person to discover it was a Divine Beast..."

She muttered to herself, appearing deranged.

The real reason, of course, could not be stated...

"Imprison her in the Suppression Prison. She will be tried and judged at a later date!"

"Yes!" Someone in the Law Enforcement Hall received the order and went to escort Qiao Ling away.

Only Su He remained in the hall, lying with his eyes closed, Feng Yi Ju's voice echoing in his mind: Set up a restriction, set up a restriction...

Beside him, Shui Jing stood in a daze.

Everyone watched in silence.

The Sword Slave looked at the giant turtle below. After this incident, it must harbor resentment towards the Sect Leader, right? He was the Sword Slave, the one who helped the Sect Leader wield his sword. In the entire Azure Origin Sect, anyone, human or beast, who harbored ill intentions towards the Sect Leader was his enemy.

Su He closed his eyes, his thoughts unreadable.

The Sword Slave transmitted a message to Xia Da Li: "Can a Divine Beast be restricted?"

When it came to taming pet beasts, Xia Da Li, as the Peak Master of Beast Taming Valley, was unmatched in the Azure Origin Sect.

Xia Da Li glanced at him as if he were an idiot and said nothing. He knew what the Sword Slave was thinking.

But, there was nothing he could do!

For such a matter, the Sect Leader had received the Inheritance from the Great White Temple and might be able to do it? But that would require the combined strength of the entire sect to suppress the Divine Beast bloodline.

Can't do it? The Sword Slave narrowed his eyes and reached for the Immortal Sword at his waist.

In the sky, Su Hua Nian's Immortal Sword suddenly let out a cry, and Sword Qi spread across the surroundings.

The Sword Slave's sword was only drawn an inch before it couldn't be pulled any further. To dare draw it out another fraction would mean his corpse would lie on the spot.

The gap was too great. In front of Su Hua Nian, he didn't even have the right to draw his sword—even if Su Hua Nian wasn't here, there was only an Immortal Sword imbued with her sword Qi.

Suppressing the Sword Slave, the Immortal Sword no longer bothered with insignificant pests and stabbed down fiercely, embedding itself on the summit of Turtle Shell's Mountain.

The character "Su" on Turtle Shell's Mountain seemed to come alive, dancing like a phoenix and dragon, shining brilliantly.

Azure Origin Sect, Eternal Life Hall.

Feng Yi Ju opened his eyes and looked at the Scholar in the hall. "He passed!"

The disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall was clearly incited by someone.

The Scholar bowed and admitted his mistake, then looked up with stubbornness in his eyes. "Senior Brother, it wasn't just me who passed. The Madam..."

Feng Yi Ju shot him a glance, and the Scholar could no longer speak.

Senior Brother is still too restrained. A gentleman waits for his opportunity; it doesn't matter if his methods are a bit crude. If Senior Brother could have acted decisively and directly set up a restriction...

Even if it was a mistake, what if he compensated tenfold later? Once the restriction is set, it's a done deal!

The sect needs an absolutely controllable Divine Beast right now. How could someone like Xia Da Li understand the sect's predicament?

After this incident, the Divine Turtle might have second thoughts and most likely will want to leave the sect. The Scholar tapped the armrest, his mind racing.

Three hundred miles away, an unnamed water pool.

Su Hua Nian lovingly looked at her daughter sleeping soundly on the bed.

She clearly felt a difference this time when her daughter fell asleep.

Her daughter had eaten a rare treasure!

Not a top-tier high-grade pill; she never lacked top-tier pills, but her daughter was too young and her cultivation level too weak to absorb them.

Her daughter had eaten ordinary ingredients, but they were of extremely high quality.

To use an analogy, it was like an apple that cost a thousand gold leaves each? It was that kind of thing, yet not that kind of thing.

It's precisely treasures like these that are better for Ya Ya! This must have been brought by that turtle.

This aura is even stronger on that turtle.

Anyone who is genuinely good to Ya Ya, whether human or turtle, Su Hua Nian will protect them with all her might.

The crowd in the Law Enforcement Hall had dispersed.

Su He had left long ago. He was now swimming leisurely in the Xiangshui Tributary, heading towards Su Hua Nian's water pool.

The entire Azure Origin Sect couldn't evoke the slightest sense of belonging in him, except for the water pool.

Among the people just now, he only had a bit of a good impression of Xia Da Li.

Su He thought about the guidance Xia Da Li had given him while swimming.

"The divine treasures of the heart aperture are the foundation of cultivation. Don't just indulge your appetite; study the Divine Beasts within your heart aperture more."

Su He floated on the surface of the water, his limbs and head retracted into his shell, letting the Xiangshui Tributary carry him. He closed his eyes and his inner vision focused on the Divine Turtle in his heart aperture.

This was the first time he had truly looked inward since knowing he was a Divine Beast.