"I've obtained both mystic dark golden sand and cinnabar glow five-colored water. Only Sumeru stone remains unfound. Looks like I'll have to try my luck."
Zhang Yuan considered this. Although finding Sumeru stone would take some luck, he was not worried.
Even setting aside a Celestial Person's ability to divine karma, the Outer-Heaven Fortune and Bian Kingdom's national fortune he carried would be enough to find a piece of Sumeru stone with ease.
Unless there truly was not a single piece left on the vast Eastern Continent.
Zhang Yuan pondered, planning to try his luck at a pawnshop in a large city. But he was unfamiliar with both the people and places of the Eastern Continent, so he would have to find someone to ask the way first.
Then.
Zhang Yuan rose and stood atop the island's mountain, looking down over the expanse of ocean before him. After a quick glance, he reached out and grabbed at something in the sea from afar.
Splash!
An old turtle flew out of the water and landed before Zhang Yuan, letting out a pained wail:
"Ow... you're killing this old turtle! Spare me, great master! Please spare me! I've never eaten a human since the day I was born, never harmed anyone. Please judge me fairly, great master..."
The old turtle prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed furiously to Zhang Yuan, terrified that Zhang Yuan might kill him at the slightest displeasure.
"Get up," Zhang Yuan said calmly.
The old turtle rejoiced at those words, but before he could enjoy his relief for long, Zhang Yuan's next remark made his expression change drastically.
"I brought you here only to ask the way," Zhang Yuan said.
He had surveyed the sea. Among the sea creatures that had sought to seize the cinnabar glow