Answering Questions and Clearing Up Doubts

"You... you..."

The Cult Master Tongtian pointed at the nose of the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, uttering only one word for a long time without coming up with anything else.

"Hey, don't point fingers at me like that. Look at how I treat you now, I learned it all from you."

The Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, somewhat embarrassed, brushed aside the Cult Master Tongtian's fingers and said the same thing to him again.

Upon hearing this, the Cult Master Tongtian's body trembled violently again. He coughed violently as soon as he opened his mouth, forcing him to pat his chest to calm himself down.

The Cult Master Tongtian truly hadn't expected that the same sentence would cause him such great harm three times in a row. This kind of harm was different from physical pain; it was practically a mental cancer. Whenever the Cult Master Tongtian thought of this matter, his chest would ache faintly.

"You were beaten to a pulp by me within the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, and then you started calling for reinforcements, sending three Sages with you."

The Cult Master Tongtian thought for a long time before finally coming up with a retort.

It must be said that the words of the Cult Master Tongtian were very effective; the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, who was just smiling, immediately fell silent.

Thus, two Sage appeared on the field of the competition, their mentality completely shattered by their opponent.

"Let's see who has the last laugh, you old scoundrel."

After both of them had calmed down for a long time, the Cult Master Tongtian spoke first.

"Alright, old bastard, don't cry if you lose later."

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi didn't waste any words and directly retorted.

The two then fell silent, each gripping the court and activating the last divine beast they had condensed.

The Vermilion Bird and the Black Tortoise each let out a great roar, displaying the might of the Four Symbols beasts.

They then quickly soared into the sky and began to fight.

As the Vermilion Bird spread its wings, the world changed color, and the sky was filled with its Vermilion Bird feathers, densely packed like stars in the night sky. Then, the Vermilion Bird once again intimidated the living fish, as if they had gained their own intelligence, and they rushed straight towards the Black Tortoise.

However, Black Tortoise remained completely calm. He simply retreated into his shell, and the Vermilion Bird's fiery rain, which struck Xuanwu's shell, was like a tickle. It did not cause any harm to Black Tortoise, and it didn't even leave many marks on his shell.

Although the Vermilion Bird condensed a large number of fire feathers, their destructive power was not very high. The Vermilion Bird's fire feather attack lasted for nearly a hundred breaths before it was completely exhausted. However, at this time, the Black Tortoise, which was hiding in its shell, had already prepared a water arrow in its mouth, waiting for the Vermilion Bird's attack to come.

The longer my water arrow takes to condense, the stronger its power becomes. It began to condense from the moment Black Tortoise retracted into its shell until now. More than a hundred breaths have passed since Vermilion Bird finished firing its fire feathers. I immediately stretched out my head and aimed it at Vermilion Bird's position, launching the water sword from my mouth directly at it.

Although Black Tortoise's movement speed is very slow, and its floating flight is not very fast, the speed of its water arrow is exceptionally fast. It is as if there is a giant crossbow in Black Tortoise's mouth that has been fully drawn, and the water arrow is mounted on it. When Black Tortoise opens its mouth, the giant crossbow is activated, and the water arrow is launched instantly.

Upon seeing the attack, Vermilion Bird hurriedly flapped its wings and flew away, trying to dodge, but it was too slow. The water arrow was so fast that it pierced through the tip of one of Vermilion Bird's wings.

Seeing that the Vermilion Bird was injured by its attack, the Black Tortoise let out an excited cry.

"Oh my god, hahaha, I see."

Seeing that his condensed Vermilion Bird was injured, the Cult Master Tongtian was not in a hurry. Instead, after hearing the Black Tortoise's cry, he laughed and then showed a look of sudden realization.

"Your Vermilion Bird is injured, what are you still laughing about?"

The Celestial Venerable Yuanshi completely failed to understand why the Cult Master Tongtian was laughing, assuming it was because the Vermilion Bird was injured that he was laughing heartily.

"I think you really don't understand."

Upon hearing these words from the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, the Cult Master Tongtian spoke with profound meaning.

"Understand? Understand what?"

The Celestial Venerable Yuanshi felt somewhat puzzled.

"I don't understand why I'm laughing here?"

The Cult Master Tongtian said something mysterious.

"Then tell me why?"

After hearing Cult Master Tongtian utter a pointless remark, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi said somewhat impatiently.

"To be honest, since I embarked on the path of cultivation, and up until now, having attained the status of a Heavenly Dao Sage, in all these long years, I have never heard a turtle howl."

"But today I finally witnessed it; it's truly something I've never seen before in my lifetime."

"I feel I need to thank you. You, the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, answered a small question I've had since I began my cultivation."

Then, the Cult Master Tongtian spoke solemnly. After saying this, he actually bowed to the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi to express his gratitude.

"Ah?"

Upon hearing Cult Master Tongtian's words, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi asked with some confusion.

He then realized that the Cult Master Tongtian had just said that the Black Tortoise he had condensed was a turtle.

"Get out of here! If my Black Tortoise is a turtle, then your Vermilion Bird is nothing but a feathered beast!"

Upon realizing this, the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi immediately responded with a retort to the Cult Master Tongtian.

"Haha, fine, say whatever you want. Anyway, I think it's worth it even if we lose today."

"You have no idea that this question has troubled me for many years and has taken root in my Daoist heart, but today, thanks to you for helping me resolve this doubt, I feel extremely fortunate."

After hearing his words, the Cult Master Tongtian did not get angry with him, but continued to thank him with a smile.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's see how this game goes."

Seeing that the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was about to fly into a rage again, the Cult Master Tongtian quickly stopped him, saying that he wanted to continue watching the battle between the Vermilion Bird and the Black Tortoise with him.

Although the fire rain that the Vermilion Bird had previously gathered could not cause much damage to the Black Tortoise, it would be difficult to even leave a mark on the Black Tortoise's shell.

The fiery rain, which had just struck the shell on Black Tortoise's back, left only a mark the size of a fingernail, so faint that it was almost invisible unless one looked closely.

However, just as the two of them were chatting, Black Tortoise finally suffered real damage, and Vermilion Bird left several deep marks on the shell on his back.

Just now, after Vermilion Bird saw that her attack had no effect and that she had even been injured by Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird changed her attack method.

He didn't try to condense a rain of fire like countless stars to launch a wide-ranging attack on Black Tortoise, because that wouldn't cause any real damage and would only be a thankless task.