212: Chapter 212 Leaving Alone

The size of the Central Continent was far beyond what Dongxuan could compare to. Since the Old Turtle could not use the teleportation arrays, even as a powerhouse in the Divine Sovereign Realm, after traveling for several hours, he was still above the lands of the Central Continent.

Having not encountered any pursuers for several hours, some Disciples had relaxed a bit, feeling somewhat like they had survived a disaster. However, most of them still wore worried expressions.

Fei Luo walked up to Lin Qing and asked, "Lin Qing, what should we do next?"

Lin Qing's identity was not a secret. As long as the Central Continent factions were determined enough, they would definitely be able to find it out. Although the immediate crisis had been resolved, subsequent troubles would surely come one after another.

"We can only gamble."

Lin Qing had means to protect himself, such as diving directly into the Kunxu Secret Realm. In this way, even if the opponent was a Divine Venerable, they could do nothing against him.

But if he did that, the people around him would be in danger. Under circumstances where it was possible, Lin Qing still wanted to try his best to protect them.

"Senior, please appear."

Lin Qing bowed towards the Void Realm and called out. Soon, a standing Primordial Spirit of a turtle appeared before everyone.

"Senior." Everyone hurriedly bowed in salute. This was a big shot who had scared away a Level 11 Cultivator with just a word. Although the other party was clearly on their side at the moment, everyone still couldn't help but feel a trace of nervousness.

The Old Turtle's personality was truly very gentle. He smiled and waved his hand at everyone, acknowledging their greeting, before asking Lin Qing, "What is it? Why did you insist on me appearing?"

Lin Qing took the smaller world origin out from his body and respectfully held it up before the Old Turtle's Primordial Spirit.

After the world origin left Lin Qing's body, it quickly formed a multi-colored mist in the surroundings. Previously, when it was inside Lin Qing's body, the Spiritual Qi it birthed was absorbed by Lin Qing, but now it once again emitted its original colors.

"Senior, this is the world origin I mentioned."

The Old Turtle took the world origin, first inspecting it carefully, then looked at Lin Qing before him, and said, "Come with me for a moment."

The human and the Primordial Spirit quickly moved away from the crowd. The crowd dared not listen in on the conversation between Lin Qing and the Old Turtle.

"Little Friend Lin Qing, it seems you still have something to say?"

The Old Turtle had seen exactly this, which was why he had let Lin Qing come with him alone. Lin Qing bowed again.

"To tell you the truth, Junior does indeed have matters to discuss with Senior. If I am not around, I wonder if I could ask Senior to protect Dongxuan for a period of time?"

The goal of those people was always Lin Qing himself, so Lin Qing had no intention of returning to Dongxuan at all, because even if he went back, Dongxuan could not stop a Level 12 powerhouse.

Thus, he planned to continue operating in the Central Continent to attract the attention of the Central Continent factions, which could also to some extent prevent Dongxuan from being implicated by him. However, he knew that this situation could not last too long.

The other side's patience was limited, so he needed the Old Turtle to help him stall for some time.

The Old Turtle did not answer immediately, but continued to ask, "If their main target is you, it shouldn't be much of a problem. What kind of trouble did you actually cause to disturb a Level 12 powerhouse?"

Previously, Lin Qing had only said he led them to escape from the hands of a Level 11, which was nothing to the Old Turtle, so he hadn't asked what specifically had happened.

Now that it involved a Level 12, he naturally needed to understand clearly.

The Old Turtle had long known about Lin Qing's talent; after all, when Lin Qing was still at the 8th Rank, he had helped the Old Turtle resolve the injuries inside his body.

Lin Qing kept the matter of Xiao Dun hidden, only speaking about his talent being exposed.

The matter of Xiao Dun was only known to the truly high-level members within the super factions. Even among the Disciples who had previously gone to the Forbidden Ground to execute the mission, only those five 9th Rank Peak knew that there was a treasure in the Forbidden Ground.

Moreover, those Disciples did not know specifically what it was, so as long as the super factions did not actively expose it, hiding it from the Old Turtle for a period of time was not a problem.

Based on Lin Qing's understanding of the Old Turtle, he knew that he was highly unlikely to make a move to snatch it, but Lin Qing still dared not gamble.

"Fine then. As long as you are not there, I should still be able to protect Dongxuan for a period of time."

The Old Turtle finally nodded in agreement. Lin Qing did not mention the matter of a reward, and the Old Turtle did not ask.

The current Lin Qing really could not produce anything that the Old Turtle would value, so he could only keep this favor in his heart.

"Senior, if things become impossible, please prioritize protecting yourself."

"Rest assured, things are not as serious as you think. There is another big guy in the ocean who has crossed paths with me a few times."

"There is another big guy?"

Lin Qing nodded. The ocean was inherently several times more vast than land, and the number of living creatures was more than dozens of times that of land, because to a certain extent, land creatures lived in a planar space, while marine creatures lived in a three-dimensional space.

With the foundation of having a number of creatures far exceeding that of land, it was not strange to have a few more big guys.

"In that case, many thanks to you, Senior. This Junior will leave now."

Lin Qing bowed again to express his thanks. Afterward, his appearance began to change, preparing to leave alone.

"Wait!"

"Is there anything else, Senior?"

The Old Turtle's Primordial Spirit stroked his beard with a chuckle.

"This transformation method of yours, I'm afraid it might be a bit difficult to deceive truly powerful experts, right?"

Lin Qing naturally knew about this matter. Ultra Instinct could change his appearance, and the Breath Concealment Technique could change his Spiritual Qi fluctuations, but people with higher cultivation could see a person's Divine Soul fluctuations.

Lin Qing had no way to change Divine Soul fluctuations for the time being, but fortunately, the requirement for strength to see through Divine Soul fluctuations was extremely high, and those few Level 12s had never seen him before. As long as he did not run into those few Level 11s from before, it would not be a big problem.

He was about to answer, but the Old Turtle did not give him the chance to speak.

"Do you know what power I am proficient in?"

"Life? Defense?"

Lin Qing had seen the Old Turtle's Life Will before. Besides that, Lin Qing guessed that the Old Turtle was also quite proficient in defense.

"That's right. Your talent is not bad. I wonder if you have the confidence to comprehend the Life Will with my help?"

"I do have the confidence, but..."

Being able to have one more Will was certainly good, but time was quite tight right now, and Lin Qing had many opportunities to comprehend various powers of Will, so he was not in a hurry to comprehend the Life Will right now.

Seeing Lin Qing hesitate, the Old Turtle immediately spoke with annoyance.

"Do you know that the Divine Soul is the root of life?"

Lin Qing's eyes lit up.

"Senior's meaning is...?"

"That's right, the Life Will can change the fluctuations of the Divine Soul!"

So the Life Will was the root reason why the Old Turtle's concealment ability was so strong.

"Please teach me, Senior!"

Lin Qing bowed and saluted earnestly. If he could comprehend the Life Will, the risk of him being exposed would be greatly reduced.

"Come with me."

...

One day later, the Old Turtle brought the people of the Three Sects to the coastline of the Central Continent, and here, several powerful auras were already waiting.

Relying on the teleportation arrays, they naturally arrived at the seaside before the Old Turtle.

This time, the Old Turtle canceled the concealment of his aura. After the Divine Venerables of the five super factions sensed it, they hurriedly approached.