Antiquity.

The turtle is very sought after and is even worshipped as a totem.

In the primitive era when the heavens were round and the universe was formed, the turtle became a sacred symbol of imitating the universe and was considered to be able to reach the heavens because its back was bulging like a celestial dome and its belly was flattened like the shape of the earth.

And in this world.

What the turtle represents is immortality.

Spirit of the Mountains.

One of the four elephants of the universe.

Cui Qinghe looked at the old turtle in front of him, and learned that it was once a turtle spirit raised by nature, traveling through mountains and rivers, and being worshiped by all the spirits of heaven and earth.

It didn't know how much time it was.

The mountains and rivers he passes through while walking are his only concept of time.

Until later.

The blood river hangs, the aura is polluted, the spirits of the whole heaven and earth have become demons, the fairy gate is broken, the mountains and rivers are corrupted, and the treacherous things erupt everywhere.

The turtle spirit has also become a turtle demon.

"I became a demon and was cursed by the river of blood......"

When the old turtle said this, he was already very calm.

It seems that too many years have passed, and any mood swings have been smoothed out by the years.

The monsters between heaven and earth are strange.

Cui Qinghe knows.

For example, a spider can possess the human body, absorb memories, and those it touches will self-immolate and burn in the sun.

And the fox demon likes to seduce living beings, regardless of men and women, but whenever they fall, they will be absorbed and lose their life.

Probably the monsters in heaven and earth will get their own trajectory, and some of them even involve the concept of some rules.

And the condition of the old turtle is also very special.

The turtle spirit is pure and flawless.

Born pure.

After being cursed.

The turtle spirit can't see anyone die.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws that the creatures of heaven and earth need to follow, but I see the living beings die in front of me."

"You will live for a thousand years."

"I thought my life was endless, but now that I think about it, there is probably an end." The old turtle smiled miserably.

"Then you are far away from the mountains, and you should be safe, right?"

"But that's not the only curse on me."

Cui Qinghe was suddenly silent.

After the old turtle was cursed by heaven and earth, he was cursed by a treacherous one.

And that treacherous.

It's in Nanling County.

"At that time, I didn't know that there was a curse on my body, and I continued to walk in the mountains and rivers, walked through the mountains and rivers, and saw the deep streams of the heavens, and when I walked to this populated place, I encountered a monster, and the monster was surging to the sky, because he coveted something on my body, and after asking me for it to no avail, he imposed a curse on me."

"Whoever I see, I will be with him until he dies."

Cui Qinghe suddenly understood.

When you encounter a living being, you will be with it until you die.

And after seeing death, the turtle demon will be extremely painful and lose his life for thousands of years.

It's almost stuck in an endless loop.

The turtle demon is not moving fast, and this place is densely populated, he wants to go out, it is impossible not to run into people!

In addition, there are frequent cases of witchcraft now.

There is a curfew in each county.

Guarded by demon guards.

There are no living creatures outside, and everything the demon guards encounter during the curfew time is regarded as a monster and killed on the street.

It was almost impossible to leave Nanling County at night.

The turtle demon began to remember everyone he met.

"I met a boy, he sat on my back every day, going to school and going to school, he didn't think I was slow, because I looked like a hill, so he kept calling me Grandpa Mountain, at first I didn't want to, Grandpa Mountain or something, ugly to death, like other spirit animals used to call the rotten stone in front of the mountain, but gradually I had a feeling of enjoying it, staying with the boy every day, not putting the curse in my heart, and then the boy grew up day by day, I also had feelings for this child, I was born to raise, The first time I watched a creature grow up, it was a wonderful feeling, it seemed to be a deeper interpretation of the years, like the lines added to my back, but the child grew up, and it was clearer to me than the birth of the lines......"

"The kid died on the eve of the coronation."

"I felt something, I didn't dare to go back, I ran outside as if I was running, it was raining that day, it should have rained a lot, the first time, I felt that I couldn't open my eyes."

The turtle demon's feelings for children should be the purest.

So perceiving death, let this naturally raised turtle spirit feel heartache for the first time.

Is it raining heavily?

Probably.

Cui Qinghe listened quietly.

"Later, I met a girl, this girl was abandoned by the man I loved, very pitiful, I walked to the river, I wanted to swim into the river, escape into nature, but I happened to meet a girl who wanted to kill herself, so, I followed her, I resisted."

"But it soon dawned on me that I seemed to be her only support."

"Grandpa Turtle, your back is so warm, it's so comfortable to lie in the back."

"Grandpa Turtle, does it mean that I can still meet someone I like when you saved me that day?"

"The old people say that the turtle is a symbol of wealth, will I get rich in the future, if I make money, I will build a temple for the turtle's grandfather, the wind can't blow, the rain can't hit, hum, give you flowers."

"That negative man, we don't want him anymore."

A turtle demon who is not good at words and accompanies silently has become the girl's last support.

The girl's family died early, leaving her alone.

That day, the turtle demon heard the girl's whisper in her dream: "Grandpa turtle, don't leave me, I have nothing but you." ”

"You're my last family."

"Later." Cui Qinghe said quietly.

The turtle demon was silent.

"She fell ill and died in the early hours of a silvery morning."

"Did it rain that day?"

"It's snowing, but it's melting."

"Hmm."

Later, the turtle demon met many people, but none of them died well, and some did not even live for a year.

"Don't blame them, there are monsters like me around them, I hurt them......"

The turtle demon said a lot more.

Perhaps because of Cui Qinghe's special identity, he often comes into contact with monsters, and he can better understand everything the turtle demon said, and he has never said so many words in his life.

"Cui Ziyi, is there any way you can help me leave Nanling County? I don't have much to live anymore, and when that child in the house dies, I should have less than a thousand years to live......"

"I want to go back and see those mountains, taste those waters, and no longer just gaze at the distant mountains that were once within reach, as I am now."

"If you can promise me, I'll give it to you."

"What is that?" Cui Qinghe couldn't help but be curious, the treasure that the turtle demon was coveted by the demon should be very special, and it could only be voluntarily handed over by the turtle demon.

"It is my heart stone, I have walked the mountains and rivers for many years, and the heart stone has long been ground into a spiritual jade, absorbing the essence of the earth, and the essence of plants and trees, it is already a strange treasure."

"If you hand over my heart stone to the demon slayer behind you, you will have unexpected gains."

For the last freedom.

The turtle demon has completely ignored everything else.

That belly stone should also be extremely precious to the turtle demon, it is the source of its aura, but now it just wants to go back to see the mountains and rivers and kiss the earth.

Cui Qinghe thought for a while.

If you want to go out of the city during the curfew, if you are only in the Tianhe jurisdiction, it is fine, Cui Qinghe has the final say, but if you want to go outside the city gate, you have to pass through Ping'an Street.

It seems that I have to go to Ping'an Street to discuss with Lin Cheng and Lin Ziyi from Ping'an Street, last time in the Demon Slaying Division, Lin Ziyi told Cui Qinghe a lot of useful information, so Cui Qinghe had a good impression of him.

"Okay, I've got you covered."