The insects in my house are dragons.

Chapter 60 My heart aches for you!

The Abyss Bone Dragon had never truly taken shape; under the intense energy impact, its entire form completely disintegrated.

"They're here! They're here!"

The turtle elder, who had been hiding behind the rock, had somehow appeared beneath the Abyss Bone Dragon.

The withered, branch-like dragon horn fell to the ground.

"Waaah~"

But then a dark shadow darted past, biting the dragon's horn in mid-air, and after a few more agile leaps, it arrived beside Yun Che.

It is an iris.

Standing on his feet, head held high, arms raised, the turtle elder froze in place with an expression of waiting for the fruits of victory.

He blinked twice.

Eh?

He turned to look at Yun Che.

Seeing the dragon horn bitten by the iris, her eyes flickered, and she said in a deep voice, as if by telepathy:

"Human, you've done well. But..."

"This treasure, cough, this thing is very complicated, you can't handle it."

Yun Che looked at the iris.

"Woo." Iris nodded gently.

Yun Che smiled and said, "Yo! Elder Turtle, it's been a long time! The weather is really nice today."

weather?

Elder Turtle subconsciously looked up and saw a waterfall and thick fog; he couldn't see the weather at all!

The elder turtle, realizing what had happened, was furious. "You human! I had high hopes for you, how could you do such a thing—turn your back on me after you've served your purpose!"

Crossing the river and then dismantling the bridge?

Who brought me here and then hid?

After winning, was he the first to run down to receive the dragon horns?

Even more outrageous, they kept chanting "Good luck, good luck" before the fight even started.

Yun Che smiled.

That old tortoise is no good!

"Do you know what kind of tortoise I am? Do you know what kind of tortoise my king is? Be careful, be careful, I'll call all of Ah Yao's brothers here!" The tortoise elder looked furious.

king?

A-Yao refers to that giant black wood tortoise.

Several brothers...

Yun Che squeezed the small short sword in his hand.

Our swords are not necessarily ineffective!

Ok?

At this moment, Elder Turtle saw the short sword in Yun Che's hand, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

That short sword belongs to that guy...

It looked Yun Che up and down again, as if trying to get to know him anew.

"Alright, alright, this elder won't stoop to your level. Let's split it evenly, is that alright?"

Yun Che raised an eyebrow.

Such a quick change in attitude?

However, he had noticed the old tortoise's gaze earlier, and after gently rubbing the mechanical short sword in his hand, he suddenly realized something.

What exactly is the origin of this sword, and Dr. Niu's protective beam of light?

Seeing that Elder Gui was able to communicate, Yun Che stopped being stubborn and naturally showed a very friendly smile.

"Elder Turtle, look at what you're saying. You are a magnanimous turtle, of course you won't stoop to the level of a 'child' like me."

As he spoke, he carefully put the short sword into his clothes and added, "But look at this dragon horn, it's a single piece, not easy to separate."

"Hmph!" Elder Turtle snorted. "That's easy. Give me your dragon horns, and I'll share some treasures with you!"

"Elder Turtle, you are a turtle, what do you need dragon horns for? Do you perhaps want to evolve into a dragon turtle?" Yun Che asked tentatively.

"Hmph—" Elder Turtle scoffed, "What's a dragon turtle? Do you know my king, who possesses..."

It suddenly realized what it was saying and shut its mouth.

Yun Che sighed inwardly at the pity, and said, "Then why not leave them for my Kongkong and Iris? They'll be just the right ones."

Elder Turtle glanced at the baring teeth of Kongkong and the wary Iris, and chuckled, "Who isn't a genius? This elder himself is a turtle genius who broke through to the mid-stage of the Mutation Realm in just a century!"

Yun Che: "..."

A century? Mid-stage of the anomaly?

"Chirp..." Kongkong looked at Yunche.

Ah Che, is that old turtle playing a trick on us?

Yun Che shook his head.

Although the old tortoise's strength level was indeed not high, it was not hard to tell from its words that it had lived for at least a hundred years!

Moreover, neither its intelligence nor its divination abilities seem to be what a supernatural being at the mid-stage of the mutation level should possess.

Even if it has spiritual attributes.

"Then tell me, what can you offer? You can't expect me to have made this trip for nothing, acting as your 'guide' for free, can you?"

Yun Che really did have this plan.

But considering the turtle clan behind this old turtle, and the king it always talked about, he hesitated.

After all, these are among the few extraordinary beings capable of communicating in language, and they possess extremely high intelligence, so their group's strength is estimated to be considerable.

It's not a good thing to be at odds with such a group.

As the saying goes, it's better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

That's the thought that crossed my mind.

Yun Che looked pained, gritted his teeth, and struggled to take out five white-quality dragon-attribute energy cubes from the system space.

He spread his hands, his expression of pain deepening, and said, "Elder Turtle, we're not unreasonable people. How about we take these... these precious foods as compensation?"

"Food?" Elder Turtle curled his lip in disdain.

As an elder of the clan, having lived for over a hundred years, what delicious food hasn't he eaten?

Did you really think you could get rid of it by giving it some milk and blood mulberry last time?

Despite thinking this, Elder Turtle still crawled over.

Yun Che squatted down.

"grumble..."

Kongkong looked genuinely pained.

This is its energy cube!

"What is this...?" Elder Turtle leaned closer, looking at the crystal-clear energy cube that resembled both crystal and jelly and emitted a pleasant fragrance, and couldn't help but ask.

"This is... a crystal-clear cube of pearl and jade," Yun Che said solemnly.

The iris, biting the dragon's horn, blinked twice.

Kongkong scratched his head, a question mark appearing above his head.

When did the Energy Cube get this name?

"The name sounds impressive..." Elder Turtle murmured.

"That's natural."

"No! No, no!" Elder Turtle shook his head repeatedly. "This thing has a nice name, but in my opinion, it's lacking in energy and nutrition. What's so valuable about it?"

"Elder, why don't you try some?" Yun Che took out a small knife and carefully cut off a corner from an energy cube.

With a hint of doubt, Elder Turtle gently tossed the piece into his mouth.

Ok?

His eyes lit up immediately.

The old tortoise was shrewd; after its initial surprise, its face immediately darkened, but it couldn't escape Yun Che's perception, who had activated the power of the Eternal.

"This item... is inappropriate."

As soon as Elder Turtle finished speaking, seeing Yun Che making a move to put it away, he hurriedly said, "Alright, if you take out fifty, this elder will not hold it against you, a junior."

"Fifty?!"

Yun Che's voice immediately rose four or five octaves.

"Elder Turtle, as an elder, it is not proper for you to mock juniors. Do you know how rare this item is? I only have less than seven in total. Offering two is already a show of sincerity, and I wish to establish friendly relations with your turtle clan!"

"really?"

"really!"

Elder Turtle narrowed his eyes, stared at Yun Che, and said in a deep voice, "Five!"

Two!

Five!

Three!

...

"Four!"

"Deal!" Yun Che looked like he'd been ripped out, but he gritted his teeth and finally agreed to the negotiation.

Iris and Kong Kong exchanged a glance and then turned their heads away at the same time.

Elder Turtle happily accepted the energy cube, but then his eyes darted around, and he suddenly asked, "If I can find another treasure, will you trade?"

Yun Che waved his hands repeatedly, about to refuse, but seeing the old tortoise's face, he said helplessly, "It's only because of Elder Turtle's high reputation that if... there really is a treasure suitable for my Kongkong and Iris... we might as well exchange it!"

"Just wait!"

The old turtle left a message, then turned and jumped into the small pool under the waterfall with a "plop".

Ok?

"That old turtle is really cunning. It didn't even bother to tell us there were resources in the pool!" Yun Che said indignantly.

cunning?

Iris tilted her head and tugged at her bottom.

Aren't you two equally bad?

The old turtle was overjoyed as it jumped into the pool.

Hmph! Even a little human like you shows some sincerity...

Is Elder Turtle someone who can be easily fooled by a few words?

While Yun Che was "fooling" it, it secretly did a little divination.

The conclusion is that this thing does not exist in this world!

Although its energy and nutritional value are average, it tastes really good, and most importantly... it's rare!

There are only a few of these in this world, and Elder Turtle has taken more than half of them!

Although dragon horns are rare, our own king has five, six, seven or eight of them, and their quality is much higher than these dragon horns!

"Such rare delicacies should be enjoyed by the virtuous. I am being honest, so please don't blame me. I simply don't want these precious foods to be left to tarnish..."

Not long after.

Elder Turtle grabbed three snow-white, lotus-like things and swam to the surface.

Yun Che's eyes narrowed slightly.

A level-three resource, a rare ghost-attribute resource, the Netherworld Flower?!

"This is the Netherworld Flower, a ghost-attribute treasure. It will be very useful to your Purple Amber Cat. How about exchanging it for three Pearl Jade Crystal Cubes?"

Yun Che shook his head decisively, "One!"

Two!

"One!"

After another round of "argument", the decision was made to get one and a half!

Staring blankly.

Half a piece is fine too, right?

The money and goods were exchanged.

Elder Turtle quickly put away the energy cube, and Yun Che quickly put away the Netherworld Flower. The two of them glanced at each other and found that the other was also looking at them. They quickly looked away and showed a look of heartache.

I feel so sorry for her!