"Congratulations on defeating the Guardian Beast, Godâs Envoy. The Black Tortoiseâs tomb has been brought back to the light. Please use the Black Tortoiseâs inheritance to save the land from an abyss of suffering."
Two notifications appeared after the monster died. They took a glance at the monster that was rapidly disappearing and concluded that they probably werenât going to get any drops from the kill.
Not matter though, uncovering the Black Tortoiseâs tomb was good enough.
Sheâd previously guessed that the Black Tortoiseâs tomb was beneath where they stood, and true enough, the ground began to tremble after the notification appeared. The ground around five meters to their right started to churn, looking as though something was about to appear from within it at any moment.
Mascot bellowed. Not knowing why it was suddenly acting like this, she hurriedly unsummoned it.
Quiet And Steadfast stood beside Shen Jingbin, holding her up to keep her from falling over.
After a series of tumultuous shaking, a huge stone tablet appeared where the once flat ground was. Quiet And Steadfast motioned for her to investigate with his eyes, and Shen Jingbin responded by slowly making her way over to it and placing her hands on the tablet.
"Youâve come, Godâs Envoy," A voice extremely similar, except thicker and deeper, to that of the Black Tortoiseâs spiritual awareness that sheâd heard before sounded in her head.
The next moment, the scenery before Shen Jingbin changed. Quiet And Steadfast and his army of pets disappeared from sight, and it appeared as though sheâd stepped into a different realm; one that was a mass of pitch black.
Just that, a spot of light began to slowly amass before her, eventually coalescing into the form of an enormous Black Tortoise. A strong and robust Winged Serpent could be seen mounted on its back.
"Youâre the Black Tortoise?" Shen Jingbin looked over and asked.
"Yes, I am," The Black Tortoise paused as though it was reminiscing about its past. "The White Tiger is with you, right? Can I have a look at it?"
"Alright," Shen Jingbin replied before summoning Mascot.
Mascot spun around in circles and continuously howled when it appeared. Fondness flashed across the Black Tortoiseâs eyes as it gazed at Mascot who was by its leg. The Winged Serpent slowly stretched its body out towards Mascot and gently touched against Mascotâs forehead, almost as if it was giving Mascot a kiss. Mascot froze for several seconds before realization dawned upon it and it turned its head towards the Black Tortoise, bounding towards it with a roar.
Upon nearing the Black Tortoise, Mascot reverted to its original form. The Black Tortoise slowly lowered its head and intimately rubbed against Mascot.
"The White Tiger emits a murderous aura, so it was seen as the God of Slaughter amongst the Four Divine Beasts. The Vermillion Bird and Azure Dragon both represent divinity, so they werenât all that close to the White Tiger; Iâm the only one who was close to it. It was the only one who remained by my side when my death neared. Oh, how Iâve missed it."
After a few moments of intimacy, the Black Tortoise returned Mascot to Shen Jingbin.
"The fact that youâre able to meet me means youâve defeated the Lunar Beasts. In that case, handing my inheritance over to you wouldnât be a waste," The Winged Serpent suddenly pulled out a white egg from the Tortoiseâs belly and handed it over to her. "I have fallen and Iâm no longer able to reincarnate. All I can do is hand you my child. The Liches will know how to hatch the egg. Bring it back to the Sect Leader of the Lich Palace and pass down my heritance to it once itâs grown up."
Shen Jingbin took the egg. "I understand."
The Black Tortoise continued, "The fate of the world is in disarray. Whether it can be saved will depend on all of you. Go forth, youth, the future is in your hands."
After saying its piece, a beam of light shone from the Black Tortoiseâs forehead before tunneling into Shen Jingbinâs own.
Shen Jingbin felt warmth suffuse her entire body as countless images flowed into her mind.
A notification followed immediately after. "Congratulations on receiving the Black Tortoiseâs inheritance."
Shen Jingbin found herself back to where she previously was when sheâd opened her eyes.
The moment he spotted her, Quiet And Steadfast walked straight up to her and asked, "Howâd it go?"
Shen Jingbin pulled out the tortoise egg (Eh, it should be a tortoise egg, not a snake egg, right?) for him to see. "I received the Black Tortoiseâs egg and its inheritance."
Quiet And Steadfast took the egg and weighed it in his hands. "How do you plan on hatching this thing?"
"The Black Tortoise said to look for your Sect Leader."
Quiet And Steadfast returned the egg to her. "Alright, letâs look for Poison Toad tomorrow. Rest up after you log out; you must be tired after working the whole day."
Shen Jingbin nodded, and the pair returned to the teleportation array and teleported back. They then took the ferry back home after returning to shore and logged off.
The next day, Shen Jingbin was awoken by the sound of her phone ringing. Her first thought was that it mustâve been a call from her elders, but found that it was actually Xiangpeng who was calling after she stared at the screen.
"Hello, Ms Shen, Iâm Xiangpeng from Yiju. Do you still remember me?"
Shen Jingbin had just woken up. Her head was still a little fuzzy so she just hummed a reply. Xiangpeng then said, "Weâve finished producing the promotional trailer you previously shot for >. Please drop by our office and have a look at it when you have the time. If youâre satisfied with it, weâll release the trailer."
Shen Jingbin grabbed the calendar beside her bed. It didnât look like she had anything on today. "Iâll drop by today then."
"Alright, give me a call again when you reach our office. Weâll send someone down to show you in."
"Okay."
"Weâll do that then; bye."
"Mhmm, bye."
Her lethargy now gone, Shen Jingbin got out of bed and went to wash up. The doorbell rang just as sheâd finished. She jogged over to the door and opened it, only to see her Mother standing by the entrance.
"Youâre up early today."
Realising that it was her Mother, Shen Jingbin went back into the house. Mama Shen walked in with her hands behind her backPapa Shen trailed behind her.
Mama Shen look around. When she noticed Shen Jingbin was the only one around, she asked, "Whereâs Shen Jingchen?"
Shen Jingbin went over to the fridge and poured herself a cup of milk. After taking a sip, she said, "Heâs not up yet, whatâs wrong?"
"Go wake him up, weâll be heading out to buy something before going over to uncle Zhaoâs place for lunch."
Shen Jingbin gave an "oh" of acknowledgement before she placed her cup down and obediently run off to wake Shen Jingchen up.