Chapter 736: Chapter 736: New Host Body, King of the Turtles
The Jennings Family has been quite peaceful these past two days, compared to the outside.
Aside from Uncle Ming, the housekeeper, busily organizing the preparations for the family’s party, there hasn’t been much resistance from others concerning Magnolia Hearne’s return.
Even Grandma Jennings, after accepting that the daughter-in-law brought home by her son was the original one, silently accepted the situation.
It’s certainly better for the original to return than a substitute.
Otherwise, to say that their Jennings family had three daughters-in-law, one died, one divorced, leaving only the third one, wouldn’t sound good.
Scarlett Jennings didn’t get involved in all this; for the past two days, she’s been staying in the practice room over in the West Tower.
This room was specially renovated by Luca Jennings after Scarlett’s previous room was struck by lightning, expanding into an indoor grand hall that connected three rooms.
The windows are all bulletproof glass, the whole space is not only large but also highly sealed.
Scarlett uses this room for her subsequent research on new techniques.
At this moment inside the room.
Magnolia Hearne sat on a nearby chair, casually picking at a piece of fruit, watching as Scarlett stood in the spacious center, quickly sending out three talismans from her hand.
With one hand chanting the mantra, spiritual power rapidly gathered at her fingertips.
Faintly, there was a hint of demonic power mixed with the spiritual power,
"When humans come, the paper separates; when ghosts come, the mountains separate; a thousand evils can’t harm, ten thousand evils can’t break through."
As she chanted, the talismans lit up with spiritual light, mixed with a faint red glow.
Scarlett carefully observed the changes in the talisman’s spiritual light, chanting the final spell, then with a wave of her hand, the three talismans suddenly flew toward Magnolia Hearne.
"No demon ghosts shall invade!"
Magnolia Hearne, holding a fork in one hand, raised her hand to block the three talismans in mid-air.
Whoosh.
The spiritual light on the talisman seemed to flare like flames, and Magnolia only felt the burning sensation on her fingertips, quickly retracting her hand.
At the same time, Scarlett lifted her hand and recalled the three talismans, placing them away.
Then, she jogged over towards Magnolia and asked,
"This is the amulet I’ve enhanced with my own demonic power. It can ward off demon ghosts, how is it?"
Magnolia just extended her palm, showing the slightly reddened fingertips,
"What do you think?"
Scarlett thought, surely it has succeeded.
The previous amulets mostly sensed shadow energy, acting more against ghostly evils.
Now, it can also sense and defend against demon energy.
Fortunately, she had previously researched incorporating demon energy into talismans, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible to complete the enhancement so quickly.
Before, she borrowed other demons’ powers, which was simply a case of using whatever was handy.
Now she could use her own power.
Magnolia then said,
"The demonic power, like spiritual power, even the strongest amulet can only ward off demons weaker than you. If you encounter a true Great Demon, this amulet would be useless."
She wasn’t worried that saying this would dampen Scarlett’s enthusiasm; in her view, for someone with only a quarter demonic bloodline to achieve this level, Scarlett was already doing very well.
This talent compared to hers was not inferior in the slightest.
Well, she truly is her child.
The two then briefly discussed other talismans Scarlett had enhanced, and shortly after, the room door was knocked open.
It was Uncle Ming, the butler, who came in. Seeing Scarlett and Magnolia Jennings sitting in the hall eating snacks and chatting, appearing harmonious and warm, his eyes crinkled with a smile, saying,
"Miss Scarlett, the pet turtles you asked others to select have arrived, would you like to take a look first?"
Scarlett nodded and added,
"Wait, call the system over first."
No sooner had she finished speaking, the voice of the system turtle echoed rapidly in her mind, approaching from afar,
[I’m coming! I’m coming!]
The sound approached swiftly, and Scarlett leaned forward to see the system turtle, tied to a mini skateboard, its limbs just touching the ground, paddling along the corridor.
The mini skateboard swiftly carried it closer.
After the black mist it absorbed disappeared from its journey to the Otherworld, the system had to crawl on its own.
Lucas had someone fit the mini skateboard he previously gave it onto the turtle.
The skateboard had its height and power wheels adjusted, making it perfect for the system to use, allowing it to move quickly without much effort.
Recently, the system had grown fond of this skateboard.
But now it was more eager for the arrival of the new pet turtle!
Its new host body! Finally, it had arrived!
Behind the butler was a middle-aged man in work attire, carrying an aquarium. At this moment, he saw the turtle swiftly approaching on its skateboard, even for him, it was the first time seeing such a sight.
He could only say, wealthy people were indeed unusual in how they raised turtles.
Just the little skateboard under the turtle, small as it seemed, its appearance and material clearly showed its high cost.
Scarlett saw the system had arrived and signaled the man to open the aquarium.
The middle-aged man did so immediately, placing the box on the ground. Shortly after opening it, a small Crocodile Tortoise crawled out slowly.
The small Crocodile Tortoise was larger than the Wood Pattern Turtle, its shell adorned with pointed armor, its head resembling a fierce crocodile with soft angles, its slightly long tail swaying with the aura of an ancient beast, looking quite formidable and imposing at first sight.
The system turtle couldn’t help but scream upon seeing it.
[That’s me! This is exactly how I should look!]
[King of the Turtles!]
[Scarlett Jennings, hurry up and swap! Swap me now!]
Scarlett was overwhelmed by the system’s noise.
Missing the times when the system pretended to be aloof, she heard the middle-aged man introduce,
"This Crocodile Tortoise is 24 centimeters long, still juvenile, but its bite force and crawling speed are much stronger than a typical turtle. If there are children at home, it’s best to avoid direct contact."
He further introduced some habits of the Crocodile Tortoise before saying,
"The related rearing procedures are completed, and I’ve given the documents to the butler. If the young lady is satisfied, it will stay here today."
Scarlett glanced at the system, the system turtle was circling the Crocodile Tortoise as if inspecting it,
[Just 24 centimeters, a bit small, but that’s okay, it will grow!]
[Let’s go with it! I approve.]
Scarlett silently withdrew her gaze, nodding towards the middle-aged man.
Just as she was about to say something, she heard the system suddenly shriek again. Looking down, she saw that the little Crocodile Tortoise, seemingly annoyed by the circling system, had opened its mouth to bite its tail.
Luckily, the system retracted swiftly; otherwise, its tail might be gone by now.
Scarlett momentarily felt regret.
But she had promised it in the Otherworld before, agreeing to swap its body to that of a Crocodile Tortoise.
If it were before, she might have just reneged on her promise.
But back in the Artefact Village, she saw the system follow her back, questioning why it didn’t stay in the Otherworld.
After all, it originally came from the Otherworld.
At that time, the system had pitifully said,
[I betrayed the Heavenly Dao because of you! If I don’t follow you, what if the Heavenly Dao strikes me down? Scarlett Jennings, are you now trying to shirk responsibility?!]
Scarlett couldn’t refute.
Since she decided to keep it, she couldn’t treat the system as just a turtle toy like before.
After sending away the butler and the middle-aged man, Scarlett closed the door and began to deal with the system’s body swap.
First, she fixed the little Crocodile Tortoise in place, then drew a talisman on the system turtle’s body.
As she chanted the spell, performing the sealing, the seals on the system turtle’s body gradually lit up.
However, just as the seals were about to be released, the spiritual light on them dimmed inch by inch.
Scarlett paused, thinking it might be due to her awakened demonic power being unstable, attempting it twice more.
The system had changed from initial anticipation to restlessness.
Until Scarlett finally stopped, then subtly announced to it,
"Well... it might be because you and the Wood Pattern Turtle have merged consciousness, so this seal seems unbreakable."
System:...
Are you kidding?!!