Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The more Wang Long thought about it, the more bitter he felt. He picked up the wine jar and drank it in large gulps. Then, he picked up the sword on the table and left.
When he walked out of the inn, there was no one on the street. The streets were filled with desolation. He turned to look at the flames on the horizon, his eyes filled with determination.
This time, he was not prepared to escape.
“Bastard, your Grandpa Wang Long is here!”
Wang Long immediately rushed over, preparing to die under the Sky Crow’s feet.
From where he was, it would take eight days for him to rush there.
The continent was too big. Fortunately, the Sky Crow specially flew towards a place with where humans were abundant, so he did not continue to chase after it.
He stood on the cliff and breathed heavily. As he looked at the huge city that was set on fire in the distance, his heart suddenly ignited with anger.
He could vaguely hear the cries of the citizens in the city, and he could see experts charging towards the Sky Crow one after another. Even though they were engulfed in flames, they were unwilling to give up.
The Sky Crow hovered above the city, constantly hissing. Wang Long could hear the joy in the beast’s voice.
That bastard!
Wang Long was furious. Just as he was about to jump off the cliff, he suddenly saw something and could not help but widen his eyes.
The sea of clouds above the Sky Crow lifted and a pair of incomparably huge claws reached down to grab its wings.
In front of this pair of claws, the Sky Crow seemed tiny, like an eagle catching a chicken.
Boom—
A terrifying gust of wind came and dispelled the dark clouds in the sky, allowing sunlight to sprinkle down. Wang Long raised his arm to block his forehead and narrowed his eyes. Then, he saw an unforgettable scene.
A huge black bird with a wingspan of more than ten thousand feet appeared. Its neck was extremely long, its head was like a swallow, and its body was like a goose. Its tail feathers were spread out like a fan. Its white claws were equally long, and its black feathers reflected the dazzling sunlight with a faint purple glint. As it began to flap its wings, a strong wind whistled between heaven and earth, extinguishing the raging flames in the city.
The Sky Crow cried out and struggled wildly, but it could not break free from the huge black bird’s claws.
This scene was similar to a goshawk hunting for a little bird. The citizens who were still alive in the city were dumbstruck. The martial artists floating in the air were also shocked. They forgot about their injuries and stared blankly at the shocking scene in the sky.
The Sky Crow raised its head and spat out surging flames that landed on the huge black bird like a torrent, but it could not cause any damage.
“What’s that?”
“It’s a Xuan Bird… It’s the legendary mythical beast, the Xuan Bird. God has sent a Xuan Bird to save us!”
“We’re saved?”
“Don’t be careless. Perhaps it’s just hunting that animal and might not let us
“Oh my god, what is that? How can there be such a huge demon in this world?”
“It’s not a demon. It’s here to help us!”
The entire city was excited. Regardless of whether they were injured or not, as long as they were conscious and their eyes could still see, they were all excited about the magnificent scene in the sky.
When they were in despair, the appearance of a black bird that had a wingspan of ten thousand feet brought them great hope.
Wang Long was also stunned.
This mythical scene that was similar to a battle between wild beasts made him feel as if he was in a dream.
Under the gaze of countless people, the huge black bird opened its beak and absorbed the Sky Crow. The Sky Crow rapidly shrunk and was sucked into its beak. If one were to look carefully, it was not a beak, but an eye on the black bird’s forehead that absorbed the Sky Crow at an extremely fast speed. At first glance, it looked as if the Sky Crow had been swallowed alive.
The world was silent!
After the Sky Crow was eaten, everyone stared at the huge bird that was like a god, fearing that it would continue to attack.
However, the huge black bird began to circle around. It flapped its wings quickly and surging thunderclouds gathered. Not long after, a majestic rain poured down, expelling the scorching heat for the city.
When the rain started, the huge black bird flew away.
“It’s a mythical beast! It’s really a mythical beast!”
“I knew that the heavens would not leave us alone…’
“The Xuan Bird, the mythical beast that protected mankind in ancient myths. The legends are all true…” “Wuhuhu, humans will not die, they will not die…”
“God bless us, God bless us!”
All the citizens and martial artists in the city wept with joy. Even the heavy rain could not cover their cries and cheers.
Wang Long was drenched, but he still stared blankly in the direction the huge black bird had left.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of the shopkeeper who adopted him.
“Xiao Long, in this world, never abandon hope. Humans will always experience good luck and bad luck. It’s just that the sequence is different. Your good luck will come sooner or later.”
At that moment, Wang Long suddenly felt that his luck had changed.
Just as he was prepared to die, the most inconceivable thing happened. If this was not luck, then what was?
On the other side, the huge black bird had arrived at the next city. It rained all the way and extinguished the fire in the mountains, fields, and cities. More and more people saw it and were shocked by its huge size.
This black bird was Jiang Changsheng’s transformation. It was the ninth level of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Change Technique, and it transformed him into a Xuan Bird. Coupled with the Heavenly Elephant Dharma, it was the reason for such a shocking scene.
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Change Technique was a transformation technique he learned when he was twenty-one years old. At that time, he could only turn into a sparrow.
Thid was the only way he could think of solving the problem. Even if the Sky Crow Clan were to attack, they would only look for the Xuan Bird and not him.
Who would have expected that such a huge Xuan Bird was only a Daoist?
Jiang Changsheng returned to the forest and returned to his original appearance. He then let out a long sigh of relief. Using three Divine Powers at the same time and the Summoning Wind and Rain Divine Power for a long time had consumed a lot of his spiritual energy.
He walked back to the courtyard.
[In the 60th year of the Shuntian Era, a Sky Crow engulfed the human race with the intention to burn all the humans in the world. You stopped it and successfully survived the attack of the Sky Crow. You survived a calamity and obtained a survival reward—spiritual Object, ‘Blood Soul of the Three-legged Golden Crow’.]
What was a blood soul?
The name ‘Three-legged Golden Crow’ seemed very cool.
In Chinese mythology, this was a mythical beast that represented the sun!
When Jiang Changsheng returned to the courtyard, everyone immediately looked at him.
Bai Qi asked, “So soon?”
Jiang Changsheng frowned and asked, “What’s so soon?”
Bai Qi wanted to say something but hesitated.
Jiang Changsheng calmly said, “I just went to the bamboo forest to calm my mind. Don’t think too much.”
With that said, he walked into his room.
As she expected, Bai Qi was sure that Jiang Changsheng had already gone to deal with the Sky Crow.
She looked at Ye Xun and said, “Want to bet? I bet the Sky Crow has disappeared.”
Ji Wujun opened her eyes and looked at Bai Qi in surprise. Did this wolf mean that the Dao Ancestor had gone to deal with the Sky Crow?
How long had it been?
Ye Xun said angrily, “I’m not gambling. What’s there to gamble with you? You just want to take advantage of me. I’m not as stupid as the Sword God.”
Bai Qi felt helpless. This dummy was not easy to fool.
Jiang Jian stared at Jiang Changsheng’s door thoughtfully.
On the other side.
Jiang Changsheng had already begun to inherit the Blood Soul of the Three-legged Golden Crow. This blood soul could allow a demon beast to fully transform into a Three-legged Golden Crow, including its soul. But before that, as long as Jiang Changsheng dripped his blood essence into the blood soul, he could control the life and death of the Golden Crow so that it could not disobey him.
That was a good thing. Since he had a True Dragon, it was also time to raise Golden Crows.
Jiang Changsheng took out the Blood Soul of the Three-legged Golden Crow and a large piece of blood jade burning with flames appeared in his hand. He immediately dripped his blood essence into the blood jade. The process was very simple and it did not take long for the fusion to succeed.
He clearly felt that he had formed a connection with the blood soul. With a thought, this blood soul would shatter and turn into dust.
In a sense, after integrating with the blood soul, there was also a trace of his bloodline, which was equivalent the Golden Crow being his child.
Jiang Changsheng kept the blood soul into his Giant Spirit Ring and walked out of the room. He even pretended to take out a batch of medicinal ingredients and walked to the medicinal cauldron to start refining pills.
“It’s just refining pills, not reaping any benefits?”
Bai Qi frowned and thought to herself.
Jiang Changsheng did not intend to let Bai Qi transform into a Golden Crow. It would be awkward to let this fellow become his child. Moreover, the Blood Soul of the Three-legged Golden Crow was more suitable for birds. After birds transformed into a Golden Crow, their talent would be higher.
As for Huang Tian and Hei Tian, they already had good talent, so it would be a waste to use it on them.
This blood soul could nurture a high-level combatant for him. Therfore, he had to train another bird, which would serve as an additional combat unit that would help Longqi Mountain.
He was not in a hurry for the time being. He also needed time to cultivate. By the time the Three-legged Golden Crow matured, he would have definitely broken through to the ninth level of the Dao Technique.
When the others saw that he was refining pills, they let go of their worries and focused on their training.
On the other side, the Sky Crow in the Dao World was surrounded by other mutant beasts. Half of its soul had been snatched away by the Classic of Mountains and Seas. At that moment, it was extremely terrified. It no longer had the might of an Eight Grotto-heaven realm demon beast, fearing that it would be killed by a mysterious existence.
Time passed day by day.
In less than five days, Jiang Changsheng suddenly discovered that his incense points had skyrocketed.
He sensed carefully. The continent he went to previously had given birth to a large number of worshippers. It was as if countless stars were born in the darkness and were still growing.
He could actually obtain a huge amount of incense points as the Xuan Bird!
Thinking about it, it made sense. After all, Lin Haotian did not know his true appearance. As long as he was the one in their heart, they could provide him with incense points.
Jiang Changsheng immediately became excited, but he concealed it well and did not reveal it in front of everyone.
Until November.
Jiang Che came to visit Jiang Changsheng and mentioned the Sky Crow.
“To the south of Tianhai Ocean, a distant continent was attacked by the Sky Crow you mentioned before. That day, the Sky Crow wantonly massacred humans. Just as that continent was about to fall, a Xuan Bird appeared. It was said that the Xuan Bird was ten times larger than the Sky Crow. Just by spreading its wings, it could blot out the sky and the sun. It was extremely exaggerated. It just swallowed the Sky Crow in one bite. It was rumored overseas that the heavens were blessing the human race. This matter has yet to be officially spread to the Great Jing. I only learned about it through the White-robed Guards.”
Jiang Che excitedly said. Great Jing had already built a teleportation array at the furthest end of the Tianhai Ocean, making it easier to resist the demons’ attack. Therefore, he mentioned this matter.
“The Sky Crow is dead?”
Bai Qi widened her wolf-like eyes and subconsciously looked at Jiang Changsheng.
Ji Wujun was moved and muttered, “Xuan Bird…’
Jiang Changsheng calmly said, “Why are you looking at me? I’m not a Xuan Bird.”
Bai Qi remembered that Jiang Changsheng could transform into a sparrow, but she was smart enough not to say it.
Ye Xun was very excited. “In other words, humans are not isolated and
helpless. Not all the beasts in the world are demon beasts?”
Jiang Che smiled and said, “That’s right. The appearance of the Xuan Bird has greatly boosted the morale of the Sovereign Dynasties. From this point on, we will also be more confident in facing demons.”
When he heard about this, he was also shocked. He could not believe that a mythical beast was really protecting humans..
