I Have a Golden Crow

”Nai~” Xiaobai looked at Du Yu, who was lost in thought, and couldn’t help but let out a soft deer cry.

”Ah...” Du Yu wrapped an arm around Xiaobai’s antlers. ”Um, I’m going to take a shower first. You go play with the Firethorn Tree for a bit. I’ll come hold you after I get clean.”

Saying this, Du Yu got up and headed to the bedroom.

”Nai?” Xiaobai looked at the Firethorn Tree branches spread all over the ceiling and floor, observing for quite some time.

The Firethorn Tree was no longer the little sapling it once was.

Bai Yujing was no longer that naughty young fawn who chewed on leaves just a few months ago, either.

The Firethorn Tree wanted to tease Xiaobai, but its branch would just timidly reach out and shrink back, looking rather cowardly...

Xiaobai didn’t linger long in the living room. Her snow hooves lightly tapped, and she trotted towards the master bedroom.

Following the sound of the shower, she came to the bathroom door, tried to use her antlers to hook the door handle, but couldn’t get it open.

”Nai~” Xiaobai called quietly at the door.

”Ka-cha.” A Firethorn Tree branch reached over, exceptionally nimble, curled around the door handle, and just like that, opened the bathroom door.

Du Yu was startled!

Am I getting ganked here?

Bai Yujing happily trotted in, glanced at Du Yu standing under the shower, then looked at the bathtub next to him.

With a light leap, she jumped into the bathtub: ”Nai~”

”Bubble bath, huh?” Of course Du Yu wouldn’t refuse. In a moment, he filled the tub with water for Xiaobai.

Xiaobai had worked hard and deserved to be pampered.

Du Yu nestled comfortably in the bathtub, looking at the Little Immortal Deer’s face resting against his chest. He couldn’t help but recall the scene a few months ago.

That time, did Xiaobai choke on water?

Unlike before, now Xiaobai’s antlers were long and winding. Du Yu, now employed, took his time cleaning the brilliant flowers on her antlers, one by one.

Bai Yujing smiled sweetly at her master. Compared to when she first arrived, she was now much more calm and relaxed.

Feeling her master’s careful grooming, she truly enjoyed herself.

Every now and then, she’d shake her antlers, sending bubbles all over Du Yu’s face...

”Nai~”

”Hey, stop it, stop it! The flowers are falling off!”

As he bathed her, Du Yu’s thoughts drifted far away.

If he really went to Gourd Mountain to investigate, he’d probably have to use the Eye of Burning Sun.

Currently, he’s unlocked four functions of the Eye of Burning Sun:

1. Sharp eyes.

2. Night Vision Function.

3. Hunting Moment.

4. See Through the Mist.

The first ability, sharp eyes, was a passive skill—it simply gave Du Yu exceptional eyesight, letting him observe everything down to the tiniest detail.

The remaining abilities were all active skills, requiring him to trigger them deliberately; they’re all pretty self-explanatory and need no tedious explanation.

Of these four abilities, the first and third aren’t particularly eye-catching.

Whether Du Yu was just looking around in daily life, or triggering Hunting Moment, nothing peculiar really showed in his eyes.

At most, people might notice his gaze was especially bright, full of spirit.

But ”Night Vision Function” and ”See Through the Mist” are different. Whenever he used these two, a pale red gloss would veil his eyes!

That look was already quite inhuman.

Should he come up with an explanation to tell Master Qing?

Last time at South Suburbs Bottomless Pit, Du Yu stood behind Master Qing and snuck a glance down for two seconds, luckily not noticed.

But this time...

If he really wanted to investigate, he’d have to leave the Eye of Burning Sun’s See Through the Mist function on for a long time.

Not getting caught seems unlikely?

So this excuse needed serious thought.

Should he pin it on the Shadow Gu Tower?

Or blame the Twin Trees of the Divine?

Anyway, during the Twin Trees awakening ritual, he was instilled with concepts like ”Breaking the Chains.”

The Twin Trees had never confided in or shared with anyone before.

In that case, using the favor of the Twin Trees of the Divine as an excuse, saying his body changed after becoming a Spirit Master, would be a much more solid reason?

In any event, Du Yu could never say these eyes belonged to Little Fen Yang.

He really did trust Master Qing—trust him deeply, very much so.

But some secrets had to remain just between two people. Since he’d promised Little Fen Yang, Du Yu would never speak a word to others.

”Oh, right, Little Fen Yang.”

”What’s up?”

Du Yu asked in his mind, ”I’ve already mastered the four functions of the Eye of Burning Sun. Are there others?”

Little Fen Yang: ”Even if I told you, you couldn’t use them yet.”

Du Yu muttered, ”Come on, I’m kind of a badass now. At least tell me, so I’ve got something to look forward to?”

Little Fen Yang thought for a moment, then said, ”Alright then. Once you advance to Great Demon Tamer and gather a true Demon Soul, the Eye of Burning Sun can share vision!”

Vision sharing?

Du Yu’s heart skipped a beat: ”With who?”

”Silly Du Yu~ Of course, with me!”

Du Yu: ”...”

Little Fen Yang: ”Right now you don’t have a Demon Soul, so the two of us can’t merge together—you can’t see my world through my eyes yet.”

Du Yu: ”Hmm...”

”Heehee~ Grow up soon!” Little Fen Yang sounded excited, too. ”When you do, I’ll take you to see your inner world. We can go visit Sister Ta together~

But we can only stand at the doorway—Sister Ta won’t let us in, in case we get refined.”

Strictly speaking, Du Yu could look inside his internal world, too.

But his viewpoint was more like a god’s-eye view, and pretty blurry at that.

Du Yu knew just how amazing his inner world was; to actually be there might be really fun?

Little Fen Yang’s emotions shifted quickly. Suddenly a bit downcast, her voice grew smaller and smaller: ”I’m afraid to fly out.

Otherwise, whatever I see, you’d be able to see too.”

”It’s okay, you’ll recover your strength sooner or later.” Du Yu comforted gently, secretly clicking his tongue in awe.

Only now did he realize how powerful vision sharing really was!

After all, half of Great Xia had once been showered with thousands of paper cranes by Little Fen Yang!

That was a clear sign of her abilities!

If they shared vision, wouldn’t he be able to see across half of Great Xia through her eyes?

Little Fen Yang was still in low spirits, speaking softly: ”It’s been half a year, and not a bit of flesh has grown on me.

I don’t know what’s wrong, or if I can even survive.”

Du Yu: ???

”Little Fen Yang, don’t talk like that!” Du Yu’s heart tightened, and he hurried to comfort her.

Suddenly, Little Fen Yang quietly appeared—her small, illusory figure floated out from Du Yu’s chest.

Those big orange-red eyes silently gazed at Du Yu.

After a long while, she lowered her head, fiddling with her fingers, pouting: ”I’ve stayed inside your body for half a year now. You feed me fruit every day, and Sister Ta helps refine my Demon Soul.

I’m very safe inside you, and recovering well. I’ve already passed the most dangerous period and should be able to start rebuilding my body.

But so far, not a bit of flesh has grown...”

Seeing her dejected little face, Du Yu’s heart ached unbearably.

He began comforting her: ”You are definitely going to make it, Little Fen Yang.

Your Demon Soul form is much clearer and more delicate than before; your condition is only getting better.

No more saying you ’can’t survive,’ okay?

Master Qing once said, Demon Tamers must cultivate their own minds—we can never question the road ahead!”

”Oh.” Little Fen Yang replied, a little unwillingly.

She turned her head a bit, looked at the curious Xiaobai, and extended her tiny hand to pat Xiaobai on the head: ”Hello.”

”Nai~” Xiaobai twitched her nose, sniffing at Little Fen Yang’s illusory figure, but couldn’t pick up any scent.

But Little Fen Yang’s peaceful disposition made Xiaobai feel comfortable, even happy.

”You once said Demon Fire is really good for you.” Du Yu suddenly recalled something and spoke up, ”That’s the world’s top Fire Element Supreme Treasure. With the help of Demon Fire, you should recover even faster.”

He paused, then continued: ”Little Fen Yang, don’t think you’re not doing well. On the contrary, you’re recovering great!

Give yourself some time. Give me some time. When the time comes, we’ll get the Demon Fire together.”

Little Fen Yang played with the flowers on Bai Yujing’s antlers, responding softly: ”Mm.”

After that, the bathroom fell into silence.

It wasn’t until Du Yu snapped out of it and cautioned Bai Yujing not to mention anything about Little Fen Yang to Master Qing that Little Fen Yang suddenly spoke:

”Once you get stronger—when you become a Demon Taming General... mm, or even a Demon Taming Emperor—the Eye of Burning Sun will be able to release Burning Sun True Fire.”

Du Yu was amazed: ”You mean fire will come out of my eyes?”

”Sort of. As long as we want it, wherever we focus our gaze, fire will ignite.”

Little Fen Yang spoke softly, then suddenly changed the subject: ”But to release Burning Sun True Fire, we’ll have to work together.

Even if you reach General Level or Emperor Level, if I’m still like this, we won’t be able to unleash the flames.”

Du Yu sounded resolute: ”You’re not going to stay like this forever.

If there’s really some problem, or if you have battle scars or lost something in a great war, and that’s why you can’t rebuild your body...

Then give me a few more years, just a few years, and we’ll go find that tree together!

We’ll investigate, we’ll search for the truth.

If the tree isn’t the problem, then we’ll retrace every step of your old battlefield.

Whatever you’re missing, we’ll go find it!

No matter what, I’ll help you rebuild your body!”

Watching Du Yu work so hard to comfort her, Little Fen Yang couldn’t help but reach out with her tiny hands for a hug.

Yet, with no physical form, she simply dove into his body and vanished without a trace.

Du Yu leaned back against the edge of the bathtub and let out a long, deep sigh.

Bai Yujing sensed her master’s sorrow. She stretched out her deer head, licked Du Yu’s face, and softly comforted him: ”Nai~”

Du Yu kept silent, raising his hand to gently rub her head.

Meanwhile, on the 17th floor—

Yang Qingqing sat on the living room sofa, talking on the phone, holding Little Tai Sui in her arms,

”Yes, my disciple and I once conquered the Shadow Gu Tower together.” Yang Qingqing replied softly, pinching Little Tai Sui’s fluffy ear with her fingers.

This seemed to be some kind of switch.

Little Tai Sui’s left ear was being played with by the woman, but his right ear was flicking up and down.

Hearing a reply from the phone, Yang Qingqing’s lips curled into a gentle smile.

There was a hint of pride in her eyes: ”Yes, that’s him. He conquered two floors.”