Chapter Thirty-Four: The Golden Crow Emerges

  Yun Zhongzi flew rapidly all the way and no one blocked his path. Soon he returned to Jin Ao Island.

  "Many treasures have seen Master Big Brother." As soon as he entered the Golden Turtle Island, Duo Bao came to greet him outside the gate of the main hall of Bi You Palace.

  Yun Zhongzi politely said, "Junior brother is being polite, junior brother is truly gifted, in a short period of time, his cultivation has reached the early stages of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm."

  Yun Zhongzi was somewhat surprised, but also felt that it should be the case. The talent of Duobao was absolutely not inferior, and now he often listened to Tongtian's teachings. If his cultivation didn't improve quickly, Yun Zhongzi would have found it strange instead.

  Duobao sighed and said, "How can I be compared with Eldest Senior Brother?"

  Duobao had always admired Yunzhongzi, whose cultivation had long reached the level of Daluo Jinxian. Now, he had even reached the middle stage of Daluo Jinxian. As for Duobao himself, he had only recently broken through the Taiyi Jinxian realm and advanced to Daluo Jinxian. He couldn't help but think back to when he first met Yunzhongzi, his cultivation was still higher than Yunzhongzi's by a hair. Now, however, he was actually chasing after Yunzhongzi. Duobao could only sigh bitterly in his heart.

  Duobao's little thoughts, Yun Zhongzi naturally understood, and in his heart, he was also sighing, "If it weren't for the recorder, probably by now I would be at most a Taiyi Golden Immortal in the later stages of my cultivation."

  Two people entered the grand hall together, and saw that the leader of the Tongtian Sect was sitting high on a cloud bed, smiling as he stared at Yun Zhongzi.

  "Disciple Yun Zhongzi, many treasures pay respects to teacher." The two bowed in unison.

  Tongtian Jiaozhu nodded and said to Yun Zhongzi, "This time the harvest is not small. With such great merit, you can also earn a share, which shows that your good fortune is deep. Now your cultivation has almost reached the later stage of Daluo Golden Immortal. Cultivate well and strive to advance your cultivation to the quasi-saint realm as soon as possible."

  "Yes, thank you for your teachings, Master. I will definitely remember them in my heart."

  Duobao was stunned on the side, has it reached the late stage of Daluo Jinxian already? How did it happen so fast? He had just advanced to Daluo Jinxian himself. Suddenly, Duobao found that the distance between him and his senior brother was getting farther and farther apart, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly. However, Duobao didn't give up, and in his heart, he firmly said, "Work hard on cultivation, improve my cultivation."

  Tongtian Jiaozhu and Yunzhongzi both saw the look of surprise on Duobao's face, but they didn't say anything more. It was normal for Duobao to be surprised, and Tongtian Jiaozhu was also a little surprised at Yunzhongzi's cultivation speed, not to mention Duobao.

  "Alright, go ahead, return and cultivate properly." The Tianyun Sect Master waved his hand at Yun Zhongzi and said.

  "Yes, disciple takes leave."

  ……

  Yun Zhongzi returned to Wuxing Island in a short while, summoned Zhong Ling and the three Tongzi, lectured them once, and then began to retreat.

  Recently, Yun Zhongzi has seen too many quasi-saints, including the 12 Ancestors of Witchcraft, Emperor Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, Minghe, and even Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi, all of whom are quasi-saint cultivators.

  Yun Zhongzi found that even with the two great treasures, there was still a gap between himself and these quasi-saints. Therefore, Yun Zhongzi now urgently hopes to reach the cultivation of a quasi-saint in a short period of time, so after lecturing Zhong Ling and others, he directly closed his doors to cultivate.

  Time flies like a white horse passing through a crevice, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of years have passed. Now, the thousand-year period spoken by the ancestor of the Tao is not far away. At this time, the two tribes of witches and demons are making preparations for their great war, both hoping to defeat their opponents once and for all and dominate the vast expanse.

  During these hundreds of years, the two tribes secretly fought each other, and Honghuang also fell into a long period of tranquility. All ethnic groups took advantage of this to develop, and for a time, it could be said that all ethnic groups were thriving. Of course, the time was too short, and the so-called prosperity was only an increase in the number of people from each ethnic group.

  In the farthest east, where the sky and earth meet, there is an island called Penglai.

  When the Demon Realm was first established, it occupied a vast territory, and Yingzhou became one of its palaces. On Yingzhou, there is a giant tree that is thousands of feet tall, with branches stretching out to the Eastern Sea, covering an area of tens of thousands of miles where its roots reach. The trunk of the tree has ten branches, each twisting and turning for nearly a hundred feet. This giant tree is known as the divine tree of the Primordial Chaos, named Fusang.

  The body of the Fuso tree is extremely hard, and it is difficult for swords and knives to hurt it, and water and fire cannot break it. Since the Fuso tree has taken root in Xizhou, countless powerful people have rushed to Xizhou, wanting to get a branch of the Fuso tree, and some even want to move the Fuso tree directly, but no one succeeded. In the end, the Heavenly Court occupied this land, and the Fuso tree became a treasure of the Heavenly Court.

  The Heavenly Emperor Di Jun has ten sons, all of whom are three-legged golden crows. The three-legged golden crow holds the essence of the sun's fire and is born from it. With one body of true solar fire, they can burn down heaven and earth.

  The ten golden crows were too young and couldn't control the true fire of the sun in their bodies. After staying in Heaven for a period, they burned down many palaces. Emperor Jun had no choice but to send his ten sons to the Fusang tree on Yingzhou Island, ordering them to cultivate diligently, hoping that they could soon control the true fire of the sun in their bodies and return to Heaven early. He also forbade the ten from going to the Desolate Land.

  The scorching sun's true fire of the three-legged golden crow is unmatched, but it cannot harm a single hair of the mulberry tree. Seeing this, the three-legged golden crow stops deliberately gathering its sun's true fire on the island of Yingzhou and focuses solely on cultivating itself. However, because all ten people's sun's true fire are released externally, the sea area near Yingzhou becomes withered and yellow, devoid of any signs of life within a thousand miles. No birds or beasts come here, no fish or shrimp thrive, turning this place into a desolate land devoid of life.

  The three-legged Golden Crow didn't have any feeling about this, and only focused on cultivating itself, carefully following its father's orders. The ten Golden Crows were not afraid of anyone, but they didn't dare to provoke their father, Emperor Jun. Emperor Jun was always stern with everyone, so for thousands of years, the ten Golden Crows diligently cultivated themselves without going out, to the point where no one in the vast wilderness knew that there were ten Golden Crows living on the island of Yingzhou.

  Yun Zhongzi actually knew, but over the years he was busy with other things and threw it to the back of his mind. Since coming to Hongyuan, Yun Zhongzi has been either cultivating or busy earning merit, or searching for treasure, saving people, etc., so he hasn't thought about the ten golden crows.

  On this day, a person suddenly flew over the sea not far from Yingzhou. The man was tall and robust, with his upper body naked, his muscles bulging, and his lines clear-cut, giving off an explosive aura. He had a casual air about him, carrying a large broadsword on his shoulder as he flew unhurriedly towards Yingzhou.

  "Huh, someone's coming." The leader of the ten Golden Crows suddenly let out a soft cry, waking up the other nine Golden Crows who were in meditation.

  "Huh, really, someone actually came to our Xizhou, in a few thousand years, no one has ever come before." Old Ten said with some surprise.

  Although the newcomer looked disheveled, his speed was not slow, and he soon arrived in front of the Fuso tree. He gazed at the ten golden crows on the branches of the Fuso tree, shining like the sun. After glancing at the nearby sea area where countless lives were killed or injured, he suddenly became enraged and shouted, "You beasts, you have slaughtered countless lives, you should be reincarnated."

  Although the Ten Golden Crows didn't know what reincarnation meant, this person actually scolded his ten brothers as beasts. The most taboo thing for the demon clan is precisely this point, so the Ten Golden Crows were furious and flew down from the Fusang tree, transforming into human form. The eldest had a gloomy expression and stared at the newcomer, saying in a cold voice, "Who are you? How dare you scold us? Do you know our identity? We are the princes of the Heavenly Court, yet you don't kneel?"

  Someone laughed and said, "Haha, the Heavenly Court? What is the Heavenly Court? If my witch tribe wants to, we can wipe out the Heavenly Court with just a wave of our hand."

  Ten golden crows heard this and all got angry, their hair standing on end. The newcomer was too arrogant, and to make matters worse, he claimed to be a member of the Witch tribe?

  Although the ten Golden Crows had never interacted with the Witch tribe before, and had only stayed in Heaven's Court for a short period of time since birth, they also knew that the Demon tribe and the Witch tribe were arch-enemies. Therefore, the Golden Crows did not say much and directly went forward together to surround the tall and sturdy man.

  "Cheers!"

  "Kill!"

  "Let's go together!"

  The burly man saw this and was not afraid, directly wielding the large knife in his hand, he chopped fiercely at the ten golden crows, the momentum making people's hair stand on end for no reason.

  Ten Golden Crows were not afraid, their bodies surging with true solar fire, wave after wave of true fire attacking the sturdy giant, but the ten Golden Crows did not have any magical treasures in hand, so for a short time, they would not be able to take down the giant.

  However, the ten golden crows were in no hurry. What they lacked least was time, so they continued to entangle with the sturdy big man.

  After several hours, the burly man was somewhat exhausted, sweating profusely and panting uncontrollably. The big man looked around and began to look for an opportunity to escape. Not long after, the big man took advantage of Lao Shi's carelessness and suddenly slashed at him with a knife. The few golden crows on the side were shocked by the scene, and Lao Shi's cultivation was the lowest among the ten people, unable to withstand the big man's blow. Therefore, several people panicked in their hearts and rushed to rescue Lao Shi without thinking.

  The Great Han smiled and seized the opportunity, breaking away from the encirclement of ten people through the gaps revealed by several others. He flew out of Yingzhou without looking back, shouting, "You bunch of beasts, my Wu clan will eventually destroy you."

  Seeing Da Han escape, the ten golden crows wanted to chase after him, but thinking of their strict father, they all stopped again.

  At this time, Old Tenth gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, are we going to swallow our anger? Can you swallow this insult?"

  Lao Wu said, "Tenth brother, we don't want it this way either, but there's no other choice. Are you going to disregard Father's orders?"

  The other golden crows also sighed and lamented, although they were extremely dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do about it.

  Lao Shi said again, "That Great Han's yuanqi is already insufficient, he will definitely not be able to escape far and will stop to recover his magical powers. In that case, we don't need to go to the Desolate Expanse, we can kill him just at sea."

  The other golden crows, upon hearing this, lit up in their eyes, good idea, and immediately expressed their agreement. The ten golden crows no longer hesitated, barely holding back the true fire of the sun within themselves, unfolded their bodies and chased after the direction where the Great Han had escaped.

  At this moment, far away on the sea surface of unknown tens of thousands of miles, Da Han's face suddenly lit up with joy, revealing a hint of a smile, and he chuckled to himself, "It's done!"

  He vanished into thin air from the sea in an instant.