Volume 1: The Divine Crow's Birth Chapter 9: The Tribulation of the Law

  Ma Zhangli, in the last moment of his life, had been remorseful for his actions. A habitual thief all his life, he never thought that one day he would steal from a nun's grave. The reason he chose to steal from the grave of Yan Shi Shitai was because of a strange dream he had the night before. In the dream, Ban Qi Zhengsiro, a Japanese Class-A war criminal who was executed by the Allied Command, told him that in his past life, Ma Zhangli and the old nun Yan Shi Shitai from Qingfeng Temple had an affair?

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  Ma Zhangli is a strange person! Logically speaking, after having such a strange dream, he should have taken a look at what was written on the paper in the wooden box. However, his greedy heart took over and not only did he ignore the paper, but he also committed a shameful act on the wooden box.

  Ma Zhangli had done such things many times before, but they were just pouring a basin of water on someone's TV or trampling and throwing their expensive clothes into the toilet. The worst was spitting in the delicious chicken soup that had been cooked, letting people unknowingly taste his saliva.

  In a freak accident, Ma Zhangli finally urinated on the wooden box, and he himself was transformed into a crow amidst the fusion of urine, wood, and heaven, with a flash of lightning. A divine crow was thus born.

  The black crow has more white feathers, and the color matching is a bit like the patrol cars of the special police running wildly in the city. The body is not big or small, much larger than ordinary crows, similar to the large eagle in "The Legend of the Condor Hero".

  It was born on September 26, 2012, in a strange and terrifying night sky. Two sharp claws tightly grasped the wooden box, but when they flew over Pingxingguan Gou, the box suddenly fell off and disappeared in an instant.

  The crow followed the falling wooden box bird's gaze down, and the scene in the valley became even more eerie and chilling. Was this the legendary Youdu Ghost City?

  The crow was in a hurry, rushing through the ravines of De Gou, but didn't find the wooden box. Instead, it discovered a dilapidated small village. Although it was a small village, it had long been a ruin, with wild grass growing everywhere and remnants of broken walls scattered about. Only on an ancient pine tree that had stood for thousands of years was there still a mark left by the "Crow Team" created by Lieutenant-General Kawachi, a survivor of the Pingxingguan Battle against the Japanese army 75 years ago. The rotten body bore witness to that extraordinary history. On a more than 10-meter-high earth embankment were lined up rows of human skulls, making the crow feel that there must be many stories here.

  After the divine crow rested on the thousand-year-old pine tree, four Japanese soldiers' shadows appeared in front of it. Each person was like a wandering soul, drifting back and forth in the village shrouded in gray mist, with alternating dark blue and green hues. The officer-like Japanese man floated to the front of the divine crow, smiled at it, and then beckoned, as if hinting that he could help find the wooden box.

  The divine crow, under the guidance of its opponent, entered from the skull wall and the ten-thousand-man pit, and floated to the bustling streets of Fengdu. It saw that every ghost was hurrying in a hurry, and they were all rushing towards the same place.

  Although the world is tumultuous, after all, it's a strange land, so Shen Ya becomes extremely cautious in both words and actions.

  A plump ghost noticed it and stopped in its tracks, waving a greeting: "You're from out of town, aren't you? Why do you look so unfamiliar?"

  The big raven was startled, and hurriedly flapped its wings to confuse the ghost's line of sight. However, in the eyes of the ghost, this movement was a pretentious pose, and it amused the opponent, bringing the distance between them closer.

  "Are you going to the vegetable market?" The fat ghost asked Shen Que again, seeing that he still didn't speak, the other side said: "Today the vegetable market is lively, pigs, sheep, chickens, and dogs are all stewed in one pot, and they were all killed by King Yan's empty shells."

  "Is it necessary to make such a big fuss just because the precious one of King Yan's family was killed?" The Divine Crow pondered this question, and its footsteps naturally slowed down.

  The chubby ghost saw the divine crow walking in an extremely ugly eight-character step, thinking that this must be an official. Since his ancestors had been officials as far back as the Great Sui Emperor, and he himself had received a pardon from his old ancestor Yang Wanjin, he was finally released from the 18th level of hell and became a free citizen of Fengdu. Therefore, he had a fawning attitude towards any official. So, he began to introduce the situation to the divine crow:

  "That monkey-faced heavenly official said that the five beasts in Yan Wang's household were five Japanese soldiers from World War II who had been reborn, and had killed countless people in their past lives, so they should be executed. Especially that thick-lipped fat pig, it was part of a crow troop in Pingyuan Pass in our Shanxi province, turning a small village called Degou into a dark and terrifying ghost town, it really deserves to be tortured to death, at least torn apart by five horses!"

  Another thin ghost said, "What's wrong with turning De Gou into Gui Ma Town? It's just right that when we go to the mortal world for a tour, we have a place to rest our feet. Otherwise, we'll always be stuck in Fengdu, listening to the voices of Ox-Head and Horse-Face yelling and whipping mortals all day long."

  Fatty scolded the other party: "Yo yo yo, you actually speak for Grandma's Little Japan, were you a traitor in your previous life?"

  "Who's the traitor? Otherwise, why would that little Japanese dog, Yamamoto, always wag its tail at you?"

  Fatty disdainfully said: "This little Japanese dog, it doesn't wag its tail at a great Chinese citizen like me, does it dare to bare its teeth at me? Just watch me knock out all its teeth!"

  Qiaoqiao didn't want to get entangled with BaoBao on this issue, and sighed alone: "It seems that, in this life, I, Yan Wang Ye, will have to live in pain. And this Qitian Dasheng is also like this, not even leaving a chicken for the old man."

  Pangpang said: "What's the point of leaving? Although Yan Wang has done some wrong things, he is still patriotic overall. The brutal acts committed by Chuan Qi, Tengchuan, Yamamoto and Gong Qi at Pingxingguan Degou are inhumane, even beheading them a hundred times would not be enough to vent our anger. Therefore, even if the Golden Armor Heavenly Messenger wants to leave, our Yan Wang will not leave."

  Qiu Qiu said: "Those Japanese devils are also human, I still don't believe that humans can be so cruel to each other?"

  Pangpang said: "Didn't you see the trial scene that was automatically transmitted to Pudong Square that day?"

  Qiu Qiu said: "Now the fake is rampant, and the counterfeit goods in the human world have all been passed down to the underworld. It's said that as long as you spend 999 yuan of hell money, you can buy your way from the 18th level of hell to the 17th, no matter how big a sin you committed in the human world."

  Pangpang avoided this sensitive topic, muttering to himself: "It's a clear fact, the evidence is conclusive, the crime is heinous, even the world's most pessimistic nun has come to testify."

  The two ghosts' words made the divine crow shiver, and then it walked silently towards the vegetable market entrance they had mentioned. This behavior would inevitably arouse the other party's suspicion, and from behind, poked its spine.

  "Perhaps it's come to cause trouble."

  "Who dares to challenge the law? Do you know who the chief executioner is? Where's Sun Wukong, the one who caused chaos in heaven?! Who ate leopard gall and dared to knock an egg against a rock?"

  The crow heard the ghost's discussion and really generated an impulse in this direction, and its footsteps became even quicker.

  Arriving at the entrance of the vegetable market, it was already a desolate and eerie scene, with people packed in like sardines. The divine crow transformed back into its original form, spread its wings and flew to the highest point, looking down from above, the four Japanese soldiers who had just been seen in the village were now tightly bound by ropes, each with a muscular executioner standing behind them, their backs to the crowd. Those gleaming butcher knives made one's whole body feel chilled to the bone.

  The crow saw that the Japanese military officer who had attracted it to come to Penglai was constantly looking at it, as if to tell it where the wooden box was.

  "This guy is really a friend, I have to help him out." The divine crow flapped its wings and flew towards the military officer. On the execution ground, a cold wind suddenly blew up, and a black shadow emerged from the air, rapidly flying towards the gloomy execution ground.

  The "justice" of the crow god undoubtedly caused chaos in the execution ground, and the ghosts cried out loudly.

  "Someone has been kidnapped!"

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  The main executioner, the monkey-faced heavenly official, may have discovered the divine crow early on, but with his high skills and boldness, he didn't take a single crow seriously. It wasn't until the divine crow flew to the side of the river cavalry and began pecking at the ropes on his body that the monkey-faced heavenly official swung his hand and sent out a golden light, intending to end the enemy's life with one move.

  The divine crow naturally did not know that the person who was making a move towards himself was actually the all-powerful and great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong. Nor did he know how deep his abilities went, so he accepted the opponent's move without any hesitation.

  When that golden light shot towards itself, the Divine Crow felt a burning sensation all over its body, making it feel like it had encountered a powerful opponent. It then flew into the sky, wanting to use air superiority to counterattack the Monkey-faced Heaven Official.

  The Divine Crow didn't expect that the opponent's aerial advantage would be so overwhelming! It had just taken to the air and hadn't even had time to launch an attack when the Monkey-faced Heaven General suddenly appeared right in front of it, forcing it to hastily respond.

  The ghosts cheered and crowded to watch the battle of the crow in the sky, the golden light and black shadow entwined together for a moment, tearing each other apart, and then suddenly separated, chasing each other, making people feel dizzy.

  Tens of thousands of ghosts assisted the Monkey King in calling for an array, which was extremely unfavorable to the Divine Crow. The Divine Crow felt unable to hold on and was looking for an opportunity to escape when a miracle occurred.

  Suddenly, a black air mass appeared in the sky, and a wooden box emerged from the black mass, rushing towards the Heaven's Officer with a loud crash. The two sides collided, producing a blinding flash of fire and a deafening strange noise, and the golden light also dimmed at the same time.

  The divine crow saw that the monkey-faced heavenly official fell straight down and heavily crashed onto the execution platform. However, the wooden box chased after him relentlessly, just as it was about to smash into his head, it suddenly turned around and continuously put the 4 Japanese soldiers into the box one by one, then rose into the air and slowly approached itself.

  The Monkey King and the others fell from the sky, causing a great commotion in the vegetable market. It was as if a powerful earthquake had struck. The Divine Crow took advantage of the chaos to grab the wooden box containing four Japanese soldiers and flew away hastily from the vegetable market.

  At this time, all the ghosts saw that the black air that helped the wooden box defeat the monkey-faced Tian Guan was slowly shrinking and heading towards the Asura realm.