I Have a Golden Crow

This afternoon, Xiaoyan spent her time under the Fire Phoenix Tree’s special training.

”Chaine Fire Tail!” Du Yu squatted in the distance, keeping his eyes glued to Xiaoyan in the middle of battle, and also transmitting his commands through the Demon Warrior contract.

Flexible branches lashed about while a graceful, fiery-red figure leaped back and forth.

Her movements were light and elegant—she even had time to stop and tilt her head at Du Yu, hitting him with a cute head tilt and blinking those golden-brown fox eyes...

Damn~ Anyone who saw that would be absolutely dazzled!

”Ying~” Xiaoyan received the order. Her fleeing figure came to an abrupt halt, and her two big fiery-red tails quickly ”inflated”!

Layer upon layer of Fire Demon Breath flooded into her large tails, and under the scorching heat, each tail became even brighter and more dazzling.

Unyielding Silver· Continuous Fire Tail!

”Pa~pa~pa~pa!”

The leaf balls homing in were met with continuous smacks from Xiaoyan’s giant tails, striking fiercely to either side.

The Fire Phoenix Tree was perfect for training beginners—even its leaf balls got knocked back again and again.

Xiaoyan was funny too—she turned her head to look behind her and actually started ”backing up?”

Her huge tails swung like palms, slapping the leaf balls with a crisp crackle, sparks bursting and sharp snaps ringing out.

”Pa!”

A vine slapped hard into the leaf-carpet beneath Xiaoyan, startling her.

Just when she was having a blast slapping things, she frantically dashed forward. Her two fiery-red tails suddenly deflated, splitting left and right.

”That’s it, just like that!” Du Yu silently marveled in his heart. Xiaoyan, now fleeing for her life again, had already merged evasive demon skills into her moves.

Unyielding Silver· Shadow-Luring Fire Fox!

As layers of fire spread over her tails, two little Fire Foxes quietly pieced themselves together and darted to either side.

Well, the Demon Skill·Shadow-Luring Fire Fox wasn’t that effective just yet.

Even though it looked pretty convincing, their movements were stiff, and the shadow phantoms only ran straight ahead with no other actions.

Xiaoyan herself was way more nimble—zipping left and right, dodging the swinging vines that came down at her.

In a flash, the two shadow Fire Foxes who couldn’t dodge got smacked apart, while Xiaoyan zipped behind Du Yu. Bouncing lightly, the fiery-red figure leaped onto the top of Du Yu’s head.

”Ying!” A fireball nearly 20CM wide quickly formed in front of her face.

Heroic Bronze· Spark Splash!

Whoosh!

The fireball was shot out in a flash; the endless branches of the Fire Phoenix Tree swept in, twining tightly and wrapping the fireball up.

”Pfft~” The violent explosion you’d expect didn’t happen—the fireball got muffled inside the leaf ball, not even stirring up a breeze.

Just then, the shaking branches and vines suddenly froze in place.

Du Yu was actually pretty used to this sight—he turned around quickly, thinking Master Qing had come downstairs.

But there was no sign of Master Qing behind him.

”Ying~” Xiaoyan squatted on top of Du Yu’s head, her two big tails hanging naturally, gently patting Du Yu’s face.

Linked by their minds, Du Yu immediately turned his head back, and saw a branch roll up a buzzing phone, offering it in front of him.

”Thanks.” Du Yu said aloud, that familiar ”I’m the master of this house” delusion creeping in again.

He took the phone, hesitated, then answered the video call.

”Hey, little bro!” On screen appeared half of a beautiful face. ”Xiaoyan! Long time no see, did you miss me?”

”Ying~” Xiaoyan’s tails curled around Du Yu’s neck and gently landed on his shoulders, her fluffy little head leaning in close to the phone screen.

”Two tails?” Li Mengnan’s eyes sparkled bright. ”Did Xiaoyan just advance to an Earth-level Demon Beast?”

Du Yu nodded repeatedly, ”Mm-hmm! You finally got out of the Demon Spirit Realm?”

Li Mengnan cheered, ”Xiaoyan is awesome! She’s truly a Heterochromatic Demon Pet!”

”Of course.” Du Yu glanced at the Wind Witch Doll floating by her cheek. ”How’s Wind Witch doing?”

Li Mengnan tutted and sighed, ”Tsk tsk~ Xiaoyan really is getting more and more beautiful. I want to hug her so bad.”

Du Yu: ”...”

She’s right in front of you, but you’re thinking of someone else.

She’s literally looking at you, and you’re not even on her mind...

In that moment, Du Yu felt a kinship with every hopeless romantic in the world.

Come to think of it, Xiaoyan’s charm really is killer. After all this time apart, Li Dachuang’s still completely smitten and can’t let go.

Xiaoyan tilted her head a little, blinking those golden-brown fox eyes.

Li Mengnan immediately glared at Xiaoyan, ”You little vixen! Trying to enchant me again!”

”Ying!”

After a good while, Li Mengnan finally turned to Du Yu, looking all aggrieved, ”I’ve advanced to Demon Tamer Prentice·Peak Stage!”

Du Yu pouted, ”Oh.”

”Hehe~” Li Mengnan giggled. ”The leader says we Paper Crane Disciples are super talented. My two teammates are so jealous they could die.”

Du Yu: ”Aren’t your teammates Paper Crane Disciples too?”

”Nope, they awakened a few months before college exams—nothing to do with Thousand Paper Cranes.” Li Mengnan suddenly lowered her voice, ”When I joined the team, both of them were already Demon Tamer Prentice·Minor Achievement, but now I’ve hit Peak Stage and they’re still stuck at Minor Achievement.”

Du Yu: ”...”

Li Mengnan huffed, ”Serves them right! When I first joined, they looked down on me, talking sarcastically and giving me attitude! A few days ago, I even got into a fight with them!”

Du Yu suddenly perked up, ”Did you win or lose?”

Li Mengnan snorted, ”Obviously I won! They couldn’t even bust through my defense. Me and Wind Witch chased their butts all over—now they’ve finally gotten humble and know how to talk like normal people.”