I Have a Golden Crow

With Little Fen Yang’s guidance, Du Yu and his Demon Pets redid their contracts one by one.

Only now did he realize that at the Great Demon Tamer stage, contracts are signed between the Demon Soul and the Demon Pet.

Inside the Qi Sea Acupoint, on the forehead of tiny Du Yu, several Spiritual Threads streamed outward.

One was connected to the Xiaoyan in front of him, while the other two threads stretched out of the Acupoint Home and linked up with Little You Ying in the Xuanji Acupoint and Tai Sui in the Juque Acupoint.

As soon as he renewed the contract, Du Yu felt his brain buzzing!

Little You Ying was such a chatterbox, calling ”Du Yu, Du Yu” non-stop, sounding like a six or seven-year-old kid.

When it comes to kids at different ages, there’s a saying: ”Five and six, always up to tricks; seven and eight, not even dogs’ll appreciate!”

This little You Ying just wouldn’t shut up!

Looks like, ”always up to tricks” and ”not even dogs’ll appreciate”—Little You Ying checks both boxes...

Little Tai Sui was a bit better, at least his mouth wasn’t a machine gun. Compared to the androgynous Celestial Treasure Race Ghostly Firefly Doll, Tai Sui’s voice was obviously that of a boy.

Tai Sui might be young, but his voice was deep and sounded adorably goofy~

This voice fit Tai Sui’s silly-cute, lovable look perfectly.

With a smile, Du Yu sent a message through the air: ”Such a little Hanhan.”

Tai Sui asked curiously, ”What’s a Hanhan?”

”Hanhan is you.” Du Yu thought for a bit and explained, ”The character for ’han’ has a ’brave’ at the top and a ’heart’ at the bottom.”

”Hanhan means you have a brave heart.”

”Eee!” Little Tai Sui nodded vigorously, squeezing his little bear paws tight. ”Yes! Master, I am Hanhan!”

Du Yu: ”...”

”Eee!” Suddenly Xiaoyan bumped into Du Yu’s body.

”What’s up?” Du Yu snapped out of it, looking at the giant Fire Fox in front of him.

Xiaoyan’s eyes held a gloomy glint as she nudged Du Yu again.

Here you are in my Qi Sea Acupoint Home, standing in front of me, even hugging my head — but your mind is on someone else?

Of course, Xiaoyan didn’t know who Du Yu was chatting with.

Du Yu’s Contract Threads were one-to-many; there were no threads connecting Demon Pets to each other.

But that didn’t stop Prince Yan from noticing Du Yu spacing out!

”Hehe~” Little Fen Yang chuckled. ”Xiaoyan’s unhappy. She’s not gonna lend you her Demon Skills!”

Du Yu hugged Prince Yan’s huge head, pressing his face into her soft fur, snuggling left and right: ”You’re my favorite.”

”Heh.” Xiaoyan’s light laugh had a teasing edge that made Du Yu’s scalp tingle!

Who could stand this!?

Du Yu originally wanted to poke her nose, but then realized their size difference would make it look ridiculous.

Left with no choice, he just grabbed her nose and shook it up and down: ”Give me your cute foxy cry, no talking!”

”Eee~” Xiaoyan bowed her head meekly, looking pitiful as she whimpered softly.

Du Yu: ”...”

What a soul-stealing little fox.

All those Sea King Skills, used only on Your Majesty!

Calming himself, Du Yu said, ”Let me use your Demon Skill.”

With that, in the hotel room, his real body—Du Yu—opened his eyes.

Little Fen Yang also floated out, striking a pose as she sat on the windowsill: ”If you want to use a Demon Pet’s Demon Skill, your Demon Soul has to move into the Acupoint Home where that pet resides, in advance.”

Du Yu: ”So if I’m in Xiaoyan’s Qi Sea Acupoint, I can’t use You Ying’s or Tai Sui’s Demon Skills?”

”That’s right!”

Du Yu nodded thoughtfully: ”So there are these kinds of limits.”

Little Fen Yang: ”And you have to move in beforehand, too. Your Demon Soul needs a bit of time to merge with the Demon Pet.”

Du Yu raised an eyebrow: ”Merge?”

Little Fen Yang: ”Use your Demon Soul to touch Xiaoyan. If she’s willing to open her heart, you two will become one.”

As she spoke, the mini Du Yu inside the Qi Sea Acupoint quietly shattered and merged into Prince Yan’s body.

”Whoa!” Du Yu’s face changed with surprise.

Inside the Qi Sea Acupoint, Demon Soul Du Yu was looking through a pair of fox eyes at the fiery red Acupoint Home.

I’ve turned into...turned into a fox!

What’s this?

Du Yu·Yan Ruyu form?

No, I’m not actually the fox. I don’t think I can even move.

Du Yu tried to wag his tail, but his will and the body just weren’t connected. He was simply a Demon Soul attached inside the pet’s body.

”Eee~” Xiaoyan’s eyes were dreamy as she basked in the feeling of having her master fused into her very bones.

For Demon Pets with strong possessiveness, this sensation was pure bliss.

She shook her tail in satisfaction. That charming, lazy purr sounded again, ”Go ahead, pick one.”

Du Yu: ”Let’s try Continuous Fire Tail first?”

”Mhm.” Xiaoyan responded softly, her tail suddenly swelling in size.

In front of the window, Du Yu looked down at his own body, but didn’t feel anything special?

Little Fen Yang asked curiously, ”Which Demon Skill did you use?”

”Continuous Fire Tail.”

Little Fen Yang: ”Your Demon Soul and Demon Pet are as one. Have Xiaoyan use her Continuous Fire Tail on a specific part of your body.”

Of course, Du Yu picked his hand, and soon, his right hand started getting harder and harder.

The flesh and blood were no longer soft!

Du Yu tried clenching his hand and it felt really weird.

Du Yu: ”So, basically, I’m not the one who casts the Demon Skill. It’s the Demon Pet inside the Acupoint who casts the Demon Skill and applies it to my body.”

”Yep.”

Du Yu wasn’t quite satisfied in his heart. So every time I want to use a Demon Skill, I still have to bother my pets.

Might as well summon the Demon Pet instead.

”Let’s try Spark Splash next.”

”Eee!”

In front of Du Yu’s face, a small fireball slowly appeared.

Since he didn’t have a tail, when Xiaoyan used Continuous Fire Tail, Du Yu needed to tell her which part of the body to use.

But just like Xiaoyan, Du Yu had both a face and a mouth, so she naturally placed the Spark Splash right in front of his mouth.

”This is so weak.”

Compared to Continuous Fire Tail, the strength of Spark Splash was obvious at a glance.

If Xiaoyan used Spark Splash herself, the fireball’s diameter would nearly reach 40cm.

But right now, on Du Yu’s face, the Spark Splash was barely 20cm?

What was supposed to be a Fourth Tier· Platinum Quality Demon Skill, when used by Du Yu’s body dropped sharply to Second Tier· Unyielding Silver Quality.

”Sigh...” Du Yu let out a deep sigh and dispersed the fireball with Xiaoyan.

The Human Race really isn’t liked by this world!

Or rather, the Human Race isn’t liked by the Demon Taming path.

No matter whether it’s cultivation or using Demon Skills, in every aspect, there are all kinds of restrictions.

Well, makes sense; the Spirit path is what Heaven intended for the Human Race.

With the Divine Tree withering, the Human Race had no choice but to walk this sidetrack for survival.

And for all the limits along the path, people could only accept their fate.

Little Fen Yang obviously knew what was going to happen, and once Du Yu experienced it for himself, she said, ”When you use Demon Skills in tandem with your Demon Pet, the quality usually drops by 2–3 tiers. You should think about it differently.”

Du Yu: ”Hmm?”

Little Fen Yang: ”Demon Skills are, after all, unique talents of the Beast Race. You want to snatch them and use them—of course it’s fighting against fate.

What the world gave you, your unique talent, is your Acupoint Home and your ability to contract Demon Pets.”

Du Yu pondered for a moment and nodded gently: ”I get it.”

Little Fen Yang: ”Leave offense and defense to your Demon Pets. You should focus more on support skills.”

Support?

Du Yu thought for a bit, then waved his hand.

”Eee!” A Fire Fox shot out, moving vey stiffly, and only able to run straight.

”Uh oh.” Du Yu quickly lunged forward.

He scooped up the Shadow-Luring Fire Fox, hurriedly squeezing it until it dissipated into streams of Fire Demon Breath.

Essentially, the Shadow-Luring Fire Fox is powered by Fire Demon Breath and cast out, but its form in the world is a little fox made of fire!

Using this Demon Skill in a hotel room is basically setting fire to the place!

Thank goodness for Du Yu’s quick reflexes, otherwise that Shadow-Luring Fire Fox dashing for the big bed really could have set the sheets on fire.

Mmm... not bad!

In the Demon Taming World, the Demon Skills I cast myself are pretty much useless.

But in a normal world, these Demon Skills of mine... I could seriously cause some trouble!

Thinking this, Demon Soul Du Yu in the Qi Sea Acupoint slowly withdrew from Xiaoyan’s body.

”Eee~” Prince Yan reached forward with her face, bumping her nose against Du Yu’s cheek, full of longing.

Du Yu: ”Be good, I’m going to play with the other Demon Pets.”

Xiaoyan suddenly felt her heart empty, her golden-brown fox eyes bleak as she watched Du Yu leave the Qi Sea Acupoint Home.

”Master.” Inside the Juque Acupoint, Little Hanhan clambered up, his fluffy face glowing with happiness as he opened his arms wide.

”Let me try your Demon Skill.”

”Okay!” Little Tai Sui hugged little Du Yu, and it really looked like he just squished Du Yu and merged him into his body.

Activate!

Du Yu Tai Sui God Form!

Meanwhile, in the hotel room—

Little Fen Yang curiously looked at Du Yu, who was lying face-down on the ground, not knowing what weird thing he was up to now.

”Swish~”

In a flash, a layer of fiery red bamboo leaves appeared on Du Yu’s body.

Demon Skill· Bamboo Leaf Armor!

Du Yu got up, looked at his beautiful Bamboo Leaf Cloak, and nodded with satisfaction.

The defense was naturally pathetic.

After dropping two quality tiers, the Bamboo Leaf Armor was probably just Heroic Bronze Level?

But being strong is temporary, being cool is forever!

Du Yu turned to Little Fen Yang: ”Forget about researching support Demon Skills, let’s invent some life hacks instead!”

No matter the type of Demon Skill, using Human hands means you’re limited, so why not let the Demon Pets do it?

Little Fen Yang: ”As long as you keep your mindset right and stick to your cultivation path, don’t treat yourself like a human-shaped Demon Beast and you’ll be fine.”

Du Yu lifted his hand, pressing down on the brim of his Red Leaf Conical Hat.

Nice, now I really look like a worldly expert.

No need to buy clothes anymore; that’ll save me some cash...

By the way, since Master Qing has a Thunder Bamboo Chi Bear·Forbidden City, can she also wear a Purple Bamboo Leaf Cloak?

Isn’t that totally a couple’s outfit~

Du Yu casually waved his hand, called out a Bamboo Stick, and used it as a cane—now a full-on ascetic monk.

”Let’s go find Master Qing and report our results.”

Little Fen Yang looked at the smug Du Yu and asked, ”You’re not a Great Demon Tamer yet. Can you even enter the Mountain Fire Saber?”

”Probably. The guards at the door should recognize me?”

Little Fen Yang: ”Without Aunt Qingqing to protect you, could you even climb to the top yourself? There are lots of killer Blade Souls on the way.”

Du Yu: ”Uh.”

Little Fen Yang muttered softly, ”You’re gonna die.”

Du Yu: ”...”