I Have a Golden Crow

”Where did everyone go?”

Du Yu stood atop the Shatang Mansion, looking quite curious.

Aside from the Celestial Cyan Porcelain snoozing under the tree, the large courtyard was deserted.

”Sasha~”

Only the Shatang Tree swayed its branches, producing a melodious sound, as if welcoming the arrival of its master.

”Good afternoon, Shatang.” Du Yu guided the deer downwards, casually grabbing a protruding branch and twirling a deep red leaf, ”Where are they?”

The branches of the Shatang Tree pointed in three directions simultaneously.

”Oh.” Du Yu landed steadily on the ground, dismounted the deer, and took out the Love of Water cake.

Five pieces of Love of Water, just enough to form a complete round cake.

He held the cake and approached Qingci’s mouth, using his finger to scoop up a bit of cream, aiming it towards her mouth.

Qingci’s breaths were calm and long. Although her exhalations were not small, there wasn’t a hint of snoring.

This exquisite Celestial Cyan Porcelain figurine exuded a serene elegance inside and out.

”Tsk~tsk...”

Unfortunately, with the aid of the cream, the tranquility was broken.

Qingci smacked her lips, the dragon tongue licking her lips, yet her dragon eyes remained closed.

For her size, the cream on Du Yu’s fingertips was less than a sesame seed, and it must have been difficult for her to taste anything.

Du Yu raised the dragon’s mouth with one hand while holding the cake with the other, feeding it inside.

”Hiss...”

Finally, Qingci opened her eyes.

Gazing at the culprit by her mouth: ”What is this?”

She, who was born in ancient times and had lived in the Sea Realm for hundreds of years, never tasted cream cake.

”Something all Water Demonic Beasts love to eat. Why don’t you try it?” Du Yu dumped the Love of Water all at once.

”Hmm.” Qingci pursed her lips, trying to savor the taste as much as possible.

”Hand, hand!” Du Yu hastily withdrew his hand.

Good grief~

Look at what you’re doing, don’t bite my hand off...

The dragon head lowered slowly, and the huge dragon eyes closed once more.

A long dragon beard lightly swept over Du Yu’s head, a chilly voice sealing this thought into his mind: ”Greasy.”

”Oh, next time I’ll get you a salty one.” Du Yu waved at the Shatang Tree.

The tree immediately lowered its branch, only to be grasped by Du Yu, wiping saliva all over the leaves.

Shatang Tree: ”...”

Du Yu wiped his hands, his mind stirring slightly.

The dragon’s saliva is what’s called ”dragon saliva,” right?

I wonder if it has any effects enhancing cultivation?

”By the way, Qingci.” Du Yu raised his hand, patting that cold skin, ”What is the Abyss of the Deep Sea like?”

”Hmm?”

Du Yu: ”Can you take me to have a look?”

The dragon beard entwined around Du Yu’s arm, softly administering: ”My home has never had visitors, only enemies vainly seeking an escape from the Mountain and Sea.”

Du Yu: ”So there really were deviants who found their way to the Sea Abyss?”

”With enough prisoners, held captive long enough, there will always be accidental encounters.” Qingci slowly opened her dragon eyes, tilting her face slightly, casting her eyes downward to Du Yu.

Du Yu: ”Can Master Qing and I go for a tour?”

”Hmm...” Qingci seemed a bit hesitant.

Du Yu squeezed the dragon beard in his hand: ”I am the Lord of Mountains and Seas, I can’t go?”

”I guess it’s fine.” Qingci’s dragon beard, slightly tightened around Du Yu’s arm.

She seemed a bit nervous?

Du Yu’s palm revealed a layer of Demon Soul, once again confirming that his perception was not wrong.

Uncontrollably, he was full of doubts.

Why would the dignified Ancient Demon Saint be nervous?

Qingci whispered: ”My Sea Abyss is not pleasant, you wouldn’t like it.”

Du Yu: ”Why?”

Qingci’s voice was soft, ”I constructed my palace with the bones of my enemies.”

Du Yu slightly opened his mouth, a Bone Palace?

Qingci’s eyelids drooped: ”I once stopped prisoners from escaping the Mountain and Sea, guarding the prison. I also fought against countless prisoners on the surface to declare the sovereignty of the Sea Realm.

I built my home with their bones as well.

Those bones commemorate every battle of mine; I also use that palace to intimidate enemies invading the Sea Abyss.”

During Qingci’s communication, Du Yu could only feel the dragon beard on his hand constantly tightening.

”Crunch, crunch...”

Qingci didn’t use any Demon Skills, she wasn’t attacking Du Yu.

But such an inadvertent action was constantly destroying Du Yu’s Demon Breath Battle Robe.

”Take it easy, Qingci.” Du Yu said, ”If the battle robe breaks, my hand bones will break too.”

Qingci came back to her senses, quickly eased her strength, a touch of apology in the dragon eyes.

Du Yu looked up at her: ”Why so nervous?”

Qingci lowered her gaze: ”You wouldn’t like the Sea Abyss, I’m afraid you...”

”Afraid I won’t like you?” Du Yu’s expression turned strange.

Qingci remained silent.

Du Yu tried to pull his hand back, but naturally couldn’t: ”Afraid that after I see your Bone Palace, I’ll gradually distance myself from you?”

Suddenly, the dragon beard uncoiled, returning Du Yu his freedom.

Yet one of her eyes, seemingly and discreetly glanced past Bai Yujing.

Whether it was Qingci’s own perception or the testimony of the Dust Spirit Deer clan, all proved Du Yu’s kind nature.

In Qingci’s mind, she thought, such a Lord of Mountains and Seas, if he saw the Bone Palace, he would surely look down on her somewhat.

Or perhaps, the result could be even worse.

However, since she has recognized Du Yu as the Lord of Mountains and Seas, she would obey Du Yu’s orders.

Just like a week ago, when Du Yu planted the Fire Attribute within her.

Qingci didn’t like the Fire Attribute, so much so that her dislike could be described as loathing.

After all, she was a pure Water Attribute Demonic Beast.

Water and fire, traditionally incompatible.

”You misunderstood me, Qingci.” Du Yu said, retracting Xiaoyan and Xiaobai, then with wind around the feet, soared to the front of the Celestial Cyan Porcelain.

The dragon eye was very large, large enough to reflect Du Yu’s figure.

”Don’t blink, or my hand will be pinched,” Du Yu said, placing a hand on the dragon’s eye.

It was cold and refreshing, very comfortable.

Celestial Cyan Porcelain: ”...”

Du Yu: ”I have also slaughtered many Cold Beasts on the battlefield. I’ve never been lenient towards my enemies.

I’m not some saint!

If I were as you imagined, I wouldn’t be fit to be a Demon Tamer.”

Du Yu looked at Qingci with a smile, but his heart let out a heavy sigh.

He never expected Celestial Cyan Porcelain to have such feelings, even a bit humble.

After all, she is an Ancient Demon Saint...

Perhaps she’s been lonely for too long.

After meeting Du Yu, her centuries of solitude were broken.

She had a new life, a new mission, a new master, and she was about to enter Du Yu’s meridians, starting a new journey in life.

Maybe Qingci didn’t want to lose all that again.

”Hmm.” The freshly loosened dragon beard once again wrapped around Du Yu’s wrist.

Du Yu patted the cold dragon eye, feeling deeply moved.

This world is truly interesting.

At first, how mysterious and aloof was Celestial Cyan Porcelain?

Even meeting her was a challenge!

And even if we met, she would leave.

If not for Du Yu’s plea as the ”Lord of Mountains and Seas,” she would have already vanished into the vast sea.

However, once they got familiar and their relationship confirmed, she became so concerned, so afraid of losing.

With these thoughts, Du Yu leaned forward, gently imprinting his lips on the cold dragon eye.

”I’ll go find Master Qing to set a time. You take us to the Sea Abyss.”

”Alright.” Celestial Cyan Porcelain seemed a bit uneasy, slightly shifting her dragon head.

Du Yu unclasped the dragon beard and floated down.

Inwardly, he also mused, the personalities of all living things are truly different!

The venerable Ancient Demon Saint, so powerful and aloof, yet so docile in front of him.

And look at that Desolate Silver Lynx!

Merely a Demon General~

It’s just like the Reversed Celestial Spirits!

Every time Du Yu saw the gravel ground, he would recall how the big cat would roll him into the ground, treating him like a groundhog...

He picked up his takeaway, summoned a Shatang Branch, casually hung the bag on it, taking only a cup of juice, then flew to the main house on the north side.

”Knock knock knock.”

The door split open, the Jinping Vine, already familiar with Du Yu, opened the door with two tendrils, and another tendril pointed to the study on the right.

”Master Qing?” Du Yu called out at the study door.

”Come in.”

At that moment, Yang Qingqing was sitting at the desk, writing something.

Du Yu stood at the door with his juice, standing properly.

Yang Qingqing looked up, smiled at Du Yu: ”Come, have a look.”

”Oh.” Curiously, Du Yu quickly approached.

Yang Qingqing pointed at the paper, gently turning it.

Du Yu examined the text carefully:

There’s a Purple Marsh in the West River Valley, Purple Abyss Water flows from Genqi Mountain, westwards into the river.

Du Yu immediately asked: ”Is this recorded in the ’Record of Ten Thousand Demons’?”

Yang Qingqing: ”No, this is noted in another book ’North Water Scripture’ that we found in the Yan Race homeland.”

Du Yu: ”Is the West River Valley still there? Where is it located now?”

Yang Qingqing: ”It should be at the intersection of the Grassland, Shanjin, and Guanzhong provinces.”

”The Grassland?” Du Yu pondered, ”The Mountain and Sea Bell was lost in the Grassland Province.”

”There’s no Purple Marsh there anymore,” Yang Qingqing sighed softly, ”I’m not sure how the purple marshland was formed.”

Du Yu opened the cup lid, handed the juice to Master Qing: ”Let’s find an opportunity to look for it?”

”You think the Purple Marsh is still there?” Yang Qingqing took the cold juice, the ice cubes inside not yet fully melted, the cup wall dotted with water droplets.

”What if we find useful clues?” Du Yu was also somewhat helpless, ”Qingci lost her Purple Abyss Water.

It’s really too hard to find a drop of water in the vast sea. We should go look for clues at the source.”

”Hmm.” Yang Qingqing took a sip of the juice, then put down the cup, frowning slightly.

Du Yu truly didn’t expect that Master Qing would say something similar to Qingci: ”Sweet.”

”Uh.” Du Yu took back the juice, muttering softly, ”Next time I’ll get a bitter one.”

Yang Qingqing smiled at Du Yu.

Du Yu hurriedly said: ”That’s right, Master Qing, I just talked to Celestial Cyan Porcelain; she’s willing to take us to the Sea Abyss, but Master Qing needs to prepare well.”

”Why?”

”Qingci said she has a palace built at the Sea Abyss, all of its construction materials are Demon Beast bones.”

”Oh?” Yang Qingqing was somewhat surprised, ”In that case, the palace has great research value.”

Clearly, it holds many Ancient Demon Beast bones!

Through modern technology, people might try to restore the original appearance of Ancient Demon Beasts!

Du Yu weakly said: ”Isn’t it inappropriate to tear down someone’s home? After all, she is an Ancient Demon Saint; if she gets unhappy...

Through the previous matter, Du Yu also felt that he had a lot of influence with Celestial Cyan Porcelain.

But he didn’t want to exploit that for such matters.

That’s Celestial Cyan Porcelain’s lair!

As she said, each bone there serves as a memorial to her past battles, filled with her memories.

”Let’s go, have a look first.” Yang Qingqing stood up and headed for the door.

Du Yu followed immediately with his juice.

”Gulp, gulp...”

Yang Qingqing turned her head slightly, glancing at Du Yu.

Du Yu put down the juice cup, softly said: ”In a while, the ice will melt, don’t... don’t waste it.

I don’t mind, Master Qing.”

Yang Qingqing: ”...”