I Have a Golden Crow

"Finding a needle in the ocean." Du Yu muttered, gazing at the endless bamboo forest below.

Clearly it was bamboo, but Du Yu felt as if he were standing on the Sea Realm’s beach, facing the ocean.

This vast Bamboo Sea seemed endless at a glance.

Yang Qingqing deeply agreed, but she was at a loss. She and her disciple had been riding the deer swiftly for a long time.

The speed of the Dust Spirit Deer race was undoubtedly indisputable.

But after traveling for so long, the world below seemed unchanged?

The omnipresent bamboo, one connected forest after another, even gave the illusion that the Dust Spirit Deer was treading in place.

After a moment of hesitation, Yang Qingqing spoke, "Let’s go down and take a look."

"Okay." Du Yu responded deeply, leading the deer to slowly descend into the bamboo forest.

The rustling sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo leaves, mixed with the fragrance of the earth and the fresh scent of bamboo leaves, circulated around the noses of the master and disciple, enough to intoxicate them.

Unfortunately, Du Yu’s mind wasn’t on this; he was focused on finding the Chi Bear, neglecting this beautiful scene.

Yang Qingqing leaped off the deer’s back, casually asking, "Xiaobai, do they have life?"

The "life" referred to by the woman naturally meant in the sense of Demonic Plant.

Bai Yujing Snow Hoof gently stepped, following behind the woman: "Nai~"

"No." Du Yu conveyed Xiaobai’s thoughts, "These are all ordinary bamboo."

Yang Qingqing landed a hand on a green bamboo, her fingertips lightly brushing over the node, "You said before, there’s a Chi Race divine existence here?"

Du Yu pondered for a moment and responded, "Yes, Master Qing, this Chi Bear is grand like a mountain, I assume its level isn’t low."

Previously, when he requested guidance from the Celestial General, he had already mentioned this; thus, there was no need to deliberately conceal it anymore.

Yang Qingqing raised an eyebrow slightly, "Like a mountain?"

Du Yu’s response was straightforward: "Like Empress Huangtu, like Kui Chou, the Supreme."

Yang Qingqing’s beautiful eyes brightened, Supreme?

Another creature backed by the Spiritual Artifact World, cultivating to Supreme.

Indeed, those like Empress Huangtu, the Supreme, are still rare.

Or perhaps it’s right to say that with a world as support, the path to Supreme becomes smoother.

Qingci, Kui Chou, and the Chi Race divine existence of this world, all achieved the peak relying on a particular region.

Yang Qingqing softly said, "So, we are currently within a Supreme Domain."

Du Yu nodded thoughtfully, "I suppose so..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Yujing suddenly let out a deer cry, "Nai!"

Du Yu and Yang Qingqing immediately turned to look, following Bai Yujing’s cry, they saw a patch of bamboo wood?

"What is it?" Du Yu’s eyes brightened, searching vigilantly, "What did you find?"

A sweet voice imprinted into Du Yu’s mind, "Alive, Master, that bamboo is alive!"

"Alive?" Du Yu was delighted, "Which bamboo?"

Having the Eye of Burning Sun, he could be said to have sharp eyes.

However, no matter how Du Yu looked, he didn’t find anything abnormal; the bamboo forest before him seemed all ordinary bamboo.

Or perhaps this Demonic Plant looks exactly like ordinary bamboo?

"Nai~"

A Dust Spirit Deer composed of Immortal Mist dashed out from Bai Yujing’s body.

Cold Jade: Dust Fog Assault!

The movements of the White Mist Immortal Deer were especially vivid; although it’s an output skill, it seemed like an intelligent creature.

It traversed the bamboo forest, finally standing before this cluster of towering bamboo, curiously looking up.

This sight brought immense visual enjoyment for Du Yu.

"Oh dear?" Little Fen Yang suddenly spoke, carrying a hint of surprise.

Du Yu: "What did you discover?"

Little Fen Yang felt carefully for a while: "Du Yu Du Yu~ it seems like it’s a Demon Beast?"

"Ah?" Du Yu was shocked, with the help of Misty White Immortal Deer and Little Fen Yang, he locked onto one particular bamboo among the cluster.

Yang Qingqing came to Du Yu’s side, "What’s happening?"

Du Yu: "Little Fen Yang said that bamboo isn’t a Demonic Plant, but a Demon Beast!"

Yang Qingqing was also quite surprised; in the Demon Taming World, there are no demon beasts resembling bamboo.

Or perhaps the true form of this demon beast doesn’t resemble bamboo, but it’s using a disguise technique?

"It sure is patient." Du Yu’s expression was peculiar.

The Cold Jade Level output technique had already stepped on its face, yet this "bamboo demon beast" remained motionless?

Suddenly, Yang Qingqing’s beautiful eyes quietly transformed.

Feeling waves of energy fluctuations, Du Yu glanced at Master Qing, once again witnessing her "Peacock Eye."

Strictly speaking, it should be the Sorrow Seabird Eye.

The woman’s pupils enlarged slightly, leaning slightly towards her eyes’ corners, and her eyes emitted a strange luster.

"Whew~"

A sudden breeze intertwined with the cluster of tall bamboo.

"Hiss..." A sharp hiss unexpectedly emitted, startling Du Yu.

Snake?!

The ordinary bamboo wood in view, under the revealing function of the Sorrow Seabird Eye, transformed into a long, green snake!

Disguise dispelled, the originally rigid green bamboo wood suddenly became soft and twisted.

Even more bizarrely, this nearly 20-meter-long green snake still had bamboo nodes unique to bamboo wood?

Goodness~

They say evolution, survival of the fittest, and today witnessed all that.

Since the entire world is bamboo, why don’t I grow into its form?

Even able to grow "bamboo nodes," in the pursuit of survival, hunting, and concealment, this species truly tried its best.

"Whoosh~"

The green snake realized the situation was dire; it did not choose to attack but hurriedly fled.

Clearly a reptile, yet it started off like a shot, instantaneously darting into the bamboo forest.

"Jingle jingle~ jingle~"

A crisp and pleasant bell sound echoed next to Du Yu’s ear.

Master Qing reached out with a fair jade hand, as if she were a divine being controlling all things.

The emerald serpent didn’t even have the right to struggle or resist, it just kept hissing uncontrollably: "Hiss! Hiss..."

Yang Qingqing frowned slightly and tapped her finger lightly.

Instantly, the entire world fell silent, and the poor emerald serpent was deprived of its right to roar once more.

"Snap~"

Holding the serpent’s head, Yang Qingqing examined this creature she had never seen before in detail, noticing that even its eyes were emerald, except the serpent’s pupils were slightly darker.

She whispered, "It seems this world isn’t as beautiful as it appears on the surface."

Under the cover of the Demon Soul in her palm, Yang Qingqing naturally sensed the emerald serpent’s intentions.

Disguised as bamboo and wood, it was hunting.

But Du Yu and Yang Qingqing were people who entered this realm a hundred years later.

During this long century, what kind of prey has this race been hunting?

"Burning Sun, have you seen this species before?" Du Yu stroked the emerald serpent with both hands, stepping aside with large strides.

What a long creature, nearly 20 meters long, with skin texture very similar to bamboo wood.

Its body was also divided into segments by "bamboo joints," and each bamboo joint was very sturdy, quite realistically resembling it.

Little Fen Yang: "I haven’t seen it, it looks so strange~"

"What is your usual prey?" Yang Qingqing asked while the Demon Soul floated in her palm, interrogating the emerald serpent aloud for Du Yu to hear.

Du Yu also had a Demon Soul floating in his palm, sensing it carefully.

The serpent had already reached the Spirit Level and formed a complete Demon Soul, the voice that poured into Du Yu’s mind was exceptionally hoarse: "Spare me, please, spare me."

Yang Qingqing: "Answer our questions, and I’ll let you go."

"Chi Bear, my race hunts Chi Bear."

"Oh?" Du Yu suddenly grew interested; he had thought that this world had only one Chi Race god.

But now it seems, there’s a Chi Bear Tribe hidden within?

The problem is, the Chi Bear Race has such strong members, yet the emerald serpents dare to hunt Chi Bears, aren’t they afraid of being exterminated?

Yang Qingqing asked, "And what species are you?"

"Bamboo Snake, I, Bamboo Snake Race!"

Du Yu nodded slightly, indeed, the snake is true to its name.

"Since you hunt here, it means there are Chi Bears living nearby?"

Bamboo Snake: "Chi Bears are everywhere, please let me go, I beg you..."

Du Yu frowned slightly: "What do you mean by everywhere?"

Bamboo Snake: "Just everywhere! You, what race, let me go, and I’ll take you to find it."

Du Yu: "..."

Yang Qingqing: "Are there many Chi Bears?"

"Not many, have to wait a long time, have to find... I’ll take you, we’ll definitely find it! Chi Bears for you to eat, for you!"

"We don’t eat Chi Bears." Du Yu said sternly.

The bamboo snake, scolded and trembling with fear, dared not speak recklessly again.

Du Yu continued to ask: "Where is the Chi Bears’ home?"

The bamboo snake hurriedly responded: "There is, there is a home, they are everywhere, all of them!"

Du Yu: ???

Nonsense!

I’ve flown for so long, how come I haven’t seen a single Chi Bear’s home?

Bamboo Snake: "Everywhere is Chi Bear’s home, don’t know where, I’ll take you, to find it! We’ll find it!"

For a moment, Du Yu and Yang Qingqing looked at each other in silence.

Du Yu had reasonably and logically believed that the bamboo snake was talking nonsense, yet with both Demon Souls connected, he realized the other was not lying!

Yang Qingqing: "Since you say Chi Bear’s homes are everywhere, then you must have seen many homes, why don’t you know the location?"

Bamboo Snake: "See a home, break in, keep walking, can’t find it, home is gone."

Du Yu’s heart stirred, looking at Yang Qingqing: "Could the Chi Bear Tribe be constantly moving?"

Yang Qingqing remained silent for a moment, then said: "It could also be some kind of Array, or Blinding Technique."

Ghost Wall?

"Hmm..." Du Yu nodded quietly, evidently, the Chi Bear Race has some tricks up their sleeve.

But this still didn’t answer Du Yu’s lingering question: since there’s a powerful Chi Race god, why allow the Bamboo Snake Race to be so rampant, hunting Chi Bear clansmen?

It’s worth noting that the Chi Bear Race is quite united, having developed tribal civilization.

Yang Qingqing inquired: "And you? Does your Bamboo Snake Race have a home?"

"Yes, there is!" The Bamboo Snake suddenly grew spirited, "I’ll take you there, go! Go!"

"Ha." Du Yu laughed in exasperation, "Our Demon Souls are still connected, little snake, you really want to get us killed, huh?

What’s the plan? Want to go back and join forces with your kin to kill us together?"

"I..." The bamboo snake became anxious instantly, "I was wrong, please, I’m begging you, let me go."

Du Yu: "What’s the highest level of your Bamboo Snake Race?"

"Level."

"Forget it, you can’t explain it clearly either. Show me directly what it looks like!" Du Yu commanded, while transmitting an image to the bamboo snake, a live teaching session.

For a Spirit Level Demon Beast, their intelligence has blossomed, and their learning speed was reasonable.

Before long, an image was etched into both Du Yu and Yang Qingqing’s minds.

Little Fen Yang: "What a big snake!"

Du Yu nodded: "Hmm, it’s probably sixty or seventy meters long, General Level or maybe Emperor Level?"

In the image provided by the bamboo snake, a giant emerald python was coiled in a bamboo grove.

Using the bamboo grove for comparison, Du Yu could still estimate the opponent’s size.

Yang Qingqing played with the serpent head, every light movement of her fingers made the bamboo snake tremble with fear.

"No, don’t! Please, I beg you, don’t!" The bamboo snake struggled but couldn’t make a sound, only able to plead through the Demon Soul.

Yang Qingqing asked: "Besides your Bamboo Snake and Chi Bear, what other races exist in this world?"

Bamboo Snake: "No, none..."