The Romance Of The Thousand Loves
CH. 59. CROW'S STORY

"Chairman, what happened to you?" Ask the vice chairman who saw the condition of the chairman did not look okay when he saw the feathers of black birds. It was seen that their chairman felt traumatized and stressed seeing that.

"Dead. We could die if we keep going down this aisle." Their leader looks panicked.

"What exactly is the chairman? Why can't we go down this aisle. And what's that fur?" Ask the vice chairman to approach the chairman. While the members who just stand guard around while looking at their leader who shocks.

"You guys... You may not know what this feather is. But I still remember it clearly. That time..." The middle-aged man stopped his voice and took a few breaths.

"This feather is the feather of the Crow Ruler of the Baka Realm." Their chief said it was short. Didn't tell me any details about him being able to recognize the feather.

"What's? That can't be the chairman. The Crow Ruler of the Baka Realm being at Peach Blossom Woods is impossible to be here." Reply the vice chairman tried to lift the chairman to stand.

"I thought so at first. But don't you see a level nine Mythical Beast that has become an udead this can die with a terrible scar. Who else was capable of killing a peak level nine Mythical Beast and leaving behind only one feather other than the Ruler Crow of the Baka Realm." Reply to the middle-aged man and slowly stand aided by the vice-chairman.

The vice-chairman seemed to think about analyzing the situation that was happening.

"If so, it means there's something that makes him dance in this desert so he leaves his nest." The vice-chairman muttered then while carrying his weakly walking chairman away from the dead lion's corpse.

"If so, it should be that the Ruler Crow of the afterlife is in a period of self-recovery and in a weakened state after visiting the undead lion." Said the vice chairman and then sat his chairman to the wall of the hallway to make it easier to drain his energy to the chairman.

"Although we are no match even if it is me. Back then the Crow had just become an early ninth level Half Saint Divine Beast, when around five people were one and two star Holy Ancestor realm cultivators, one of them was me as well as the five Saint Expert realm cultivators coming up to the Crow in his lair and challenging him to a duel. At first we thought that the Crow was in a weakened state of having just received the Heavenly Lightning ordeal while being a Half Saint, but our estimation was wrong. His power is truly terrible. He was able to master the surrounding nature to a certain degree. All of the cultivators who had come that time died at the hands of the Crow Ruler of the Baka Realm except me. The crow let me live after seeing me make it through dying. The crow in a voice that shook like thunder said to me "tell greedy men like you that there is no way for them to kill me." With that thunderous and suffocating voice, I became unconscious and when I opened my eyes I was already on the highway near from the forest where I fought the Crow." The middle-aged man's story while closing his eyes enjoyed the energy transferred by his vice.

The vice-chairman was silent. He had no idea that the chairman had ever come face to face with the most terrifying Mythical Beast in the Land Of Dead continent. He felt admiration for his chairman for challenging a person far stronger than him despite the stakes of life.

"The events that have passed for decades seem to have just passed. It was as if my whole life was the crow's gift and could be taken away at any time. During that time I have been training hard to become very strong and bow the Crow one day.

But when you feel the energy in the Crow feather earlier, I felt that he had already ascended to the final stage of level nine and was just waiting for the day that the Crow rose to level ten and became a Mythical Holy Beast." The middle-aged man muttered opened his eyes.

"It would be truly terrifying if there was a Mythical Holy Beast that was still at level ten." The vice chairman muttered. All cultivators in this world knew that Mythical Beasts in general had to be at level ten to become a Half Saint Mythical Beast. If a Mythical Beast Half Saint was about to ascend into a Mythical Holy Beast, they would have to accept the ten level Heavenly Lightning ordeal.

However there were some Mythical Beasts who did not follow that rule because of their bloodline being truly powerful or because of their own destiny. One of them is the Ruler of the Baka Realm. However people did not that the Crow could become an early ninth level Half Saint Mythical Beast due to his pure bloodline. Even the Crow itself did not know that the blood on its body was something extremely powerful and was the blood of the Heaven Rulers.

"Chairman, what are we going to do next?" Ask the vice chairman who has seen the chairman in a condition that has been in the previous condition.

The middle-aged man looked at the vice-chairman who had always been loyal to him. He also looked at the members who were looking at him in a state of anxiety.

"We've come so far and we haven't gotten anything but a decent level five energy crystal. But that is still not enough for what has happened since we stepped into this desert. So we're going to continue on our way down this aisle." The steady voice of the middle-aged man rose from his seat looking at all his remaining members.

"You need not be afraid of meeting the Crow. I've met him once, and this time I'm sure I'll be able to talk to him well." Said sure of the middle-aged man while he himself was unsure.

The middle-aged man approached the six-meter-long, four-meter-wide lion corpse and sucked it into his spatial ring.

The other members saw it become a spirit. At least they currently had the corpse of a peak level nine Mythical Beast. Of course the price could not compare to the level five energy crystals they took out unless those energy crystals were as much as a small mountain.

With a definite step and a heart full of thump, the middle-aged man stepped his feet through the long hallway in front of him. Behind has followed its members.

After walking for about a kilo meter, the middle-aged man suddenly felt an extremely powerful aura emanating from within the passageway. He stopped his men's steps and told them to retreat slowly. The man looked ahead but he saw nothing but a dark hallway that was only illuminated by a hint of light.

The middle-aged man became startled when he saw one bright shining light illuminate the passageway to where he stood. The light shuffling revealed several tents of considerable size as well as two young men standing. One of the young men was holding a fan that was not very clear of its color. But the middle-aged man knew, that the beam that was pushing out earlier came out from the fan that was in the hands of the blue-haired youth who was taller than the young man in front of him.

The middle-aged man could not see the people who were in the hallway far in front of him as soon as the light thrusting it dimmed back. He then turned his head towards his members who also saw what he saw.

"It looks like they were the first group to enter here." Murmured the vice chairman while holding his chin.

"Did they not meet the Ruler Crow of the Baka Realm? Or is the Crow not interested in them?" Murmured their chief of mangosteen.

The middle-aged man tried to sharpen his hearing, but unfortunately all of that was meaningless at all. It was as if the conversation of the first group people blocked all sorts of forms of stripping.

"What's our next plan, chief?" Ask the vice chairman.

"We should catch up with them and follow their company." The middle-aged man replied firmly.

"What if they're not good people?" Ask the vice-chairman again.

"I don't feel like they are bad people, even if the energy they put out is so elegant and pure. It looks like they are a large Imperial family or Kingdom from another continent." Answer the middle-aged man.

"What if they reject us?" Ask the vice-chairman again.

"We can walk alone." Briefly replied the middle-aged man who looked irritated to his vice-chairman for being too worried.

"Good chairman." Java vice-chairman followed his men.

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"Now go back into the fan." Denas said to Wulan who immediately turned into white smoke and entered the fan.

The fan, which originally felt heavy like a mountain, now feels light like cotton. Much lighter than the previous fan.

Denas swung his new fan around and he looked much more fit wearing that fan. He stopped his fan play when he saw a group of people walking towards them.

The group was led by a middle-aged man who was at the three-star Holy Ancestor realm. A pretty strong group, Denas thought.

"Excuse me gentlemen." The middle-aged man's friendly speech then greeted Tang Xiao and Denas.

"It turns out there's already a group that's catching up." Tang Xiao muttered in shock.

The middle-aged man nodded politely. "Yes sir. There might even be a few more groups that will follow." Reply middle-aged man. Tang Xiao simply nodded as if he had understood the middle-aged man's intent.

"Oh yes sir. My name is Kevin the head of this group and this is my representative, Son. We are from the Land Of Soul Continent." Said the middle-aged man introducing himself and his other members.

"My name is Tang Xiao and this is my fourth sister Denas we are from this continent. As you can see, the other group is in the tent." Reply Tang Xiao kindly while pointing at the three tents standing in line.

The middle-aged man named Kevin nodded slowly. He tried to check the cultivation levels of the people who were inside the tent yet none were higher than these two young men.

"Don't you guys meet a big black crow when you get in here?" Ask Kevin who started looking for the truth about the Crow feather that was next to the dead Lion.

"No sir. When we came here, we only met a golden lion and managed to escape from it." Tang Xiao replied innocently.

"Hmmm... So yeah. Is it possible that you felt a fight after you passed the lion?" Ask Kevin again.

"There's sir. The fight was so fierce that we could feel the vibrations." Tang Xiao replied again pretending to be goosebumps.

"Hmmm... That's so obvious." Kevin muttered later.

"Obviously what sir?" Tang Xiao asked pretending to be innocent.

"Oh no-no." Kevin stuttering. "We'll continue to walk down this hall again." Continue Kevin. Then he greeted Tang Xiao and Denas followed by a whole new group of Aanggotan then passed by Tang Xiao and Denas went into the hallway deeper.

"Chairman, do you believe what the young man said?" Ask your son on the way.

"You can't believe we have no reason." Answer Kevin casually.

"We're not going to follow their group of leaders?" Ask the Son again.

"Aren't you aware that this conversation was boring for both of them?" Answer Kevin, who was answered with a question. Son silent.

"More young men named Denas. He doesn't like us interrupting the conversation between the two of them." Continue Kevin while looking at the relief he just saw etched on the wall of the hallway.

Meanwhile Tang Xiao spoke to the Crow that was above his head.

"Somehow small, go with the group earlier. Protect them as much as you can. If you can't tell me right away. Such a weak group would only bring its life here." Said Tang Xiao.

"Good master with pleasure." The small Pipit said then flew from Tang Xiao's head without needing to flap his wings.

"Fourth raven, your crow is too lazy." Said Denas who saw the little sparrow flying without flapping its wings.

"Haha.. Maybe he's old and his wings are saggy." Said Tang Xiao.

"Master, I'm still hearing you two talk." Say that little squeak from far away.

"Pfft.. Third brother, just let me fry that crow." Babe Denas makes a spooky face. The small cheek that flew lazily shot straight while flapping its wings when it heard Denas say.

"Third brother, would you like to accompany me to try this new fan?" Denas asked as he looked at Tang Xiao expectantly.

"Huffs.... Your fourth sister's expression isn't like the one who's asking." Tang Xiao replied rather amusedly with Denas's expression.

"Hehe" Denas smiled widely. "Not a plea but a plea." Reply Denas.

"OK doesn't matter. How do I play it?" Tang Xiao asked after thinking for a moment.

"Look, kku will use the maximum strength of this cotton while brother must fight with the maximum as well. Let's just say if brother doesn't fight then life is lost." Answer Denas casually.

"Agreed. But big brother will only use a little strength but will fight to the maximum." Said Denas then sealed his cultivation all the way to the one-star Warrior realm.

Denas looked surprised. "No problem, brother to his side. This puts his life away." Saying the unbearable Denas.

"Just calm. Even if I seal all my cultivations you will still not be able to touch a single hair. A person's victory is not seen from his cultivation level." Reply Tang Xiao leisurely.

"Okay interesting words. Let's prove it's true." Reply Denas who has prepared himself.

Wush..

A blink of Denas's eyes had been in front of Tang Xiao and swung his fan into Tang Xiao's neck which he quickly dodged as well. Unfortunately, it was just a trick attack. While still in the air and hovering in front of Tang Xiao, Denas let out his inner power into the fan which instantly let out flames and was about to engulf Tang Xiao's handsome face.

Before the flames coming out of the fan hit Tang Xiao's handsome face, he had already twisted his body in the air and his feet were firmly kicking Denas' wrist.

Wush...

The leg kick hit the empty air as Denas first pulled his hand and jumped back.

"Hem... As expected of third brother. But it hasn't started yet." Said Denas smiling.

"Attent." Tang Xiao's words stopped Denas who was about to attack him again.

"It's best not here that our rehearsal will disturb the members who are resting." Tang Xiao continued while pointing at the three tents near them.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot. Then where should it be?" Denas asked Tang Xiao's opinion.

"To the previous hallway. It's empty there." Tang Xiao replied which directly jumped into the passageway earlier. Denas quickly followed Tang Xiao from behind.

Tap

Now Denas and Tang Xiao were back face to face. Their sharp gazes stared at each other, as if a celestial eagle was stalking its prey below.

Vusshhh...

Denas again attacked Tang Xiao quickly and nimbly. This time he actually displayed his incredible speed and strength that could not be underestimated.

Tang Xiao dodged more than attacked.

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