I Have a Golden Crow-Chapter 495 - 357 Divine Artifacts?

After thoroughly experiencing "Twin Desolate Fool," Du Yu summoned the Desolate Silver Lynx, and master and pet resumed training in the Demon Skill·Mountain Earth Concealment.

But alas, things didn’t go as planned.

No one knew how long they’d been at it; until Du Yu’s stomach growled with hunger, the big cat still hadn’t managed to master the skill.

"Alright, alright, Baojun." Du Yu called out, waving at the Fire Phoenix Tree as he spoke.

As the Fire Phoenix branches stretched out, Du Yu plucked two plump fruits.

He flew over to the Desolate Silver Lynx and held the fiery red fruit to her mouth. "Since it’s not happening for now, we’ll leave it for another time."

After all, the Desolate Silver Lynx had only recently acquired the Fire Attribute.

As long as she resided in Du Yu’s body, nourished over time, her Demon Skills would eventually take on the Fire Attribute.

Du Yu knew he was being a little impatient.

"Eat up?" Du Yu looked at the Desolate Silver Lynx, but his beloved pet remained motionless.

With such a tasty treat in front of her, how could Baojun have no interest?

"What’s wrong?" Du Yu studied her eyes. Through their Contract, he sensed the Desolate Silver Lynx was somewhat annoyed.

The vast majority of life’s pain comes from comparison.

Lord Baojun had a nasty temper—and a bit of a petty streak, too.

Earlier, Du Yu had said, "Bai Yujing picked it up in a few days—look at you," a comment Desolate Silver Lynx was still holding onto even now.

"It’ll happen next time," Du Yu tried gently to reassure her. "Wait until you’ve got more Fire Demon Breath inside you—once you use your Demon Skills again, it’ll be impossible not to be soaked in fire.

I can just not use Mountain Earth Concealment for now. It’s only a matter of sooner or later—it’s really fine.

Come on, have a fruit first."

"Mrrrow!" The Desolate Silver Lynx let out a sharp cry.

Du Yu meant to comfort, but to Lord Baojun, those words were nothing but an enormous insult to her abilities.

Why does my Demon Skill have to wait for you to use it?

Am I really worse than Bai Yujing?

Right now, Du Yu had flown right to her and was hand-feeding her a Firethorn Fruit.

Which is to say, he was using Demon Skills together with Bai Yujing right in front of Desolate Silver Lynx.

Wind and starlit fire swirled at Du Yu’s feet, like a mockery of Desolate Silver Lynx’s incompetence.

"Don’t pout, easy now." Du Yu pried her mouth open with one hand and shoved the fruit in.

"Bang!" The Desolate Silver Lynx exploded in rage, slamming a paw to the ground.

In an instant, airwaves roiled and sand and stones flew everywhere!

Du Yu shielded his face and stumbled back several meters from the blast, the thick Earth Demon Breath washing over him. He stared in surprise.

This wasn’t Demon Skill·Earth Splitting Palm.

The ground hadn’t split, no cracks had spread outward—so what was this?

Du Yu looked down.

He saw the massive beast’s paw trembling, half of it sunk into the sandy soil below.

And beneath the fur on her paw, tiny points of starlit flame.

Du Yu’s eyes went wide!

Demon Skill·Mountain Earth Concealment?

Stunned, Du Yu watched as the Desolate Silver Lynx’s other paw slammed down hard.

"Bang!"

Another small pit was blasted in the sandy ground.

And her big paw, once again, slid into the sandy ground, tiny sparks clinging to her fur.

"Seriously?" Du Yu was shocked!

You just used brute force—

—and the rest, you leave to miracles?

The specks of starfire were very faint and very few, but stubbornly wreathed around the Desolate Silver Lynx, head to tail.

"Buzz!" The big cat’s body trembled violently.

The sparks didn’t flit about; instead, they sank into her body?

Silver fur studded with little starfires—strikingly beautiful!

Then, the Desolate Silver Lynx’s four limbs slowly sank down, deeper and deeper.

Within seconds, the gigantic beast vanished without a trace!

"She did it?" Du Yu stared dumbly at the ground.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Suddenly a giant beast burst forth at his feet, like a fish leaping from water, yet without causing so much as a ripple.

"Uh." Du Yu didn’t dodge.

After so long being teased by Baojun, he knew all too well: the more he fought back, the more the Desolate Silver Lynx enjoyed it.

More importantly, with his current strength, resistance was pretty much pointless...

With a thud, God Yu fell!

Standing midair, Du Yu was taken down by the Desolate Silver Lynx and slammed to the ground.

She pinned Du Yu’s chest with a giant paw, lowered her huge head, and fixed him with beast-bright eyes. "Now, you can use it."

Du Yu: "..."

So... dramatic!?

The shock on Du Yu’s face really delighted the Desolate Silver Lynx.

This desert queen was lifting her head high, definitely getting a taste of being back at the top of Du Yu’s "Weapon List."

"Um..." Du Yu gripped her paw. "Let me try it?"

The Desolate Silver Lynx looked down, "Go ahead."

Du Yu: "But... you have to come back first. If you don’t return to your spot, I can’t use it?"

Her slit-pupiled eyes narrowed, glaring at Du Yu. "So talkative."

Du Yu: ???

"Pfft~" The huge beast turned into dense Demon Breath and quickly merged into Du Yu’s body.

"Ugh." Du Yu grimaced and rubbed his stuffy chest.

With Demon Soul Du Yu leaving Bai Yujing’s home and entering Desolate Silver Lynx’s, his body began to shudder ever so slightly.

Rich Earth Demon Breath, laced with specks of starfire, wreathed and filled Du Yu inside and out, as if rewriting his very form in this world!

The next instant, his body suddenly dropped down.

Du Yu started in shock; the lights went out on him suddenly.

So dark.

This is the Underworld?

Important to note, Du Yu was jointly casting the Demon Skill with his Demon Pet.

The Demon Pet handles the spellcasting.

Du Yu’s only job is to enjoy the result.

With Demon Soul communicating with the Desolate Silver Lynx, Du Yu, buried deep underground, slowly moved forward.

Though he was encircled by loose sand and gravel, it didn’t hinder him in the least. Not only did the terrain become intangible, the whole environment felt... weightless?

Du Yu felt almost like floating through space.

What a magical Demon Skill!

Also, using this Demon Skill basically turns you into a "blind player."

You have to rely totally on your senses.

For Du Yu, a Great Demon Tamer, his senses were still... not quite there...

Huh?

What’s that?

Du Yu perked up, circled around the tangled roots of the Shatang Tree, making a big loop underground.

Then he gently floated up, half his head poking out of the ground.

Right in front of him was the light green hem of a sleeping robe.

Master Qing!

Du Yu blinked and looked up, coming face to face with Yang Qingqing.

As a Demon Taming General, Yang Qingqing’s senses were even sharper than Du Yu’s.

She had been meditating with legs crossed under the Shatang Tree for some time and had long noticed the mischief rumbling beneath the sand.

As Du Yu’s head popped out, Yang Qingqing looked down. "Got what you wanted?"

"Yup, yup!" Du Yu nodded excitedly. "This Demon Skill is amazing."

Yang Qingqing leaned over a little, pressed her fingers lightly to Du Yu’s forehead, and flicked them lightly.

"Bonk~"

"Ugh." Du Yu stretched a hand from the dirt to rub his forehead, looking up at the Immortal Master in confusion.

Yang Qingqing smiled and offered advice, "Remember, Demon Skill·Mountain Earth Concealment only lets you move freely through stone and earth.

Don’t think your body is intangible. Enemy attacks can still hit you."

"Oh." Du Yu nodded. "Master Qing, are you hungry? Want me to cook you something?"

"No, you eat." Yang Qingqing straightened up and closed her eyes again.

"Alright, then." Du Yu floated up out of the ground. Seeing his master hard at work cultivating, he didn’t press further.

With a flick of the Mountain and Sea Bell, Du Yu was plunged into darkness again.

It was pitch black in Prince Du’s Mansion. Far away, rain was still knocking on the window.

"Click~"

The Golden Leaf noticed its master’s return and immediately switched on the living room lamp.

Du Yu looked up, and the Golden Leaf got the idea.

The golden leaves covering the top right of the TV wall swiftly withdrew, revealing the clock.

Three thirty!

They say time flows differently on the mountain; tonight, Du Yu finally understood what that meant—a flash, and hours were gone.

No wonder, in the Sea Realm it’s always blue sky and white clouds—so misleading.

Guess I need to buy a clock for in there.

Should have gotten one when furnishing in the first place—how’d I forget?

"Lights out, let’s sleep." Du Yu announced, heading for the bedroom. "Oh, hand me my phone."

The golden stem and leaves curled up the phone off the coffee table and brought it over.

Back in the real world, Du Yu planned to keep to a normal sleep schedule.

He took his phone. Before he could even reach the bathroom, he noticed a missed call and an unread text.

Main Branch, Ancient Pine Tower Bookstore—Section Chief Wang Zongying.

Du Yu’s heart leapt: Was this the award notification?

With September almost here, the publicity period was long over.

Du Yu’s number one spot in four provinces was final, but what he’d really been waiting for was his customized Demon Soldier.

Forging such a powerful Demon Soldier obviously took time.

Reading Section Chief Wang’s congratulatory text, Du Yu held back the urge to call right back.

After all, it was three-thirty in the morning.

"Perfect." Du Yu grinned to himself and went to the bathroom.

After a long, hot shower, he climbed into his long-missed, wonderfully soft bed.

The faint scent of detergent on the sheets told him they’d been changed recently.

Golden Leaf really is... a blessing!

Stomach growling, Du Yu drifted off to sleep. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The next morning, as expected, Du Yu woke up hungry.

The sky was overcast and wind and rain still battered the windows, but nothing could spoil Du Yu’s mood.

He bustled about the kitchen for a while before summoning several Demon Pets.

"Breakfast, breakfast!" Du Yu called to Xiaoyan, Ghost Firefly, Tai Sui, and Xiaobai, pushing their bowls of dried fruit and maple syrup up to his beloved pets.

"Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!" Little You Ying happily buzzed in circles, spinning in place.

Breakfast time~

Since Bai Yujing was so big, Du Yu set her food bowl on the dining table.

Leaning against the Immortal Deer, he stroked her silky fur and called Wang Zongying on the spot.

"Nai~" Xiaobai seemed very pleased with her food.

With a mouth smudged in maple syrup, she nuzzled right up against Du Yu’s cheek.

"Hey, stop it." Du Yu chuckled, patting the snowy Deer Head. On the other end, a middle-aged man’s voice sounded.

Du Yu quickly said, "Brother Wang, morning!"

"Morning." Wang Zongying seemed to be eating, his words a little muffled. "Congrats, Xiaodu! Are you free to claim your prize today?"

"Yes, absolutely!" Du Yu felt a red blur beside him and ducked his head a bit. "How’s the Demon Soldier? How many Demon Arrow Arrays?"

"Eee~" Xiaoyan squatted on Du Yu’s shoulder, lowered her head, and licked every spot of maple syrup off his cheek.

Wang Zongying laughed, "You’re in luck."

Du Yu’s eyes lit up. "Three Demon Arrow Arrays?"

"No, just two."

Du Yu: "..."

Wang Zongying: "But the effect is superb! You picked the control category, and among those two Demon Arrow Arrays, you got a particularly rare Control Array.

With your archery, this Demon Soldier will be a Divine Artifact in your hands!"

That good?

Du Yu brimmed with anticipation. "What array is it, exactly?"

"You ever heard of Blood Flood Dragon Binding?"