Chapter 1753: Flying Over The Land Of Endless Day

“Caw... caw... caw...”

The Golden Crow cawed again and again, but it could neither overcome the sky or dodge the Heavens’ Gate.

“Get down, you.”

Ye Qing lowered his palm another two inches, and the Golden Crow fell uncontrollably toward the ground.

Rumble!

Mountains and rivers broke, and the earth was torn asunder. The second the Golden Crow sank into the ground, earth wrapped around its body and trapped it inside its suffocating embrace.

“Caw!”

The Golden Crow cawed and struggled with all its might. The land shook violently, and pillars of fire gushed out of the earth.

Standing in the sky, Ye Qing made a fist and punched down on the creature.

Thump!

When his fist struck the ground, it elicited a thump that sounded like a divine being striking a drum, or lightning striking against the earth. Such was the noise that it overwhelmed the Golden Crow’s cry, shook the land, and scattered the brilliant golden flames.

One fist fell, and another fist rose.

Thump thump thump...

The fists kept falling like the storm, ceaseless and roaring.

The Golden Crow’s cries grew weaker, the flames grew smaller, and its struggles grew less pronounced over time.

At some point, Ye Qing returned to the ground, and profound light spread out from underneath his feet like earthly veins. They slowly formed a seal that froze heaven and earth and immobilized all creatures.

This time, the Golden Crow could not move a muscle.

“Guard me, Qingyou,” Ye Qing said before sitting on the ground with his eyes closed.

At the same time, the Supreme Primal Origin Celebratory Cloud enveloped him and the area around him.

Outside the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom, Feng Qingyou was standing tall and blocking the raging energies leaking out of the Martial Domain. A violent, destructive storm was taking place inside the Martial Domain, but it was completely undetectable from the outside.

“How did it go, Grandpa Turtle? Can big brother Ye and big sis Feng win against the Golden Crow?”

Lingyu could neither see nor hear what was happening inside the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom. Naturally, she was quite anxious.

Old Man Turtle shook his head. “I do not know.”

Lingyu looked at him in surprise. “You don’t know? Aren’t you a Sage? How can you not know?”

Old Man Turtle rolled his eyes at her. “I’m a Sage, not a god.”

It was the truth. He could neither see what was going on inside the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom nor sense any energy fluctuations whatsoever. It was because Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou’s Martial Domains were too profound and unfathomable.

If only one Martial Domain was in play, he could probably just barely find out the truth. But two Martial Domains? That was too much for him to peer through.

“There’s nothing to worry about though. With their strength, a single Golden Crow cannot do anything.”

“Caw!”

Old Man Turtle had just finished when a crow’s cry pierced the air, and brilliant golden flames ripped the Profound Yellow Heaven of Freedom apart. At the same time, a Golden Crow extended its wings and flew out into the open, throwing countless golden flames everywhere.

“Not good!”

Old Man Turtle paled.

Dammit, this face slapping came a little too quick, didn’t it? It hasn’t even been a second after I said a single Golden Crow would be easy for them to handle!

Of course, his face wasn’t his concern right now. Killing the Golden Crow was. If it managed to escape and call for reinforcements, then they would all be in deep trouble.

However, Old Man Turtle quickly noticed that something was amiss. It was because the Golden Crow neither tried to escape nor attack them after it broke free from Ye Qing’s Martial Domain. It simply floated in the air, waiting.

Besides that, Feng Qingyou wasn’t attacking the Golden Crow. Not only did she look calm and collected, she even removed the Supreme Primal Origin Celebratory Cloud.

“There’s someone on the bird!”

It was at this moment Lingyu suddenly cried out and pointed at the Golden Crow in the sky. Her surprise quickly turned into excitement and she yelled, “It’s big brother Ye! Look, Grandpa Turtle! It’s big brother Ye!”

By now, Old Man Turtle had spotted Ye Qing as well. The young man was standing on the creature’s head while embraced by fire. He looked like the master of the Golden Crow.

The Golden Crow did not look dead or mindless. However, it seemed to be controlled by Ye Qing. He had never even heard of such an anomalous art, much less witnessed it with his own eyes. It was eerie to say the least.

“What are you guys waiting for? Come on up!”

Ye Qing waved at them from atop the Golden Crow.

“Oh! This is wonderful!”

The careless Lingyu did not hesitate to fly toward the Golden Crow immediately.

At first, the girl wore an anxious look as if worried that the Golden Crow would attack her. However, it quickly became apparent that her worries were unnecessary as the creature wasn’t even looking at her. When she got close, the Golden Crow’s flames automatically opened up a path for her to pass through. It did not hurt a hair on her person.

Not only that, the girl did not feel hot in the slightest when she landed on the Golden Crow’s head. It even felt a bit cool and very comfy.

“This fire isn’t hot at all! I’ve never seen such golden feathers before! How beautiful...”

Realizing that there was no danger, the girl’s true nature slowly took over. She ran here and there and touched everything like the little girl she was.

At the same time, Feng Qingyou and Old Man Turtle landed on the Golden Crow’s head one after another.

“Time to go!”

Ye Qing declared, and the Golden Crow cawed quietly in response. It then flapped its wings and took off toward the distance.

“What is going on?” Old Man Turtle asked, puzzled.

“The Golden Crow is not afraid of the power of the sun. It’s more convenient to have it ferry us across the Land of Endless Day,” explained Ye Qing.

“That’s not what I meant.” Old Man Turtle clarified, “What I mean is, what on earth did you use to take control of the Golden Crow?”

“Oh, that?”

Ye Qing smiled. “Let’s just say that a thorough beating can earn obedience and submission!”

That was part of it, but it wasn’t the whole truth as a matter of course. The truth was that he had forcefully converted the Golden Crow into his Heavenly Demon Dependent after defeating it.

He wasn’t sure it would work at the beginning, but it did. If he knew this was possible, he would have just lured out a Golden Crow, converted it into his Heavenly Demon Dependent, and had it ferry them across the Land of Endless Day. It was very convenient to say the least.

Of course, it wasn’t too late to start now.

There was no need to inform outsiders about this though.

Old Man Turtle: “...”

Wanna guess if I believe you or not?

A Golden Crow wasn’t just fiery-tempered, it would rather die than submit to any living creature. More importantly, they were at the Land of Endless Day right now. If a Golden Crow was killed, it would simply resurrect at the Fusang Trees. In other words, it was immortal here. Naturally, a Golden Crow had even less of a reason to submit to another.

Old Man Turtle did not question him further though. It was clear that Ye Qing wasn’t willing to divulge the truth. It would be discourteous and foolish to press further.

“You’re amazing, big brother Ye!” Lingyu lavished Ye Qing with praises as if she did not realize that Ye Qing’s answer was half-hearted.

Ye Qing patted her on the head and said, “I’m okay.”

“Hehe, if only we knew this scary-looking bird is this meek at the beginning. We could have captured one sooner and saved ourselves a lot of pain.”

When the Golden Crow flapped its wings and flew, fire scattered here and there, and golden light flowed like streams. It was beautiful. More importantly, the Golden Crow was a child of the sun. Neither its temperature nor light could hurt the Golden Crow in the slightest. Any light or heat that got close to the Golden Crow would automatically be absorbed by it, leaving behind only coolness.

This meant they no longer needed to worry about the heat of the sun. They could also travel freely on the Land of Endless Day.