Edited by Yummers
In the east Heavens where vibrant clouds resided, a monk in a kasaya sat with crossed legs as a golden light flew from behind him.
A crane landed in front of the East God from the colorful clouds. It had such a tall figure that it was ten times larger than a normal crane. There seemed to be golden lights following after its white spread. The crane was an auspicious bird of the East, its responsibility was to deliver news of blessings.
The East God opened his eyes, lights bearing within them. He reached out a hand to pet the crane’s wing.
The crane bent its head down and bumped back affectionately. The East God smiled with his lips pressed together. “I know you are worried about him. With how diligently you worked and trained hard for thousands of years, it is not impossible for your wish to be fulfilled.”
The East God casually chanted a spell and the clouds in front of them dispersed, exposing a lake behind it.
A scenery was shown on the lake. The crane flapped its wings to get closer, its red eyes fixed on the image inside the lake──
The light shot through clouds until it revealed a long glistening river that curved like a snake. The crane used his spiritual sense and could easily tell there were large amounts of spiritual power cultivating within that river. With time, the spiritual powers will transform into an immortal dragon, then become the true owner of the lake.
The crane had sharp eyes as it immediately spotted the young male on the riverside.
The young male had a stunning appearance. Although bypassers couldn’t find anything extraordinary on the man, those with cultivation could easily see how a golden light shone from above his head. That man was the incarnation of the Golden Pill.
The crane must’ve known him as it could not avert its eyes after one mere look.
The East God still had a kind expression, yet his mouth did not follow. “That child now has endless complaints towards me. Well, this wouldn’t be my first time giving into favoritism, I’ll aid them two for your sake.”
The crane swayed its neck from the words, it seemed like he was a bit unsatisfied. This East God, he obviously wanted to help them, yet he just had to find an excuse before doing so.
The East God was always thick-faced, he didn’t mind how the crane criticized him. He spread his hand open and a red spiritual pill landed in the center of his palm.
He sent the crane off as he said, “Deliver this Jiang Yanyun.”
The crane picked up the pill, just as it was about to flap its wings, the East God spoke up again, “You can also go visit him on the way, so don’t come back to complain about me having biases.”
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Once the crane was finished with its job, it didn’t hurry back to the Heavens either. Instead, it flew to a little house. It transformed into a little bird to hide on the tree as it lowered its head to peek at the young male sweeping up leaves below the tree.
The weather was turning chilly. The young male racked the fallen leaves up to a pile and encouraged a young group of boys to come and roast sweet potatoes with him.
The Bless Star Golden Pill was naturally born with spiritual energy from the three realms and loved to get close with other beings. The crane looked as the young male rubbed those kids’ heads, the young kids addressed him as an older brother affectionately. The crane went absent-minded as it thought of past events with a pair of dazed eyes. It couldn’t help but feel envious of the group of young kids. In a moment of neglect, it fell off the tree.
The crane could’ve fell at any spot, yet it just had to coincidentally fall in the leaf pile. The fire just started and the crane was right on time for its tail to be lit up by the flames.
The crowd came closer to see a little bird flapping madly in the leaf pile.
“We’re roasting a birdy!” A kid clapped his hands in excitement.
The crane almost choked from hearing those words. Back then when its soul was at the edge of dispersing, it only barely hung onto his life due to the East God helping him. From then on, it cultivated earnestly for thousands of years. Yet when he was just one step away from immortality, was he really going to die under these kids’ mouths?!
As the crane was struggling through life and death, a hand finally descended from above and dumped a pot of water down.
The crane climbed out before raising its soaked wing, then it was picked up by that hand…
Shi Tou stared at the little bird, he observed it carefully. How strange. For some reason, he had a nagging feeling that something was off about the little bird…Shi Tou didn’t know yet that his spiritual consciousness was already working, it was natural for him to feel sensitive towards such a mythical creature.
The odd thing was how the bird seemed to act almost like a human. While he observed it, it flapped its wings in a struggle, as if it wanted to cover its face in embarrassment.
Shi Tou wasn’t aware of how much the crane wanted to off itself by hitting its own head against a pillar. It never would’ve expected for Shi Tou to see such an unsightly view of him like this!
“Roasted birdy! Roasted birdy!”
Shi Tou furrowed his brows. He appeased the kids by saying, “I don’t see much meat on this bird anyway. Let’s just let it go. I’ll roast you guys a chicken instead.”
“Yeah!” The group of children cheered.
With that, the crane overcame his difficulties temporarily. Then with a turn of its head, it realized that Shi Tou had brought it back into his house. He took out a first aid box and mumbled to himself, “Although these are for people, it should be fine for a bird too, right…”
That reminded the crane of something as it instantly snapped its head away to look at its tail. It couldn’t stand the embarrassment at all as it wanted to cover it with its wings.
Shi Tou thought the little bird’s movements were a bit interesting and chuckled. The crane’s head moved by itself upon hearing the crisp laughter. He would see that Shi Tou’s pear vortex was appearing. It suddenly thought that if being a hairless crane could be exchanged for Shi Tou’s smile, it didn’t seem like that bad of a deal.
Shi Tou helped trim the burnt black tail as he applied the medicine. He then also borrowed a birdcage from the old man next door. He teased the little bird with his finger a bit before putting it inside the cage.
At night, the birdcage opened silently. The crane flew out and upon landing, it transformed into the figure of a young male.
The young male was good-looking. Though who knows if it was on purpose or not, but the transformation was very similar to Shi Tou. The exception was that he seemed younger, and his hair was also as white as a crane’s feathers. Near the end of his brocade robe was a burnt trace.
The young boy walked inside the room gingerly to see the young man who saved him during the day laying sideways on the bed, breathing evenly.
He went over and glanced quietly for a moment before mustering up the courage to touch Shi Tou’s hair. But just as he was about to, he could feel a flash of cold light slipping by, blood leaked from a cut that formed on his finger.
The young boy furrowed his brows in discontent. He looked around with a stern face. He spoke a bit threateningly, “Jiang Yanyun, show yourself if you can! Based on our cultivation difference now, you ought to address me as your senior!”
The cold air strengthened, forcing the young boy to back away a bit. He then thought of how biased the East God was, the spiritual pill Jiang Yanyun took made his cultivation grow this fast in such a short amount of time!
Yet he was ignorant to just how hard Jiang Yanyun had cultivated for years in order to transform into a human. But he was also gifted with natural talent; and along with the fact that he was once an Asura, he was able to surpass the crane’s cultivation level quickly. So of course, his power could not be measured by time with his natural skill.
The crane was forced back more and more by the cold air. In the end, it transformed into a small bird and flew out in anger. It flew above the river before appearing in its crane form. It yelled, “Jiang Yanyun, come out here!”
In the depth of night, tall waves suddenly rippled across the calm river surface. They spun into a whirlpool, forming the shape of a dragon.
The crane couldn’t help but be shocked by the sight. Even for a carp who leaped over the dragon gate, they ought to train for at least thousands of years to cultivate into a dragon. Just what kind of pill did Jiang Yanyun eat from the East God?! It was clear they weren’t a match. Yet, he also didn’t want to give in. He quickly summed up a massive amount of energy to take the other on.
In the east Heavens, the East God mediated as he held his breath. Suddenly, the clouds above were broken through, a crane flew down at lighting speed. It rushed straight towards the East God and planted itself into the East God’s embrace.
“Wahwahwahwah…”
The East God let out a long sigh upon hearing the whimpering of the crane. He looked down and couldn’t help but be shocked.
There were random bald patches and rolled up the hair on the crane’s body. Most of its white silk-like feathers were now burnt to black. Birds usually loved to be well-groomed. Since the crane had been one for thousands of years, it also grew the habit. Now, it felt extremely wronged as it cried with no end. Bead sized tears dropped on the East God’s palm.
The East God only needed to check with his spiritual sense to find out all the ins and outs. For a while, he didn’t know whether he should scold the crane or show sympathy.
“Not even the god generals dare to offend Jiang Yanyun…yet you’re here, running right up for a beating…”
“WAHWAHWAHWAHWAH──!!!”
This cry…sure was reasonable!
The East God shook his head helplessly, he patted the crane’s head. When the Blessed Star and Calamity Star descended to the mortal realm together, they were both born from his golden light. It was not a wonder why there was such a saying in the mortal realm that goes, “Raising a child for a century brings ninety-nine years of worries.”
“Wahwahwahwahwah!!!”
“Alright, alright. I’ll bring you to Weaver Girl soon so you can get a proper outfit.”
“Wahwahwahwahwah!!!”
“I know, I know. You’re always immersed in training. There shall be a day where you can return the beating.”
“Wahwah…?”
“Well…with a rough estimate…in at least five thousand years, and at most…”
“WAHWAHWAHWAHWAH──!!!”
“Hey, hey! You stubborn child──”
Hahahahah omg I love this extra! It’s adorable
poor Crane huh~ hahahahaha aiyo thank u for the chapter!!
waaat Im just getting more confused.I thought the crane was Ajiang
okay I reread and I guess I was blind
lol, im pretty sure it was zhao zheng from the context clues
im guessing the crane is zhao zheng >___<
me too haha