14 Monarch reborn. (1/2)
After the flesh of the Golden Crow landed in front of Li Yang, the bodies of the Golden Crow and the Torch Dragon vanished into the depths of the valley. Li Yang did not immediately move, sitting there and waiting in silence for a while longer.
After waiting for two hours and not hearing a single other sound from the valley, Li Yang finally dared move again. He had not heard the sound of their bodies hitting the floor, so he realized that the valley was incredibly deep, far deeper than he could possibly imagine.
Li Yang cautiously moved to the edge of the valley, but as he tried to peer into its depths, the cold air made it impossible for him to keep his head there. He quickly retreated away from the valley, returning to the piece of its stomach that the Golden Crow had sent to him.
He carefully touched it, pushing aside the feathers that covered it. When he moved the feathers aside, a golden egg was revealed to him, hiding beneath the feathers. The egg was about the size of his hand, much larger than a normal bird's egg. Li Yang knew that this must be the egg of the Golden Crow.
Li Yang gently grabbed the egg, trying to pull it away from the feathers. Once his hand made contact with the egg, he felt a sharp pain in his hand, as if a small blade had stabbed him. He hurriedly pulled his hand away and saw that there was a small wound on his palm, dripping with a few drops of blood.
A few drops of his blood landed on the golden egg, quickly sinking into it and vanishing. Before Li Yang got to question what wounded him, the golden egg started glowing with a golden light, cracks spreading across its shell.
After a short moment, the golden egg had completely shattered. Out from the shattered egg came a small crow, only around the size of Li Yang's hand. It only had two legs, and its entire body was covered in black feathers. It looked no different from a normal crow, but Li Yang knew that this was the child of the Golden Crow.
The crow looked at its surroundings with a curious expression, its eyes showed a surprising amount of intelligence and pride. Its eyes landed on Li Yang and a smile flashed through its eyes. It hopped forward and flapped its wings, barely managing to fly high enough to land on his shoulder. It started nudging his neck, seemingly trying to tell him something.
”You want me to do the taming ceremony?”
After looking at it for a short while, trying to guess at its intentions, Li Yang came up with a guess that he felt was feasible. The crow on his shoulder started quickly nodding its head, seemingly capable of understanding his words.
Seeing it like this, a slight smile appeared on Li Yang's face. This little crow was surprisingly cute. He reached out with his hand, placing it on the top of the little crow's head. The both of them performed the taming ceremony, and a strange stream of energy connected the two of them.
”Caw!”
Once the strange stream of energy connected the two of them, Li Yang heard the childish voice of the little crow ring out in his mind. It didn't seem to be capable of talking yet, as it only spoke using caws.
”So you are going to be my partner from now on. My name is Li Yang since your mother was called Yangwu, how about I just call you Jinwu?”
After the ceremony was over, Li Yang gently pat the head of the crow as he mused. Since it was going to be his partner, he needed to give it a name. After hearing the name he had come up with, the crow jumped around slightly, seemingly very pleased with the name.
”Jinwu it is then. Together we will have to aim for the top of this world, or even beyond.”
Li Yang's face cracked into a smile upon watching Jinwu jump around. Once his past memories awoke, there was no way he would become someone normal, so having a divine monster as a partner suited him just fine.
Jinwu nodded it's head rapidly. It was a divine monster, it was destined to stand at the peak of the world eventually. Just as Li Yang was about to stand up, Jinwu used its beak to point at the piece of the Golden Crow's stomach that was still lying there.
”You want me to eat it?”