“I finally understand.”
At the same time, Sun Zimei shouted loudly.
This sudden shout startled the nearby young disciple.
Hastily, he asked, “Master, what did you understand?”
“Old man, I understand why the Three-Eyed Bear Demon suddenly disappeared.” Sun Zimei smiled confidently.
“Master, please tell me quickly, who took away the Three-Eyed Bear Demon?” the young disciple asked urgently.
Sun Zimei stood with his hands behind his back, exuding confidence. “Who else could it be? Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, only our sect’s divine bird, the Seven-Colored Black Crow, has such strength!”
“Ah!”
The young disciple was shocked. “Are you saying that the Seven-Colored Black Crow took away the Three-Eyed Bear Demon?”
“Exactly!”
Sun Zimei chuckled. "The Seven-Colored Black Crow is innately violent and often eats our sect's disciples. It's no big deal for it to change its taste by hunting other great demons now."
He thought more and more that it made sense.
Continuing to smile, he said, “Only the Seven-Colored Black Crow possesses such divine power to hunt the Three-Eyed Bear Demon. It must be like this!”
“But…”
The young disciple blinked, curious. “But where have the other great demons in this mountain range gone? Could the Seven-Colored Black Crow have such an enormous appetite to completely empty out all the demonic beasts in the entire mountain range?”
“This…”
Upon hearing this, Sun Zimei suddenly felt embarrassed.
What the young disciple said made some sense.
The disappearance of one Three-Eyed Bear Demon could be understood.
But now all the great demons in the entire mountain range have disappeared, which is a bit hard to explain.
No matter how much the Seven-Colored Black Crow can eat, it couldn’t possibly devour so many demonic beasts at once.
“Don’t think about it. Old man will go and ask the Seven-Colored Black Crow himself.”
With that thought, he picked up the young disciple again and headed back along the original path.
“Disciple, today you’re lucky. Let your master take you to see how divine our sect’s divine bird is!”
Normally.
Even as the sect’s Grand Elder, he wouldn’t dare to disturb the Seven-Colored Black Crow so easily.
But today, the situation in this mountain range was unusually strange.
Without figuring this out, he couldn’t rest easy.
Now.
The best solution.
Was naturally to ask the Seven-Colored Black Crow in person.
It had always lived in the nest at the back of the mountain, and should be well-informed about the reasons for these demonic beasts’ disappearance.
With questions in mind.
The master and disciple soon arrived at the Seven-Colored Black Crow’s nest.
The nest was extremely large, nestled between two towering ancient trees.
From afar.
It didn’t look like a bird’s nest, but more like a palace!
Sun Zimei approached the nest and signaled for the young disciple to wait quietly.
He himself stepped forward slowly and bowed toward the entrance of the nest.
Then, respectfully, he said, “Younger generation, Sun Zimei, Grand Elder of the Hundred Refinements Sect, brings disciple Fan Jian to pay respects to the divine bird!”
After a moment.
There was no response inside.
“Could the divine bird be taking an afternoon nap?”
Then, he raised his voice and called out again.
This time, still no sound.
Just as Sun Zimei frowned, feeling something was amiss, the young disciple sneakily crept up from behind.
He whispered, “Master, maybe the divine bird is old and a bit hard of hearing. You should speak louder, and it will definitely hear you!”
Sun Zimei glared at him fiercely.
What kind of power did the divine bird possess, how could it be hard of hearing?
“If you dare to speak nonsense again, be careful the divine bird hears and swallows you in one gulp. Even your master can’t save you!”
Frightened, the young disciple Fan Jian quickly ducked his head.
After reprimanding his disciple, Sun Zimei spoke again.
This time, he raised his tone considerably.
However.
There was still no movement.
“Strange!”
Sun Zimei frowned.
Even if the Seven-Colored Black Crow was sleeping soundly, with his loud voice, it should have heard him by now.
And he suddenly thought of something.
These days, it seemed he hadn’t heard the Seven-Colored Black Crow’s calls for a long time.
“No wonder it feels so quiet these days. It’s because the Seven-Colored Black Crow’s calls are missing!”
At this thought.
Sun Zimei immediately strode quickly into the nest.
And as soon as he entered the nest.
He was instantly shocked by the sight before him!
The spacious nest was completely empty, with no sign of the Seven-Colored Black Crow.
But everywhere were messy black feathers of the Seven-Colored Black Crow.
And inside the nest, there were large splatters of blood.
On the nest walls, there were also many scratch marks.
Clearly, a fierce battle had taken place here!
Realizing this, Sun Zimei’s face changed abruptly.
“Master, what happened?”
The young disciple Fan Jian entered at this moment, looking bewildered, asked a question.
Sun Zimei’s expression was stiff. “Our sect’s divine bird… is gone!”
…
Soon.
The news of the Seven-Colored Black Crow’s disappearance.
Spread like wildfire throughout the sect.
Within a very short time, it had circulated among the elders and disciples.
The Grand Elder convened all the sect’s higher-ups for an emergency meeting.
Of course, this did not include the sect leader Shi Qingwu and Yi Feng.
The former was in closed-door meditation.
While the latter was simply ignored by the Grand Elder and others.
They didn’t take Yi Feng seriously at all.
After a whole day of discussion.
Eventually, Sun Zimei and the other higher-ups came to a conclusion… there was a super expert wandering around near the sect.
And this expert’s cultivation had at least reached the True Immortal Tenth Layer!
And the Seven-Colored Black Crow and all the great demons in the back mountain were probably all taken away by this super expert.
Now.
They were not sure whether this super expert was a friend or foe.
If the expert harbored hostility towards the Hundred Refinements Sect.
To be on the safe side, the sect immediately activated Level One Alert and started investigating the matter thoroughly.
In a short time.
The sect was filled with unease.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
