“You, immediately spit blood in pain!”
The soft, sweet voice spoke cruel and terrifying words.
Heiyu’s pupils contracted. Just as he wondered why, his body was wracked with intense pain. Under the agony, a taste of blood surged into his mouth. He opened his beak and spat out a large mouthful of bright red liquid.
Seeing Heiyu in pain and spitting blood, Huangfu Yue’s expression was one of satisfaction. Her beautiful, captivating cherry lips parted slightly again, and she spoke with her soft, sweet yet terrifying voice…
“You, forcefully hit that big tree and knock yourself unconscious.”
Heiyu immediately found his body uncontrollably moving towards the roadside tree pointed out by Huangfu Yue. Just before his head violently collided with the tree, Heiyu realized what Huangfu Yue intended to do.
This little girl is too ruthless!
*Thud—* Heiyu’s little head slammed hard against the tree, causing stars to burst before his eyes. After a moment of dizziness, he fell to the ground, his head lolling to the side.
He was unconscious!
Huangfu Yue strolled leisurely towards Heiyu. She reached him, bent down to check, and after confirming he was unconscious, a satisfied smile graced her beautiful face again.
“It seems your body is truly under my control. Whatever I want your body to do, it will do.”
Huangfu Yue nodded and smiled. Her smile was exceedingly beautiful, yet it carried a hint of menace.
Listening to her words, it was clear she wanted to verify what Heiyu had told her earlier: that after forming a master-servant contract, humans could arbitrarily control the demon beasts who became their servants.
Heiyu, with blood staining his beak and his head tilted to the side on the ground, still bearing a pained expression in his unconsciousness, was the best answer.
Huangfu Yue reached out, picked up the pitiful, unconscious little crow, and entered the spatial dimension, showing no fear that Heiyu would suddenly wake up and discover the existence of the space.
Based on her experience, Heiyu had hit the tree too hard and wouldn’t wake up anytime soon.
The reason she brought Heiyu into the space was…
“System, treat it,” Huangfu Yue instructed the medical system.
Heiyu was seriously injured and needed treatment. Having the system treat him was the fastest and most convenient method.
The system immediately examined Heiyu, grasped the extent of his injuries, and began to heal him.
The system’s healing speed was always astonishingly fast. It had healed Heiyu in just two minutes.
Knowing from the system that Heiyu had been healed, Huangfu Yue asked, “When will it wake up?”
“Soon,” the system replied.
Huangfu Yue frowned. Why so soon?
Perhaps it was because the system had healed its injuries.
She needed to leave the space immediately before Heiyu saw it and learned of its existence.
Huangfu Yue lifted Heiyu and exited the space. The moment she stepped out, she saw Heiyu open his eyes, revealing blood-red pupils.
“You’re awake.” Huangfu Yue smiled at Heiyu gently. The smile was incredibly beautiful and captivating, yet it sent shivers down Heiyu’s spine.
As soon as he woke up, he remembered how cruelly Huangfu Yue had controlled his body earlier.
“Master, I know you manipulated my body earlier because you wanted to see if what I told you about controlling me after forming a contract was true, if I had lied to you. But why were you so ruthless! You first made me spit blood in pain, then made me hit a tree and knock myself out. Do you know how much I hurt!” Heiyu complained mournfully about Huangfu Yue’s cruel deeds.
“You say I’m ruthless?” Huangfu Yue let out a cold laugh. “How am I as ruthless as you drugging us and knocking us out, almost letting us die in Zhang Lu’s hands?”
Upon hearing this, Heiyu immediately shut his beak and lowered his head guiltily.
So she was getting revenge.
She didn’t expect her to hold grudges for so long and still remember that incident!
He had thought that by accepting him as a servant and sparing his life, she would no longer hold him accountable for his past actions.
Looking at Heiyu’s demeanor, Huangfu Yue slightly curved her lips.
She wasn’t petty, but what Heiyu had done by drugging and incapacitating them, nearly costing them their lives, still warranted a lesson.
“What happened before is in the past. Since it’s in the past, I will forget it all. You should forget it too!” Huangfu Yue released Heiyu from her grasp.
Heiyu, now flying, heard her words and knew that after punishing him, she would no longer hold him accountable for poisoning them. He breathed a sigh of relief.
“I have already healed your injuries. You are now my servant, and I will treat you well.” Huangfu Yue smiled gently again. This time, her smile no longer carried the terrifying aura that sent shivers down his spine; instead, it radiated warmth.
Heiyu then noticed that his body no longer hurt, and his head felt clear. He quickly said, “Thank you, Master.”
“Do you have a name? It would be easier to call you if I knew your name,” Huangfu Yue asked.
Heiyu shook his head. “The people of the Chang family never gave me a name. They always called me by a number.”
He then explained, “Besides me, the Chang family also keeps other crows and carrier pigeons. To make it easier to remember, the people of the Chang family numbered us and called us by our numbers.”
“Have the other crows also become spirits like you?” Huangfu Yue asked curiously.
Heiyu shook his head. “No. Only I have gained spiritual intelligence. The other crows have not; they are still ordinary crows.”
“Since you don’t have a name, I’ll give you one. Let’s call you Little Black,” Huangfu Yue said after thinking.
Heiyu’s beak twitched. “Master, can you give me a nicer name?”
This name was too ordinary, too careless, and terribly rustic. It sounded like the kind of name a villager would give a black cat or a black dog.
No matter how you looked at it, he was a spiritual creature who had attained sentience, far superior and more noble than black cats or dogs. How could he be given such a name?
It felt like a slight, an insult!
“Little Black is a very nice name, and it’s cute and familiar to call,” Huangfu Yue said, ignoring his dissatisfaction.
“Little Black, Little Black, Little Heihei! Nice! Nice!” Huangfu Yue called out several times, nodding with satisfaction.
Nice, my foot! Little Black thought frantically, wishing he could persuade Huangfu Yue to choose a more pleasant name for him. But looking at Huangfu Yue’s expression, he knew it would be useless.
He could only accept the name “Little Black” with immense reluctance.
“You said earlier that after forming the master-servant contract, I could see what you see. Why can’t I see what you see yet?” Huangfu Yue suddenly remembered and inquired.
“Because, Master, you haven’t thought about seeing what I see. If you think about seeing what I see, you will be able to,” Little Black replied.
Huangfu Yue immediately thought about seeing what Little Black saw. A magical and mysterious event occurred: Huangfu Yue saw herself. She immediately understood that this was what Little Black was seeing.
“I can see what you see. Fly higher and further, and I’ll see more,” Huangfu Yue instructed.
Little Black immediately complied. Huangfu Yue saw herself becoming smaller and more distant. She also saw the people of Prince Dai’s mansion, who had fallen on the ground, becoming smaller and more distant.
At the same time, what she saw with her own eyes did not disappear, meaning she could have two perspectives simultaneously.
She wondered how to stop seeing what Little Black saw.
Would thinking about not wanting to see what Little Black saw work?
Huangfu Yue immediately tried it. She discovered that it did.
When she thought about not wanting to see what Little Black saw, she couldn’t see it anymore.
“I want to see what Little Black sees.”
She tried again. The next second, Little Black’s perspective appeared again, and she saw everything Little Black saw.
Huangfu Yue’s lips curved upwards again, this time reaching their deepest, and she smiled with great happiness.
Little Black was a crow and could fly very high and very far. By being able to see what Little Black saw, she could overlook the land from above and see places far away. It was practically like having “eyes that see a thousand miles”!
“Little Black, come back,” Huangfu Yue called out loudly, beckoning to Little Black.
Little Black immediately flew back to Huangfu Yue’s side. Although Little Black had been a considerable distance away from Huangfu Yue earlier, he had returned in an instant.
Only then did Huangfu Yue realize that he flew quite fast.
“Little Black, how high and how far can you fly? How fast can you fly at your fastest?” Huangfu Yue asked.
“Replying to Master, I can fly up to four thousand Zhang above the ground. I can fly as far as I wish! When I fly at my fastest, I can travel five hundred li in an hour,” Little Black replied.
Huangfu Yue was somewhat surprised. She hadn’t expected this little creature to be able to fly so high and so fast.
But it made sense, after all, he was a crow spirit.
She had heard before that ordinary crows, when they had good stamina, could fly at altitudes of over eight thousand meters.
However, the speed of ordinary crows paled in comparison to Little Black.
Ordinary crows had a speed of eighty li per hour, while Little Black’s speed was five hundred li per hour.
She might have obtained a treasure!