Yue Qianchou truly could not hold back and chuckled. Why did it feel like this crow was jealous? With your body covered in black feathers, what right did you have to mock others? He froze again after laughing, looking at the flock gathered in the sky, then at the crow. His face filled with suspicion. Could it be that it had drawn all these birds here?
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The crow's birth had been far too spectacular. Perhaps luring ten thousand birds to pay homage was not impossible for it. Otherwise, why had a whole flock come rushing over to celebrate the instant it showed itself? Hmm! Judging by the cheerful calls of all kinds of birds overhead, they really did seem to be celebrating.
"Say, Crow, think of a way to make them disperse! Blocking others from sunbathing is terribly rude," Yue Qianchou said tentatively.
The crow immediately swayed atop Wu Lixue's shoulder upon hearing that, staggering and nearly losing its footing. It glared furiously at Yue Qianchou, apparently deeply offended at being called a crow.
Wu Lixue turned around and asked in surprise, "You think it can make the flock in the sky disperse?"
Yue Qianchou shrugged, indicating that he could not be sure either. The crow seemed quite displeased by Wu Lixue's disdain for its abilities. Its formerly contemptuous eyes suddenly blazed with spirit as it stared at the circling flock overhead, its body faintly glowing with shifting, iridescent light.
Yue Qianchou was slightly startled. It was still the same crow, yet it suddenly felt utterly different. Such a tiny creature somehow possessed an aura that crowned all beneath heaven. At that moment, the birds in the sky abruptly lost the rhythm of their circling formation and began descending