Fire Crow Stages, the Millennium-Old Crow Venerable

After the blood-red Fire Crow was summoned, it did not react at first.

After all, it had gone several hours without food and had been imprisoned in a cramped space. After failing to escape several times, hunger, fear, and other factors combined until it had already given up.

When it emerged from the Spirit Beast Pouch's inner space into Xu Changqing's hand, man and Fire Crow simply stared wide-eyed at each other for at least ten seconds.

Only then did the Fire Crow react. Its pupils shrank sharply, and it let out harsh, unpleasant "caw-wo" cries as it frantically flapped its wings.

Yet it discovered that although it had seemingly escaped that cramped space, it was still trapped within a human's "Five-Finger Mountain," utterly unable to flee.

On top of that, it was tired, hungry, and thirsty. After only a few flaps, it went limp again, even sighing as though it had completely resigned itself to fate.

Xu Changqing chuckled. "So dramatic. Are you an acting-type crow?"

He circulated the Fire Spiritual Power within his sea of qi, slowly injecting it into the Fire Crow's body through the left hand holding it.

As everyone knew, anything with fiery energy could serve as food for a Fire Crow. After absorbing that Fire Spiritual Power, its condition improved somewhat.

Yet it did not struggle. Instead, it trembled violently, its eyes filled with intense terror.

Seeing this, Xu Changqing could not help nodding lightly.

A stick followed by a sweet date seemed to work on any creature.

Then, with a thought, a handful of Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice from a Grade-Two Spirit Field appeared in his right hand. He tried stuffing a grain into the Fire Crow's mouth.

At first, the little thing clenched its beak shut, afraid to open it in case it