Golden Crow

"You even made a bed?"

An Weiyan entered the room and looked around. There was a bookshelf to one side, along with a desk, chairs, and so on.

Everything was there.

With these furnishings, the somewhat shabby room now felt a little more lived-in.

The bed to one side was especially spacious. Seeing it, An Weiyan brought over his bedding and spread it out.

"Mm, it would be even better with a maid to warm the bed."

Seeing that the room was finally fit to live in, An Weiyan felt much more satisfied.

He would have to sleep here more often from now on, to give the room more of a human touch.

The bed was soon made.

An Weiyan also put all the poetry collections he had bought onto the bookshelf.

Then he headed outside the county office.

Just as An Weiyan was about to inspect the construction work in Linbei County, several people suddenly came running toward him from a distance.

An Weiyan looked closely.

He saw several people carrying fish baskets, their faces full of delight.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing them hurrying over, An Weiyan waited until they were a little closer, then asked with a frown.

"Sir!"

Upon seeing An Weiyan, the fisherman immediately held out the fish basket in his hands.

An Weiyan could not help looking into it. Inside, he saw a large fish with an exceptionally graceful body flopping about.

An Weiyan was taken aback at the sight. Wasn't this a koi?

It certainly was beautiful.

"They say that keeping this kind of fish can bring you good luck."

The fisherman spoke to An Weiyan, his face full of delighted surprise.

"Where did this fish come from?"

An Weiyan found this odd. Could koi really bring people good luck?

The fisherman replied, "Our people were digging sand by the river. Somehow, this fish swam into the pit they'd dug, and then we caught it."

Hearing this, An Weiyan felt somewhat reassured.

The fish looked a little too beautiful, and he had been worried that it might have some strange origins.

"Can this kind of fish truly bring people good luck?"

Looking at the fish, An Weiyan could not help asking again.

"Fishermen who've caught this kind of fish before did say they could bring some good luck."

The fisherman hastily answered. It was precisely because he knew this fish was extraordinary that he had brought it especially for the magistrate.

Hearing this, An Weiyan was immediately tempted.

He had someone fetch water, then placed the fish in a wooden bucket.

The silvery koi had barely entered the water before it began thrashing about, darting around the bucket as though looking for a hole to burrow into.

"Leave this fish here for now."

After giving this instruction, An Weiyan went to the Earth God's temple.

"A fisherman just caught a koi. Can koi really bring people good luck? This koi can't harm me, can it?"

An Weiyan felt that this world was still rather dangerous, with all its gods and ghosts. He thought that if this koi really had such an ability,

then he would take it straight to Earth and rely on it to turn people's luck around, attracting some incense offerings.

The problem was that An Weiyan did not know whether there was anything wrong with this koi.

That was why he had made a special trip to ask the Earth God.

"Koi can indeed bring people good luck, and they can even turn one's luck around. One need only toss a coin to it. If the koi takes the coin in its mouth, it can turn that person's luck around."

The Earth God said softly, "This koi poses no threat. Rest assured, sir."

At this point, the Earth God's divine seat stirred slightly as well.

There were things he did not dare say. This koi's Law Power was not particularly strong, and he had already sensed that it seemed to be a koi undergoing its Human Tribulation.

But knowing was one thing; he did not dare say much about it.

If he spoke of it, he would be divulging heaven's secrets, and a heavenly tribulation would strike him afterward.

Besides, even with this koi undergoing her Human Tribulation, she could not harm An Weiyan anyway. Her Law Power was sealed, and her Divine Sense was trapped within her body. Apart from turning people's luck around, she had no other abilities.

Under these circumstances, there was no need at all to worry that this koi would cause any trouble.

"I see."

An Weiyan immediately felt relieved. After thanking the Earth God, he turned and left.

A short while later, An Weiyan asked for an ordinary fish instead.

He wanted to test whether a living creature he carried back could leave with him, and make sure nothing would go wrong.

If the test went well, he would find a way to take the koi over afterward.

Soon, An Weiyan looked at the fish he had carried through several crossings. Nothing had happened to it at all.

Delighted, An Weiyan immediately formed a plan.

By the time he returned to the Daoist temple, the sun had turned golden. An Weiyan came to the main hall, looked around, and immediately took out a hoe.

He planned to dig a pond in front of the main hall to keep the koi in.

When people came to offer incense, he would let some of them experience the good luck that offering incense here could bring them.

Then more and more people would come.

The ground in front of the main hall had not been paved with concrete. Swinging his hoe, An Weiyan soon dug out a somewhat deep pond.

Then he lined it with a little concrete.

A simple fishpond was finished.

By then, it was already late at night.

An Weiyan was thoroughly exhausted. Deciding to put the fish in tomorrow, he went straight to sleep.

The next day.

At first light, An Weiyan arrived in Linbei County. Seeing the koi panic and splash water at his arrival, he was somewhat speechless.

"Say, can you understand what I'm saying?"

An Weiyan hesitated, then asked another question.

After An Weiyan spoke, the koi inside continued swimming about in a panic, showing no sign whatsoever of understanding him.

Seeing this, An Weiyan chuckled inwardly. Of course.

He had been overthinking it. He had already asked the Earth God, so why was he still so worried?

With that thought, An Weiyan picked up the wooden bucket and returned to the Daoist temple.

Looking at the pond he had dug, An Weiyan put the koi straight in without another word.

An Weiyan had also made several fish holes in the pond, mainly to prevent people from climbing down and catching it after spotting it.

At that moment, the distant sun had risen as well.

The koi slipped into the water and immediately began swimming around, but the next instant, her body went rigid.

"Wh-what deity is this?"

Sensing that scorching Golden Crow Divine Power in the distance, Silver Scale instantly became somewhat intoxicated by it.

This Golden Crow seemed somewhat different from the Golden Crow she knew. This Golden Crow's divine power was so scorching that even her Demon Race bloodline involuntarily began to purify.

Silver Scale's Divine Sense was sealed within her body, leaving her unable to sense the outside world, yet this supremely majestic, blazing Golden Crow Divine Power made her feel more comfortable than ever before.