Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 390 - 380: Di Jun and Taiyi, the Third Golden Crow of the Primordial Chaos, A New Backup Plan

Chapter 390: Chapter 380: Di Jun and Taiyi, the Third Golden Crow of the Primordial Chaos, A New Backup Plan

"In that case, it might still take about a year."

The Great Golden Crow replied.

"Big Brother, a year isn’t enough..." Upon hearing this, the Little Golden Crow became anxious.

Based on their pace, it would take them at least two years to fully recover. If they couldn’t fully recover and went back, they’d still fall into that person’s schemes.

"Shut up!" The Great Golden Crow glared at the Little Golden Crow, signaling it not to interrupt.

....

"One year...."

Su Mu thought of something, rubbed his chin, and then said, "I’ll give you two years."

"Really? That’s great, thank you so much." The Great Golden Crow began to say.

"But... it costs extra." Su Mu thought about it and decided to charge rent.

"Extra?" The two Golden Crows exchanged glances, not quite understanding what it meant.

Su Mu briefly explained the concept of "rent" to them.

Because the two Golden Crows were healing here, they would undoubtedly continue to scorch this water area, making it uninhabitable for creatures, which disrupted the river’s peace, something Su Mu could not ignore.

Su Mu wasn’t completely devoid of compassion. You can heal here; after all, this river is vast, offering you a small section for healing is not unreasonable.

However, you must pay the corresponding price, which is the rent for healing on my river, disrupting its peace. It’s unreasonable to allow that without any reparation, isn’t it??

That would be unacceptable!

After hearing this, the Great and Little Golden Crows fell silent.

They thought it over and couldn’t think of any valuable treasure they could offer.

Most of the magical treasures on them had been destroyed, leaving only the damaged "River Map and Luo Book" and "East Emperor Bell."

It was impossible to give those to pay the rent.

So, there was only one solution left.

The Great Golden Crow glanced up toward the tree canopy, and seeing this, the Little Golden Crow felt an ominous premonition and quickly said, "Big Brother, you absolutely must not do that!"

...

The Great Golden Crow ignored the Little Golden Crow’s words and flew silently towards the tree canopy.

After a short while, it returned with a Golden Egg from a nest in the canopy.

This Golden Egg was almost as tall as Su Mu’s body.

The shell was golden and inscribed with strange runes, resembling blooming lotuses of divine fire. The aura inside the Golden Egg was very similar to the two Golden Crows, even more pure than their own bloodline power.

Could it be that this is their child?

But, aren’t both of these Golden Crows male?

Can two males have a child?

"Senior, this one carries the strongest bloodline power of ours. If born normally and raised, its future achievements would surely surpass ours."

"We currently have nothing else to offer; this is our most important possession. If you don’t mind, please accept it."

The Great Golden Crow’s expression was serious and earnest, echoing the sentiment of entrusting an orphan to the White Emperor City.

"Is this... your child?" Su Mu inquired.

Upon hearing this, the Great Golden Crow shook its head: "It’s not our child, to be precise, it’s our younger brother. I’m the eldest, and beside me is my second brother, and this is our third brother."

"Although it was born with us, due to the immense cause and effect it carries, to put it bluntly, its innate destiny is too great, too taboo, making its birth extremely difficult."

"However, if it can be born successfully, it will definitely surpass us, becoming the strongest support under your command."

.....

The identities and origins of the Great and Little Golden Crows are extraordinary.

They are two Great Golden Crows in the Primordial Chaos.

In the early days of the Primordial Chaos, after Pangu split the heavens, transforming into all things, its left eye became the Sun Star.

On the Sun Star, two Golden Crows were born, the larger named Di Jun, the smaller Taiyi.

In fact, originally, the Sun Star gave birth to three Golden Crows, the smallest being the third Golden Crow of the Primordial Chaos, the one with the strongest destiny.

However, the appearance of this third Golden Crow was inherently an "anomaly," not permitted by the Heavenly Dao, carrying too great a burden of cause and effect, affecting the balance of the Primordial Chaos, thus it couldn’t be born at all.

Only with the help of Fusang Wood did it have a slight possibility.

But for some reason, after the Dragon Han Great Tribulation, the Fusang Divine Tree disappeared entirely from the Primordial World, its whereabouts unknown.

Without the Fusang Divine Wood, the third Golden Crow had no possibility of being born.

Later, after forming the Demon Race Celestial Court, Di Jun and Taiyi transferred the third Golden Crow, their younger brother, to the River of Time, and implanted a "Sun Sacred Wood" as a substitute, hiding the third Golden Crow within the River of Time, the floating island they currently inhabit.

In the entire Primordial World, aside from Di Jun and Taiyi, no one knew of this third Golden Crow’s existence, including the one plotting against them.

After the war between the sorcerers and demons, both Di Jun and Taiyi self-destructed to kill the Witch Ancestor, using the remnants of the "East Emperor Bell" and "River Map and Luo Book" to escape with a sliver of life to the River of Time to recover, eventually meeting Su Mu.

From the sorcerer-demon war onward, both Di Jun and Taiyi had a great awakening, understanding the schemes of "that one", realizing all along it was a conspiracy by "that one".

Thus, they concealed themselves in the River of Time to heal, hoping to one day return.

However, even if they were to recover their full strength, even back to their prime, they would still not be a match for "that one".

Therefore, this third Golden Crow, their unborn younger brother, was their only hope, even if it’s slim, it was still hope.

Yet they exhausted all their skills, using every trump card and method, but couldn’t facilitate the birth of their third brother.

Now, having encountered Elder Su who guards the River of Time, Di Jun, the eldest brother, came up with a plan, a strategic gamble, by entrusting their third brother to Elder Su, there might be a chance for its birth under Elder Su’s powerful divine techniques.

Di Jun differed from Taiyi; being more composed and not as impulsive as Taiyi, but with greater ambition and far-reaching vision.

Instead of being stagnant, he thought it better to break the stalemate and actively seek out new hope.

So, the main reason Di Jun decided to entrust this third Golden Crow to someone was hoping to leverage Elder Su’s capabilities for their third brother’s eventual birth.

As no one would refuse such a powerful Spirit Pet, not even "that one".

Moreover, forming a connection with this Elder Su also provided a fallback route.

....

"Isn’t this a bit inappropriate?"

Su Mu looked at the Golden Crow Egg, smiling as he spoke.

Outwardly he said this, but inwardly he was already delighted, knowing that acquiring this Golden Crow Egg would make it the strongest among his Spirit Pets, with the highest potential!

"Big Brother, this..." Taiyi grew anxious, fearing his eldest brother would truly give it away.

"You just be quiet for now!"

Di Jun glared at Taiyi, signaling him to remain silent.