Paragon of Sin

watermelon. They were pathetically weak, unlike her true master. Unfortunately, humans seemed to be vicious beyond belief.

One night at the end of those three years, the musky man had brought a young woman into his bedroom. That very day, he was dead.

Supposedly, from what she garnered from the conversation and gossip of others, he had brought in an assassin who had been planted with a virus. A beautiful woman with a disease that was directly transmitted sexually and highly fatal to men. It was interesting, but unfortunate.

With his death, she was taken in by the man ’s son, who was even more vicious than the father. After a few months, the crane saw the same woman enter his bedroom. She thought about doing something, but shrugged in the end.

It wasn ’t her life.

Predictably, the son died of the same disease.

At that point, she decided to just leave. No one could stop her, and the entire force was in the midst of fierce civil war and vicious battles. Their territory and land was being taken over by others, especially with the father and son dead. There was a lot of internal strife.

She was done.

With a flap of her gigantic wings, she took to the skies and didn ’t come back.

She pondered whether to return to the sect, but decided against it. However, it was best to linger nearby until her true master called for her. She believed he would.

The crane ’s luck wasn ’t that bad. The next four years were quite peaceful and she was smarter now, not allowing herself to be ambushed. She ’d only sleep in hard-to-reach places for those without wings, and was a lot more aware of her surroundings.

She avoided humans mostly and kept to herself.

One day, she found a tree.

This tree had a low-hanging fruit. It was only one fruit and the fruit was golden. Curious, she walked up to it and poked at it with her beak. When she realized it smelled normal and nothing happened, she swallowed it whole.

Over the next few months, her beak and eyes slowly turned golden in color. When she looked in a lake and noticed the changes, she was hysterical. Even more, her body started to expand and felt like it was filled with endless energy.

She grew three times her size, and was like a towering existence. At this point, she could rival the black cranes back home. She didn ’t know how strong she was, but it was an extraordinary feeling.

What she didn ’t know was that Wei Wuyin was nearby at that moment, his scent covered in a medicinal smell. He had activated a karmic lucky chance, but it was for her, originally.

In the world of karmic luck, oftentimes it wasn ’t just the wielder that benefited but those close to them. Her finding the fruit when she did was a lucky chance by extension. If Wei Wuyin had his normal degree of caution, he would ’ve noticed the golden fruit and given it to the crane or another valuable beast.

Her changes were quite interesting. She realized she could send out a beam of golden energy from her beak. This beam was powerful and explosive. An invincible feeling emerged in her heart. She played around a little, becoming the queen of the nearby flying beasts.

Her reign was majestic. These small birds that were barely the size of her wings bowed in deterrence. Was this what it felt like to have power? To be unrivaled? Her heart throbbed with endless excitement.

She started to delegate her tasks to these lesser beasts. Food was brought to her, including setting up a boundary for her to safely sleep. She had her own territory and ruled it! All the humans that entered it left their lives behind.

Then, she heard a sound that she remembered all too well.

Fweet!

Wei Wuyin!

She abandoned everything and flew towards it instantly. Despite being tens of miles away, she had heard the sound as clear as a loud whisper in the ear. It was familiar and melodious to the ears. Before long, she saw Wei Wuyin seated. She cried with joy!

They can finally go home!!!