Chapter 92 – Eye of Doom

Every crow was an eye for Lu Yuan.

With each additional crow, Lu Yuan gained another eye.

He now suddenly understood why the Crow Deity sect was abducting people for live sacrifices in Jiaoyan while the police were unable to solve the cases.

Their “eyes” were simply too numerous.

Every move the Jiaoyan police made was completely under their surveillance.

Only Yellow Bear’s people had the ability and means to counter this.

“I don’t need to fight against Yellow Bear’s intelligence network. As long as I can ensure the safety of myself and those around me, that’s enough. It’s not a high demand.”

Lu Yuan turned to glance at the surveillance footage on his desk.

Because of the Ratman incident, his computer hadn’t been turned off for almost a week.

Moreover, he lived in a constant state of mild anxiety every day.

Fortunately, it appeared he had now found a way to solve this problem.

“I might even be able to use this to locate and track the movements of the Crow Deity sect.”

Lu Yuan thought about the crow mask he had brought home, now lying in his desk drawer, and a plethora of ideas suddenly popped into his mind.

But he quickly dismissed them.

“Too many thoughts.”

Lu Yuan shook his head, focused, and then tried to get the two crows on the windowsill to land on him.

They gripped his clothes with their claws and tried to lift him.

“Flap, flap—”

The two crows flapped their wings desperately, but Lu Yuan remained completely still.

It was naturally impossible for just two crows to accomplish this.

Lu Yuan wanted to calculate the possibility of being lifted by a flock of crows based on the strength of a single crow.

“It’s not possible. The power difference is too great.”

Lu Yuan quickly calculated the result in his mind.

He reached out and grabbed a crow, pried open its beak, and took a look inside.

“No teeth.”

The crows he summoned at random were noticeably different from those he had seen at the Crow Deity sect’s hideout.

The latter were larger and more ferocious.

Some even showed signs of partial mutation.

“Is it because they ate too much human flesh, or was it the special methods of the Crow Deity sect?”

Lu Yuan wasn’t sure.

But so far, his fantasy of being carried through the air by a flock of crows, like the Powerful Divine Servant of the Crow Deity sect, was shattered.

“There’s a chance I could recruit a batch of the special crows raised by the Crow Deity sect.”

Lu Yuan then devoted all his energy to training the crows.

He tried to get them to communicate with him in a more concise and fluent manner. The main goal was to train them to understand what he was expressing.

From simple to complex, from easy to hard, he aimed to turn them into qualified crow assistants as soon as possible.

This process was not boring because crows are very intelligent birds.

They were once considered the most intelligent of all bird species.

Although they eat carrion, they are very clean and do not have any unpleasant odors.

Perhaps due to the crow dream, Lu Yuan had developed a natural, inexplicable fondness for these creatures, which are often seen as omens of bad luck.

Despite having been attacked by them, witnessing them pecking at human corpses, and being showered with bird droppings, he still felt this way.

Lu Yuan searched online for various bird training techniques and methods. Combined with the special effects of [Crow Language], which allowed direct mental interaction with the crows, his progress was rapid.

In just one morning, he trained over fifty crows to understand his initial command—”search for information on the Ratman.”

He released these fifty crows, letting them blend into Jiaoyan’s vast “bird network.”

Crows are highly social and communicate frequently with each other.

By having his crow assistants frequent bird-populated areas and “gather information,” the chances of finding the Ratman increased significantly.

He also took a precaution.

He trained each crow assistant with a mandatory “access restriction.”

This meant that none of these fifty crows could divulge any information about him to anyone.

This was mainly a precaution against the Crow Deity sect.

Around lunchtime, Lu Yuan checked his professional panel.

He noticed that the [Crow Language] skill had only gained 5 experience points.

The increase in professional experience was even lower, with just 1 point.

“Upgrading an extraordinary profession is indeed much harder than a regular one.”

Lu Yuan now realized the preciousness of the red bead from the Crow Deity sect.

It had provided him with over three hundred points of professional experience at once, no wonder it triggered the conditions for advanced professional integration.

“If only I could get another one,” Lu Yuan couldn’t help but sigh.

Who wouldn’t like an experience pill like that?

“Why haven’t you been going to the martial arts gym lately? I thought the tuition was paid up until October.”

At lunch, it was rare to see Lu Xinghua. Even rarer was the fact that Lu Xinghua remembered to chat with Lu Yuan.

Lunch was also prepared by Lu Xinghua, who made Lu Yuan’s favorite braised spare ribs.

“The coach had some business to attend to, so classes were canceled for a week. It’s summer break anyway, so I thought I’d take a couple of days off,” Lu Yuan mumbled an excuse.

“If you’re going to do something, you need to do it well and not give up halfway,” Lu Xinghua advised seriously.

“Got it,” Lu Yuan agreed.

Lu Xinghua didn’t say anything more and turned to talk to Lu Yueping, mentioning how their grandfather wanted to go home and how he was trying to persuade him to stay.

Sitting beside them, Lu Yuan shoveled food into his mouth while secretly observing Lu Xinghua.

Since his intelligence points reached 14, his perception became sharper.

This sharpness wasn’t just about observing the external environment.

It also involved sensing dangerous auras and perceiving emotional fluctuations and state changes in people or objects.

He had clearly felt this during the training of his crow assistants.

Now, Lu Yuan sensed a feeling of relief from Lu Xinghua.

It was as if he had let go.

The tens of thousands that had burdened the Lu family for months, the trust that had been betrayed, and the determination to find out the truth seemed to have vanished in the fire from the night before.

“That’s good,” Lu Yuan thought as he quietly placed a piece of braised spare rib into Lu Xinghua’s bowl.

In the afternoon, Lu Yuan didn’t rush to continue training his crow assistants.

Instead, he decided to unlock the second basic skill of [Death Messenger (Extraordinary)].

“Two choices, hope I can unlock an extraordinary skill related to black aura this time.”

The most profound impression the Divine Servant of the Crow Deity left on Lu Yuan was the eerie black aura he controlled, which could rapidly decay flesh.

The Divine Servant, empowered by the black aura, faced a team of Yellow Bear members led by Zhou Ling. Despite their best efforts and nearly being wiped out, they couldn’t completely kill him.

However, without the protection of the black aura, even a regular martial artist like Lu Yuan, who hadn’t fully stepped into the extraordinary realm, could seize the opportunity to ambush and kill the Divine Servant.

This demonstrated the importance and power of the black aura.

Naturally, Lu Yuan longed to possess this terrifying extraordinary power.

While the effect of [Crow Language] was indeed magical, it paled in comparison to the black aura.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath to calm his mind.

Then, he pondered briefly over the remaining two skills yet to be unlocked and finally chose the first one.

[Congratulations, you have unlocked the basic professional skill of [Death Messenger (Extraordinary)]—Eye of Doom!]

[Basic Professional Skill: Eye of Doom Level 1 (0/100)]

The newly unlocked skill gave Lu Yuan a pleasant surprise.

“Eye of Doom,” Lu Yuan muttered, stunned by the name of the skill.

For some reason, a line naturally emerged from the depths of his heart.

“I’ve already foreseen your death!”