"Yes, that is true I almost forgot about it give me three sky demon worms and two heaven brooding ants and I will give you one spirit qi crystal as compensation, deal or no deal" Zhou yi asked casually as if he does not really need it but deep down in his heart he was thinking of how he could extort all the insects from the bird because those insects contain the bloodline of two ancient divine beast and even though the percentage was less than one percent it was more than enough to make a peerless weapon and pill in this mortal realm, so, those two insects were a necessity for him if he quickly wanted to regain his power and also take revenge on those betrayers.
Thinking about those faces he was unintentionally
emitting a dense killing intent that made the space around him twist as if they also felt his anger
"One with the world. As expected from the chosen one, it was really a right choice to follow him" the bird thought with a human like smile on his face making it look like a clown.
"Hmm little bird, I can't keep calling you the void devouring bird right so now I want to give you a name. A good one at that" Zhou yi said with an evil smile on his face.
"No! No! No need for that I can do that myself" the bird said hurriedly when it saw the evil smile on Zhou yi's face.
"Okay let's see what you can come up with" Zhou yi said but on his mind he was thinking about stupid names it could give to the dumb bird because no matter the name the bird came up with he would call the bird what so ever he wanted to call it even if it was against the bird's will. why? because he had what the bird wanted and also the bird was dumb.
After the bird thought for a while it eye shone with excitement "How about you call me lord black bird sigh! is that not befitting to a mighty bird like me" the bird asked with a foolish smile on it's face.
" No! that is too flashy do you want to attract hatred" Zhou yi asked in a condemning tone " how about blacky or little black, hmm! black bird seem even better what do you think?" Zhou yi asked solemnly as if it was talking about something really important but the bird obviously wouldn't be fooled by such act so it directly rejected.
"Nope I don't care about the hatred of others, so I think Lord black is better" the bird said stubbornly but Zhou yi who was used to others listening to him obviously won't take no for an answer so he stubbornly rejected.
" No! Don't say that. I think little blacky fits you and I think that name is really good" Zhou yi also replied stubbornly.
"No! No! No! It is my name not yours so why are you being stubborn on what is mine" the bird said angrily as if had been cheated.
"No! you are a special being that is evolved from nothingness and has the power to do anything at your peak, you are an epitome of beauty, you are graceful and cute, so you must be given a special name befitting your status so how about... " Zhou yi said solemnly then paused with a kind expression as if he really cared about he bird paused for a moment. Birdy who was flattered was touched that it was almost crying and was waiting expectantly for the great name Zhou yi would give it.
After 10 seconds Zhou yi eyes shone and he said pretentiously "How about black bird."
"You are the black bird, your entire family are the black bird. sigh! to think I was expecting something great from you, since it is my name then I shall be called Lord black void" The bird said domineering.
"No! No! you can't..."
"Yes I will, you are neither my father nor my mother and also it is my name so I can decided it myself"
"No! you can't"
The argument continued between the man and bird outside the cottage for two hours and finally when they noticed that it was better they decided to end the bird naming ceremony.
The bird could be seen looking dejected and abandon and it was staring at Zhou yi resentfully.
"Don't worry birdy I won't take advantage of you so I will give you 1 spirit crystal every month as your naming due, alright" Zhou yi said generously with a victory smile on his lips then he turned around went Inside the cottage with birdy following him from behind.
"What you promised to give me 1 spirit crystal every month for giving me a name right? are you ....,." The bird asked doubtfully as if it had heard wrong but before is could complete it's words it was shocked by what it saw.
"This! I am not dreaming right so you have a mountain of this spirit crystal and you want to give me only one per month. Hmmp! Now I've changed my mind give me 100 and you can call me whatever you like" birdy said shamelessly after seeing the large number or spirit crystal in Zhou possession the crystal he had with him now seemed less attractive but Zhou yi directly ignored the bird.
" Give me the three sky devouring worms and three heaven brooding ants" Zhou yi said and didn't take birdy any of the bird's word to heart.
"Okay, but at least you have to give me more spirit crystal" birdy said pitifully but Zhou yi obvious won't be fooled by the bird act so after collecting the heaven brooding ants and the sky devouring worms from the bird,he instructed the bird not to touch anything in the cottage and that he was going on a short term seclusion.
After all of that Zhou yi went to the underground training room his predecessor had built for his training because the distance between his cottage and the nearest disciples training ground was more than 500 meters and with his predecessor's weak body he couldn't make it in time so he spent most of his time building the training room.
After entering the training room Zhou yi brought out all the insects he had collected from birdy and some strange looking stones and metals his predecessor owned and he walked towards a stone furnace.
He squeezed the heaven brooding ant and the ant day out a dark red liquid that flowed into the red stone furnace stone and after that he made several complicated hand signs and a blue colored fire appeared under the furnace then he brought out a purple tree root that was flickering with lightning and added it into the furnace directly making the furnace trembled violently but after he made another hand sign the trembling stopped he added other supplementary materials like a strange giseng root with three strands of hair, a round beast core that was glowing with siver light and a pair of green snake like eye that had three bell shaped qi in them and after that he covered the furnace with a stone lid and drops of sweat could be seen on his tired face but even though he looked tired his eye were glowing with vigour and energy.
Zhou yi left the furnace and walked towards another direction but this time he took out a sky demon worm, poked it on it's head and stomach to make it lose consciousness then he released another blue flame removing all impurities from it then he took those strange looking stones and metals adding them directly in the flame and after few minutes a ball of molten liquid could be seen in place of those materials.
Zhou yi then muttered some words and did several hand seal and the molten liquid began to take the form and a vague shape of a sword could be seen but at this time Zhou yi was already reaching his limit and his spiritual energy was almost dried but he gritted his teeth and didn't make any sound but remained focused on what he was doing .
After 10 minutes Zhou yi couldn't take it any more and he collapsed heavily on the floor and fell unconscious due to his lack of energy "Ding" the sound of a metal hitting the ground could be heard.
"Sigh this kid is too stupid trying to refine treasures with such crappy skills! It seems I can only take it up from here." A voice could be heard in the room and a box like shadow came from Zhou yi's body and the box like shadow enveloped the sword embryo and a portion fused with the sword embryo making it look like an ordinary black long sword with a box like image flickering on its hilt then the remaining portion flew towards the furnace and merged with it making it glow with a right light before returning to it's original look.