Putting on Air? Sorry, the Poles Have Reversed

"Well, I'd seen records of Lord Beast King's expeditions before, so I still remembered some of the secrets."

"I remember Lord Beast King saying that the world beyond the domain was boundlessly vast. Tens of millions of planets formed a starfield, and our planet had once been the center of a starfield. That was why it gave birth to a will."

Listening to the new secret revealed by Wind Dragon, Lu Chen listened carefully and pondered it in his heart.

Yet his face pretended not to understand a thing, and his movements exaggeratedly played along with Wind Dragon.

Whenever Wind Dragon mentioned an important point, Lu Chen took the chance to flatter him, making Wind Dragon hold his head higher and higher.

After Wind Dragon finished the first secret, he turned to look at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen wore a completely baffled expression, and Wind Dragon immediately felt that he had successfully bluffed him.

"Cough, cough."

Delighted inside, feeling that he had regained his dignity, he gave a light cough and put on even more airs.

"Hahaha, listen carefully. There's more. Many of the higher-ups on the continent might not even have heard of what comes next."

Wind Dragon kept searching through his old memories, wanting to find an even greater secret to completely stun Lu Chen.

"Right, you definitely haven't heard about the origin of our planet."

"Because of a Darkness Riot, this place was abandoned by the entire starfield. Every path connecting it to the outside world was sealed off, and the planet's will disappeared during the Darkness Riot."

"Whether this planet still has a will now, and whether that will is still the same powerful will as before, can no longer be said for certain."

"These were records Lord Beast King found in ancient ruins. Other than me, practically no one on the continent knows about them."

"Hahaha, aren't you shocked? These are secrets never passed down among the upper ranks of the cultivation world. Hearing them this time means you've stumbled upon a huge bargain."

After Wind Dragon finished speaking, he looked at Lu Chen. He thought that after hearing all this, Lu Chen would be scared senseless.

Then Lu Chen would kneel before him, weeping bitter tears as he blamed his own youth and ignorance for offending Lord Wind Dragon.

Yet after listening to Wind Dragon's explanation, Lu Chen merely nodded slightly.

Lu Chen had already heard most of what Wind Dragon spoke of at Beast King's Mansion, and he understood it far more thoroughly than Wind Dragon did.

Seeing Lu Chen's reaction, Wind Dragon could hardly believe it. "Just a nod? This is earth-shattering secret knowledge, and all you do is nod?"

Looking at Wind Dragon's constipated expression, Lu Chen held back his laughter. He knew his chance had come.

His face expressionless, his body imitating Wind Dragon's posture, he slowly spoke.

"Actually, I've known all this for a long time. And I also know that this world has gone through several eras of history. That history is very long—far longer than you imagine. Does that count as earth-shattering secret knowledge?"

As Wind Dragon listened to Lu Chen's words, his face slowly twisted, the look of constipation emerging upon it.

"Ah... Who would've thought? I'd rowed boats all my life, only to capsize in a gutter."

A sense of defeat spread from Wind Dragon. He understood that Lu Chen had been playing him, and he could not help sighing at the wall.

He had never expected that after living for so many years, he would be toyed with by a little brat.

"Hahaha, enough joking. Let's take a look at Small Planet. I feel that his will is very powerful, but there seems to be some kind of restriction. Do you know why?"

"Ah..." The only response Lu Chen received was a tactful, strange, drawn-out sigh.

Seeing that Wind Dragon ignored him and only sighed, Lu Chen understood after spending so much time with him that Wind Dragon could not swallow his pride.

That bizarre sigh was asking for a step down, asking Lu Chen to invite him back into the conversation.

As he spoke, Lu Chen hurriedly comforted Wind Dragon tactfully, taking the chance to give him a way out.

"Little Dragon?"

"Ah..."

"Grandpa Dragon?"

"Ah..."

"Dragon..."

"..."

Seeing that Wind Dragon only sighed, Lu Chen's eyes shifted, and he decided to use provocation.

Lu Chen turned his back on Wind Dragon, his voice becoming somewhat sarcastic. "Ah... I knew it. After living for so many years, it's perfectly normal not to know these things..."

"Actually, there's no need to worry. Everyone has a day when they decline..."

Lu Chen deliberately dragged out the ending of every sentence.

As those words reached Wind Dragon's ears, they constantly jabbed at his nerves.

Seeing Wind Dragon's reaction, Lu Chen kept adding fuel to the fire.

Wind Dragon's emotions were instantly stirred up, and he began arguing with Lu Chen. "Who's old? Who's declining? This old dragon is in the prime of his life."

"Oh? Then do you know what he's thinking? I feel his will isn't powerful at all; he's merely carrying out some kind of program. Do you know why?"

"And I feel there's always been something wrong with his will. What exactly is wrong? He likes being called 'little bastard.' What kind of problem is that?"

Pointing at Small Planet, Lu Chen fired off every question at Wind Dragon in one breath.

"If you know why, I'll admit that a certain dragon is in the prime of his life. Otherwise, a certain dragon has entered his declining years, right, 'little bastard'?"

Lu Chen turned to Small Planet, his words clearly cursing one tree while pointing at another.

"Squeak, squeak."

Small Planet had been swaying from side to side as he watched the two argue, squeaking along with them.

The moment he heard Lu Chen call him "little bastard," Small Planet chirped at Lu Chen. Even more excited, he began spinning around in Lu Chen's arms.

All of this mixed together, undoubtedly stimulating Wind Dragon's nerves.

"Then ask him. Since you say his will is so powerful, he can definitely express himself. If he can't, then he's trash too."

"If you say he's so strong and he isn't, then you're trash too."

Wind Dragon watched the rolling Small Planet in Lu Chen's arms, and his eyes slowly reddened.

He knew it would not work, but Lu Chen had caught him by his own words. He could not outtalk Lu Chen, and since Small Planet could not speak, he became the perfect outlet for Wind Dragon's frustration.

"This? Should I try? There's no other way to get inside right now anyway."

Listening to Wind Dragon's suggestion, Lu Chen knew Wind Dragon was joking. But in order to give him a way out, he could only pretend to give it a try.

Lu Chen picked up Small Planet and began questioning him.

"Squeak..."

Hearing Lu Chen's questions, Small Planet seemed to understand.

He cried out at Lu Chen, then turned and jumped onto the floor.

"He actually understood? Wind Dragon, you know so much."

"Hm? See, I told you it would work. I still know more."

"Little Lu, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but don't think you can show off just because you've come into contact with a few secrets. People still need the accumulation of time."

Wind Dragon was also astonished by the sight, feeling that he had merely guessed right. Shamelessly, he took the step Lu Chen had offered.

Yet he still felt he could not lose momentum. He kept his posture lofty, not forgetting to strike back at Lu Chen.

"Yes, yes, Little Lu, I'll remember that."

Lu Chen humored Wind Dragon verbally, but his eyes remained fixed on Small Planet, afraid of missing anything.

Small Planet controlled a branch on the ground.

He pointed at the Essence floating overhead, then pointed at himself.

Then he used the dead branch to draw two little figures on the ground, pointing at Lu Chen and Wind Dragon at the same time.

"Give the Essence to you?"

"Does this mean us?"

Watching Small Planet's drawing, Lu Chen slowly pondered it and said, "You mean you want us to give you Essence?"

"Squeak, squeak."

Seeing that Lu Chen understood what he was saying, Small Planet let out excited cries.

Controlling the branch, he drew five small circles and one large circle on the ground.

He pointed at the small circles, then at the Essence above his head.

He pointed at the large circle, then at himself.

"Squeak..."

After finishing the drawing, Small Planet looked at Lu Chen, hoping he would understand.

Looking at Small Planet's movements, Lu Chen nodded. "I understand. Find five kinds of Essence for you?"

Seeing Lu Chen nod, Small Planet connected the two little figures to the large circle.

At the same time, he drew two little figures inside the large circle's body.

Seeing this, Lu Chen already understood Small Planet's general meaning.

When Face transformed the planet into a jade token, it had also given the planet's will certain programmed instructions.

When Lu Chen did not know how to enter the planet and asked aloud,

the planet began reminding Lu Chen that he had to collect all five kinds of Five Elements Essence before he could enter.

Lu Chen poked Small Planet with a finger. "Little bastard, if we do as you say, we can get inside?"

"Squeak, squeak."

Seeing that Lu Chen understood him, Small Planet felt somewhat delighted and kept jumping and spinning around him.

Watching Small Planet cheer and leap about, Wind Dragon sensed Lu Chen's attitude toward Small Planet and felt that his own status was in danger.

Slowly, he tilted his head to one side and kept muttering, his tone strange.

"This little thing is really lovable. It seems his intelligence isn't shallow. In the future, he'll surely become the Heavenly Dao of a region. Since you can communicate with him, you'll surely become a great power in your own right someday."

"Pfft..."

Hearing Wind Dragon's tone, Lu Chen blew out a mouthful of air onto Small Planet. "That sounded a little sour."

"Squeak..."

Small Planet waved his branch at Lu Chen, looking somewhat angry.

Lu Chen hurriedly fed Small Planet a ball of spiritual energy, then mocked Wind Dragon. "No way, Wind Dragon. You won't even spare a 'little bastard'?"

"You... what do you know?"

Wind Dragon shouted at Lu Chen, then turned away and stopped looking at him.

Seizing the chance, Lu Chen ran in front of Wind Dragon. "Are you angry? Hahaha, I hit the mark, didn't I? The rumors that dragons are jealous really aren't false."

"Hmph... Who says dragons are jealous? We just can't stand you." Forced by Lu Chen, Wind Dragon hurriedly changed the subject. "Let's get ready to leave. We can't get in here anyway, so let's go find Flame Demon first."

"Leave? Fine. We've stayed here long enough. We need to hurry and rendezvous with Nantian Yijian and the others."

At the thought of Nantian Yijian, Lu Chen's eyelids twitched violently, and unease immediately rose in his heart.

He decided to pack up, take the "little bastard" with him, and leave to meet up with Nantian Yijian as soon as possible.