The little fox? Lei Dong immediately thought of the Three-tailed Spirit Fox. His heart stirred, and a smile spread across his face. "That's right. The Three-tailed Spirit Fox asked us to come rescue you."
"Wonderful! I've been here for such a long, long time, and nobody ever came in to keep me company." The enormous flying dragon trembled with excitement, shaking the very air around them. It was no wonder. Tens of thousands of years of solitude would take a terrible toll on any creature that had awakened its intelligence.
Lei Dong put on a kindly expression and started chatting away with it. The flying dragon had lived a long time, but ever since awakening its intelligence, it had spent almost all of that time alone. It had never seen the treachery in people's hearts or the darkness of society. In temperament, it was exceedingly innocent. Lei Dong, on the other hand, was an old fox. With deliberate flattery and careful guidance, it wasn't long before the man and dragon were calling each other brothers.
Under Lei Dong's guidance, the flying dragon began to transform. After several attempts, it took the form of a young man who looked four or five parts like Lei Dong, even sharing some of his mannerisms. It also perfectly reined in its immense, oppressive aura. No trace of its fearsome presence remained; when it smiled like Lei Dong, it looked more like the boy next door.
Lei Dong and the other two, however, knew just how savage this creature really was. If they angered it, with their cultivation they wouldn't withstand even a few blows. None of them dared let down their guard. So although the Saintess and Tantai Bingyun were envious of how close Lei Dong had become with the flying dragon, they didn't