A Confidante

Next, he needed to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal for Yun Yun, and he also needed the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's Companion Purple Crystal Source to deal with Queen Medusa, who might advance in the future.

Chu Yang guessed that Yun Yun would not be coming anytime soon. So, after sitting with the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King for a while, he casually brought up the Purple Spirit Crystal.

He had not expected the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King to agree immediately, since he had yet to produce the Transformation Pill for him.

Yet Chu Yang had never imagined that magical beast friends could be so generous—

The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King actually took out the Purple Spirit Crystal that Yun Yun had fought him desperately for, the one he had refused to hand over even at the risk of death. He said to Chu Yang, "Take it first! I trust you. I trust that you'll give me the Transformation Pill!"

Chu Yang was left momentarily dumbfounded, as if he were more charming than Yun Yun.

For Yun Yun's sake, Chu Yang naturally accepted the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's Purple Spirit Crystal without hesitation.

However, he was too embarrassed to bring up the Companion Purple Crystal Source right away, because he felt that one should not go too far!

Although he had never intended to deceive a magical beast, he would still find a way to get the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King a Transformation Pill later. Whether he researched and refined one himself or bought a ready-made one from the system store, he would provide the Transformation Pill.

But for now, he did not want to take things too far and exploit the other party's sincerity and honesty so thoroughly.

He knew that Xiao Yan sometimes acted with absolutely no bottom line, but he believed himself to be a cut above Xiao Yan. Therefore, he disdained being so shameless.

Besides, unless the system suddenly issued a mission requiring him to get close to Queen Medusa, Chu Yang felt that it would still be a long time before he met her. There was no need to be so anxious about squeezing the Companion Purple Crystal Source out of the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King.

In the end, Chu Yang told the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King that he could either accompany him to Wutan City and supervise him while he refined the Transformation Pill, or temporarily wait in the Monster Mountain Range near Wutan City.

This was Chu Yang's way of reassuring him. Otherwise, if he simply swaggered off with the Purple Spirit Crystal that Yun Yun had nearly fought to the death for here, he himself would feel somewhat uneasy.

Upon hearing Chu Yang's invitation, the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King was unexpectedly tempted.

When Chu Yang saw him agree at once, he assumed it was because the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King still could not completely trust him. After all, the gap between magical beasts and humans had always run too deep.

But then, the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King also promised Chu Yang that when he went as a guest to the Monster Mountain Range near Wutan City, he would not disturb the local residents without cause.

Naturally, Chu Yang hoped the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King would keep his promise. However, if there were any bad people, he also hoped the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King could help him get rid of them when the time came.

Such as Liu Xi and the forces behind him.

The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King was even more formidable than the current sect leader of the Misty Cloud Sect. If he truly appeared in Wutan City, he would be enough to sweep through the entire city.

Meanwhile, when Yun Yun saw Chu Yang suddenly leave without a word, she naturally had no idea that he had gone to take care of matters for her. After a burst of irritation, she did not forget the purpose of her trip to the Monster Mountain Range: to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal.

Yun Yun planned to make another attempt. She felt that she might truly succeed. Even if she was injured, as long as she could bring the Purple Spirit Crystal back, she would not hesitate to slowly recover afterward.

However, Yun Yun never expected that when she spread her cyan Dou Qi wings and flew to the peak where the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's cave was located, she would freeze in midair for an instant!

She stared blankly below. At that moment, Chu Yang was chatting and laughing with the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King as they flew out of his cave.

The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King flew with his magical beast's flesh wings, while Chu Yang, to Yun Yun's astonishment, had a pair of cyan wings the same color as her Dou Qi wings!

Ah! He... he was also a Dou Wang or above?

But why had I felt his aura was so weak before... That can't be right...

Yun Yun was baffled.

However, she soon noticed something—

"This... doesn't seem to be Dou Qi wings! Oh! I understand..."

Yun Yun muttered to herself, while at that moment, Chu Yang and the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King also spotted her in the air.

The moment he saw Yun Yun, the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King immediately became tense, as though facing a great enemy. Yun Yun had fought fiercely with him before, and he did not dare underestimate this highly capable woman. Although he vaguely felt certain he could defeat her, he believed that after a hard battle, he might also have to pay a price.

The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King wanted to strike at Yun Yun first, but Chu Yang, beside him, stopped him just as he was preparing to attack.

"Lion King, wait. I know this woman," Chu Yang said.

Yet the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King immediately gave him a suspicious look.

"Don't worry. My promise to you hasn't changed. You'll still follow me to Wutan City and wait for the Transformation Pill."

Only upon hearing about the Transformation Pill did the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King force himself to restrain his temper.

Then Chu Yang continued, "I'll say a few words to this woman first. She'll leave afterward, so wait for me here—"

After saying that, Chu Yang flew straight toward Yun Yun without waiting for the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King to respond.

For the sake of Chu Yang's Transformation Pill, the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King obediently did not follow. In truth, when magical beasts genuinely regarded someone as a friend, they were also capable of showing humans a degree of respect.

The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King had always harbored a desire to make human friends. This time, what he could never have imagined even in his dreams was that a noble human alchemist had willingly come to befriend him!

It made him feel somewhat flattered, and even more so as though Heaven had been moved by him and bestowed this human friend upon him.

So he wanted to cherish it as well.

Meanwhile, Chu Yang had already flown over to the still dumbfounded Yun Yun.

What stunned Yun Yun now was no longer Chu Yang's winged flight, because she had figured out what was going on. What astonished her was that Chu Yang and the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King seemed to be old friends.

"This is a flying Dou Technique, isn't it?"

Chu Yang felt that Yun Yun, as the leader of a great sect, was indeed knowledgeable enough to recognize that his wings, though they looked similar in color to her cyan Dou Qi wings, were fundamentally different.

Chu Yang was not embarrassed. Instead, he readily admitted it before her.

Then Chu Yang said to Yun Yun, "Land. Let's talk somewhere else."

As he spoke, Chu Yang took the lead and dived down.

Yun Yun was stunned at first. This man... was acting as if they were sneaking off for a tryst, without even noticing the enormous third wheel beside them—the magical beast. It had gained intelligence and could even speak human language, so it was practically no different from a person.