The blue-purple true dragon tumbled up and down for quite a while before finally poking his head out of the clouds, as though he had played enough.
His huge, lantern-like eyes stared unblinkingly in Lin Yu's direction. With his excellent eyesight, Lin Yu could naturally see just how adorable the little fellow was.
In the next second, however, Lin Yu could no longer call him "adorable." As though the blue-purple true dragon had suddenly remembered that he had a "father," he charged straight toward Lin Yu.
Lin Yu's expression changed. Although his physical strength was already formidable, there was still something of a gap between him and a Great Sage-level creature. If this fellow intended to come back and play with him, what was he supposed to do?
Before Lin Yu could think further, the blue-purple true dragon was already hurtling toward him, swift as the wind and lightning, crossing the ten-thousand-zhang expanse of sky in just a few blinks.
"Hum..."
The instant the blue-purple true dragon rushed into the Primordial Hall, the protective barrier around the entire hall lit up. Flecks of light enveloped the true dragon, as though draping a layer of gauze over his body. Then the ten-thousand-zhang true dragon's form began to turn insubstantial, growing smaller and smaller.
By the time he reached Lin Yu, the blue-purple true dragon was only a little over a meter long, floating and dancing around him.
The little fellow, now a small dragon, kept nuzzling Lin Yu with his head, looking exceedingly affectionate.
After playing with him for a while, Lin Yu said to the system, "System, deduce this little fellow's information."
"Ding! Deduction in progress... deduction complete!"
As expected of something created by the Primordial Platform, the deduction proceeded remarkably quickly.
[Name: (click to name); age: 0; race: Dragon of Lightning; realm: early Great Sage Realm; talents: Myriad Bolts of Thunder, Ultimate Lightning (unawakened)... (click to view details)]
"So that was your adult form just now?" Lin Yu stroked the little blue-purple dragon's head. At only zero years old, however, he could not understand so many words at all and merely nuzzled Lin Yu and played with him in his simple-minded way.
"Haha, you really are a baby dragon." Lin Yu laughed and scratched the little blue-purple dragon's chin again.
"Rrr~~~ rrr..." The little blue-purple dragon cried out, whether from pleasure or ticklishness was unclear.
"You're much cuter like this than you were just now," Lin Yu remarked, then added, "How about I call you Little Purple from now on?"
The little blue-purple dragon nodded excitedly and began circling Lin Yu.
As he circled, Little Purple kept rubbing against Lin Yu's legs. At first, Lin Yu thought the little fellow wanted to play with him and obligingly bent down to stroke his head. Later, however, he realized that was not it at all.
Seeing Little Purple keep trying to burrow behind his backside, Lin Yu could not stop him no matter what he did. "Hey, hey, hey, Little Purple, Little Purple!"
Unfortunately, Little Purple paid no attention to what Lin Yu said and kept bumping straight into him. Unwilling to hurt Little Purple, Lin Yu could only helplessly let him have his way.
Little Purple bumped directly into the backs of Lin Yu's legs. Lin Yu tilted off balance and landed sitting squarely on Little Purple's back.
Then Lin Yu felt his whole body grow light as he soared into the air. In an instant, countless sights fell behind him. This was different from the scenery he had seen when looking down at the land before; this time, Lin Yu could feel the wind whistling past him.
Only then did Lin Yu understand that Little Purple had kept trying to get behind him because he wanted to carry him into the sky.
Looking down over the land, Lin Yu felt a surge of heroic spirit and burst out laughing on the spot. "Hahahaha, good, good!"
Seemingly hearing Lin Yu's laughter, Little Purple was delighted and kept swishing his tail in midair.
Little Purple carried Lin Yu through the wind and clouds. Neither knew how long they had played before the two finally returned to the Primordial Hall.
As soon as he returned to the Primordial Hall, Lin Yu saw an anxious figure pacing back and forth before the entrance.
It was Luo Qingxu, the maid he had just taken into his service.
Seeing Lin Yu return, Luo Qingxu's face lit up with joy. Just as she was about to greet him, she spotted the true dragon Little Purple lying on his shoulder.
The man and dragon had played for a long time. Lin Yu was still fine, but the true dragon Little Purple was somewhat tired. Lying on Lin Yu's shoulder, his eyelids gradually drooped, and he looked as though he was about to fall fast asleep.
"What!" Luo Qingxu cried out instinctively. She had actually sensed the presence of a true dragon from that dragon!
Luo Qingxu's sudden outburst nearly startled Lin Yu. "What is it?"
"I saw you pacing around in a panic just now. What happened?" Lin Yu continued asking. The way Luo Qingxu had looked earlier certainly did not suggest nothing had happened.
Only after Lin Yu's reminder did Luo Qingxu turn her thoughts away from the "true dragon." She immediately said, "Cui Ranqing, the wife of the Night Moon Palace's palace master, and the ancestor of Qingyan Mountain Manor arrived outside our Hongmeng Mountain three days ago."
"But you were away the whole time, so I could only ask them to wait outside the mountain gate. They've been standing at the entrance for three days now."
"They also brought quite a lot of Spirit Condensation Realm construction materials, which are piled on the wasteland in front of Hongmeng Mountain."
"Mm." Lin Yu nodded. With a thought, the scene outside Hongmeng Mountain appeared in midair.
Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan stood respectfully outside Hongmeng Mountain. Three days earlier, Lin Yu had still been studying the true dragon, spending every day on the Primordial Platform, so of course Luo Qingxu had been unable to find him.
Without Lin Yu's approval, the Hongmeng guards naturally would not let them in at will, so Luo Qingxu and Ancestor Qingyan could only wait obediently at the entrance.
Apart from those two people, towering mountains of Spirit Condensation Realm forging materials stood before Hongmeng Mountain's gate. Shimmering light flowed over those mountains, displaying dazzling colors.
Other than the disciples responsible for standing guard, there was no one else in front of Hongmeng Mountain.
Yet, by extending one's spiritual power farther out, one could discover countless cultivators within five li watching the situation around Cui Ranqing and Ancestor Qingyan.
Most of the cultivators merely watched, however, without rashly approaching.
"Hongmeng Mountain's location has been exposed?" Lin Yu realized it immediately.
Then it occurred to him that Spirit Condensation Realm forging materials were hard to find throughout the entire Eastern Wasteland. Neither the Night Moon Palace nor Qingyan Mountain Manor could supply so many materials themselves, but to fulfill their deal with Lin Yu, they had to obtain them, even if that meant buying them.
With so many forging materials being purchased at once, even if they said nothing, anyone with discerning eyes could imagine what they were intended for.
On top of that, Lin Yu had helped with tribulation transcendence, and countless cultivators flocked to Hongmeng Mountain like ducks.
Thus, it was only reasonable for such a grand gathering to appear before Hongmeng Mountain.