Jiang Xing soon arrived in Wolong City.
He first went into the city and picked up all the food and alcohol he had ordered in advance, packing everything into a shipping container.
Then, with the help of the Auspicious Cloud Qilin's psychic power, he secured all the food and drinks inside the container to prevent anything from spilling. After that, he lifted the entire container and carried it away using wind power.
What a shame. Using a Mystery Realm Core to alter the coordinates of a realm entrance on Earth becomes increasingly unstable, time-consuming, and troublesome the farther the distance...
And Mystery Realms can't establish passages between each other or merge together. They can only exist independently.
Otherwise, I could've used the Death Realm as a giant storage ring.
Though it might affect the flavor of the food...
For the sake of the Fairy Tablet, Jiang Xing decided not to roast the system this time.
What kind of useless design was a system inventory that could only store Pokémon items? Absolutely bottom-tier.
Fortunately, the all-purpose Auspicious Cloud Qilin was there.
It lifted the shipping container and carried Jiang Xing deep into the mountains near Wolong City.
When they arrived before an inconspicuous cave concealed beneath thick vines, it let out a soft cry.
"Ah-li~" (Open the door, Uncle Azure Dragon!)
As its voice echoed out, Jiang Xing vaguely sensed an invisible force sweep across him and all of his Pet Beasts.
Even though he had already hidden Xiao Xian inside the contract space, he still tensed up.
Fortunately, the force seemed not to detect anything unusual—or perhaps it simply didn't care.
Within the dark cave, a pitch-black point appeared, like a miniature black hole.
It was unmistakably the entrance to a Mystery Realm.
"Ah-li~" (I'm coming in~)
The Auspicious Cloud Qilin sent the shipping container into the cave. The moment it touched the black point, it was instantly swallowed and disappeared without a trace.
Then the qilin stepped forward first, leading Jiang Xing into the realm entrance.
The next moment, the scenery opened up before them.
The cave's gloomy ceiling vanished, replaced by a bright, sunlit sky.
Jiang Xing found himself standing atop a vast, open hill. In the distance stretched an endless primordial forest, resembling a boundless green ocean.
Even from such a lofty vantage point, he couldn't see where the forest ended.
It felt as though he had arrived in an entirely different world.
A Mid-sized Realm... no, it might even be a Large Realm!
According to the Auspicious Cloud Qilin, this ancient realm had descended alongside the Azure Dragon centuries ago. Back when that other world had not yet collapsed, it had been the Azure Dragon's homeland.
The Azure Dragon had long since taken complete control of it and had never revealed it to the outside world.
Jiang Xing had assumed it was merely a small or medium-sized realm.
He hadn't expected it to be this enormous.
As everyone knew, the larger a Mystery Realm was, the more life it could sustain—and the greater the variety of Pet Beasts that would emerge within it.
A realm of this scale undoubtedly contained unknown Pet Beasts that had never been discovered by human Beast Tamers and had never been recorded in the Pet Beast Compendium.
For a brief moment, Jiang Xing's instincts as a researcher made it impossible to suppress his curiosity.
But he quickly pushed that curiosity aside.
He had come here to visit the Azure Dragon.
He couldn't let a little curiosity distract him from the real purpose of the trip.
That said...
Where exactly was the legendary Azure Dragon?
Jiang Xing looked around.
All he could see was an empty mountaintop.
Forget the Azure Dragon—he couldn't even find a single azure dragon scale.
There weren't even any traces left behind by a dragon's body moving across the ground.
This seemed to be merely one of the realm's entrances, not the Azure Dragon's lair.
The Pet Beasts looked around as well and apparently came to the same conclusion.
The Rainbow Dragon Hatchling flew over beside the Auspicious Cloud Qilin and impatiently urged it onward.
"Muu muu~" (Let's go! Let's hurry and find Uncle Azure Dragon!)
The words had barely left its mouth when, before the Auspicious Cloud Qilin could respond—
A clear roar suddenly rang out from inside the nearby shipping container.
"Roar~" (What do you need me for?)
The roar was clear and crisp, carrying no trace of psychic power.
Yet both the Pet Beasts and Jiang Xing instantly understood its meaning.
They immediately turned toward the source of the sound.
The side of the shipping container had somehow been opened.
A small azure dragon flew out from inside.
It was only slightly larger than the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling. A pair of golden dragon horns crowned its head, and it looked far more adorable than imposing.
One of its foreclaws held a skewer of grilled meat, while the other held a bottle of beer.
It casually bit through the skewer, crunching the metal stick along with the meat, clearly enjoying itself.
The moment he saw the little azure dragon, Jiang Xing's eyes widened.
Holy shit!!
A baby Azure Dragon?
He had never expected that not only the Auspicious Cloud Qilin, but even the legendary Azure Dragon had produced offspring!
People believed there was only one Azure Dragon in the world, but nobody knew whether there might secretly be another one somewhere.
Besides, Mythical Pet Beasts possessed godlike powers. Creating descendants with their own hands wasn't exactly impossible.
Beside him, the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling was clearly thinking along the same lines.
Its eyes lit up as it eagerly flew over, circled the little azure dragon once, and wrapped a foreleg around its shoulders.
"Muu muu~ Muu muu!" (Are you Uncle Azure Dragon's child? I'm Dragon Hatchling, Little Qilin's friend!)
The little azure dragon calmly swallowed the skewer and all, drained the bottle of beer in one gulp, and let out a belch.
"Roar~" (I am the Azure Dragon.)
"Muu muu!" (I know you're an Azure Dragon!)
The Rainbow Dragon Hatchling nodded enthusiastically.
Of course the Azure Dragon's child would also be an Azure Dragon!
At that moment, the Auspicious Cloud Qilin silently walked over.
Its gentle psychic power spread outward, pulling the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling back. Then it put on an obedient expression.
"Ah-li~" (Hello, Uncle Azure Dragon~)
The Rainbow Dragon Hatchling had been interrupted and was still somewhat confused.
Hearing those words, it immediately followed the qilin's gaze with excitement.
Yet it saw no colossal azure dragon.
All it could see was the same little dragon.
Had Uncle Azure Dragon turned invisible?
Or...
The Rainbow Dragon Hatchling's gaze slowly settled on the little azure dragon.
By now, Jiang Xing had also realized something was wrong.
The little azure dragon suddenly shook its body and rose into the air.
In an instant, heaven and earth darkened.
A radiant golden dragon eye appeared above the mountaintop.
It nearly filled the entire sky as it gazed down upon all living things.
"ROAR!!"
The dragon's cry exploded beside them like a heavenly thunderclap.
It was deafening.
A majestic voice echoed directly within the minds of Jiang Xing and every Pet Beast present.
"Who are you?"
Jiang Xing had been misled by the Auspicious Cloud Qilin's status as the descendant of a Divine Beast—
There was no second Azure Dragon in the Beast Taming World.
That little dragon had been the Azure Dragon itself all along!!
As a legendary Mythical Pet Beast, freely controlling the size of its body was the most natural thing in the world.
At that moment, only one thought remained in Jiang Xing's mind.
Dragon Hatchling, wrapping your arm around Uncle Dragon's shoulders means this trip wasn't wasted after all.
The dragon's roar rolled across the sky like endless thunder.
Carrying overwhelming Dragon Might, it completely intimidated almost every Pet Beast present.
Their minds went blank as they stood frozen in place.
Only two Pet Beasts avoided being completely stunned.
The first was the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling.
It had not been fully overwhelmed, yet it remained rooted to the spot.
For a brief moment, it felt as though it had returned to the laboratory at Yuzhong University, sitting inside that narrow pool while watching the videos Jiang Xing played—videos of the Azure Dragon soaring through the heavens.
As it gazed at the golden dragon eye that dominated the world, its heart overflowed with pure ecstasy.
Dragon!!
The second was the Auspicious Cloud Qilin.
Its psychic power burst forth instantly, enveloping Jiang Xing and all the Pet Beasts, dispelling the effects of the Dragon Might and bringing them back to their senses.
Then it puffed out its cheeks and shouted angrily.
"Ah-li!" (Uncle Azure Dragon is mean! I'm never coming to see you again!)
"..."
The world fell silent for a moment.
Then the golden dragon eye closed and vanished.
The little azure dragon returned to the mountaintop.
Appearing beside the Auspicious Cloud Qilin, it patted the qilin on the shoulder.
A surprisingly human-looking awkward grin appeared on its face.
Its clear dragon cry rang out once more.
"Roar~"
(Haha, I was just messing with you all.)
(So these are your new friends?)
(They all seem pretty good.)
(Especially that little dragon—very good indeed!)
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