Wang Qingling understood at once. Her expression turned grave as she said to the clan members, "Unprovoked attentiveness conceals either treachery or theft. Keep your eyes open in all things. Make fewer enemies and more friends. Don't bring shame upon the family, understand?"
"Yes, Ancestor."
The Wang Family members answered in unison, their expressions respectful.
After giving them a few more instructions, Wang Qingling dismissed them to move about freely, then headed toward the main courtyard with Guangdong Ren.
The main courtyard was spacious and immaculate, planted with many exotic flowers and rare herbs. What caught Wang Qingling's attention, however, was a white lake spanning over ten mu within the courtyard. Wisps of cold air drifted from it, and ice had formed all around its shores, with thin ice crystals clearly visible.
"Dongfang Liang has put some thought into this. It was probably prepared for your Icewind Dragon," Guangdong Ren said with a smile. Even from a hundred zhang away, he could feel the bone-piercing chill.
Neither of them cultivated ice-attribute techniques, so this icy lake had plainly been prepared for the Icewind Dragon.
With a flick of Wang Qingling's wrist, an ear-splitting dragon's roar rang out. The Icewind Dragon flew from the Spirit Beast Pearl, circled above the courtyard for a moment, then plunged into the icy lake.
Rumble!
A great mass of lake water splashed into the air. When it fell to the ground, the ground swiftly froze over.
Numerous white spirit fish with golden whiskers leaped from the lake. The Icewind Dragon opened its gaping maw and exhaled a vast cloud of white frost qi, freezing the white spirit fish into massive blocks of ice before swallowing them whole.
It swam through the icy lake, and white spirit fish leaped from the surface one after another, all