"Purple qi stretched to the far east, the great sun hung high in the sky; endless forested seas, with a god who was a dragon."
These words were easy enough to understand. Fang Che grasped their meaning the moment he heard them: purple qi came from the east, the sun rose over the Eastern Sea, the sea was unfathomably deep, and there was a god—a golden dragon.
Their literal meaning.
But once Sect Leader Fang understood that, he shut his mouth and immediately put on a solemn expression.
He understood the literal meaning, but what was the actual meaning? Sorry, but this Sect Leader had no idea!
Sect Leader Fang's mind was completely blank. Legends and ancient knowledge like this were precisely where Sect Leader Fang's knowledge ran dry.
The four sentences sounded lofty and profound, so all Sect Leader Fang could do was assume an inscrutable, deeply respectful air. Beyond that, he could only wait for his Young Ladies to get him out of trouble.
Sure enough, Bi Yunyan and Yan Beihan were both deep in thought.
Bi Yunyan knitted her brows and racked her brains before saying uncertainly, "I remember reading a copied version of <Strange Records of the Profound Spirits of the Mountains and Seas>... It seemed to contain these lines. They were said to refer to the Dragon God... But I remember it was all speculation..."
That reminder immediately stirred Yan Beihan's memory. "East of the Eastern Sea? Void within the void? Waves as walls, jade waters as a palace?... The sea as the boundary, heaven and earth as the cage; the azure sky vast and bright, the sacred beyond the heavens; mountains and peaks through the seasons, left to the clear wind; the boundless earth, belonging to the heroes of mankind; rivers, lakes, and seas,