"Things over by the East Sea haven't seemed very peaceful lately, have they?"
"Who says they have? Three years ago, a strange treasure appeared in the Sea Eye of the East Sea and drew in who knows how many outsiders, but because of Dragon Palace's reputation, none of them dared make a move. Some time ago, the rosy light suddenly vanished, and Dragon Palace withdrew its guards too. Everyone says Dragon Palace already took the treasure away, but no one dares go to the Crystal Palace to demand it. So those unwilling fellows have been stirring up unrest all over the sea. The sea clans can't do anything about it, and now the fire under the sea is about to burn all the way onto shore."
"Let them make trouble. If they really provoke someone they can't afford to provoke, heh heh..."
Yun Zimo sat quietly at the edge of the crowd, taking those voices into his ears, and sighed inwardly.
Back then, when the Four Dragon Kings sealed off the Sea Eye, they had only said a powerful expert was borrowing it for seclusion, and had not restricted others from lingering nearby.
But with that Sea Eye overflowing with radiant rosy light, most people did not believe the Dragon Kings' nonsense. Yet they did not dare stand in front of the Dragon Kings and shout at them either, so they could only guard the area nearby. In the end, that guard lasted three years.
Over those three years, some people left one after another, while another group with resentment in their hearts spread all kinds of conspiracy theories, hoping to use them to topple the Sea Dragon Clan. As for the last group, they were purely waiting it out bitterly.
Some of the rumors from the outside world did