You did not know what inheritances the two characters "Grand" and "Vista" contained.
The character "Courtyard" contained the Ghost-Slaying Sword. The other two characters had to be extraordinary. Ever since you had fished the characters out of the lake, you seemed to have formed a resonance with them, your hearts linked as one.
The lake churned with raging waves. Sword Qi from nowhere followed the current, galloping freely.
At the bottom of the lake, as deep as an abyss, it suddenly seemed as though a gigantic dragon eye had opened, gleaming with a cold and sinister light.
Beneath the water, the ink-black Flood Dragon shook itself and expanded from the size of a great Qingyu into dozens of zhang, its scales rising and falling beneath the ripples of light on the lakebed.
A wild wind suddenly rose, rolling up waves like a thousand heaps of snow. The little boat swayed on the verge of capsizing before finally being shoved aside, far from its original position.
The old boatman gripped the oar tightly and rowed with all his strength. His face was grave as he sucked in a breath of cold air, secretly astonished by this sudden upheaval. Uncertainty flickered across his face.
"Damn it, could it be an earth dragon passing through?!"
Six years ago, an earth dragon had passed through White Horse Road not far from Bianjing. The sight had truly been one of heaven collapsing and earth splitting apart. Houses had toppled like building blocks, sinking five or six zhang into the ground. No one knew how many had died, leaving behind only a field of wailing misery.
Bianjing had felt the tremors as well, waking countless people and driving them into the streets.
Fortunately, the disturbance ceased after a brief bout of wind and waves.
At that