The Annihilation Little Yellow Dragon devoured Fang Yun's words once again, absorbed the Sage Page's power once again to manifest, then leaped upward, spinning as he rose.
All the chrysanthemums in Ning'an City surged toward the Annihilation Little Yellow Dragon like rivers of flowers, then wrapped around him as he ascended, making his body grow continuously.
Hu County.
County Magistrate Wu Guo stood outside the county offices in his Metropolitan Graduate robes. Looking at the county troops and bailiffs along one side of the street, he said gravely, "We've lost contact with the Temple of Sages. Something drastic must have happened in Ning'an City! Fang Yun is a pillar of our Human Race and may attain the rank of Half-Sage in the future. Whatever the court and the Sacred Academy ultimately decide, I must go to his aid, even if it costs me my office! However, I will force no one. Anyone unwilling may leave the ranks and return home. I will never hold it against you."
Not one person in the five-hundred-strong force moved. Every gaze was unwavering.
Wu Guo looked toward one man and said, "Little Yue, you're an only son, and you have no children yet. You shouldn't go."
"If Void Sage Fang dies, the Human Race won't have much of a future either. Whether we leave descendants or not, we'll face our ancestors in shame after death. As a scholar, if I can offer even a sliver of help to Void Sage Fang, then even if I die in battle, I'll have nothing to be ashamed of before heaven and earth or my ancestors!"
Wu Guo laughed heartily. "Well said! You'll surely become a Provincial Graduate next year!"
"As long as I'm alive, I'll pass on the fifteenth of this month!"
Many people laughed good-naturedly, easing