Many people moved too slowly, and the first-floor windows were all blocked, so they simply rushed upstairs.
Not knowing what they were looking at, Fang Yun followed and squeezed toward the windows, but no one was willing to make room for him.
"Prefect Dong, let me take a look," Fang Yun said.
Prefect Dong shot Fang Yun a sidelong glance, pretended not to see him, and continued craning his neck to look outside.
"Brother Zhao." Fang Yun looked toward Zhao Hongzhuang.
"Don't come over!" Zhao Hongzhuang gripped the window frame with both hands. Then four guards blocked Fang Yun's way; not even Yang Yuhuan could make room for him.
"These people..." Fang Yun looked at the crowd surging upstairs, realized there would be no room on the second floor either, and simply headed outside.
Past Pacifying Sea Tower lay the banks of the Jade Sash River, where he heard countless people shouting in confusion.
"The Dragon God has revealed himself!"
"The river is boiling!"
"Fish demons are attacking!"
Some rushed toward the riverbank, while others fled from it.
Afraid that people would be trampled and injured, Prefect Dong had no choice but to stir his Literary Qi and make his Tongue Blossom Thunder. "There are no fish demons in Jade Sea City! No one is to shout nonsense! Those who defy this order will receive forty heavy strokes!"
The area within several miles swiftly fell silent.
When Fang Yun reached the riverbank and looked, he saw the water bubbling like boiling water. Where the bubbles were densest, a layer of pale golden light slowly rose, eventually forming a pale golden gate one zhang high and ten zhang wide.
The riverwater on both sides drew back as though a fishing net were being pulled in. Countless fish of every color leaped