Fang Yun looked toward the voice and saw an azure dragon slowly rising from the water ahead.
Fang Yun remembered that, just before the Dragon Gate trial began, this azure dragon had gone over to speak with Lei Zhongmo.
"You must be Lei Zhongmo's wife, Ao Xuan?" Fang Yun asked.
"Indeed I am. Greetings, Literary Star Dragon Noble." Ao Xuan stared at Fang Yun, an indescribable chill in her eyes.
"Lei Zhongmo has just reached the Fifth Dragon Gate. Unless something unexpected happens, he'll be here within four hours," Fang Yun said.
"It won't take that long. He'll certainly clear the Fifth Dragon Gate in three hours. When he arrives, I'll help him clear the Seventh and Eighth Dragon Gates. As for the Ninth Dragon Gate, even I might not be able to clear it," Ao Xuan said.
"Mm." Sensing Ao Xuan's coldness toward him, Fang Yun could not be bothered to say anything more and continued forward. She belonged to the Western Sea Dragon Race and was a daughter-in-law of the Lei Family. The lines between them could not have been clearer.
"Honored Literary Star Dragon Noble, would you tell me how you cleared the Fifth Dragon Gate?" Ao Xuan asked without betraying her feelings.
"I have nothing to tell you."
Ao Xuan's manner was cold, but Fang Yun's was colder still. Standing on Walking the Blue Clouds, he continued flying toward a point three li from the Dragon Gate.
Displeasure flashed in Ao Xuan's eyes. "Remember, you're merely a Literary Star Dragon Noble, not one of our Dragon Race! In our eyes, some people are nothing but outsiders, nothing but servants we've bought! What's more, without an official investiture from the Dragon Court, you'll never count as a true Literary Star Dragon Noble! You have no right to