Fang Yun looked toward the river again. The stretch of the Yangtze River near Baling City was all part of his fief, and water demons filled its waters. Many of them radiated a golden light much like that of the Dragon Gate Phantom, though not all had crossed the Dragon Gate Phantom a few days earlier.
With this golden light, these water demons had clearly gained greater intelligence, and they cultivated faster than ordinary water demons.
Fang Yun could not unravel this phenomenon despite turning it over a hundred times in his mind. The Dragon Race Inscriptions contained no relevant records either, so he could only attribute it to the Literary Star Dragon Gate and the Nine-Layer Dragon Gate.
These water demons were extraordinarily loyal, even more so than the soldiers of the Jing Kingdom. Fang Yun already regarded them as his private troops as a Literary Star Dragon Noble, using them to guard the river around Baling City. Their numbers had reached a full hundred and twenty thousand. As for their armor and weapons, all of it had been "borrowed" from the Dongting Flood Dragon King. Fang Yun had even written an IOU.
Fang Yun planned to select the most elite members of the water race and send them to the Bloodmang Realm in the future. Its uniquely blessed environment would allow these water demons to break through the limits of their demon rank.
At present, these water demons could advance no further than Demon King, since their bloodlines were poor. Once they entered the Bloodmang Realm, however, they would have a chance to become Great Demon Kings and provide tremendous support.
Even the dragon race, which ruled the Four Seas, treated Great Demon Kings of the water race well.
Great Demon Kings of any race were an extremely