While Jing Kingdom cracked down on bandits and thieves, Fang Yun went alone to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.
Already a Literary Star Dragon Noble, Fang Yun rode through the water in his Marquis Wu Chariot. Countless shrimp soldiers and crab generals knelt along the way to offer their greetings.
Before long, a host of dragons came swarming toward him.
The older dragons were impeccably respectful. Even the Eastern Sea Dragon King, whose standing was second only to the Eastern Sea Dragon Sage's, regarded him with a trace of awe.
None dared reveal their enormous dragon bodies. All welcomed him in horned human forms.
Word of Fang Yun's experiences in the Dragon Race Sacred Mausoleum had spread throughout the Four Seas Dragon Clan. Before a Literary Star Dragon Noble acknowledged by a Sacred Mausoleum Will, everyone below Half-Sage was no better than a mud loach.
But the young dragons paid little heed to such things. They rushed up to Fang Yun, wheedling and pleading for him to tell them Journey to the West.
The Eastern Sea Dragon King hastily ordered the young dragons back and invited Fang Yun to take a seat in the Dragon Palace's main hall.
Inside the main hall stood a dragon throne reserved solely for the Eastern Sea Dragon Sage, but the Eastern Sea Dragon King invited Fang Yun to occupy the seat of honor.
Fang Yun did not decline. He openly and confidently took the Dragon Sage's seat.
Apart from a few members of the Water Race who were secretly shocked, most of the dragons considered this perfectly natural.
A Literary Star Dragon Noble who held the Two-Dragon Seal and also served as a special envoy of the Grand Censorate ranked even above the current Eastern Sea Dragon Sage in the Dragon Race's hierarchy.
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