While Fang Yun met with the Merfolk Tribe, far away in a garden in Sea Frontier City, an elderly human in purple robes quietly listened as a merman reported the contents of a Message Dolphin's message.
"Master, the message says that the Four Seas Dragon Palaces of the Saint Origin Continent have sent a Literary Star Dragon Noble. He has some lofty titles. They also call him a special envoy of the Grand Censorate and some sort of General of Crime Suppression."
Several Grand Academicians sat near the purple-robed elder. One of them asked, "Master Tingyu, you came from the Saint Origin Continent. Do you know this visitor from the Dragon Race?"
Lei Tingyu frowned. "Before entering the Sea-Cliff Ancient Land, I had never heard of a Literary Star Dragon Noble appearing on the Saint Origin Continent. Unfortunately, my younger brother entered the Sea-Cliff Ancient Land while injured, then fought a merfolk of the Emperor Realm. After being wounded, he gave me a few words of advice, chiefly warning me to guard against one person. Since then, he has been in seclusion recovering, so I have been unable to ask him. Once he emerges, we will know that dragon's identity. Still, he should be a dragon from some other surviving lineage. By the way, did the message mention that dragon's cultivation realm?"
"It did not go into detail, but we presume he is an ordinary Great Dragon King, not of the Emperor Realm."
Lei Tingyu's brow relaxed. "In that case, there is nothing to worry about. He is probably just going through the motions and will not turn completely against us. That is also one reason I did not exterminate the Merfolk Tribe. We must leave the Dragon Race a shred of face."
"You are setting out for the Poison