Zhang Yuan said with a mournful face, "Your Majesty, Literary Star Dragon Noble, please don't joke with me. I'm only an ordinary Water Race member at the Emperor Realm. I wouldn't dare go to Starfall Sea. Besides, don't you think those gigantic shadows of the sages outside Dragon City are terrifying? If they suddenly descend, Starfall Sea will certainly be one of their targets. You should know its reputation better than I do. No fewer than ten Great Sages have died there. How could I dare go?"
"If you don't dare go, how am I supposed to know whether you're telling the truth? Perhaps Ao Yuan sent you to deceive me," Fang Yun said.
"Your Majesty! You may distrust this mouth of mine, and you may distrust my loyal heart, but you must trust my cowardice! How would I dare deceive you, the Literary Star Dragon Noble? If you died in Starfall Sea, Dragon City would certainly investigate. I'm not like that bastard Ao Yuan, a True Dragon with powerful backing. I'm just a somewhat bigger fish. Dragon City would certainly kill me outright to settle the matter quickly. Your Majesty, have mercy. I don't want to die yet," Zhang Yuan said, his voice trembling with tears.
Fang Yun casually tossed him a Saint Body Fruit and said, "Fine. Stay here and keep gathering information for me, then. Remember, pay particular attention to the Human Race and the Demon Barbarians."
Fang Yun turned to leave, but Zhang Yuan hurriedly blocked him with a thick tentacle and asked with an innocent expression, "Your Majesty, what about the Deep-Dark Squid Secret Art you promised?"
"What did you say? That must be a Fish Race expression. I'm human, so I don't understand it." Fang Yun's eyes were equally full of sincerity.
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