Fang Yun looked up at the black Dragon King and said, "This is human territory. I am a Metropolitan Graduate of the human race, and I have never heard of any Dragon Sage Edict!"
"Insolence! You dare defy the Dragon Sage Edict!" the Dragon King roared. Savage light flashed in his eyes as he reached out a claw to seize Fang Yun.
Ripples shuddered across the sky, and the Great Scholar Zhou Qingtian appeared overhead with two Grand Academicians, riding Walking the Blue Clouds.
"Retreat!"
The Great Scholar spoke, his subtle words bearing profound meaning. An invisible force drove the black Dragon King steadily backward.
"Ao Wo, have you no shame? A mighty Dragon King, picking on a Metropolitan Graduate!" Ao Huang shouted.
Dragon King Ao Wo raised his head toward Zhou Qingtian and declared proudly, "Human Great Scholar, do you intend to wage war against the dragon race?"
"Oh? Do you intend to wage war against the human race?" Zhou Qingtian's eyes encompassed the void, his gaze seemingly focused on the farthest reaches of the firmament. He did not even look Dragon King Ao Wo squarely in the face.
"Brother Lei, you were right after all. Some humans break faith and repay kindness with ingratitude. They have forgotten how our dragon race saved humanity, and forgotten the heroic dragons who died fighting on Two Worlds Mountain!" Though a Dragon King was equivalent to a human Grand Academician, one of such advanced age rivaled an ordinary human Great Scholar. He felt no fear even before a renowned Great Scholar like Zhou Qingtian.
Grand Academician Lei Wu, standing beside Dragon King Ao Wo, said, "Lord Ao Wo, you are simply too merciful. A crafty scoundrel like Fang Yun ought to be bound with a Dragon Lock and hauled to the Dragon