The Shell Maiden looked at the mountains, lakes, rivers, and people depicted on it, and her expression changed.
The picture seemed to include the Young Dragon. But its setting was clearly the Wei Dynasty...
The moment the picture unfolded, its contents caught the Young Dragon's attention. She pointed at someone in it. "This is my master."
Her master?
The Green Hill Foxes exchanged glances. They had no idea who the master the Young Dragon mentioned was, and immediately took note.
The Shell Maiden, however, knew. Looking where the Young Dragon pointed, she saw that Su Ziji really was depicted there. Could Su Ziji and some of the intruders from outside have entered this picture during the earlier dragon transformation?
After studying it for a while, the Young Dragon looked down at the foxes standing below, her expression softening. She nodded slightly and said with satisfaction, "This is an excellent gift. I like it very much."
She had barely spoken when the great hall shook, as though heaven and earth were rocking.
"What's going on?"
"Could those rebels be attacking again?"
Many of the monsters present looked furious, clearly believing that the tremors in the Dragon Palace had something to do with the monsters who had tried to seize the Dragon Lord's authority earlier.
But soon, a voice came down from above the lake. "By the mandate of Heaven, the emperor decrees..."
An imperial decree was being proclaimed!
The Young Dragon immediately turned into a streak of white light and reached the outside of the hall in an instant. She looked up, and through her eyes, Su Ziji saw the pale golden vault of the sky rippling, its halo slowly deepening.
The voice descending from above sounded very slow now, each word pronounced separately. Recalling Luo Pei's recitation before he had