The dragon's body and head drifted away into dust and smoke.
Zhang Yuan leaped onto the water's surface. Looking at the spot where the fire dragon had vanished, he summoned an intricately carved Command Token from a patch of silt on the riverbed with a thought.
A large character, "Ao," was inscribed on the Command Token.
"Ao? So he was actually a direct descendant of the East Sea Dragon Clan. It seems the East Sea Dragon Clan wasn't exactly harmonious even in the Primordial Era. Judging by this, a civil war most likely broke out."
Zhang Yuan casually tossed the Command Token into his Purple Mansion and exhaled.
Now he understood what Ao Ying wanted him to do: kill the East Sea Dragon Clan's "traitors." And barring any surprises, those Dragon Clan traitors were all inside the Six Heavens Demon King Palace.
He knew whom he was supposed to kill, but he still had no clue what she wanted him to find.
"Forget it. It doesn't matter. Killing one True Dragon already took everything I had. Danger lurked at every turn in this encounter, and I nearly met my end in a dragon's jaws. A crisis like that surely repaid the karmic debt for the primordial heavy water. Whoever else needs killing and whatever else needs finding have nothing more to do with this humble Daoist."
Without blushing or missing a heartbeat, Zhang Yuan appeared to be talking to himself, but he was really speaking for Ao Ying's benefit, in case she was watching and listening. Then, with a perfectly clear conscience, he put away his sword and decided that killing this True Dragon was enough meddling.
Ao Ying had most likely lured this fire dragon to him on purpose. He refused to believe her authority within the Six Heavens