The shattering of the Stone Pagoda was already an established fact, and it had not caused any particularly serious consequences-at least, not in the eyes of Dragonkind.
After seeing the scroll Yi Shuyuan had revealed, no one knew what the other flood dragons thought, but the old yellow flood dragon's mind was entirely on the painting. Even after Yi Shuyuan put it away, he still could not bear to let it go.
Only when Yi Shuyuan tucked the scroll into his sleeve did the old yellow flood dragon look as though he had lost something precious.
He also understood that such a treasure was born of both great magical power and the wonders of creation. No one could possibly give it away, and even if they could, what would be worthy of trading for it?
"Mr. Yi, this painting was originally the famed mortal work, the Mountain and River Immortal Furnace Diagram. Now that you have refined it into an immortal treasure, have you given it a new name?"
Yi Shuyuan actually had a name in mind already, though he felt a little awkward and embarrassed about it. On second thought, however, that name was the most fitting-and it had a certain grandeur.
"From now on, let it be called the Mountain and River State Map!"
"The Mountain and River State Map..."
The flood dragons around him silently repeated the name, while the old yellow flood dragon murmured it aloud.
Here, "state" stood for the realm beneath heaven, while "mountain and river" represented the world within the painting. The treasure's extraordinary nature was already hinted at in its name, though anyone who had not seen the painting would likely struggle to imagine its true meaning.
At the Octagonal Well in the city, streaks of watery light wreathed in faint