As it turned out...
When the Water Dragon Race searched everywhere for Ao Zhu and the other water dragons, they knew this area was closest to Human Race territory, so naturally, their suspicions fell on the humans...
However...
The water dragons left on Water Dragon Island were all ordinary Giant Dragons. Ao Zhu had taken even the slightly stronger ones with him, and Li Xiaoya had slain them in the Sunshine Sea Region...
The remaining water dragons only dared search in secret for Ao Zhu and the many Giant Dragons...
By chance...
The commotion from Li Xiaoya's battle with the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox had been truly astonishing. A Giant Dragon happened to be nearby and, curious, swam over underwater. That Giant Dragon of the Water Dragon Race had witnessed the battle...
However, this water dragon was not a cultivator, merely an ordinary Giant Dragon. Watching that battle from afar had frightened him so badly that he fled without another word...
The water dragon did not recognize the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox, but the sight had left a very deep impression...
When Ao Zhu returned to the Water Dragon Race to deal with that embarrassing mix-up, he also told them that the Dragon Race was going to war against the Human Race and ordered the water dragons to participate. Their first task was to find the Nine-Tailed Three-Eyed Fox. Naturally, that water dragon reported what he had seen to Ao Zhu...
After repeatedly confirming that the account was true...
Ao Zhu understood the importance of this matter, and he hated Li Xiaoya to death. The Dragon Race might truly be in serious trouble this time. As though his backside were on fire, he rushed off to report it to the Black Dragon Marshal...
Of course...
He would never admit that the water