The five-colored flood dragon Jing Qing was utterly baffled. He cried out in shock, "You... how are you here? Before I set up the formation, I carefully searched the entire ten-thousand-mile sea region! Could it be that you had been following behind us all along?"
"With the strength of you seventh-grade Yuan force lot, you thought you could discover me?" Jiang Hong snorted with extreme disdain. "Besides, I was merely flying past Lingbo Reef and happened to witness your filthy deeds. Otherwise, who would care about little loaches like you? Isn't that right, First Princess Ao?"
Damn it! Ao Xuan cursed inwardly, but she did not dare show her anger. Instead, she forced a smile. "Jiang Hong, we came all the way to the Western Sea for a reason, and we all know perfectly well what it is! Since you have already seen it, I will not hide it from you. Whatever conditions your Dongtian River has, name them. Our Sage River is willing to make a deal with your Dongtian River!"
"Hehe, we can discuss a deal easily enough." Jiang Hong smiled faintly and waved her dragon claw. "But before that, I would like to ask First Princess Ao: between you and me... who is the little loach, and who is only fit to swim in a stinking ditch?"
Ao Xuan clenched her teeth and remained silent for a long while. She knew perfectly well that she had used those very words to humiliate Jiang Hong back then. Now Jiang Hong was returning them to her word for word. How could she answer?
"Senior Jiang..." Ao Xuan said pitifully in a low voice. "You are now a dragon of Origin Energy Eighth Rank. Why must you lower yourself to the level of a junior? Back then, this junior was