Yet when Cui Jiuyang and Ming passed through, they discovered that the lesser yaomo in these two fiefdoms were still living in peace and tranquility, without the slightest sign of an invasion.
Cui Jiuyang asked, "Ming, just as you said, something serious must have happened to the Dragon Princes. Otherwise, someone would have coveted these two fiefdoms."
Ming nodded and said, "They must have started fighting among themselves. The eldest, Ao Lie, should already be dead, and the sixth prince's dragon qi is weak. Clearly, he isn't far from death either."
In truth, Cui Jiuyang could deduce most of the East Sea's current situation without seeing it for himself.
Indeed, Ming's assertion that the Dragon Princes must have begun fighting among themselves was exactly what was happening in the East Sea.
By then, the Dragon King had been missing for a long time, and none of the Dragon Princes could sense his presence anywhere in the East Sea.
After their initial panic and several quiet days, the Dragon Princes had all quietly begun to act.
Without the Dragon King standing in their way, investigating something in the East Sea naturally took these Dragon Princes little effort.
After investigating in secret, the Dragon Princes soon all confirmed that the Dragon King's presence had vanished at a Sea Eye.
Thus, the same conjecture arose in all their minds: could their father have sensed that his allotted lifespan was nearing its end, descended to the deepest reaches of that Sea Eye, entered Guixu, and died of old age there?
Of course, by rights, a Dragon King should have passed away in the Dragon Palace, lying on his dragon bed before all his sons.
But as the old Dragon King drew ever closer to the end of his lifespan, no one could understand his