Zhuwei Lake, Ping'an Town, Changning Guard, Longzuo Prefecture.
This tiny pearl known as Zhuwei Lake had grown ever more dazzling under the Wang Clan's attentive care. It had also become a memory etched into the hearts of generation after generation of clan members, accompanying them as they grew.
Today, the sun shone bright and the flowers were in full bloom. Shimmering ripples glinted across Zhuwei Lake, beautiful beyond compare.
The flood-control embankments on both shores were crowded with tourists and passersby, most of them residents and children from Ping'an Town.
A "little Dragon Whale" over five zhang long was swimming freely through Zhuwei Lake. Every so often, it would perform spectacular feats such as a Dragon Whale soaring into the sky or a Dragon Whale spouting water, drawing wave after wave of cheers from the crowds on both banks. The children were beside themselves with joy, shouting, "Dragon Whale! Dragon Whale!"
When the little Dragon Whale grew tired and hungry from playing, it casually drove a school of fish together, stunned them with a resounding long cry, then swallowed them in one gulp.
This little Dragon Whale was naturally the Wang Clan's newly appointed direct descendant of the Zong generation, Wang Zongkun.
Such carefree days and surroundings allowed Wang Zongkun to grow up happily, without a worry in the world.
To conceal the truth, however, the Wang Clan publicly claimed that this was a little Dragon Whale Wang Anye had picked up by the shores of the East Sea.
Dragon Whales were one of the overlords of the ocean.
In the deep sea, seventh-rank Dragon Whales often appeared. Occasionally, Dragon Whale Kings that had grown to the ninth rank would emerge. It was even said that in the deepest reaches of the sea, eleventh-rank Dragon Whale Emperors existed.
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