Scheming

Dragon-slaying had been one of the three greatest aspirations of Donglai cultivators since the Continent Overturning.

Yet compared to compiling the Heavenly Book and ascending to immortality, "dragon-slaying," this seemingly more attainable and practical goal, was the hardest to achieve.

After Heng Hua made his declaration, the leaders of the five regions gathered at the Coiling Dragon Golden Hall on the day of the exposition's closing ceremony.

The first exposition concluded smoothly. After Fu Danwei personally presided over the ceremony at the venue, he brought his grandson Fu Henghua and uncle Fu Ruiying back to the Coiling Dragon Golden Hall to hold a meeting with the clan heads, sect masters, and island lords of the five regions.

As soon as the three took their seats, Zhu Zhengming impatiently asked, "Uncle, what exactly does your family mean by proposing dragon-slaying?"

The three members of the Fu Family sat at the head seats. Fu Danwei occupied the center, Fu Ruiying sat to the left, and Fu Henghua to the right. It happened to correspond to the transition of power across the Fu Family's three generations, while also hinting to everyone present at who would steer the Fu Family in the future.

Fu Danwei said nothing, merely casting a faint glance at Fu Henghua.

Heng Hua rose to his feet and spoke loudly to the crowd. "The Evil Dragon Yan Sheng has lurked beneath the waters for eighteen hundred years. Yan Shui cultivators have suffered greatly beneath him, and generation after generation of gifted talents have fallen in demonic beast tides. Moreover, that wicked dragon has committed every evil, constantly weaving conspiracies and secretly joining with vile breeds above the waters to destroy Yanlong's pillars and poison fellow cultivators from every path. My Fu Family, the Zhu Family, and, not long ago, Heavengate