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Night had not yet ended.

Dragon people patrolled back and forth, while the White Sturgeon nestled among the lotus fields, its fins gently stirring up a bit of sand and dust.

Until a large black fish darted in, rushing and crashing with great force into the mud, uprooting the tender green lotuses and chewing the soil and sand, shattering the serene and peaceful night.

The White Sturgeon wanted to stop it, but the patrolling Dragon people held it back, allowing the large black fish to do as it pleased.

In the month of August during summer, the harvest season for lotus roots and seeds, Fat Catfish routinely swam into the lotus fields to feast and drink. The Elders had long issued a permit, and the Dragon people were accustomed to this.

Long Zongyin invited the two into the house and sent someone to call for the Great Elder and Second Elder.