"Yet we have never heard of the Yan Family possessing anything like the Dragon-Fishing Rod," one said. "Old Man Yan has never breathed a word about it, and even his two sons are completely in the dark. Could there be some mistake?"
"No mistake," Wu Kemin replied. "My elder brother, Wu Xian, took orders from our master and came down to Nanjiang years ago to investigate. The Qianjiang estuary is vast and open, making it the ideal place for horned dragons to emerge from the sea. Back in the day, Yan Ziling fished on the banks of the Fuchun River just as a great flood struck. Think about it: who goes fishing by the riverbank in the middle of a massive flood? What he caught was a giant horned dragon that had travelled upriver from the East China Sea. After Yan Ziling passed into immortality, his fishing rod remained behind. Legend has it that the soul of that horned dragon is sealed directly within the rod."
The members of the Hou Family listened with sighs of wonder.
Chapter 113