They Fed a Dragon With Stolen Children!

Imperial Preceptor Giles goes undercover as a mad beggar in Qingzhou to probe a drought plot. With sword cultivator Chance Shenton, he exposes the Qingzhou prefect and Abyssal Sage kidnapping yin-born children in a ritual to steal the nation’s fate. Giles breaks their trap and slays the black dragon, but a larger scheme looms.