This lake…
Ancient texts record that after the God of Life perished, the Spring of Life she controlled vanished without a trace.
The life force emanating from this lake is so immense, could it be…
It couldn't be this coincidental, could it?
Ye Lingyuan shook his head and also sat by the lake, healing the hidden injuries within his body caused by the Lunar Glazed Body.
The little puppy jumped from Zi Linling's embrace, stretched comfortably, and then with a splash, leaped into the lake. Sudans novel website.
Zi Linling's divine consciousness slowly extended downwards. She had a nagging feeling that there was something peculiar about this lake.
Ten meters!
Twenty meters!
Thirty meters!
What's going on?
How can this lake be so deep?
Her divine consciousness had already penetrated thirty meters underwater, yet it still hadn't reached the bottom.
Is this still a lake?
Zi Linling gritted her teeth and extended her divine consciousness downwards again.
Forty meters!
Fifty meters!
Sixty meters!
Still, the bottom was not reached.
Sixty meters was already the limit of her divine consciousness's exploration.
Of course, this was also because the life force made the water not very cold; otherwise, with her abilities, fifty meters would be the limit.
Zi Linling unwillingly withdrew her divine consciousness.
Suddenly, a faint call echoed in her mind.
"Come down… come down… I've been waiting for you… for a long time…"
Zi Linling froze. Her retracted divine consciousness probed outwards again.
Nothing!
There was nothing!
She shook her head helplessly and withdrew her divine consciousness once more.
"Don't go… come down… to… the bottom… I've been waiting for you… for a long time…"
The intermittent voice entered her mind again.
Zi Linling's eyes snapped open, her gaze fixed intently on the surface of the lake.
The bottom of the lake?
Sixty meters and still no bottom, just how deep is this lake?
If divine consciousness can't reach, then one can only…
"Splash!"
Zi Linling took a deep breath and jumped in.
The little puppy was comfortably lying on the water's surface when a splash of water hit its face.
It scrambled up abruptly, only to find that Zi Linling's shadow was no longer on the shore.
That young lady… she wouldn't have gone down, would she?
Not good!
Although this place is called a lake, the water is very deep.
It would be too much of a pity for the young lady, who smells so good, to drown like this!
This beast should quickly go and save her!
The little puppy's thoughts raced, and it moved with incredible speed.
It plunged into the water with a dive, causing the still-unsettled lake surface to erupt in ripples once more.
Ye Lingyuan, startled by the sound, woke up abruptly, only to see a white shadow.
It was that… dog!
Uh… where's Lin'er?
Could it be…
Not good!
Ye Lingyuan, without a moment's hesitation, followed them into the water.
Upon entering the water, Zi Linling erected a spiritual energy shield.
Just as she was about to swim downwards, she felt a white shadow burrow into her embrace.
Recognizing the familiar scent, who else could it be but the little puppy?
"Why are you here?"
"If this beast didn't come, would you expect me to watch you seek death?"
The little puppy rolled its eyes and spoke.
"Eh? You can actually talk?"
Zi Linling's eyes lit up. She grabbed the little puppy by the neck and asked.
"Let go, let go! Don't you dare grab this beast's neck!"
"This beast?"
Zi Linling looked at the little puppy with a half-smile, her gaze so intense that its fur stood on end.
"You let this beast go first, and this beast will tell you slowly!"
The little puppy said somewhat guiltily.
"Is that so… Alright then!"
Zi Linling said nonchalantly, then suddenly released her hand.
"Ouch! My rear end!"
"You did that on purpose!"
"Why aren't you more tender towards a creature?"
Zi Linling's eyes turned cold and she said, "Say one more word of nonsense, and I'll… hehe!"
The little puppy flinched and timidly asked, "What do you intend to do?"
Zi Linling smiled sinisterly and said, "What do I intend to do? The water here is rich in life essence; a dog meat soup would be quite nourishing, wouldn't it?"
The little puppy imagined itself being placed in a pot and boiled over a fire, and it couldn't help but shiver.
This young lady was quite gentle just now, wasn't she?
How did she suddenly become so cruel?
And here I was, worrying about her safety…
Forget it, a wise man doesn't fight a battle he can't win.
The little puppy wagged its tail fawningly and rubbed against Zi Linling's ankle, saying, "Better not. I wouldn't taste good stewed, I'd be very tough!"
Zi Linling's smile became even more wicked.
"In that case, then… let's roast you directly over a fire!"
The little puppy said guiltily, "Roasting would make me even tougher!"
Ye Lingyuan: "Then let's deep-fry you! Crispy and crunchy, then you wouldn't be tough."
Hearing Ye Lingyuan's voice, the little puppy quickly leaped into Zi Linling's embrace, trembling and saying, "Save me!"
This man is so terrifying!
Did the young lady become this way because of this man?
Zi Linling glanced at Ye Lingyuan, then pulled the little puppy out of her embrace and said nonchalantly, "That's a good idea!"
The little puppy's fur stood on end. It hastily said, "You absolutely must not listen to him spouting nonsense!"
"Nonsense? I don't think so!"
Zi Linling said, preparing to toss the little puppy to Ye Lingyuan.
"Aow~ No! If you want to know something, this beast will tell you everything!"
The little puppy's four paws flailed in the air.
After it said this, it felt like half of its body had already been thrown out, only to be pulled back into that fragrant embrace.
Zi Linling asked with a cold face, "What are you?"
The little puppy, still shaken, said, "I am not a thing! Ptooey! I am a thing! Ptooey, ptooey…"
Zi Linling's question was too tricky, and it completely confused the little puppy.
The little puppy said with a bitter face, "My name is Bai Ze!"
Ye Lingyuan: "Bai Ze?"
Zi Linling: "You are the legendary auspicious beast Bai Ze?"
The little puppy nodded.
Zi Linling examined it from all angles and said, "You don't look like it! Apart from being pure white all over, there's nothing else that matches."
Ye Lingyuan also shook his head and said faintly, "Doesn't look like it!"
Bai Ze:?
Zi Linling parted her red lips and said, "Bai Ze—pure white all over, with a slanted horn on its head, resembling a lion, and its four hooves bear fiery patterns."
Then, she looked at the little puppy and said, "Tell me, which of these points do you meet?"
Bai Ze was dejected!
What Zi Linling was describing was its combat form.
But it was currently in its true form!
So, to dispel Zi Linling's doubts, it jumped down from her embrace and transformed into its combat form.
Zi Linling looked at it, appearing identical to the legends, and some of her vigilance receded.
The auspicious beast Bai Ze could speak, understood the emotions of all things, knew of ghosts and gods, and could ward off all evil spirits.
When Bai Ze appears, the ruler has virtue. The sage is the leader, and the worthy follow.
Zi Linling rolled her eyes and said, "Since you are Bai Ze, why haven't you gone to find someone to assist, but instead stayed by my side?"
Bai Ze retreated from its combat form and leaped back into Zi Linling's embrace, nuzzling against the somewhat flat peaks, and said, "Because you smell so good!"