So-called traveling the last half of a hundred miles is like traveling ninety. The closer one gets to success, the more cautious one must be, lest one falls at the finish line.

The employee handbook did not mention the rules of the artificial lake. The White Lion is the employee's go-to for help and has a very high position. Furthermore, the camphor tree that seals the Demon Eye should not be underestimated.

It can be said that this final step is more difficult than all the obstacles along the way.

Therefore, Zhang Yuanqing proposed to communicate with the Demon Eye first and listen to the advice of this master.

But to bypass the White Lion to contact the Demon Eye, without communication equipment, is almost impossible. Sending a Spirit Servant over or using Star Escape would disturb the White Lion.

So, when he heard that the Palace Master Zhisha had a way to contact the Demon Lord without disturbing the White Lion, Zhang Yuanqing happily held the Palace Master's little hand, "What's the method?"

Taking her with him was indeed a wise move.

Palace Master Zhisha whispered:

"Have you heard of telepathy? It doesn't use the traditional senses like sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, but the 'sixth sense' to transmit thoughts and feelings."

Zhang Yuanqing's eyes lit up: "Is there any way to achieve telepathy between me and the Demon Eye?"

"It's very simple," Palace Master Zhisha said with a playful smile, putting on a pair of red silk gloves from her item bar, "Only very tacit parties can perform telepathy after long-term training, but this is not absolute. Sometimes, two people who truly love each other can resonate emotionally in the heat of passion, thus producing telepathy."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly felt a bad premonition and hurriedly interrupted:

"Whatwhat are you going to do?"

"Of course, I'm playing matchmaker between you and the Demon Eye," the beautiful eyes under the silver mask blinked, with a hint of teasing and playfulness, "Did you want me, or this Yin Corpse Princess, to fall in love with the Demon Eye?"

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I firmly resist Boy's Love culture! Zhang Yuanqing's mouth twitched a few times, looked at the Palace Master, then at the Princess, and finally at Blood Rose, and pondered:

"Is she okay?"

Palace Master Zhisha said angrily:

"What do you think? She's like a piece of wood. If using her was useful, wouldn't it be better to just use a stone? Of course, you can also take over her body, but what's the difference between that and directly using your main body? Oh, oh, I get it. Dressing up as a woman and playing matchmaker with the Demon Eye will allow you to better immerse yourself, right?"

". Never mind, let's just use my main body." Zhang Yuanqing covered his face and waved his hand in resignation.

This woman clearly says she loves him, but she's excited with shining eyes while playing matchmaker between him and another man.

"Okay!" The smile on Palace Master Zhisha's face spread, and she grabbed two paper figures with engraved spells from her item bar. The paper figures were simply cut, one male and one female, just like the signs for men's and women's restrooms.

"I want the male one." Zhang Yuanqing said quickly.

Palace Master Zhisha's pupils glowed with an illusory light as she looked toward the artificial lake, as if examining something.

After a few seconds, she raised her right hand, wearing red gloves, and lightly pinched in the air, as if pinching an invisible thread. She brought the thread over and wrapped it around the female paper figure several times.

Then, she did the same with her left hand, reaching toward Zhang Yuanqing, pinching the thread, and wrapping it around the male figure several times.

After doing all this, Palace Master Zhisha gently stacked the two paper figures together.

The two paper figures seemed to be firmly glued together, unable to be separated.

"Close your eyes and concentrate. You should be able to sense the Demon Eye's soul in your sea of consciousness." After Palace Master Zhisha finished speaking, she asked curiously, "What do you feel about the Demon Eye now?"

Zhang Yuanqing was silent for a long time and said, "If I can't save the Demon Eye, there's no point in me living."

Princess Yin Yao raised her little horn: "Ew~"

She just can't make expressions, otherwise, she would definitely be full of disgust.

As long as I can save the Demon Eye, what's playing matchmaker? I wouldn't even mind getting married... Zhang Yuanqing quickly adjusted his mentality, closed his eyes, and entered meditation.

His thoughts gradually calmed, his mood relaxed, as if he were sitting under an old locust tree on a summer night, sipping tea and enjoying the gentle evening breeze.

He sensed it, sensed a soul, right in his sea of consciousness, but as if separated by an invisible barrier.

Visible, but untouchable.

Zhang Yuanqing tried to spread his mental power and communicate with that soul:

"Demon Eye Heavenly King? Demon Eye Heavenly King"

A cool breeze blew, and the lush branches of the camphor tree swayed in the wind, rustling.

Demon Eye Heavenly King had taken a deep nap. He hadn't dreamed in many years, and he actually dreamed of Yuanshi tianzun.

The Yuanshi tianzun in the dream was obviously more interesting than in reality. The one in reality hadn't grown up yet, hadn't figured out what he wanted.

In the dream, they worked together to cleanse the world, sweeping away all filth and ugliness, crushing all injustice and oppression. There was no power or fraud, no bullying the weak, no nepotism.

The world became beautiful, just like the world he had sworn in his heart when he was a boy, looking at that ruin.

Just as he shouted, "This is the world I dreamed of!" he woke up.

The world was still ugly.

The night was dark, the evening breeze blew from all directions, the vines swayed slightly, and the Demon Eye slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, like a sigh.

"Yuanshi tianzun..."

For some reason, he suddenly missed this man very much.

Demon Eye Heavenly King had wanted to bring him back to the Soldier Church and personally cultivate this like-minded talent, but now he had become a prisoner.

He sensed the Marshal's aura some time ago, so he knew that Fear Heavenly King had been to Songhai.

But with Fear's strength, it was still not enough to rescue him from the siege of the Songhai branch and the Marshal.

Now, his only hope of escaping was to enter a dungeon, but that would take time.

A Dominator-level dungeon only appeared a few times a year, or even once a year.

A year later, he didn't know how much Yuanshi tianzun would have grown.

"Demon Eye Heavenly King, Demon Eye Heavenly King"

At this moment, a low murmur came from his mind.

The weary-looking Demon Eye was taken aback. Immediately, he sensed a soul in his sea of consciousness. The other party was in his sea of consciousness, but separated by an insurmountable barrier.

"Who is it?"

The Demon Eye found that he was not vigilant at all, only feeling that it was the most important and trustworthy existence in his life.

"I am Yuanshi tianzun," the soul in the sea of consciousness responded.

The Demon Eye was stunned, and in the next second, a dazzling light bloomed in his dim eyes.

"Yuanshi tianzun!!"

His thoughts exploded in his mind.

"It's me. Hey, you're reacting quite excitedly. Do you miss me? Ahem, do you really want to get out?"

Demon Eye Heavenly King was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly curled his lips:

"Interesting. You've finally come to save me."

He naturally determined Yuanshi tianzun's purpose, as if they had a strong tacit understanding. You came to the zoo. Apart from saving me, what else could it be for?

After all, you used to love me so much... Demon Eye Heavenly King shook his head hard, throwing the strange thoughts out.

"Yes, I've come to save you. I've crossed many dangerous passes and experienced countless crises, just to save you from here... Ah, please ignore the above. I mainly want to ask you for some information."

"Oh, you came to the zoo just to ask me for information?"

"Don't misunderstand. What I mean is, I want to ask you for information to save you."

"That's more like it. Did you betray the Five Elements Alliance?"

"No, Fear forced me to come here to save you."

"Fear forced you... Heh, if Fear didn't force you, would you never have come?"

The two communicated smoothly in their minds through the guidance of the red thread, but the Demon Eye Heavenly King would have emotions from time to time, and Zhang Yuanqing would hurriedly explain whenever the other party had emotions.

"I understand," Demon Eye Heavenly King's eyes searched the lakeside. "Find a way to lure away the White Lion. Its position is very high. It's the embodiment of the spirit weapon's power, specializing in dealing with escaped anomalies. You are no match for it."

"The camphor tree has no offensive power. You can treat it as an energy transmission pipeline. It is constantly drawing my spiritual power and transmitting it to the zoo. As long as there is external force attacking it, it will easily compromise. If it doesn't compromise, you can destroy it."

"This lake is strange. There is no life reaction in the lake. Did you see the ferry on the shore? That should be the only way to cross. Of course, if you can threaten the camphor tree to send me back to the shore, it can cross the lake."

"I understand," Zhang Yuanqing silently memorized it in his heart.

Just as he was about to end the communication, he suddenly heard the Demon Eye Heavenly King say:

"Did you use a strange item from the Musician profession to communicate with me?"

"Yes."

The Demon Eye was silent.

After a long while, his voice came: "Good job, but don't do it again next time."

"Okay..."

Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes and looked at Palace Master Zhisha as soon as possible:

"Palace Master, cut the red thread."

"Eh, it's not as interesting as the books said. You didn't show any unwavering, indestructible feelings." Palace Master Zhisha seemed a little disappointed, made a scissors gesture, and snapped in the void.

What the hell are indestructible feelings? Would you be happy if I had indestructible feelings for the Demon Eye? Zhang Yuanqing muttered silently.

At the moment the red thread was "cut," the feeling of infinite tenderness and pity he had for the Demon Eye disappeared.

Presumably, the Demon Eye felt the same way.

"Actually, you don't need to cut it. With the Demon Eye's level, the effect of the red thread will disappear in another half a minute," she said.

Zhang Yuanqing ignored her, poked his head out of the bushes, and carefully looked around. Sure enough, he saw a corner of the ferryboat where the White Lion was lying.

It was a small wooden boat with slightly upturned ends, quietly floating on the water.

He retracted his head and relayed what the Demon Eye had said to the Princess and the Palace Master.

"I'll be responsible for luring away the White Lion, but I can't be sure how long I can delay it," Palace Master Zhisha said. "The White Lion is the embodiment of the spirit weapon's power, so I can only delay it for three minutes at most, no, one minute."

This was obviously too short.

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a moment and took out the Sliding Shoes, the Azure Emperor Jade Belt, and the Yin-Yang Magic Robe. "Take these three items with you. Their functions are very strong and will be useful to you."

The invincible effect of the Sliding Shoes, the Longevity Technique and Transformation of the Azure Emperor Jade Belt, and the passive effect of the Yin-Yang Magic Robe were all extremely powerful life-saving skills.

With these things, plus the Palace Master's own strength and items, it shouldn't be difficult to delay for a few minutes.

"You have so many good things," Palace Master Zhisha happily put away the items.

She immediately rushed out of the bushes, and ten thousand silk ribbons behind her exploded with a "bang," condensing into a soft stick more than ten meters long, and smashed it fiercely towards the distant White Lion.

The White Lion, who was leisurely napping, suddenly opened its golden pupils.

A white shadow flashed, and there was a "bang." The soft stick smashed the solid rocks piled up on the shore and missed.

The White Lion's golden pupils reflected the figure of Palace Master Zhisha. It seemed to be enraged. Its mane stood on end and roared with its head raised.

"Roar!"

The White Lion bared its teeth and its limbs flew, turning into a white shadow.

The soft stick collapsed into thousands of silk ribbons, which quickly shrank back. Palace Master Zhisha unhurriedly rode the wind and flew towards the dark depths.

The red shadow and the white shadow chased away.

After they couldn't see each other's shadows, Zhang Yuanqing immediately jumped out with the two Yin Corpses and ran to the small boat parked on the lake.

The surface of the lake was black, without the slightest ripple. Although the night breeze was gentle, this lake was like a pool of stagnant water.

The silence was frightening.

In the courtyard with black tiles and white walls, a green light landed on the roof ridge and turned into a Poodle.

Elder Gou looked down on this ancient mansion with three courtyards and carefully scanned every corner. There couldn't be any tourists at this time, and the staff had all gone off work.

In the night, the ancient mansion was silent.

It didn't find any suspicious people or suspicious aura. This ancient relic was as ordinary as it could be.

After thinking for a few seconds, Elder Gou's eyes showed a rich emerald green light, and its floppy long ears twitched.

The wind brought the sounds of plants.

It listened intently for a moment, and a raging light flowed from its button eyes.

The plants of the ancient mansion told it that the night was calm and peaceful, and no one had visited here.

It was all a diversion.

The person behind him used his friendship with Zhang Zizhen to trick him from Songhai to here.

The real purpose was... to save the Demon Eye!

Elder Gou turned into a green light and flew into the sky.

Zhang Yuanqing bent down and picked up a stone and flicked it out.

The stone shot out. The stone, which should have flown dozens of meters, seemed to be suppressed by some force as it swept toward the surface of the lake, and fell straight into the lake.

Can't fly over it? Zhang Yuanqing's expression suddenly became serious.

What about the Escape Technique?

Not daring to take a risk, he lay down on the shore and carefully reached out toward the lake, without feeling any terrible force pulling.

After thinking about it, he put his hand into the lake water.

The lake water was cold, and the touch was no different from ordinary water, but item information popped up in Zhang Yuanqing's vision:

[Name: Weak Water]

[Type: Water]

[Function: Drowning]

[Introduction: It is said that Fenglin Continent is where an indescribable existence dwells. The weak water that drowns all things prevents mortals from visiting. Only the Lin wood on Fenglin Continent can float on the weak water.]

[Note: Key point - Lin wood.]

It turned out to be weak water, the legendary weak water. How many rare treasures did his father use to build the zoo back then? What exactly is sealed in the zoo!

Zhang Yuanqing was shocked.

He couldn't help but look at the wooden boat floating on the water. According to the item description, was this boat made of Lin wood?

The camphor tree that imprisoned the Demon Eye, was it a Lin wood?

"Don't waste time," Princess Yin Yao reminded with the little horn. "You've already wasted forty seconds."

"I know, I know."

For safety, Zhang Yuanqing decided to let Blood Rose cross the lake first. If everything was okay, he would cross the lake himself.

Time was limited, but the necessary caution was still needed.

Having received the master's order, Blood Rose walked to the shore and leaped onto the wooden boat.

"Thud!"

She landed steadily on the gunwale, and then, at Zhang Yuanqing's order, began to row the boat.

The boat slowly sailed toward the center of the lake, leaving behind a slightly wrinkled wake.

Zhang Yuanqing and Princess Yin Yao's eyes chased the small boat, watching it gradually approach the camphor tree.

But at this moment, an accident happened.

The wooden boat, which was originally traveling normally, sank strangely, sinking little by little.

Zhang Yuanqing and Princess Yin Yao watched helplessly as the lake water submerged Blood Rose's legs, waist, shoulders, and finally disappeared on the surface of the lake.