The Heavenly Court is gone, I don't want to be a True Lord.

Baoyue Lake is not very large, but the scenery is beautiful. In the past, talented men and beautiful women often played on the lake.

Unfortunately, that glorious era is over.

After the incident on Chunhe Street, no one in Fushan City who knew about it dared to approach Baoyue Lake even a fraction of the way.

Zuo Qi stood on a tall building about ten miles away from Baoyue Lake, gazing at the lake in the distance. He could see people dressed as city guards busy at work along the lakeshore.

Qin Chen was also among them, but he was hiding far away.

This restaurant is the tallest in Fushan City, and its prices are extremely high. Most of the diners here are people of certain status.

At this moment, the diners were all discussing Chunhe Street.

"Uncle Niu, you're well-informed, do you know what's going on over there?"

Someone asked.

An elderly man with white hair, who had been eating beef, looked enigmatic when asked the question. Seeing that almost everyone in the restaurant was staring at him, and wanting to show off, he finally spoke after a long pause, "A centurion from the Six Doors has disappeared. He was in a house on Chunhe Street next to Baoyue Lake. He vanished overnight, neither alive nor dead..."

"Aren't all the commanders of the Six Doors experts at the fourth level? Could it be that they left on their own? With such powerful abilities, it wouldn't be difficult for a fourth-level expert to leave silently."

Master Niu snorted coldly, "Since that day, dozens of masters have disappeared from Chunhe Street. Could it be that they all left on their own?"

"Moreover, their families are still around after they went missing."

A sense of unease began to creep into Zuo Qi's heart.

He didn't listen to Master Niu continue to "reveal" the inside story. Instead, he got up and went to the window, using the screen to hide himself.

The Heavenly Eye opens.

In an instant, my whole body trembled!

Above Embracing Moon Lake, countless purplish-black wisps of energy swirled, coalescing into various...human faces!

These energies seemed to have lingered above Baoyue Lake since time immemorial, never dissipating, and Zuo Qi could not see any trace of their flow.

Suddenly.

As if sensing Zuo Qi's gaze, those faces all turned their heads and faced the direction where Zuo Qi was!

For a moment, Zuo Qi felt a chill run down his spine.

An extremely cold feeling surged into his heart, and he felt a chill run down his spine, as if a dead man's cold hand was slowly moving up his back.

What the hell is that?!

Is the true terror inside the demon's lair that Lin Yuchan spoke of?

Zuo Qi dared not look any longer and quickly averted his gaze; the chilling feeling vanished.

At the end of November, the sunlight was as faint as fireflies, but Zuo Qi felt unusually warm.

Demon nests are classified into different levels, and different levels of demon nests can breed different levels of demons.

Based on the influence of the demons that emerge from them, they are divided into Micro Nests, Spirit Nests, Ancient Nests, and Heavenly Nests.

According to Lin Yuchan, the demon's nest in Baoyue Lake should be a spirit nest.

The Spirit Nest was already so difficult to deal with that even the entire Six Doors of Fushan City could only suppress it.

Even if it's a small-scale demon nest, the Six Doors won't try to wipe it out. Instead, they'll try to put it into a state of tranquility. They won't bother with those deep in the mountains and forests. They'll just send some people from aristocratic families and sects to suppress the demons that come out to harm people.

The reason for this is that the Demon Nest... will be upgraded.

Unless one is absolutely certain, few people would dare to attempt to raid the Silent Demon Nest.

The more Zuo Qi learned about the Demon Nest, the more precious the blessing of the Heavenly Eye became. It was a perfect method to annihilate the Demon Nest, costing only one hundred Heavenly Fortune Points.

If one were to sacrifice 1,000 or 10,000 Heavenly Fortune Points, what kind of blessing would one receive?

He still doesn't know how people judge destiny bones, but based solely on the Heavenly Eye's current abilities of Insight and Fortune, he feels that the Heavenly Eye is among the best of all destiny bones.

……

Suddenly, a commotion arose inside the building.

Zuo Qi closed his Heavenly Eye and looked over. The person who entered was a middle-aged man dressed in the uniform of the City Guard.

Everyone called him Little Niu Ye, the only son of the well-informed Niu Ye.

"Young Master Niu, how's the lakeside doing now?"

Someone who knew them immediately asked.

Young Master Niu looked at everyone with a serious expression and frowned. "Everyone, please don't go to the lake anymore."

He paused, then continued.

"My boss has also gone missing."

In short, the air in the restaurant suddenly became suffocating.

Young Master Niu was a captain under the City Guard, and he was at the peak of the third level of cultivation, yet he also disappeared.

Even right under everyone's noses, Little Bull's leader turned around and disappeared!

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

……

into the night.

The moon is like frost and snow.

Zuo Qi, wielding his halberd, pointed at Ni Heng and He Xiao in the moonlight of the backyard.

With Lin Yuchan's permission, Zuo Qi taught the Ice Sea Fist Seal to Ni Heng and He Xiao.

After the two got on track, Zuo Qi stood still, holding his halberd, and suddenly moved.

Qi and blood circulate in the subcutaneous muscles and bones, like a hot river flowing endlessly within the body.

laugh!

laugh!

laugh!

The muffled sounds of air being shattered echoed through the courtyard.

The Dragon-Slaying Halberd Technique's characteristic of becoming stronger with each battle began to manifest, with halberd shadows flashing through the air.

In the distance, Ni Heng watched with trepidation, fearing that Zuo Qi might suddenly smash his halberd down.

He Xiao found it amusing.

Just as Zuo Qi finished his practice and was about to speak...

He Xiao spoke first, "Brother Qi, we can't handle the Spirit Nest for now, but we can try the Micro Nest. When are you leaving?"

Zuo Qi was speechless. After truly understanding the dangers of the demon's lair, he did not want the two of them to take any more risks with him.

"There's no need to rush to improve your life force..."

But to his surprise, He Xiao saw through his meaning first.

"But we've prepared for this for so long, we can't let it go to waste."

He Xiao said with a smile, his smile was exceptionally bright.

……

Two days later.

Boats float on the icy Baoyue Lake.

Each boat carries animals such as cattle, sheep, chickens, and ducks.

For a long time, the ship remained unchanged.

A man dressed in the uniform of a commander from the Six Doors said, "It's ready."

Soon, people from the Six Doors and the City Guard escorted a group of men and women dressed in prison clothes. These were all martial artists who had committed crimes in the martial arts world.

Their task was to retrieve the bodies from the lake.

As ropes were tied around them, these notorious "heroes" of the martial arts world cried out for their fathers and mothers, their shouts of cursing and pleas for mercy rising and falling.

But Tang Yu, the commander of the Six Doors, remained unmoved.

Pfft!! Pfft!

The sounds of people jumping into the water were so clear that a sense of relief flashed through the hearts of many officials.

These people are all martial artists, and they can hold their breath underwater for quite a while.

Every half hour, the people on the shore would pull them up and take them to another spot in the water.

And so on and on.

Until nightfall.

Qianhu's face was cold. "The demon's lair is temporarily silent. We'll continue tomorrow."

He seemed certain that the missing people were in the water.

This certainty, combined with his five-fold spiritual forging strength, was enough to offer some comfort to many constables amidst their fear.

The search for the body indicated that the Fushan City government was still capable of handling the matter, and the commander's confidence also boosted the morale of the constables.

……

Lin Yuchan brought some bad news.

"The matter of Baoyue Lake is very troublesome. The city garrison commander has not returned from the capital. I am worried that the Six Doors will not be able to hold out. The Provincial Administration Commission will summon all the military personnel in the city. It is already December, and the snowfall is not far away. You go to Dongshan Garrison first. I will help you deal with the omen."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Qi immediately nodded in agreement.

Upon returning, he instructed Ni Heng and He Xiao to pack their belongings, and at the same time, he ordered the servants of the Lin family to notify all the patrol guards to assemble directly at the foot of Dongshan Mountain.

He gave Chen Xun and Chunniang some instructions.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Zuo Qi and his group left the city overnight.

Fortunately, he had almost finished dealing with things in the city, and the giant axe he obtained from Xu Jiang had been dismantled by Lin Yuchan and sent to Master Ou.

……

The next day.

The death row inmates continued to retrieve the body, but to no avail.

Day three.

Still no result.

until the fourth day.

As one of the death row inmates jumped into the water, about to continue exploring, his body suddenly froze.

A deep sense of fear was reflected in his pupils.

Near the island in the center of the lake, there is a purplish-black body of water that seems to be separate from the rest of the lake, constantly churning like boiling water.

As he rolled around, he saw... several ashen, distorted, and swollen faces!