Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

The atmosphere by Heilong Lake was unusually relaxed.

Looking at Xuan Ku's bitter face, Chen Mo couldn't help but add, "Baldy, don't worry too much. Others don't even have the qualifications to be bait."

Xuan Ku said irritably, "This qualification is yours, do you want it or not?"

Chen Mo immediately shook his head: "Then forget it. I'm a scaredy-cat and I have nightmares easily at night."

Xuan Ku rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, "You're really a bald guy who talks without thinking."

Meanwhile, in Linjiang City, near the abandoned well.

The night was already deep, and the shops on both sides of the old street were long gone, with their dilapidated signs swaying gently in the wind.

Bai Shan Jun lay beside the well, his tiger eyes narrowed. Suddenly, his ears twitched, and from the depths of the well came a very soft sound of a wooden fish being struck.

Baishanjun suddenly opened his eyes and let out a low roar. The next second, a layer of gray incense ash appeared on the ground by the well.

A stray dog ​​emerged from the street corner and sniffed around.

Baishan Jun tried to stop him, but it was too late.

The stray dog ​​suddenly froze, and a layer of grayish-white appeared in its eyes.

A few seconds later, its flesh and blood quickly dried up and shriveled.

When the wind blew, only a skeleton remained, and it collapsed to the ground with a crash.

Beside the skeleton, gray incense ash slowly condensed into a Buddha handprint.

Bai Shan Jun's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he raised his claws to strike.

boom!

The ground cracked, and the Buddha's handprint was shattered. From the depths of the well, the voice rang out again.

"Would you like to enter the temple, benefactor?"

Bai Shan Jun's fur stood on end, and he immediately transmitted his voice to Hei Long Hu: "Master, there is something strange happening at the stronghold I am guarding."

In the center of Black Dragon Lake, Chu Zhou heard Bai Shanjun speak, and seven lotus leaves swayed. He instantly unleashed his divine sense, which spread outwards.

In the blink of an eye, the source of pollution was detected. It seems that the other party intends to use the abandoned well as a breakthrough point to invade Black Dragon Mountain.

Chu Zhou directly transmitted his voice to Lord Baishan: "Guard the abandoned well, don't go down. I want to see how many hands it can still stretch out."

Beside the abandoned well in Linjiang City, Bai Shanjun bowed his head and replied, "Master, rest assured, I will guard this place to the death."

It lay back down beside the well, its tiger eyes staring at the dark bottom. This time, there was no sound from the bottom of the well.

However, it was very clear that the being behind that Zen sound would not give up easily.

Early the next morning.

The Ninth Bureau branch in Linjiang City quickly received an abnormal report near the abandoned well.

Several black SUVs were parked outside the old street, and a cordon was quickly set up. Several members of the Ninth Bureau carefully approached the abandoned well.

The skeleton of the stray dog ​​is still on the ground.

A little gray incense ash remained nearby.

A young team member stared at the skeleton, his face turning pale. "What did this thing do?"

The veteran team member next to him frowned and said, "Don't touch it. Take a picture first, and seal the sample."

The young team member nodded and was just about to take out the sampling box when he suddenly heard the sound of a wooden fish being struck coming from the bottom of the well.

The young player paused, his eyes suddenly looking somewhat lost.

"I think I see a temple."

The veteran player's expression changed instantly, and he grabbed the man's shoulder: "Wake up!"

The young team members did not react; instead, they walked step by step toward the abandoned well.

Just then, a tiger's roar suddenly exploded out.

Bai Shan Jun emerged from the shadows beside the abandoned well. Upon seeing these humans from the Ninth Bureau branch, its tiger eyes instantly turned cold, and it sneered, "Humans, this is not a place for you."

The young player was intimidated by Bai Shanjun and naturally knew how terrifying Bai Shanjun of the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone was. He sat down on the ground with a thud.

The veteran team members quickly came up and led the younger team members away, then looked at Bai Shanjun and said, "Your Excellency, we have no ill intentions. We are just here on orders to check on the unusual situation here."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shanjun said in a gruff voice, "Go back and tell your superiors that what's down there is not something you can mess with."

Last time, a source of pollution appeared in the abandoned well, and the mutated rat king caused widespread suffering in the surrounding villages. Lord Baishan took action to suppress the mutated rat king.

The appearance of the Zen sound directly proves that the source of pollution comes from the abandoned well. According to Chu Zhou's speculation, there may be a crack in the abandoned well.

Upon hearing Bai Shanjun's words, the two members of the Ninth Bureau branch didn't waste any more words and quickly drove away from there.

Here at the Ninth Branch of the Linjiang City Public Security Bureau, Su Wan quickly saw the photos of the scene.

Gray incense ash, Buddha's hand gestures, the sound of a wooden fish—a brief hallucination. Her brows furrowed deeper and deeper. She directly ordered, "Immediately seal off the area within three kilometers of the abandoned well. No one is allowed to approach the well opening without my order."

The staff member next to him nodded: "Team Leader Su, Bai Shanjun has been guarding the area near the abandoned well; no one has attacked us."

Su Wan was silent for a moment: "It is not an enemy. No one, regardless of who they are, should provoke Bai Shan Jun."

The staff member responded in agreement.

Su Wan thought for a moment and then said, "Notify Lin Qingxue and have her come with me to the abandoned well."

The staff member was taken aback: "Lin Qingxue?"

Su Wan nodded: "Her special power might allow her to see the source of the pollution and its specific details."

Hearing Su Wan say this, the staff didn't waste any more words and left immediately.

On the other side, at the Awakeners Academy in Linjiang City.

Lin Qingxue had just returned, and many people on campus were looking at her.

After the battle in Nanjiang City, she was no longer just an ordinary student. Some people admired her, while others feared her. On the side of the playground, several students from the Awakened Academy whispered among themselves.

"Is she Lin Qingxue?"

"I've heard that she possesses the power of the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone."

"So, does she count as one of the Azure Lotus Lord's people, or is she a traitor?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xueli's face turned cold, and she walked straight over: "What were you saying just now?"

The students immediately fell silent.

Chen Xueli sneered: "When the injured in Nanjiang City needed to be saved, why didn't you ask if she was even human? Now you come back and gossip, you've got some nerve."

The group's faces flushed red, and they quickly left.

Lin Qingxue tugged at Chen Xueli: "Never mind."

Chen Xueli said irritably, "Qingxue, you're just too nice. I can't stand seeing them bully you like this."

Lin Qingxue looked down at her palm; the power of the Azure Lotus Mark had not manifested.

She was very happy to have gained this special power a while ago, but now she is somewhat afraid.

This was a very complex emotion. Just then, Su Wan walked over and said to her, "Qingxue, come with me to the abandoned well."

Lin Qingxue looked up: "Why are we going to the abandoned well?"

She didn't really want to go because the abandoned well was guarded by the White Tiger, and she would never forget the scene of the white tiger killing Professor Zhao.

Countless times she wanted to kill the tiger with her own hands, but from Bai Shanjun's perspective, it seemed that the tiger hadn't done anything wrong.

Humans wanted to hunt down strange beasts and seize their crystal cores for cultivation, but the beasts also resisted and fought back against humans; this is the law of the jungle.

Su Wan saw through Lin Qingxue's thoughts and sighed, saying, "Qingxue, I know you hate Baishan Jun, but you've also seen that if Baishan Jun hadn't been guarding that abandoned well, our Linjiang City wouldn't be in such a peaceful state now."

Lin Qingxue's expression froze as she recalled the smiles on her father Lin Jianguo's and mother Yang Xiulan's faces earlier that day.