The gluttonous little boy is four and a half years old, and even the wealthy family kneels down and

Xiao Jin tilted her head, her bright black eyes fixed on the lake below, her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She had learned the feng shui principles of the Plain Dragon from her master and remembered the mantra: "The Plain Dragon is formed by water, and the energy naturally condenses when water embraces the surrounding sand."

The lake is surrounded by gentle mountains on all sides, with rounded and unobstructed terrain. The lake water gathers in the center without flowing or leaking out. It should be a superior layout that gathers wind and energy, and can be considered a natural dragon's lair.

But the further she looked into the center of the lake, the more she felt something was wrong.

The water surface appeared calm and still, but the energy beneath was heavy and oppressive. What should have been a warm and vibrant energy was instead shrouded in an impenetrable chill, as if something was sinking to the bottom, suppressing and darkening the energy of the dragon's lair.

"That's strange..." she muttered softly, leaning close to the glass.

"What's so strange now?" Yun Ziang slumped in his chair, too tired to even lift his eyelids, and replied weakly, "Little Miss, you must have seen something dirty again."

"Xiao Jin isn't sure." Xiao Jin shook her head, pointing her little finger to the center of the lake on the glass. "The bottom of this lake looks like a dragon's lair, but something's not right, it's gloomy."

"A dragon's lair?" Yun Zi'ang couldn't help but chuckle. "This tourist resort is going to be a hit."

Dragon's lair has always been a place of auspicious feng shui, which means the tourist resort is about to become a hit.

Xiao Jin ignored his teasing and pressed her face against the glass for a while longer, until the Ferris wheel slowly returned to the ground and the cabin door opened. She jumped down and grabbed Yun Ziang's clothes, shaking him.

"My dear nephew Zi'ang, shall we go for a boat ride? Let's go see what's on the lake!"

"Taking a boat ride?" Yun Ziang thought for a moment. As long as he didn't have to run around with the two little brats, he was fine with sitting and resting. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a ride. As long as you don't make me run around like crazy again, I'd be happy to sit on the boat until night."

The three walked along the path to the boat dock, where a row of electric boats were neatly moored on the shore.

Xiao Jin squatted at the bottom of the steps and touched the lake water with her little finger.

The moment her fingertips touched the water, a bone-chilling coldness shot up her spine. Despite it being the middle of the dog days of summer, the water was as cold as deep well water, making her recoil in shock.

"Zi'ang, my grand-nephew, has this lake always been here?" she asked, tilting her little face up. "Was it dug later?"

"It doesn't seem to be an artificial lake." Yun Ziang was scanning a QR code to pay with the staff when he casually replied, "My brother said that the lake was there when the land was acquired. The older generation calls it Chenlong Lake. Nobody knows exactly when it was formed."

"When the resort was being renovated, the original state was deliberately preserved; the bottom of the lake was not disturbed at all."

Xiao Jin said "Oh," and rubbed the water droplets on her fingertips.

The yin energy in the water was heavier than she had expected. It didn't seem like the clean water vapor that a natural lake should have; instead, it was mixed with a stale, deathly aura.

That's really strange.

Before she could think it through, the staff had already brought the boat over, and the three of them put on life jackets and boarded the boat one by one.

Yun Zi'ang gripped the steering wheel and slowly drove towards the center of the lake, casually taking out his phone to send a message to Yun Ziqian:

"Hey bro, are you done yet? The three of us are boating on the lake. Come find us when you're done."

After sending the message, he put his phone back in his pocket, leaned back in his chair to get some fresh air, and finally felt half-recovered.

Xiao Jin lay on the side of the boat, her little face almost touching the water, staring wide-eyed at the water below. The lake water looked clear, but the deeper it went, the more murky it became, as if shrouded in a layer of hazy fog, and once it got any deeper, you couldn't see anything at all.

Yun Tianlin lay on the other side of the boat, holding a small bag of fish food in his hand, scattering it little by little.

Before long, a dozen or so orange-red and snow-white koi swam over, scrambling together to grab the food. Their scales shimmered beautifully in the sunlight.

"So many fish!" Yun Tianlin's eyes sparkled, and he couldn't help but move closer, stretching his little hand out of the boat's side, wanting to touch the nearest red koi.

Just as his fingertips touched the water's surface, a bluish-white shadow flashed underwater.

Before Yun Tianlin could react, a swollen, pale face suddenly surfaced from the murky water, its eyes sunken, lips purplish-black, staring straight at him.

Immediately afterwards, a cold, slippery hand with black nails emerged from the water and gripped his hand tightly, like an iron hoop!

"ah--!!"

Yun Tianlin was so frightened that he let out a sharp scream.

He was suddenly pulled downwards by that force, instantly lost his balance, flipped over the gunwale, and crashed heavily into the lake with a "plop," splashing up a huge spray of water.

"Tianlin!"

Hearing the shout, Yun Zi'ang looked up sharply and saw Yun Tianlin fall into the water.

His expression changed drastically, and without thinking, he grabbed the lifebuoy at his feet and jumped into the water.

The lake water was icy cold, sending a chill down his spine. Gritting his teeth, he swam with all his might towards Yun Tianlin, shouting, "Tianlin, don't be afraid! Hold on to me!"

The boat's safety officer was also terrified. He immediately got up, flipped over the gunwale, and plunged into the water, swimming quickly towards Yun Tianlin.

Xiao Jin lay on the side of the boat, her face turning pale with fright for a moment. Her little hands gripped the railing tightly, and her heart pounded rapidly.

She saw a few wisps of very faint black mist swirling in the churning water beneath the surface.

Yun Ziang swam extremely fast and grabbed Yun Tianlin's arm, holding him tightly in his arms.

Yun Tianlin was so frightened that his whole body stiffened. He gripped his collar tightly, choked on several mouthfuls of water, and couldn't even cry out. His body just kept trembling.

"It's alright, don't be afraid." Yun Ziang steadied himself and swam towards the side of the boat. They had only swum two or three meters when a muffled "glug" sound came from behind them.

He instinctively turned around and saw the safety officer who had jumped down with him earlier sinking without warning. Before he could even struggle, a string of tiny bubbles rose to the surface and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Holy crap!" Yun Ziang's scalp tingled instantly, and a chill ran down his spine.

The tourists on the shore also looked over, and after a two-second silence, they burst into panicked shouts.

"Help!"

"Someone has sunk!"

"Help! Someone save them!"

The staff on the shore were in chaos, throwing life rings into the water one after another. Two more safety officers on standby put on life jackets and jumped into the lake, swimming towards the spot where the safety officer had just sunk.

The lake surface churned and splashed, and shouts and screams filled the air, instantly turning the place into chaos.

After a period of chaos, Yun Zi'ang carried Yun Tianlin ashore.

The little guy was soaking wet, his hair was plastered to his face, his complexion was as pale as paper, his lips were frozen purple, he was lying on the ground coughing violently, and tears were streaming down his face mixed with lake water.

It took him a long time to catch his breath before he finally broke down in tears, his voice trembling: "There's a dead face in the water!"

He grabbed my hand...

After Yun Tianlin finished speaking, he hugged Yun Ziang and burst into tears, clearly terrified.

Xiao Jin, with her short legs, came running over, looking anxiously at Yun Tianlin's hand.

Several wisps of black gas were swirling around it.

A few minutes later, the safety officer who had sunk was pulled out by the team and lay unconscious on the grass on the shore.

The staff immediately rushed forward to perform CPR. After pressing the cylinders a dozen times, the safety officer suddenly turned his head to the side, vomited a mouthful of murky lake water, and coughed violently.

His face was deathly pale, his eyes were filled with lingering fear, and his voice was trembling uncontrollably.

"There's something in the water..."

"Something grabbed my ankle, it was incredibly strong, and it pulled me down!!"

The moment these words were spoken, the surroundings fell silent for a few seconds, before an even greater panic erupted.

The tourists retreated, keeping a safe distance from the lake, their eyes filled with fear as they looked at the water.

"Is there a lake monster?"

"What's going on?"

......

The voices of discussion rose and fell.

It's a perfectly good natural lake, and this kind of thing actually happened in broad daylight. Nobody wouldn't be scared.

Xiao Jin squeezed through the crowd and walked to the drowning safety officer. She glanced at his ankle, which was also shrouded in black mist.

Xiao Jin let out a soft "Ah," and slowly retreated to the outside of the crowd.

At that moment, in the crowd, Yun Ziang held Yun Tianlin in his arms, his brows furrowed tightly.

He was so focused on saving people in the water that he didn't see what was below.

He subconsciously turned his head to look for Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin stood on the shore, her face tense, her eyes fixed on the calm lake, her brows furrowed.

She wasn't mistaken.

This lake is by no means a natural dragon's lair or blessed land.

What lies beneath is a collection of malevolent and evil spirits accumulated over countless years.

The life force of this dragon's lair has long been drained, turning it into an ominous place that breeds evil.

Xiao Jin looked up at the setting sun, which was only halfway down, clasped her little hands together, and said with a worried tone, "Master, something terrible is about to happen."

It's not even the time when the yin energy is at its strongest yet, and that thing dares to show up and grab people!