Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

On the second day, Zhang Qiling went to patrol the mountain before dawn. When he reached halfway up the mountain, he came across the magic lake that the villagers talked about.

Zhang Qiling walked around the lake and observed it for a while. After making sure there was no danger, he went down into the lake to investigate.

After Zhang Qiling dived down, the water-repellent beads that Hua Yu gave him started to work. Zhang Qiling looked at the underwater village, which seemed to be the same as the village they were temporarily living in. Even the house they were living in was exactly the same as the underwater village.

Zhang Qiling came out of the lake and thought that the house they lived in was the place designated by the village chief, but he did not notice anything different about the villagers these days.

However, this underwater village was almost a one-to-one replica of the village at the foot of the mountain, and Zhang Qiling couldn't help but begin to suspect something.

Zhang Qiling returned to his residence with something on his mind.

Hua Yu slept until the sun was high in the sky before getting up to wash up as usual. Today, there was an extra clouded leopard that needed to be fed. Then, she sat in the yard with a pot of tea and a recliner, basking in the sun.

When Zhang Qiling came back, Hua Yu carried the water that Zhang Qiling had drawn in the morning and went to water the flowers. When she saw Zhang Qiling coming back, Hua Yu stopped watering the flowers and stuck to Zhang Qiling.

"Brother, why are you back so early today?"

"I saw the magic lake that the villagers talked about on the mountain. There was a submerged village in the water."

"Maybe there was a big flood many years ago that submerged the village. Brother, you know it wasn't as convenient as it is now. Once a big flood occurred, they had no chance to escape." Hua Yu thought that the village Zhang Qiling was talking about was the flood from the heavy rain many years ago that directly washed away the entire village, which made Zhang Qiling feel sad.

“It’s not flood irrigation, but artificial filling of the lake.”

Zhang Qiling observed carefully underwater and found that the lake was filled with water artificially.

"That village is exactly the same as the current one. Even the place where we live is a replica of the residence in the lake."

Hua Yu was a little shocked. The lake on the mountain couldn't be just a small puddle. It could fill up an entire village. So where did the water in the lake come from?

"Brother, the lake can hold an entire village, and it's not shallow, so how did people at that time bring water into the lake?"

"Such a big thing, wouldn't the local officials at the time have been unaware of it?"

Hua Yu and Zhang Qiling both knew that there was an ancient Zhang family building in this mountain, but they didn't know where the entrance was.

Now there is a village in the lake that suddenly appeared, which is the same as the village they live in now. Even the house they live in now has restored the location of the house in the lake.

"The village chief should not be unaware of this matter, otherwise why would the location he gave us coincide with the location in the lake so coincidentally?"

Hua Yu wanted to go to the village chief's house to ask, but was stopped by Zhang Qiling.

"No need, it's enough for us to know. Besides, I'm not curious about what's in the Zhang family's ancient building."

"elder brother."

Hua Yu felt relieved when she heard that Zhang Qiling was not curious about the Zhang family's ancient building. After all, the Zhang family had long since moved away from their original location to an unknown place due to the internal strife caused by the broken inheritance many years ago.

Although he had been living in the bronze gate and Uncle Yang did not allow him to go out, Uncle Di had been out and told him many stories about the outside world, among which he focused on the Zhang family.

"No matter what conspiracy or trap they have, if we ignore them, we won't fall into the trap or be harmed by them."

"Yeah." Zhang Qiling nodded. His life now was the most comfortable. He didn't have any responsibilities to shoulder. He just needed to accompany Hua Yu.

"Brother, we have lived here for a long time, and it's time for us to leave." Hua Yu thought that they had stayed here long enough, and it was time for them to move to another place.

Zhang Qiling had no objection to this. As long as he was with Hua Yu, it didn't matter where he lived.

"Then I'll go talk to the village chief tomorrow, and then we can pack up and leave."

Hua Yu turned around and looked at the flowers and plants she had carefully tended, feeling a little reluctant to leave.

"I'll ask the village chief to take care of this place. Who knows, maybe we'll come back someday."

After lunch, the two of them took a nap on the bed in the bedroom.

Hua Yu solved problems for the villagers who came to seek help, while Zhang Qiling assisted on the side.