Lin Yuan also realized that something was amiss. The smile in her eyes instantly dissipated, and she gently furrowed her brows, asking, "Open the Barrier? Why would Father Mountain suddenly entertain such a thought?"
Lin Guiyuan stood amidst the water, his head lowered as he gazed at his reflection in the lake. The damp strands of his hair dripped with water droplets.
He murmured, "Mountain... Father Mountain said, the duty of the Mountain God is to protect, not to evade."
"I will go and see Father Mountain."
Lin Yuan's complexion shifted slightly, and with a gentle flick of her blue fishtail, she dove back into the depths of the lake, swimming towards the deep bottom.
Baili An watched the disappearing flicker of blue that submerged into the water and thought to himself in mild surprise, "The Mountain God of this place does not reside within the Divine Mansion but beneath this lake?"
