Ah? Demon Eye wants to see me, and Elder Gou agreed? Can I refuse? ... Zhang Yuanqing was taken aback, never expecting that even after the Demon Eye's matter was over, he would still have dealings with him. That madman gave him too deep a psychological shadow; honestly, Zhang Yuanqing didn't want to see him.

"Why are you bringing me to see Demon Eye Heavenly King? I don't think I have any deep connection with Demon Eye Heavenly King." Zhang Yuanqing expressed his confusion. Demon Eye Heavenly King's purpose in Songhai was to hunt down the Palace Master of the Kill Palace; Yuanshi Tianzun was just an extra.

Demon Eye had no reason to "relentlessly pursue" him. Fu Qingyang said calmly, "Elder Gou inquired about the details of the Chu family's massacre, and Demon Eye made a condition, specifically naming you to see. You can rest assured about safety; he is imprisoned in the zoo, and all his skills are sealed. Elder Gou will also be watching." Specifically naming me to see? What virtues and abilities does this Heavenly Venerate possess that Demon Eye attaches so much importance to? Zhang Yuanqing pondered for a moment; "If you can guarantee my safety, then I can go see him." The details of the Chu family's massacre attracted him.

That stinky woman, the Palace Master, is obsessed with the past of the Chu family's massacre.

Although the madman often teases him, he is actually quite good to him. With such an opportunity, Zhang Yuanqing felt that he ought to try. After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yuanqing put on a baseball cap and mask, and quietly went out.

Forty minutes later, he arrived outside the Fu Family Bay villa by taxi. A stretched luxury car was already waiting at the entrance of the villa complex. The car door slowly slid open, Zhang Yuanqing quickly approached and got into the car.

Fu Qingyang, wearing a white suit and a handsome short ponytail, sat expressionlessly on the leather soft chair. "Centurion!" Zhang Yuanqing greeted, scrutinizing the luxurious interior of the car.

Fu Qingyang has many cars; this one is one of the few whose price he knows, costing between seven and nine million.

A car refrigerator, wide and comfortable seats, a small table between the two seats with cigar scissors, a torch lighter, and tall peptide glasses, soft carpets underfoot, curtains on the windows, and a soft, comfortable bed when the backrest is lowered. The handsome young master of a wealthy family was playing with a round-headed, flat-tailed cigar and said, "Let's go!" The luxury car started smoothly and accelerated, so smoothly that one could deeply feel the difference between a luxury car and an economy car.

Fu Qingyang picked up the drilling cigar scissors on the small table, clipped off the round head with a "snap," and handed it over: "Want one?" Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand: "I don't smoke cigarettes, nor do I smoke cigars." He didn't dislike smoking; he just felt that at his age, he was forcing himself to express sorrow without actually experiencing it, and hadn't reached the point of smoking to relieve boredom.

The only time he smoked was with Kou Beiyue when they came out of the house of that security captain whose name he had already forgotten.

Fu Qingyang sneered: "If you can't smoke cigars, how can you be my Fu family's son-in-law, my Fu Qingyang's brother-in-law?" At this moment, Zhang Yuanqing didn't know what expression to use to face Fu Qingyang's sneer, so he simply had no expression. Fu Qingyang bit his cigar, looking at him expressionlessly.

Zhang Yuanqing understood and quickly picked up the torch lighter on the small table to light it for the boss. Fu Qingyang took down the cigar, watching his trusted follower light his cigar, and slowly said: "Guan Ya has a fiancé."

Zhang Yuanqing, who was bowing his head to light the cigar, felt a sinking feeling in his heart. He handed over the cigar with the ember glowing red. Fu Qingyang took it, exhaled a thick cloud of white smoke, and said, "In the Spirit Realm families, young people with high status and good looks usually have to accept the family's arrangements. In the past, it was called a marriage alliance. Only a few people with good talent can make their own decisions." Guan Ya originally had such an opportunity, but she gave it up. Accordingly, she has to accept the family's arrangements. Her mother, who is also my aunt, found her a fiancé." Zhang Yuanqing thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "Is the other party also from a Spirit Realm family? An internal family of the Five Elements Alliance, or a musician or scholar family?" Fu Qingyang shook his head: "It's a foreign Spirit Realm family. That family has a lot of power in the 'Punishers' organization." Zhang Yuanqing then remembered that the Fu family was a multinational capital, with huge industries at home and abroad, and Fu Qingyang and Guan Ya's childhood and half of their adolescence were spent abroad. Guan Ya is a mixed race. Her parents should have one foreigner, because Fu Qingyang, as a cousin, has no mixed race genes, so the bloodline of the grandfather's generation is pure.

The Punishers? While Zhang Yuanqing planned to check out the organization later, he asked, "What is Guan Ya's own attitude?" Fu Qingyang glanced at him: "Of course she is resistant. If she were satisfied with this marriage, would she be flirting with you?" Being told this by her cousin, Zhang Yuanqing felt a little embarrassed. "So, it's a bit difficult to be my brother-in-law." Fu Qingyang said calmly.

Zhang Yuanqing pretended to be dead and didn't respond, thinking what kind of attitude is this? Is he warning me not to pay attention to his cousin? Or is he hinting to me to work harder? Or is he himself conflicted?

Unconsciously, the luxury car drove away from the city. The density of high-rise buildings decreased sharply, and the number of factories gradually increased.

In Songhai, both the city and the suburbs are overcrowded. The way to distinguish them is that there are more CBDs in the city, while factories are clustered in the suburbs. After another half an hour, even the factories were gone. Elevated roads and undeveloped areas replaced residential buildings and factories.

Finally, the luxury car stopped outside a zoo. The zoo had old-fashioned electric gates, and the ticket office at the entrance looked dilapidated. A vertical stone wrote the words "Zoo" in faded red paint. The two got out of the car. Fu Qingyang stood at the entrance, looking at the dark and quiet zoo, and said, "Before entering, there are a few rules you should pay attention to. First, don't say the word 'animal'. Second, if you see a rabbit coming, don't pay attention to it. Third, if a staff member comes to ask you something, pay attention to his uniform. Don't respond to staff in black uniforms, don't respond at all. If the staff is in blue uniform, you should say: 'I'm fine, I don't need help.'" Zhang Yuanqing was stunned at first, and then understood something, and hesitantly said, "This zoo is..." Fu Qingyang nodded: "It's a rule-based item, at the Overlord level. During the day, it's asleep and you don't have to follow the rules, so the zoo is open to tourists during the day. After dusk, everyone must leave." A rule-based item at the Overlord level is almost the ceiling of the Spirit Realm world, or close to the ceiling. Speaking of which, is the entire zoo an item... Zhang Yuanqing said: "I remember."

Fu Qingyang walked to the electric gate and said, "Open the door!" The electric gate actually started and slowly slid open.

Fu Qingyang strode into the garden, and Zhang Yuanqing hurriedly followed. Just as he passed through the electric gate and entered the zoo, he suddenly felt a faint sense of peeping, descending from the darkness. He suddenly stopped and looked up, the night sky was dark and lightless, vast and high, and there was no movement at all. "What's wrong?" Fu Qingyang stopped and looked back.

Who is watching me? It shouldn't be an illusion... Zhang Yuanqing frowned and said, "I feel like someone is watching me." He pointed to the sky.

Hearing this, Fu Qingyang looked up at the sky, pondered for a few seconds, and said calmly: "Don't pay attention!" The two walked along the wide main road. On both sides were dim yellow streetlights, not very powerful, and each streetlight was four or five meters apart. This meant that the streetlights could only cast a circular spot of light directly below. Between the streetlights was quiet darkness.

What a classic horror movie scene, no, compared to Overlord-level rule-based items, supernatural elements are nothing... Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself. Fu Qingyang's tall back in a white suit gave him a great sense of security. This young master is calm, powerful, and always so confident.

After walking for about five minutes, a fork appeared in front, with a sign. The sign had a picture of a lion on it.

Fu Qingyang turned into the fork, leading the way ahead. Zhang Yuanqing followed into the fork leading to the lion enclosure. At this moment, a floating voice suddenly came from behind: "Please, do you need help?"

Zhang Yuanqing looked back and saw a figure in a black uniform standing in the halo of the streetlight, wearing a baseball cap, and the shadow cast by the brim of the cap blocked his face. Employees in black uniforms must not be answered... Zhang Yuanqing quickly turned back and quickened his pace to catch up with Fu Qingyang.

Seeing that Zhang Yuanqing didn't respond, the figure under the streetlight became anxious and hurriedly chased after him, his voice becoming more and more ethereal, questioning: "Please, do you need help?" Hearing the sound of the black-uniformed employee chasing after him, Zhang Yuanqing almost ran away, but remembering Fu Qingyang's instructions, he forced himself to be calm, not to respond, and not to pay attention. The footsteps got closer and closer, and were about to reach him, when they mysteriously disappeared.

Gone? Zhang Yuanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, a whisper came again in his ear: "You're here, you've finally come to see me~" Who is talking? Zhang Yuanqing felt a chill down his spine, his muscles tensing involuntarily. He calmly scanned his surroundings. The streetlights were dim, and the outlines of vegetation and rockeries lurked in the darkness, silent and still. Fu Qingyang, who was walking in front, said calmly: "Don't look around, keep walking!" Zhang Yuanqing took a deep breath, banished all distracting thoughts, and followed closely behind Fu Qingyang. Fortunately, nothing strange happened next.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the lion enclosure. Through the high iron fence, Zhang Yuanqing saw only one white lion in the spacious enclosure, lazily lying on the central high platform. It was fit and slender, with unusually beautiful white mane, and had the majesty of a king of the grasslands.

The white male lion's eyes were deep, and he quietly watched the two "visitors" through the iron fence.

Zhang Yuanqing met Demon Eye Heavenly King in a prison room next to the lion enclosure. He was contained within a camphor tree growing indoors, with his hands, feet, and lower body seemingly grown into the tree. The camphor tree was not tall, but the main trunk was extremely thick and gnarled, with vines hanging down from the lush branches and leaves.

A curly-haired teddy bear was squatting under the tree.

Seeing Yuanshi Tianzun come in, Demon Eye Heavenly King's eyes lit up.

ps: Fix typos after updating first.