Midway, Li Zhiyuan got off the table and went to the pickup truck, where the sets of the golden and white lions were placed inside.

Li Zhiyuan examined the golden lion and discovered the carved array patterns inside. It was a spirit inscription array, designed to reduce the difficulty of spirit attachment.

So, the Zhou family actually possessed lion spirits themselves.

Just as Li Zhiyuan was about to get out of the car and return to the private room, the golden lion suddenly moved its eye, which opened.

In the next moment, it closed again.

Li Zhiyuan felt a bit puzzled, but besides this brief opening and closing, the lion showed no further reaction.

Did it sneak in while we were eating earlier?

Forget it, I won't scare you.

Li Zhiyuan reached out and patted the lion's head before getting out and walking back into the store.

After the meal, Li Zhiyuan and the others walked back to the university, while Tan Wenbin drove Zhou Yunyun and the Zhou Brothers each back to their respective schools.

The Zhou Brothers were dropped off first, slightly intoxicated, patting Tan Wenbin's arm and promising to return the favor after their family allowance arrived next month.

During Zhou Yunyun's drop-off, she appeared a bit uneasy while sitting in the front passenger seat.

Tan Wenbin noticed it and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Did I come when I shouldn't have today?"

"Nonsense, aren't we all hometown friends? What are you overthinking?"

Arriving at Zhou Yunyun's school gate, Tan Wenbin accompanied her as she stepped out of the car.

It was evident that Zhou Yunyun's mood was still somewhat low.

At home, she mentioned that being with Tan Wenbin felt like dreaming, an unreal feeling.

A woman's feelings are delicate, and she sensed Tan Wenbin had reservations about their relationship.

Tan Wenbin playfully rubbed her face, teasingly saying, "Come on, girl, give Grandpa a smile."

Zhou Yunyun instantly laughed aloud. During school years, as the Left Protector, Tan Wenbin used the same trick to tease her, followed by the line: If you don't smile, Grandpa will smile for you.

An old joke, yet it evoked past memories, achieving the same effect.

Zhou Yunyun's face brightened as she helped adjust Tan Wenbin's collar.

After tidying him up and intending to pull back, Tan Wenbin gently embraced her.

Such behavior at the university gate seemed normal, yet Zhou Yunyun still blushed.

Tan Wenbin softly said, "Head monitor, I have something to attend to first."

"Go on, then. I'm not stopping you."

"Wait for me."

"How long?"

"Hmm? Afraid to wait too long? Are women always this practical?"

"I just want a date to look forward to in my heart."

"I don't know how long it'll take to wait, and I want to have anticipation too. You are my anticipation."

...

Tan Wenbin opened the door and returned to the dormitory; Li Zhiyuan was already lying on the bed preparing to rest.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, going to sleep so early?"

"Not early."

"Then I'll wash up and sleep too."

Taking a basin, Tan Wenbin headed to the sink area to shower; touching winter's nose, there was no more queue for the shower there.

Lighting a cigarette, Tan Wenbin leaned against the pool, silently smoking.

Lin Shuyou happened to walk by, seeing this scene, hesitated to speak.

Tan Wenbin: "Speak if you want to say something."

"Brother Bin, are your emotions broken?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I don't mean anything, I don't mean anything, I really don't mean anything!" Lin Shuyou immediately shook his head nervously and guiltily.

Tan Wenbin extinguished the cigarette butt and poured a basin of cold water over his head.

"Splash..."

Wiping his face, Tan Wenbin sighed, "Sometimes having too many people you care about, it's really quite troublesome."

Lin Shuyou: "Yes, yes."

"What do you mean yes, do you understand?"

"I can understand."

"Ha, why don't you find one, don't I see you're quite attractive in lectures? By the way, what kind of girl do you like?"

Lin Shuyou immediately picked up his own washbasin and drenched himself from head to toe.

"Splash..."

"Brother Bin, what did you just say?"

...

Li Zhiyuan had a dream.

It has been a long time since he dreamt; when he used to dream, he could quickly differentiate between dream and reality, then discard the dream. Ever since learning Walking Yin, the probability of dreaming during sleep had decreased further.

But this was indeed a dream.

In the dream, he stood in a small stream, the water submerging his calves.

This water wasn't cold, instead possessed a warmth, with white steam rising all around, as if flowing from a hot spring.

However, when the figure appeared ahead, Li Zhiyuan realized it wasn't hot spring water.

This water had temperature because a lion whose body was ablaze stood in the stream ahead.

Li Zhiyuan asked, "What do you mean?"

The lion nodded toward the bank and then stepped ashore.

Li Zhiyuan followed.

Upon stepping ashore, the surroundings suddenly turned pitch black, the only light source was the burning lion and a distant candlestick.

The lion headed toward the candlestick, and Li Zhiyuan walked behind it.

He was very curious why this lion spirit would pay such a high price to deliver a dream to him.

The candlestick was in front, Li Zhiyuan shifted his attention from the lion to the candle flame, his steps instinctively moved toward it.

But just then, the lion sharply turned its head and roared at the boy:

"Roar!"

Li Zhiyuan halted his steps.

The lion dispersed and turned into flames, scattering around, illuminating the vicinity of the candlestick.

...

Simultaneously, in the Zhou Brothers' university dormitory, the golden lion head placed in the corner suddenly ignited.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The fire was not large and caused no impact, a basin of water extinguished it, but the lion head was burned to ashes.

The Zhou Brothers looked very upset, the lion's most precious part was the lion head, a golden lion brought from the ancestral hall by their grandfather when they left home for university, possessing the ability to drive away evil and protect.

Zhou Feng: "Brother, what has happened, has the lion spirit revealed itself?"

Zhou Cheng: "According to Grandpa, this should be a lion spirit avoiding disaster."

"Is it avoiding disaster for us?"

"Nonsense, the lion spirit we nourish, can it help others avoid disaster?"

...

In Li Zhiyuan's vision, a person covered from head to toe appeared, with its head lowered, gender unclear.

It should have been a dead cadaver, yet the soggy cold aura from this cadaver gave Li Zhiyuan a feeling similar to when he first met Little Huang Ying.

But back then, he had just started and was an ordinary person, having such a feeling was normal;

Now, he was not the same as before.

Therefore, something that can bring such a strong eerie sensation is very unusual.

It stretched out its hand, pressed it against the candlestick, thick yellow wax oil accumulating in its palm.

After accumulating to a certain extent, it extended its hand towards Li Zhiyuan.

A hoarse and suppressed echo sounded all around:

"Obedient... drink this bowl of soup."

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