Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 750 - 387: Water Level Rising, Lily to be Washed Away_2

"The Earth Sea is rising," he said.

Zhang Ze, "I suspect that because of the 'rise' of the Earth Sea, these changes have appeared on the Four Continents.

"Though it doesn't matter much to our Human Race—we're too dull to sense the change—it might not be a good thing for the Demon Race and the Barbarian Race.

"Currently, the Demon Race has temporarily escaped the influence of the Earth Sea, but as time passes, the situation might revert to its original state.

"And no one can guarantee that with continued rising, we won't be affected either..."

"So what do we do now?" Li Yueqi asked anxiously.

However, after scaring everyone, Zhang Ze shrugged his shoulders. "No idea."

Li Yueqi, "No idea?"

"Yeah, I'm not a wish machine that knows the answer to every question."

"Besides, looking at the waveform, each 'Earth Sea' rise occurs at intervals of several hundred years. If nothing goes wrong, next time..."

Zhang Ze initially wanted to say that by the time the Earth Sea rises enough to drown people, who knows how long that will take, but it certainly won't be tomorrow.

However, before he could finish, Li Yueqi sealed his mouth with a talisman.

"You're such a jinx, say less. I'm quite content with these quiet days and don't want to cause trouble by saving the world," Li Yueqi said warily.

Zhang Ze, "..."

Many times, the prejudice in one's heart is like a mountain.

After Zhang Ze swore off his jinxing habit, Li Yueqi practically ran away from Fried Shide, as if staying by Zhang Ze's side any longer would infect her with his jinxing tendencies.

"Sad."

After bidding farewell to Li Yueqi, Zhang Ze returned to Lily's office and led Maomao, who was full and gnawing on Lily's Golden Dragon Throne, out.

Looking out the window, he noticed it was getting late, time to head home.

"Let's go, I'll take you home for dinner," Zhang Ze said, rubbing Maomao's dog head.

Just as he reached the door, Zhang Ze remembered something, retreated, left fifty Spirit Stones at the front desk, then proceeded toward the front door.

Exit, close the door, lock it, hide a firework thunder under the lock—it won't hurt people, but the noise will be substantial.

The entire process flowed smoothly, seamlessly.

Except for leaving Maomao inside Fried Shide, Zhang Ze made no mistakes.

...

Returning to Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, Zhang Ze headed toward his residence. Before he even entered the courtyard, he smelled the aroma of food.

"That's odd, Junior Sister doesn't cook. Where's this aroma coming from?"

Zhang Ze clearly remembered that Junior Sister's culinary skills were terrible. If she cooked, she'd only end up making stir-fried bizarre-tasting Grain Avoidance Pills, cold ginseng jelly, or goji and ganoderma super soups that cause heatiness.

"Are there guests? The kind that brings their own cooking tools?"

Zhang Ze used Silent Step to sneak into the courtyard, wanting to find out where the aroma was coming from.

But as soon as he poked his head in, Chen Qin grabbed him and yanked him into the courtyard.

"Shh!"

"What's up?" Zhang Ze whispered.

"I'm fishing," Junior Sister said.

"Fishing for whom?" Zhang Ze asked again.

"Fishing for square pigs," Junior Sister replied.

Zhang Ze, "..."

Li had been sulking since Zhang Ze left in the morning, as immobile as if welded to the ground. After Junior Sister returned, she tried persuading Li a few times but to no avail, so she resorted to this tactic, planning to lure Li back with delicious food.

"I remember you can't cook. Where's this aroma coming from?"

"I didn't cook, it's from this," Junior Sister said, pulling out a stack of porcelain bottles from her sleeve.

[Three-Flower Pill Fragrance Powder] [Old Ghost Wild Fishing King] [Hundred Li Mysterious Fragrance] and the like...

All the hardcore stuff from the Beast Taming Sect.

With the help of these expertly blended baits and fragrance boosters, even if you threw an insole into the pot, you could make it smell like a famous dish.

The original purpose of these inventions was to entice and capture Spirit Beasts.

Junior Sister planned to use these things to lure Li back home.

After hearing this, Zhang Ze thought the method might just work. He took out his black jumpsuit, cast a spell to transform it into a formless mist, entered team mode with Junior Sister, and began staking out Li.

Li's sulking spot wasn't far away, and under the deliberate draft created by Junior Sister, the aroma wafted into the small building over there.

"Shh, someone's coming."

Zhang Ze whispered.

The two peered over the wall, but discovered it wasn't Li who had come, but Tang.

The Taoist, drawn by the fragrance, sniffed around the door, appearing eager to enter. But since it was getting late, he lingered at the door for a long time and eventually didn't go in.

"Oh well, too late today. I'll come back tomorrow," Tang sighed, turning to leave.

A moment later, someone else was lured by the fragrance. From the distant darkness, a bright light bounded towards them.

"Li?" Junior Sister asked.

"Doesn't look like it," Zhang Ze shook his head.

As the light got closer, they realized it was Lily, who was radiating golden light like a little sun. However, the strange thing about this light was it only lit up the area immediately around her and no further.

"By the way, I've been meaning to ask, what happened to Lily? Why is she like this?" Zhang Ze asked.

Ever since he returned, Lily had been like this, glowing golden light for twelve two-hours a day, with the only difference being in brightness.

Junior Sister, "Probably tinkering with some new Magical Artifact again. It's normal; abnormal is what Lily does best."

Zhang Ze, "True enough."

Golden Light Lily was drawn by the aroma and bounded to the door.

She stood on her toes to peer into the courtyard, looking eager to join the autumn breeze. But just as she was about to come up with an excuse to disturb them, she suddenly let out a big yawn, and her eyelids began to droop, looking as if she was about to collapse.