Normally, no sane person would have gone any closer after hearing such an eerie sound of running water.
But Qin Manjiang had no choice but to approach.
No notification had appeared in his mind to tell him he had met the requirement. Just how close did he have to get to count as being within the Guanyin Flat Lake area?
The woods grew darker and darker as Qin Manjiang slowly walked toward the sound of water.
He was already prepared to retreat the instant he sensed that the "task requirement" had been met, then hurry out of there.
He continued forward like this for a little over a minute.
The indistinct tree trunks around him stood like silent people in the dripping woods...
The sound of water grew louder.
Qin Manjiang reached out and brushed aside a branch blocking his view, and the scene before him suddenly opened up.
A stretch of still lake water appeared before his eyes.
He had finally reached Guanyin Flat Lake.
The moment he saw the lake, his memories of it came flooding back.
He still remembered... Yang had nearly failed to escape back then.
At the time, a dense mass of deathly pale arms had reached up from the lakebed. If Chen Zhiyuan had not risked his life charging over to save him, Yang might well have died in these waters.
If he could, Qin Manjiang wanted nothing more than to stay as far away from this lake as possible.
So far, there were only two places the [Eye Realm] could not record. One was Lower River Village, and the other was Guanyin Flat Lake.
But in terms of his own experience, Guanyin Flat Lake felt far more oppressive to Qin Manjiang.
Beneath the gloomy, dim sky, the tranquil lake lay like a giant