When Yusuf Zuck saw Demi Garrett put away the stone qilin, he didn’t even use the Eye of Insight to glance inside the temple, but it wouldn’t have mattered, because the fat rat inside was gone.
He imdiately searched everywhere, even checked underground, but the fat rat had simply vanished into thin air.
He quickly walked to Demi Garrett’s side: "Brother Demi, the rat inside is gone, I can’t find it."
"No worries, I’ll deduce it again." Demi Garrett nodded with a smile and continued his deduction.
Yet, as he deduced, his brows furrowed tightly because... because after deducing for a long ti, he surprisingly found nothing.
In his deduced vision, he and Yusuf Zuck had entered the temple and searched for several hours but found nothing—not a single useful piece of information, nor the hiding place of the fat rat.
That was their deduced vision, and after finding nothing, they left the temple at dawn.
"What’s wrong? Is there a problem?" Yusuf Zuck asked in a deep voice upon seeing Demi Garrett’s expression.
"No, I deduced nothing... Wait, wait..." Demi Garrett abruptly raised his head to glance at the temple and took a deep breath, saying, "Inside the temple, the course of events can be altered, a dwelling place of a great power."
"What do you an?" Yusuf Zuck didn’t understand.
"It ans that within here, the course of destiny is changing at all tis. My deductions cannot be trusted; the destiny here has been altered. It seems there are indeed powerful beings in this world."
"What should we do then? Go in or not?" Yusuf Zuck squinted his eyes and asked.
"Naturally, we must go in. You can’t get a tiger’s cub without entering the tiger’s den," Demi Garrett said and took large strides toward the temple’s gate, giving it a light push, opening the temple.
"Rustle..." The door was covered in dust, and as it opened, suffocating dust fell, but as Demi Garrett waved his sleeve, the dust was whisked away. However, he didn’t enter directly, but loudly proclaid, "Two younger brothers happen upon this place at night and are here to disturb."
His words were polite yet blunt, for disturbance ans knowing the host would be displeased, but still coming; that is disturbance.
After speaking, he boldly entered, with Yusuf Zuck closely following, ready for combat at any mont.
To be honest, he wasn’t afraid, because there were few things or people in the world that could scare Yusuf Zuck, as he feared little in life.
The two walked side by side and upon entering the temple, first laid eyes on a garden, with a stone path in the middle, flanked by gardens, lush and beautiful.
After walking a hundred or so paces, they saw an open space, about the size of a basketball court, with a row of weapon racks at the edge, holding a dozen or so weapons like swords and spears. They emitted a divine aura, clearly of a Divine Artifact level.
However, neither Yusuf Zuck nor Demi Garrett, both of whom possessed the creation of heaven and earth, showed interest in these mundane Magic Treasures.
Thus, neither of them touched those Magic Treasures.
"Hehe, seeing such a scene, it reminds of the Cave of Three Stars and a Crescent Moon in Journey to the West, quite similar." Demi Garrett said with a hearty laugh.
Yusuf Zuck nodded and laughed, "Could it be we have arrived in Xi Niu He Zhou?"
"Eh? Hahaha." They both burst into laughter.
"Brother Yusuf, please." After laughing, Demi Garrett gestured for Yusuf Zuck to go ahead.
"Brother Demi, after you." The two nodded at each other and continued forward shoulder to shoulder.
After walking several hundred more steps, they ca upon a main house, and under the eaves hung a plaque with the words "Heartless."
Heartless, aning lack of feelings or conscience! Yet it was unclear if the master of this temple was called Heartless, or if there were other implications in the na.
They pushed the door open, and Yusuf Zuck took the lead to enter, as this was the ancestral hall where the fat rat was previously.
Demi Garrett smiled, as Yusuf Zuck took the lead in case of danger.
That’s what friends are for, proving the two were now true friends.
The inside was full of dust, yet there was not a living creature to be found, and it was pathetically simple, with no books, no paintings, no furniture, not even a statue offered. Only a prayer mat, with its middle section free of dust, clearly where the fat rat had been sitting.
The two carefully inspected separately, but after a thorough search, they didn’t find any valuable clues. Yusuf Zuck even picked up and shook the prayer mat, inspecting it carefully, but found no sign of the fat rat.
"Isn’t there a basent here?" Demi Garrett suddenly asked.
"Yes, right here." Yusuf Zuck moved to the front of the prayer mat, then with a sweep of his hand across the ground, a Golden Ring appeared. Yusuf Zuck gave it a pull, and with a creak, an underground door opened.
"It seems you’ve been here before, haha." Demi Garrett laughed aloud.
"Hehe, there’s nothing in this world that can escape my Dharma Eye." Yusuf Zuck took the lead down the underground stairs, followed swiftly by Demi Garrett.
It was rely an underground chamber, dark inside, yet there was nothing at all, the dust was thick, and there were no footprints, all empty.
"Before the master of this place left, they took everything valuable. The rat you ntioned is likely a pet of this temple. Over ti, always near the Daoist, it naturally awakened Spiritual wisdom, much like the lamp wick of Tathagata, or the great golden eagle beside him, or even the chickens and dogs of a cultivator’s house. Over ti, listening to the Dao leads to the awakening of Spiritual wisdom, entering the ranks of cultivators, gradually transforming into demons, and later into gods and ancestors."
"I’m just wondering, where did it go?" Yusuf Zuck said curiously.
"Since it deliberately hides from us, it clearly knows our strength and doesn’t wish to be our enemy. Such a sentient creature, difficult to cultivate, we should stop searching." Demi Garrett shook his head.
"True, what’s the point in finding it?" Yusuf Zuck nodded. Indeed, cultivation is not easy; since it hides from you, why bother looking for it. There’s no grievance or grudge.
And at that mont, just as the two finished speaking, a light cough ca from upstairs, and then soone spoke: "Two Daoists, true high achievers, pray ascend for a discussion."
"Hmm?" Both raised their eyebrows simultaneously, then quickly rushed upstairs.
At this mont, on the prayer mat upstairs, sat a plump man in his thirties, resembling the Maitreya. He was pouring steaming hot tea into three cups.
Yusuf Zuck’s gaze imdiately narrowed, recognizing instantly that this fat person was the true form of the fat rat, while Demi Garrett also suddenly smirked and sat down on the spot.
Yusuf Zuck sat opposite the chubby Maitreya.
"Please enjoy the Immortal Tea, gentlen." The fat Maitreya, radiant and full of life, showed no signs of being a demonic rat. On the contrary, he resembled a Daoist deity, with extraordinary bearing.
Moreover, neither Yusuf Zuck nor Demi Garrett could discern the cultivation level of this man.
"The discussions you two held below, are truly the cultivation manners of authentic Daoists. I judged you with the heart of a villain. Please, enjoy the tea." The fat Maitreya gestured invitingly.
Yusuf Zuck and Demi Garrett both lifted their teacups; Yusuf Zuck lightly sniffed the fragrant aroma and drank it all in one go.
As for Demi Garrett, he took a gentle sip, displaying the elegance of tea-drinking.
Their personalities were inherently different; Yusuf Zuck drank tea like wine, whereas Demi Garrett imbibed tea with a sense of refinent.
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