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After finishing his conversation with the High Priestess, Deren even rode in the carriage to escort her back to the Temple of the Moon. Only then did he send the carriage away and stroll home at his own leisurely pace. Although the twin demon kidnapping incident had happened last time, Theramore was generally still safe. Besides, he enjoyed the feeling of browsing the streets slowly.

Halfway there, his student, the Void Elf Ysera, stopped him.

"Teacher, out shopping again today?" she asked with a bright smile.

Deren looked at her suspiciously. "Were you waiting for me here?"

"No, I was just out shopping today and happened to run into you, Teacher." The elf still wore that harmless expression. She even looked somewhat pitiful.

"Oh." Deren gave a perfunctory reply, then went around her and continued onward.

"Teacher, I have a question I'd like to ask you!" Ysera caught up from behind.

"Oh, what question?" Deren did not even spare her a glance, letting her walk beside him.

"Where is the heart?" she asked loudly, drawing the attention of passersby. A beautiful elf with a great figure calling a man her teacher—was this some new kind of game? Every male fixed Deren with looks full of envy.

"Everything you see is seen by the heart; everything you hear is heard by the heart; wherever you are, the heart is there. So you cannot say where the heart is. The heart is heaven, earth, and all things; the heart is all that has passed through the universe." Deren answered the elf's question as he walked.

"If the heart is everything, then are nothingness and emptiness also the heart?" Ysera pressed.

"Of course they are. The heart is everything!" Deren answered without hesitation.

"Then what exactly is the heart?" Ysera hurried a few