"Good morning, Deity!"
While Di Yi was pondering, Venerable Taowu arrived "on time" as well and bowed in greeting.
"You're here." Di Yi had long since grown used to this sort of "punctuality." It would be more accurate to say he had been waiting for Venerable Taowu to arrive. After all, being alone was truly too boring.
"Has your hou still not come out?" Through their interactions over the past few days, Venerable Taowu had learned that Di Yi was not a member of the True Hou and had come to understand Golden Hou's position. He looked toward Zang Cave as he asked.
"Not yet." Di Yi shook his head.
"That's strange. That shouldn't be..." Venerable Taowu hesitated. Nothing like this had ever happened before, leaving him quite puzzled as well.
Logically speaking, with a Venerable's strength, passing the trials for the inheritance inside Zang Cave should not have been difficult. Three days had already passed. However slow Golden Hou was, he should have come out by now.
"Shall I take another look for you?" In the end, Venerable Taowu made this suggestion.
"Sorry for the trouble, then." Di Yi nodded.
As the one who opened Zang Cave, Venerable Taowu naturally possessed such special means and had demonstrated them before. Otherwise, how could Di Yi really have remained so unperturbed? He would have entered Zang Cave to investigate long ago.
"It's only what I should do." Venerable Taowu did not dare accept Di Yi's thanks. After expressing as much, he took out a special artifact and began to check.
At first, his expression was fairly normal, but after a while, it grew peculiar, as though he wanted to speak yet did not want to.
"What is it?" Di Yi looked at Venerable Taowu's expression. It seemed to be one of