"Disciple, are my eyes playing tricks on me?"
The white-haired old man rubbed his eyes, staring blankly at the sky.
Sia Xiao also saw the True Dragon vanishing into the clouds and was equally dumbfounded.
Hearing the old man's words, Sia subconsciously rubbed her eyes too.
"Master, I think my eyes are playing tricks on me too."
The master and disciple looked at each other.
We both hallucinated?
Impossible!
The only possibility was that they had indeed witnessed a True Dragon soaring into the heavens.
"Is this Dragon also related to that Expert?"
The white-haired old man couldn't help but guess.
On this journey, they had been blocked by a Demon King and then witnessed a True Dragon.
Master Cosmo had never experienced such excitement in his entire life.
At this moment, he yearned even more to meet the Expert on the mountain peak.
The master and disciple continued upward.
Before long, they arrived outside Quinn Ye's courtyard.
Inside the yard, a Rabbit was leisurely gnawing on a radish.
It turned a blind eye to the two people arriving outside.
"That Rabbit! It's the one the Expert was holding earlier," Sia pointed out.
Master Cosmo observed the courtyard.
Although simple, it was arranged with a unique charm—quiet and distant. It was much better than his own thatched cottage in the valley.
"Truly a place for a Hidden Expert. Tranquil and elegant, it refreshes the spirit," Cosmo praised internally.
Then, he noticed the various plants growing in the yard.
"This... these are all Heavenly Treasures!"
Master Cosmo's expression changed drastically, filled with disbelief.
Although Sia's knowledge was shallow, she recognized a few rare spirit herbs and gasped repeatedly.
Master Cosmo didn't know where to look.
Everything in this yard was a Heavenly Treasure.
Some of them he had only seen in ancient texts.
The old man trembled with excitement.
"To plant so many Heavenly Treasures here... just what kind of existence is this Expert?"
He wanted to step forward.
But unexpectedly, the Rabbit spoke.
"My Master is taking a nap. Do not disturb."
Sia jumped in fright.
Master Cosmo stared at the Rabbit with a hint of apprehension.
Although this wasn't a Demon King, the Rabbit's cultivation was certainly not low.
"We dare not disturb. We will wait here for the Expert to wake up."
Master Cosmo bowed respectfully to the Rabbit.
Then, he stood there obediently.
Sia looked at her Master and felt speechless.
When she went to Imperial Sky Valley to become a disciple, she had waited just like this.
She didn't expect that now, both she and her Master would be waiting here for Quinn Ye to wake up from a nap.
This was quite ironic.
The Rabbit continued eating its radish, ignoring the two people outside.
At this moment, Quinn Ye was indeed napping.
He ate a bit too much for lunch, walked around the mountain for a while, and then fell asleep as soon as he got back.
The master and disciple waited for a full four hours.
Until the sun began to slant westward.
Quinn, having slept his fill, slowly woke up.
He sat up in bed, feeling refreshed in body and mind. He couldn't help but stretch.
Suddenly remembering the scene of Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he couldn't resist reciting a poem.
"Who is the first to wake from the Great Dream?"
"Throughout my life, I alone know."
"In the thatched cottage, I have slept enough in spring,"
"Outside the window, the sun sets slowly."
Quinn recited these lines on a whim.
But the people outside the courtyard heard every word clearly.
Hearing this poem, the white-haired old man fell into deep thought.
Soon, a look of shock appeared on his face.
"Good poem! What a good poem!"
"Although the words are simple and unadorned, they seem to see through the Great Dao. It expresses a detachment from everything!"
An Expert is indeed an Expert.
Even a poem recited casually after a nap is so unfathomable.
Sia stood aside, looking confused.
The poem sounds nice, but is it really as magical as Master says?
"Disciple, you must not be rude in front of the Expert!" Master Cosmo warned Sia.
"Disciple understands," Sia replied quickly.
At this moment, Quinn walked out.
As soon as he stepped out, he saw two people standing outside the yard.
One was an unusual-looking white-haired old man.
The other was a delicate-looking woman.
Quinn found the woman somewhat familiar.
"Who are you?" Quinn asked curiously.
Master Cosmo quickly bowed. "I am Cosmo. Hearing that an Expert lives in seclusion here, I have come specifically to pay my respects."
"This is my disciple, Sia Xiao."
Sia also bowed to Quinn.
"Sia greets the Senior."
Sia?
Isn't that the cross-dressing chick?
Quinn looked closer.
It really is her!
Why is she here? And she brought her Master?
"Uh, you guys got the wrong person, right? I'm not some Senior Expert," Quinn said awkwardly.
Hearing this, the master and disciple immediately remembered what the Dog Demon King had said earlier.
Right! The Expert wants to experience the mortal world as an ordinary person. We cannot disturb his state of mind.
Master Cosmo thought to himself and gave Sia a look.
Sia understood immediately.
"I was too arrogant. Please do not blame me, Young Master," Cosmo immediately changed his tone.
Sia added, "Young Master Ye, my Master saw the story you wrote and the painting you drew. He was very interested, so I brought him to meet you."
This excuse was pretty good.
Quinn believed it immediately.
"So that's how it is."
Quinn nodded.
"Come in and have a seat."
"Yes, yes, yes." Cosmo nodded repeatedly.
The two entered the courtyard, walking carefully past the various Heavenly Treasures.
Entering the house.
Master Cosmo was shocked again.
Wherever his gaze landed, every item in the room faintly emitted a Precious Light.
"This entire room... is filled with treasures!" He was secretly alarmed.
He looked at the writing brush, then glanced at the broom leaning against the wall.
Tsk tsk!
Full of Divine Glow!
These are definitely not ordinary items!
Master Cosmo had collected some treasures himself.
But compared to the items in this room, his collection was like a witch meeting a wizard—completely insignificant.
These were real treasures.
Any random item here was probably worth more than all his junk combined.
"Please sit."
Quinn motioned for them to sit.
Cosmo sat down, but Sia didn't dare.
After all, Cosmo was her Master. As a disciple, how could she sit on the same level as her Master? That would be treasonous.
"Young Master Ye, this old man saw your painting. Your skill is truly exquisite and praiseworthy," Cosmo said as soon as he sat down, using the painting to build a connection.
Quinn felt a bit embarrassed.
"I just drew it casually. It's very average. Not as good as you say."
Drew it casually?
A casual drawing contains the Great Dao?
If you drew one seriously...
Wouldn't looking at it cause instant Enlightenment?