Xu Qing, in his previous life, had been a researcher of ancient literature and history, so naturally he had conducted studies on the layout of large household courtyards.
He quickly found the room where the master resided.
"Why is there no one?"
On the way here, Xu Qing had overheard a servant saying, "The old master is eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha in the bedroom."
Yet, to his surprise, the room was empty.
"Something's not right." Xu Qing scanned the room and eventually found something suspicious.
"There's a secret chamber."
He didn't look for a mechanism; instead, he walked straight through the wall and arrived at an underground passage, where he saw a figure in the secret chamber ahead.
A pine oil lamp was lit inside, with air holes above.
This old geezer, Zhao Xiong, was worshiping a kind-looking elderly female deity alongside a person dressed as a cultist,
"Unborn Mother, Home of the Void..."