Duan Gujin found it peculiar because he had never heard Qing Lian mention her ability to perform Divination Skills.

After listening to Qing Lian's explanation, he thought perhaps she never told him before, and he remembered Miao Yu saying that for any Divination Skill to be successfully performed, many conditions had to be met.

But the two most important points were: first, the object being divined should not surpass the diviner in strength; otherwise, the diviner cannot divine something far stronger than themselves.

Second, the object being divined should not be too far in the future in terms of time; generally, divination aims to foresee future events.

The closer this future is to the present, the more likely it is to succeed.

Divination seeks the destined plan of the universe, and the closer to the present, the easier it is to approach the truth.

The more complex the divination, the more Spiritual Power and Primordial Power it consumes.

Divination is not guaranteed to succeed, and if it fails, it could even cause the diviner's soul to scatter.

By not divining things that are impossible to divine, one avoids being countered or heavily injured by the Heavenly Dao.

Duan Gujin and Qing Lian immediately extended their Divine Sense to search for nearby rivers.

Quickly, they found a small stream and followed it upstream, but after searching over a hundred kilometers, they discovered the stream led to a large river.

Moreover, along the way, they had not seen any large rocks.

Thus, they determined they should start searching downstream of the stream.

They spent another two hours and finally found a large rock.

"Yes, this is the place! This scene is almost identical to what I saw in my Divination Skill!"

Qing Lian excitedly said after surveying the surroundings.

Duan Gujin carefully examined the nearby scene and found nothing suspicious.

He sat cross-legged, extending his Divine Sense all around.

Time passed slowly, and after two hours, his Divine Sense finally found, about three kilometers away, a figure in a cave; he recognized it as the Golden Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat.

The Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat is an innate Spiritual Object that can freely change its size; if needed, it can become as small as a thumb.

If it wants to grow, it can even become as large as an adult elephant.

In his past life, Duan Gujin saw a Golden Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat as large as an adult squirrel, on a white ice field, its entire body golden, extremely conspicuous.

So, he quickly saw that Golden Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat back then.

The Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat he sees now is the same size as the one in his past life; he took a deep breath and immediately brought Qing Lian to within a kilometer of it.

He knew the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat was suspicious by nature, and if it sensed the presence of a master nearby, it would hide.

Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat excels at Earth Escape, making itself blend in like an ordinary stone, preventing a Martial Artist's Divine Sense from discovering it.

Furthermore, being suspicious by nature, if it found anything unusual around, it would either move to another place or hide.

Duan Gujin and Qing Lian discussed how they could capture the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat; the best strategy was to incapacitate it with sedatives.

The Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat is skilled in Earth Escape, and it is said to perform Space Escape Technique at the cost of its Life Essence.

Once it successfully performs the Space Escape Technique, it becomes exceedingly difficult for Duan Gujin to capture it.

He realized he had to catch it in one go; otherwise, capturing it in the future would be very challenging.

After some preparation, they approached within a hundred meters of the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat.

He quickly roasted a wild chicken and placed it on open ground, disguising it slightly, as if the forest had caught fire, leaving the wild chicken unable to escape and burnt to death.

He coated the wild chicken with colorless, tasteless sedatives and then, with Qing Lian, arranged a Concealing Array nearby.

They hid close to the Concealing Array, ready to throw stones at any animals trying to steal the meat.

If the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat hadn't appeared yet and the chicken cooled, he would use Primordial Power to warm it again, making the roasted meat smell enticing.

Time slowly moved on, and an hour later, his Divine Sense detected the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat apparently catching a whiff of the roasted chicken.

He quickly hid nearby.

Within ten breaths, he saw the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat approach the roasted chicken.

It sniffed around with its nose before nibbling on some of the chicken.

Apparently finding the chicken unproblematic, it rapidly gnawed away all the meat, leaving only bones.

Afterward, it departed.

Seeing this, Duan Gujin breathed a sigh of relief.

The sedative he used was slow-acting; if its quantity wasn't sufficient, it would be ineffective.

But at sufficient levels, the slow-acting sedative would render the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat completely unconscious within 15 minutes.

Duan Gujin had fed it a third of the sedative's amount; as long as it continued consuming the sedative, once the effects activated, it would fall into a deep sleep within 15 minutes.

The following day, Duan Gujin placed a roasted small wild boar on the open ground, coated with a third of the sedative's amount, and the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat, unsuspecting, devoured the entire boar.

By the fourth day, Duan Gujin placed a heap of roasted bird eggs and two roasted wild birds 300 meters from the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat.

Once again, the rat suspected nothing of the trap.

This time, after devouring all the meat from the wild birds, the effects suddenly kicked in, and its eyes rolled back as it fell into a deep slumber.

"Finally, the opportunity has come!"

Duan Gujin's body flickered as he turned into a stream of light, rapidly rushing toward the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat.

He quickly retrieved a Spirit-controlling Talisman from his storage ring and placed it on the rat's head.

The Spirit-controlling Talisman was a high-priced auction item used to make Spiritual Objects acknowledge a master.

He then cut his right index finger, extracting a drop of Life Essence Blood, letting it drip onto the Spirit-controlling Talisman.

He recited a spell, turning the Life Essence into pure energy to merge with the talisman.

Moments later, the Life Essence and the Spirit-controlling Talisman fused into pure energy and entered the rat's Divine Soul, binding it.

After completing everything, Duan Gujin exhaled in relief.

A while later, the Heavenly Spirit Divine Rat awoke from its stupor.

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