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"": """Well..." A hint of reluctance showed in Tang Yu's eyes.
"Never mind. I won't put you in a difficult position, Brother Tang." Luo Bin smiled, though a trace of disappointment slipped into his eyes.
"It's not that. It's just dangerous. We couldn't get inside even if we wanted to. How about this? I'll take you to the outer edge for a look. But that's still very, very far from the Sea-Eye Spring. The spring is on the summit, several miles beyond the Ghost Lantern Flower Garden." Tang Yu looked earnest. "That's as far as we can go."
"All right. Sorry for the trouble, Brother Tang." Luo Bin cupped his hands in salute.
It would have been a lie to say he wasn't nervous or excited. Luo Bin was simply better at keeping his emotions in check.
Tang Yu noticed nothing amiss and continued leading him toward the summit.
The sun grew stronger, its light increasingly dazzling.
Luo Bin suddenly realized that he didn't actually need Tang Yu to guide him. The Sea-Eye Spring drew Yin Dragon Water out of the mountain's interior to form the Cloudmist River. The summit then broke the river's flow into several waterfalls, so the Sea-Eye Spring could only be at the top.
The Ghost Lantern Flowers served as a defense. If he headed toward the summit, he was bound to encounter them.
Still, he had already asked, and Tang Yu was already leading the way. There was no harm in following him.
Near nightfall, Tang Yu finally stopped.
There was no level ground left on the mountain ahead, only an enormous slope. Flower plants roughly a forearm tall swayed in the breeze, their blossoms hanging downward, looking remarkably like lanterns.
"This is the place," Tang Yu said with a long