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He let out a long breath.
Luo Bin fell backward and lay sprawled on the ground.
Wood shavings covered the ground. A bowl sat among them, filled with peach gum from the Nine-Bump White-Flower Tree.
He was utterly exhausted.
Despite eating medicinal cuisine for the past three days, despite constantly replenishing his mental energy with zhongshan baijiao, and despite how safe this place was, allowing him to focus entirely on making the sword, Luo Bin had still burned himself out.
Making the Blood Peach Sword was simply too draining.
Carving the entire blade from the Tree Heart was only one part of it. He also had to carve talismans into it.
Drawing talismans was already extremely taxing. Carving them was even worse.
His temples throbbed, and waves of fog clouded his mind.
Closing his eyes, Luo Bin felt that he could fall into a deep sleep within a minute or two.
But he did not go to sleep immediately.
He opened his eyes again and propped himself up.
He tied a thin cord around the sword hilt, then fastened it to the bottom of the Primordial Purple Flower Lantern. Only when the entire ritual artifact was complete did Luo Bin finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He took a long look outside the Valley Ravine and resisted the urge to head out immediately and proceed with the next stage of his plan. He was just about to return to the Three Miao Cave to rest.
Silently, a slender, beautiful Cave Maiden walked up to him.
The Cave Maiden knelt, then stood. Her movements clearly indicated that she wanted to guide Luo Bin somewhere.
"Hmm?"
Luo Bin felt a little doubtful.
Still, the Cave Maiden was someone he could trust, and she would certainly never