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"": "His heart was still pounding wildly.
For a while, Luo Bin did not relax at all.
His hand gripped the Thunderstruck Blood Peachwood Sword tightly.
Huang Bing and the others also sensed that something was wrong, though only from Luo Bin's reaction, not because they had discovered anything themselves.
Only after a very, very long time did Luo Bin truly calm down.
The sunlight was no longer so dazzling. The sun gradually sank westward from its position directly overhead.
Fourth Master Gray still had not returned.
A croaking sound came from the jar at his waist. The Black-Gold Toad was calling, with a faint note of sorrow.
After another long wait, the sky began to darken, as though night were approaching.
Luo Bin knew that things really did look grim now...
If Xu Lu was buried deep inside the mountain, and even Fourth Master Gray could neither catch his scent nor find his body, did that mean they could not find his soul either?
Would they have to wait until Xu Lu fully became a ghost before he could find them?
Or perhaps Xu Lu would not become a ghost at all.
Once he died and his light went out, would he go straight to the City God Temple to report in?
Huang Bing and the others grew equally despondent.
Finally, as the setting sun disappeared, Fourth Master Gray returned.
A whole swarm of Mountain Rats had left, but he returned alone.
His paws were caked in dirt, and countless bits of gravel were caught in his fur.
After Fourth Master Gray leaped onto Luo Bin's shoulder, Luo Bin affixed the Spirit-Inviting Talisman.
"Don't say I didn't put in the effort. I dug a good three feet down around the patch where he anchored the