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"": ""Venue Master Luo, that is too harsh. If we really did as you suggested, how would that be any different from throwing our guests out?"
Xu Changzhi looked a little pained and continued quietly, "The Venue Master is discussing an important matter with a Patriarch. The Deputy Grounds Master, Grand Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder are all involved."
"The Fourth and Fifth Elders, along with myself, are the three most senior people available in the Talisman Arts Taoist Grounds. These really are our rules. Surely... you wouldn't insist on making things difficult for us."
"Besides, once this matter is settled, if Xu Lu wishes to come and find you two, no one will stop him. I can swear that not a word of this is false. Xu Lu is safe right now. He simply faces some choices he must make."
"This concerns his identity and his future within the Taoist Grounds." Xu Changzhi's tone was exceptionally solemn.
Neither the Fourth Elder, Xu Jincheng, nor the Fifth Elder, Xu Chaobai, showed the slightest hostility. They looked only apologetic.
Luo Bin sank deep into thought.
An important matter for the Taoist Grounds, Xu Lu resting in seclusion, and now a choice he had to make?
All this time, Xu Changzhi kept his right hand raised, his index and middle fingers pressed together in a sword gesture.
An oath sworn by a Yin-Yang Practitioner was bound to be fulfilled. Was Xu Lu really all right?
His identity... his future...
Luo Bin grew increasingly silent.
"Future? Let's fight first!" Fourth Master Gray squeaked shrilly, digging hard at Luo Bin's shoulder to signal that it was time for Spirit Possession. This was more than simply enjoying a spectacle without caring how much trouble it caused. Fourth Master Gray was