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"": "The five of them had fled a long way. Although Luo Bin did his best to keep them heading north, the route was far from smooth. Groups of evil spirits suddenly emerging from the woods forced them to change direction again and again.
At last, a wooden house appeared before them!
It was small, yet it had an air of tranquility.
Not just tranquility, but cleanliness too.
All of Floating Tortoise Mountain was rotting, covered in dark green sinking ash, yet this wooden house looked brand-new, untouched by corrosion.
"Fuck!"
"This is the place!"
"Get inside! Quick!"
Xu Lu was overjoyed!
Soybean-sized beads of sweat dotted Lu Xie's and Lu Guo's foreheads. Clearly, the two of them were nearly out of their minds with fear.
The four rushed into the wooden house. Xu Lu stopped just inside the doorway and took out another Ghost Metal Zhen Water Compass.
Second Madam Hu had brought two of these ink-line reels. He had only used up the line in one of them earlier.
Moving swiftly, Xu Lu found an anchoring point on the doorframe, drove in a copper pin, and hooked the end of the line onto it. He stretched it across the doorway, then looped it around the entire room, forming a protective barrier inside.
Just as Xu Lu was about to make a second circuit, Luo Bin spoke in a low voice. "Mr. Xu, wait."
"Huh?" Confusion showed in Xu Lu's eyes, and he began to explain, "This ink line can..."
His voice cut off. Only then did Xu Lu follow Luo Bin's gaze.
Outside the house, an area extending at least a dozen meters was completely clean.
Beyond it, sinking ash swirled through the air, moss covered the ground, and Blackblood Vines hung from the