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"": "Qin Que had stripped Luo Bin of his fate, leaving himself subject to Cabinet Mountain's constraints. He had long since lost control of himself and become a puppet of the thing within the mountain.
His appearance was anything but good news.
Qin Tianqing had spent a long time planning to enter the depths of Cabinet Mountain.
Gu Yiren's cryptic, unsettling words had already left everyone on edge, as though a blade hung over their heads.
Was Qin Que beckoning to stop them from venturing deeper because a trace of clarity remained within him, prompting him to act for the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds' sake?
Or was he trying to exploit their uncertainty, shake their resolve, and kill them to eliminate any future threat?
Qin Tianqing raised his hand and bent his fingers, pressing his index finger against his philtrum beneath his nose. Even his breathing was obstructed. Holding his breath, he maintained that pose and stared straight at Qin Que.
"As long as you don't go out, Mr. Luo won't be able to get in."
"I used feng shui to open a passage. This place is effectively a mountain within a mountain. He can't follow the route you took here. He can only approach Cabinet Mountain from the front."
"He probably isn't a match for Yuan Yinxin, so he won't take the direct route."
"The first thing a Yin-Yang Practitioner must do is see beyond life and death. That means he must accept the 'reality' before him, however painful it might be."
"Miss Gu, please steady your thoughts and compose yourself. There are still quite a few things I'd like to ask you."
Qin Tianqing spoke with great composure, having seized upon Gu Yiren's weak spot. Of course, it was more accurate to call it