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"": "It's been almost two months, Venue Master. There's still no word from Mr. Luo, and they're searching for us more and more frequently. Shouldn't we consider... leaving first?"
A disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds spoke to Qin Tianqing in a low voice.
Their hiding place was dim, with shafts of light shining through several fist-sized holes overhead.
On closer inspection, it was clearly an excavated underground burrow.
More than a dozen people were crammed inside, making it terribly crowded.
Of course, that was partly because the burrow was so small.
A white-furred rat squeaked shrilly at the disciple, snapping viciously at the air!
The other disciples remained silent, but their faces were exhausted and their eyes bloodshot. Clearly, they had not rested properly for a long time.
A closer look at Fourth Master Gray revealed that even his claws had grown considerably duller.
Many Mountain Rats surrounded him, their fur dull and lusterless.
Qin Tianqing looked little better, but his gaze remained cold and steady, without the slightest wavering.
"Qin Li, again and again... I haven't had the time to reason with you lately."
"Are you really never going to stop?"
Qin Tianqing turned and looked coldly at Qin Li.
"Have you forgotten what would have happened if we hadn't found you? You'd have become food for evil spirits, or fallen into Yuan Yinxin's hands long ago."
Qin Tianqing's voice was icy.
They had seemingly made it out of the mountain before, only to encounter the six-art Fangshi Dai Zhixiong at the mountain pass. After losing many of their people, they had been forced back into Cabinet Mountain.
During their wanderings through the mountain, he had found some people.
They were part of the group Qin Que had originally brought, who had become