The atmosphere in the narrow Mountain Rift grew increasingly tense and stifling.
Yuan Tianshu's attack had certainly not been premeditated!
The two held each other's gaze.
Luo Bin recalled what had happened earlier.
His failure to defend Sacred Way Mountain had left Yuan Tianshu somewhat dispirited. It had not shown on the surface, of course, but deep down, it was there.
Luo Bin lacked the cultivation to read Yuan Tianshu's face, but he could observe his expressions and manner. His assessment of Yuan Tianshu's underlying mood had been correct.
Now, that despondency had vanished, replaced entirely by murderous intent!
Information rapidly came together in his mind as he worked through the possibilities.
Between Yuan Tianshu's attitude and the events unfolding before him, a chain of reasoning soon began to take shape.
His identity as the Miao King, along with his golden silkworm gu and the Miao King's Ocarina, marked him out!
The witchcraft curse was one of the Miao people's magic arts. It had originated with the Gu Corpse, which had dragged him in here, beside another Miao King Corpse whose attempt to become a Corpse-Liberation Immortal had failed.
Luo Bin understood perfectly well how closely these things were connected.
The Miao King Corpse was a failed Corpse-Liberation Immortal.
But the coffin guarded by the Tomb-Guarding Yong held a successful Corpse-Liberation Immortal.
That coffin was precisely what Primordial Calculation's branch grounds on Sacred Way Mountain had been guarding!
Could the one inside that coffin also be a Miao?
The reason for Yuan Tianshu's murderous intent was all but obvious!
Yuan Tianshu believed Luo Bin was suspicious—that someone had sent him here deliberately to destroy the Sealing Suppression!
With his thoughts settled, Luo Bin met his gaze without wavering. "You're mistaken. I don't even know the witchcraft curse. I merely deduced