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"": "The entire place fell utterly silent.
Not one Real Person or Elder spoke. Seven Dust Taoist remained completely silent as well.
Yet Luo Bin felt an indescribable frustration, caught somewhere between relief and unease.
Seven Dust Taoist's final conclusion, along with Old Gong's explanation, had settled the disappearance of Yin Spirit Projection. That matter was no longer a concern.
Instead, the problem had come back to where it started!
Not just where it started-was Bai Xiaoshan still Bai Xiaoshan?
If a Heaven-Veiling Object completely became the person it devoured, so perfectly that even a Yang Spirit Ritual Artifact could not tell the difference, how were they supposed to identify it?
Luo Bin looked straight at Bai Xiaoshan.
Bai Xiaoshan said nothing. His gaze seemed utterly sincere.
Luo Xianshen spoke. "What is the final method?"
That single question broke the stagnant silence.
Seven Dust Taoist paused, then said quietly, "Search all the remaining halls first. See whether any Yin Spirit Patriarchs are still here."
Wenqing Peak had more than six halls. If there had been so few Yin Spirit Patriarchs, Divine Firmament Mountain would never have found them so troublesome. Precisely because those Patriarchs were powerful, finding six halls completely empty had naturally allowed them to draw their conclusion.
Luo Xianshen received no answer, but did not press further.
The Elders and Real Persons left Bai Xingtai and Bai Lushu to guard Bai Xiaoshan, while the others headed deeper into the Mountain Valley.
Fourth Master Gray kept flicking his long tail, his rat eyes darting from side to side and his nose twitching. He had been sniffing earlier, too. Luo Bin had noticed, but had been unable to ask.
"Squeak, squeak." Fourth Master Gray's successive cries meant, "The scent's pretty strong. That long-faced donkey came through