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"": "With a thud, Qin Tianqing dropped to his knees first.
Another thud followed as Luo Bin knelt as well.
"Hah... hah... hah..." Qin Tianqing panted, his body trembling uncontrollably. He tried to stand, but every inch of bone and flesh hurt. He could not get up at all.
He was stunned and bewildered.
Last night, he had seen Female-One descend the mountain. He had failed to follow and instead collapsed into a deep sleep.
Only now had he truly come to his senses.
What he saw was Luo Bin standing before a pool, attacked and restrained by Taoist arts.
He had also heard Luo Xianshen's voice, followed by another incantation. Then Luo Bin's shadow had peeled away from his body, and that scalp-prickling thunder had struck the pool, anticipating the shadow's escape route.
Had the Female-One Patriarch possessed him and attacked Luo Bin?
No, the attack had not been aimed at Luo Bin, but at the Blackblood Vine!
How quickly Qin Tianqing caught on!
All that commotion last night had been the Female-One Patriarch trying to strip the Blackblood Vine from Luo Bin-to strip away the Heaven-Veiling Object!
Once he understood everything, Qin Tianqing let out a long breath of relief and slumped to the ground.
Though his face was pressed against the earth, his unease turned to joy, and a broad smile spread across his face.
The rain was easing, gradually coming to a stop.
There was more than a smile. There was laughter, too.
Qin Tianqing laughed freely, with utter delight!
The reason was simple. The Blackblood Vine was a lurking danger!
Though Luo Bin was strong, and though the Blackblood Vine had suppressed the plague gu and sealed away the Black Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal, Qin Tianqing knew perfectly well that these Heaven-Veiling