The Underground Room was oppressively dark.
Luo Bin had been there for almost half an hour, making no attempt to hide.
There was nowhere to conceal himself. Beside the wall was the hole Reed Rat and Fourth Master Gray had dug, with wisps of wind pouring through it and mingling with the air inside.
Wooden beams crisscrossed overhead, forming a suspended ceiling in the stone chamber.
Bags made from a peculiar kind of hide hung from the beams. A faint air of deathly stillness pervaded the room, yet it also felt as though someone might start murmuring at any moment.
The oppressive atmosphere was intense and inescapable.
Luo Bin did not open the bags. Their leather surfaces were covered in strange talisman inscriptions that radiated danger.
He Lin'an had mentioned that the person who had seized Wu Jinluan's body kept plenty of Five-Prison Ghosts and Twenty-Eight Hell Prisoners!
Were these leather bags where those ghosts dwelled?
A rough count put their number at twenty, more than enough to fill every oil lamp in the Primordial White Flower Lantern!
For now, Luo Bin resisted the temptation.
"Wu Jinluan" had yet to appear. Tampering with the ghosts here would surely cause trouble!
Waiting was the key!
The Gu worms had already left his body and lay hidden inside the entrance's doorframe.
Miao Zi stood flush against the wall to the right of the door.
The instant Wu Jinluan entered, the Gu worms would swarm onto him.
The Centipede Gu would poison him, the other Gu would intimidate him, and Miao Zi would bind him completely with silkworm silk!
Fourth Master Gray's eyes darted about, his tail brushing lightly against Luo Bin's face.
He made no sound at all.
Faint footsteps reached Luo Bin's ears. His pupils contracted, his body tensed slightly, and