Coffin Chamber, the Heavenly Longevity Calendar's Abbey Masters, and Thunder-Peace's Missing Pill!

A long, long time passed. Finally, when Luo Bin regained consciousness, his body had mostly recovered, and his mind was exceptionally clear.

After eating a few more mouthfuls and drinking the remaining water, Luo Bin felt even more refreshed.

He stood and brushed the dirt and gravel off his clothes.

"This water won't last us. Fill a bottle from the well and bring it along," Fourth Master Gray reminded him with a squeak.

Luo Bin ignored him.

Looking at Lord Tian's Spring again, he found that, at least for now, the greed in his heart had disappeared.

That was how the corpse worm worked.

It made people err when they were wrong, and tempted them into mistakes even when they were right. As long as they could restrain their emotions instead of being ruled by them, they could resist the body worm.

Luo Bin had succeeded through the three-altars great precepts. That was one way to look at it.

Those trapped by the three insects, however, could not manage it so easily.

Of course, he had not become Worm Slaying. Lord Tian's Spring simply could no longer stir his greed.

He passed Lord Tian's Spring and arrived at the stone gate.

Along the way, the black-gold toad returned to the jar at his waist.

Most of the gu worms hidden nearby were still crawling along the ground, following him.

He opened the stone gate with some effort, revealing a dark flight of stairs that sloped steeply upward.

Luo Bin remained calm. This was what he had expected.

But when his flashlight swept across either side, he vaguely made out several gaps, putting him slightly on his guard.

Someone else might have overlooked them, but as a practitioner, he was far more observant than most.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Fourth Master Gray