Inside the Black Prison.
Luo Bin and Shangguan Xingyue were still hurrying forward.
They passed many cell doors along the way, with pleading voices and sounds of pounding coming from within.
Luo Bin did not stop.
Shangguan Xingyue kept hesitating to speak.
Finally, Shangguan Xingyue stopped.
"There are so many people locked up here. Why aren't we saving them?"
Her teeth clenched as she spoke, her face full of compassion.
"Letting them out now would be no different from sending them to their deaths."
Luo Bin's words made Shangguan Xingyue's expression shift again.
Just then, Luo Muye gave a muffled groan. Bracing one hand against the wall, he shakily raised his head.
Shangguan Xingyue set him down.
Only by leaning against the wall could Luo Muye barely remain standing.
He shook his head, only then realizing that they were already inside the Black Prison.
Luo Muye's face went pale.
"Luo Bin, you..."
Before Luo Muye could finish, Luo Bin spoke gravely. "Whatever Kong An promised, whatever you were thinking, he's not someone we can trust. Leaving him alive will mean endless trouble, especially once this Black City Monastery is handed over to him. No one will be his match. Even Sinpo Baqin will be killed by him sooner or later, rather than bringing him to account."
"This time is different." Luo Muye's voice was hoarse, his eyes even more bloodshot.
"When has it ever been different?" Luo Bin shook his head. "A man who stops at nothing to achieve his goals, whose heart holds only evil and no kindness-you hope he'll show mercy once, but how many people will die because of it? Will we even escape in the end? Perhaps we can escape this place, but what about elsewhere?"
"Daoist Luo invited the All-Heaven Taoist Abbeys here today, yet