Indeed, Bai Xian had said that Second Madam Hu fled before they reached Black City Monastery, once she realized something was wrong with them.
Second Madam Hu certainly wasn't nearby. If she had been, she should have appeared when Xu Lu was rescued and Black City Monastery was destroyed.
Luo Bin had considered this too, which was why he hadn't suggested looking for Second Madam Hu when they left. Fourth Master Gray hadn't mentioned catching her scent either.
Fourth Master Gray stared at Xu Lu a little longer with his rat eyes, then stopped squeaking.
"Down the mountain, down the mountain."
"I'll forget about the Golden Abacus. There's nothing wrong with Jiang Hongsheng. If I actually stole it, Grand Master would jump straight out of the Golden Well."
With that, Xu Lu waved a hand and headed down the mountain.
Four-Rules Mountain was enormous, and the journey took another day. At nightfall, the three of them boarded a minibus occupied entirely by Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples.
Luo Xianshen and the people from Four-Rules Mountain were in another vehicle.
All the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples looked slightly nervous. As they gazed out the windows, their eyes held a trace of fear, but also intense excitement.
Actually, Luo Bin had noticed something back when they were following Qin Tianqing.
Were they really traitors?
The main lineage of the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds had simply dwindled, and they wanted to survive.
They were part of the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds too.
They had done certain things purely to survive, not simply to commit evil.
If they had truly been evil, Qin Tianqing would have been out of the picture long ago.
If nothing had happened to Heavenly Mechanism Mountain, who would have wanted to leave like a stray dog that had