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"": "This was a place shrouded in darkness.
The sky was gray and heavy, the dark clouds seemingly fixed to its dome.
Many people walked along the road, their bodies crooked, their clothes in tatters.
The dull gray ground was covered in mud, dark red as though soaked with untold amounts of blood.
The greenery grew unchecked, the trees darker and denser, many of them draped in aerial roots.
Here and there, vines could be glimpsed coiling around the trees. They were rough and dark red, and though there was no wind, they trembled as if stirred by a breeze.
No daylight could penetrate this corrupted, devoured land.
This was Heaven-Exclusion.
Yet an even greater terror had descended upon it, sending it completely out of control.
Luo Bin and Gu Yiren rested well for the remainder of the night. Gu Ya and Luo Feng slept soundly too.
When Luo Bin woke, bright sunlight streamed through the holes in the rolling shutter door, making the room much brighter.
Gu Yiren was still fast asleep, her brows faintly knitted.
Luo Bin slipped quietly out of bed, then looked down at Gu Yiren again, tenderness welling up inside him.
Then he opened the side door and stepped outside.
He immediately caught a figure out of the corner of his eye. Looking closer, he saw that it was Shang Liuli.
"Aunt Shang," Luo Bin called.
Shang Liuli nodded.
Luo Bin understood why she had come.
He took the Five-Element Seal from his pocket and handed it to her, gesturing for her to step aside with him for a private conversation.
Holding the Five-Element Seal, Shang Liuli followed him.
Only after they reached the other side of the road did Luo Bin let out a long breath and begin