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"": "After all of yesterday and last night, followed by another full day today, it was now well past midnight. Even Luo Bin was struggling to hold out.
He left the corner of the Small Taoist Grounds' rock wall and followed the Wind Trigram direction to a tree where he could hide.
There were no Blackblood Vines on this tree.
Terrifying as Blackblood Vines sounded, as though they were everywhere, there actually weren't that many of them. Evil spirits were far more numerous-they were the ones that truly lurked everywhere.
Most of the time, Blackblood Vines only appeared after something triggered them.
Of course, this was merely a conclusion Luo Bin had drawn from his recent movements around Floating Tortoise Mountain. He had no solid evidence and couldn't be certain it was correct.
At least he could climb this tree now, choose a suitable spot in its crown, wedge himself into a fork, and close his eyes to rest.
That night.
Four people lurked in the shadows around the Feng Family's grounds, looking utterly bedraggled.
Had Luo Bin been there, he would have recognized them at once: Zhan Qing, Zhan Kong, You Yang, and Hu Jin, the practitioner in a short blue shirt and shoes with white uppers and black soles!
Several days earlier, Hu Jin had used the Life-Extending Lamp to prolong the Night Watchman's life, allowing him to survive that night.
But they had never found Luo Bin. The Night Watchman couldn't hold on much longer, and without fresh manpower, the Group Dwelling certainly wouldn't survive a second night.
Thus, the next day, the four of them left the Group Dwelling under the pretext of continuing their search.
The longer people stayed in the Group Dwelling, the more an invisible brand would mark