When Darkness Falls, Light the Lamp
Chapter 408

The collar around his neck, people with hidden agendas

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Zhang Yunxi had called him Mr. Luo.

Yet Zhang Yunni had addressed him as Luo Bin right from the start, calling him directly by name.

The difference in their attitudes and standing could not have been clearer.

That was only natural. Zhang Yunni was the master of the Taoist Grounds, and he had not faced life and death alongside Luo Bin on Floating Tortoise Mountain. It made sense for him to put on some airs.

As these thoughts passed through his mind, Luo Bin shook his head and said, "The poison in my body is fine. I can feel it. I'm doing reasonably well."

"Not so. This poison comes from Floating Tortoise Mountain. The evil spirits there infect the living after the poison enters their life force. If the poison in your body gathers without dispersing, and you remain alive, you become a source of poison. Even if you never turn into an evil spirit, you may spread poison without realizing it and cause other evil spirits to emerge," Zhang Yunni continued.

Luo Bin's heart sank slightly.

This was one issue he could not get around.

The people of the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds were far too intent on curing his poison.

At this point, the elderly Taoist Wen Ye spoke. "This is poison, but it is also Floating Tortoise Mountain's means of controlling people. You are no longer on the mountain, so you are not under its control. But you could indeed spread the poison. Curing you would be doing you a favor."

That single remark abruptly brought Luo Bin a flash of understanding, sending waves of cold through him.

Poison, but also control?

*Yes, they had it wrong. They didn't know the poison in their

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