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"": "Zhang Yunxi had taken precautions. He had not arranged to meet outside the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds, or anywhere nearby. This decrepit river god temple beside a stagnant river lay dozens of miles from the grounds-an exceptionally long way away.
After leaving the grounds, Zhang Yunxi had even checked whether anyone was following him.
Only after making sure everything was safe had he come here to meet Luo Bin.
Yet it had still ended in the worst possible outcome.
"If you take a life, you must be prepared to pay with your own."
"Fourth Brother, why wouldn't we be able to follow you?"
"During your years on Floating Tortoise Mountain, your Yin-Yang Arts have deteriorated rather than improved."
"What should have been an opportunity for quiet cultivation was ruined by your own hands."
Zhang Yunni spoke again.
Another twenty-odd people streamed in, crowding into the temple.
The two red-robed Taoists were the Second Elder and Third Elder of the Jade Hall Taoist Abbey. Both radiated murderous intent, their eyes brimming with hatred as they looked at Luo Bin.
Most of the others wore green robes or Green Robe, and they looked just as menacing.
Zhang Yunni remained on the road outside. Two old men in Tang suits stood beside him, their gazes holding both murderous intent and disappointment.
The murderous intent was directed at Luo Bin; the disappointment, at Zhang Yunxi.
"I no longer have the heart to debate right and wrong. I ask you only this, Senior Brother: we practitioners follow our hearts. Do you still have one?" Zhang Yunxi's voice grew increasingly hoarse.
"My heart is devoted, naturally, to the interests of our Jade Hall lineage. Luo Bin carries a deadly poison and could harm innocent people around him at any moment. Our