When Darkness Falls, Light the Lamp
Chapter 428

Heads hidden in a secret chamber

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"": "Luo Bin stayed in his room reading for a long time.

He had read about half of the entire legacy. Most of the later material concerned the construction of divination formations, the selection of gravesites, and even the design and layout of homes for the living.

There were also passages Luo Bin could not understand. He kept feeling that something was missing.

That did not surprise him. Yuan Yinxin was using him, after all. Would he really give him a complete legacy? Obviously not. He was bound to hold something back.

The complete legacy of their lineage was probably like what Shangguan Xingyue had demonstrated: wounding and killing without a trace, in utterly uncanny ways.

Even this portion alone, however, felt endlessly useful to Luo Bin.

At the very least, what it revealed had driven the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds to such murderous lengths to seize it! That alone proved how extraordinary this legacy was, far beyond ordinary Feng Shui Arts.

As dusk deepened, "Qin Ju" came again. Still calling himself Qin Fang, he knocked on the door and invited Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi to eat.

"Qin Ju" seemed unaware that Wei Dong had left. He even knocked on Wei Dong's door.

Only after Zhang Yunxi explained that Wei Dong had returned to Qushui Town did "Qin Ju" understand.

After leading Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi to their destination, "Qin Ju" left with vacant eyes.

Luo Bin watched his retreating figure disappear, silently wondering where in the grounds Qin Ju would go now, and whose role he would play.

Was this man perhaps the most tragic person in the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds?

Lost in madness, keeping Mountain Gate safe and sound within his own imagination?

After the meal, the two returned to their

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