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"": "As the thought crossed his mind, Qin Tianqing straightened his back even further, the awkward tension on his face giving way to waves of eagerness and longing!
They left the Eight Trigrams Altar in front of the Main Hall.
They descended the steps leading down from the summit.
The sky was growing dark.
The three of them walked a considerable distance without resting. At the sight of the houses and halls beside the road, a wistful look crossed Qin Tianqing's face.
"Come to think of it, our Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds and Cabinet Mountain have something in common," Qin Tianqing said.
"What's that?" Luo Bin asked.
"Apart from a single straight road leading directly to our grounds, all the other paths twist and turn. Anyone who doesn't understand them will get trapped," Qin Tianqing answered.
"Is that all? There aren't any other dangers?" Zhang Yunxi asked with a frown.
Qin Tianqing paused, then answered honestly, "The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds never had any intention of harming people. Why would there be other dangers? But these days, the danger is probably those disciples who betrayed us. They haven't left the grounds. They're waiting for everyone still holding out inside to die, so they can take over and carry on in a different form."
"I once divined that they would soon band together to attack me. I wasn't sure I could survive. Your arrival on the mountain affected them, and my leaving now should catch them off guard."
"There are still dangers in leaving the mountain."
As he said this, Qin Tianqing actually seemed less worried, and his tone grew more cheerful.
To some extent, he had been resigned to death before.
Without hope, people always fell a little short in whatever they did.
Conversely, an unyielding