"": 200, "": "", "": "Sixteen directions, corresponding to the Primordial Sixteen Trigrams.
That was only what could be seen from a distance.
Standing on the sacrificial platform, they could see that its surface was covered in densely packed writing.
"How many... hexagram signs are there here?" Shock flashed in Qin Tianqing's eyes.
"Two hundred and fifty-six," Luo Bin answered gravely.
"Four times the sixty-four hexagrams? What an inheritance of Primordial Calculation!" Qin Tianqing's shock lingered, his voice filled with wonder.
"What a traitor! Is this how you casually divulge our sect's inheritance?!" Yuan Kong was furious!
Another heavy slap struck the other side of Yuan Kong's face.
"You're a prisoner. Watch your filthy mouth!" another Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds Disciples disciple snapped coldly.
The word "traitor" seemed particularly grating to their ears.
Luo Bin turned, glanced at Yuan Kong, and said, "You turned all your senior and junior brothers into talismans."
"Is this the reward for loyalty to Cabinet Mountain? Is this the fate awaiting those loyal to Cabinet Mountain? Before they died, did they know what would happen to them?"
"If they knew and still accepted it, then they truly were good disciples of the Cabinet Mountain Taoist Grounds. Unfortunately, I never was."
"Yuan Yinxin is a treacherous bastard and a master of deception. But no wall is airtight, and no secret can stay hidden forever. I can't be one of your good disciples."
With that, Luo Bin stopped looking at Yuan Kong and followed Qin Tianqing farther ahead.
Yuan Kong's face alternated between red and pale, his eyes dark with shock and fury.
But he could do nothing now. He was utterly at their mercy.
There was something else he could not understand.
Who was this man who had suddenly appeared, who knew the Primordial