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"": "There was much Luo Bin understood, but just as much he did not.
Zhang Yunxi's explanation had cleared the fog from his mind.
Yes, Qin Tianqing was indeed a master schemer.
Looking back to the beginning of their fight with Yuan Yinxin, Qin Tianqing had never truly used the Heavenly Mechanism Jade Slip. Their group had seemed surrounded by demons, unable to move an inch, but in reality, he had already begun concealing his strength then.
Had they truly thrown everything into the fight, Yuan Yinxin could never have subdued them so quickly.
Yuan Yinxin had fallen for the trap right there. That was what had led to everything that followed, including Shangguan Xingyue discovering his true colors.
All of this had been a genuinely perilous gambit.
To Luo Bin, it really looked like gambling.
Yet now Luo Bin understood that it had been no gamble at all. Qin Tianqing had calculated an outcome that was certain to happen!
Then came the next step: swiftly taking him down the mountain while leaving Zhang Baijiao, Zhang Yunling, and Shang Liuli behind.
That, too, had been calculated. Qin Tianqing knew Luo Bin would inevitably want to go back and rescue them, and that Shangguan Xingyue would stop him. Since Shangguan Xingyue had turned her blade on Yuan Yinxin and regained her human reason, she would inevitably rescue the three in his place.
Qin Tianqing would then follow Shangguan Xingyue. This killed two birds with one stone: he gained her trust while also winning the wholehearted acceptance of those Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples who had once been traitors.
Otherwise, no matter how well Qin Tianqing treated them, they would certainly have harbored misgivings. After all, Qin Que had been the first person they accepted. Once he met