When Darkness Falls, Light the Lamp
Chapter 543

On the brink of being devoured

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"": ""If we don't leave now, it'll really be too late. You don't understand-Mr. Dai is a Six-Arts Fangshi, and they took him down without even trying. We're definitely no match for those freaks!" Hu Jin was more than anxious; the unease on his face grew even stronger.

Clearly, Hu Jin knew nothing of Luo Bin and the others' relationship with the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds. That was why he was so afraid.

He also had no idea that Shangguan Xingyue had put righteousness above her own family, which was why he feared retaliation.

For Luo Bin, although they had severed ties with Qin Tianqing just moments earlier, and Zhang Yunxi had even gone along with the situation to help Qin Tianqing outmaneuver Shangguan Xingyue one last time,

the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds had sacrificed far too much over the matter of Cabinet Mountain.

Being manipulated and used one last time was nothing compared with those sacrifices. Besides, Qin Tianqing had done nothing to harm Luo Bin's interests. He had even talked Shangguan Xingyue into handing over her inheritance.

Thus, Luo Bin did not want anything to happen to Qin Tianqing.

Though Dai Zhixiong's origins were unknown, he had saved Huang Ying and Hu Jin.

Without Dai Zhixiong, Huang Ying would have long since become a mound of earth, and Hu Jin would eventually have died trapped inside Floating Tortoise Mountain, with no one to help him.

If something happened to Dai Zhixiong because of this, it would undoubtedly create another karmic debt.

But it was already too late.

Indeed, no matter how formidable a master's schemes were, he was still only a master.

Masters had their weaknesses.

The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds had overcome their weaknesses with external tools, mechanical traps, and hidden weapons. Qin

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