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"": "Zhang Yunxi spoke again. "If my observations are correct, this should be a chestnut tree. A wild man stores chestnuts; chestnut wood conceals spring. This tree was already brimming with life force. After it became thunderstruck wood, that life force was sealed within it. There is also the saying 'Waking of Insects Spring Thunder.' When that thunder sounds, it sweeps away an entire winter's deathly energy."
"My senior brother led the other disciples and the guards of the Taoist grounds to kill and plunder treasures. In the end, they were killed themselves. That was karma, that was fate."
"The same went for Xiao Ke. He tried to seize the treasure and lost not only decades of painstaking work, but his life as well."
"This is the cycle of heavenly justice. Retribution never fails."
The first half of his words undoubtedly heightened Chen Zu's excitement.
The second half carried a deeper meaning.
Luo Bin was not the only one who had gained something from this trip. Hadn't Zhang Yunxi gained something too?
Xiao Ke had wiped out nearly seventy or eighty percent of the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds.
Now, Xiao Ke's entire sect had been exterminated, without a single survivor!
"We won't be able to take this tree away today. Once I get back, I'll immediately send people up the mountain to retrieve it. After I've done a little work on it, I'll invite you both to take a look, Mr. Yunxi, Mr. Luo." Chen Zu was full of confidence.
"Is there anything else you need to do, Mr. Luo?" Zhang Yunxi asked again.
"No." Luo Bin shook his head.
He had come down here for this one thing alone: to confirm whether his judgment was correct.
"In that case, let's head down the mountain. It's