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"": "Kong Chen glanced at Zhang Yunxi.
"I know Golden Peace Temple is doing everything it can to help me, and I'll do everything I can too. But as things stand, our chances aren't good. Even with Mr. Luo here, it may still be very difficult. I'll do my best."
Zhang Yunxi answered honestly.
A complicated expression crossed Kong Chen's face. He glanced at Luo Bin as well.
Luo Bin didn't know what to say. All he could offer was, "I'll give it everything I have."
The bitterness on Kong Chen's face deepened. Finally, he turned to Bai Wei and murmured, "We'll do as you suggest. Please don't hold anything back."
Just then, a grayish-white shadow darted up beside Kong Chen. It was a rat, squeaking something into his ear.
Kong Chen's face tightened, his eyelids twitching wildly.
"Don't be rude to the abbot," Bai Wei snapped.
Only then did the rat dart onto Bai Wei's shoulder, its slender tail flicking incessantly.
"Don't worry. I never go back on my word."
After Bai Wei said that, Kong Chen did indeed look much calmer.
They had stopped just beyond the Buddhist pagoda. A little farther ahead lay the old site of Golden Peace Temple.
From here, they could already make out the outlines of some temple buildings in the distance.
Kong Chen was about to continue leading the way.
"Abbot Kong Chen, you needn't go any farther. We'll go on ourselves," Zhang Yunxi said at just the right moment.
He stepped forward and headed straight ahead.
Luo Bin, Bai Wei, and Hu Xing followed.
Kong Chen sat cross-legged on the ground and watched them disappear into the distance.
Two or three minutes later, they reached the old temple gates.
Night shrouded the entire temple, yet an unusual