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"": "The moment Dai Zhixiong first saw Luo Bin, he smelled the lingering scent of Blackblood Vine on him, along with another residual corpse scent. Neither was ordinary.
A living person had actually hosted Blackblood Vine and then had it extracted. His body had even undergone corpse transformation before returning to normal.
Dai Zhixiong had developed a keen interest in Luo Bin right then.
However, he could vaguely sense a tenuous connection between Cabinet Mountain and Luo Bin.
Luo Bin had something on him.
If he had attacked immediately and Luo Bin had fled into Cabinet Mountain, he would have lost his chance to get it.
That was why he had chosen to leave.
Shangguan Xingyue was his objective.
Luo Bin was an incidental discovery.
Getting him would be a welcome bonus. Failing to get him would cost Dai Zhixiong nothing.
He had not needed to bring Hu Jin along.
Keeping Hu Jin meant keeping a thread he could pull.
Luo Bin could choose not to come looking for him. But if he dared to come, he would have to leave something behind.
Dai Zhixiong had also left room for maneuver in his earlier exchange with Shangguan Xingyue. To see whether she would lie, he had deliberately avoided mentioning Luo Bin's name, yet she had volunteered it herself.
Her expression and tone had both been normal, indicating there was nothing amiss with her.
And everything had been normal with Dai Ji, whom he had sent out.
Did that mean Luo Bin was being cautious and had delayed his arrival?
Dai Zhixiong was not yet certain.
He already had an explanation ready for Shangguan Xingyue. Even if she learned that Luo Bin had entered the Underground Palace, she would not suspect anything.
Throughout these thoughts, Dai Zhixiong's