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"": "Inside the main room, Miao Miao sprang to her feet and raced toward Luo Bin like a gust of wind.
Zhang Yunxi stepped forward and caught Luo Bin by the shoulders, keeping him from falling to the floor.
"What happened?" Hu Jin cried out in shock.
He and Huang Ying hurried to the doorway. Miao Miao had already taken Luo Bin's other side, and she and Zhang Yunxi supported him as they carried him outside. She led them to the center of the courtyard, then had them lay Luo Bin on the ground.
"The essence-devouring gu?" Zhang Yunxi spoke rapidly, his brows knitted tight.
"That damned bald monk forced the gu worm out..."
"The essence-devouring gu isn't dead. Otherwise, he'd be vomiting blood."
Miao Miao's entire face tensed as she said cautiously, "If the essence-devouring gu dies, the shell-devouring gu is still his life gu. He'll only suffer serious injuries, and he'll recover after some rest and treatment."
Hu Jin opened his mouth. Faced with this situation, he had nothing to contribute.
Huang Ying knew nothing about any of this either. All she could do was look worried.
"That damned bald monk... didn't do that?"
"Why?"
Miao Miao looked bewildered.
She knew perfectly well that Miao Gu had taken Luo Bin as his disciple because he had shown an aptitude for attracting gu worms.
He had said they were going to retrieve the essence-devouring gu. Yes, that was no lie.
But the chances were far too slim. Once Kong An forced the essence-devouring gu out, he would surely kill it.
Luo Bin's dizziness and collapse were the backlash from the essence-devouring gu being forced out.
By rights, he should have started vomiting blood uncontrollably the next moment, his life gu suffering damage.
Yet none of