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"": "Miao Miao had been so cautious, urging him to leave quickly. She must have known something, but not the whole story. And this matter was so important that she had refused to answer his questions, insisting Granny Li explain instead.
Earlier, he had attracted those so-called Cave Maidens.
Now, Gu-Bound People filled the mountain path.
Were both kinds of beings trying to keep him here?
Yes, the Cave Maidens hadn't tried to kill him. They hadn't shown any malice.
What were that heart-pounding feeling and longing for?
Luo Bin couldn't describe it.
"If they're like the Cave Maidens, can't we just walk straight past them?" Luo Bin suddenly asked.
But the next instant, he realized something was wrong.
The crucial detail was that Gu-Bound People weren't human. They were mere shells controlled by gu worms.
"The Cave Maidens are human. They're attracted to me because of what the Miao King did to me."
"But the Gu-Bound People simply want to obtain whatever the Miao King left inside me?"
Luo Bin spoke those two sentences in quick succession.
Miao Miao had looked ready to explain, but just as she opened her mouth, she pressed her lips tightly together and nodded emphatically.
"Do you use wind chimes to deal with Gu-Bound People? They repel gu, so they can repel them too?" Luo Bin asked again.
"Yes," Miao Miao answered.
Only then did she start, coming to her senses. She took a small string of wind chimes from inside her clothes and tied it above the cave entrance. The rain was so loud that the chimes couldn't be heard at all.
"Thunderstorms actually suppress gu worms, but they also make wind chimes practically useless. Normally, Gu-Bound People shouldn't appear in weather like this..."
"It's still because of..."
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