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"": "For a long time, Luo Bin said nothing.
Without his realizing it, everything had circled back to the beginning.
Wasn't this precisely what he had intended when he first agreed to follow Miao Gu into Thousand Miao Village?
He would learn the Gu Arts to make up for the shortcomings in his Yin-Yang Arts, putting himself completely beyond Yuan Yinxin's expectations.
Thousand Miao Village would no longer bind him.
But did the Miao King trust him so much? Was he not afraid that Luo Bin would go back on his word and never return once he had learned everything?
Luo Bin did not answer right away. The Miao King did not press him, merely watching him quietly.
Perhaps ten minutes passed, or perhaps even longer.
Luo Bin lowered himself slightly, preparing to kneel.
"Heh, heh."
"That's a worldly custom. You can dispense with it."
The Miao King casually raised his hand and supported Luo Bin's elbow, preventing him from kneeling.
"I still don't understand the Three Corpse Worms."
"They aren't Gu, yet they're connected to one's realm."
"Could they be untamed Gu unique to Three Perils Mountain? Does everyone here have to face them, killing them if they pass the trial, or becoming their host if they fail?"
Luo Bin voiced his questions.
"Though they are worms, they are also not worms. You've let your preconceptions trap you."
"In short, they have nothing whatsoever to do with Gu Worms. Nor can they ever be tamed."
"Rather than saying the people of Three Perils Mountain must face them, it would be more accurate to say everyone must."
The Miao King explained.
"Everyone? Who, for example?" Luo Bin's expression was utterly serious.
"Me, for example. The Grand Shamanic Healer. And Yin-Yang Practitioners who have reached a certain