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"": ""Uh... aren't you overreacting a little, Mr. Hu? I was only asking." Xu Lu chuckled and reached for the bottle in Hu Jin's hand again.
"Mr. Luo and I have faced life and death together. We all did in this fight too, didn't we?"
"If Mr. Luo doesn't agree, he only has to say no."
"Besides, I'm not asking to take Fourth Master Gray."
"There's no harm in having a little chat with him, is there?"
Through all of this, the smile never left Xu Lu's face.
Luo Bin understood.
Indeed, Xu Lu wasn't trying to take Fourth Master Gray.
Although he seemed reckless at times, he was, at heart, an extremely capable Yin-Yang Practitioner. Otherwise, he couldn't have survived under Kong An for so long.
Watching Luo Bin use the Gray Immortal Spirit-Inviting Talisman had shown Xu Lu a way to make up for his own shortcomings. That was why he had used his tipsiness as an excuse to ask.
"Fourth Master Gray taught me the Gray Immortal Spirit-Inviting Talisman, more or less. His owner, Hu Xing, gave me the first talisman," Luo Bin said truthfully.
He had meant to say that if Xu Lu really wanted to learn, it would depend on whether Fourth Master Gray was willing to teach him. But before he could finish-
Xu Lu's eyes lit up, and he grinned. "Then that's easy. Where's Hu Xing? I'll go ask her. That'll settle everything, won't it?"
The instant he finished speaking-
A shrill squeak rang out. Xu Lu grunted in pain and clutched his finger.
A row of tiny, closely spaced bloody holes had appeared at the base of his index finger!
Fourth Master Gray perched on Luo Bin's shoulder, his rat eyes blood-red.
"It seems Fourth Master Gray has