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"": "Luo Bin had slept for a long time. At first, he had felt utterly drained, as though everything inside him had been hollowed out. Then a scorching warmth had flowed through his chest and abdomen, and after that, his nearly exhausted mind had recovered a little.
Much, much later, when Luo Bin woke, he felt remarkably refreshed, as though he had never exhausted himself at all.
He lay on a reasonably familiar bed. On the wall before him hung a painting of a Taoist amid mountains and rivers.
After getting up, he checked his belongings.
The Golden Silkworm Gu had wrapped itself around the Corpse Core, forming an Insect Cocoon again.
That pained Luo Bin, but what was done was done. Dwelling on it would accomplish nothing.
The Jade Turtle Talisman was gone.
The Five Thunder Pestle had not been returned to him, but nothing else was missing.
How was Bai Xian?
His last memory was of using that Yin Hexagram.
After that, everything was blank.
He exhaled a little stale breath and rose. His steps were steady, and his body felt light.
He left the room.
Inside the Main Hall, Xu Lu was pacing back and forth.
"Mr. Luo!"
Turning around, Xu Lu's eyes lit up with delight.
"Man, you were out there so long, I honestly thought those Taoists had done you in. I was thinking none of the bull-nosed priests on this mountain would listen to any explanation. I was worried sick."
"Then the Real Person brought you back and even gave you zhongshan baijiao."
"Who did what to you? They drained you dry! Without the Aperture-Guarding Soul-Calming Talisman, you would've undergone Soul Separation before you even had time to take medicine."
Xu Lu poured out a torrent of words.
Luo Bin