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"": "The Black-Gold Toad was even itching to leap onto Bai Xian.
Of course, Luo Bin would never let it. The deadly poison on its body was far more than an ordinary person could withstand.
"What was the deal with those two monks?"
"Monk ghosts?"
"Were they still attached to her?" Dai Xingjie murmured.
Luo Bin took two Gau Bone Beads from inside his clothes. The pale bone beads had a simple, unadorned quality, but he could not tell whether the Old Monk had returned.
Kong An's deity-or, more precisely, the deities of the Black City Monastery-differed from ordinary ghosts. They seemed unaffected by day or night.
"Human bone." Dai Xingjie's pupils contracted again.
"If it was the Old Monk, then we should be fine. At least he meant us no harm for now." Xu Lu relaxed a little.
Luo Bin nodded and returned the Black-Gold Toad to his other shoulder.
But the Black-Gold Toad continued staring at Bai Xian.
"Let's keep going. In theory, there should be somewhere to stop after another half day's walk," Xu Lu suggested. "We can have Miss Shangguan examine Miss Xian'er there."
The Black-Gold Toad's behavior was no more than a minor incident.
The group resumed their journey.
There was another small incident along the way. The man from Six Yin Mountain had injured everyone's souls to varying degrees earlier. Dai Xingjie took out a medicinal pill for Shangguan Xingyue, then, at her prompting, offered some to Luo Bin and Xu Lu as well.
Luo Bin politely declined. Xu Lu merely smiled without accepting.
Everyone knew that Fangshi golden cores were refined using Honey People. How could any normal person swallow one?
Fourth Master Gray, however, squeaked several times at Dai Xingjie. When Dai Xingjie ignored him, he scratched his