"Correct. What Luo wants is the Induction Bead passed down through the Poison Saint Sect.
"You no longer have any use for this item. Lending it to Luo should not be difficult, should it?"
The Induction Bead Luo Hong wished to borrow had been refined by the Poison Saint Sect's ancestor specifically for Kunwu Mountain. Because it could form a connection with the famous Flying Immortal Stone within Kunwu Mountain, the bead would emit waves of clear chimes whenever Kunwu Mountain appeared.
The reason Hua Tianqi had been able to determine so confidently that the anomaly near Nameless Lake was caused by Kunwu Mountain's emergence was precisely because of this bead.
"The Induction Bead has always been hidden in the Ancestor Hall, unknown to outsiders. How did Brother Luo learn of it? You even seem quite familiar with it."
Upon learning what Luo Hong sought, Hua Tianqi was immediately astonished. He was shocked because only he had known of the Induction Bead's function before this; the rest of the Poison Saint Sect's Elders had only been informed by him several days ago. Yet Luo Hong seemed to know its details well. It was hard for him not to suspect that one of the sect's Elders was a traitor.
What puzzled him was that the Induction Bead truly had become useless, just as Luo Hong had said. Its purpose was to monitor whether Kunwu Mountain had appeared, and now they were all floating above Kunwu Mountain's seal. Naturally, it was no longer useful.
"Hehe, quite a few cultivators in ancient times were interested in the place below. Brother Hua need not be so surprised. Since Luo has obtained your Induction Bead, I naturally intend to seek out what it is sensing.
"After all, I am only one step away now. It