Lin Taichu was somewhat puzzled. Logically, he had obtained the key, so he should have been able to leave. Why was there no movement at all?
Just then, Lin Taichu felt something swaying against his neck.
He reached out and touched it, pulling out a cord with a round bead hanging from its end.
The bead was crystal clear and flickered with an eerie green glow. Like a living thing, it drifted about constantly.
"What is this?" Lin Taichu asked.
Bai Ze said, "It is a Soul Bead. It can communicate with ghosts."
Lin Taichu nodded. This thing rather resembled what ghosts in the underworld used. Holding the Soul Bead, he closed his eyes and tried to communicate with the ghosts inside, intending to summon them to work for him.
"Huh... it actually worked?" He was astonished to discover that he had successfully summoned a phantom.
"Hello, may I ask your name?" Lin Taichu asked.
"My name is Yaksha. I was ordered to patrol this place..."
Lin Taichu's face was filled with shock. This fellow's strength had actually reached the fifth level of Body Tempering! He could hardly believe his ears. Such a powerful fellow was actually willing to stay here as a Yaksha!
"How did you die?" Lin Taichu asked again. "Was it because you killed too many?"
"Killing?" Yaksha froze for a moment, then shook his head. "It is a sad story. I hope you will not mind."
"Huh?"
Lin Taichu was completely baffled. What was going on?
"I summoned you here because I want to cooperate with you. You and I will join forces to seize this ruin and obtain its inheritance," Yaksha said. "But before that, help me kill the guardian of this palace. Only after you complete the task I give you will I tell