He remembered that there had been five of those blood beads in total.
Back then, the evil cultivators Daoist Mohe and Daoist Linghua had also been searching for the blood beads. However, his luck had been good, and one of them had ultimately fallen into his hands.
Now, it seemed Taiyi Sect had done quite well for itself. Ling Yu and Yuan Ming had actually gathered the other four together.
"Hm? Wait." Yang Chen was suddenly startled.
Only then did he realize that all four beads were flying toward the Ghost Venerable, while he himself also possessed a blood bead.
This blood bead...
Yang Chen's entire body tensed. Sure enough, he sensed the blood bead stirring.
It actually wanted to fly toward the Ghost Venerable. Fortunately, Yang Chen noticed in time and, with a flip of his hand, suppressed the blood bead.
The Ghost Venerable narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the four blood beads before him. "Why are there only four?"
"Could the fifth one be farther away and need some more time to arrive?" several evil cultivators asked.
The Ghost Venerable shook his head. "No, that is not it. I can clearly sense that another blood bead is not far from me. It merely seems to be held down by someone, which is why it has not come to me."
Yang Chen's nerves tightened.
"This is bad." He drew a deep breath, his face paling in alarm as he realized things were likely about to turn ugly.
If this continued, the Ghost Venerable would definitely discover him.
The Ghost Venerable had clearly detected an abnormality in this place related to him. In the end, it was all because of that blood bead.
At that moment, the Ghost Venerable hooked a finger. The blood bead Yang Chen