The power of the Yin Yang Beads was something Xiang Dongsheng knew a bit about; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to great lengths to get them.

Rather than helping Chu Hualong, he actually wanted to possess them for himself.

Ever since Chu Hualong sent him to bid for the Yin Yang Beads, he had secretly put considerable effort into investigating their origin.

It took him three months to gather some clues from a grave-robbing soil merchant.

According to the soil merchant, the Yin Yang Beads were initially brought out from the tomb by a group of grave robbers.

Along with them came some bronze artifacts and jade ornaments.

The bronze artifacts and jade ornaments were quickly fenced by the robbers, but this string of Yin Yang Beads had trouble finding buyers.

Impatient to sell, the robbers finally took a risky step and reached out to an old monk to help with fencing.

Thinking the Prayer Beads were Buddhist artifacts, they assumed it would be easier to fence them through the old monk; yet, they unwittingly attracted disaster.

The evening they met, the old monk inspected the goods, and the robbers didn't know what method he used, but he accidentally activated the Yin Yang Beads.

Once the Yin Yang Beads were activated, almost everyone in the village where the robbers hid perished overnight.

Even the old monk responsible for fencing couldn't escape, becoming a ghost under the Yin Yang Beads.

Later, a few survivors from the village brought the Yin Yang Beads out, and only then did they appear in the auction.

This was the origin of the Yin Yang Beads, but Xiang Dongsheng never imagined that Qin Chuan could activate and wield them.

If he'd known this earlier, he wouldn't have ever dared to tread into this murky water.

"That bastard Slim Monkey must have died under the Yin Yang Beads the other day, yet he dared to deceive me!" Xiang Dongsheng gritted his teeth, his survival instinct soaring.

Qin Chuan's ability to wield the Yin Yang Beads was beyond the reach of mere martial force.

To avoid death, fleeing was the only option!

As for Yang Monian, his death was irrelevant; if it bought him the spare moment to dodge this disaster, it wasn't a waste of the resources he squandered on him over the years.

"Xiang Dongsheng, you tried to kill me time after time. Do you think you can escape today?"

Qin Chuan flicked his fingers, sending a white Prayer Bead shooting out like a bullet, hovering in front of Xiang Dongsheng the next moment.

Seeing the white Prayer Bead, Xiang Dongsheng looked like he saw a ghost in broad daylight, his eyes twitching frantically in terror.

Without hesitation, he stamped his foot forcefully, turning abruptly and sprinting in the opposite direction.

However, the driven white Prayer Bead was faster, clinging like a phantom, relentlessly pursuing Xiang Dongsheng.

No matter how Xiang Dongsheng adjusted his direction, the Prayer Bead remained suspended above his brow.

"No, no, no... you can't kill me, I'm the Hall Master of Dog Hall, I'm Xiang Dongsheng, you can't..."

Xiang Dongsheng's heart trembled violently, his expression nearly hysterical.

Yet in the next second, the frenzied Xiang Dongsheng suddenly stopped in his tracks, becoming quiet all over.

Not only him, even the previously terrified Yang Monian suddenly quieted down, his gaze growing still and vacant, as if entranced.

"What's happening? It's like they've been frozen in place," the crowd at the scene wondered with astonishment.

Wen Bingtao was glaring intently at the nearby Yang Monian, his expression steeped in wary caution.

To him, the Yin Yang Beads seemed utterly peculiar.

They could temporarily immobilize someone, rendering them seemingly incapable of resistance.

In this way, Qin Chuan could act as he pleased.

Despite his wariness, Wen Bingtao was also burning with envy for the string of Yin Yang Beads.

If he could possess them, in the future, probably no one in Jiangcheng would be his match.

Thinking of this, Wen Bingtao not only refrained from fleeing but watched even more intently, afraid of missing something.

But just at this moment, something happened on Xiang Dongsheng's side.

He saw Xiang Dongsheng, who was originally immobilized, suddenly struggling violently, following which he swung a heavy punch, blasting the white bead away.

"Hmm???"

The sudden development caught Qin Chuan by surprise.

Strictly speaking, this was his first time seriously driving the string of Yin Yang Beads.

The last activation was unintended, and his understanding of the situation was limited.

He only knew that the Yin Yang Beads could forcibly extract a person's soul, killing invisibly.

As to why Xiang Dongsheng could resist, he wasn't entirely sure.

He then looked at Yang Monian, worried whether a similar situation might arise as it did with Xiang Dongsheng.

Fortunately, Yang Monian's condition mirrored what happened to Titan that day, the Prayer Bead already extracting his soul, gradually turning ink-colored.

"Could it be because Xiang Dongsheng's realm is higher than Yang Monian's?" Qin Chuan speculated internally.

According to Elder Gu's guess, Xiang Dongsheng was probably at Grandmaster Level.

While Yang Monian was only at the Profound Mastery stage.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan abandoned Yang Monian, taking the remaining Yin Yang Beads and pursued Xiang Dongsheng.

He understood the principle of not chasing a cornered enemy.

But as long as the Yin Yang Beads could temporarily control Xiang Dongsheng, he was confident he could personally slaughter this scoundrel.

Soon, Xiang Dongsheng's figure came back into his sight.

Following suit, he shot out a Prayer Bead.

The Prayer Bead indeed worked, pinning Xiang Dongsheng in place.

Seeing this, Qin Chuan accelerated, rushing to strike Xiang Dongsheng's back with a punch, while he remained immobile.

Treacherous attacks, moral codes, they were all nonsense to him.

Qin Chuan now simply desired to personally kill this scoundrel, and beat this dog in the water.

And on the other side, even though Qin Chuan left, none of the crowd at Tongde Hall's entrance did.

Everyone's attention was fixed on Yang Monian.

They all wanted to know what the effect would be after being immobilized by the Yin Yang Beads.

"Black, it's turning black, the bead is turning black!" suddenly someone exclaimed.

The crowd focused, discovering indeed the bead had turned from its original white color to pitch black like ink.

But before everyone had a good look, the blackened bead suddenly moved, heading towards the direction Qin Chuan had left.

Someone tried to stop it, resulting in the bead piercing through their hand.

Thus, everyone could only watch the bead fly away and turned their attention back to Yang Monian.

Yang Monian remained motionless as if petrified, no matter how others shouted, he showed no response.

"Master Yang, are you alright, Master Yang, Yang..."

A brave adept from Dog Hall shouted twice, then tentatively patted Yang Monian's shoulder.

With a thud, Yang Monian's body immediately fell forward in a headlong plunge.

Yang Monian, toppled to the ground, his body rigid and unwavering, unmistakably dead beyond any doubt.

Gasp!

Witnessing this, everyone couldn't help but inhale sharply.

But what shocked them more was Qin Chuan's return, at the moment he went to chase Xiang Dongsheng.

His state appeared no different from when he left, except now he held a corpse in his hand, nothing more!

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