That special courtyard of High Priest Ryun was not in the least bit affected by the blizzard outside. Ryun led his favorite disciple Mingzhu down a small path to the back gardens. A single piece of rockery almost twenty meters high was there, and it contained a path which led underground.
After a few twists and turns, the passage opened up to a hall, with an enclosure of transparent full-length glass windows at the center. This place was arranged like a medical laboratory, where there was a bed right in the middle. There seemed to be a humanoid figure on the bed, and a white bed sheet was pulled over him, making it impossible to make out his face.
Countless tubes were connected to the bed, or to be precise, these tubes were all connected to the humanoid. There were several strange machines around, all of them powered on and in constant use.
