Elder Hai, cradling a stone jar, stepped over the threshold and quickly walked to the stone platform where Mu Li lay.
He set the jar down and observed Mu Li's bodily condition. After a brief contemplation, he took out two talismans and attached them respectively to Mu Li's head and abdomen.
Then he stepped back a few paces, formed a strange hand spell and began chanting an obscure and unintelligible incantation, directing it at the talismans on the platform with a few rapid finger jabs.
The patterns on the talismans abruptly lit up, shooting out two screens of emerald light that spread over Mu Li's body like a viscous fluid.
Seeing this, Elder Hai formed several more hand spells before opening his palms towards the sky. He began chanting softly, as mana rapidly surged through his body.
The next instant, a bizarre scene unfolded.
Accompanied by a series of strange sounds, many blood-colored filaments sprouted from Elder Hai's palms, writhing like living snakes.
