Destiny Borrowed by Birth Date ⑤

Chapter Five: The Miracle Technique of Blood Exchange The altar was set up in a secret chamber in the backyard of the Shen family's residence. The chamber walls were covered with yellow talismans, adorned with complex and sinister patterns drawn in cinnabar. Mu and Shen Tianci were stripped to the waist, bound separately to two stone beds placed three feet apart. The blind Taoist priest chanted incantations, and with a wave of his wooden staff, two transparent soft tubes, as thick as arms, flew out from a small wooden box. Sharp bone needles at both ends of the tubes pierced deeply into the arteries of Mu and Shen Tianci. Crimson blood flowed slowly through the tubes. Mu could clearly feel his life force being drawn out, bit by bit, through his veins. His body temperature plummeted, and he felt as if he had fallen into an eternal ice cave. In contrast, Shen Tianci opposite him grew more and more excited, his skin even taking on a golden sheen. "With the birth date as the guide, flesh and blood as the bridge, let the dying energy flow east, and the living energy come west!" the Taoist priest shouted, spitting a mouthful of blood from his tongue onto the black crystal ball on the altar. Just as the ritual was about to be completed, a violent crashing sound came from the door of the secret chamber, accompanied by chilling wolf howls. The talismans on the stone walls began to burn, one by one…… To be continued in the next chapter……