"Borrowing Fate on a Birthday" Chapter 9

Chapter Nine: The Great Formation to Suppress Evil Spirits To suppress the evil spirits within Shen Tianci's body and forcibly complete the fate borrowing ritual, the blind Taoist priest proposed setting up the extremely cruel 'Seven Stars Soul Locking Formation' in the Shen family mansion. The priest ordered his men to dig deep pits in seven corners of the mansion, bury seven live black cats in them, and cover them with bluestone slabs inscribed with runes. Finally, he dragged A'mu out of the dungeon, tied him to an iron pillar in the center of the courtyard, and designated him as the main sacrifice to anchor the formation. "As long as we survive tonight's midnight hour and completely refine this boy's soul, Young Master Shen will live forever!" the blind Taoist priest shouted loudly at Master Shen, raising his wooden staff. As the formation activated, piercing cat screams erupted from the seven pits, and a strong smell of blood filled the air. A'mu, tied to the iron pillar, felt his blood boiling again, and black blood began to seep from his seven orifices. Master Shen stood on the corridor, greedily watching it all. However, he failed to notice that the moon in the originally clear night sky had, at some unknown time, turned a bizarre blood-red, and the bronze bells hanging at the four corners of the mansion began to sway violently without any warning...