Deep within the Netherworld Cave, dark red spiritual energy slowly circulated around the stone platform.
Mu Ling'er lay quietly on the stone platform. The grand elder guarding her side suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her forehead, a trace of surprise and doubt flashing through his clouded old eyes.
A speck of light the size of a grain of rice had appeared there and was slowly rotating.
An extremely faint ring of gray mist curled around its edges, as though something were seeping out of her body.
"This is..."
The grand elder raised his hand, holding it half an inch above the speck of light. His fingertips sensed a faint, cool pulse.
He immediately withdrew his hand and took a dark red communication talisman from his robes. Pouring Spiritual Power into it, he sent it shooting into the distance.
Three days later, Gai Jiuyou returned to the Netherworld Cave with Lin Shisan and Zi Yuner.
Lin Shisan strode to the stone platform and crouched beside it, his gaze settling on the rotating speck of light on Mu Ling'er's forehead.
The speck had grown a size larger since the grand elder sent his message, and the gray mist had spread around the space between her brows. Under the dark red spiritual energy, the mist gleamed with a cold, eerie luster. Occasionally, the outline of a blurred face appeared along its edges.
"The little girl is quite popular. These are signs that other yin spirits have set their sights on her..."
Gai Jiuyou stood at the edge of the stone platform, her dark golden eyes narrowing slightly.
Lin Shisan jerked his head up. "Set their sights on her? What do you mean?"
"Her current state is like an empty house with its door left open. Her soul is absent, but her