However, the crisis did not come.
Inside, the brass gateway shaped like lung lobes swung inward, revealing the massive Stone Temple Main Hall; a large number of practitioners, infected with Gu Dragons, sat cross-legged on cushions, their hands stacked in front of their chests, fingers forming circles.
Apart from the infected practitioners, there were also some patients who had not undergone Dragon Transformation; their lungs floated in the air at their chests or hung outside their bodies, all maintaining the same cross-legged posture.
William noticed at a glance that this group seemed to be practicing something, their breathing light yet rhythmic.
Most importantly, over 70% of the individuals practicing on the cushions were patients of the Silver Circle Illness, nearly a hundred in total, which was a formidable force even in the Old World.
As William and the other three arrived and the 'master' spoke,
