Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2014 (Two Thousand and Fourteen) Clenched Fist

Ni Yuan moved both hands upwards at the same time.

The golden rod also moved up a bit.

She spread her index fingers apart, with her right index finger still pointing at the brass rod.

She pointed at the second orange candle with her left index finger, moved her right hand towards her left hand, and touched her index fingers together again.

The brass rod moved to the top of the second orange candle that she pointed to with her left index finger.

Ni Yuan moved the index fingers of both hands downward at the same time, and the brass rod moved downward. The yellow light ball at its lower end touched the outer flame of the second candle, and that candle was instantly extinguished.

In this way she blew out all the orange candles.

When the last orange candle went out, Niyuan stopped chanting the spell, and the yellow ball of light at the bottom of the brass rod disappeared.

Ni Yuan separated her hands, clenched her left fist, and placed it on her left leg with the palm facing down.

She raised her right hand, palm facing the brass rod, and pulled it back.

The brass rod flew back into Ni Yuan's right hand.

Ni Yuan stood up and put the brass rod back to its original place. She returned to the mat again, clasped her hands in front of her chest, closed her eyes, and silently chanted a short spell. When she stopped chanting the spell, she opened her eyes. She walked solemnly to the platform for the ritual, turned around, opened her clasped hands, and told Tie Jinjue that the ritual was over.

Tie Jinjue walked towards the platform where the ritual was being performed and asked Ni Yuan whether the situation was caused by the alchemist who had left the message with the Xiqing Ring and cast a spell on the Qixing Zuiren Pavilion.

Ni Yuan told him: "Definitely not."

Tie Jinjue was stunned and asked, "That Taoist priest has nothing to do with the current situation at the Seven Star Zuiren Pavilion?"

Ni Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, it has nothing to do with it. That person has never had any influence on the Seven Stars Drunk Pavilion. That person will be restricted in his practice, while the person who casts the spell on the Seven Stars Drunk Pavilion is not restricted."

Tie Jinjue asked Ni Yuan, "Was that Taoist priest really casting a spell on Qixing Zui Renting when he made those movements?"

Ni Yuan said: "That person did go to the vicinity of Qixing Zuiren Pavilion and performed a ritual there, but he was not casting a spell on Qixing Zuiren Pavilion. He just went there to test the situation in the area and see if performing a ritual there could achieve the purpose he wanted. But the result was definitely not."

Tie Jinjue asked: "Does Master Ni know that the man is trying to find out whether the magic he is doing there can achieve a certain purpose?"

"I don't know about that, but please rest assured, Elder Tie, that person's purpose is definitely not to change the situation of the Seven Stars Drunk Pavilion. Because, if that person wanted to change the situation of the Seven Stars Drunk Pavilion by performing the ritual test, that person himself would also have some minor reactions, which can be reflected by the Xiqing Ring. Of course, even in this case, that person would definitely not affect the fortune of the Tiecang tribe. However, it seems that the person himself has not had that kind of minor reaction." Ni Yuan said, "Moreover, it is certain that the person's goal will definitely not be achieved. On the way back, the person deliberately tested other locations to see if there were other possibilities, but the results of the test also failed to achieve the goal. I also saw that the person was very disappointed after performing the ritual near the Seven Stars Drunk Pavilion, and that emotion can also be seen from the ritual performed on the Xiqing Ring. Judging from the current situation, the person should have given up."

(End of this chapter)