Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2019 (Two Thousand and Nineteen) Encounter

Tie Jinjue told Tie Hongyan that he learned a lot from this trip, some of which were unexpected.

Tie Hongyan asked him, "Hou Xueyan did that before at the Qixing Zui Renting. Was he casting a spell on the Qixing Zui Renting at that time?"

“No.” Tie Jinjue said, “Master Ni told me that he did perform a ritual near the Qixing Zuiren Pavilion, but he was not performing a ritual for the Qixing Zuiren Pavilion at that time. He just went there to test the situation in that area and see if performing a ritual there could achieve his desired goal.”

Tie Hongyan thought: Ni Yuan knew this matter so clearly, could it be because her uncle told her about Hou Xueyan? Logically, her uncle would not do this. Could it be that Ni Yuan could understand the situation through some strange method?
Tie Hongyan asked Tie Jinjue: "Uncle didn't tell Ni Yuan the name of Hou Xueyan and his situation, right?"

"Of course not." Tie Jinjue replied.

Tie Hongyan was about to continue asking him something when he heard him continue quickly: "Don't worry! I can't tell her Hou Xueyan's name, let alone his situation. That day you, I and Wu Xunsheng met Hou Xueyan. Apart from Hou Xueyan, Hou Jizhuan and the three of us, no one else should know that we met Hou Xueyan. Today Wu Xunsheng told you after seeing those situations with Hou Xueyan, and you told me again. These are things that are not convenient to tell others directly. Before, Taoist Ni told me that someone had cast a spell on Qixing Zuiren Pavilion. I just asked Taoist Ni, if I knew that a Taoist priest had recently arrived near Qixing Zuiren Pavilion and did some actions that seemed to be performing a spell, would I have any way of knowing whether the spell cast on Qixing Zuiren Pavilion was done by that person."

"It seems that Ni Yuan has a way. She can understand those things. She must have used some special method." Tie Hongyan said.

"Yes. She gave me a Xiqing ring and told me that if I met that person, I should wear the Xiqing ring on the little finger of my right hand, concentrate on looking at that person, and silently recite a spell. Then I will give her the Xiqing ring, and she will be able to understand some information about that person by performing a spell on the Xiqing ring, and judge whether that person is the one who cast a spell on Qixing Zuiren Pavilion." Tie Jinjue said.

Tie Hongyan asked: "That also requires you to meet Hou Xueyan again. Did you really meet him later today?"

"Yes, I happened to meet Hou Xueyan on my way back from Master Ni. I did as she said, recorded Hou Xueyan's information with the Xiqing Ring, and then hurried to find her." Tie Jinjue said.

"What a coincidence!" Tie Hongyan said, "Then Hou Xueyan didn't see you, right?"

"No. I just saw his back. This method that Master Ni told me can be used as long as you can see someone's back." Tie Jinjue replied.

"Hou Xueyan didn't cast a spell on the Seven-Star Zuiren Pavilion. He just wanted to test whether performing magic there could achieve his desired purpose. So... do you know what his purpose is?" Tie Hongyan asked curiously.

"I don't know either, but Master Ni told me that Hou Xueyan would never achieve his goal, and said that Hou Xueyan should have given up." Tie Jinjue said.

"When Hou Xueyan was performing the test there, it didn't affect the Seven Star Zui Ren Pavilion, right?" Tie Hongyan asked.

"Master Ni told me that he performed tests there and found that it did not cause any impact on the Seven Star Zuiren Pavilion." Tie Jinjue said.

(End of this chapter)