Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2123 Black Stone

Later, his subordinates asked him if he did that to prevent the cloth from being blown away by the wind. When he said "yes", his subordinates immediately said, "The clan leader is really...really thoughtful. Otherwise, after such a strong wind, this thing would...not know where it would be blown away. This is the cloth I use to place steamed buns as tribute. The clan leader protects it so much. I believe this will be very...very beneficial to the clan leader."

Tie Wandao himself had considered the issue of Ji Li in his mind, but he was unwilling to show it in front of his men. It seemed that if he thought about it too much, he would not be able to show that he was not afraid of anything at all. So he immediately changed the subject and said, "When I went to that location today, I saw that the small stone I placed there yesterday was still in the original position. I didn't even move it. How come when you looked at it just now, it showed the complicated pattern you mentioned?"

The subordinate looked terrified and said, "I just don't understand why it would be... there! When you saw it today, it was still on the stone... but when I went there later, it was..."

"You'll know when we get there." Tie Wandao said.

When the two arrived at the location, Tie Wandao immediately walked to the stone with the pattern, looked at the pattern, and asked, "Where is the mat?"

The men hurried over to take a look and found that the mat was no longer next to the pattern!

"What's going on? Was what you just said true or false?" Tie Wandao glared at his subordinates.

"It's really...really! Absolutely true!" the subordinate said, "It was really...really right next to this pattern just now! How come it disappeared?"

Tie Wandao immediately looked at the stone where he had placed the mat yesterday, then looked down at the ground near the stone and found the small stone he had used to press the mat yesterday. He pointed at the stone and said to his men, "I used this black stone to press the mat before. Now the black stone is on the ground. It looks like it fell on the ground when the mat was removed."

The subordinate was about to say something, but before he could finish, Tie Wandao quickly walked towards the big stone with the complex pattern again, pointed at the complex pattern and asked his subordinate: "You said this pattern emits orange light?"

"Yes!" the subordinate said. "Do you think it has something to do with the singing?" Tie Wandao asked.

"I... I don't know." The subordinate said, "I feel like it might... it might be. As soon as the singing started... it lit up, and then went out again."

"When you first heard the singing here the day before yesterday, did this pattern light up?" Tie Wandao asked.

"I didn't notice it the day before yesterday." The subordinate said, "When I heard the singing, I felt that the sound was coming from above the Muxi Pavilion, so I looked directly upwards. That day I didn't know that there was this pattern at the bottom of the stone."

"Look for your mat first!" Tie Wandao said, "See if there is one nearby."

"Yes, Chief!" said the subordinate. After that, the subordinate started looking for it.

As soon as he walked behind the stone with the intricate pattern, he found the mat and the thick black worm.

"Chief, it's right here!" The subordinate pointed at the cloth pad and said, "The black bug is... pulling it." When the subordinate saw the black bug again, he felt a little uneasy, wondering whether this was an auspicious sign.

(End of this chapter)