Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2268 (Two Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty Eight) Use

"It doesn't matter if it's far or near," Li Pingrun said, "but it does make it easier for me to concentrate if the candle flame isn't where I can see it directly."

Tie Jinjue said, "Then I will take the candle and go behind you, away from you."

After saying that, he walked behind Li Pingrun and moved a little further away from him.

When Tie Wandao saw Tie Jinjue holding a candle, he followed Tie Jinjue because he was worried that something unexpected might happen.

After Li Pingrun started the ritual, after a while, a rectangular frame suddenly appeared in the sealed area of ​​the basement.

Because Tie Jinjue was standing far away holding the candle, neither he nor Tie Wandao saw the rectangular frame.

Then, the material framed in the rectangular frame suddenly moved towards Li Pingrun.

When Li Pingrun was performing the ritual, he waved his left hand to the left, and the piece of material moved to the left and stood against the wall.

The whole process was silent, and when the material was separated from the surrounding parts, not even a slag fell on the ground.

After Li Pingrun performed the ritual, he told Tie Wandao and Tie Jinjue that he could only open this layer at present.

Tie Jinjue and Tie Wandao, holding candles, walked to the place where a piece of material had been moved away and looked at the situation there.

By candlelight, they saw that there was a passage here, but just a few feet inside, there was a door blocking it.

"This is the entrance to the passage, why don't you continue to perform the ritual?" Tie Wandao asked Li Pingrun, "What do you mean by saying that only this layer can be opened at present?" Li Pingrun said, "This is indeed the passage leading to the place where the remains of the suicides are buried. I do want to continue to perform the ritual, but before that, someone needs to open this door with a key."

After hearing this, Tie Wandao remembered what Li Pingrun had told him about the key.

He had some keys in his bag, and he had now determined that those keys were used to open the door in the basement passage here.

He still remembered that his father told him before he died that these keys were related to Muxi Pavilion and must be kept well. At that time, his father did not tell him what these keys were used for specifically.

Tie Wandao had never been able to figure out what the connection between these keys and Muxi Pavilion was, because at that time he had never seen any place in Muxi Pavilion that required keys to open.

Later, he learned from Li Pingrun that some of the passages leading to the remains of those who committed suicide could be opened directly by the alchemists using magic, but some could not be opened. If someone other than the alchemists had locked each layer of the passages when they were sealed, he would have to find the key.

When he heard Li Pingrun say these words, he thought of the keys related to Muxi Pavilion that his father had told him about, and he suddenly understood the purpose of those keys. However, he was not sure that those keys were used for this purpose. He felt that if they were, then it was perfect. If not, he didn't know if he could find the keys he needed.

So, at that time he immediately said to Li Pingrun, "If you can't find the key, can't you chisel open that place or use other methods?"

Li Pingrun told him that he couldn't do that, as it was extremely dangerous and the person who opened the passage might die.

After returning to his bedroom in Bakong Palace, Tie Wandao took out the box of keys that his father had given him. After opening the box, he found the keys neatly embedded in grooves that were almost the same shape as keys.

(End of this chapter)