Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2278 (Two Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy Eight) Borrowing Light
Li Pingrun thought: Fortunately, the clan leader didn't continue to blame me. It seems that the clan leader should have known everything clearly and just complained casually just now.

"Yes, Patriarch, I will do it right away." Li Pingrun said, "But..."

Having said this, Li Pingrun glanced at the candle in Tie Wandao's hand.

"Just what?" Tie Wandao asked, "Performing a ritual!"

Tie Jinjue noticed that Li Pingrun glanced at the candle and felt that what Li Pingrun was going to say was probably related to the candle. He wanted to ask Li Pingrun directly whether what he was going to say was related to the candle. However, the candle was in Tie Wandao's hand at the moment. He didn't know if it would make Tie Wandao feel embarrassed if he asked directly, so he took the candle from Tie Wandao and said, "Patriarch, there is no need to open the door now. Let me take it first."

Tie Wandao handed the candle to Tie Jinjue and put his hands behind his back.

Tie Jinjue said tactfully, "I'm a little curious. When you perform a ritual to understand the situation inside, do you need to avoid the candlelight like before, or do you need to use the candlelight? Or do you not need to avoid it or use the candlelight specifically? Either way is fine."

Li Pingrun thought: I just didn't know what to say, and Elder Tie asked this, and he really hit the nail on the head.

Li Pingrun said quickly: "Elder Tie, when I am performing the ritual, it is best to place this candle closer to that location, so that I can borrow some light."

Tie Wandao immediately said, "Your magic is really strange. You said before that too much light would affect your magic, but now you say you need to borrow some light. What's going on?"

Li Pingrun said, "Chief, the purpose of each ritual is different, and the situation is different. This time I performed the ritual to find out what is in there. I didn't think I would need to do this in the basement before. This is really an unexpected situation, but it is necessary to prevent danger."

Li Pingrun wanted to continue explaining, but immediately remembered that he had explained so many things just because Tie Wandao had complained a little. He thought that he should not say too much now, so he did not continue.

Tie Wandao said: "It is necessary to prevent danger from happening."

After hearing what Tie Wandao said, Li Pingrun felt much more at ease.

Tie Jinjue held the candle to the bottom of the square door-like thing on the door and asked Li Pingrun, "I will hold it like this while you perform the ritual. Do you think it's okay for me to hold it like this?"

Li Pingrun said, "Okay, okay! Thank you for your hard work, Elder Tie!" He felt that Tie Jinjue had helped him out again, otherwise when Tie Wandao was holding the candle, he would not have dared to ask Tie Wandao to hold the candle all the time. Li Pingrun also knew that Tie Wandao was concerned about his reputation, and he knew that asking Tie Wandao to hold the candle all the time might make him feel that he was not having enough face.

Tie Wandao thought: It's just right! Elder Tie just took the candle from me and held it for him. Just now, Li Pingrun said "I will do the ritual right now" and then said "but..." Maybe it's because he didn't know how to ask me to hold the candle for him? If so, he was right to think so, and he was quite sensible. As a clan leader, I have to keep raising my arm to hold it for a Taoist priest who is performing a ritual just because I just happened to hold the candle. This is really not very face-saving. There is no one else here who can do this except Elder Tie and me, so Elder Tie is just right to hold it.

(End of this chapter)