Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2281 (Two Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-One)

Li Pingrun took the curse-removing token from Tie Jinjue's hand, looked at it, and said, "I don't think this thing will be needed in a while, so I'll just put it on the ground at the door."

Tie Jinjue hummed, then used his free right hand to take the key from his left hand. He then looked at the stone block in his left hand and said, "This stone block seems to be about the same size as the button."

Tie Wandao asked Li Pingrun: "What should we do next? What is this stone used for?"

Li Pingrun replied: "The button that Elder Tie pressed just now has sunk in. Now we need to push this stone block into the space where the button is. Then I will perform a ritual and Elder Tie can use the key to open the door."

Tie Jinjue asked Li Pingrun: "Just let it go?"

"Yes." Li Pingrun replied.

Tie Jinjue asked again: "Which side faces inwards?"

"Yes." Li Pingrun said, "They are all the same."

Tie Wandao asked Li Pingrun: "Is it safe?"

"Please rest assured, clan leader, there is no danger." Li Pingrun replied.

Tie Jinjue used his right hand to stuff the square stone into the space where the button was.

When he put the stone in and pressed it until he could no longer press it, the only side of the stone that was exposed was exactly on the same plane as the side of the door facing them. The stone was neither protruding nor concave, as if it had merged with the door and become a part of it.

Tie Jinjue asked Li Pingrun: "Now if you perform the ritual, can I open this door like I opened the other doors before?"

"Yes, Elder Tie." Li Pingrun replied.

Tie Jinjue put the key in his left hand into his right hand, and took the candle from Tie Wandao with his left hand. Li Pingrun performed a ritual, and during the ritual, Tie Jinjue opened the door with the key.

Li Pingrun stopped practicing and walked towards the door.

Under the light of the candle in Tie Jinjue's hand, they saw that there was a large room on the other side of the door.

Tie Wandao asked Li Pingrun: "We have finally reached the other end of the passage. There won't be any more dangers ahead, right?"

"There will definitely not be any more danger like before." Li Pingrun said, "Please rest assured, clan leader, as long as the last door leading to that room is opened, many things will not need to be as complicated as before."

Tie Wandao asked: "According to what you said, it won't matter if we light more candles now?"

Li Pingrun said, "This... is not possible yet. I have to wait until I perform a ritual on the remains of the person who committed suicide and remove the soul-solidifying talisman. After that, I can really light as many candles as I want."

Tie Wandao said unhappily, "The Soul-Gathering Talisman has been removed. Who is still staying in this basement? Why are there so many candles?"

Li Pingrun said: "After removing the Soul-Consolidating Talisman, it is not appropriate for the practitioner to leave immediately."

"Ah? Why is it not suitable?" Tie Wandao asked.

Li Pingrun said: "The body of the person who is performing the Soul Removal Talisman will be affected at the moment the Soul Removal Talisman is removed. The person must then perform the ritual for half an hour at the same place where the Soul Removal Talisman was removed in order to eliminate those effects."

"You are a magician, but Elder Tie and I are not. So can we leave?" Tie Wandao asked.

"It's okay to leave, but... it's easy for me to make mistakes if I perform the rituals on the spot during that half hour. If I'm the only one there at that time and there's no one else around me, things will be difficult if I make a mistake." Li Pingrun said.

(End of this chapter)