Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 704 Stars
"Do we have to use the blue-armored man's fingernails to stir it?" Tie Jinjue said.

"Yes, Elder Tie. If the Tiecang people used their fingernails to stir it, they would not be able to make such a poison. This kind of poison is not common in the Tiecang tribe. In my opinion, this should be the one brought to the Tiecang court by the Blue Armored Man."

"This actually happened!" Tie Hongyan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Blue Armor Man... Now there is one more thing that needs to be investigated..."

Tie Jinjue said to his men, "Go and take care of his body so that it can be buried and his family can be notified." Then he said to Tie Hongyan, "I will use a special device to keep the poisoned sword from hurting anyone else. I will also use it when his family comes to explain the situation to them."

"Elder Tie, please be careful! I'll go and dispose of the bodies of the two blue-armored men first." Tie Hongyan said to Tie Jinjue, "By the way, there is one more thing...how about...let's talk about it tomorrow."

Tie Jinjue said, "It's getting late. I just happened to have some unfinished business today. If it's not urgent, let's talk about it tomorrow."

So, Tie Jinjue's men did as he ordered. Tie Hongyan took away the two blue-armored men who were already motionless on the ground.

[Chapter 118]

It was already very late when Tie Hongyan returned to Ao Qian Palace. She changed back into her usual clothes, ate something, and then took Hui Gujian and read it quietly. She recalled the scene when she first saw Hui Gujian and felt like crying.

Although she was very tired after a busy day, the things that happened that day made her not want to go to sleep immediately.

On the way back, she looked up and saw the stars, which were very bright. At this moment, she couldn't help but think of her childhood when she lived in the Blue Armor Tribe. On summer nights with stars, whenever she cried, a woman with a very warm smile would take her to see the stars. She clearly remembered that the stars in the deep night sky were often very bright, especially when the woman first coaxed her by watching the stars.

That day, she learned that a good friend of hers had suddenly disappeared. She was so sad that she couldn't stop crying. The woman took her under the starry sky, let her lean on her arms, and said to her: "Do you know that every star is actually a person who has changed? If one day you can't find a person, it means that she has turned into a star."

"Will she change back?" the young girl asked. The woman replied: "It's not certain. She might be joking with you, playing hide-and-seek with you. If you stop crying and guess which star she is, and you guess it right, maybe she will come back."

The young girl immediately stopped crying and started to guess which star her friend turned into. She pointed to a star and asked, "Is it?"

The woman imitated the voice of a child and said to her, "No!"

she asked, pointing to another star.

"No, please look for it again." said the woman.

She continued to point and ask.

"You've got the wrong person!" the woman continued to coax her.

As she guessed, she felt less sad, and instead felt that the little friend was playing with her mischievously. The woman also told her some stories about the stars, most of which made people feel better just by listening to them.

For a period of time afterwards, on summer nights when the stars could be seen, whenever she cried, the woman would take her to play under the vast sky.

(End of this chapter)