Chapter 2211 Stolen

Tie Wandao said: “Indeed.”

Li Pingrun said: “If the clan leader wants to rest, you can actually go back to Bakong Palace and have a good sleep. Leave this to me. The clan leader can tell me the time, and I can report to the clan leader after I finish the ritual.”

Tie Wandao said, “Will I know the result later? I’d better wait here. I’ve prepared myself for a sleepless night, so I don’t need to go back. Fortunately, at least I’m not so sleepy that I have to go to bed quickly.”

Li Pingrun said: “The clan leader is indeed concerned about this matter.”

Tie Wandao said, “Of course, this matter is related to Tie Cangting, and it is very serious.” He then asked, “Let me ask you, if you really want to remove the Soul-Gathering Talisman, do you need to make any preparations in advance?”

Li Pingrun replied: “Some preparations are needed. First, we need to know the exact location of the remains of the suicide victims buried underground, and find a way to retrieve them. When removing the soul-solidifying talisman, the Taoist priest needs to perform the ritual while looking at the remains of the suicide victims.”

“When the Taoist priest set up the soul-solidifying talisman, didn’t he need to look at the remains of the person who committed suicide?” Tie Wandao asked.

“Not necessary.” Li Pingrun said, “By then, the remains of the person who committed suicide had already been buried.”

“When burying the remains of a suicide victim underground, do you also first prepare a real-life passage and then perform a ritual?” Tie Wandao asked.

“That’s right.” Li Pingrun said.

“Didn’t the alchemists at that time use magic to send those relics directly into the underground through the ground?” Tie Wandao asked, “I have heard that some alchemists can send things underground without using any real channels.”

“Some alchemists do have ways to send things underground purely by magic without a real channel. In that case, the things sent by the alchemists are usually not ordinary things, but are often related to magic. As for the remains of the suicide, there still needs to be a real channel.” Li Pingrun said. “It seems that the alchemists must have found a real channel before they can use magic to take out the remains of the suicide. There must be a specific method, right?” Tie Wandao said.

“Yes.” Li Pingrun said.

“I remember you told me before about the soul-gripping talismans of the five powerful men. There were important things in the relics of those three powerful men, which were stolen by unimaginable means. Accompanying insects appeared near the soul-gripping talismans at the places where they committed suicide, while there have never been any accompanying insects near the soul-gripping talismans of the two powerful men whose underground relics were not stolen. A question suddenly occurred to me. Could the absence of accompanying insects at those three locations be related to the methods used by the thieves to steal the relics?” Tie Wandao remembered this and asked out of curiosity.

Li Pingrun said: “An alchemist raised this question in the past, but some events that happened in other places later confirmed that as long as the soul-strengthening talisman is still there, no matter how the remains of the suicide buried underground were stolen, insects will appear near the soul-strengthening talisman.”

Tie Wandao asked: “Can I use magic to find a passage in reality?”

“Okay.” Li Pingrun said.

“Will the ritual not affect the relics buried underground?” Tie Wandao asked.

“It won’t have any impact.” Li Pingrun replied.

“Will it not cause any other impact?” Tie Wandao asked again.

“No.” Li Pingrun said.

(End of this chapter)