Chapter 2246 (two thousand two hundred and forty-six) points out

Tie Wandao then felt more at ease and closed the door of Muxi Pavilion from the inside.

After closing the door, he was still a little worried, so he opened it a bit to see if it could be opened. After making sure there was no problem, he closed the door again.

Li Pingrun originally wanted to ask him if the candle was bright enough, but when he saw Tie Wandao didn’t say anything after coming in, he thought that maybe he thought it was just right.

At this moment, Tie Wandao discovered that there was an area near the entrance to the basement where there were not as many candles as he had imagined, and it seemed a little dark. He knew that they would enter the basement from there in a while, so he hoped that the area would be especially bright.

Tie Wandao said: “Add some more candles there.”

Li Pingrun said “yes” and started adding candles.

Tie Jinjue thought that Tie Wandao probably hoped that there would be more candles near the entrance to the basement.

After lighting some candles, Li Pingrun asked Tie Wandao if this was enough.

Tie Wandao said that was enough.

Tie Wandao asked Li Pingrun if he knew where the entrance to the basement was.

Li Pingrun pointed it out immediately.

Tie Wandao said: “When did you know?”

Li Pingrun said, “It was the time when you asked me to find the entrance through a ritual. After I performed the ritual, I knew that the entrance was probably in this location. Just now, when I came in, I deliberately looked at this location.”

Tie Wandao remembered something and said to Li Pingrun, “When midnight comes, when you take the Yuanshuang Mingxin Stone to the top floor of Muxi Pavilion to perform a ritual, if someone is also performing a ritual to understand the situation here, will it affect anything?” Li Pingrun said, “It might have an impact. But I have already thought about it. Before I go to the top floor of Muxi Pavilion, I will use a ritual to protect the entire top floor of Muxi Pavilion, just like I protected the door of Muxi Pavilion just now. In this way, nothing I do on the top floor of Muxi Pavilion will be affected.”

Tie Wandao asked: “Why didn’t you protect the entire Muxi Pavilion at once?”

Li Pingrun looked at Tie Wandao with some embarrassment and said, “Patriarch, I also hope to protect the entire Muxi Pavilion in one go, but… I can’t do it.”

Tie Wandao said: “Is this difficult? Can other alchemists do it?”

Li Pingrun said, “It is indeed difficult. If other alchemists do not practice the same kind of magic as me, they would not be able to protect the door of Muxi Pavilion for twelve hours at a time.”

Tie Wandao asked: “So, you are better than the average alchemist in this aspect?”

Li Pingrun said: “I just happen to be practicing this kind of magic, so I can do it.”

Tie Wandao said: “Does it take a lot of effort for you to accomplish this?”

“Yes.” Li Pingrun replied, “Besides, the area I can protect within twelve hours is limited. So I won’t just protect too large an area. I want to be ‘sparing’ so that if I need to protect other places later, I can still do it.”

Tie Wandao asked, “Have you considered that we may need to protect the area where the remains of the suicide victims are buried?”

“To the clan leader, this is exactly why I am being more cautious. I must be ‘thrifty’. If there are other areas that need to be protected besides the area where the remains of the suicide victims are buried, I can do it.” Li Pingrun said.

Tie Wandao said, “You have considered this very carefully. Do you need to make any other preparations before midnight?”

(End of this chapter)