Chapter 2397 (Two Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Seven)

Tie Wandao stared at Li Pingrun but didn’t speak immediately.

Li Pingrun felt that Tie Wandao’s gaze was a little scary, but he didn’t know what to say. He thought: Fortunately, when I was burning the bowl into ashes, even if I felt fear, it would not affect my practice. Otherwise, it would be very likely that the last time I was afraid, the practice would fail. If that happened again, I really don’t know what the consequences would be. Fortunately, Elder Tie just told the clan leader the truth about me, otherwise I don’t know what the clan leader would do to me next.

At this moment, Tie Jinjue immediately said, “He said it so boldly, probably because he wants to choose between the light and the heavy, right?”

Tie Wandao finally stopped looking at Li Pingrun with that frightening look, and instead looked at Tie Jinjue with normal eyes.

Tie Jinjue continued, “From what I understand, what he meant is that if the clan leader has something more important that he needs to do through rituals today, then we can consider letting him save his power for that matter.”

“That’s right!” Li Pingrun said quickly, “That’s exactly what Elder Tie meant!”

Tie Wandao said: “If you speak like Elder Tie, it will be very clear! You are so long-winded that you can’t even make your words clear!”

Li Pingrun said, “Yes, Elder Tie did say it clearly.” He thought to himself: I know how to be very direct and clear, but you are the clan leader, I am just a Taoist priest, and he is an elder. It is normal for him, an elder, to be so direct. What would happen if I, a Taoist priest, was too direct? I usually try to be direct, but sometimes I still have some reservations.

Tie Wandao said to Li Pingrun, “Since Elder Tie has explained everything clearly, I will also tell you clearly that today, apart from asking you to use magic to burn the bowl into ashes, I will not let you use magic for anything else. Just use all your magic on this matter.”

After hearing what Tie Wandao said, Li Pingrun finally felt relieved and said, “Yes, clan leader.”

Tie Wandao asked: “You will need a lot of energy to burn the bowl into ash. Will there be any uncontrollable phenomena here?”

“The phenomenon that the patriarch described is…” Li Pingrun asked.

“For example, a sudden fire, or even burning to other parts of Muxi Pavilion, this kind of thing…” Tie Wandao said. “That won’t happen.” Li Pingrun said, “When I use magic, I will control the fire within the range of the fireproof skin, and the fire will not exceed three feet at its highest.”

“In short, there is no threat to Muxi Pavilion?” Tie Wandao said.

“Yes, clan leader, it will definitely not pose a threat to Muxi Pavilion.” Li Pingrun said.

Tie Wandao asked, “Are you afraid of being disturbed when you are performing a ritual? Are you afraid of others talking to you?”

“I’m not afraid of any of them.” Li Pingrun shook his head.

Tie Wandao asked again: “Will it not produce any harmful smell when it is burned through the ritual?”

Li Pingrun replied: “No. No matter what the bowl is made of, I will burn it through the ritual until it is burnt into ash, and it will not have any smell, nor will it be poisonous or harmful.”

Tie Wandao said: “Then you can perform the ritual.”

“Yes, clan leader.” Li Pingrun said.

Hearing Tie Wandao mention the issue of smell, Tie Jinjue on the side couldn’t help but think of the smell of batches of blue-armored men being burned to death that he had smelled again and again in the past. He looked at the bowl burning in the fire with mixed feelings.

(End of this chapter)