Chapter 3077 (Three Thousand and Seventy-Seven) Box Cover
“Are you really only using the Qiumang Box to perform rituals?” Tie Jinjue asked.

“Yes.” Li Pingrun said.

“What happened then?” Tie Jinjue asked.

“The inside of the Qiumang Box’s lid is made of very shiny copper, just like a mirror. When I saw the lid out of the corner of my eye, I thought of my sister Li Gengmi’s face.” Li Pingrun said.

At this point, Li Pingrun sighed and continued, “What I saw was a dead face. It was the face of my dead sister. I was so scared that I closed the Qiumang Box.”

“Did you continue to do this?” Tie Jinjue asked.

“Just continue doing it.” Li Pingrun replied.

“Because then I suddenly remembered what my master said. If I still didn’t dare to open the lid of the box to perform the ritual, I wouldn’t be able to perform the ritual again after a period of time when the time for performing the ritual had passed. My master told me that if one wanted to use the Qiumang box to learn something, one could only prepare by performing the ritual facing the special incense I lit that day.” Li Pingrun replied, “Later, I mustered up the courage and opened the lid of the Qiumang box again. To overcome my fear, I stared at the inside of the Qiumang box lid, and this time I saw myself. Then I used the magic according to the method my master taught him.”

Having said that, Li Pingrun suddenly frowned, and his expression seemed different from before.

Tie Jinjue realized that Li Pingrun might be about to tell him some important clues.

Li Pingrun said, “After a while, I could vaguely see… a child’s clothing in the lid of the box!”

Tie Jinjue was shocked to hear this, and he immediately thought of Li Pingrun’s sister Li Gengmi, who once passed away under the dark clouds with a child’s clothes because of that great event. “I never saw any other scenes afterwards.” Li Pingrun said.

“Do you think the child’s clothes are an important clue?” Tie Jinjue asked.

“I thought at the time, this should be the revelation given to me by the Qiumang Box, right? But I don’t know what this revelation means, and I don’t know how to understand it. I was also thinking at the time that maybe it itself is inaccurate.” Li Pingrun said, “However, although the situation seen on the inner lid of the box without the Qinglu Stone may not be accurate, I still prefer to believe that what I saw has special meaning.”

“What did you do next?” Tie Jinjue asked again.

“At that time, I remembered another thing. I wanted to use magic to explore whether there was any mysterious information related to the clothes worn by children in a large area centered on me. In fact, I think this approach is likely to be useless, but I couldn’t help it, so I did it.” Li Pingrun said.

“What happened then?” Tie Jinjue asked.

“When I first tried it, I didn’t think there was anything unusual. After a while, I found that I was affected by the spell I was using. However, I couldn’t tell where the influence came from. I knew that someone with a very high level of skill was doing the spell within the range I tried, and that person was using a very rare spell.” Li Pingrun replied, “In order to avoid mistakes, I stopped the practice. I paused for a moment, then continued to do the spell, wanting to see if the same problem would occur again. This time, I realized from the beginning that I would be affected by the spell I was using.”

Tie Jinjue asked: “Why did this happen?”

(End of this chapter)