Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2530 (Two Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty) Lengthened
Tie Wandao asked: "Isn't it dangerous?"

"It's dangerous." Li Pingrun said, "No matter what kind of magic is used, the person who performs it will have to pay a price."

"Is it because it's far away?" Tie Wandao asked.

"Because the candles of other people are extinguished during the ritual, it affects others. In this case, the performer will pay the price," said Li Pingrun.

"Isn't it because it's far away?" Tie Wandao asked, "If a ritual is performed nearby and causes other people's candles to go out, affecting them, won't the performer also pay the price?"

"Generally speaking, that's the case." Li Pingrun said.

"Just now you said that performing the ritual 'at a distance' might be extremely dangerous for you, but performing it 'nearby' would not be that dangerous. Why is it that when the candles of other people are extinguished during the ritual, there is no distinction between 'at a distance' and 'nearby'? Does the performer have to pay the price just because it affects others?" Tie Wandao asked.

"Yes, if an alchemist affects others by performing such a ritual, no matter where they are, the person who performed the ritual will pay the price," Li Pingrun said. "Of course, I'm talking about those who have been treated by the Taoist priests."

"Would it be different if I hadn't accepted Huanshi?" Tie Wandao asked.

"Yes, people who have not been through the world of purification will be subject to fewer restrictions." Li Pingrun said.

"You just said that if the place today is exactly where the changes happened underground, and you perform a ritual there from a distance, you might be killed on the spot. Then those alchemists who perform rituals in farther places and affect people in other places might also be killed on the spot?" Tie Wandao asked.

"It's possible, but it's very unlikely. It depends on what kind of magic you use." Li Pingrun said, "That kind of thing is different from what I'm doing. If I perform a spell here at the place we just went to, and if that place happens to be where the changes happened underground in Tiecang Ting, I might die on the spot, because when something changes underground, a lot of invisible things will be produced, and those things will float on the ground there. If I perform a spell there somewhere else, those things will be stretched, and the stretched things will bounce onto me, killing me."

"If you perform the ritual close to you, those things won't bounce back to you?" Tie Wandao said.

"Yes, Chief. If you do it close to me, those things won't be stretched, and naturally they won't be able to bounce back to me." Li Pingrun said. At this moment, there was another loud thunder in the sky, and then the rain got heavier.

"When will the rain stop?" Tie Wandao asked, "Why is it getting heavier?"

"It should stop soon." Li Pingrun said.

"But now it doesn't look like it's going to stop at all." Li Pingrun said.

"Yes, but it will stop soon." Tie Wandao said.

"Are your weather predictions accurate?" Tie Wandao asked.

As soon as he finished asking the question, the rain outside stopped and the thunder disappeared.

"It really stopped!" Tie Wandao asked, "How did you know?"

Li Pingrun said: "I was just lucky, and what I felt just happened to match the actual situation."

"Do you think the rain will continue to fall?" Tie Wandao asked Li Pingrun.

Li Pingrun said: "I feel that after this kind of rain stops, it will not rain again today."

(End of this chapter)