Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2658 (Two Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Eight)

Then, Tie Wandao squatted down and picked up some soil from the ground with his hands. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the soil, but because his hands touched the ground when he was pinching the soil, he felt that the ground emitting white light was much cooler than the soil.

When his hand touched the ground which was cooler than soil, he suddenly remembered the dead face of Tie Jinqi that he had seen before. The coldness that penetrated through his fingers seemed to penetrate directly into his heart, making him shiver uncontrollably.

Tie Wandao thought: Why is this glowing white ground so cold? Looking at the dirt, it seems that someone has piled it up nearby. Has this glowing white ground been covered with dirt before?
The three Taoist priests that Elder Tie had asked said that something had changed somewhere under the Tiecang Court. What kind of change was it? The soil shouldn't have been like that before, right? Could it be that the location of the soil was different from before, and that was also a change that had occurred under the Tiecang Court?
Tie Wandao was curious and looked around the ground. Suddenly, he found that there was an area about the size of his thumbnail that emitted a dimmer light than other places.

Tie Wandao thought: This looks like just a button, I wonder what it is used for. After Li Pingrun performs the ritual, I will let him see what's going on.

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Pingrun finished his ritual and stood up.

"Is the ritual finished?" Tie Wandao asked Li Pingrun.

"Yes, Patriarch." Li Pingrun replied.

"Is there anything wrong?" Tie Wandao asked again.

"Nothing went wrong." Li Pingrun said.

"Then did you find out anything?" Tie Wandao asked again.

"I have found out." Li Pingrun said, "The copper square plate seems to have the ability to control people's minds."

"What?" Tie Wandao frowned and asked, "Control people's minds?" He thought: I just saw Jinqi in the copper square plate and was really shocked. So, could my mind be controlled by it? What about Li Pingrun's own mind?

Before Li Pingrun could say anything, Tie Wandao quickly continued to ask: "Has your mind been controlled?"

Tie Wandao really wanted to ask if his mind was being controlled, but he always felt that as a clan leader, it would be very embarrassing if his mind was controlled just because he looked at the copper square plate, so he did not ask about his own situation.

Li Pingrun said: "He was not controlled."

Tie Wandao felt a little relieved. Although he felt that his mind was not controlled, he was still worried and wanted to ask Li Pingrun. However, he was worried that he would lose face if Li Pingrun told him that his mind was controlled. He thought of the gray house, where the blue-armored people who he regarded as human tools were controlled. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that it would be a shame if his mind was controlled.

He thought: Li Pingrun's mind was not controlled, so I should be fine too, right? But he is an alchemist and knows magic, I am different. If his mind was not controlled because he knows magic, then I... I will ask him if the reason he was not controlled is because he knows magic, and hope he says no.

Tie Wandao then asked Li Pingrun: "Because you know magic?"

Li Pingrun said: "No."

Tie Wandao felt a little more reassured after hearing this, but he still wanted to confirm it further.

"If you don't know magic and are not a alchemist, won't your mind be controlled by the copper square plate?" Tie Wandao asked.

(End of this chapter)