Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 2998 (Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight) Behind the Neck

When she saw a book on her bookshelf that looked like it would be relaxing, she took it down and glanced at it casually.

After feeling happy, she put the book back and closed her eyes to rest.

After resting, she began to move around the room to stretch her muscles.

After a while, she felt that she was in good spirits and relaxed physically.

When it was time to do the fifth part of the "fourth step" as Ni Yuan told her, she did as Ni Yuan said and placed the glowing Xing Yu Jing in a paper bag, sealed the bag, taped the bag to the back of her neck, and then wrapped the cloth around her neck several times.

Ni Yuan told her that during the fifth part of "Step 4", the paper bag containing Xing Yujing must not fall off her neck. Once it falls off her neck, all the previous efforts would be in vain.

Tie Hongyan thought about what Ni Yuan had said to her and checked again and again. Only after making sure that it would not fall off did she start to do the movements as Ni Yuan had said.

Tie Hongyan sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and silently recited the spell that Ni Yuan had taught her before.

As soon as the spell was finished, Tie Hongyan felt a burning pain in the back of his neck.

Ni Yuan told her that she must not move at this time, she must hold it in, not even shaking, as shaking would interrupt the process.

Tie Hongyan endured it without moving. She felt the fire on her neck burning to her back, and then from her back into her body, burning her internal organs.

This feeling made her worried, and she told herself again and again that none of this was real, but the pain of her internal organs burning seemed to make her unable to believe her own thoughts. She remembered that Ni Yuan had told her that no matter what, she must firmly believe that none of this was real, so she wanted to tell herself silently again.

But the pain was so severe that it was difficult for her to even tell herself such words.

She wanted to scream, but she had this thought in her mind that she must not scream. She also knew that she must not bite her lips, so she just suffered in the excruciating pain that burned her internal organs.

When doing the fifth part of "Step 4", the way to use the Xing Yu Jing is to put it in a paper bag and then stick it behind the neck. When using this method, the Xing Yu Jing cannot prevent the person using it from shouting out loud, which is a bit similar to doing the fourth part of "Step 4".

Tie Hongyan closed his eyes and originally felt that it was pitch black, but at this moment he saw a raging fire burning in front of him.

In the midst of the fire, she saw herself, and at first she saw herself as she usually saw herself in the mirror.

She found herself standing there, motionless. She wanted to get out of the flames quickly, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move.

She found herself gradually being burned black in the fire, and she saw the painful expression on her face as she was burned by the fire.

She seemed to hear her own heart-wrenching cries, but it was no use.

Soon, she found that the self in the flames was saying to the real self: "Hurry! You must take the Xingyu Crystal off your neck as soon as possible. If you don't, Tie Hongyan will die! Really die! You won't be able to do what you want to do in the future! Doesn't Tie Hongyan want to realize his ideals? But he must live first! There will be no future if he dies! There will be no future if he dies... no future... no future..."

(End of this chapter)