Adressing a node in a foreach tikz chain

Question

Connecting 2 nodes with each other is easy. I have this one cyan node connected with a round node X.
Now I have a chain consisting of circle nodes and I want to connect the magenta node box with for example circle 7 in the chain.
Has anyone an idea how I can address the nodes in the chain?
MWE:
documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary {chains}

begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[growth dir/.store in=tikzgrowthdir,
    growth dist/.store in=tikzgrowthdist,growth dir=-90,growth dist=0.1]
 begin{scope}[start chain=going {at=(tikzchainprevious.tikzgrowthdir),
    shift=(tikzgrowthdir:tikzgrowthdist),anchor=180+tikzgrowthdir},
    nodes={on chain,circle,draw,draw,minimum size=1cm}]
  foreach X [count=Y] in {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14}   
  {ifnumnumexprY>3relax 
  tikzset{growth dir=-135}
  fi
  ifnumnumexprY>5relax 
  tikzset{growth dir=-90}
  fi
   ifnumnumexprY>10relax 
  tikzset{growth dir=-135}
  fi
  node {X};}
 end{scope}

% node connection
node(A) [draw=cyan!20,fill=cyan!20,text width=3cm, rounded corners] at (-4,0) {Description};
node(X) [draw,circle] at (-2,-2) {X};
draw[color=cyan!20, line width=1mm] (A.south) |-  (X.west);

node(A) [draw=magenta!20,fill=magenta!20,text width=3cm, rounded corners] at (-4,-3) {Description};

end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

js bibra · Accepted Answer

documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary {chains}

begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}[growth dir/.store in=tikzgrowthdir,
        growth dist/.store in=tikzgrowthdist,growth dir=-90,growth dist=0.1]
        begin{scope}[start chain=going {at=(tikzchainprevious.tikzgrowthdir),
                shift=(tikzgrowthdir:tikzgrowthdist),anchor=180+tikzgrowthdir},
            nodes={on chain,circle,draw,draw,minimum size=1cm}]
            foreach X [count=Y] in {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14}   
            {ifnumnumexprY>3relax 
                tikzset{growth dir=-135}
                fi
                ifnumnumexprY>5relax 
                tikzset{growth dir=-90}
                fi
                ifnumnumexprY>10relax 
                tikzset{growth dir=-135}
                fi
                node (nX){X};}
        end{scope} 
        
        % node connection
        node(A) [draw=cyan!20,fill=cyan!20,text width=3cm, rounded corners] at (-4,0) {Description};
        node(X) [draw,circle] at (-2,-2) {X};
        draw[color=cyan!20, line width=1mm] (A.south) |-  (X.west);
        
        node(A) [draw=magenta!20,fill=magenta!20,text width=3cm, rounded corners] at (-4,-3) {Description};
        
        draw[color=red!70, line width=1mm] (A.south) |-  (n7.west);
        
    end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

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