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Chapter 350: Preparations

Translator: WQL Editor: Millman97

Sometimes, a person would not do something 100% rationally; for instance, Zhang Tie set free a great number of slaves this afternoon.

Perhaps it was out of his appreciation towards life, his pity for those slaves, or his selfish desire to earn a fruit of redemption.

Thus, Zhang Tie spent over 1,000 gold coins to set free a number of "cheap" slaves. In many people's eyes, at least in the eyes of Davinci, Zhang Tie was a spendthrift who didn't know it was very hard to make money.

Upon hearing that Zhang Tie had a castle, Davinci naturally thought it was built by Zhang Tie's clan for him. As a guy who was qualified to have a castle on Hidden Dragon Island and surnamed Zhang, undoubtedly, Zhang Tie must be a key apprentice from the leading clan of Huaiyuan Palace.

Davinci believed that he was right. Although Huaiyuan Palace was very large, few young men could buy hundreds of slaves at the price of tens of thousands of gold coins without any hesitation like Zhang Tie.

'Perhaps I should find a big backer like Zhang Tie. It wouldn't be bad to have the backing of a big clan behind me.' Davinci thought. Additionally, in Davinci's opinion, he believed that Zhang Tie was not vicious. A person who could be pitiful about those humble slaves, and was respectful to even the most humble ones, could not be bad.

Zhang Tie drove Davinci into another street nearby Paradise Lost.

"I'm in a sophisticated environment. Many people want to kill me or don't want me to grow mature; if they knew that you are working for me, you will almost definitely die. I don't want to see you lie in a ditch of Stars Viewing City. Am I clear?" Zhang Tie told him seriously, as Davinci got out of the car.

As Zhang Tie wanted to find someone to work for him in Stars Viewing City secretly, he'd better tell him the truth in case he got involved in any conflict due to Zhang Tie's business.

Hearing Zhang Tie's warning, Davinci shrugged his shoulders as he looked aside and forcefully swallowed his saliva, "Don't worry, I will take care of it!"

"If I need you, I will have someone come here for you. If you need me, you can also come for me. Do you know where to find me?"

"Your castle on Yunju Mountain, Hidden Dragon Island!" Davinci replied in a low voice.

Zhang Tie then nodded, "There's only one castle over there. You can easily find there. As long as you don't violate the law of Huaiyuan Prefecture and become wanted by the police, I'm sure you will be safe there!"

Davinci then felt a bit better, "Hmm, you've not named your castle, right?"

"Right, I've not thought about it yet!" Zhang Tie smiled, "Well, see you then!"

Waving his hand, Zhang Tie stepped on the accelerator. With a light boom, the Faerie Dragon T9 rushed out at once.

...

2 minutes later, Zhang Tie parked outside a pioneering shop in an avenue of Stars Viewing City. He then entered the shop.

Pioneers were commonly seen everywhere in this age, even in Jinyun Country. Even though it was in the territory of a country's map, there were still many places yet to be reclaimed. These undiscovered places were as luring as gold mines waiting to be exploited.

Most of places in Huaiyuan Prefecture were populated. Cities in Huaiyuan Prefecture were situated close to each other; however, in places 800 km away from Huaiyuan Prefecture were increasingly more regions yet to be discovered. Therefore, there were still many pioneers based in Huaiyuan Prefecture.

For young men with good family backgrounds in developed areas like Huaiyuan Prefecture, wasteland reclamation became a pastime, almost, that combined adventure, travel, and self-improvement. It was not only for gold coins.

Each shop that sold pioneering products was branded by package, long sword, gold coins, beasts, and similar themes.

Therefore, Zhang Tie parked beside such an eye-catchingly branded store.

The moment Zhang Tie entered the door, a white, attractive girl walked towards him and asked politely, "What can I do for you, sir?"

Zhang Tie then glanced over the products in the shop. The shop floor was over 1000 sq meters, filled with various commodities. It included many more commodities compared to the pioneering shops in Blackhot City. Even the weapons here were no less than common weapon stores.

"Do you have a map?"

"Yes, what kind of map do you want?"

"Maps of Stars Viewing City, Huaiyuan Prefecture, and Jinyun Country, one of each!"

"Well, we have common maps and professional water-proof maps; the latter ones are a bit more expensive. Which kind do you want?" the girl asked.

"Waterproof maps!"

The vendor took out three rolled-up, waterproof maps rapidly.

Being held in slim cylinders covered with copper shells, waterproof maps were made of a special resin. When in need, you could spread the map to check it; when you didn't need it, you just roll it back up like a tape measure. Although this kind of map was waterproof, it was not fire resistant; aluminum maps that could resist both water and fire were much more expensive.

"The price of each map of Stars Viewing City and Huaiyuan Prefecture is 3 silver coins. For the latest map of Jinyun Country, as some undiscovered areas were confirmed on it by pioneers at the end of this May, it's a bit more expensive, 18 silver coins."

"No problem, I also need a high-powered spyglass!" Zhang Tie pointed at a monocular in the counter over there.

The salesgirl then took the spyglass for Zhang Tie. After checking its power, Zhang Tie nodded.

"What else, sir?"

"What's the most popular type of armor-breaking bolts?" Zhang Tie asked.

"The most popular armor-breaking bolts are Breaking-Wind 6 Armor-Breaking Bolts without tail feathers. This kind of armor-breaking bolt was adapted to the latest small and medium-sized metal crossbows made in terms of GM760 on human weapons. With a medium-sized metal crossbow, you could penetrate through a LV 6 pangolin within 80 m. Many troops of the Hurricane Army and Jinyun Country are equipped with this kind of bolt!" the salesgirl explained very smoothly.

"Show me one, please."

The salesgirl rapidly took out a black bolt with a grim three-sided head, which looked like a poisonous snake's head, and handed it to Zhang Tie.

Holding it, Zhang Tie took a look and felt it; then, the precise data about this armor-breaking bolt appeared in Zhang Tie's mind.

Breaking-Wind 6 Armor-Breaking Bolts without tail feathers

Length: 42.7 cm.

Width of head: 3.5 cm.

Total weight: 721 grams.

With a length of over 40 cm, this bolt was made in terms of the most popular aerodynamics in this age. The body of the bolt was divided into 4 sections of different thicknesses and lengths. It seemed to be made in terms of some strange rules as it felt very comfortable.

Weighing it in hand, Zhang Tie then glanced outside. In a split second, Zhang Tie had locked his spiritual energy onto a lamp hanging outside a shop 100 m away on the other side of the avenue. Zhang Tie then revealed a smile, 'Although this bolt is not as light as my handbolt, its destructive power is not smaller than my handbolt.'

Additionally, due to its heavier weight, its destructive power would be a bit greater. Its effective shooting range in Zhang Tie's hands was about 140 m which was almost equal to that of a small javelin.

After experiencing the assassination attempt, Zhang Tie knew that for some people, the fact that he had awakened his ancestral bloodline and customized 2000 handbolts in the Items Department of Hidden Dragon Island might not be a secret at all. If he kept killing people with his handbolts, even though he could recollect all the handbolts, the wounds on the victims would still expose a lot of information, which would undoubtedly arise others' doubts about him.

Therefore, he decided it would be better to purchase some popular weapons to hide his tracks.

Zhang Tie then ordered 2 containers of those bolts, making 48 bolts in total. For such weapons that were available in mass production, their cost would be much cheaper than that of Zhang Tie's handbolts as each kind of bolt only cost him a bit more than 1 silver coins.

After buying the armor-breaking bolts, Zhang Tie bought another two common heavy swords, a set of military slacks, and a multi-purpose backpack. After putting all the items into his backpack, Zhang Tie left this shop with his backpack.

Among all the items that Zhang Tie had bought, the most expensive were the 2 heavy swords; however, the total price of the two heavy swords was less than 5 gold coins. Each sword was even lighter than 20 kg. For a man who had used "Man's Certificate", this kind of heavy sword was really too ridiculous for Zhang Tie in terms of both size and weight.

However, it wasn't a matter of whether it was ridiculous or not, as long as it was destructive.

...

1 hour later, Zhang Tie settled down in a luxury suite on Floor 28 of Milkyway Hotel, the most luxurious hotel in Stars Viewing City.

Pushing a luggage cart, a bellboy guided Zhang Tie into his room and politely asked, "Sir, here's your room. What else can I do for you?"

Zhang Tie peered outside the window of the room and revealed a smile.

"Please bring me my backpack from the luggage cart." After saying that, Zhang Tie gave a silver coin to that bellboy as a tip, "Thanks, there's nothing else; I want to have a rest."

"Fine, sir. If you need any room service, just ring the bell here. If you want to relax or try your luck, there's a gambling house on the floor above; the dining room is on the 2nd floor..." explained the bellboy as he closed the door.

Putting down his backpack, Zhang Tie walked through the corridor to lock the door from inside before walked back.

Squatting on the ground, Zhang Tie opened the lock catch and the zipper on the backpack and took out the rectangular package of that high-power spyglass.

Zhang Tie rapidly assembled the spyglass and inserted the lens. After that, he carried the spyglass to the front window of his bedroom. He firstly adjusted the distance between the blinds to change brightness; he then drew the silk curtains. Finally, Zhang Tie placed the lens of his spyglass between two blinds and aimed at a place one kilometer away from the hotel.

After slightly adjusting the angle and focus of the spyglass, he could see clearly that place.

— Zhen Clan Mansion of Heavens Cold City —

A huge sign with golden words appeared in Zhang Tie's vision. Below that sign were some ferocious entrance guards in black uniforms. As it was only one kilometer away, Zhang Tie could even see clearly the expressions of the guard to the left of the entrance.

Zhang Tie kept his eyes fixed on that place for about an hour. He moved his eyes away until the dusk fell outside.

After leaving the window, Zhang Tie turned on the flourite lamp in the bedroom and took out of his map of Stars Viewing City...

Zhang Tie pointed at the region between the Milkway Hotel and that Zhen Clan Mansion and studied each street and ally, including each building over 10 times. After that, he put it back and took out the map of Huaiyuan Prefecture.

On the map of Huaiyuan Prefecture, Stars Viewing City only occupied a small area. Due to different scales, details being presented were different.

"Gulu... gulu..."

Right then, Zhang Tie heard his stomach sounding. Touching his stomach, Zhang Tie remembered that he'd only eaten breakfast that morning and had missed lunch.

...

Zhang Tie left the room for the dining room on the 2nd floor of the hotel. The moment he walked out of the lift, he had crashed with a person.

"It's you?"

With colorful earrings and in a blue cowboy vest, that girl was pretty amazed at the sight of Zhang Tie. Before Zhang Tie reacted, that girl had already put her arm around his neck and kissed on his face rapidly as she said in a spoiled voice, "Hubby, why are here so late. I really miss you!"

Hearing those words, Zhang Tie realized that he'd obviously become a scapegoat. Soon after that, he saw some ferocious, tough men walking towards him...

Chapter 351: Performance

Translator: WQL Editor: Millman97

Due to Zhang Tie's personality, he would not deny what she said immediately; neither would he easily be screwed over by a girl. The moment Zhang Tie was going to explain it, one of the guys, who was walking towards him in tidy clothes like an elite, pointed at Zhang Tie with an angry expression.

"Nana, who's that brat? Are you hiding from me because of him?"

"This is my husband. This kind of tender, little man is my dish, so what?"

Raising her head, that girl called Nana threw a contemptuous glance at that man.

That man then fixed his eyes onto Nana and revealed a sudden smile, "I know, you must be annoying me on purpose! Why are you still so naive? How could you like some little kid?"

'F*ck! This dad doesn't talk and you take me as a waxwork in the exhibition hall?' Zhang Tie swore inside as he instantly put his arm around Nana's slim waist and hugged her into his own chest; meanwhile, he forcefully kissed her face and looked at that man in an aggressive way.

"Baby, who's that guy? He's so talkative; I've not heard you talk about him before. I know you only care about driving your Red Rabbit all day long! Why not tell me such an important thing?"

With a wisp of amazement and shame, that girl then responded with a smile.

"I'm sorry, honey! I just didn't want you to worry about me! I won't do it any more..."

With a sound of "Pah", Zhang Tie patted on her butt and pretended to glare at her out of fury and rudeness. "That's my girl!"

After being smacked on her butt, the girl immediately raised her eyebrows; but in a split second, she recovered her smile and buried her head onto Zhang Tie's chest as she pretended to be bashful, "Bad man, so many people are watching!"

"Heh, heh, it depends on whether you could take good care of me tonight!" Zhang Tie rubbed her butt with hand at the same time. 'It feels really great.' Zhang Tie yelled inside.

"You big, bad wolf. Don't talk about it here! We'll talk about it back in bedroom..." The girl further lowered her head as she twisted her body and moved Zhang Tie's hand away from her butt. At the same time, she forcefully pinched Zhang Tie's lower back.

"What else? Aren't you women being used to warm up beds and deliver kids? We will talk about delivering kids later. Are you wanting me to treat you like a princess or something? No crap! I will show you my power tonight!" Zhang Tie then glanced at that man, who looked about 27 years old, who had been stunned so much and behaved like a playboy, "Learn more from me, uncle. It's Black Iron Age! Flowers delivery, wealth show, inviting girls for dinner, or pretending to care about them have become out of date!"

"You... you... you..." Being heavily insulted, that man pointed at Zhang Tie with a shaking hand and could almost not utter a sound...

Seeing their owner behaving that way, the 2 tough bodyguards beside that man walked forward and drew close to Zhang Tie.

"Mr, do you need any help?" Seeing it becoming a bit tense at the entrance of the lift, some security personnel in black uniform of the hotel had already walked towards them.

The one uttered was a baldheaded black man. He was tall, calm and polite, which forced the 2 bodyguards of the impulsive man to calm down.

Looking at the security personnel, the guy who had almost gone out of his mind called back his 2 bodyguards.

"Nana, you really disappoint me too much. How come you like such a kid..."

With this word, he ferociously glared at Zhang Tie. After that, that man waved at his bodyguards and left.

Seeing that man and his lackeys leave, the security guard who asked just now glanced at Zhang Tie and that girl called Nana; he then immediately knew it was because of love affairs. Therefore, he left with the other security personnel.

Not until they all left did that girl who had been hugging Zhang Tie like an innocent girl started to look solemn.

"You b*stard, let me go!"

Staring at Zhang Tie, that girl forcefully patted Zhang Tie's hand off.

Zhang then sniffed forcefully 'This girl smells really good.'

"If I didn't hug you, could you've fooled him? I've not even asked you for the performance fee!"

"You've taken advantage of me so much, yet you are asking me for a performance fee?"

"I stirred up an enemy because of your casual words. I might be beaten to death the moment I go out of the hotel. That guy looks like a narrow-minded man! Beauty is dangerous!"

After staring Zhang Tie several seconds, that girl suddenly burst out a laughter, "Well, we're even. You have nice driving skills. Where did you learned those skills? We can have a match one day!"

"Sorry, I've not played such a naive game since I was 7; I'm not interested in it! I'm on my way to dinner, make way please..." Zhang Tie directly walked towards the dining hall.

Looking at Zhang Tie, the girl called Nana became still. Watching Zhang Tie's shadow, she looked curious and interested...

...

After leisurely eating a grand supper in the dining hall, Zhang Tie returned to his room.

'It's already the 3rd day since I soaked the lotus seeds of fiery-flame red lotus into liquor. According to my master, I could eat them today.'

After arranging his personal belongings in the room, Zhang Tie carried his backpack by hand and entered Castle of Black Iron as he focused his attention onto the arch door in his mind.

...

At this moment, it was also dark in Castle of Black Iron; but it was not too late. What amazed Zhang Tie was that A'gan, Edward, and Aziz were burning a bonfire in the courtyard beside those houses. They were roasting corncobs, making the aroma fill the air.

Seeing Zhang Tie coming in, they hurriedly ran towards Zhang Tie and kissed Zhang Tie's shoes.

"Castle Lord, your loyal servant A'gan is waiting for your orders!"

"Castle Lord, your loyal servant Edward is waiting for your orders!"

"Castle Lord, your loyal servant Aziz is waiting for your orders!"

The three guys said one after another as if they'd reached an agreement in advance.

These days, Zhang Tie always entered Castle of Black Iron late at night when the 3 guys had fallen asleep; therefore, he rarely saw them. At the sight of the 3 diligent guys this time, Zhang Tie felt pretty good.

"What are you doing there?"

"My lord, we are roasting popcorns. They are very yummy!" A'gan explained honestly.

When A'gan replied, Aziz had already taken a well-roasted popcorn from the bonfire; after patting off the ash from it, he gave it to Zhang Tie in a flattery way.

Seeing their expecting eyes, Zhang Tie didn't hesitate at all; instead, he held the popcorn and peeled off its black skin and corn silk before engulfing it.

With only one mouthful, Zhang Tie became a bit still, 'Wow, this is really yummy; at least, I've not tasted such a great, yummy food before.

'Is this the taste of corn from Castle of Black Iron?' Eating it, Zhang Tie felt a bit shameful as he had not inquired about the grains production in Castle of Black Iron for a long time.

He could see the good, tidy fields, which were reclaimed by A'gan, Aziz and Edward. Various crops were growing well inside the fields.

"Nice, very yummy! You guys are doing well; you're good people and you've done nice farming work!" Zhang Tie patted their shoulders which made them quiver all over due to excitement.

"Argh, Castle Lord praised me..." A'gan was so happy that he danced with joy.

"Castle Lord patted my shoulder!" Edward looked like having hit the jackpot.

"I grew that corncob!" Aziz jumped off the ground and turned 2 somersaults in the air.

'Is that so exciting?' Zhang Tie watched his hands, 'Is my hand that magical?'

"You created them. The meaning of their existence is to please Castle Lord. Any of your praise and admiration would make them very happy as it would lubricate their souls and wisdom and indicate your greatest affirmation to our work!" Heller appeared beside Zhang Tie with a smile.

'I know,' Zhang Tie also became happy as he passed his backpack to Heller, "Put it in the equipment room, I will use it in a few days!"

"Yes, sir. Speaking of equipment room, I want to remind Castle Lord that our rooms are in short supply as all the grains warehouse have been filled; no more grain is available!"

"Argh!" Hearing this news, Zhang Tie became a bit amazed, "What should we do then?"

"There are two methods: first, I accelerate the growth of a batch of woods in Castle of Black Iron using reiki; then, I will have Edward build some rooms using the logs; but pines, parasols are not of good quality. If I accelerate their growth using reiki, it would be a waste; therefore, I hope Castle Lord could bring in some proper woods, such as blueberry, teakwood, nanmu, sanders, Korean pine, and ash trees as houses built of these woods would be more durable and better-looking!"

"What about the second method?"

"As long as Castle Lord can accumulate enough basic energy storage, you could directly form a mountain with many caves using the space and terrain creation system; that would cost you less time!"

Hearing this method, Zhang Tie felt being a poor again; he just forced a smile, "No need to be that hurry, I will bring in some woods; for basic energy, I will increase it. You know, I've been a bit busy recently!"

"I understand, at your will, my lord!"

Zhang Tie then hurriedly ran into his lab. The color of the liquor inside the glass bottle truly had become bloody, deep red like fire...

Opening its lid, Zhang Tie forcefully sniffed that special taste from inside and felt his battle qi being ignited...

'Is this the function of the seeds of fiery-flame red lotus? That's too powerful!'

Chapter 352: Night Viewing Ability

Translator: WQL Editor: Millman97

The fiery-flame red lotus seeds in the liquor released an alluring fragrance. Lifting the bottle, Zhang Tie watched the red liquid for a while. He then gritted his teeth and started to drink it forcefully.

Curiously, the taste of the liquor had been diluted as the liquid tasted extremely bitter, instead of pungent; besides, its taste had a sort of chilliness that almost penetrated in Zhang Tie's bones.

At that moment, the seeds which were as hard as steel beads a few days ago had become crispy like Chinese chestnuts. Zhang Tie directly chewed all ten seeds and swallowed them all, causing a sound of "kacha, kacha".

Soon after he drank the bitter, icy liquid, Zhang Tie felt his stomach burning like the external combustion chamber of the steam-driven external combustion engine. At the same time, he felt his body temperature rising rapidly.

Remembering his master's warning, Zhang Tie swallowed all the liquid in the bottle very quickly; then, he yelled and rushed out of the lab.

In less than half a minute, Zhang Tie had felt his body burning; even his iron-blood battle qi had been triggered and formed a battle-qi totem of a huge centipede.

As Zhang Tie ran, he kept peeling off his clothes. Like a mad cow whose tail was burned, in a wink of eye, he had rushed 100 m away. Yelling weirdly, he then dove into that fresh water lake inside the Castle of Black Iron naked, like a meteor, causing a 10 m higher spray.

A'gan, Aziz, and Edward were really stunned. They hurriedly collected Zhang Tie's clothes and shoes as they rushed towards that lake at the same time.

When they arrived at the lake, under the gloomy light in darkness, they saw Zhang Tie radiating a crimson light several meters below the water like a piece of red-hot iron. Meanwhile, a wisp of steam was rising above the water.

"Castle Lord, are you okay?" A'gan asked out of concern.

Heller's eyes radiated a gleaming light. After watching Zhang Tie for a while, he waved his head, "He's fine; Castle Lord has just accomplished a round of fabulous evolution!"

Hearing Heller's reply, Agan, Aziz and Edward all let out a sigh.

...

Although the others were worried about him, Zhang Tie was very cozy.

When the burning heat was absorbed by the icy lake at night, it warmed the surrounding air, which firstly drilled into his heart; after warming Zhang Tie's heart and making it feel very comfortable, it drilled into Zhang Tie's spleen, then his kidney. After circling around his kidney twice, it went back to Zhang Tie's mind and mingled with his spiritual energy.

After his spiritual energy mingled with that weird strength for a while, Zhang Tie had a weird feeling — although the total amount of his spiritual energy didn't increase, it became more stable while that swirl of his spiritual energy in his mind felt a bit tranquil.

Out of Zhang Tie's mind, that warm energy started to penetrate into Zhang Tie eyes from inside to the outside.

When that warmth entered Zhang Tie's ocular tissue, Zhang Tie didn't feel warm anymore; but icy, but it still made his eyes very comfortable. The icy feeling came from a mysterious point inside his brain, in line with the middle place between his eyebrows.

Zhang Tie was immersed in water in this comfortable way for 3 hours.

3 hours later...

With a sound of "Huala...", Zhang Tie exposed his head out of the water and heavily panted, breathing in the Castle of Black Iron's fresh air.

At this time, Zhang Tie saw the Castle of Black Iron in a completely new light...

When he jumped into lake, it was dark in Castle of Black Iron while everything in the darkness was obscure; however, at this moment, everything in his eyes was different.

It was like the sunset scene in Castle of Black Iron. In the background of bright shadows and space that slightly radiated a golden color, everything was clearly presented in Zhang Tie's eyes, the visual effect of which was much better than that of night viewing medicament.

When he used a vial of night viewing medicament, he felt like he was wearing a layer of thick yellowish green glass; with that night viewing effect, he could clearly see an object's shape, yet he could not identify the object's colors easily. However, now, Zhang Tie could easily and clearly identify the colors of the plants in the Castle of Black Iron.

What was more, Zhang Tie found that his visual ability had become much better than before as he could see objects clearly at a longer distance.

Within the blink of an eye, Zhang Tie felt a mysterious connection between the spiritual energy in his mind and his eyes. If his spiritual energy was a lake at this moment, the water in this lake was irrigating his eyes through a fine water pipe.

Zhang Tie tried to turn off the water pipe of spiritual energy. He then opened his eyes and found everything became dark like before...

A'gan, Edward and Aziz were holding torches and watching him out of concern.

"Castle Lord, are you alright?"

Zhang Tie then turned on that water pipe of spiritual energy once again; this time, darkness disappeared and the whole space was changed into that sunset scene again. Everything then became clear in Zhang Tie's eyes...

Turned on... Turned off... Turned on... Turned off...

Clear... Obscure... Clear... Obscure...

Sunset scene... Darkness... Sunset scene... Darkness...

'That's really interesting!' Zhang Tie felt like a big bulb had been installed in his eyes that could light up the whole world. With that bulb, he could easily shift between two different visual effects. Although this night viewing effect would consume a bit of his spiritual energy, it was almost negligible to Zhang Tie. Even if Zhang Tie kept using this night viewing effect for 3 months, it would not cost him 1/5 of his total spiritual energy.

"Haha... I'm fine!" After knowing the effect of this night viewing ability, Zhang Tie was pretty jubilant. He burst into laughter and swam to the lakeside before putting on his clothes.

Because Heller and the three servants were all male, Zhang Tie didn't feel shameful about putting on clothes in the public.

"Congratulations! Castle Lord, you've gained a new ability!" Heller said.

"You already know about that effect?" Zhang Tie asked Heller as he was putting on his T-shirt.

"I know everything in this space. The Castle of Black Iron has sensed your change, my lord."

"Fiery-flame red lotus is really nice. It's exotic!" Zhang Tie nodded.

"As a silicon-based plant in magma, fiery-flame red lotus has a great ability to bear and sense high temperature. When those fiery-flame red lotus that you've sowed in the Castle of Black Iron grow ripe, Castle Lord can eat some more seeds. Then, your night viewing ability will gradually be intensified!" Heller explained.

"Intensified?" Hearing that word, Zhang Tie became a bit still as he slowed down the movement to fasten his waist band, "I think this ability is already sharp now, you mean it can become sharper?"

"Although Castle Lord can see clearly objects' shapes in darkness, can you see their temperatures clearly? As objects would present different colors and temperatures when in different environments, you will actually be able to identify them!" Heller explained.

"I can see objects' temperatures?" After thinking for a while, Zhang Tie further asked, "What's it for?"

"He...he...commoners can identify 1 million kinds of rays and colors or so; actually, there are numerous kinds of rays and colors due to different temperatures of objects and energies in the universe. Temperature is a very important 'measure' in universe; if your eyes could see these temperatures, you would see a much more splendid scene in this world..."

"You mean people's eyes could see different temperatures, but for what?" Heller's words were out of Zhang Tie's comprehension ability.

"For instance, a man is hiding behind that big tree. Can you see that man from here, day or night?" Heller pointed at a tree over there.

"No!" Zhang Tie waved his head.

"Of course you can't; because you are watching using your normal visual ability. But if you could see temperatures, even though that man was hiding behind that big tree, you would still see him clearly. The reason lies in the difference between his body temperature and that of the big tree, which was as remarkable as a burning 10,000-year fluorite lamp!"

Zhang Tie understood it at once. He had not imagined that the seeds of fiery-flame red lotus could have such an effect. Therefore, Zhang Tie burst out laughter.

...

Although what he did to the slaves today didn't lead to any special fruit, Zhang Tie was not too disappointed about that.

Although Zhang Tie didn't gain any fruit of redemption, he gained more than 6000 merit values by setting free slaves, which made him very satisfied.

After eating the latest Leakless Fruit, Zhang Tie left Castle of Black Iron and reappeared in the room of the hotel.

With a night viewing ability, Zhang Tie continued to observe that building through the spyglass throughout the night. He figured out the personnel arrangements of that building in the evening and kept those arrangements in mind to further improve his plan.

...

On the 2nd morning, after accomplishing this travel to Stars Viewing City, Zhang Tie returned to Jinhai City in his Faerie Dragon T9. After staying with his family members for one day in Jinhai City, Zhang Tie wore Fei Yuao's face mask once again and made his final preparations on the plan in Jinhai City in the name of Fei Yuao, which cost him his remaining 2000 gold coins or so.

Later on, Fei Yuao disappeared and Zhang Tie returned to Hidden Dragon Island to accumulate his strength quietly and wait for the coming massacre and revenge!

Chapter 353: Jinwu Castle

Translator: WQL Editor: Millman97

July 3rd, one week after Zhang Tie returned to Hidden Dragon Island and stayed there without arising any trouble...

This day, two amazing events happened for all the clan students in Hidden Dragon Palace.

Firstly, a name Zhang Tie suddenly ranked 1st on the Hidden Dragon Wealth List in Qinyun Palace with 400,000 gold coins. This figure was even double the value of the 2nd place.

When many people in Hidden Dragon Palace were shocked by this news, the second piece of news arrived.

That castle on Yunju Mountain of Hidden Dragon Island finally hung out the banner and logo of its owner at its highest place.

When that castle was under construction, many people in Hidden Dragon Palace thought that was an agency affiliated by Huaiyuan Palace — another important base of Hidden Dragon Palace or Long Wind Business Group on the island.

It was also said that as the Zhang Clan was going to expand the territory of the Zhixing Department, the current Zhixing Department was going to move into that new castle on Yunju Mountain. From then on, the minimal standard for students to enter Hidden Dragon Palace would be above LV 6; those clan elites below LV 6 who entered Hidden Dragon Island would be transferred to that castle on Yunju Mountain.

However, when the banner of the castle of hung out on July 3rd, everybody became dumbfounded as the banner of the castle was nothing to do with Huaiyuan Palace's subordinate agencies at all. Instead, it was a strange 'private banner' which represented the status of its owner.

In Junyun Country which was predominated by Chinese people, there were strict regulations on the styles of banners for various levels of clans, organizations, and individuals. Only national agencies and army could use dragon emblems and patterns.

None of the 4 classical Chinese beasts like green Chinese dragon, white tiger, Rosefinch, and Xuanwu (a species that combines tortoise and snake) were allowed on the banners and logos of feudal princes and local clans in Jinyun Country. Based on Chinese traditions, only emperors who founded the countries or first-class regimes had the right to use the 4 classical Chinese beasts as their banners or logos.

Huaiyuan Palace's banner was Sea and Sky Long Wind Banner.

Besides, there were many other regulations, such as the bottom color of the banners of business groups and societal organizations should not be red or black, because these 2 colors were the bottom colors of the battle flag of the Chinese army. Take another example, besides following the above regulations, private banners that symbolized private territory, interests, and rights should be triangular instead of being square.

That banner rising from the highest place of that castle on Yunju Mountain was triangular and blue, on which there was a strange three-foot bird in a golden sun.

When this triangular banner rose up, its name was exposed under the gate tower — Jinwu Castle!

All the students in Hidden Dragon Palace were shocked as this castle was not a part of Huaiyuan Palace, but a private castle.

Besides the affiliated agencies of Huaiyuan Palace, the only ones that could build house on Hidden Dragon Island were some natives and students of Hidden Dragon Palace. For those natives, even some of them were rich, they could only pay 100,000 gold coins at most. They had no ability to build such a castle at all.

When they knew that the owner of Jinwu Castle was Zhang Tie, a student in Breaking Heavens Department of Hidden Dragon Palace, the Breaking Heavens Department as a whole seemed to go mad. Zhang Tie had broken the record — the first student in Breaking Heavens Department to own a castle on Hidden Dragon Island.

Some curious guys checked the records of the first places on the Hidden Dragon Wealth List and found that before Zhang Tie, the richest student in Hidden Dragon Palace only had 380,000 gold coins, they then became more thrilled. Some careful ones studied Zhang Tie's experience in Hidden Dragon Palace and found that Zhang Tie had created 4 records; instead of 1.

The first student who owned a private castle on Hidden Dragon Island since the founding of Hidden Dragon Palace...

The richest student since the founding of Hidden Dragon Palace...

The student who had formed Iron-Blood Battle Qi in the shortest period since the founding of Hidden Dragon Palace...

The first student who had produced all-purpose medicament since the founding of Hidden Dragon Palace...

In just one day, Zhang Tie had become one of the most famous people in Hidden Dragon Palace as a star student who had produced all-purpose medicament. No matter where it was and which age it was in, any rich people would become attractive, even in Hidden Dragon Palace.

On the same day, when the girls in Zhixing Department were told this news and felt it was unbelievable, they all received Zhang Tie's invitation.

— As my castle is completed, I've prepared some drinks. I now invite you for a carnival at sunset tomorrow!

— Zhang Tie.

All the girls who'd bet with Zhang Tie had received his invitation, including Guo Miaoli and the other girls who had already entered Breaking Heavens Department. At the sight of the scrawls on the letters of invitation, all the girls looked pretty weird.

"It's really senior brother Zhang Tie! Only he would send such a letter of invitation..." Liu Shasha sighed as the other girls in Zhixing Department nodded.

"Will we go there then?" a naive girl asked hesitantly.

"Of course we will go there. That guy is narrow-minded. If we don't go there, he might come here to collect our debts!"

The girls then giggled.

"If we get along well with senior brother Zhang Tie, we might be helped by this richest person in the future! If so, we wouldn't have to work so hard to make money!" A girl joked.

"It's said that senior brother doesn't have a girlfriend yet. But this is a good opportunity. If anyone of you have fallen in love with him, you have to seize this chance; otherwise, it might be late!"

"As Yuhan has already given her first kiss to senior brother Zhang Tie, Yuhan should have a try!"

"No way..." Du Yuhan's face slightly blushed, "Forget about that, he was just saving me out of the sea!"

The girls were all joking with Du Yuhan except for Qu Liangying, who was just smiling. Out of a strange yet powerful instinct, Du Yuhan exchanged glances with Qu Liangying. The two girls instantly knew what that meant...

Besides the 12 girls who had bet with Zhang Tie, many others received Zhang Tie's letters of invitation too, including Zhang Tie's good friends in Zhixing Department — Zhang Keliang, Zhang Yunfei, Wei Wu, and Zhang Hongsheng, and Yang Yuankang's group who cooperated with Zhang Tie to sell the all-purpose medicament for the first time, Gu Caidie, Ma Aiyun, who taught Zhang Tie basic movements, Liu Xu, whom Zhang Tie had a drink with, and Zhang Lin, Zhu Wenqiang whom Zhang Tie got acquainted with when he was a yaksha in the sea.

After receiving Zhang Tie's invitation, Zhang Keliang, Zhang Yunfei, Wei Wu, and Zhang Hongsheng all felt warm inside. Due to different courses and tasks between Zhixing Department and Breaking Heavens Department, they'd had fewer chances to meet each other since Zhang Tie entered Breaking Heavens Department, especially after Zhang Tie became famous. After receiving Zhang Tie's invitation, they looked forward to seeing Zhang Tie's familiar and kind face again...

Everything was changing, except for the friendship between them.

When receiving Zhang Tie's invitation, Zhang Lin and Zhu Wenqiang were also very shocked. After watching the letters of invitation for quite a while, they finally accepted the fact——the junior brother who was working as a yaksha in the sea together with them had been unusual in only a few days.

Zhang Lin and Zhu Wenqiang were not idiots. They both knew the importance to maintain the friendship between them and Zhang Tie.

Anyone who could rank 1st on any Hidden Dragon List had never been an average figure in the history of Huaiyuan Palace unless they died at a young age. Zhang Tie was only 17 years old. Anyone who was farsighted could see that Zhang Tie had a bright future.

They got acquainted with Zhang Tie together with Yang Yuankang. Recently, they were told that Yang Yuankang was living pretty well in Breaking Heavens Department. When they were still struggling for a few clan contribution points and the monthly payment of Breaking Heavens Department, Yang Yuankang had already stabilized his business on Hidden Dragon Island.

Although the relationship between Yang Yuankang and Zhang Tie could not be completely duplicated, this at least indicated that Zhang Tie had already been able to easily influence and decide the destiny and future of people around him.

Zhang Tie was definitely a reliable and powerful friend. He was the so-called good teacher and helpful friend.

Liu Xu, who got acquainted with Zhang Tie through Zhang Su, also had the same feeling. After receiving Zhang Tie's invitation, Liu Xu felt slightly overwhelmed by the special favor. He had not imagined that Zhang Tie still remembered him at this moment. After all, they only met a few times and had a drink together.

"I wonder how senior brother Zhang Su would feel if he knew that his younger cousin had become a popular person in Hidden Dragon Palace!", a thought flashed across Liu Xu's mind.

...

"Do we need to buy an expensive gift for Zhang Tie?" Compared to others, Yang Yuankang and Zhang Feng became both excited and touched. As they all made money with the support and preferential treatment of Zhang Tie, the moment they received Zhang Tie's invitation, they had gathered together and discussed about visiting Zhang Tie's castle tomorrow.

The more money they made through Zhang Tie, the more important Zhang Tie was in their heart. Therefore, they became more careful about their relationship with Zhang Tie. The one who asked was Yang Yuankang's partner. Soon after he asked, the rest had started to discuss about that, except for Yang Yuankang who was gazing at Zhang Tie's letter of invitation seriously and silently.

Among them, Yang Yuankang was most dignified; therefore, finally they all waited for Yang Yuankang's reply.

"Do you think that Zhang Tie needs our gift?" Yang Yuankang asked. They then exchanged glanced with each other and didn't say any more.

"Yuankang, what do you mean?"

"It's just a party between friends. We only need to treat him sincerely. No need to bring any gift at all. Just take yourselves to enjoy supper there. Just take your girlfriends or boyfriends there to visit the first student's castle of Hidden Dragon Palace, if you have one. I will take my girlfriend at least!" Yang Yuankang smiled.

"Erm...is this proper?"

"You will know it later on. Not everybody can enjoy this special treatment. Seize this opportunity to enjoy yourselves; if not, you will regret it!" Yang Yuankang said seriously.

After thinking about Yang Yuankang's words carefully, they all felt they was reasonable.

...

Lan Yunxi who lived in Phoenix Resting Pavilion also received a letter of invitation. Previously, she was executing a clan task away from the island; when she came back to Hidden Dragon Island, it was already June 28th.

Not until she returned did Lan Yunxi know what Zhang Tie had experienced during the period when she had been away.

Lan Yunxi knew that a LV 9 powerhouse assigned by Long Wind Business Group to protect an important figure betrayed Long Wind Business Group and Huaiyuan Palace while cooperating with an unknown power was nothing different than a terrifying earthquake in Long Wind Business Group and Huaiyuan Palace. It contained too much horrible information.

What was the background of Liu Xiang? Was he a mole assigned by another power before he joined Long Wind Business Group? Was there someone else like Liu Xiang in Long Wind Business Group and Huaiyuan Palace? Was it a coincidence or a planned arrangement to dispatch Liu Xiang to protect Zhang Tie? Wasn't it a shame for Huaiyuan Palace to let someone assassinate its student on Hidden Dragon Island? Additionally, how was the confidential message that Zhang Tie could realize large-mass production of all-purpose medicament leaked?

Each of the above questions was fatal. Lan Yunxi became really worried about that.

At the beginning, someone in Long Wind Business Group still doubted Zhang Tie's testimony that Liu Xiang betrayed Long Wind Business Group and assassinated Zhang Tie. After all, Zhang Tie was the only witness. Now, Liu Xiang had died and Zhang Tie could only provide simple evidence. In some people's eyes, these pieces of evidence were not persuasive enough.

When Long Wind Business Group started to survey Liu Xiang's background, some key figures who introduced Liu Xiang in the Business Group committed a suicide one after another. After this clue was cut off, those who doubted Zhang Tie's testimony finally shut up.

Now, even idiots would know that Liu Xiang was not innocent. However, what was more terrifying was that Long Wind Business Group didn't know how seriously it had been infiltrated by other powers.

The Seniors Association of Huaiyuan Palace became furious while Zhang Taibai, Lan Yunxi's uncle, had been asked to accept the inquiry of Seniors Association.

At this moment, although outsiders thought Yiyang City and Huaiyuan Palace were as safe and sound as before, the sky had been covered with black clouds and a terrifying and destructive rainstorm was brewing.

However, the one who aroused this storm still asked his friends for a carnival in his new nest.

The moment she remembered Zhang Tie's roguish look, Lan Yunxi was be driven mad.

Chapter 354: Secret Tunnel

Translator: WQL Editor: Millman97

"Peh... peh..."

As the inside of the tunnel had not been smoothed, some areas jutted out from the edges. When Zhang Tie passed one such place, his head against the jut on the ceiling; as a result, some sandy soil dropped off, making Zhang Tie's head dirty all over. Some of the soil even entered Zhang Tie's mouth; therefore, Zhang Tie hurriedly spat it out.

Steel shovel and spade in hand, Zhang Tie moved to the end of this narrow tunnel where he had reached yesterday. With one leg half-knelt down on the ground, he then pulled down his goggles and slightly inserted his steel shovel into the hard and thick soil. As a result, a lot of earth and sand were dug out.

With his great, mammoth strength, in just a few minutes, Zhang Tie had already dug out a great amount of earth and sand and pushed another meter forward.

Seeing too much earth and sand being piled in the secret tunnel, Zhang Tie put down his steel shovel; he then held a steel spade whose handle had been cut short. With one spade, he had lifted over 10 kg of earth and sand; Zhang Tie then focused his spiritual energy on them and instantly moved them into the Pool of Chaos in Castle of Black Iron...

Zhang Tie then kept digging and removing the waste like this...

After several days' work, Zhang Tie had become very familiar with this series of movements. The earth and sand blocking the secret tunnel were soon moved away, by something akin to magic, and became the basic energy storage of Castle of Black Iron.

Zhang Tie then moved another meter forward. After that, he switched his spade for the shovel and kept digging like a groundhog.

With the support of Zhang Tie's terrifying, mammoth strength and physique, and the Pool of Chaos in Castle of Black Iron, Zhang Tie delt with the sand and earth very easily. Therefore, Zhang Tie's efficiency was very high — it only took him a couple of minutes to push one or two meters forward.

Although it was pitch dark in the secret tunnel, this was not a problem for Zhang Tie at all because he had night viewing ability.

Several hours later, Zhang Tie stopped working. He leaned his ears against the wall of the tunnel as he heard the clear sound of running water from the other side of the tunnel. Zhang Tie was so thrilled that he kept digging faster.

10 minutes later, with a sound of crash, a lot of sand and earth collapsed. At the same time, Zhang Tie drilled out of his secret tunnel and appeared in a karst cave of a subterranean river in the hinterland of Yunju Mountain.

This karst cave only covered several ten thousand square meters and was just over 10 meters in height. The inside of the cave was twisted with various odd-looking stalactites and limestones. A five to six meter wide subterranean river bubbled through the cave.

In most cases, humans' fears originated from the unknown. Darkness was one such unknown. If one could see clearly his surroundings, one's fear would be greatly reduced.

Zhang Tie was such a case. If he didn't have the night viewing ability, he might be a bit scared in such a strange environment; however, after clearly seeing the karst cave and the subterranean river, Zhang Tie became relaxed at once.

"It seems that Liu Gong didn't lie to me. According to their geological survey, there's a huge enclosed karst cave and a subterranean river leading to the Flying Swallow Lake!" Zhang Tie mumbled.

After briefly checking this underground karst cave, Zhang Tie found it was really an enclosed space in the hinterland of a mountain. Besides the secret tunnel that he had dug, Zhang Tie didn't find any other access to this karst cave; therefore, Zhang Tie became completely reassured.

After checking this karst cave in the hinterland of Yunju Mountain, Zhang Tie investigated that subterranean river, which was only three to four meters deep. After coursing through the karst cave for a distance, it entered the hinterland of the mountain.

From his brief check of the karst cave and the subterranean river, Zhang Tie estimated where he was and the position of Flying Swallow Lake in the outside; thus, he dove into the subterranean river without any hesitation.

The river was very crystal. With the help of his night viewing ability, Zhang Tie could still see clearly under water. Zhang Tie had a very sharp sense of the water flow; additionally, he could swim super fast and breath without any limit under water. Therefore, he had no fear when he jumped into the subterranean river.

If it was another person, even it was a powerhouse who was ten times more powerful than Zhang Tie and had good swimming skills, he wouldn't just jump into the subterranean river, because he didn't know the flowing direction and environment of the subterranean river.

What if you found that this subterranean river lasted over 1,000 km like a water pipe when you jumped in and had no chance to get out for a breath?

Although you felt the water here flew slowly and indicated no danger at all, what if, after swimming several thousand kilometers, you suddenly found this subterranean river led to a terrifying waterfall which cascaded into an abyss? What if there were subterranean whirlpools with horrible power capable of drowning you? Each of the above situations could easily kill a person.

Therefore, almost nobody dared to swim in subterranean rivers casually, even though they might have such incredible swimming skills that they could take ocean as their own swimming pool. Compared to the ocean, the dangers in this subterranean river were unpredictable.

After swimming for a while in the subterranean river, Zhang Tie found the way in front divided into two. One seemed leading to Flying Swallow Lake while the other seemed leading to White Dragon Town.

Zhang Tie chose the way leading to Flying Swallow Lake. It was only a distance of 500 to 600 meters from there to Flying Swallow Lake. The waterway in front became increasingly narrower from five or six meters to two or three meters wide, resulting in the water's rate of flow also slowing down. The narrowest place was less than one meter in width as it was between two huge rocks; thankfully, Zhang Tie finally swam across there.

With a bright light, Zhang Tie raised his head and found that he had already left the subterranean river. Over twenty meters above him was the surface of Flying Swallowing Lake. The connection between the Subterranean River and the Flying Swallow Lake was at the bottom of the lake on the side closest to Yunju Mountain, which was even and water flow slowly out, so it wouldn't be noticed easily.

The bottom of Flying Swallow Lake was covered with verdant water weeds and stones. The connecting tunnel between the subterranean river and the Flying Swallow Lake was hidden amongst the water weeds and stones. Unless someone especially waited by the cave, nobody would notice someone swimming out of it.

A shoal of finger-long fish swam across the water weeds while the water level of the lake was glistening like jumping golden flames. Zhang Tie, who suddenly moved his head out of the water weeds scared those little fish away at once. Zhang Tie then observed the water level for a while and found a ship floating 300 meters away from him.

Looking up from the bottom, Zhang Tie could see clearly the arched belly of the ship.

It was not the right moment to expose himself by getting out of the water. After figuring out the surrounding environment, Zhang Tie made a turn like a fish and flowed back into that tunnel at the bottom of Flying Swallow Lake. When he reached that cross 500-600 m away in the upper reach, Zhang Tie thought for a while before swimming along the waterway towards White Dragon Town.

Several minutes later, Zhang Tie exposed his head out of a shiny water level. After taking two mouthfuls of fresh air, Zhang Tie raised his head and looked up as he felt the entrance of the cave was a bit weird; at that moment, a pitch-black object fell down; thankfully, Zhang Tie jumped away swiftly; otherwise, his head would have been crushed by it.

After being scared a lot, Zhang Tie watched that object carefully and found it was a bucket; Zhang Tie immediately knew where he was.

"Wanfu, you asshole, are you napping there again? Have you prepared the water in the water vat in the back garden? Xiaohe and the other servant girls are still waiting for it. Lord's flowers need to be watered in both the morning and evening; if they were not watered on time because of you, I will break your legs. You b*stard..." A domineering voice came from above.

"Haha, Steward Zhao, how could I dare sleep here? Look, I'm drawing water from the well!" With the flattery voice, that wooden bucket then tilted and sank in the water; In a few seconds, it had been filled with water and was drawn out of the well.

"Don't think that I've not seen that. Obviously, you started to move when you saw me. You were obviously indolent in duty. I will dock half of your pay for this month!" With that icy condemnation, Steward Zhao got closer to the well.

"No, Steward Zhao, if that happens, I will be in a poor mood. Then, I will drink a lot to ease my sorrow; if so, I would hardly be able keep what I saw in the evening a few days ago a secret!"

"What do you mean?"

Wanfu then lowered his voice and became mysterious.

"As I drank too much, I went to the toilet in the night before last. However, because I was drunk and it was very dark then, I could not find the toilet; therefore, I went to the rockery in the back garden to have a pee; coincidently, I caught sight of you and Xiaohong, the servant of madam in the mountain cave, heh...heh...Steward Zhao really had a good physique!"

"Hmm... hmm..." Steward Zhao started to cough ferociously, "Wanfu, you are too honest and diligent. How can you be left to finish so much work in the Mansion alone? Just fill the water vat in the back garden today; take a rest tomorrow. I will add 5 silver coins for you monthly compensation from then on. Don't be loaf on the job. Lord will definitely reward your hard work!"

"Thanks, Steward Zhao!"

...

Hearing that conversation, Zhang Tie swore inside as he dove into the water once again.

...

Several minutes later, Zhang Tie arrived back in the mountain cave in the hinterland of Yunju Mountain. Although nobody else would come here, Zhang Tie still covered this cave with some water weeds and a huge stone before going back to a hidden room along that secret tunnel.

This hidden room was a bit similar to that one left by Donder in Blackhot City. It covered more than 200 square meters and was connected to the upside through stairs. Additionally, there were some 10,000-year flourite lamps and some simple daily products in the hidden room. This place was used for Zhang Tie to enter meditation and cultivate his fighting skills in Jinwu Castle.

After climbing out of the secret tunnel, Zhang Tie easily moved the over 300 kilogram slab of bluestone back to its original position. He then placed a desk on the stone floor. In this way, nobody else could identify that secret tunnel at all.

There was another secret tunnel in the castle which was connected to Zhang Tie's bedroom and study room, through which, Zhang Tie could silently leave Jinwu Castle and arrived at the place close to the airship port.

That secret tunnel was built by Long Wind Business Group for Zhang Tie; however, after Liu Xiang's betrayal, Zhang Tie understood it clearly that the secret tunnel to the airport had become useless to him.

Any secret known by two people was not a secret anymore. What was more, more than two people knew of the existence of that secret tunnel such as those who attended the designing of the castle's blueprints and the construction of the secret tunnel. Therefore, those who wanted to screw over Zhang Tie must have already known about its existence.

Perhaps, at this moment, someone on Hidden Dragon Island was watching that secret tunnel through a telescope.

Of course, Zhang Tie would not make plans or keep secrets on the basis of a secret tunnel which had been exposed. Therefore, ever since he came back to Huaiyuan Palace, Zhang Tie had remained in his secret room under the guise of meditating and cultivating fighting skills for a long period of time every day; actually, in this period, Zhang Tie had silently broken through a secret tunnel based on the information that he had received which nobody else knew except for him.

At the beginning, that engineer who was responsible for building Jinwu castle only casually mentioned the geological structure of Yunju Mountain to Zhang Tie; however, he would not have imagined that Zhang Tie had kept his words in mind and truly dug out a secret tunnel leading to the hinterland of Yunju Mountain and found a path in the subterranean river to leave this castle secretly.

Perhaps, even that engineer could not remember that he had mentioned this to Zhang Tie at this moment. After all, a person spoke a lot every day, especially in casual conversations. Nobody could remember each sentence that they had said.

Zhang Tie felt good. After circling around the hidden room and placing everything back in its original position, Zhang Tie glanced at his watch and decided to leave; at this moment, he lowered his head and found he was a bit embarrassed; therefore, he directly entered Castle of Black Iron. After changing into a set of clean clothes in Castle of Black Iron, he checked his appearance in a mirror and returned to the hidden room.

Given Zhang Tie's current look, nobody would think that he was digging hole like a groundhog these days.

'I will take a chance to investigate the situation of that household in White Dragon Town. If possible, I will buy their house under another name. That way, it would be more convenient for me to leave my castle and it would be harder for others to figure out my trace. Damn! Smart rabbits always have three holes. I'm smarter than a rabbit!'

Thinking that, Zhang Tie had walked upside through the stairs. After passing through a 10 meter long passageway, Zhang Tie opened the alloy-made cypher lock of the hidden room before walked out of the hidden room.

...

A few minutes after Zhang Tie left the hidden room, some guys whom Zhang Tie had invited for a party had already arrived outside Jinwu Castle in advance.

"Wei Wu, are we here a bit early? Zhang Tie said to get here after the sunset. But it's still one hour away from sunset..." Walking on the mountain path of Yunju Mountain, Zhang Hongsheng raised his head and looked at that sun which was only a bit in the west and lowered his voice, "Isn't it a bit embarrassing if we arrive there too early?"

"Never mind, it would be embarrassing if we are there too late!" Wei Wu waved his hand manly, "We are Zhang Tie's earliest brothers and friends in Hidden Dragon Palace, of course we need to be there earlier. We can help him prepare for the party. I was told that Zhang Tie has invited twenty to thirty people in total. We are celebrating him moving into a new home; therefore, we need to be there a bit earlier!"

"There should be some others in the castle, he doesn't need our help at all. I'm curious about Jinwu Castle; if we can be there a bit earlier, we can have a nosy around his castle; if we are late, Zhang Tie will be too busy to take care of us!" Zhang Yunfei smiled.

After half a year's cultivation in Hidden Dragon Island, Zhang Yunfei who was delicate before had grown taller, darker, and healthier with a pair of spirited eyes. He was totally different from that person half year ago. Besides Zhang Yunfei, Wei Wu and Zhang Hongsheng also changed greatly. They would soon ignite the 8th surging point on their spine and officially became LV 6 fighters.

Hearing these words, Zhang Keiliang who always behaved like an elder brother only replied with a smile. He then raised his head and looked at the magnificent Jinwu Castle at the end of the mountain path.

In this age, every man would like to have his own castle. To have one's own castle meant the beginning of having one's own clan. Zhang Keliang had not mentioned his dream to others, which was to found his own clan and have such a castle one day.

He was not jealous about Zhang Tie's achievement; instead, he took it as a stimulant. He was proud of having Zhang Tie as his friend as he could gain a powerful, positive energy from Zhang Tie.

'I can make it one day too!' Zhang Keliang mumbled.

After being decorated, the exterior wall of Jinwu Castle was not that ugly grey concrete wall anymore; instead, it had been covered with a special clouding granite which was a specialty of Yunju Mountain. In this way, the exterior wall became more defensive; besides, it was much more beautiful than before.

Additionally, the style of Jinwu Castle was also very unique. Compared to those classical castles which looked square, this castle featured more flexible and personalized elements.

Therefore, Jinwu Castle became the most beautiful castle on Hidden Dragon Island.

Although they had seen castles many times in Hidden Dragon Island, when they arrived at the foot of Jinwu Castle, they were really shocked by the high exterior wall of the castle and the flying eaves at the top of the bartizans which looked like they were burning in the sunshine. Gazing at it all, the group could only stand there with jaws on the ground.

On the walls, bartizans and steam-driven battery platforms, some tall Spirits Soldiers in wholly steel armor were standing guard with long spears, which made the castle more magnificent and solemn.

Outside the castle gate, 2 rows of tall Spirits soldiers were standing on both sides of the suspension bridge.

Although Jinwu Castle had just been completed, it was already established to a certain degree.

The moment Wei Wu's group moved close to the front gate of the castle, a tall Spirits soldier in a full body armor with a long sword on his waist had already walked up to them.

"Excuse me, are you here for the party tonight?"

"Yes, we are!" Zhang Yunfei answered.

"I'm Lenox, the team leader of security guards of Jinwu Castle, may I have a look at your letters of invitation?"

When they were going to present their letters of invitation, a voice sounded behind Lenox.

"No need, Lenox, they are my friends!" With a big smile, Zhang Tie had already raced up from inside the gate of the castle.

The moment they caught sight of Zhang Tie, they all smiled while some Spirits guards outside the gate instantly stood at attention with their long spears.

Wei Wu, Zhang Keliang, and the other 2 people then punched Zhang Tie's shoulders with smile. Zhang Tie punched them back too like how they greeted with each other before; they then burst out laughing.

"Brat, you're rich now. You are the first one to have a castle in Hidden Dragon Palace. If not for your letter of invitation, I would never have believed that you could've become so rich in only half a year!" saying this, Weiwu punched Zhang Tie once again.

"Haha. God helped me develop all-purpose medicament; don't be jealous!" Zhang Tie still talked with them in the same way like before.

"All-purpose medicament is too poor in quality, I will develop something far superior when I become an alchemist" Zhang Hongsheng said loudly. After that, he even threw a contemptuous glance at Zhang Tie.

"Forget about that! Even if you become a golden-robe alchemist one day, you still won't be as rich as me!" Zhang Tie also pretended to glance at Zhang Hongsheng contemptuously. "I'm not even a herbal apprentice now, so what?"

Seeing this, everybody smiled once again. Although Zhang Tie lived in his own castle now, he was still that guy who picked navy-blue iron ores together with them.

"Are you going out?" Zhang Yunfei asked Zhang Tie.

"No, I saw you from the wall just now. Therefore, I'm here to welcome you guys. How about having a look at my Jinwu Castle before the party?"

"Please!" Zhang Keliang answered at once.

Zhang Tie then guided them in Jinwu Castle and showed them around it.

To be honest, Zhang Tie really was proud of having a castle at such a young age, even though he tried his best to be modest. At the moment, Zhang Tie found that his dream - to lie on gold coins with the accompany of a lot of beauties - had already come true so early.

Even the buildings closest to the walls of the barbican could easily hold 1800 soldiers or other people and would be very spacious to hold 600-700 people; however, only 100 Spirits soldiers were stationed in the barbican of Jinwu Castle; therefore, it looked extremely spacious here. Except for those rooms already being utilized, there were still over 300 empty rooms in different sizes.

There was a circular, broad street, a small fountain square for the performance of fighting skills and a garden between the barbican and the internal castle. The street, the fountain square and the garden were even interlinked with some winding corridors and half-overlay alleys and delicate lanes. On two sides of these alleys and lanes, there were many relatively lower buildings which were as high as 4 floors, namely lower than twenty meters.

These buildings were built in an extremely tidy and delicate way. At the sight of them, Zhang Yunfei and the other three guys remembered those shops on both sides of the business street in their own hometowns.

"What are these rooms for?" Zhang Hongsheng asked out of curiosity, "They look like stores."

"Yes, they are going to be stores. In the future, they could be public houses, hotels, or various workshops. It would be very wasteful if such a huge castle only held a few people!"

"Are you going to open some areas of Jinwu Castle to the public for commercial purpose?" Zhang Yunfei realized at once.

Zhang Tie smiled, "Why not? As Hidden Dragon Island is becoming more and more populated, the land available in the towns surrounding Dragon Cave are in short supply. I've made an investigation that in the coming years, more than 100,000 square meters of housing area need to increase every year so as to meet various commercial and service demands. Now that, why not take advantage of my current resources? This would bring me money and make Hidden Dragon Island more populated and energetic. My target is to make Jinwu Castle into a small city on Hidden Dragon Island!"

"Alas, it seems that Zhang Tie's opinion is feasible. This place is close to White Dragon Town and not far from Dragon Cave; however, it is much more tranquil than those towns surrounding Dragon Cave. Not everyone who comes to Hidden Dragon Island likes the noisy environment in the towns; if this place was really opened to the public for commercial purpose, I think it could work!" Zhang Hongsheng [1] shouted, "Many senior brothers in Breaking Heavens Department of Hidden Dragon Palace are also opening stores and hotels to make money. Why not here?"

Wei Wu then rubbed his jaw with his hand like an experienced man as he looked at the tidy, elegant and ambient environment on both sides of the street, "How about Jinwu Commercial Area or Jinwu Pedestrian Street? These two names sound great. Oh, are you going to sell or rent them?"

"Rent, of course!" Zhang Tie smiled. "Are you kidding me? If I want to have the most authority in Jinwu Castle, of course, I will not sell this land. If I just rent them, I will still have the right to decide their use. I don't need to find trouble for myself."

After looking around carefully, Zhang Keliang's heart started to race. Actually, not only Zhang Keliang, even Wei Wu and the other two guys had considered the source of the monthly payment in Breaking Heavens Department in the future.

Although there were many ways to make money on Hidden Dragon Island, such as making medicament and various tools, exploring and undertaking tasks with high risks and high profits; the fastest and most stable way to make money was actually the popular business route, namely, opening stores to serve people on the island.

As long as you were not too stupid, if you opened a store on Hidden Dragon Island, you could always make money. The constant flow of people on Hidden Dragon Island was the biggest assurance for your income. Therefore, the price of land and stores in the towns were also very expensive. For Wei Wu, Zhang Keliang, Zhang Yunfei, and Zhang Hongsheng, they had to struggle for a long time to buy a store on Hidden Dragon Island; however, the shotcut was right in front of them.

Receiving no response, Zhang Tie noticed their hesitated and embarrassed looks and laughed, "All right, no crap; just take where you want, one room for each, you can do your own business respectively or cooperatively. It depends on you. Free rent for the first two years. How about it?"

Wei Wu uttered a weird sound as he instantly hugged Zhang Tie and intended to kiss Zhang Tie's face, which really frightened Zhang Tie a lot.

"F*ck, what do you want? I'm not interested in men!" Zhang Tie directly responded with a shoulder throw.

"If not this, how else can I express my excitement and pleasure?!"

"If you dare to kiss me, I will let the hundred Spirits soldiers in the Castle express their excitement and pleasure to you in the same way!"

Hearing Zhang Tie's words, Wei Wu was so scared that he hurriedly jumped away from Zhang Tie.

Zhang Keiang, Zhang Hongsheng, and Zhang Yunfei all burst out laughing loudly.

In the internal castle, they visited the production area of all-purpose medicament, which was going to be the core area of internal castle. Watching the 1000-odd huge terrines in the stratified warehouses and those rooms that had been isolated for cleaning, mincing, mixing and canning fruits and the whole set of processing tools in the rooms, they were really stunned.

"My goddess! Are you making all-purpose medicament or pickled vegetables?" Zhang Hongsheng exclaimed.

"Almost like that. All-purpose medicament is just a super enzyme. Some processing procedures are same to that of common enzymes!" Zhang Tie explained. No matter what, he could not keep this a secret from them; for some people, they might have already known about this. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't plan to keep this as a secret from his friends.

Realizing the importance of this place, Zhang Keliang, Zhang Hongsheng, Zhang Yunfei, and Wei Wu didn't say anything, yet they were all moved inside as they knew that Zhang Tie took them as bosom buddies.

In the internal castle of Jinwu Castle, besides visiting the production area of all-purpose medicament, they also looked around Zhang Tie's bedroom. Compared to the former bedroom where Zhang Tie lived in Zhixing Department, this bedroom had been more than 200 square meters, excluding the balcony. This was really awe-inspiring. In Zhang Tie's words, there were too many empty rooms in internal castle, including more than 30 guest rooms; therefore, he chose the biggest one as the master bedroom.

During their visit, they also saw those women inside the internal castle, who were those slaves that Zhang Tie had bought. At this moment, they had put on new clothes which were essential for female servants in castle.

When choosing their costumes, Zhang Tie suddenly recalled Hanna; therefore, he let all the female servants put on costumes like how the local women would wear on beer festival in Blapei. The only difference was that the colors of their costumes were predominated by black and white.

— High-heeled leather shoes, foot-reaching skirt, corset, apron, opening collar with delicate lace and tidy puff sleeve.

Those female servants all thought that with this costume, they could work easily; meanwhile, they could also show their elegant figures; therefore, they were very happy.

For Zhang Tie, whenever he saw them in this costume, he would feel relaxed like going back to Blapei. The costumes truly made him feel warm inside.

However, after knowing that there were over fifty female servants in the internal castle in usual time, those guys' expressions completely changed. After exchanging glances with each other, they swore at Zhang Tie in unison.

"Beast!"

Zhang Tie then burst out laughing loudly...

"Oh, where are those junior sisters from Zhixing Department? Have you seen them on the way here?"

"You don't know that? For such a invitation, if they don't spend one or two hours preparing, they won't come here. Some girls have long gone to White Dragon Town to dress their hair in the early morning!"

...

An hour after Wei Wu arrived at Jinwu Castle, the girls from Zhixing Department and Breaking Heavens Department finally arrived, at the sight of them, Zhang Tie was really shocked by their incredible looks.

All of them had gotten ready carefully as each of them was beautiful and enchanting. At the sight of them, Zhang Tie revealed a sorrow look while saying, "

"You all look like fairies, are you trying to murder me by your incredible looks?!"

"Peh, liar!" Hearing Zhang Tie's words, even Guo Miaolu's face slightly blushed because of being bashful or joy, 'Although Zhang Tie was always nasty most of the time, he could really amuse girls.'

Seeing Qu Liangying pulling Gu Caidie's hands intimately and enjoying their talk, Zhang Tie touched his head, "Are you sparing two single men..."

"Caidie is my senior sister!"

"Liangying is my junior sister!"

The two girls smiled as they answered and showed the white of their eyes to Zhang Tie.

"Heh...heh...welcome to my Jinwu Castle for guidance, it's my great honor to have you here..."

Zhang Tie then made a 'welcome' gesture at the gate of the castle.

Those girls then walked in the castle with smiles on faces. At the end of the line, Liu Shasha even threw a glance at Zhang Tie when she passed him. At the same time, Zhang Tie also glanced at her and gazed at her little mouth with an obscure smile. As a result, Liu Shasha was so scared that she instantly hid behind Du Yuhan.

Zhang Tie burst out laughing loudly...

...

Soon after these girls arrived, Yang Yuankang, Zhang Lin, Zhu Wenqiang and Liu Xu also arrived while Yang Yuankang and Liu Xu even brought along their girlfriends.

Yang Yuankang's girlfriend was Zhang Zao while Liu Xu's girlfriend was Yang Meiling. Their were both students of Hidden Dragon Palace.

...

Zhang Tie chose to start their party on a rooftop of the internal castle. There was a swimming pool, a small garden and a room which covered more than 300 square meters. This place was used for entertainment; therefore, it was more cozy than comfortable.

Zhang Tie provided them with a buffet, a seafood barbecue and limitless drinks. Although they were all acting a bit reserved, when they arrived at the rooftop and noticed the arrangements, they all cheered up, especially girls. Before Zhang Tie said anything, they've already ran away towards the buffet table and the grill.

As they were almost of the same age and came from Hidden Dragon Palace, they had too many things to share. A short while later, after becoming more familiar with each other, they had already begun to get along well with each other and the rooftop had been overwhelmed with cheers from everyone, the laughter of girls, and exclamations from boys...

...

An hour later, it was already totally dark outside. Starting from Wei Wu, who competed to drink the most alcohol with Guo Miaolu and threw up into the swimming pool by some boys, everybody in the party became crazy...

Seeing that all of his friends on Hidden Dragon Island was there except for Lan Yunxi, Zhang Tie felt a bit regretful and sorrowful.

"What the hell is love? It makes me want to die. You motherf*cker! I can't stand it anymore!" Zhang Tie shouted loudly while shaking his head. After that, he took a bottle of liquor and downed it; then, he took another one. After a crude cut through the lid, he sent the lid of the bottle in the air. He then yelled towards those male animals who were still competing with alcohol and showing their muscles, "This alcohol emperor, Zhang Tie, is going to kill people tonight, who'd like to fight me..."

Hearing this, a number of animals charged at him with roars...

However, the boys didn't know that Zhang Tie didn't mean that he was going to compete drinking alcohol with them...

Chapter 355: Wolf and Eagle in the Sea

Translator: WQL Editor: Millman97

The party on the rooftop lasted for more than four hours, during which period, some boys were drunk, even many girls were intoxicated as their faces looked rosier than usual.

When they were completely indulged in, Zhang Tie took off his upper garment and shouted towards those girls from Zhixing Department, "Girls, here's your creditor, big sale from your senior brother; with one kiss, your debt would be cleared; now or never!"

The moment Zhang Tie finished, Guo Miaolu whose face had totally blushed due to drink rushed oved and rapidly hugged Zhang Tie's head, with a sound of "Bo...", she forcefully kissed Zhang Tie's face...

At the sight of that, the other girls all shrieked. A great number of girls then rushed towards him. With a series of sound "Bo...", Zhang Tie's face had been marked with more than 10 red lips.

As soon as the debts were cleared, Zhang Tie was instantly thrown into the swimming pool by those girls, causing a high splash. The moment he fell into the swimming pool, Zhang Tie instantly woke.

The water in the swimming pool was maintained at about 36 degrees Celsius through a steam heat circulation system; therefore, it felt pretty comfortable inside. As the depth of the water was even less than two meters, with a slight movement of his hands, Zhang Tie had already floated back to the water level. He then stared at those girls who were staggering back and forth due to their laughter.

"Damn, who dared to throw me into the water? You'd better not get caught by me, otherwise, I will force you to be my wife!" Zhang Tie pretended to be vicious as he splashed water towards those girls beside the swimming pool. After that, he charged at them ferociously.

Seeing this, those girls shrieked as they escaped in all directions. Many girls' skirts were even splashed wet.

Zhang Tie burst out laughing as he climbed on the land. At this moment, Zhang Tie found that most of them were completely drunk.

Wei Wu and Zhang Yunfei were lying on the grass, continuously vomiting. Among the boys, besides Yang Yuankang and Liu Xu who brought their girlfriends along, everybody else was drunk out of their minds.

It was similar with girls. Among those girls, the ones who were drunk first were Zhang Tie's generous senior sisters Ma Aiyun and Yuan Ziyi. They were straightforward; if not, they would not have dared to find Zhang Tie trouble in the training field of basic movements. When they started to compete by drinking alcohol, most of the boys could not defeat them at all. Zhang Feng and Zhang Keliang were the typical examples who were lying below the table.

"It's... it's the happiest day since I came to Hidden Dragon Island. Senior brother...come on...let's have another cup!" Li Yurou, a junior sister from Zhixing Department staggered in front of Zhang Tie. Soon after she finished saying this, she fell into the swimming pool. Seeing this, Zhang Tie hurriedly carried her out of there and summoned some female servants to take her into a bedroom.

As the master of this castle, of course, Zhang Tie should not just leave or become drunk. He told those female servants to take anyone drunk into a bedroom for a rest. He estimated that they would've recovered by the next day. No matter what, he had dozens of guest rooms which were enough to hold them.

Of course, the boys' bedrooms and girls' bedrooms were isolated. Those girls slept together in connected suites; each suite could hold a few girls. In this way, it would be easy for those girls to look after each other in case of any emergencies.

For Yang Yuankang and Liu Xu, Zhang Tie threw a key to each of them. He would not care whether they would sleep alone or with their girlfriends. Zhang Tie knew that Zhang Zao and Yang Meiling were not drunk, either. They were free to make the choice.

Zhang Tie then saw Yang Yuankang and Liu Xu leave the rooftop with their girlfriends; however, he had not imagined that they went back to the rooftop in only a few minutes.

"What happened?" Zhang Tie asked.

"I was chased out!" Yang Yuankang touched his nose and said in an embarrassed way.

"Meiling said you are not a good person!" Liu Xu shrugged towards Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie then burst out laughing before he summoned a female servant to take Yang Yuankang and Liu Xu to their own bedrooms.

Gradually, people started to leave the rooftop. They came and left happily and felt pretty cool about this party.

Zhang Tie was the last one remaining on the rooftop.

In the cold breeze, Zhang Tie watched the tranquil rooftop and the stars all over the sky as he took a deep breath.

When Zhang Tie wanted to turn back and leave, he saw a girl in red skirt — Lan Yunxi was standing there.

"I thought you wouldn't come!" Zhang Tie walked towards Lan Yunxi with a big smile.

"If I was here too early, how would you've cleared the debts of your junior sisters?" Lan Yunxi showed the white of her eyes towards Zhang Tie. Soon after she moodily said that, not only Zhang Tie became slightly stunned, even Lan Yunxi paused for a moment. 'Am I jealous about those girls?'

Zhang Tie moved closer to her with a smile, "You miss me, right? If not, you wouldn't have come and you wouldn't feel jealous about those girls!"

Seeing Zhang Tie's gleaming eyes drawing closer to her, Lan Yunxi became nervous again. Actually she didn't want to be here; however, she eventually came here.

"Stop..."Lan Yunxi shrieked out of tension as she moved two steps back.

However, Zhang Tie kept walking forward like having not heard here words at all. He instantly grabbed Lan Yunxi's hands. Lan Yunxi struggled for a while, yet she failed to get out of Zhang Tie's grip. She then bit her lips and glared at Zhang Tie, "Let me go, you b*stard!"

"You like me, right?" Zhang Tie asked Lan Yunxi with gleaming eyes.

"How come?" Lan Yunxi's face slightly blushed.

"Let's take a test!"

"What test...hmm..."

Zhang Tie then instantly hugged Lan Yunxi tightly and kissed her lips. He started to suck forcefully. In a split second, Lan Yunxi's lips were broken through by Zhang Tie's tongue. Zhang Tie opened her purely white teeth with his tongue and mingled with her fragrant tongue at once...

Since he pressed this girl under his body at the beginning, Zhang Tie had known that this girl was hot inside although looking cold. She looked like an icy tall mountain yet her inside was like a volcano which was going to erupt. Perhaps, the daily environment and those people that she had contact with in daily life made her a bit depressive. She could not easily express her desire for love and to be conquered by a man; actually she wasn't different from the other girls. In some aspects, she even had stronger desire and demand; the more she was depressive, the stronger the desire would be.

Those girls of Rose Association told Zhang Tie a rule — women were only women; they were neither goddesses nor sluts. They could be goddesses in someone's eyes or sluts in someone else's eyes, vice versa.

The moment he caught sight of Lan Yunxi, Zhang Tie's heart had started to burn. He knew why Lan Yunxi was here. She was here to be conquered, physically or spiritually, nothing else.

Soon after Zhang Tie put his tongue into Lan Yunxi's mouth, he had felt a pain on his tongue as it was bit by Lan Yunxi. She wanted to protest in this way as she didn't want to be defeated so fast by Zhang Tie.

When Lan Yunxi bit Zhang Tie's tongue, they gazed at each other face to face, lips on lips, eyes to eyes. They could sense the heat from the other's breath.

Lan Yunxi tried to move her head away, yet she failed as Zhang Tie was pressing her head and neck with his left hand; at the sight of the fury and shame in Lan Yunxi's eyes and sensing the growing biting strength from her teeth, Zhang Tie felt salty from his tongue; he then knew that his tongue was bleeding...

Lan Yunxi knew it too. Under the firm gaze of Zhang Tie, Lan Yunxi only resisted for a few seconds. Then, her eyes became tender as she slowly loosened her bite and kept her eyes closed. Zhang Tie didn't do it excessively as he only kissed Lan Yunxi for a minute before left her lips.

Lan Yunxi opened her eyes and stared at Zhang Tie with a blurred and complicated look. Zhang Tie stared at her too. The two people just stared at each other without saying anything.

"Those who assassinated you in Dragon Cave have deep-rooted power. Huaiyuan Palace is not as safe as it looks. You should take care of yourself!" Lan Yunxi opened her mouth first. Then, she jumped onto to the wall of the internal castle like a red cloud to evade from the hand that Zhang Tie stretched out towards her.

Zhang Tie watched Lan Yunxi with a bit regret like watching a cloud in the skyline. He was gripping this cloud just now, however, it had floated away in a blink of eye.

"Has Huaiyuan Palace found any clues?"

"Not yet, but the Seniors Association of Huaiyuan Palace doubted that those people were related to demons. They might be demons' pieces in human race. They were stirring up troubles on continents!"

'Demons?' This answer really shocked Zhang Tie; however, Zhang Tie had considered the possibility of it being like that. So, he just furrowed his brows.

Seeing Zhang Tie's considerate look, Lan Yunxi didn't say anything; instead, she drew out a notebook from her sleeve and threw it to Zhang Tie.

"What's this?"

"It's the defensive loopholes of Jinwu Castle. Your slaves are too weak and they don't have any experience in guarding and patrolling castle. There are many problems with guarding and patrolling. You've not fully exerted the function of the defensive facilities of the castle yet; in many powerhouses' eyes, your castle is no different from an empty one!"

Holding that volume, Zhang Tie felt warm inside. He knew that Lan Yunxi must have been here last night.

"How about accompanying me tonight?" Zhang Tie put it straight.

Lan Yunxi's face blushed at once as she glared at Zhang Tie and jumped off the wall...

Watching the empty wall of the internal castle, Zhang Tie felt vacant. He then opened that volume and gazed it for quite a while before putting it away.

Zhang Tie then looked at his watch; it was 11:26 pm...

He then left the rooftop...

"Where are those guests?" Zhang Tie called Sonia.

"Master, your guests have been taken to their own bedrooms!" the female servant answered politely.

"Hmm, after cleaning up the rooftop, you go to bed too. If someone comes for me, tell them I'm in the cultivation room; if it's not important, don't bother me!"

"Yes, sir!"

...

Two minutes later, Zhang Tie entered his hidden room and locked the door from inside. Before entering the secret tunnel, Zhang looked at his watch again — 11.29 pm.

Lowering his body, Zhang Tie walked along the secret tunnel. The moment he went out of the secret tunnel and arrived in the hinterland of Yunju Mountain, Zhang Tie had used his rapid moving skill and dove into the subterranean river...

With the effect of rapid moving skill in water, Zhang Tie felt that he was covered by an invisible bubble, which didn't influence his senses underwater at all; instead, with it, Zhang Tie felt that his resistance was close to zero.

As a result, Zhang Tie raised his moving speed by one times in the subterranean river at once.

After only six or seven minutes, Zhang Tie had arrived at Iron Stones Beach which he was very familiar with. Without any hesitation, he directly entered the sea from the side of Iron Stones Beach. After identifying the general direction, Zhang Tie arrived at the bottom of sea where he opened the space tunnel that connected the sea water and the Pool of Chaos.

At the bottom of the sea water, under the bliss of rapid moving skill, Zhang Tie soon raised his moving speed to an amazing degree.

While absorbing sea water, Zhang Tie obtained a constant driving force. With the bliss of rapid moving skill, Zhang Tie's resistance in water was reduced to the minimum by that invisible bubble; with the reinforced night viewing ability, Zhang Tie could see very far at the bottom of the sea; with super powerful spiritual energy and sensitive sense towards current, Zhang Tie became more flexible than fish in water.

All this led to the miraculous speed under water.

Zhang Tie was shooting forward in the sea like a rocket or a torpedo without causing any sound. Even Zhang Tie was amazed about that speed. He felt driving his Faerie Dragon T9 under water. From the back moving scenes at the bottom of the sea, Zhang Tie could judge his moving speed — definitely over 160 km per hour, which was almost equal to the fastest speed of Faerie Dragon T9.

Zhang Tie felt like a wolf in the sea. The ocean was like a vast prairie...

After less than twenty km away from Hidden Dragon Island, Zhang Tie had felt an ocean current beside him, the direction of which was the same as his movement — towards Jinhai City; therefore, Zhang Tie cut into the ocean current at once.

Being pushed by the ocean current, Zhang Tie felt entering an expressway as he sped up once again. He was an eagle now... as he felt flying in the ocean...