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Chapter 753: Arrival

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

The xiphodons' clop broke the tranquil wild of Ice and Snow Wilderness. Being escorted by Thor's Hammer, Zhang Tie rode a tall and mighty xiphodon and looked around the familiar wild while feeling hot.

At this moment, with a wind blowing over his face, Zhang Tie seemed to see the cold, stubborn and beautiful face under the mask.

It only took Zhang Tie one day to arrive at the south of Ice and Snow Wilderness by xiphodon since he got off the train. All the golden sea-buckthorn trees in the south wild of Ice and Snow Wilderness blossomed at the same time. All the golden sea-buckthorn trees were greeting their creator, the Lord of Ice and Snow Wilderness in their own pattern.

On the way, wherever Zhang Tie passed by the train, the roadside golden sea-buckthorn trees blossomed in advance like a carpet being paved with fresh flowers.

Needless to say, at the sight of such a scene, everyone knew that it indicated the arrival of the most sacred God's manifestation and the God.

Each mile northward, Zhang Tie's great reputation would spread to all directions with the sacred halos. People would come from all directions and gather on the roadside of the railway in order to look at this fairytale in the secular world even from afar. Even if they could not see Peter, they would also feel satisfied when they saw his train.

The elders, heads of tribes and priests were still quarreling and bargaining with each other in the carriages when the twilight of the reunification of Ice and Snow Wilderness had already illuminated the land and made numerous Slavs blood boiled.

Gangula and a team of the wild bear cavalries were riding xiphodons ahead as Zhang Tie's vanguard. They passed by some small tribes and villages. All the residents poured out of their tribes and villages. Many of them were kneeling down in the wild and watching the mighty xiphodon cavalries rolling over.

Even if some tribes and villages didn't know what happened these days, at the sight of Childe Gangula the mad dog of wild bear tribe acting as a vanguard ahead of the team, they would know that the one behind Gangula and the xiphodon cavalries of the wild bear tribe was unusual. It would not be so majestic even if the head of wild bear tribe arrived.

Those who didn't know what was happening were just watching aside while those influential ones such as heads of small and medium-sized tribes within 1,000 sq miles had been spirited in most brilliant and solemn clothes and converged in the grey eagle tribe with their most trustful subordinates in the most humble way.

When Gangula's banner was still over 20 miles away from the grey eagle tribe, the vedettes of the grey eagle tribe in mountains had already rushed back one after another. When he arrived at the periphery of the base of grey eagle tribe, he couldn't stand but shout, "They're arriving; they're arriving; they're just 30 miles away..."

"They're arriving; they're arriving; they're just 29 miles away..."

"They're arriving; they're arriving; they're just 28 miles away..."

The vedettes rushed into the grey eagle tribe one after another, boiling up all the people in the grey eagle tribe.

Meanwhile, some guys were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

...

Soon after Setton walked out of the residence of O'Laura had a lot of guys swarmed up.

"What's that? Doesn't O'Laura wish to come out?" Elder Juventus, in a grand dress, was oozing sweat all over his forehead.

Setton just shook his head.

"What should we do then?" Elder Olier became flurried as he threw his glance at Elder Mocco.

Elder Mocco glanced at those big figures from all the other tribes, then the residence of O'Laura. Finally, he let out a sigh, "Let's go greet them. O'Laura could wait for that person here but we cannot!"

After hearing Elder Mocco's words, all those surrounding O'Laura's residence let out a sigh like being remitted from a punishment as they hurriedly nodded.

"Elder Mocco is right. If we also waited here, it'd be really impolite to our Lord!" The head of wind wolf tribe, an uncle of O'Laura, who came here first also uttered with a benign look, "As O'Laura's uncle, I saw her growing up. Perhaps, O'Laura is still a bit nervous at this moment, we'd better not force her to do that. I will have some of her female cousins accompany her here; just spare some free time for her!"

As the head of wind wolf tribe explained, he threw a glance at a noblewoman on his side. The woman then called three 16-20-years-old beautiful girls to enter O'Laura's residence.

Watching all these, although those people from small and medium-sized tribes remained silent, they despised it very much, '5 years ago, without Peter, the grey eagle tribe had long been annexed by the wind wolf tribe. You want to show your friendship to O'Laura now? When O'Laura was struggling in the grey eagle tribe, where were you?' But it was a marvelous world. If O'Laura didn't go to work as a rewarded hunter for money, she would not recognize Peter and would not have all these today. Perhaps, this was the God's will.

Although they were having all sorts of thoughts, nobody was stupid enough to mention what happened 5 years ago. Otherwise, the shameless affairs about Elder Juventus and Olier might be exposed, which would be too embarrassing in such a situation. If anyone dared to make others unhappy at this moment, he had to escape away from Ice and Snow Wilderness from then on.

"Whether do we need to...greet them...now?" Elder Juventus looked at them one after another with a poor expression. The one standing in front of Juventus was much nobler than him. He dared not offend these people even when he held immense power in the grey eagle tribe, not to mention now.

"Let's go!" Elder Mocco nodded as all the others rode on their own horses and rushed out of the grey eagle tribe.

...

O'Laura in a mask was watching that "eagle's eye" finger ring on her finger in the room. Since she put on this finger ring 5 years ago, this finger ring had not left her finger.

At this moment, a maid reported to her from her back. O'Laura turned around and saw her aunt and some female cousins walking into the room with a big smile.

Watching these relatives, O'Laura recovered her composure as she asked, "What are you here for?"

"We are here to help you!" That noblewoman twisted her butt over here.

"Help me?" O'Laura asked with an amazed voice behind the mask like having heard something ridiculous.

That noblewoman then revealed a thorough smile as she comforted O'Laura faintly, "Don't you know that the man's 9 women could never match you? The enchanting fox is a widow, who's destined to be that man's mistress in Ewentra Archipelago. Sabrina's dissolute personality had been spread across Ice and Snow Wilderness before she met that man. The 6 woman of Spencer Clan stays with him just for the interests and political demand of the clan. Therefore, you will definitely become the first queen of Ice and Snow Wilderness. Woman's fight in the imperial harem of the king is as ferocious as that between men on the battlefield. You will meet many opponents in the future. You need cousins to help you. As they are from the same clan as you, they will not betray you. Having them on your side, they will become your eyes and ears; they will help you manage the imperial harem of Ice and Snow Wilderness and enable you to be the most powerful woman across Ice and Snow Wilderness!"

...

Gangula's team encountered those who came out of the grey eagle tribe to greet them from 10 miles away. Although Gangula looked docile in front of Zhang Tie, it didn't mean that he also treated these people kindly. At the sight of them, Gangula didn't get off the xiphodon; instead, he just looked down at these guys in the grand dress who were trying their best to make a bitter smile.

These people also looked at him in the same way as in usual days. Therefore, Gangula didn't pay attention to these people.

After looking around, Gangula frowned, "Where's O'Laura?'

"We...the head...feels uncomfortable!" After the three elders of the grey eagle tribe exchanged glances with each other, Elder Juventus plucked his courage to reply.

Gangula's face changed. However, after thinking about something, he bore it.

After exchanging glances with each other, those people confirmed their suspicion.

...

After a few minutes, Zhang Tie arrived with Thor's Hammer. Everybody here was shocked by the mighty Thor's Hammer. The Thor's Hammer was once the most powerful Cavalries Group in Ice and Snow Wilderness. Now, after Zhang Tie, they looked as overwhelming as being capable of breaking everything in front of them.

The arrival of Thor's Hammer made the horses of those who welcomed Zhang Tie moved backward out of panic. Their owners could almost not control them.

Zhang Tie stopped 20 m away from those people. After glancing over them from his xiphodon, Zhang Tie saw many familiar faces, Elder Juventus, Elder Olier and Elder Mocco who once tortured him a lot, Nurdo and Salem were also behind the crowd, who dared not look into Zhang Tie's eyes out of awe. Besides, many of them were unfamiliar to Zhang Tie. However, Zhang Tie could probably judge their status from their costumes.

"Setton, you look darker!" Zhang Tie smiled at Setton.

After hearing Zhang Tie talking to him firstly, Setton instantly chested out as he smirked and didn't know what to say.

"Elder Mocco, you look more spirited!"

Elder Mocco put his right hand on his left chest with a smile.

After hearing Zhang Tie greeting Setton and Elder Mocco, numerous admirable eyes fell on the two guys.

"Where's O'Laura?" Zhang Tie asked Setton.

Setton just threw a glance at Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie then understood that O'Laura remained unchanged.

"Well, we will talk later when we come back!" Zhang Tie watched those who greeted him and issued the order. Closely after that, he clamped the belly of the xiphodon by his legs and rushed towards the base of the grey eagle tribe.

In this case, it seemed that they could be satisfied only by Zhang Tie's one word. Those guys then chested out and rushed back towards the base of grey eagle tribe together with Thor's Hammer.

When they reached less than 2 miles away from the base, Zhang Tie caught sight of O'Laura.

O'Laura in a mask was riding a Xiphodon which was gifted by him and looking in this direction on a green hill, skirt waving in the air.

Zhang Tie raised his hand while the entire Thor's Hammer stopped.

Zhang Tie and O'Laura then looked into each others' eyes for quite a while silently.

Zhang Tie's blood boiled as he felt that they had departed for 2 decades instead of 5 years.

How many 20 years does a person have?

In the entire north waters, Zhang Tie only had 2 women in his heart, namely Olina and O'Laura. The latter's unlucky bygones and sensitive and lonely heart under the camouflage of her icy and stubborn appearance made Zhang Tie's heart ache.

Everything came to an end at this moment.

O'Laura moved. She didn't move towards Zhang Tie; instead, she rushed towards the wild in the distance, closely followed by Zhang Tie.

Without receiving Zhang Tie's order, nobody dared to move. Until Zhang Tie disappeared in front of them did they exchange glances with each other.

"Ahem...ahem...everybody, go back to the base of grey eagle tribe!" Zhang Tie's bodyguard Roslav coughed faintly.

"Erm...is that okay...do we need to dispatch someone to protect them..." A head of a small tribe uttered.

"Do you think that a knight who killed a mace muling of Sacred Light Empire need any bodyguard?" Waajid replied faintly.

Everybody was shocked and remained silent...

...

When the two xiphodons kept running at full speed, Zhang Tie and O'Laura soon rushed into the wild over 30 miles away from the base of grey eagle tribe. Additionally, Zhang Tie gradually caught up with O'Laura.

As Zhang Tie whistled, O'Laura's xiphodon stopped right away, causing O'Laura to exclaim. Zhang Tie instantly flew off his xiphodon and hugged O'Laura. Closely after that, they rolled into the 1.7 m high brushwood in the wild. Zhang Tie then pressed O'Laura under his body.

O'Laura struggled and started to kick and punch Zhang Tie. However, Zhang Tie tightly hugged O'Laura.

"Do you know when I cultivated in the tower of time, I always thought about you? During that period, I even dreamed about being beaten by you like this!"

Closely after hearing Zhang Tie's words, O'Laura stopped. With undulating chest, she just gazed at Zhang Tie firmly.

Zhang Tie watched her eyes behind the mask and said, "You missed me for 5 years; however, I missed you for 20 years!"

This word completely broke O'Laura's icy mental defense line...

They just watched each other in this way...

Some liquid flew off O'Laura's cheeks. Zhang Tie slightly took off O'Laura's mask, exposing that cold, beautiful face which had been covered with tears.

"I'm telling you that from today on you don't need to wear this mask as nobody can dare harm you anymore!"

The metal mask changed into iron filings and fell off Zhang Tie's hand...

They started to kiss forcefully. It tasted a bit salty...

...

On October 25th, that luxury exclusive train drove into Gozidari Plain, causing all the golden sea-buckthorn trees to blossom across Gozidari Plain on the same day...

Two hours before they got off the train, a complete plan for establishing the nation was finally brought to Zhang Tie. After Zhang Tie read it, with a distant steam whistle, the train slowed down and finally arrived at the terminal station in the north of Tribal Axis Railway.

When Zhang Tie read the plan, all the heads, elders of tribes of Ice and Snow Wilderness and the representatives of major clans of Ewentra Archipelago stood in Zhang Tie's carriage with solemn looks. They focused on Zhang Tie and waited for this man to make the final decision.

In usual days, nobody could allow these people to stand still for 2 hours. However, at such a critical moment, nobody complained about that. Because the 2 hours determined the future of a nation and refreshed the history of north waters of Blackson Humans Corridor. It would turn on a wholly new page of Slavs' history.

It was a great honor for them to stand here and witness how all this happening.

Nobody would feel tired at this moment...

After the train stopped, Zhang Tie raised his head and rubbed his temple by one hand. Closely after that, he replied, "I agree!"

Chapter 754: Sacred Iceland Kingdom

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

After hearing Zhang Tie's opinion, everyone in the carriage felt relieved.

In this plan, besides the autonomous parliament in Ewentra Archipelago which enjoyed a great autonomy, the bear tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness also had a great autonomy. In this situation, even though Zhang Tie was coronated, he still didn't have too many rights on the internal affairs of bear tribes such as human transfer right, military power, property right and arbitration, except for that of the huge bear tribe and iron bear tribe. The power over major issues of bear tribes was still in the hand of tribe's heads and elders.

This was the bottom line for the fire bear tribe, sea bear tribe and wild bear tribe to support Zhang Tie.

Spencer Clan of the iron bear tribe had a neutral attitude while Elder Gouras of the huge bear tribe was a bit radical, who was unsatisfied with the three bear tribes' conservative opinions. However, Elder Gouras knew that it was already great for the three bear tribes to admit Zhang Tie's authority and have them support Slavs' great undertaking of unification. Without Peter and Peter's unusual battle force and marvels, the three bear tribes would never make such a compromise.

Peter Hamplester had been more like the great image of Lord of Slavs in the prophecy of the great prophet pontiff. Any person or tribe would face a great stress if they stood opposite to Peter Hamplester.

However, the fire bear tribe, sea bear tribe and wild bear tribe made the compromise on certain conditions. This plan of establishing a nation was actually built on an exchange. They would support Zhang Tie to be the supreme ruler of Ice and Snow Wilderness; Zhang Tie would support them to consolidate their ruling on their own tribes. In the frame of the unification of state and church, the heads of the three tribes requested Zhang Tie to bestow on them the title of the supreme priesthood of Ancient God Church in the territory of their own tribes. The knight elders of the three tribes would take this chance to join the "College of Elder Cardinals". The position of "College of Elder Cardinals" was equal to the combination between the cabinet and the tribal joint meeting of the new country, which was entitled to interfere with the major affairs of the entire country. The three tribes actually expanded their tribes' influence and deepened the basis of their heads' power by this chance.

This was a bald exchange.

Only the huge bear tribe supported and trusted Zhang Tie completely. The powerful and mysterious knowledge left by prophet pontiff Elzida to the huge bear tribe was also requested to be integrated into the inheritance system of Ancient God Church by the huge bear tribe. From today on, all the priests across Ice and Snow Wilderness could only gain the mysterious knowledge from priests. The Ancient God Church which only had an inheritance in religious creed before would have an established powerful mysterious knowledge inheritance system now. This was an almost unnecessary step for all the powerful religions in Black Iron Age.

In this age, if the clergies of a religion couldn't master a powerful, unique mysterious knowledge, such a religion would be considered as a heresy or an informal religion, which could only be used to cheat others in small places. Being basically different than various battle-qi oriented mysterious knowledge and battle skills systems, religious mysterious knowledge inheritance system included various spiritual-energy oriented mysterious knowledge and skills. Higher requirements were posed on the inheritance in such mysterious knowledge and skills with the religious background than that in battle skills.

Compared to the complex situation on the side of Ice and Snow Wilderness, the situation facing Ewentra Archipelago was simpler. At this moment, the representatives of major clans in Ewentra Archipelago had no good card to play in front of Zhang Tie. They were only concerned about two aspects in the nation establishing plan, namely the tax rate and the social status of the private army in each clan in Ewentra Archipelago after establishing the nation.

With Zhang Tie's consent, the two aspects were finally fixed through Ms. Olina's intermediate communication.

In the future, Ewentra Archipelago's scot would be unified. Additionally, the upper limit of the scot in Ewentra Archipelago should not exceed 80% of the average scot across Ewentra Archipelago. Furthermore, the private army and fleet of each clan would be adapted to the mixed fleet of Ewentra Archipelago. The nature of the fleet belonged to local armed garrisons, whose expenditure would be paid by each major clan. Besides, the commander of each local armed garrison would be nominated by each major clan and appointed by the autonomous parliament of Ewentra Archipelago. Usually, these armed garrisons could only be dispatched and commanded by the autonomous parliament of Ewentra Archipelago. During the wartime, especially when Ewentra Archipelago was invaded by demons, these armed garrisons would accept Zhang Tie's unified command.

Compared to the bear tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness, the major clans in Ewentra Archipelago knew their own limitations. They knew that they were not qualified to pose any request about Ancient God Church to Zhang Tie.

The full name of the new nation was Sacred Ice and Snow Wilderness and Ewentra Archipelago United Kingdom, briefly, Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Ancient God Church would become the national religion of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. The pope of Ancient God Church and the King of the kingdom would be unified into a wholly new name tsar, which represented the inheritance of the bloodline of the ancient god and the supreme ruler of Slavs.

Zhang Tie would become the first tsar of Slavs in Black Iron Age and rule the entire Sacred Iceland Kingdom and Ancient God Church.

These were the outlines and general contents of the plan. More details about the system would be further improved after Zhang Tie was coronated. Additionally, as of now, Zhang Tie hadn't posed the concrete division of priesthood in the Ancient God Church. As Ancient God Church was founded by Zhang Tie, only Zhang Tie could determine the division of priesthood inside the church.

After Zhang Tie replied "I agree", the heads and elders of fire bear tribe, sea bear tribe and wild bear tribe actually were a bit shocked as they thought that Zhang Tie would make some limitations on the autonomy of the three bear tribes in the plan. They had negotiated privately. If Zhang Tie was really dissatisfied with the plan, the three tribes could actually make some compromise on some aspect.

Nobody had imagined that Zhang Tie could agree with their plan so fast.

Many people were amazed by that.

Zhang Tie smiled towards the heads and elders of the three tribes and said, "Let's get off the train. Pontiff Sarlin might be waiting for us in the railway station!"

...

Pontiff Sarlin indeed had waited a long time in the railway station.

The moment Zhang Tie got off the train, he caught sight of the familiar face of Pontiff Sarlin. Although it had been 5 years, Pontiff Sarlin, who had been a knight, didn't change at all. His eyes were still as profound as the ocean which seemed to contain many secrets.

The platform of the railway station was refreshed. Bear-killing warriors were standing on the platforms solemnly in two rows. There was no fresh flower, no cheer in the station. In the unusual silence, everything looked magnificent and solemn.

O'Laura followed Zhang Tie off the train.

Sabrina walked into the team of the wild bear tribe; Ms. Olina also walked together with the representatives of major clans in Ewentra Archipelago. Only the glamorous O'Laura closely followed Zhang Tie.

This time, O'Laura was accompanied by Setton, her two maids and 10 strongest fighters of the grey eagle tribe and her four cousins. Zhang Tie didn't know why O'Laura brought her cousins here. Whatever, as long as she liked it. As O'Laura was going to live in Gozidari Plain, Zhang Tie thought that O'Laura would not feel lonely with some relatives and friends on her side.

Zhang Tie didn't have any impression of O'Laura's cousins during so many days on the train. However, O'Laura's uncle and aunt who ruled the wind wolf tribe of about 300,000 people deeply impressed Zhang Tie only with a short contact. O'Laura's uncle was shrewd while O'Laura's aunt was also a smart woman.

All of them were scared by that solemn atmosphere when they got off the train and remained silent.

"Why is it too quiet?" Pontiff Sarlin revealed a faint smile when Zhang Tie walked towards him, "Please forgive their silence. Because the entire huge bear tribe had been expecting for your arrival for hundreds of years. When such an expectation finally turned into reality, each one here couldn't cheer up. Because cheers mean pleasure. However, for each member of the huge bear tribe, this is not a pleasure, but a destined nirvana!"

It was Zhang Tie's first time to land on the territory of the huge bear tribe——Gozidari Plain. 5 years ago, even though Zhang Tie had become the leader of the huge bear tribe, he still had not been to Gozidari Plain until he left Ice and Snow Wilderness.

"A destined nirvana!" Zhang Tie murmured as he sensed the deep meaning of this word. He then watched Pontiff Sarlin seriously, "Hopefully, I'm not late!"

Pontiff Sarlin replied with another faint smile as he stretched out his hand to invite Zhang Tie to mount a tall xiphodon...

...

After mounting a tall xiphodon, Zhang Tie left the railway station while being escorted by rows of cavalries of Thor's Hammer like a moon being circled by stars.

Both sides of the roads outside the railway station were crowded. However, nobody made any noise. Although tens of thousands of people gathered there, it was as tranquil as an open forest. Only xiphodon's tidy and crisp footsteps could be heard on the streets. When Zhang Tie went out of the railway station, wherever his xiphodon arrived, those people over there would kneel down like dominoes being pushed down.

In the crowd, Zhang Tie saw many people cupping cinerary caskets and their ancestors' portraits. Those people were witnessing the arrival of the Lord of Ice and Snow Wilderness with their ancestors' ashes and portraits.

"Dad, grandfather, the person that the great prophet pontiff predicted finally arrives. Look, this is your will. Today, your ashes could also return to the land in a tranquil way. This person will lead our tribe and all the Slavs towards a bright and powerful future!" A kneeling tall man was cupping high two cinerary caskets among the crowd, seemingly wanting the dead ones in the caskets to see Zhang Tie clearly.

With knight's consciousness, Zhang Tie clearly heard that person's words. Watching those onlookers of the huge bear tribe on both sides of the road who were welcoming him together with the remains of their ancestors, Zhang Tie looked more solemn.

This trust was too heavy that Zhang Tie felt a bit of stress.

'Can I save all these people in this holy war?' Zhang Tie wondered.

However, he would live up to these people's trust in him on this land.

Zhang Tie made a decision inside.

A prosperous town came into being around the railway station. The town was covered with high warehouses and commodities as high as hills, which indicated the great effect of Tribal Axis Railway to Gozidari Plain.

The two sides of the road as long as 40 miles had been crowded by solemn onlookers from the small town to the foot of the Elzida Mountain. Those people were standing in the wild and the farmland and watching Zhang Tie passing by.

It took Zhang Tie over 3 hours by xiphodon to finish the 40 mile's trip.

Right in the plain at the foot of Elzida Mountain, Zhang Tie caught sight of a magnificent hieron made of grey granites.

"This hieron is built by your followers. When in the great crack of Haidela Glacier, you told each of your followers to exploit a piece of grey granite as heavy as 200 kg and carried it to the huge bear tribe after passing through thousands of miles of wild. It was a rigid test of one's physique, spirit, will and religion. Many people have made it. As of now, all the followers of Ancient God Church take this process as a journey towards pilgrimage which can check their own souls. After carrying dried rations and tools, those pious followers will head for the grey hill and exploit a piece of granite as heavy as 200 kg. After that, they will come here with that piece of granite. As a result, more and more granites will gather here. Your followers then build a magnificent hieron using those granites. This hieron is called the grey palace, also the hardcore of Ancient God Church!"

Pontiff Sarlin's voice entered Zhang Tie's ears secretly.

In the square outside the grey palace, Zhang Tie saw many earliest followers who looked totally different than that 5 years ago. In grey robes, they were holding a "Book of Eternity" and waiting for Zhang Tie's arrival.

The huge stony tanks were still standing in the square. The rims of the huge tanks had long been smooth like having been polished carefully.

Of course, they were not polished by people purposely; instead, they were the traces left by the followers of Ancient God Church. As followers came here for pilgrimage every day, each of them would touch the rim of each huge tank so as to sense the power of the God. Gradually, the coarse rims became smooth and radiated a special brilliance.

The power of religion could create miracles.

At each sunset, the earliest batch of followers of Zhang Tie who hosted the grey palace would inject fresh water into the sacred tanks by solemn awareness. On the next day, those followers who came from afar would scoop and drink a cup of sacred water from the sacred tank when they observed and touched the sacred tanks in a queue.

The legend that the sacred water in the sacred tanks could cure diseases and clean souls and evils gradually spread across Ice and Snow Wilderness. More and more people who had tasted the sacred water declared that it carried an unimaginable power. As more and more people visited here, Ancient God Church became more and more well-known.

When Zhang Tie arrived at the grey palace, he saw many people who looked fatigued yet fortitude while moving towards here from the plain in the distance with a heavy piece of grey granite on their back. Those people were queuing up miles long outside the square so as to drink a cup of sacred water.

If one wanted to drink a cup of sacred water, he had to queue up here one day earlier. Therefore, the team always remained so long. Even if one day's sacred water was used up, those people would still wait there until the next day.

Watching the scenes outside the grey palace and witnessing the power of the religion, those representatives of major clans of Ewentra Archipelago who worshipped money were shocked, the heads and elders of tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness were more dumbfounded as they saw three bare-chested guys confessing in front of the statue of the Ancient God Church with rods on their backs. They were heads of the demon bear tribe, black bear tribe and mountain bear tribe...

Bearing rods and willingly taking the punishment was a Hua tradition. However, in Black Iron Age, under the influence of the Hua people and the domineering right of speech on Hua culture, this tradition had long been spread to each corner of the world.

2 days ago, the heads of the three tribes had come to the grey palace while being escorted by their own elders and started to confess as guilty ones. They had already knelt down here for 2 days without eating or drinking.

Watching the 3 people kneeling down there, everybody knew that all the obstacles before the coronation of Peter Hamplester had been cleared.

Zhang Tie ignored them just like having seen nothing.

The heads of the three tribes dared not raise their heads to look at Zhang Tie at all. They just knelt down there like waiting for the punishment.

Pontiff Sarlin whispered to Zhang Tie.

After hearing it, Zhang Tie raised his eyebrows and faintly nodded.

In the grey palace, Zhang Tie formally met the earliest batch of followers. Although Zhang Tie just encouraged them simply, it made them extremely spirited.

"After 2 days, in the hieron of Elzida Mountain, I will formally be coronated, the Ancient God Church will become a wholly new national religion by then."

In the grey palace, Zhang Tie formally declared the shocking news to his earliest followers.

After that, they left the grey palace and went up the Elzida Mountain...

Chapter 755: The Eve of Coronation (I)

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

On the evening of October 26th, Zhang Tie sat together with the three elders of the huge bear tribe once again after 5 years.

Since Zhang Tie arrived at Elzida Mountain yesterday, he had been meeting all sorts of people the entire day.

Those who came to see Zhang Tie were major figures below the three elders of the huge bear tribe, backbones of Ancient God Church and the three elders of the demon bear tribe, mountain bear tribe and black bear tribe.

It was a necessary step for Zhang Tie to be completely familiar with the huge bear tribe and turn Gozidari Plain into his own territory by meeting the major figures of the huge bear tribe.

Gozidari Plain was the basis for the huge bear tribe to be the most powerful tribe in Ice and Snow Wilderness.

In Ice and Snow Wilderness, Gozidari Plain, which covered over 1.8 million sq mile, was a treasured place which contained rich water and plentiful resources. This treasured land bred the most powerful huge bear tribe in Ice and Snow Wilderness. Now, this treasured place would become the most important foundation for Zhang Tie to ascend to the throne of Tsar. If he wanted to control this foundation, he could not only rely on the three elders. After all, the three elders could not determine all the things across Gozidari Plain. Those who mastered the real power in huge bear tribe below the three elders were the heads, generals and priests. Priests were noble in the huge bear tribe, who directly influenced and controlled over 70% of the population and economic resources of Gozidari Plain. It was of great importance for Zhang Tie to get their allegiance.

When Zhang Tie settled down at the foot of Elzida Mountain, these heads, generals and priests queued up outside the hieron to be called in by Zhang Tie.

In such a case, in order to display that he thought highly of the huge bear tribe, Zhang Tie promised that each of them had a chance to talk with Zhang Tie alone. In this way, Zhang Tie could have a deeper impression of these major figures. Meanwhile, those guys could also have a chance to express their allegiance to Zhang Tie.

With the super great memory of knight, as long as Zhang Tie met these guys, he would be able to bear their names, looks, abilities and features in mind completely. Additionally, Zhang Tie's majestic image and authority would root in these guys' hearts.

It only took Zhang Tie a couple of minutes to meet each of them. However, It took him over 10 hours to meet all the 100-odd people.

After then, Zhang Tie called in the backbones of Ancient God Church, who were Zhang Tie's die-hard fans and treated Zhang Tie as the Ancient God. Zhang Tie fixed the sacred orders and classes in Ancient God Church with them.

After that, Zhang Tie met the elders of the demon bear tribe, mountain bear tribe and black bear tribe.

Nobody knew what Zhang Tie talked with the three elders. After their talk, the heads of the three tribes who had been kneeling down in the grey palace finally gained Zhang Tie's forgiveness and picked themselves up from the ground in an embarrassed way one after another.

...

After the secret talk with the elders of the demon bear tribe, mountain bear tribe and black bear tribe, it was already the evening of October 26. Soon after the three elders left, Elder Gouras, Elder Toles and Pontiff Sarlin had already entered the room.

It was a study room being used for holding classics in the hieron of Elzida Mountain, which was solemn and mysterious. Usually, the three elders of the huge bear tribe would negotiate about major issues here. After Zhang Tie arrived here, this place was used to receive guests for Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie had been receiving all sorts of people around the clock. Therefore, when the three elders came in, they had waiters served some food and drinks.

Watching the food in the room, Zhang Tie made a bitter smile. Thanks to the three elders, otherwise, he had forgotten that he had not eaten for a day.

As a knight, he could not eat or drink for 1 week. However, due to the super great ability of knight, he also had a much greater appetite and demanded more food that could supply his physique and energy.

Now that they had served the food and drinks. Zhang Tie directly devoured them like a wolf. As he would be coronated tomorrow, Zhang Tie wanted to be in the optimal state.

After eating some exotic fruits, two pieces of bread and some sea-buckthorn wine which carried some aura, Zhang Tie finally stopped.

"Across the Ice and Snow Wilderness, the golden sea-buckthorn in Gozidari Plain is the best. Compared to that in other places, the golden sea-buckthorn wine in Gozidari Plain is worth 20 more silver coins per barrel!" Elder Toles opened his mouth when he saw that Zhang Tie stopped eating.

When Zhang Tie was enjoying the meal, the three elders were waiting silently on one side. Perhaps, nobody else across Ice and Snow Wilderness dared let the other knight elders watch him eating.

Zhang Tie revealed a smile to Elder Toles as he had not imagined that people in Ice and Snow Wilderness could rename his mutated iron-black sea-buckthorn as golden sea-buckthorn. In the lab of Castle of Black Iron, for the convenience of classifying and differentiating these mutated plants from its biological families, Zhang Tie marked it as sea-buckthorn No. 1.

Although the seeds of the golden sea-buckthorn trees were gifted by Zhang Tie, the three elders had reached a privity and didn't ask Zhang Tie anything about the seed.

"This golden sea-buckthorn wine is indeed nice!" Zhang Tie nodded as he put down the glass and started to watch the three elders, "Coincidentally, as the three elders are here, I have something to tell you!"

After exchanging a glance with each other, Elder Gouras uttered, "We also have something to tell you!"

Zhang Tie acted in an easygoing way in front of the three elders. Soon after Elder Gouras finished his words, Zhang Tie had continued, "Now that I mentioned first, I will tell you about that first. Hopefully, you will not be too amazed!"

The three elders nodded.

Zhang Tie triggered his spiritual energy and isolated the room from the outside with his battle qi in a split second. In this way, whatever they talked about would not be eavesdropped by others.

Before telling that, Zhang Tie hesitated, "Hmm, actually I've some secrets that you don't know!"

After hearing this, Elder Gouras' and Elder Toles's eyes flickered. Only Pontiff Sarlin revealed a faint smile. At the sight of his smile, Zhang Tie felt that Pontiff Sarlin seemed to have long known about that.

"My current look is not my original one. I'm neither Hebrew or Slav. I'm actually Hua. When I came to Ice and Snow Wilderness, I applied disguising medicament. My current look has also been disguised. I've not imagined that I'm the very person in the prophecy of Pontiff Elzida. Therefore, please forgive me for my disguised look. I don't want to cheat you!"

After pouring out his secret frankly, Zhang Tie felt relieved inside.

Perhaps, he should keep this secret to others across Ice and Snow Wilderness; however, if he even didn't expose it to the three elders of the huge bear tribe, Zhang Tie didn't know who else could he believe in. Even after becoming a tsar, if he didn't have someone to trust in, it was actually a grief. It would be meaningless no matter how much power did he have. It was not even as cool as becoming a landlord with the billions of gold coins back on the Eastern Continent.

Whereas, although Zhang Tie exposed his secret, he had his bottom line. Zhang Tie didn't expose the secret of the body-changing bloodline, which he didn't mean to tell anybody else temporarily.

If a person didn't have anyone to expose his secret to, it would be a grief; however, if a person exposed all of his secrets, it would be silly.

Needless to say, given the expressions of Elder Gouras and Elder Toles, Zhang Tie knew they were shocked; however, Pontiff Sarlin looked relatively calm.

"Is that the meaning of the prophecy of Pontiff?" Elder Gouras slowly murmured after a short while.

"What prophecy?" Zhang Tie asked out of curiosity.

"Although our lord's look belonged to himself, his original look could not be identified by others..." Elder Toles murmured, "This was a prophecy revealed by Prophet Sarlin when you came to Ice and Snow Wilderness 5 years ago."

"Pontiff Sarlin, you've long known that?" Zhang Tie looked at Pontiff Sarlin as he had not imagined that Pontiff Sarlin could see this.

"I just saw an obscure part, not all of them. I could see your two faces in different scenes!" Pontiff Sarlin said calmly, "Your original look is not important to Ice and Snow Wilderness. The most important is that you're the very person who could bring hope to everybody else. You are the only one who could change the fate of Slavs in Ice and Snow Wilderness. Your original status and look are just your appendages. Take your current name Peter Hamplester as an instance, it's just a symbol of you, but it doesn't represent all of you!"

Chapter 756: The Eve of Coronation (II)

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

Zhang Tie had not imagined that Pontiff Sarlin had long known something. He was a bit shocked by Pontiff Sarlin's precise prophecy and these elders' fast reaction. It turned out that nothing was serious when his secret status was exposed. He couldn't bear the stress brought by the double status in Huaiyuan Palace and in Ice and Snow Wilderness 5 years ago. However, after promoting to a knight and mastering the gentle strength, Zhang Tie didn't feel anything serious by exposing the secret to these elders at least.

With a bitter smile, Zhang Tie watched Pontiff Sarlin, "I've not imagined that you've already known that. I wonder what else can you see about my future!"

"Future is a maze of time and space. Even the great prophet pontiff had limited control over the future, not to mention me. Last time, when I saw parts of your two looks, I gathered too many people's strength; meanwhile, it had reached my upper limit. After you promote to a knight, nobody can penetrate through the power of time and space which is full of possibilities and changes on you. By then, even if the prophet pontiff revived, he could not see clearly your future road, either." Pontiff Sarlin explained as he shook his head.

After hearing Pontiff Sarlin's words, Zhang Tie became faintly stunned as he had not imagined such an effect after promoting to the knight. However, Zhang Tie became reassured completely. No matter who he was, if he knew that his secret might be exposed by someone else at any time, he would always feel uncomfortable and feel being monitored.

"My true name is Zhang Tie, a member of Zhang Family, Huaiyuan Palace in Jinyun Country!" Zhang Tie put it straight.

After unveiling the secret of disguised look to the three elders, Zhang Tie didn't need to continue to conceal his real status to the three elders. Even though they didn't know his true status for the time being, as long as he returned to Huaiyuan Palace to attend the chakra rotating ceremony and became one clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace, the three elders would guess something for sure. Additionally, the three elders had many methods to figure out his true status. Therefore, it was not as good as exposing it to them at this moment.

The three elders exchanged a glance with each other once again.

"What will you do if we cannot accept your true status?" Elder Gouras asked all of a sudden.

"It's simple. After the coronation, we can make a performance, telling others that Peter Hamplester committed suicide during meditation due to distractions!" Zhang Tie replied casually, "After all, by then, Ice and Snow Wilderness have been unified. Without me, the college of elders would also be able to manage all the affairs in the Sacred Iceland Kingdom. I've already finished the job that was entrusted by the Elzida, the great pontiff. I've also tried my best to change myself. As for the future, we have our own things to deal with. I'm now the creator who could save everyone. I will leave the Tribal Axis Railway to you. As I've gained too much here, I will not take anything away from here except my beloved women. I want them to deliver babies for me in the Eastern Continent!"

It was the three elders' turn to make a bitter smile this time. Only Zhang Tie could do that in such a handsome way. Actually, if a knight didn't feel free in Ice and Snow Wilderness, he didn't have to stay here. Wherever a knight was, he would always be a top person and would enjoy the best treatment. In his clan, he could become an elder; if he wanted power, he could command a corps of about 400,000 people. He could also establish a country in a remote place. If he wanted a social position and privilege, a lot of countries would strive for supporting a No. 1 knight. There were really not too many things to recall with nostalgia in Ice and Snow Wilderness. Additionally, Zhang Tie was not obsessed with power and wealth since the beginning. Otherwise, he wouldn't go away from here for 5 years. During the past 5 years, Zhang Tie had a lot of chances to share the great benefit brought by Spencer Clan and the Tribal Axis Railway, even in Gozidari Plain. Actually, Zhang Tie didn't take away even one gold coin from Ice and Snow Wilderness these years; instead, he left the seeds of golden sea-buckthorn trees and golden potatoes, which deserved to be priceless treasures in Ice and Snow Wilderness.

"Only we three know your real status now. It's the top secret in Ice and Snow Wilderness. We will help you conceal it. As Peter Hamplester is rooted in people's hearts deeply. Many commoners will not accept it if you suddenly change to Zhang Tie, which will also arouse a great turmoil in Ice and Snow Wilderness. You'd better continue to perform as Peter Hamplester. As for whether do we expose it to the public in the future..." Pontiff Sarlin also rubbed his forehead as he let out a sigh, "It depends!"

The other two elders both nodded.

Zhang Tie also nodded.

After putting it straight, the last concern after becoming the tsar was also handled.

They all let out a sigh then.

"What else do you want to talk with us?" Elder Toles asked.

Zhang Tie smirked as he rubbed his face, "Of course, I've got two more things to tell you!"

"Go ahead!"

"I want to build a capital city for the Sacred Iceland Kingdom in Gozidari Plain!"

After hearing Zhang Tie's wish, the three elders were shocked once again, 'It's truly a major event.'

After carding his train of thoughts, Zhang Tie expressed his opinion, "The only city in Ice and Snow Wilderness now is Eschyle City. It's the foundation of Spencer Clan. According to the agreement between us and Spencer Clan, although we cannot use Eschyle City as the capital, it's not proper as it feels like we're bullying them. It works for a short period; however, the relationship between us and Spencer Clan will be broken sooner or later. Father should not rob his son. Additionally, Eschyle City is too close to the sea. As long as demons attempt to break in Ice and Snow Wilderness, Eschyle City will be the destroyed firstly. As this city lacks strategic depth, it's not proper to be the political center of Sacred Iceland Kingdom."

The three elders just listened to him while nodding seriously.

"When I came here by train these days, I was always thinking about this question. After meeting the heads, generals and priests of the huge bear tribe, I fixed my decision!"

'If I want to rule the entire Sacred Iceland Kingdom, I have to build a magnificent capital city. Put it straightly, like how a booth is required for a roadside stall and a fixed office is required for a business group, how can I manage the entire country without a city as the reliance? If not build a magnificent capital city in Ice and Snow Wilderness, how can the ruling authority of the tsar be displayed?'

'If I want to rule the Sacred Iceland Kingdom, I have to rule Gozidari Plain first. If I want to rule Gozidari Plain, I have to build a magnificent capital city in Gozidari Plain first so as to convince all the members of the huge bear tribe and stabilize my dominant position.' Zhang Tie thought.

'Additionally, when we build a capital city in Gozidari Plain, the steel, cement, coal and mechanical equipment required by this city will greatly push forward the industrialization of Ice and Snow Wilderness and further release the development and war-making potential across Ice and Snow Wilderness. Over these years, although that industrial area neighboring Eschyle City developed very fast, its scale has expanded by many times. However, a small industrial area covering over 100 sq miles is far from enough for the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness and the Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Additionally, that industrial area and Eschyle City are facing the same problem——being too close to the sea. As long as they are attacked by demons, the entire industrial area would stop its production, causing a series of chain reactions. By contrast, if we build a city in Gozidari Plain, we can play the full role of steel and steam based on the abundant resource in Gozidari Plain. After that, there would be an expectation for the industrialization of Ice and Snow Wilderness. Even a rabbit has three nests, not to mention a country's industrial development layout, which requires us to consider more factors.'

'Finally, a city requires many labor forces, which will create a lot of jobs. Besides, it could digest the surplus labor forces of the immigrants that keep pouring into Ice and Snow Wilderness and clear up some unstable factors. Additionally, it will drive more investment, consumption and inject new vitality into the development of Ice and Snow Wilderness.'

After being silent for a short while, Pontiff Sarlin coughed twice, Elder Toles then opened his mouth with a bit embarrassed tone, "Previously, the huge bear tribe was relatively isolated with poor commerce. We had fewer chances to make money. These years, after building the Tribal Axis Railway, the financial standing of the huge bear tribe indeed improved; however, the huge bear tribe could only afford about 40 million gold coins at this moment. It requires at least 60 million gold coins to build a large-scale city, especially a capital city. I'm afraid..."

'A huge bear tribe could only afford 40 million gold coins?' Zhang Tie finally understood how poor were these guys in Ice and Snow Wilderness...

Chapter 757: Imagination about the Capital City

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

If a clan could afford over 40 million gold coins, it was definitely a top clan as it was an enormous amount of money in Ewentra Archipelago. Very few clans and business groups could afford such a huge amount of money. However, it would be too poor if an independent kingdom with about 20 million people could only afford such an amount of money.

Zhang Tie knew that such an amount of money included the profit of about 10 million gold coins that huge bear tribe had just won from the bet. After deducting this profit, it meant that the entire huge bear tribe could only afford 30 million gold coins, which could not be able to build half a capital city.

After hearing Elder Toles's report, Zhang Tie realized how poor were these tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness. 'Among all the bear tribes, the iron bear tribe is the richest tribe, followed by the huge bear tribe. However, the huge bear tribe could only afford a bit more than 30 million gold coins, not to mention other smaller tribes. No wonder the other tribes would covet the Tribal Axis Railway. As long as they were instigated by someone else, they would be driven mad. How motherf*cking poor!'

'In this age, wealth accumulation could only be completed in two ways: first, through prosperous commercial trade, such as Ewentra Archipelago; second, through industrialization. A high-efficient industrial production could create wealth. Pitifully, before I came to Ice and Snow Wilderness, the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness far lagged behind the average level in this age from both commercial trade and industrialization. Otherwise, this place will not be named as wilderness. Whereas, without prosperous commerce and industry, how could they make money? Only by exchanging wool for herbal medicine? Of course not.'

"I wonder how the financial income of the huge bear tribe is accumulated?" Zhang Tie asked the three elders.

"The huge bear tribe is located in the hinterland of the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness. Although Gozidari Plain has fertile land, it's relatively isolated. Foreign businessmen could barely come in. Therefore, our trade is not developed. Previously, Ice and Snow Wilderness mainly had three sources for financial income: first, our tribe controlled the trade of xiphodons across Ice and Snow Wilderness; second, we sold surplus grains each year; third, we discovered a large-scale gold mine in the north of Gozidari Plain——Harimace Gold Mine. This mine provides us over 800,000 gold coins each year! Besides, we have silver and copper mines, which can produce about 150,000 gold coins in total per year..." Elder Toles replied as he took out a gold coin and gave it to Zhang Tie.

'Over 800,000 gold coins meant more than 20 tons of gold per year. It's good.'

After taking that gold coin, Zhang Tie found that its front side was marked with a huge bear while its backside was marked with Elzida Mountain. The two patterns were both composed of simple lines. The gold coin's toothing was not fine. Besides, there was a line of small Hebrew words around the two patterns——"Pure Gold Coin Cast by Huge Bear Tribe, 25 Grams in standard weight".

Compared to the delicate locomotive gold coins produced in Andaman Alliance, besides being enough heavy which allowed it to be circulated in the market, the gold coin cast by huge bear tribe didn't look nice. It might be related to the poor industrial power of the huge bear tribe.

After giving it back to Elder Toles, Zhang Tie let out a sigh, "As I made some money from this bet, I will assume all the fund for building this capital city. I prepare to spare 90 million gold coins to establish the new capital city. The huge bear tribe only need to fix the address in Gozidari Plain for me!"

At present, Zhang Tie was qualified to be the No. 1 tall, rich and handsome guy in the north water of Blackson Humans Corridor. As Zhang Tie joined Gold Power Law, Golden Roc Bank didn't ask for any service charge from him at all. Therefore, all the 297 million gold coins were transferred into Zhang Tie's personal account. He could withdraw them in the name of Zhang Tie or Peter Hamplester. Besides, he plundered an enormous amount of money from Senel Clan in Tokei City, the capital city of Titanic Duchy which was put in the safe of the palace tree in Castle of Black Iron. Those items contained 540 tons of gold, 14.68 million gold coins, gold checks which were worth 47.6 million gold coins and over 600 crates of all sorts of gems, jewelry and rare metals, the total of which were worth above 210 million gold coins. Thanks to the plunder, Zhang Tie almost gathered all the wealth of Titanic Duchy. As it was inconvenient for him to take them out, Zhang Tie just put them in Castle of Black Iron. Plus 297 million gold coins that he won in the bet, Zhang Tie's personal wealth had reached above 500 million gold coins. He was really as rich as a country!

He could completely bear it by taking out 90 million gold coins from such an amount of money to build his own capital city in Ice and Snow Wilderness. By doing this, he could consolidate his dominant position in Ice and Snow Wilderness and increase his influence in Gold Power Law.

'Additionally, after establishing this city, I could make money through many channels. I will make profits sooner or later. Eschyle City could bring over 2.8 million gold coins to Spencer Clan each year. I don't think the capital city of Sacred Iceland Kingdom at the cost of 90 million gold coins would bring me less income than that.'

After realizing that Zhang Tie was so generous, the three elders of the huge bear tribe became silent as they didn't know what to say. Even the total amount of money of the 8 bear tribes across Ice and Snow Wilderness might not match Zhang Tie's total private wealth.

"I suggest establishing the capital city in the delta region at the foot of Elzida Mountain which is close to Mari River and Ginqing Lake. This region covers over 80,000 sq miles. It is surrounded by a wide area of woods. There are some large-scale coal mines, iron mines, copper mines and silver mines not far from it. We only need to build two short-distance railways to connect these mining areas with the capital city and the Tribal Axis Railway. Given its good environment and great potential in development, after establishing the capital city, a lot of towns and industrial parks could form rapidly in Ginqing Lake Delta Region. Additionally, after establishing the capital city, the city could develop its water transportation based on the abundant water resource of Mari River and Ginqing Lake. Furthermore, Mari River is linked with Lankast Gulf in the northeast of Ice and Snow Wilderness. Although Lankast Gulf is very cold, it thaws in 8 months of each year, during which period all the vessels below 1,000 tons could access to the ocean..." Elder Toles said seriously. Although nobody was richer than Zhang Tie across Ice and Snow Wilderness, nobody was more familiar with Ice and Snow Wilderness than these elders at present.

After recalling the scene on the way here, Zhang Tie asked, "Isn't the grey palace situated in this region?"

"Yes!"

"Alright. Just establish the capital city in this Ginqing Lake Delta Region. It'd better contain the grey palace. I will entrust Golden Roc Bank to be responsible for the establishment of this city. You only need to supervise their work!"

"90 million gold coins. It's enough to build a much more magnificent city than Eschyle City. The urban area of the entire city could cover over 1,000 sq miles..." Elder Gouras sighed with full emotions.

The moment he imagined that he would have his own city in Ice and Snow Wilderness after a few years, Zhang Tie became a bit thrilled. However, he soon forgot about this event. Actually, he only needed to pay for that. All in all, in Zhang Tie's memory, Golden Roc Bank could make use of too many resources. As Zhang Tie didn't know how to build a city, he just left the work to experts.

Right then, Zhang Tie heard a voice which he had not heard for a long time in his mind, "Castle Lord, have you forgotten about that? Agan is the best building expert. If you hand the task to Agan, he must be very happy!"

In a split second, Zhang Tie became faintly stunned, "But can Agan leave Castle of Black Iron?"

"Agan cannot leave Castle of Black Iron; however, he could design the blueprint of the capital city for Castle Lord. As long as you spare some time to fly around the Ginqing Lake Delta Region, I will tell Agan about the topography of that region. Agan will then design the blueprint for you. You then hand the blueprint to the part of Golden Roc Bank!"

Zhang Tie really looked forward to the abilities of his three servants. 'Now that Heller, who's always meticulous, recommend Agan to finish such a task, I think Agan will never let me down.'

Zhang Tie then promised Heller...

Chapter 758: A Real Piece of God's Star

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

After fixing the matter of the capital city, Zhang Tie told the three elders about the sacred order, items and classes in Ancient God Church.

The entire Ancient God Church was divided into three classes and contained 14 sacred items according to the feature of Ice and Snow Wilderness and Ancient God Church.

The commonest believers of Ancient God Chruch was the first class.

Among believers, those who could comply with the four sacred disciplines and four sacred deeds would promote to clergymen through sacrificial rites and church's consent.

Those who practiced the "Book of Eternity" at home and in their daily lives instead of taking positions in Ancient God Church could be White Clothes Clergymen. Those who joined in the branches and agencies of Ancient God Church and wished to be clergies of Ancient God Church were called Black Clothes Clergymen.

Black Clothes Clergymen were divided into four classes based on the length and performance when they did the four sacred deeds, iron-star clergyman, copper-star clergyman, silver-star clergyman and gold-star clergyman. It would take an iron-star clergyman at least 4 years to promote to a gold-star clergyman.

A clergyman was the second class in Ancient God Church and the foundation for the development of Ancient God Church.

Above clergyman was the most attractive magisterium class, also the third class of Ancient God Church.

The lowest rank of magisterium class was acolyte, which was closely above the gold-star clergyman. Acolytes could work as subsidiaries in rituals or branches of churches. They had certain rights just like deacons.

After accomplishing practice in the Grey Palace, acolytes could take the position of priest, who was entitled to build churches in villages which had less than 10,000 villagers so as to disseminate the creed of Ancient God Church.

The position above priest was "bishop", who could rule parishes of different ranks in the territory of tribes according to the power of each tribe.

Those who could rule rat-class tribal parishes were bishops of glory.

Those who could rule eagle-class tribal parishes were titular bishops.

Those who could rule wolf-class tribal parishes were diocesans.

Those who could rule Leopard-class tribal parishes were metropolitan bishops.

Those who could rule fox-class tribal parishes were garrison bishops.

Those who could rule bear-class tribal parishes were patriarchs.

The position above patriarch was helm bishop who could manage all the affairs across the Ancient God Church.

The position above helm bishop was pope, which, after being integrated with the secular diadem of Sacred Iceland Kingdom was called Tsar, like Zhang Tie.

The original priests in each tribe of Ice and Snow Wilderness were awarded the same ranks as that of their tribal bishops, namely, priest of glory, titular priest, parish priest, metropolitan priest, garrison priest, sect priest and pontiff.

Elder Mocco of the grey eagle tribe who once punished Zhang Tie was awarded "titular priest". Although Pontiff Sarlin maintained his title, his social status raised, who nominally ruled all the priests across Ice and Snow Wilderness and was only responsible for Zhang Tie.

Once the framework of the Ancient God Church was confirmed, the entire Ancient God Church would enter a new stage.

...

"How are you going to deal with Ewentra Archipelago? Based on its scale, we need to dispatch at least one patriarch over there. Do you have a suitable candidate?" Elder Gouras asked Zhang Tie after listening to Zhang Tie's introduction.

"I don't mean to dispatch any bishop to Ewentra Archipelago. I will just dispatch a batch of priests over there!" Zhang Tie replied calmly.

"Ahh, just priests?" Elder Gouras became faintly stunned.

"Yes, priests!" Zhang Tie nodded, "Actually, besides awarding the heads of the fire bear tribe, wild bear tribe and sea bear tribe as patriarchs, I will not promote any other members of Ancient God Church. I will just confirm their titles based on their achievements. Although Ancient God Church is disseminating widely across Ice and Snow Wilderness, its foundation is still weak. In the past 5 years, the best rank among my followers in Ice and Snow Wilderness was bishop of glory. Therefore, besides the three heads and the priests who paid allegiance to us, I will not award any other clergymen with ranks above bishop of glory. I will give them some time to show them the bright future. Their titles in the future will depend on their achievements!"

The three elders were all smart. Soon after they heard this did the three elders understand Zhang Tie's meaning. The reason why Zhang Tie didn't award others with high titles was that he didn't want to identify horses; instead, he wanted to race horses. He wanted all those above clergymen to compete fairly and display their own abilities. He wanted to have the real talented ones to stand out. If one could consolidate the belief of Ancient God Church and his status in a rat-class tribe, Zhang Tie would award him with a bishop of glory. If one could consolidate the belief of Ancient God Church and his status in a wolf-class tribe, Zhang Tie would award him with a diocesan. Each one's title depended on his ability and achievements. In this case, Ewentra Archipelago would become the untilled virgin land and training field in the eyes of all the clergymen of Ancient God Church.

"If someone could really consolidate the belief of Ancient God Church and his status across Ewentra Archipelago, I would even award him with a helm bishop, not to mention a patriarch. However, if nobody has such an ability in Ewentra Archipelago..." Zhang Tie shrugged and said casually, "Just leave those bishops vacant. I prefer them to be vacant than use the wrong person! All in all, it would take a religion at least 10 years to consolidate its foundation."

The three elders nodded at the same time.

"Umm, I intend to adopt the 10,000 fighters of the bear-killing camp of the huge bear tribe into grey palace warriors as the direct force of Ancient God Church, how about it?" Zhang Tie asked.

Zhang Tie already had the Thor's Hammer. Plus the bear-killing camp, the two most powerful forces across Ice and Snow Wilderness would be in Zhang Tie's hand. The two forces were the pillar forces of the huge bear tribe.

"Sure!" The three elders agreed at once.

Zhang Tie became reassured completely as he patted his hands and said leisurely, "Well, that's what I wanted to tell you. I wonder what you want to tell me?"

After exchanging a glance with each other, Elder Sarlin slowly said, "Before the formal coronation, you should know something!"

"Ahh, go ahead?"

"This is the biggest secret of the huge bear tribe. Since so many generations, only tribal elders of huge bear tribe knows it!" Pontiff Sarlin said with a solemn look.

"Ahh..." Zhang Tie became amazed as he asked, "What's that?"

"You will know it, come with us!" Pontiff Sarlin replied as he stood up. Watching the other two elders standing up, Zhang Tie also stood up.

Elder Toles left the room ahead of them, Zhang Tie just stayed with Pontiff Sarlin and followed Elder Toles.

This room was in the hieron, while the hieron was in the hinterland of Elzida Mountain. Therefore, the moment they left the room, Zhang Tie had entered the hinterland which had been excavated by people. Both sides of the aisle were inlaid with fluorescent crystals, which were of the highest quality and could only be found in the ice-capped continent. The tender, milky luster radiated by the fluorescent crystals illuminated the entire artificial aisle.

Elder Toles led them towards the depth of the hinterland. The crisp footsteps of the four people reverberated around the entire hinterland.

At the beginning, there were guards of the hieron on both sides of the aisle. Gradually, after entering a turnoff, the guards started to grow sparse with more doors on the road. Elder Toles had the keys of the doors. Each time he opened a door, Elder Toles would carefully close it after all of them passed through it. He acted very meticulously.

"Where are we heading for?"

"The backroom where the elders of the huge bear tribe enter meditation!" Pontiff Sarlin replied.

After moving about 1 mile ahead and opening more than 10 doors, they finally arrived at the backroom of elders. Elder Toles opened the hard alloy door with a key and entered it, followed by Zhang Tie and the other elders.

With a loud sound "bang...", the thick alloy door of the backroom was closed from inside. Zhang Tie started to look around the backroom.

This was an empty space being excavated, which covered over 5,000 sq meters. Like a big warehouse, it contained many simple tools. It indeed looked like where the elders usually entered meditation.

After looking around, Zhang Tie found nothing special about it.

When Zhang Tie was still curious, the three elders moved to three different places and put their hands on three trivial pieces of rocks on the walls of the backroom with a distance of dozens of meters. After that, they nodded towards each other and forcefully pressed down their own rocks.

At the same time, a stony table slid away more than 20 m from Zhang Tie, exposing a well to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie walked over there and found the well was hundreds of meters in depth while a faint orange ray shot out of the pitch-dark underground space.

Zhang Tie looked at Elder Sarlin. Elder Sarlin nodded. Zhang Tie then jumped off.

As a knight, Zhang Tie directly flew downwards instead of free landing.

The closer he was to the entrance of the well, the brighter the orange ray was, Zhang Tie instantly rushed out of the entrance of the deep well and entered a natural mountain cave which was 2-3 times bigger than that of the backroom.

When he noticed the source of the orange ray, Zhang Tie widely opened his mouth.

A piece of orange crystal, which was as large as a 7-8-year-old boy, was suspending in the air over 50 m away from the entrance in the shape of a huge crystal bamboo shoot. It radiated the orange ray, turning this underground mountain cave into a dreamland.

The moment he caught sight of that thing, Zhang Tie sensed the powerful and special energy filling this space. In a split second, that energy had penetrated into his body. It seemed to carry some exotic property, that energy penetrated through Zhang Tie's body like how the water flow penetrated through a broken ladle; however, it didn't cause any damage to his body.

Gradually, the ray of that item had turned into cyan from orange...

The three elders had already followed Zhang Tie in this space. They were suspending in the air beside Zhang Tie. The special energy also penetrated through their bodies freely...

"What's this?" Zhang Tie asked out of amazement.

"This is the piece of God's Star!"

"What?" Zhang Tie watched that huge crystal bamboo shoot floating in the air with an unbelievable look, "This is a piece of God's Star?"

"The one who discovered it first was Elzida, the Great Pontiff. It's also the most precious wealth left by the Great Pontiff to the huge bear tribe!" Elder Gouras watched that huge crystal bamboo shoot with an awe-stricken look as he explained with full respect.

'Alight. I remember that when I came to Ice and Snow Wilderness for the first time, Samaranth the Stars and Moons Sword Sage also came here for the God's Star. Pitifully, he didn't have a chance to even see the piece of God's Star after being trapped by Three-eye Association. It turns out that there's indeed a piece of God's Star in Ice and Snow Wilderness. However, it's in the secret cave of the hinterland of Elzida Mountain in the hand of huge bear tribe instead of the underground space of Haidela Gracier Crack. Of course, nobody else could discover it.'

Watching this huge crystal bamboo shoot floating in the air, Zhang Tie became puzzled, "What's it used for?"

"This piece of God's Star contains a special energy, which could work in the realm of elements. The realm of elements in the place where the piece of God's Star lies in will experience some marvelous changes. After having this piece of God's Star, Slavs could promote to a new high in their battle force in a split second. The source that could drive bear-killing fighters mad came from this piece of God's Star. After your coronation, you will have this piece of God's Star according to the will of Elzida, the Prophet Pontiff..."

Chapter 759: Double Statuses

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

On the evening of October 31st, the Shrine Palace of Huaiyuan Palace, Yiyang Mountain...

Elder Muen, Elder Muray, Elder Muan and Elder Muyu were sitting together with crossed legs.

"The chakra rotating ceremony will start in 2 days, do we contact Zhang Tie at this moment?" Elder Muan asked with a faint frown. As Zhang Tie had left Huaiyuan Palace for over 1 month without any message, it was only 3 days left. If not Zhang Tie had already promoted to a knight, the 4 elders might have dispatched people to find him.

"As Zhang Tie said he would come back before November 1st, we will wait for another 3 hours. If he still doesn't come back at the dawn, we will contact him!" Elder Muen suggested.

As a clan elder, of course, Zhang Tie would not eat his words. Now that he said he would come back before November 1st, he would come back for sure unless there was an accident. Even if Zhang Tie had to prolong his schedule, he would also contact the clan elders in advance. Now that Zhang Tie didn't contact them, it meant that everything went well. If the elders asked him in advance, it would indicate that they were doubting his self-protection ability. It was okay if Zhang Tie was still the innocent teenager like before. However, as Zhang Tie was going to be a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace formally, they should pay attention to the degree. If elders had conflicts due to such a trivial affair, it would be embarrassing.

All the 4 elders thought about this point. Therefore, the moment Elder Muen mentioned it, the other elders nodded right away. They only needed to wait for Zhang Tie another couple of hours. They would contact him if Zhang Tie was still not back by then. In this way, they looked more meticulous and would not arouse Zhang Tie's misunderstanding.

"Today, the elders of all the other 5 major clans of Jinyun Country have arrived at Yiyang City with their representatives. They've settled down in their own clan mansions. The elders of Li Clan and Dongfang Clan of Qilan Country also came to Yiyang City with their representatives. Norman Empire dispatched their crown prince to attend the chakra rotating ceremony. All the other heads of major clans or representatives of countries across Waii Sub-continent who had close ties with Huaiyuan Palace have arrived these days as well. Raymlan Empire and Berdi Empire also dispatched their royal members to Yiyang City with precious gifts!" Elder Muyu said.

"Raymlan Empire and Berdi Empire? But why?"

All the other elders became shocked when they heard the names of the above two countries. Although they were called empires, like the other empires of different sizes across Waii Sub-continent, their empires were not widely accepted by the outsiders. The two countries were in the poor national strength. Each of them only had one knight, namely their No.1 knights. Huaiyuan Palace didn't have close ties with the two countries either. Long Wind Business Group only had some trade contracts with the two countries. What were they here for?

"It's said that Zhang Tie met the two No. 1 knights on the way back to Huaiyuan Palace. Therefore, although their No. 1 knights didn't have free time to attend the chakra rotating ceremony, they still dispatched some people here to attend it!" Elder Muyu explained.

After knowing the reason, the other elders smiled. 'After having one more knight, even two strange countries came here for establishing relationships by dispatching royal members, how majestic is the Huaiyuan Palace!'

"Pitifully, if not the holy war, the chakra rotating ceremony would be much more solemn. Due to the threats of demons, many people could not attend it. The entire north region of Waii Sub-continent was in a chaos. Only Norman Empire arrived here from the north. I remember that 5 countries' representatives attended the chakra rotating ceremony from the north when Elder Muyu and Elder Muan promoted to knights!" Elder Muray sighed.

"In a chaotic world, knights would be more valuable. Although fewer people could attend this chakra rotating ceremony, everyone knew what it meant by having one more young clan elder in Huaiyuan Palace!"

"Umm, how's the battle situation in the north these days?" Has the super demon corps been discovered?"

"Since the battle in Upton City, the Demon General and the super demon corps have been disappeared. I'm afraid that they are recovering their loss. I've not heard any mesage about them these days. Those Three-eye Association clans in the north are reorganizing a lot of demonized puppets so as to gradually and steadily approach to Norman Empire. Norman Empire and all the other human countries in the north also accelerated their pace to evacuate the population. No major events happened in the north these days. However, there was an intelligence from Long Wind Business Group yesterday. The Ice and Snow Wilderness and Ewentra Archipelago in the north water had declared to be unified on October 27th. A new country called the Sacred Iceland Kingdom was founded. A person called Peter Hamplester has already been coronated as the tsar of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. He has ruled the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness and Ewentra Archipelago and been unrivaled across the north water."

"I remember that each Slavs' bear tribe in Ice and Snow Wilderness has at least one knight. The most powerful huge bear tribe is said to have 3 knight elders. How did Peter Hamplester unify the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness?" The other elders were faintly shocked by the news.

"According to Long Wind Business Group, Peter Hamplester is the very hero who saved all the Slavs according to the prophecy of the Prophet Pontiff of Slavs. When he came to Ice and Snow Wilderness 5 years ago, he gained the allegiance of the huge bear tribe. Additionally, he pacified a tribe's demonized puppets disaster. Besides gaining the trust of the two major tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness, he even founded Ancient God Church and won numerous believers across Ice and Snow Wilderness. This time, he convinced the entire Ewentra Archipelago. According to the lengend, the process that Peter Hamplester convinced Ewentra Archipelago was marvelous. All the witnesses said that Peter Hamplester was the incarnation of the Ancient God. It was said that he even had Poseidon serve him by exterminating a fleet of Ewentra Archipelago. After that, he beheaded a knight of Sacred Light Empire. From the on, he convinced all the major clans across Ewentra Archipelago!" Elder Muan explained.

The so-called God's will was nothing but sh*t in the eyes of the elders of Huaiyuan Palace. They knew clearly the rules in this world. If God's will indeed existed, there would not be a holy war. Just let the Ancient God clear all the demons.

"It turns out that Peter Hamplester is a fierce and powerful person. We'd better have Long Wind Business Group pay more attention to him!" Elder Muray suggested seriously.

"Guan Xiyi the CEO of Golden Roc Bank went to Ewentra Archipelago by airboat. Later on, he sent Peter Hamplester to Ice and Snow Wilderness by airboat. Guan Xiyi even attended the coronation ritual of Peter Hamplester in the hieron of the sacred mountain of the huge bear tribe..."

After hearing this, the other elders became faintly dumbfounded. They exchanged a glance with each other before forcing a bitter smile, 'Golden Roc Bank is really something. Now that CEO Guan Xiyi was there, it means that the Sacred Iceland Kingdom is supported by Golden Roc Bank. The two parties might have already reached privity. The Sacred Iceland Kingdom might become a key base and spokesmen of Hua people in Waii Sub-continent...'

In this case, Long Wind Business Group should better make a plan ahead of Ice and Snow Wilderness and find an exit in north water for Huaiyuan Palace. It might have a great effect in the future.

"In this case, we can have Long Wind Business Group contact the Sacred Iceland Kingdom first and set a senior officer for the business group in Ice and Snow Wilderness. We can dispatch our right hand over there..."

"Hmm, we can have Zhang Taibai pay a vist to Peter Hamplester on behalf of Huaiyuan Palace at a proper time..."

"Fine!"

The elders determined a major event for Huaiyuan Palace briefly.

Right then, the four elders' hearts pounded as they exchanged a glance with each other. Closely after that, they walked out of the Shrine Palace at the same time...

When they reached the gate, they raised their heads at the same time and saw a meteor flying towards them in the dark sky.

"Whoo..." Elder Muen let out a deep sigh, "Thankfully, he's back!"

The 4 elders exchanged a smile with each other before feeling relieved.

The meteor soon arrived at Yiyang Mountain when a figure landed in front of them.

"Sorry for being late, 4 elders!" Zhang Tie cupped his hands towards the 4 elders with a smile when he stood outside the Shrine Palace.

Zhang Tie had just left Ice and Snow Wilderness before dawn today, after over 9 hours of flight and 7 hours of journey in the ocean, Zhang Tie finally reached Huaiyuan Prefecture. Nobody would believe at such an amazing speed.

The 5 people returned to the room in the Shrine Palace where elders usually negotiated about events.

The moment Zhang Tie took a seat, Elder Muyu smiled, "We were talking about you just now. You've left for over 1 month; if you didn't come back in a couple of hours, we would have to contact you by the remote-sensing crystal!"

"Hmm, I've been to Ice and Snow Wilderness these days!" Zhang Tie replied as he rubbed his face. He thought that it was time to tell the truth to the elders of Huaiyuan Palace.

The other elders were stunned at the same time. As they were talking about Ice and Snow Wilderness just now, they had not imagined that Zhang Tie had been to Ice and Snow Wilderness these days.

"A big event happened in Ice and Snow Wilderness these days, have you met that Peter Hamplester?" Elder Muray couldn't wait but ask.

"Erm..actually...I'm that Peter Hamplester!" Zhang Tie scratched his head in a bashful way.

"Pah..." The teacup fell off Elder Muen's hand, spraying the tea water over the ground...

Chapter 760: Long Sight Peak

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

The 4 elders felt like listening to a legendary story when Zhang Tie described his experience on the way from Huaiyuan Prefecture to the Ice and Snow Wilderness 5 years ago.

Zhang Tie only explained the God's will in the underground relics by a word "magic". Although being a magic, only Zhang Tie knew its true secret. As it was Zhang Tie's secret, the 4 elders didn't force him to expose it to them.

As for the huge deep-sea monster, Zhang Tie said it was a pet that he subdued in the deep sea.

'Pet?' The 4 elders had to accept this explanation.

As for others, Zhang Tie didn't want to depict the details. Therefore, he just briefed them all.

After telling them about his experience of establishing the Sacred Iceland Kingdom, Zhang Tie became unpredictable in the eyes of the 4 elders. Zhang Tie was like being covered by a mist. When they thought that they could see him clearly, actually they just caught sight of one small corner of the iceberg.

'Thankfully, this guy is a true offspring of Huaiyuan Palace!'

The 4 elders comforted themselves inside.

"That's all. Now, only CEO Guan Xiyi of Golden Roc Bank and the three elders of huge bear tribe know my true status, ahem...ahem...nobody else!" Zhang Tie concluded.

"You mean you could command all the tribes across Ice and Snow Wilderness and the major clans across Ewentra Archipelago?' Elder Muray watched Zhang Tie with an unimaginable look.

"The Sacred Iceland Kingdom is facing a complex situation right now. Those forces on my side can be divided into 5 parts according to the relationship between us: First, the huge bear tribe. I'm the most influential in this tribe. The 3 knight elders of this tribe can provide me with the largest support when in need. However, I cannot have an absolute authority in this tribe until the capital city of Sacred Iceland Kingdom is established. Second, Ewentra Archipelago. None of the major clans on Ewentra Archipelago will be able to resist me. As long as my requests are not too excessive, they can always follow my commands and meet my requests. Third, the iron bear tribe. Nominally, this tribe belongs to me. I'm their protector. Additionally, this tribe will not have conflicts with me about interests. However, Spencer Clan, the domineering clan in this tribe has their own clan interests. Additionally, this tribe has a knight elder who's tricky and aggressive. Therefore, essentially, I'm cooperating with this tribe. Fourth, the mountain bear tribe, black bear tribe and demon bear tribe in Ice and Snow Wilderness. As these three tribes made a mistake before, they were compromising to me on certain conditions. To a certain degree, I could determine the candidate of the heads of the three tribes in the future. They would follow my order on trivial things. However, when it comes to big issues about interests, my words will not work. Fifth, the wild bear tribe, fire bear tribe and sea bear tribe. The three tribes still remain independent right now. They supported me to unify Ice and Snow Wilderness. I also supported them to establish their own regime. Everything between me and the three tribes is founded on common interests exchange. If I wanted them to do something, I could present the equal conditions for the exchange."

After hearing the introduction of Zhang Tie, the 4 elders of Huaiyuan Palace finally understood that the Sacred Iceland Kingdom was not as unified as it looked. Actually, the internal forces of each part had subtle relations with Zhang Tie. However, now that Zhang Tie could see through the camps in the Sacred Iceland Kingdom so precisely, it indicated that he had already been truly mature. He had a very precise judgment on the domestical situation facing the Sacred Iceland Kingdom. It seemed that the throne of tsar didn't make him puzzled.

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, it became a bit quiet as the 4 elders didn't know what to say for the time being. After being quiet for over 10 seconds, Elder Muyu faintly coughed, "This thing is about the top secret of Huaiyuan Palace. Only elders and head of Huaiyuan Palace know that, do you agree?"

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

The elders nodded at the same time.

"Hmm, let's come to an end today. I'm afraid that Zhang Tie must be tired all the way from Ice and Snow Wilderness. Just have a good rest tonight!" Elder Muen told Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie nodded. Now that it was a sincere suggestion, he could not tell them that he was not tired at all. Neither could he tell them it only took him a bit more 10 hours to be here.

At this moment, something occurred to Zhang Tie's mind.

"Umm, I was told that knights should get their own crystal plates in the Mountain of Brightness, where's the Mountain of Brightness then?"

"The Mountain of Brightness is in Tianfang City within the territory of Lan Clan. It's indeed an unnecessary step for humans to promote to knights. If you are free tomorrow, I can take you there!" Elder Muray said enthusiastically.

"Fine, when?"

"6 am. Right in the Shrine Palace, we will fly towards there!"

"Good, I will wait for Elder Muray right here at 6 am tomorrow!" Zhang Tie cupped his hands towards Elder Muray.

Elder Muray replied with a smile...

...

Elder Muen took Zhang Tie away from the Shrine Palace towards the mountain peak behind Yiyang Mountain.

The two sides of the mountain path were covered with dense woods or flowers. The mountain path was composed of tidy stony stages. On both sides of the stony stages, there was a roadside lamp in each fixed distance, which illuminated the path. Some deacons on duty would pass by them with disciples. When they caught sight of Elder Muen, they hurriedly bowed towards Elder Muen and greeted him.

Zhang Tie found that they were heading for a different place than the attic where he lived in last time.

"Elder Muen, where are we heading for? It's not the same way that I walked last time!"

"There are 11 mountain peaks on Yiyang Mountain, each elder of Huaiyuan Palace has one mountain peak on Yiyang Mountain. As you're the 6th elder of Huaiyuan Palace, you deserve to live in Long Sight Peak, the 6th peak of Yiyang Mountain. When you came back last time, your elder's pavilion on Long Sight Peak had not been established, now it's okay. I will take you there. You will live in Long Sight Peak from then on!"

Zhang Tie replied with a smile as he had not imagined that elders of Huaiyuan Palace could enjoy such a great treatment here.

...

Only after a couple of minutes, they had arrived at his elder's pavilion on Long Sight Peak.

The elder's pavilion covered over 6000 sqm. It was a traditional Hua complex composed of terraces and open halls and crisscrossed gardens and bamboo woods. From the best location of Long Sight Peak, Zhang Tie could watch the ocean and the entire Yiyang City in the distance. He could also see the elder's pavilions of the other 4 elders.

Over 20 people were waiting for Zhang Tie and Elder Muen outside the gate of the elder's pavilion.

"These people are your servants and clan deacons who will serve you exclusively. From now on, you can have them do everything for you on Yiyang Mountain!" Elder Muen told Zhang Tie.

At the sight of them, Zhang Tie's look turned extremely strange at once. Because all of them were beautiful Hua girls in skirts aged between 20 to 30. At the sight of them, Zhang Tie felt entering a Shangri-la.

'Are all the elders' pavilions matched with so many beautiful girls? But they don't seem to have an interest in women...'

Zhang Tie glanced at Elder Muen in a strange look. Elder Muen blushed faintly as he seemingly had already guessed what Zhang Tie was thinking about. He then glared at Zhang Tie, "Erm..these are specially prepared for you. The servants in other elders' pavilions are mainly male!"

'For me?' Zhang Tie understood the intention of these elders right away. It seemed that these elders expected him to have more babies. Watching those beauties who glimpsed at him, Zhang Tie let out a sigh inside, 'The clan elders really think too much about this thing.'

Closely after that, Elder Muen escaped away.

The moment Elder Muen left, those glimpses became audacious. Zhang Tie could almost not stand that. However, after staying in Ice and Snow Wilderness for so many days, Zhang Tie was more immune to such romantic affairs. Zhang Tie just replied with a faint smile. After that, Zhang Tie told a plump woman in the deacon's skirt among them, "I'm a bit tired today. I want to take some rest first. Take me to my bedroom."

"Yes, sir!" That female deacon raised her head and glanced at Zhang Tie before leading Zhang Tie into his elder's pavilion. She led Zhang Tie into a tranquil courtyard, where there was a 3-storey delicate attic. Zhang Tie lived there.

Everything in the attic was comfortable, simple and exquisite. Zhang Tie felt very satisfied with them. As elders had seen all sorts of scenes, being comfortable counted most in their own bedroom.

"Elder, do you like this layout and style? If not, this disciple will have someone change a new set tomorrow!" The female deacon told Zhang Tie respectfully.

"Hmm, nice, it's fine. No need to change. Is there a training room here?"

"The training room is in the basement. The entrance is in the study. Do you need me to show you there?"

"Hmm, no need. By the way, what's your name?'

"You can call me Yu Youlan, elder!" The female deacon rapidly glimpsed at Zhang Tie with a faint blush.

Zhang Tie rubbed his face as he was not used to listen to a woman who was much elder than him calling herself "disciple" in front of him, "You don't need to call yourself disciple in front of me in Long Sight Peak from now on. Just call yourself I or Youlan. The same to all the other girls."

"Yes, this disciple got it!"

Zhang Tie watched her helplessly for a second. She then realized what mistake had she made. Her cheeks became redder as she hurriedly corrected, "Yes, sir, You...Youlan got it!"

"Do you know why the others have dispatched you here?"

"Yes...I know a bit!" Deacon Yu lowered her head as her face turned completely red.

Zhang Tie patted his forehead, 'It seems that Huaiyuan Palace really takes me as a stud. I really want to know how those elders issued this "order" to these women. No wonder why those women threw such a strange and bashful glimpse at me just now. It turns out that they have been ready to "sacrifice" themselves.' The moment Zhang Tie caught sight of these women, he had known that all the female here were virgins, including this deacon Yu.

"Given your look, you should have been LV 11. Where did you learn your battle skills from?" Zhang Tie asked casually.

"Youlan trained in Hidden Dragon Island 8 years ago!" Deacon Yu replied in a bashful look.

Zhang Tie faintly widened his mouth, 'It seems that this Yu Youlan is my senior sister apprentice when I was in Hidden Dragon Island...'

Zhang Tie didn't know what to say.

"Ahem...ahem...it's too late. I will go to bed. You go take a rest too!"

Deacon Yu bit her lips with a blush as she asked in a very low voice, "Elder, which girl do you prefer? I will have her here to accompany you!"

After being asked by a senior sister apprentice from Hidden Dragon Island, Zhang Tie blushed, "Erm...no need. You can leave now!"

"Yes, sir..." Deacon Yu threw another glance at Zhang Tie before leaving the room in a restraint way. She closed the door, leaving Zhang Tie alone in the room.

Zhang Tie rubbed his face with a bitter smile, 'After the chakra rotating ceremony, I will become a clan elder. By then, I will find a chance to dispatch these girls to their original whereabouts. I really cannot bear such a special treatment...'

At this moment, Zhang Tie realized that he had not entered Castle of Black Iron for over one month. He wondered how many fruits could he get from the small tree after his trip to Ice and Snow Wilderness...

'However, considering that I will go to the Mountain of Brightness tomorrow; additionally, it's inconvenient for me to enter Castle of Black Iron right on the Long Sight Peak. As the other 4 elders were on Yiyang Mountain, it'd be hard to explain it to them if I was found disappeared under their eyes.'

Therefore, Zhang Tie threw himself onto the comfortable big bed and fell asleep...

'To be honest, it was pretty comfortable to sleep on a bed alone...'

'Since I arrived at Ewentra Archipelago, I've not been sleeping alone on a bed for over 1 month.' Such a whim occurred to Zhang Tie's mind...

'Hmm, it sounds a bit shameless...'

He gradually entered a sweet dreamland...