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Chapter 770: Three Lines
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
In a large conference room of Hurricane Corps, hundreds of commissioned officers were sitting still, chesting out and gazing at Zhang Tie.
Many of them were guessing about the decisions that the new corps leader would make.
Until then were many commissioned officers still immersed in Zhang Tie's lightning bolt-strike.
There was a huge military battle map on the wall behind Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie watched that map with his back against the commissioned officers. After a short while, he took three colorful marker pens and drew three lines, one in red, one in yellow and one in green...
The red line cut through the Kalay Mountain Range in the middle of Blackson Humans Corridor.
The yellow line cut through the boundary between Jinyun Country and the north of Qilan Country.
The green line cut through Yuanjiang River in the north of Huaiyuan Prefecture.
Watching the 3 lines, all the commissioned officers became silent. Many of them even faintly frowned as they had no idea about the three lines.
After dropping the colorful marker pens, Zhang Tie turned around and watched those commissioned officers of Hurricane Corps, "Two months later, the main force of Huaiyuan Palace will complete its evacuation from Waii Sub-continent. By then, our Hurricane Corps will become the last remaining force of Huaiyuan Palace on Waii Sub-continent. Many among you might wonder about the tasks of Hurricane Corps in the future. I will explain it to you in the simplest way!"
After saying that, Zhang Tie turned around and pointed at that red line, "Kalay Mountain Range is the watershed of Waii Sub-continent and will be the first battlefield of Hurricane Corps. In the future, when demons completely occupy the north of Waii Sub-continent, Kalay Mountain Range will be the last natural barrier for the demonized puppets corps to move southward. That was to say, countries in the south of Waii Sub-continent would definitely encounter a sharp collision with demonized puppets corps. Kalay Mountain Range would be the second Selnes Theater of Operations. However, due to its special terrain, few human troops could enter this region. My first requirement is that fighters above LV 9 across Hurricane Corps should divide into 3 batches. Each batch will enter Kalay Mountain Range in every 4 months so as to be familiar with the combat environment in Kalay Mountain Range. They could make preparations for the battle in the future. Kalay Mountain Range is the guerrilla battlefield of the fighters above LV 9 of Hurricane Corps. I authorize all the commanders of the 3 batches entering Kalay Mountain Range the right to make decisions at his will. In this region, you're absolutely free and don't have to listen to anyone's guidance. Everything on the battlefield will be determined by the commander according to the situation."
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, all the commissioned officers at present were shocked. It meant that all the fighters above LV 9 entering Kalay Mountain Range could have a great freedom. What a right!
"As for the region from the north of Jinyun Country to Kalay Mountain Range!" Zhang Tie said as he pointed at that region between the yellow line and the red line, "This is the second battlefield of Hurricane Corps. Demonized puppets corps have not been completely suppressed in this region. Sparse demonized puppets disasters still break out here and there. This region is the battlefield of the airship troop and maneuverability troop of Hurricane Corps. You only need to stick to one principle in this region——Hurricane Corps don't need to pay for the battle in this region. You can refer to how those mercenary groups adopt tasks or directly cooperate with those mercenary groups. I'm not interfering with the details!"
After hearing this, a major general couldn't help but raise his hand. Zhang Tie nodded towards him. That major general stood up and asked, "Corps Leader Mushen, did you mean that our Hurricane Corps could take risks like those mercenary groups?"
"Why not?" Zhang Tie had the commissioned officer take a seat before saying, "How could Hurricane Corps fight without money? What would fighters eat and drink without money? How would our equipment be maintained and updated without money? Huaiyuan Palace is not a charity that can save the entire Blackson Humans Corridor. If you can exterminate demonized puppets and save humans, you deserve to make money! Why couldn't we do that like mercenary groups? As a human corps, we will definitely disptach elite troops to kill demonized puppets for humans so as to safeguard the human barrier Kalay Mountain Range. I, on behalf of Huaiyuan Palace, declare that all the copper coins that Hurricane Corps make on the battlefield from today on will be kept and distributed freely in Hurricane Corps. You don't need to submit them to the clan."
At the beginning, those commissioned officers thought that Zhang Tie was just a merciless clan knight. After hearing Zhang Tie's declaration, most of them exchanged a glance with each other before becoming excited. Nobody disliked money, emperors, pedlars or soldiers. 'If the corps leader really issued this order, Hurricane Corps will have a "bright" future.' As for the ability to exterminate demonized puppets, of course, Hurricane Corps was much powerful than those mercenary groups. Additionally, the honor of Hurricane Corps could not be matched by common mercenary groups.
Speaking of money, the atmosphere across the conference room became different.
Zhang Tie then pointed at the red line, "This area in the south of Yuanjiang River is the base that Hurricane Corps need to safeguard now as the 3rd battlefield of Hurricane Corps. On the 3rd battlefield, Hurricane Corps should maintain the security and order of the three cities. In the adjustment of the establishment of the corps, the troops that safeguard the three cities should strengthen their fielding ability and the ability to handle emergencies!" Zhang Tie then pointed at that red line on Yuanjiang River forcefully, "This red line on Yuanjiang River is the lifeline of our corps, Huaiyuan Palace will not have Hurricane Corps be their cannon fodder. Therefore, when the vanguard of demons arrives at Yuanjiang River, it will be time for the entire Hurricane Corps to leave Waii Sub-continent for Eastern Continent by sea. Hurricane Corps will not fight demons to the end on Waii Sub-continent. Whereas, we should also try our best to fight demons. If that day really arrives, I expect to see such a scene——Over 90% of commissioned officers and fighters in the corps are still alive. Additionally, as men, none of you is regretful as you've done what you should do. Some of you grow stronger, some have more money. We all stand on ships and erect our middle fingers towards those demon b*stards and shout loudly, 'The war has just come to a start, we've not been defeated yet!'"
All the commissioned officers of Hurricane Corps immediately understood what they should do in the future.
After figuring out the three lines which were drawn by their new corps leader, everybody in Hurricane Corps knew what they should do in the future. Each commissioned officer could see the future of Hurricane Corps. Due to the holy war, Hurricane Corps would be more powerful and more cohesive. Perhaps, they would have troubles, they would not lose their lives. This was rightly what each commissioned officer and soldier of Hurricane Corps looked forward to.
With three lines, three battlefields and three tasks, the man had fixed the tone of this adjustment in the establishment of Hurricane Corps, namely, to be practical, free and intelligent.
By then, all the commissioned officers of Hurricane Corps were conquered by this new corps leader.
It was really Hurricane Corps' fortune to have such a nice corps leader from the battle force, means, intelligence and styles.
After glancing over all the commissioned officers in the conference room, Zhang Tie asked, "Is there any more question?"
All the commissioned officers then shook their heads at the same time.
"Alright, you can go to work now!" Zhang Tie waved his hands like a class monitor who had just assigned the homework, "From today on, I will always cultivate in the moving palace of corps leader. You can handle the remaining things yourselves. Remember to give me a brief report about the corps in each half months. Don't report trivial things to me!"
Of course, Hurricane Corps had its own running mechanism. Zhang Tie didn't want to waste time caring about those details. He only needed to determine the overall strategy for the corps. As a knight, the key was to improve his battle force. If he could promote to earth knight, it would be more powerful than having 10 corps. Of course, Zhang Tie would not lose the substance.
After exchanging a glance with each other, the commissioned officers of Hurricane Corps stood up and gave a solemn salute to Zhang Tie. After that, all of them left the conference room except for a major general director and a senior colonel counselor of the moving palace of the corps leader. The two commissioned officers were both chief commanders in the moving palace of the corps leader of Hurricane Corps who were directly responsible for Zhang Tie.
"Cousin, wait a second!" Zhang Tie uttered.
After throwing a glimpse at Zhang Su, all the other commissioned officers left, including the major general director and the senior colonel counselor.
Watching all the commissioned officers leaving the conference room, Zhang Su came to Zhang Tie's front in a bashful way. He didn't know what to call Zhang Tie, elder, corps leader or cousin...
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he patted Zhang Su's shoulder, "Do you believe that I could still steal food from the table before our family members start to eat at home? Do you believe that my mom could still pinch my ears and my nephew could still have a sh*t or pee on my head? Although being a knight, I'm also a human; I've also got my family members and brothers. If you keep acting in this way, I will complain to the other clan elders that you're discriminating elder!"
With a faint smile, Zhang Su finally took off his cap in a bashful way as he scratched his hair, "Honestly, if you don't utter, I will not dare speak to you!"
Zhang Tie replied with a big smile, "I returned to the old mansion last night. I had a supper and a good sleep there. After knowing that I would come to Hurricane Corps today and stay with you, the old man and all the other family members were reassured!"
Zhang Su revealed a bitter smile, "My mom must have requested you to dispatch me out of the frontline troop. She was always worried about that before. With such a good chance, she would not give it up!"
"Hahaha, son knows his mom well. Aunt has already told me about that. But I did not agree with her!"
Zhang Su became faintly stunned as Zhang Tie's reply was out of his imagination.
"I told aunt last night—— my elder brother is a righteous man, who's arrogant and unyielding. If you did this, you would destroy him. He would definitely be unhappy about what you did. However, If I did that, I was not taking care of him; instead, I was looking down upon him and would not be his brother from then on. Therefore, I can't promise you. As I'm his brother and idol and I want to continue to be his brother and idol, I won't interfere with his life in the camp, whether he was to be promoted or punished. If he fought to the death, as his brother, I will revenge for him by chopping off one demon knight's head and take it to sacrifice him!"
Zhang Su's eyes turned red at once. However, he didn't drop off tears; instead, his smile became more brilliant. He patted Zhang Tie's shoulder forcefully for three times and said, "That's my good bro!"
Zhang Tie then took out a medicament container and passed it to Zhang Su, "Take it!"
"What's this?" Zhang Su asked out of curiosity.
"I've made a lot in this rotating chakra ceremony. It contains some vials of high-performance medicament, which might be useful on the battlefield!" Zhang Tie found that Zhang Su was a bit hesitated. Zhang Tie then revealed an exaggerated look, "Are you expecting me to fight demons to death?"
"Hahaha..." Zhang Su burst out laughing as he instantly grabbed that medicament container...
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After half an hour, being accompanied by the major general director and the senior colonel counselor, Zhang Tie came to the moving palace and took a look around there.
As the moving palace of corps leader was where clan elders always lived and worked. Of course, it was not bad.
The moving palace had a very good environment. Being located in a valley, it was like a park in the encampment of Hurricane Corps.
The front part of this moving palace was where the corps leader worked while its latter part was where elders lived.
The cultivation center of elders was in an underground palace below the residence of elders. The underground palace was designed as a strict military facility, which could prevent from alchemist's bombs.
Zhang Tie was very satisfied with this environment.
After saying something to the major general director and the senior colonel counselor, Zhang Tie entered the underground palace alone.
When elders cultivated in the underground palace, the gate of the underground palace could only be opened from inside. Additionally, there was an emergency escape passage in the underground palace, which only elders knew about.
This underground palace was over 100 m in depth. It was pretty hidden. If clan elders were cultivating here, nobody could wake them up unless through the special communication means from outside during an emergency.
...
With a muffled sound "bang...", Zhang Tie closed the gate of the underground palace and locked the thick alloy gate from inside. After that, he started to look around this place carefully.
This underground palace looked very strange in a very special structure. It was a colossal round space which covered tens of thousands of sqm. It looked like the Taichi diagram of Hua people. The yang part referred to the artificial building while the yin part maintained the look of a natural underground cave. The two parts felt pretty coordinated.
On the side of the artificial building, there were a lot of rooms with different living functions. The space here was illuminated by many senior fluorescent stones on the walls. By contrast, the other side maintained a pitch-dark natural look.
There were a lot of 1.7 m-high high-end crystal columns, which were placed here from outside. Due to the crystal generators, this underground palace contained a very active energy which felt pretty comfortable. Undoubtedly, one would maintain his best state when cultivating in such an environment.
Besides those crystal columns, the ground of the other half of this underground palace was covered with sorts of plants which produced fresh oxygen without natural light. Due to the existence of those plants, the air in the underground palace was very fresh.
Two brooks with different sources and flowing directions flew by those plants. There was a shoal of red petite fish swimming in each brook jubilantly while those plants' black pine nut-shaped fruits and exotic pedals which fell into the brook became their food.
The water sources came from subterranean streams, which was drinkable. The fish was also special which was extremely picky and sensitive about their living environment. If something was wrong with the water, the fish would die firstly, sending a warning to the people who wanted to drink water. As there were two brooks, when one had a problem, the other one could be used as a substitute.
When the underground gate was closed, the living materials here was available for a clan elder to cultivate up to 50 years here.
Zhang Tie sensed the privilege as a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace once again. Such a place was luxurious for anyone who wanted to enter meditation here. Such a delicate, distinctive underground palace without any loophole in 100 m depth could not be made by common clans.
After taking a round in the underground space, Zhang Tie became completely reassured.
Zhang Tie saw 21 earth-element crystals shining a golden light on a stony table in a room of the artificial complex.
After taking one, Zhang Tie revealed a smile. He waved his hand and transferred all the earth-element crystals into Castle of Black Iron. After that, he also entered Castle of Black Iron...
Since he left for Ice and Snow Wilderness, Zhang Tie had not entered Castle of Black Iron for a long time.
'It has been over 50 days. It's time for me to enjoy the fruits of the small tree...' Zhang Tie thought.
Chapter 771: Surprises
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The area of the palace tree in Castle of Black Iron was as bright and magnificent as before. Besides, it felt natural and comfortable. Some cute beetles were running here and there on the smooth floor and cleaned the floor like automatic vacuum cleaners.
After greeting Heller, Zhang Tie couldn't wait to run to the high platform where the small tree was located.
After over 50 days, when Zhang Tie stood under the small tree once again which brought him his current achievement, he felt as warm as seeing a friend, a teacher and a relative.
'Without this small tree, I would not be able to enjoy all the current achievements. According to my previous performance in Blackhot City, without this small tree, I might still be struggling for food as a LV 4-5 small figure in the clan of Huaiyuan Palace who did a common job. Perhaps, I might have been transported to Eastern Continent by Huaiyuan Palace...as I was 23 years old. Dad, mom and elder brother must be concerned about my marriage. They must be saving money to marry me a wife. I might also be struggling for a decent life every day. My friends in Blackhot City who left a deep impression in my youthhood such as Barley the Fattie and Miss Daina might have moved to somewhere else facing the stress of living and the chaotic situation. I might not be able to see them for the rest of my life...'
'This is the lifestyle of small figures.'
'However, now I've been a knight clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace. Dad, mom and elder brother are living happily, firmly without having to concern about money. My friends, Miss Daina, those cute girls of Rose Association also have a stable and comfortable life in this chaotic world.'
Zhang Tie appreciated this small tree very much as it enabled him to live up to his life and the hope and trust of those beside him. Additionally, it enabled him to live a better life and change the fates of those commoners. Furthermore, it enabled him to experience such a brilliant life and enjoy the feelings brought by power, wealth and strength.
"If you were a person, I would live up to you for the rest of my life even if I betrayed the whole world!"
The small tree's exotic leaves waved, causing a nice sound like a breeze fondling a zither...
Besides enjoying the changes brought about by the small tree, Zhang Tie should also assume liabilities by strength and power.
When he recalled the liabilities, Zhang Tie revealed a smile. After recovering his composure, he started to glance at the fruits on the small tree.
There were 4 iron-body fruits on the small tree, which were due to the great stress and cavitation damage that he faced when he swam in the ocean. It was more than he had expected. He thought there might be 2 at most. 'It seems that the cavitation damage really has an amazing effect on strengthening my body.'
After taking 4 iron-body fruits, Zhang Tie knew that his defensive ability was further improved, which became obvious in close combat between knights.
Besides the iron-body fruits, Zhang Tie saw 8 leakless fruits, 7 of which had been ripe while the rest one was unripe.
Additionally, the most eye-catching one was the new fruit of brilliance. It was the biggest and most brilliant one that he had ever seen. It was even bigger than the fruit of brilliance which contained the knight's consciousness that he had ever gained. Additionally, this fruit was as transparent as a colorful crystal which contained flowing luster.
At the sight of this fruit of brilliance, Zhang Tie knew that it contained all the spiritual energy of that mace muling of Sacred Light Empire who was a knight, Berusken, the head of Demon Snake Island who was a LV 15 battle spirit, those roundtable warriors in the Demon Snake Island as well as hundreds of lackeys. It must contain the highest spiritual energy that Zhang Tie had ever seen.
With a growing spiritual energy, Zhang Tie's knight's consciousness would also grow stronger; additionally, Zhang Tie would make a further improvement in "mental arithmetic". The value of this fruit of brilliance was incalculable.
Zhang Tie was driven mad by this fruit.
He did not find any fruit of bloodline this time, 'It seems that the knight of Sacred Light Empire was different from the human knight who surrendered to Three-eye Association that I've killed.' Zhang Tie didn't know the reason. 'Is it because the knight of Sacred Light Empire didn't surrender to demons although being guilty or is it because that I killed a knight of Three-eye Association at the high risk although having not promoted to a knight?'
——The brave man who dares to wave the saber towards the dark. When you overcome your fear and change impossibilities into possibilities, when you create marvels in the dark, the marvels and possibilities will definitely be manifested in the bright place. This fruit of bloodline is a marvel for you as the largest reward. It could enable you to know the secrets of numerous treasures in your body and control your own fate. The prowess doesn't come from your physical strength, but from your will and your heart as a real brave man.
The description of the fruit of bloodline reappeared in Zhang Tie's mind. After thinking for a short while, Zhang Tie couldn't figure out the conditions required to form the fruit of bloodline, 'It seems that I have to kill another knight of Three-eye Association so as to verify it. Given the description, if the next knight of Three-eye Association doesn't lead to a fruit of bloodline, I'm afraid that it requires stricter conditions than that I imagined to form the fruit of bloodline. Do I need to kill an earth knight or a knight with higher levels by chance then?'
The forming conditions of the fruit of bloodline seemed to validate a law——the more powerful the fruit was, the harder it would be achieved.
Besides, there were 4 fruits of judgment on the small tree.
——Fruit of judgment; already been ripe. This fruit of judgment contains an advanced rune effect——"senior waking effect"...
——Fruit of judgment; already been ripe. This fruit of judgment contains an advanced rune effect——"senior soul-fixing effect"...
——Fruit of judgment; already been ripe. This fruit of judgment contains an advanced rune effect——"senior tracing effect"...
Three of the six god's runes that Zhang Tie mastered had advanced to senior effects. The 4th fruit of judgment was a bit different than the other three. Compared to the swarthy surface of other fruits of judgment, this one looked silver.
Zhang Tie put his hand on this fruit of judgment.
——Fruit of judgment; already been ripe. This fruit of judgment contains an advanced rune effect——"super binding effect"...
'Binding effect?' It was completely out of Zhang Tie's imagination. Previously, Zhang Tie thought that senior binding effect had already reached its limit. However, now, he could even bind LV 10 targets, not to mention LV 9; besides, his striking radius also increased to 150 cm from 75 cm. The maximal number of the binding chains that he could produce also increased from 36 to 72.
Only by using his spiritual energy could he conquer a LV 10 strong fighter silently, what a great improvement in the power of his binding skill!
At the beginning, when he was chased by a LV 10 strong fighter from Zhen Clan, he was as embarrassed as a dog in the underground space of Dragon Cave. However, he could easily conquer a LV 10 strong fighter with his super binding chain now. What a great improvement!
Additionally, the god's rune "super binding skill" also reminded Zhang Tie that he might have a higher binding effect afterward. The 6 god's runes that Zhang Tie mastered by far had greater space to improve.
'That's the best news that I've ever got!'
But soon, Zhang Tie found he was wrong as there was one better news waiting for him on the small tree.
He found a red heart-shaped fruit hiding behind some leaves on the other side of the small tree.
It was a fruit of redemption that Zhang Tie had not eaten for a long time. As it was already red, it meant that it had been ripe and Zhang Tie could taste the return brought by his benevolence and payment.
Zhang Tie put his hand on the heart-shaped fruit...
——Fruit of redemption. It contains the strength of golden uangs. Already been ripe. Usage: Pick and directly eat it. Notice: The fruit cannot be taken out of the Castle of Black Iron. After twelve hours of having been picked off the tree, its energy and vitality will gradually decline.
'Strength of golden uangs?'
'Strength of golden uangs!'
Chapter 772: Cultivation
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
At the sight of this fruit of redemption, Zhang Tie knew that Paul must have found the channel to buy and release golden uangs.
He had not imagined that Paul could do it.
If not emergencies, Zhang Tie could have had so many fruits of redemption of golden uangs 6 years ago.
Fruit of redemption of golden uangs was the earliest fruit of redemption on the small tree. Although having appeared on the small tree for so long, it grew ripe at latest.
When Zhang Tie set up Samira in Blackhot city, he gained a lot of golden uangs which were used to produce all-purpose medicament. As those golden uangs were useless to Zhang Tie, they were set free by Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie had not imagined that he could have a new powerful fruit—— Fruit of redemption due to that. Zhang Tie was also thrilled by discovering the mystery of setting free animals.
Later on, Zhang Tie bade for 4 groups of golden uangs in the auction house of Kalur City. Previously, Zhang Tie intended to set them free; pitifully, before those golden uangs arrived, the whole clan of an elder of Karol Federation Pharmacist Union, who was the supplier of golden uangs, was cleared by Three-eye Association overnight.
That elder's clan was the only one that mastered the techniques of raising golden uangs across Blackson Humans Corridor. The sudden extermination of this pharmacist's clan was a great strike to all the pharmacists who needed golden uangs to produce medicament. From then on, no golden uangs would be sold in batches across Blackson Humans Corridor. If anyone needed golden uangs, they could only capture them in the wild one after another.
Therefore, Zhang Tie's wish to taste the fruit of redemption of golden uangs was destroyed.
Until Paul settled down in Taixia did Zhang Tie start to think about having him set free golden uangs once again.
Although there was no golden uang in Blackson Humans Corridor, it didn't mean that there was no golden uang in Taixia Country either.
——After taking this fruit, Castle Lord's strength could increase by 71.5 kg.
——Golden uangs could lift an object which is 1800 times heavier than itself. Therefore, the small tree could at most produce 1800 fruits of redemption. Each fruit would activate 1/1800 of the same gene fragment in the body of Castle Lord.
——The current number of fruits of redemption——4
After skimming over the above words, Zhang Tie burst out into laughter.
Although each fruit of redemption could not increase too much strength for Zhang Tie, it was uneasy for a knight to increase 71.5 kg through normal means or secret methods in a short period. One's strength could be increased by taking some senior medicament; however, that senior medicament could only work limited times on one person. Additionally, people might become immune to the same medicament if they always took it.
By contrast, the fruit of redemption of golden uangs would not face such a problem.
The effect of 4 fruits of redemption was equal to increasing 286 kg' strength for Zhang Tie himself. Although such a bit increase in strength was trivial for a knight, if he ate the next 1796 fruits of redemption one after another, he would make a stable improvement in his strength along with his battle force.
Zhang Tie felt that all of his cells were so excited as if they were going to sing a song.
Zhang then hummed.
"When the sun rises, I go up the mountain"
"When I reach the top, I want to sing"
"My song drifts to my younger sister"
"She giggles all the way"
"All blossoms in the spring"
"My younger sister and I, hand in hand"
"When we come to the top of the mountain"
"We see red azalea all over"
" Yohoyohoyo 1 "
" Lang li ge lang 2 ..."
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As he sang, Zhang Tie picked a leakless fruit and bit it. With full fragrance in the mouth, he continued to hum.
This leakless fruit turned into an extremely pure energy and flew into the hot sun in the void of Zhang Tie's qi sea, adding a bit more heat to the hot sun...
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Two days later, with a faint smile and a deeper look, Zhang Tie reappeared in the underground palace.
Zhang Tie then directly came to a cultivating room in the underground palace and took out the elements gathering tower and earth-element crystals from Castle of Black Iron before starting the cultivation of his 2nd chakra.
Earth-element crystal was like a crystal peak completely composed of earth elements in elements realm. It was surrounded by all sorts of gleaming geometrical element crystals.
In different sizes, some crystals flew as rapid as meteors, some were doing an irregular Brownian movement like how fine particles always did.
This was a vast ocean of elements.
Four elements annihilated and came into being constantly.
At this moment, a huge hand composed of Zhang Tie's spiritual energy appeared in the elements' realm and started to tightly grab the earth elements above that crystal peak one after another; after that, it returned to the material world and threw those yellow crystals into that huge rotating millstone-shaped chakra...
That huge knight's chakra kept devouring, grinding and converting the yellow crystals to the purest energy of earth elements and transmitted them into the second chakra of Zhang Tie.
At the same time, another hand gradually came into being and started to chase those distributed earth element crystals in the material realm.
The two hands just did their own jobs respectively in the elements' realm and the material's realm like being controlled by two people at the same time.
If other knights caught sight of this, they would be dumbfounded. According to common sense, each knight could only form one hand of all of their spiritual energy. Actually, what knights could "see" in elements realm were the senses of that hand of spiritual energy in elements realm. It was easy for people to use their hands in the reality; however, in elements realm, unless having extremely powerful spiritual energy, nobody could control two hands of spiritual energy to capture the elements in the elements realm at the same time.
What happened next would make the other knights even more amazed.
Because when the 2 hands of spiritual energy were working independently, the 3rd hand gradually came into being and started to catch those earth elements.
Only after a few minutes, the 4th hand of spiritual energy came into being...
The 4 hands had distinctive jobs. One of them was carrying that fixed crystal peak, the other 3 were traveling freely in the elements realm and capturing those yellow crystals. Occasionally, the 3 hands of spiritual energy would coordinate with each other and capture those yellow crystals like how hounds captured rabbits...
Zhang Tie's cultivating efficiency was 4 times than that of common knights...
He kept cultivating in this state in the underground palace...
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On December 23rd, soon after the Winter Solstice, the yang qi started to rise from the ground while the yin qi started to descend from the sky.
On this day, the last batch of Hua people of Huaiyuan Prefecture had left Waii Sub-continent. Meanwhile, Huaiyuan Palace returned to Taixia Country formally.
Due to the wuthering north wind, the waves in the open waters of Yiyang Harbor were surging, which appeared insignificant in front of those million-ton passenger liners coming from Taixia Country.
It was a bit solemn in Yiyang Harbor as soldiers of Hurricane Corps filled the harbor.
Elder Muen and Elder Muyu were standing at the prow of a million-ton passenger liner and watching the Yiyang Mountain in the distance with an intricate, reminiscent look.
Elder Muray and Elder Muan had left with two earlier fleets in November in advance. This was the last fleet, which was escorted by Elder Muen and Elder Muyu.
Over 100 trucks drove out of Huaiyuan City and entered the huge warehouse of a huge passenger liner and disappeared. After that, the hatch of the entrance of the warehouse gradually closed.
After these trucks entered the huge passenger liner, nobody could be seen across the dock except for those soldiers of Hurricane Corps.
"If I knew that I'd feel so reminiscent to leave, I should have gone in November on behalf of Elder Muray. It feels so intricate!" Elder Muyu let out a sigh.
"Nothing to be reminiscent of. Elder Mushen said he believed that Huaiyuan Palace would have a bright future and new knights would complete their rotating chakra ceremonies in the Shrine Palace of Huaiyuan Palace one after another!" Elder Muen smiled.
"Yes, it seems that Elder Mushen didn't come here today..." Elder Muyu asked.
"He's been to Hurricane Corps last month. He held a conference for those commissioned officers and drew three lines on the map. After that, he has been cultivating in the underground palace of the base of Hurricane Corps till now!" Elder Muen said with full of admiration. 'A young knight who can calm down and seek for the truth in his heyday after holding his rotating chakra ceremony for 7 days while ignoring sex, power and wealth is qualified to be a clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace. Compared to this, it's nothing even if Elder Mushen didn't come here today! With such a person in Huaiyuan Prefecture, it's the best farewell for everyone else.'
"Hoho, I remember that after my rotating chakra ceremony, I kept drinking and making love with 10 women for 3 months. I released all of my depression that had been accumulated in the dozens of years' lonely cultivation. By contrast, Elder Mushen is indeed much better than me!" Elder Muyu also sighed.
After promoting to knights, these clan elders had been used to drinking and sex. As they had experienced too much of that, they disliked it. They felt that drinking tea and listening to the wind sounds much easier...
"People become knights due to reasons!" Elder Muen revealed the proverb in the knight's world. After that, he looked at Yiyang City in the distance and said, "Let's go. Just leave this place to youngsters..."
"I can't wait to see the look of Elder Mushen when he returns to Youzhou Province of Taixia Country!"
The two elders smiled at each other before returning to the cabin.
Half an hour later, the fleet left...
One hour later, the three new garrisons armies under Hurricane Corps took over Yiyang City, Stars Viewing City and Golden Sea City.
Zhang Tie's age arrived at the southernmost corner of Waii Sub-continent...
Chapter 773: Shocking Strategies
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
After a long time, Zhang Tie finally opened his eyes.
Watching the earth-element crystal which had completely lost its golden luster and revealed its milky color. Zhang Tie faintly shook his head and forced a bitter smile. After that, he put that useless crystal on the table.
There were 7 rows of earth-element crystals on the table, 3 ones in a row. As of now, all the earth-element crystals had become as milky as that one in Zhang Tie's hand while all the pure earth elements in this crystals had been used up. These milky earth-element crystals were as useless as empty bottles.
Zhang Tie looked at the clock on the wall.
——December 29.
'I've practiced 45 days in the underground palace at the cost of 21 earth-element crystals. I've only used 1/4 of my full ability to withdraw the earth element from the crystals. If I had exerted my full effort, I would have used up 21 earth-element crystals in just 2 weeks.'
Through this cultivation, Zhang Tie completely understood how painstaking and distant it was to form his second chakra.
After taking that fruit of brilliance which increased his spiritual energy by two times, Zhang Tie could make 4 hands in the elements realm to capture earth-element crystals at the same time. That was to say, his cultivation speed was 3 times higher than that of common knights. Even now, he had just lit 1/6 of the first scale of his second chakra.
Zhang Tie estimated that it would take him at least 11 months to promote to the 2nd scale of the second chakra if he kept cultivating in the current state without the help of earth-element crystals.
'It means that it will take me 330 years of painstaking cultivation to form the second chakra according to "King Roc Sutra" based on the current state.
'This is the benefit of being able to use 4 "hands" at the same time. If I stuck to cultivate by one "hand", I would not be able to light 100 scales for 500 years, not to mention that I could only live 400 years as a black iron knight.'
It was very difficult for black iron knights to form their second chakra. It was a very long trip. Additionally, the second chakra had very complex patterns according to the Emperor-class "King Roc Sutra", which made it many times more difficult than forming the second chakra according to other sutras.
It would take him more than 330 years to promote to earth knight by only using one "hand". Zhang Tie became completely disappointed about this. He knew that people didn't cultivate so painstakingly in the far-ancient brilliant human civilization. 'In that age, there must be many methods that people could use to cultivate at a fast speed. With abundant high-quality earth-element crystals, higher-performance elements-gathering matrix and more secret cultivation methods, knight cultivators would be able to improve their realm to a higher level in that age; otherwise, "King Roc Sutra" and "Breaking Sun Sutra" would not be left.
However, in this age, the resources that could enable knights to accelerate their cultivation speed became scarcer. Therefore, knights had to seek and monopoly more resources so as to accelerate the formation of their chakras. Otherwise, most of the knights could not promote to earth knights in their whole lives.
When the younger generations imitated their predecessors, they could not reach their targets as easily as that of their predecessors due to the changing cultivation environment.
After getting off the bed, Zhang Tie came to an open land outside the room and finished one set of an iron-blood fist in a slowly and solemnly way so as to relax his limbs.
However, his iron-blood fist entered an utterly different realm than before. It had turned mild after reaching yang and rigidity. However, a terrifying power was hidden in the mild movements. Although he moved slowly, he could make the air in the entire underground palace move, arising small cyclones one after another beside him. Like swirls caused by ocean currents, those cyclones appeared and disappeared from time and then.
As Zhang Tie moved with his fist intention, he was considering about his cultivation means in the future and carding the achievements and gnosis of this cultivation.
At this moment, Zhang Tie clearly knew about the problems facing him and the corresponding solutions. 'As of now, the most effective way to accelerate my cultivation speed was earth-element crystals. As long as I could gain sufficient high-quality earth-element crystals, I could accelerate my cultivating speed to form the second chakra. However, an earth-element crystal is a rarity, it's already a bounty gift for Norman Empire to present 20 earth-element crystals to him in the rotating chakra ceremony. Each clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace could have 4 earth-element crystals per year. It's far from enough.'
'It seems that I have to concern more about earth-element crystals from then on.' Zhang Tie murmured.
'Besides earth-element crystals, the second method to accelerate my cultivation speed is to form as more "hands" as possible in the elements realm. At present, I've already been able to form 4 "hands" at the same time. It benefits from my long-term practice. It seems that it will take me a bit longer time to form the 5th one.'
'Finally, I could only improve my cultivation speed by other items such as elements gathering matrix or other unknown secret methods. There are some information about trading these items in Mountain of Brightness. However, the trading sites are mainly in Eastern Continent and Western Continent. They are face-to-face trades between knights. There's no trading information in the remote place such as Waii Sub-continent in Mountain of Brightness. Additionally, over 70% of the traders are exchanging for earth-element crystals. Earth-element crystal seems to become a hard currency among black iron knights. Few items could be bought by golds. As of now, besides elements gathering matrix, I don't have anything valuable to exchange for earth-element crystals.'
'As Three-eye Association and demons could bribe human knights, they should have got some good things.'
Zhang Tie suddenly recalled the equipment and medicament from the knight of Three-eye Association whom he had killed...
All in a sudden, a killing intent appeared in his punches...
After relaxing his limbs, he made his qi and blood active once again. Meanwhile, he had a clearer framework on his cultivation in the future. After that, Zhang Tie flicked his clothes for a couple of times and walked out of the underground palace.
The moment he opened the gate of the underground palace, the bodyguards outside the gate had known that; therefore, when Zhang Tie returned to the ground, he saw the director of the moving palace of corps leader.
The sun had just set while it was a bit cloudy. It was chillier than when he entered the underground palace.
When the director watched Zhang Tie once again after over 1 month, he felt Elder Mushen was more profound than before, especially his eyes which seemed to penetrate through everything. This was mainly because that Zhang Tie's spiritual energy had surged after taking the fruit of brilliance. Of course, other fruits also contributed to Zhang Tie's qi field. However, that director thought that it was due to Zhang Tie's cultivation. Therefore, he treated Zhang Tie more respectfully.
"Is everything going smooth?" Zhang Tie asked.
"Yes!" The director replied as he passed three brief reports to Zhang Tie.
After taking them, Zhang Tie spent less than 20 seconds in skimming over the 3 brief reports.
In fact, only two major events happened in Hurricane Corps during the past 45 days——Hurricane Corps have divided into three-level combat troops; the subordinate army of Hurricane Corps started to enter the three cities and take over the city defense and security of the three cities.
"After the lantern festival, dispatch the first batch of an elite troop to Kalay Mountain Range to prepare for the battle in the future!" Zhang Tie fixed the time for the batch of fighters above LV 9 to enter Kalay Mountain Range.
After adjusting the establishment, on the premise of not influencing the battle forces of the other troops, only 418 fighters in Hurricane Corps were between LV 9 and LV 13. These fighters would form the elite special operations brigade of Hurricane Corps. The brigade was further divided into 3 squads, who were responsible for the battle in the theater of operations Kalay Mountain Range.
Zhang Tie sighed inside, 'The number of fighters between LV 9 and LV 13 in the entire Hurricane Corps only equals to two battalions of the demon corps. What a great disparity in strength! Only when the strength of all the countries across Waii Sub-continent unites with each other can they barely defeat the demon corps. Otherwise, no human corps could defeat the demon corps.'
For these fighters, they would face a fierce battle in Kalay Mountain Range in the future.
The director jostled down Zhang Tie's order.
"Additionally, the maneuver teams who receive battle tasks should make financial statements every season independently. The fighters of the maneuver teams should be paid in terms of 5 times that of the average compensation of the mercenaries of the major mercenary groups in Armes. Now that you're making money privately, show me some performance. If one maneuver team suffers a loss for consecutive 2 months, I will lay off the commander and replace him with an able man!"
Zhang Tie instructed as he walked. The director kept jostling down Zhang Tie's words on his side.
"Distribute my order to the garrisons, from next January 1st, in the three cities of Huaiyuan Palace, any person who traffick humans, kill slaves, force women to be prostitutes, rape women, plunder others' properties should be punished with the death penalty. Any officer who colludes with businessmen should be punished to swallow gold coins which equates to the value of the properties that he received illegally. If the gold-eater doesn't die, he's free. Otherwise, all the properties of his whole family will be confiscated. Thieves' fingers should be cut off; defrauders' ears should be cut off. All those who violate the laws should be punished twice the severity of Huaiyuan Palace! Additionally, the Department of the Military Law and the Moving Palace of Corps Leader should find an itinerant military court so as to supervise the disciplines of the garrisons in the three cities. All the judgments and cases should be released on paper. I should see all the second instance cases on bulletins. If the garrisons severely disturb the residents or violate disciplines, call the head of the garrisons to interpret it to me in the moving palace."
The three orders were full of killing intent, especially the collusion between officers and businessmen. It was a way of committing suicide by swallowing golds. When gold entered one's mouth, it would penetrate through one's intestines. If the officers swallowed the golds they were bribed, they would have a disaster. If they took more than 10 gold coins from businessmen illegally, they would hardly survive themselves. This was equal to draw a line between officers and businessmen, which was used to differentiate between normal trades and taking bribes. Those who dared take bribes had to consider whether could they hold that illegal income into their stomach in advance.
The itinerant military court would pay special attention to second instance cases. As a sword of Damocles above the heads of all the soldiers and commissioned officers of Hurricane Corps, it could punish anyone who dared violate the laws.
Zhang Tie, who was born in a common family of Blackhot City, clearly knew how hard small figures lives were. When they ran a rice brew store in Blackhot City, a taxman came to ask for a bride from them. Although that taxman was just a small figure in Blackhot City, he made Zhang Tie's dad and mom sorrowful every day and almost made the rice brew store wind up. Later on, after Zhang Tie's elder brother joined the city guards of Blackhot City, he found some friends to give that taxman a lesson. From then on, the taxman became a good man...
At that time, as the holy war had not broken out, Blackhot City was still peaceful. However, even in such a peaceful environment, small grassroots could still not be able to survive themselves. By contrast, in such a chaotic world, numerous small figures were wondering here and there to survive themselves. Those commoners who came to Huaiyuan Prefecture from other places might be killed by some swashbuckling b*stards or corrupt officers and illegal businessmen at any time.
However, Zhang Tie felt like living up to his so many years of life in Blackhot City and his title as a knight by using such shocking means to deter the bad guys and protect the underprivileged ones.
Chapter 774: Motherliness
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
As a clan knight, Zhang Tie could enjoy as good resources and services as emperors in the camp.
On the same evening, since he left the underground palace and lived in the temporary palace of corps leader, Zhang Tie had genuinely enjoyed the quality resources and services.
Almost when Zhang Tie entered his residence, a lot of people had been swarming up and serving him effectively and precisely.
Zhang Tie's dinner was strictly matched with all sorts of nutritions and medicinal food according to his physical state after a long-term enclosed cultivation. The staple food of the dinner was an assorted millet congee plus over 10 medicinal dishes. Although they all tasted mild, each of them was in chef class. This supper met well the standards of color, flavor and taste.
After supper, Zhang Tie felt that his tiredness had faded away.
He then took a walk in the tranquil garden of his temporary palace for half an hour before returning to his residence.
There was a hot spring bathroom in the residence. The hot spring came from underground. After being processed specially, it was added with some valuable, special medicines. Finally, it was injected into the crystal bathtub at a proper temperature.
After taking a comfortable hot spring bath, Zhang Tie entered the comfortable hot lounge beside the bathroom. At this moment, two beautiful masseuses in tutu appeared. They then started to provide special maintenance and massage for Zhang Tie physically and spiritually.
When the two beautiful masseuses touched Zhang Tie by fingers, they started to release utterly different special battle qis so as to provide a better massage and maintenance on Zhang Tie's body. Zhang Tie knew that these pair of beautiful masseuses must have been trained at a high cost.
Those who could release battle qi must be above LV 6. Additionally, the two masseuses both had top looks. What was more was that when Zhang Tie saw them, he knew that this pair of twins were still virgins. It was not easy to train this pair of trains into senior masseuses only with money.
One battle qi had the attribute of water while the other had the attribute of wood. Both battle qis were extremely mild. They should be relatively unpopular, auxiliary battle qis. Zhang Tie had not heard about these battle qis before.
Although auxiliary battle qis could not be used in the battle; they could play other effects. The combination of the two battle qis and the massage techniques could solidify one's essence and cultivation base. That was definitely a supreme treatment.
"What are your names?"
Zhang Tie asked the two beauties while lying on his stomach.
"I'm Aimei!"
"I'm Aixue!"
The two beauties replied quickly with sweet voices.
Aimei used wood-attribute auxiliary battle qi; Aixue used water-attribute auxiliary battle qi.
"Which one is elder?"
"I am!" Aimei answered.
"Where are your family members?"
"We have been orphans since we were young. We lived in Fubo City in the beginning. When we were 9 years old, our parents passed away due to an accident. Huaiyuan Palace then took us in and imparted techniques to us. We left the training center and were dispatched to the temporary palace of the corps leader to serve you one week ago. According to our master, our senior sister apprentices were all on the sides of other elders. It's the great honor for my elder sister and I to serve Elder Mushen." Aixue replied.
Aixue, as the younger sister, was more clever. In her reply, she had clarified two meanings: first, we're innocent; second, we're still virgins.
As she replied, Aixue started to rub the place between Zhang Tie's shoulders and neck. Due to the special technique, Zhang Tie felt so pleasant and comfortable that he almost hummed.
The whole process lasted about 2 hours. After the massage and maintenance, Zhang Tie felt that he had become wholly new.
Even though Zhang Tie was against them in naked body, he still didn't do anything to them. However, after doing that, Aimei and Aixue blushed with sweet drops on their faces. They looked a bit fatigued.
'Although people should cultivate, they need to relax themselves. After all, it would take me at least 300 years to form the earth chakra. If I was always busy cultivating, I might be driven lunatic before forming the earth chakra'.
It was reasonable for clan elders to relax themselves. Additionally, this was the experience of numerous predecessors.
Therefore, Zhang Tie just did as the Romans did.
In the evening, Zhang Tie threw himself onto the bed and had a sound sleep. He got up on the next morning around 10 am.
After getting up, Zhang Tie cleansed himself and ate something. Finally, he selected a set of relatively common clothes and left the encampment of Hurricane Corps by a car.
Zhang Tie told Zhang Long to park in a remote place being not far from Stars Viewing City. When there was nobody nearby, he got off the car and told Zhang Long to drive back. After that, he strode towards Stars Viewing City.
All the people in Huaiyuan Prefecture knew that Zhang Clan had a young elder. However, few people had seen him, especially for commoners. Even most of the common soldiers of Hurricane Corps had not seen their corps leader.
Zhang Tie was not afraid of being recognized by others.
In the period of enclosed cultivation, Zhang Tie had contacted his elder brother once.
All the family members of Zhang Clan knew that Zhang Tie had become a clan elder. In Zhang Yang's words, everybody felt like dreaming when they heard this news. Even though this news was told by Elder Muyuan. It still took Zhang family 1 week to accept this fact.
After knowing that Zhang Tie became the clan elder, Zhang Tie's mom instantly told Zhang Yang to let Zhang Tie do the good as more as possible. Zhang Tie's mom was not happy but worried about Zhang Tie when she heard the news that Zhang Tie became a clan elder. In the eyes of Zhang Tie's mom, if one didn't have good merits, one would never take a high position for a long time. Those who didn't have good merits would face a miserable outcome even if they took the position temporarily. If one wanted to accumulate his merits and gain the respect of everything else, he had to do the good and save people.
Zhang Tie's mom and dad even swore to not eat meat from then on for the safety of Zhang Tie. During this period, Zhang Tie's mom and dad took out the private money that they had accumulated these years and started to provide free porridge to poor and refugees in Fuhai City, Yingzhou Province, Taixia Country together with Linda, Beverly and Fiona so as to accumulate merits for Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie's mom even told Zhang Yang to warn Zhang Tie that he could never do immoral affairs as a clan elder. Additionally, she told Zhang Tie to provide free porridge to the poor in Huaiyuan Prefecture...
After knowing what his mom and dad were doing for the sake of his safety, Zhang Tie burst out into tears in the underground palace...
Chapter 775: The Liaison
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
As tomorrow was the day before the new year, no store would run anymore. Today was almost the most boisterous day before the new year in Stars Viewing City. There were many shops that offered a variety of discounts to attract customers to spend.
Even though the holy war was ongoing and many people were suffering pains, people in this place which was far away from the battlefields had forgotten about the holy war today.
In the Stars Viewing City, people came and went. Zhang Tie was not eye-catching among them at all.
Previously, there were mainly immigrants in Stars Viewing City; although, the number of Hua people still accounted for 80% of the total population in this city. However, the demographic structure in this city had already reversed today. As a lot of Hua people were leaving and more outsiders were pouring in, the number of Hua people in this city was less than 1/5 of the total population now. As to those Hua people who stayed here, some of them had been used to live in this city and didn't want to leave here for the time being; some of them were dispatched here by companies or wanted to seek for a fortune here; some of them were escaped from Northern region of Waii Sub-continent and came here; the last kind was those from large business groups or major clans who could leave out of here whenever they wanted but chose to stay here for the time being due to various reasons.
The last kind of people didn't require others' concern, but the first three kinds had to abide their own destiny. Actually, huge ships left the harbor of Yiyang City for Eastern Continent every day. Hua people could enjoy 40% off. Even though Hua families with financial problems could afford a ticket after a couple of years' work here. However, if they didn't want to leave, they had to be left to God's mercy.
In a chaotic world, when everyone was struggling for survival, nobody could control their own destinies.
Walking in the Stars Viewing City, Zhang Tie suddenly felt like coming back to Blackhot City. When he was in Blackhot City, the streets in Blackhot City would always be boisterous on this day every year.
Those refugees who had just poured in Stars Viewing City were easily identified, as those people were incongruous with such a festival atmosphere. They always stayed alone, in a couple or with their family members while lifting heavily worn suitcases in half-new clothes. Meanwhile, they explored this strange city with vigilant and careful eyes. They looked a bit restless and faintly helpless. Whenever their kids passed by the bakeries or restaurants, they would always gaze at the items through the windows. Adults would always wander nearby those low-end inns so as to compare the prices one after another. They would pay special attention to the ads about house renting and jobs in the streets. When the patrolling soldiers of Hurricane Corps passed by, these people would become especially intense as they would stay far away from them. Those little girls and female family members among them would directly lower their heads in case of direct eye contact with them...
These refugees had become very vigilant due to the displaced life. After coming to a new place, they all looked like flurried birds and felt full of crisis.
"Papa, I'm hungry. I've not eaten food for a whole day..." A 7-year old little girl with brown hair stood still outside the showcase of a noodle shop. Raising her poor, petite face, she was watching a couple at the 30s who were lifting simple suitcases which were made of canes while widening her bright eyes on the thin face.
Her eyes were full of earnest hopes.
After exchanging a glance with each other, the couple looked pretty sad and helpless.
"I hid a necklace in the suitcase..." The woman whispered to the man.
"No, keep it. We don't need it right now..." The man replied as he cradled the little girl hardly, "Wait a moment baby, papa will find food for you when we settle down..."
Finally, with tears in her eyes, the little girl was taken away from the door of the noodle shop.
When he remembered what his mom required him to do, Zhang Tie sighed faintly as he paced up.
10 minutes later, Zhang Tie appeared at the gate of Golden Roc Bank in Stars Viewing City. After looking up at the symbol of 4-wing gold roc on the stages, Zhang Tie walked inside directly.
Golden Rock Bank was always magnificent wherever it was.
"Welcome!" Two beautiful clerks in business-wear in the hall of Golden Roc Bank bowed deeply towards Zhang Tie.
"Sir, what can I do for you?" The female clerk on the left asked him.
Zhang Tie directly took out a plate which represented that he was a senior customer of Golden Roc Bank and showed it to the female clerk, "Take me to your manager!"
Watching that symbol of a platinum customer in Zhang Tie's hand, the two female clerks became dumbfounded. They immediately fetched here their superior, the lobby manager.
After throwing a glance at the plate in Zhang Tie's hand, the lobby manager became much more respectful. The lobby manager led Zhang Tie to the internal region of the bank through the VIP tunnel on one side of the gate and invited Zhang Tie to wait for a second in a tranquil parlor. After that, he went to call the bank manager.
Zhang Tie's face gradually turned weird...
The perception of a knight was so powerful. Even if he didn't want to know what was happening, as long as he released his spiritual energy, he would know it for sure.
According to Zhang Tie's perception, what was happening in an office over 40 m away from here was almost like as if it was happening right in front of his eyes. "Damn it!" Zhang Tie swore.
After waiting in the parlor for less than 3 minutes, the door was pushed open. After that, Donder in a different dress entered in a noble way with a red face.
At the sight of Zhang Tie, Donder's eyes gleamed. Closely after that, he locked the door from inside.
"I thought you brat wanted to leave me here forever." Donder directly threw himself onto the sofa on the opposite of Zhang Tie. He even complained, "This position is much more carefree than when I opened the grocery store before. I feel that I'm like a eunuch, who's waiting for your order at any time. I just wait here for you day after day. I've not imagined that you could cultivate for over 1 month!"
'F*ck, this j*rk!' Zhang Tie glared at Donder with a despised look, "Alright, don't disguise in front of me. Do you think that I don't know what you were doing in your office just now? Do you think that knights are nuts? You've not even pulled on the zipper of your trousers. If eunuchs really looked like you, the one who castrated you should be killed together with all of his family members and relatives!"
Donder lowered his head and found the zipper was indeed not pulled on yet. With an embarrassed look, he hurriedly pulled it on. Righ then, he realized that something was wrong. He raised his head right away and looked at Zhang Tie with an amazed expression, "The walls of this room and my office are specially designed. As long as the door is closed, nobody can hear what is happening inside. F*ck, are you a human or something else? How could you hear that from here?"
After taking that fruit of brilliance, Zhang Tie's knight's consciousness reached a new high. If it was before, Zhang Tie might not have such a sensitive sense. However, it was not a problem for him now. Whereas, Zhang Tie didn't need to explain it to Donder.
"You will understand it when you promote to a knight!" Zhang Tie answered obscurely. After that, he left alone the "part-time hobby" of Donder; instead, he took out a small piece of information crystal and threw it to Donder.
"What's this?' Donder asked with a curious look.
"You will know it when you inject your spiritual energy in it!"
The information crystal contained the blueprints of the buildings in the capital city of the Sacred Iceland Kingdom designed by Agan. If that information were restored on papers, the papers would fill a big wardrobe. However, it became portable in the information crystal.
In this age, all the senior, rare information were stored in such expensive information crystals. Like those secret books, such building blueprints of the capital city of Sacred Iceland Kingdom were qualified to be stored in such expensive crystals.
Zhang Tie had read those blueprints and was shocked by the design. In one sentence of Zhang Tie, 'It's like I've not known the talents of the three slaves in Castle of Black Iron at all. ' When Zhang Tie recalled how he had them work like common farmers for him before, he felt guilty. It was like having a great beauty carry bricks in an illegal kiln or having a knight knock stones in a quarry. As it was extremely wasteful, it became shameless and guilty.
'Thanks to Heller's warning, I stopped the shameless and guilty deed.'
After injecting his spiritual energy into that piece of crystal, Donder slowly widened his mouth...
Chapter 776: The Mysterious Suitcase
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"Is...this the complete planning and design of the entire capital city of Sacred Iceland Kingdom?' Donder asked with an unbelievable tone.
"Hmm!" Zhang Tie nodded, "My major goal here is to hand it to you. You can have someone carry it to Ice and Snow Wilderness through the channel of Golden Roc Bank and tell them to start building according to this plan!"
Donder let out a sigh before saying with an amazed look, "Huaiyuan Palace really have great talents. I've not imagined that they could present such a complete urban planning design so fast. It seems that you're not living bad in Huaiyuan Palace!"
Realizing that Donder mistook this as the masterpiece of Huaiyuan Palace, Zhang Tie revealed a faint smile, 'if everyone could think like Donder, I wouldn't need to explain it to them one after another.'
"Can Gold Power Law get earth-element crystals?" Zhang Tie watched Donder with a serious look. If he could get earth-element crystals from Gold Power Law, he would have one more channel for earth-element crystals so as to improve his cultivation speed.
"Earth-element crystals?" Donder became serious, "It's impossible for Gold Power Law to not have a channel to get earth-element crystals. However, as earth-element crystals are of great importance to knights, you couldn't get as many as you want. As the hidden god CEO of Golden Roc Bank, you have the access to buy some earth-element crystals every year through Gold Power Law!"
"How many?"
"Discounted price, 100,000 gold coins for one, you can get four per year!"
"Can I buy some more?"
"Unless you promote to a higher class in Gold Power Law. When you become a hidden copper lord, you will have the access to 8 earth-element crystals per year!"
'4? It's the same as that provided by Huaiyuan Palace to its clan elders per year.' However, such a small number of earth-element crystals was far less enough for forming the second earth chakra of Zhang Tie. However, it was better than nothing.
As to the hidden copper lord, Zhang Tie shook his head. Based on his current position and contribution to Gold Power Law, it would take him at least 10 years to promote to a hidden copper lord.
Zhang Tie sighed helplessly, "Erm, I will buy the 4 earth-element crystals of this year first. Later on, you can directly have people deduct the payment from my account in Golden Roc Bank every year!"
"Well, but you need to wait for a period. After the order is delivered, it will take us three months to transport those earth-element crystals to Huaiyuan Prefecture from Eastern Continent!"
"Alright, I will wait!" Zhang Tie shrugged.
Donder watched Zhang Tie with full emotions...
"I do not owe you, right? Why do you watch me that way?" Zhang Tie felt goosebumps all over.
"When in Blackhot City, have you imagined that you will spend 100,000 gold coins on one earth-element crystal as easy as buying a radish? Have you imagined that you could spend hundreds of thousands of gold coins without a blink? When I told you that I'd tasted a cup of tea at the price of a couple of gold coins, you treated that as a joke and brag back then!"
Zhang Tie was also moved when he recalled what Donder told him at Blackhot City.
'When in Blackhot City, my parents found that I was just a commoner; therefore, they spent a lot to request the local chamber of commerce of Hua people to find a part-time job for me in a grocery store so that I could survive myself and broaden my vision. Due to such a reason, I met Donder. Besides the part-time job in the grocery store, I worked as a human flesh sandbag in Iron Thorns Fighting Club only for some silver coins. Being stimulated by young hormones, I wanted to hook-up a training beauty partner in the fighting club. However, I was despised by her. What a miserable puberty...'
'Except for the warmth brought by my family members, the only warm memory in my puberty was those kids' innocent smiles when I sent rice or millet gruel to the orphanage of Grandma Teressa. When those kids swarmed up for food like a pack of petite dogs or kitties, I felt pretty distressed...'
After being silent for quite a while, Zhang Tie let out a sigh. He then opened his mouth while watching Donder, "Don't you feel bored now? How about doing a job for me?"
Donder became vigilant at once as he watched Zhang Tie and asked with a cunning look, "Go ahead!"
"After knowing that I've become a clan elder, my parents are not reassured about me. They want me to accumulate merits in Huaiyuan Prefecture by providing free porridge to refugees and poor ones here. After a deep consideration, I think you can do it well!"
"Ahh? Why not have those people in Huaiyuan Palace do it for you?"
"If I issued the order in Huaiyuan Palace, nobody in Huaiyuan Palace would take one copper coin from me for it?" Zhang Tie sighed, "But my mom says, I have to use my own money to do merits. I should not use the money of Huaiyuan Palace with my power. That's what my mom warned me about. Do you know what she told my elder brother? She was worried that I did not have enough money. She even told my elder brother that if I did not have enough money to provide free porridge to the refugees and poor ones, she would mail the private money of her and my dad to me so that I could do more merits here!"
Donder was dumbfounded, 'Zhang Tie's parents would never know how rich was Zhang Tie. In the north waters alone, this guy has got 300 million gold coins by tricks. After deducting the 90 million gold coins which were used to build the Sacred Iceland Kingdom from it, there are still over 200 million gold coins. Now, all these money are in his account of Golden Roc Bank. Golden Roc Bank makes a financial management for this guy and enables this guy to enjoy 18 million gold coins' interest each year. It indicates that this guy could make 50,000 gold coins a day without having to do anything. Without this interest, he could also enjoy over 1 million gold coins from Huaiyuan Palace as a clan elder. How could Zhang Tie's parents still worry that this guy is poor? What a pathetic parents' heart!'
"What do you want me to do?" Donder asked.
"I will give you 50,000 gold coins a year. You can employ some female servants who escaped to Huaiyuan Palace and open some porridge provision centers in the three cities. Just deliver porridge, dried dishes, steam buns and bread to those hungry people two times a day!"
After deducting the cost for employees and operation, only 25,000 gold coins could be turned into food. It could barely survive the poorest people in the 3 cities. Zhang Tie had calculated it carefully. If he provided less money, some people would be starved to death; if he provided more money, some people would do nothing else but rely on the porridge.
Based on Donder's shrewd temperament, Zhang Tie knew that such a charity fund would definitely play its greatest role.
"Well, I will do some merits together with you. We're on the same line, though!" Donder knew that Zhang Tie treated him as his family member. Therefore, Donder felt warm inside, "How long will you stick to it?"
"Until the demon's vanguard arrive at the north bank of Yuanjiang River!"
Donder became a bit stunned before revealing a bitter smile, 'This is indeed the style of a new rich. Actually, 50,000 gold coins mean nothing for Zhang Tie.'
...
After a couple of minutes, Zhang Tie left Golden Roc Bank.
After leaving Golden Roc Bank, Zhang Tie took a round in Stars Viewing City. He then bought a suitcase from a store. After that, he came to a relatively remote clothing store. He spent one gold coin in buying a lot of extremely common clothes which didn't fit his current figure and put them into his suitcase. After that, he left Stars Viewing City with that huge suitcase and returned to the encampment of Hurricane Corps.
Watching Zhang Tie coming back with a suitcase alone, those people in the temporary palace thought Zhang Tie had gone for a "shopping spree" in Stars Viewing City with extremely odd looks.
As a clan elder, he only needed to open his mouth for whatever he wanted. He didn't need to buy items himself at all. However, Zhang Tie came back with a bulged suitcase.
Nobody knew what was inside the suitcase.
Although being curious, nobody dared ask.
Before the arrival of the new year, the items in the suitcase of corps leader became the hot topic of those high-level commissioned officers of Hurricane Corps.
Some guessed that it was a mysterious, sharp weapon; some guessed it contained a lot of senior secret books; some guessed it contained senior medicaments. All the guesses were based on a presumption that was silently adopted by everyone——The items inside the suitcase must be available to knights.
Nobody could imagine that the suitcase contained a lot of improper clothes which were bought at discounted prices.
Even though they were curious about that, nobody dared make an investigation in the Stars Viewing City——it was nothing different than committing suicide by privately investigating the trace of the clan elder or the corps leader.
Chapter 777: The Eve before the New Year
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
During the 45 days when Zhang Tie cultivated in the underground palace, Colonel Leibnitz was dispatched by Filis the crown prince of Norman Empire to invite Zhang Tie to visit Taian City twice. However, he was refused by Zhang Tie's director in the temporary palace for consecutive two times.
On December 31st, Zhang Tie sent people to fetch Colonel Leibnitz and paid a return visit to Filis the crown prince of Norman Empire together with Colonel Leibnitz.
Zhang Tie's arrival made Filis thrilled. They had a lunch together.
This was the second time for both parties to meet alone, which made the relationship between Zhang Tie and Filis the crown prince of Norman Empire a bit closer.
Filis even introduced his teacher, a royal employed knight to Zhang Tie.
That knight called Leo was in the Benolis Castle. He was the most powerful figure of Norman Empire in Benolis Castle as Filis' teacher and bodyguard.
Norman Empire had already accelerated the evacuation of its domestic elites to Benolis Castle.
According to the current situation, Zhang Tie seemed to understand something about the plan of Norman Empire. Norman Empire's royal household didn't mean to stay in the north of Blackson Humans Corridor and fight demons to the death as Norman Empire was not powerful enough to do that. However, if they just gave it up, they would feel unreconciled. After losing their land, the royal household of a country would become meaningless. They would be called royal household in exile.
At this moment, the royal household of Norman Empire seemed to balance their current interest and their future interest and to adjust their plans and countermeasures in the holy war.
When they had lunch, Filis suddenly asked Zhang Tie a question in front of his teacher Knight Leo.
"What would you do if you were the royal household of Norman Empire?"
After hearing this question, Zhang Tie put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth with a piece of snowwhite napkin. He became silent for a couple of seconds before answering,
"If I was the emperor of Norman Empire, I would give up Norman Empire at once!"
Soon after hearing Zhang Tie's response, Knight Leo gazed at Zhang Tie with shrewd eyes. Filis also looked extremely solemn.
"Can you tell me your reason for doing so?"
"An ancient Hua emperor had a proverb——'If there're people, even though the land is lost, it can be grabbed back; if there is no people, even though the land is preserved, you will lose it sooner or later.' Now that the demon's vanguard was already irresistible, why would you stick to the land and the honor of the royal household? Demons could not take away the land as long as people were alive, the lost honor and destroyed homeland would be recovered sooner or later. By contrast, if people died, nothing will be left! People will always have low valleys in their lives; the sun would rise and fall or be covered by clouds. Even being royal household, it's nothing serious for you to experience some frustrations."
"You mean just give up the battle?" Filis frowned.
It was Filis's first time to hear the words "Even though royal households could fall" since he was born. It was completely against the education that he had received since he was young.
"No, of course not. Instead, you need to fight in a flexible way on the premise of preserving your own battle force. There's an old Hua saying, 'When trees were moved, they would die; however, when people moved to another place, they would survive.' Although demon corps are powerful, not each of them is powerful. Demons also have weaknesses. If I can't defeat the demon general, I will fight those whom I can defeat. If I can not defeat you, I will beat those who are related to you. If I'm not advantageous here, I will defeat you in advantageous aspects. If I cannot defeat you physically, I will bribe you with money; if I cannot bribe you with money, I will set you up; if I cannot set you up, I will make you disgusted; if I cannot defeat you in the sky, I will defeat you on the ground; if I cannot defeat you on the ground, I will defeat you on the sea; if I cannot defeat you on the sea, I will defeat you under water; if not, I will run faster and see farther than you. In this world, lions could survive, monkeys could also survive. However, lions might not be able to defeat monkeys on the tree; tigers could be commanding; mice could also be free. When being targeted by a hunter, tigers would definitely die earlier than a mouse. Whales could be full in the sea; fleas could also survive on pig's body. You need to identify your abilities and fix your advantageous aspects.'
Zhang Tie smiled as he saw Filis considering his words carefully. He then took the knife and fork once again, "This is just my personal opinion. Hmm...the royal cooking skills are good..."
Zhang Tie didn't know how his words would influence Filis, but it was none of his business. In that case, now that Filis asked him, he had to put it straight. Those words were his real feelings. Zhang Tie thought that those who died for dead things such as money, land and imperial throne were silly.
After refusing Filis' invitation for the new year's evening party, Zhang Tie returned to the temporary palace of Hurricane Corps on the same day.
Hua people used to stay with their family members on this evening.
Zhang Tie's family members were in Taixia Country. Zhang Tie was in Waii Sub-continent. Thanks to the remote-sensing crystals, Zhang Tie could keep in touch with his family members on such a special day.
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Zhang's manor, Fuhai City, Yingzhou Province, Taixia Country...
The family reunion dinner was very boisterous. Watching their grandchildren running here and there in the dining hall, Zhang Tie's mom and dad were so happy.
Zhang Yang had 4 kids now, the eldest son, Zhang Chengan, the second son Zhang Chengxu, the third son Zhang Chengze and the youngest daughter Zhang Shiyu. Zhang Chengan was 6 years old while Zhang Shiyu was just 2.5 years old.
Zhang Tie had 3 kids. The eldest son Zhang Chenglei was delivered by Linda, the second son Zhang Chengting was delivered by Beverly while the third son Zhang Chengpei was delivered by Fiona. Zhang Tie's dad named all of them. They were over 9 months old. With tender skins and delicate looks, they were stronger than those of their same age. They could climb very fast on the ground. Each of them was matched with 2 babysitters and 1 nurse.
There was a vermeil, huge round table in the dining hall, which could hold over 20 people. Besides Zhang's family members, Elder Muyuan was sitting in the main seat. The parents of Beverly and Fiona were also sitting at the table.
After delivering babies, Linda, Beverly and Fiona looked a bit maturer than before. However, they didn't look old at all. Due to distinctive dresses, they looked more fascinating.
Besides, there were over 20 servants and babysitters in the dining hall.
The entire Zhang family displayed a rich and noble scene at this moment.
When the female servants served the dinner onto the table, the dining hall was immediately filled with various aroma. After smelling the aroma, the kids ran over here and started to look around the dishes and food on the table.
The parents of Beverly and Fiona came here to see their daughters after they delivered the babies. At the sight of such a brilliant Hua mansion, they became a bit restraint at the beginning as they came from common families. However, they gradually found that their son-in-law's family members were very easygoing, especially Zhang Tie's parents, who were genial and open-minded instead of being arrogant. They treated their daughters very well. After knowing that the parents of Beverly and Fiona lived in Blackhot City before, they had more common topics. The parents of Beverly and Fiona soon adapted to this environment and lived very comfortably in Zhang's mansion for a few days.
At this moment, Zhang Tie's mom whispered to her two son's mothers-in-law.
Zhang Tie's two sisters-in-law and wives were paying attention to those kids.
Watching them, Elder Muyuan whispered to Zhang Tie's father, "We will move to Huaiyuan City after the new year festival. We've already prepared a bigger mansion over there. When these kids grow a bit elder, 2-3 years at most, we will go to Youzhou Province. That's the foundation of Huaiyuan Palace in Taixia Country. As Zhang Tie is the clan elder and also belongs to the bloodline of Golden Sea City of Huaiyuan Palace. When we establish Golden Sea City in Youzhou Province, you could have a 15% share of the new city. Later on, your family could have a fixed bonus in golden Sea City each year. If these kids wish, they could find a job in Golden Sea City as their starting line in Taixia Country. This is also how offsprings from major clans in Taixia Country develop their undertakings. I've talked with Zhang Yang a couple of days ago, Zhang Yang wishes to buy shares of Golden Sea City..."
Zhang Tie's dad was always meticulous. After hearing that Zhang family could have a share in Golden Sea City in Youzhou Province, Taixia Country, Zhang Tie's dad became a bit timid as he asked faintly, "6th uncle, is...this a bit excessive?"
'Excessive?' Elder Muyuan became silent. Watching Zhang Ping, he said, "Don't you know that your son Zhang Tie has become a king in the north waters of Waii Sub-continent?"
'Although Zhang Ping has an ordinary natural disposition, his two sons are both greater than him, not to mention his grandchildren. It's told that when Zhang Ping's family were living poorly in Blackhot City, they still kept doing merits. Is this the so-called "families with merits are destined to have a bright future!"?'
Elder Muyuan thought. The moment he wanted to say something, Zhang Yang pushed open the gate and entered the dining hall. He said one word, which made everybody in the dining hall quiet...
"Dad, mom, Zhang Tie has just sent a message to me. He wants me to wish you a happy new year!"
Chapter 778: Triggering Body-changing Bloodline
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
In the balcony, Zhang Tie put away the remote-sensing crystal and looked up in the eastern sky. The most brilliant faerie-dragon star was shining over there...
It was already the latter half of the night...
When he realized that his elder brother had been messaging for so long and must have been very tired, Zhang Tie revealed a smile. After that, he turned around and returned to his bedroom.
It was a special new year's eve. Zhang Tie passed messages one after another with his family members in Taixia using his remote-sensing crystal and waited for the arrival of the 896th year of Black Iron Calendar with his family members.
The last message from his elder brother was that his three sons were too sleepy after playing all day and had gone to bed.
When he imagined the happy life and bright future of his three sons whom he had not seen yet and his family members in Taixia country, Zhang Tie felt warm.
It was a historical leapfrog for Zhang Tie's family that Zhang Yang determined to buy a share in Golden Sea City in Youzhou Province. It meant that Zhang Tie's family had almost entered the list of major clans in Huaiyuan Palace.
Although it was not difficult for Zhang Tie to build another city in Taixia Country based on his current wealth accumulation, it was complex to run a city and have it turn into the territory and property of his own clan, which required power, human relationships and wealth. Zhang Tie's family members lacked such experiences in running a city as they had just settled down in Taixia Country. Zhang Tie's elder brother needed time to expand the influence of Jinwu Business Group and accumulate resources in all aspects. At this moment, it was a wise decision to stand on the side with Huaiyuan Palace and buy a share in the new Golden Sea City.
Through the warm interaction with his family members on the new year's eve, Zhang Tie saw clearly the responsibilities that he should shoulder for the whole family.
'Although I'm not in Taixia Country, my deeds here is closely related to happiness and future of my family members in Taixia Country.'
'Therefore, I have to survive on. Additionally, I need to be more and more powerful so as to be the reliance of this family.'
'Basically, in a chaotic world, power is everything.'
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As Zhang Tie didn't sleep, none of those in the entire temporary palace dared go to bed. Everyone, including the cooks, Aimei and Aixue and the other servants were waiting for Zhang Tie's order.
"Elder Mushen, it's a bit late, do you want some midnight snack or some other services?" The steward hurriedly asked respectfully the moment Zhang Tie walked out of the room.
"No need, I will cultivate in the underground palace, just tell them to go to bed!" Zhang Tie waved his hand while walking towards the underground palace.
The steward looked at Zhang Tie with full respect. Only after 2 days since he finished his last cultivation did he continue to cultivate. Such a diligent corps leader was indeed respectable. As the pillar of a corps, it was the corps leader's main responsibility to stay powerful.
After a few minutes, the news that Zhang Tie entered a closed cultivation once again spread across the temporary palace.
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After coming to the underground palace once again, Zhang Tie glanced over it with his spiritual energy and found that everything here remained unchanged. He then closed the gate of the underground palace forcefully from inside.
After that, Zhang Tie entered Castle of Black Iron.
It was also night in Castle of Black Iron while the flying fireflies decorated the palace as a fairytale dreamland.
Everyone had fallen asleep as of now. After throwing a glance at the small tree, Zhang Tie directly went upstairs towards his bedroom.
Hundreds of fireflies then flew around Zhang Tie like some floating lanterns, making everything poetic in this space.
Heller was waiting for him outside his room. When he saw Zhang Tie coming close, he bowed towards Zhang Tie, "Castle Lord!"
"I'm okay, I will leave soon. You can go to bed now!"
After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie, Heller knew what Zhang Tie was going to do, "Castle Lord, are you going to the north?"
"Hmm, right!" Zhang Tie confessed.
"The second chakra of "King Roc Sutra" requires very huge resources. Although there are less such resources on the ground, it doesn't mean that the underground world is also scarce. As long as you're alive, Castle Lord could have numerous possibilities and chances to gain them!" Heller reminded Zhang Tie faintly.
Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "I know, I will not risk my life. When I see the Demon General, I will escape right away. In the worst case scenario, I will seek for shelter in Castle of Black Iron instead of trying to show my power. Those Three-eye Association clans in the north have been too comfortable recently. I will find some troubles for them. By the way, I will make some new year lucky money for myself!"
"Good luck to you, Castle Lord!" Heller left gracefully.
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After pushing open the door, Zhang Tie entered his room. After that, he took off his clothes. He then selected a set of black clothes from those he bought from Stars Viewing City yesterday.
This set of black robe was indeed a bit larger than Zhang Tie's figure. It looked fat and funny. Zhang Tie's palms were completely covered by his sleeves, only exposing some fingers. The lower hem of his robe almost touched the ground. The waist part of the robe was also loose like a life buoy which leaked air. The clothes under the robe were also much larger. He looked like a comedy performer on the stage.
After looking into the mirror, Zhang Tie revealed a faint smile...
Zhang Tie instantly triggered his body-changing bloodline...
He started to grow higher while the lower hem of his robe gradually rose. Besides, Zhang Tie's hands were also exposed.
Zhang Tie's pupils and skin started to change colors. His hair started to change color and elongate. Zhang Tie's face also started to change while his muscles all over uttered faint cracking sounds.
Only after 3 minutes, the person in the mirror looked utterly different than Zhang Tie. That was a grey-haired 50-year old man with the gloomy and icy look in a black robe.
This man looked similar to Master Abyan. However, he looked gloomier than Master Abyan.
After looking into the mirror, Zhang Tie grinned.
It was an utterly different change of his look since he had his body-changing bloodline. He had to admit that this body-changing bloodline was very powerful.
This look was consuming Zhang Tie's minor spiritual energy per second. If Zhang Tie's spiritual energy was insufficient, he would recover his original look. However, Zhang Tie felt that he could maintain this new look for a decade based on his powerful spiritual energy. Additionally, it was very simple for him to maintain this look forever. Only by practicing "mental arithmetic" for over 10 minutes, he would be able to sustain his current look for a long time.
Facing the mirror, Zhang Tie made some remedies. He touched his nose and made it a raised, sharp hawk nose. He blinked his eyes and made his eye corners elongate. His eyes then looked more profound and malicious. He looked at his hands and made his hands larger with longer fingers and sharper fingernails. They looked like two sharp claws that could control everything. Finally, Zhang Tie rubbed his ears and changed their looks. Nobody could see Zhang Tie's background from his ears any longer.
"Ahem..ahem...ahem...ahem..." Zhang Tie coughed a few times to change his voice gradually.
Zhang Tie smirked and flicked at his clothes to make them tidy. After that, he buckled the elder's finger ring onto a firm alloy necklace and wore it over his neck. In this way, he could keep in touch with Huaiyuan Palace at any time without worrying about being noticed.
"Your name is Gorath——a human knight who mastered the sacred light battle qi of Sacred Light Empire. Meanwhile, you're an insidious, brutal, selfish and cunning devil who only believes in yourself. You're not recorded in the Mountain of Brilliance. You're just a ghost in the dark." Zhang Tie said in a hoarse voice.
Zhang Tie smiled towards himself in the mirror, which looked terrifying...
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After a few minutes, the black beetle appeared in the underground palace out of the void. After flying around in the underground out of curiosity, he drilled into an air hole and left the underground palace. After moving a short while in the air hole, he appeared on the back of a rockery in the garden of the temporary palace.
The black beetle instantly flew into the sky and left the encampment of Hurricane Corps.
It soon arrived in the wild. From 1,000 m high in the sky, when a piece of cloud covered the moonlight and it turned darker on the ground, the small beetle disappeared. Almost at the same time, the thunder hawk flashed out of Castle of Black Iron. The thunder hawk abruptly accelerated its speed and ascended above the clouds. After that, it flew towards the north.
After 3 hours, the thunder hawk flew out of the air territory of Jinyun Country. From 10,000 m high, the thunder hawk disappeared. At the same time, Gorath appeared...
"Gorath" flew over 200 m per second above the clouds, however, he didn't show any battle qi luster. He just flew silently like a ghost in the dark...