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Chapter 979: Tiewei Mountain
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
10 days later, the first abyss...
Two shadows fluttered through the dense black mist in the first abyss and flew towards the overlapping mountains in the far...
"We will arrive at the periphery of Tiewei Mountain over 500 miles ahead..." Two people stopped while a woman uttered tenderly and sweetly.
"Tiewei Mountain is in this direction? Why didn't you tell me that earlier? You led me to fly over 700 miles more. We've wasted a lot of time on the way!" Another person forcefully slapped onto the woman's butt, causing a crispy sound. At the same time, the woman's plump butt quivered like jelly.
"This humble lady found that lord was a bit tired and wanted you to take a rest somewhere!" The woman said while pouting her petite mouth, "Additionally, the lord was happy when this humble lady served you just now. Why do you blame me for wasting time now?"
"You dare argue with me? Look at my palm!" The man waved his hand and gave another palm onto her butt.
The woman covered her mouth with a faint smile as she threw an "enchanting" glance at the man, "This humble lady dare not do that anymore!"
The man threw a glare at the woman. The woman then replied with a facial expression of being wronged.
The two people then continued to fly forward.
Over 10 minutes later, a team of 3 fully-armored human knights flew out of the dense black mist and encountered the two people who were flying forward.
"Stop!" One of the 3 human knights shouted immediately when he saw the two people flying towards them from afar in the mist. At the same time, the three human knights became vigilant. Until they found the two arrivers were humans instead of demons did they become relaxed.
As for the two arrivers, one was a beauty in a blue-palace robe, the other was a tower-like tough man with a bald head who looked special.
The woman was beautiful enough while the man was strong and fierce enough just like how a gangster's head was followed by a coquettish woman. What a match!
Of course, they were Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian.
After being drugged and raped by a woman, Zhang Tie felt like losing his face; however, he had found his face back during the past days. The appellation "lord" was the certificate that Zhang Tie had found his face back.
After Zhang Tie found his face back and Bai Suxian recovered her injuries; of course, Zhang Tie would like to take a look at the large-scale battle between human knights and demon knights in Tiewei Mountain. Of course, Bai Suxian followed him here. It seemed that she had determined to be Zhang Tie's woman.
Bai Suxian was not a weak woman; as she dared stay in the earth-elements realm alone, she must be able to protect herself. Therefore, Zhang Tie agreed with her.
"What's up, three brothers?" Zhang Tie stopped and asked when he saw the three knights in front of him.
Given the three knight's looks, Zhang Tie knew that they were members of the black-armored army in Taixia Country. A group of 3 could form a 3-in-1 formation when in an emergency, in which way, they could fight any one or two knights below earth knights. When they encounter an earth demon knight or more than 4 black iron demon knights, they could reach an impasse with their enemy or at least 1 of them could escape to seek for help in case of being exterminated. This was the rule of action among knights in armies in the earth-elements realm in the war.
After looking Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian up and down seriously, the head of the three knights asked, "Where'd you come from?"
The moment he heard this question, Zhang Tie had realized that human knights were urgently demanded in the large-scale war in Tiewei Mountain. Therefore, human knights were arranged to be sentries at the periphery of the Tiewei Mountain in case that demons or moles of Three-eye Association joined in the war and bring more troubles to humans.
"I'm Cui Li, this is my paramour Bai Suxian. I know Wu Guanhai. We've stayed in the earth-elements realm for over 2 years. After being told that a large-scale war broke out here in Tiewei Mountain, we'd like to take a look here!" Zhang Tie put it straightforwardly.
After hearing the word "paramour", the three human knights of black armored army threw two more glances at Bai Suxian. Bai Suxian then pinched Zhang Tie's arm bashfully.
"A few days ago, demon knights have made a lot of troubles in our territory in the incarnation of human demons. Therefore, inspection is becoming stricter near the human strongpoints of Tiewei Mountain these days!" After hearing that Cui Li knew Wu Guanhai, the three black armored knights treated Zhang Tie more politely, "If you want to enter Tiewei Mountain, you'd better learn about the latest situation from some human strongpoints. The nearest strongpoint near the periphery is over 250 miles in front of you..."
"Sure, thanks!"
After that, Zhang Tie flew away, closely followed by Bai Suxian who hit Zhang Tie's waist by hand and asked in a low voice, "Paramour? Lord, couldn't you find another word..."
"If you don't like the word "paramour", do you prefer "male and female intrigants"?" Zhang Tie glared at Bai Suxian with a strong qi field, "You're not married. This brother Cui's not married either. Even if we want to be male and female intrigants, it sounds improper. Although this brother Cui is rude, I never sleep with other's wife. As you've slept me, who else is my paramour if not you?"
Bai Suxian loved Zhang Tie's explanation very much. After hearing Zhang Tie's explanation, she became more docile, "As long as lord likes it, no matter what you call this humble lady!"
"Hmm..." Zhang Tie replied with a muffled harrumph as he continued to fly forward.
...
Until Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian disappeared in their vision did one of the three black armored knights remembered something, "Yi? Don't you feel the name Cui Li is familiar?"
"Yup, I also feel that I've heard that name somewhere!" Another knight frowned.
"Is he that extremely rightly Cui Li?"
"Ahh? Wasn't he dead?"
"It might be a coincidence!"
As Zhang Tie's qi felt calm, the three black armored knights didn't find that he had promoted to an earth knight.
...
40 minutes later, a strongpoint of the periphery which was mentioned by the three black armored knights appeared in front of Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian.
It was a pretty huge battle fortress in the air.
Compared to the common human battle fortresses on the earth's surface, this one was like a super large airboat.
9 dragon heads namely 9 entrances of the battle fortress reached out of the bottom of the airboat and pointed at 9 directions. Above the 9 dragon heads was a high and huge upper metal structure, whose length and width both surpassed 1,000 m. It was many times larger than the commander-level airboat that Zhang Tie had ever seen. Suspending in the air, it looked pretty magnificent.
In the distance of the battle fortress, although being covered with dense mist, Zhang Tie could still see overlapping high mountain ranges, which were called Tiewei Mountain.
Such an airboat might only be found in the earth-elements realm. Only Taixia Country could produce it. As for humans knights who deepened into the Tiewei Mountain to join the battle, such an airboat was the logistics supply base and information control center.
At the sight of such a huge airboat for the first time, Zhang Tie was shocked inside. Numerous human knights were accessing to the 9 dragon heads in terms of light points. The atmosphere seemed to be intense.
Although the 9 dragon head-shaped entrances looked small from afar, when Zhang Tie moved closer to them, he found that each dragon head's mouth was over 10 m in width, which could be available for a few people to access to it at the same time.
Someone was hurriedly entering there while someone else was hurriedly coming out of there. Most of those entering there were injured or carrying traces of battle.
Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian then flew to an entrance in a casual way.
There were also guards outside the entrance. Those who wanted to enter the airboat had to break their finger on a spiny ball-shaped device and drop their blood onto the device. They were not allowed to enter it until the spiny ball turned red.
They used this method to identify demons. The knights at the entrance would pay attention to the examination result about the entrant. As Zhang Tie's sturdy figure and Bai Suxian's blue-palace robe were like brands, the moment they arrived, they had aroused the attention of the guards at the entrance.
Zhang Tie broke his finger on the spiny ball. When the spiny ball turned red, he walked in the airboat. Bai Suxian also imitated him and did the same before following him in.
No matter how powerful one was on the earth's surface, he was not supposed to be privileged in the earth-elements realm.
After entering the airboat and passing through the gate of the battle fortress, Zhang Tie felt open at once while his eardrums were beaten by the loud noises. A square appeared in front of him, which was surrounded by high buildings. Those knights were flying among these buildings. In the middle of the square, there was a huge, round information control center. Right above it, there was a huge high-power crystal optical imaging device. A three-dimensional map was set on the device, which presented the current battle situation between demons and humans near the Tiewei Mountain.
Zhang Tie threw a glance at the map and found that the three huge red arrows on behalf of humans were wrestling with some black arrows on behalf of demons in the depth of the center of Tiewei Mountain. Besides, red and black forces were crisscrossing within each other in a wider periphery of the center.
The huge red and black arrows in the center of Tiewei Mountain almost remained unchanged. By contrast, those red and black arrows in the surroundings which were slowly changing their locations; they would disappear or appear somewhere at any time. Those fighters in logistics uniforms of Lion Fortress were constantly rushing in or out of the information control center with remote-sensing information. Many knights were waiting in readiness outside the information desks. After receiving their tasks, they would leave there right away.
The three-dimensional map jumped once again while a black arrow appeared near a mountain range on the map.
"A team of 3 demon knights discovered near No. 6403 mountain range; they are moving towards the east. Brothers, let's go..." A tough Hua man in black armor raised his sword as he shouted. Almost at the same time, some knights who were waiting for tasks rushed outside voluntarily after him...
This might be a lethal trap, which could be set by both humans and demons; however, the human knights still rushed out without any hesitation.
This was how the war went. Give tit for tat! In such a fierce battle situation, they could not give up their actions just because that they doubted the possible dangers.
"Where's the doc...where's the ambulance men...my brother is going to die...hurry..." A knight being covered with injuries broke in with a man being covered with blood in his cradle.
The knight directly flew over Zhang Tie's head as fast as the wind, dropping some blood onto Zhang Tie's face and shoulders...
A lot of people in white clothes ran towards here while the one in the front shouted, "Hurry, prepare No. 1, No. 2 medicaments, operating table, wounds healing glue, blood..."
Zhang Tie reached out his hand to touch his face. His fingers turned red instantly...
At the sight of Zhang Tie's poor look, Bai Suxian was driven mad. The moment she wanted to argue with them, Zhang Tie stopped her by gripping her arm as he shook his head, "It's okay!"
Watching this scene and sensing this atmosphere, Zhang Tie became a bit absent-minded as he felt like returning to the Selnes Theater of Operations...
Chapter 980: Reward
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Zhang Tie had fought and bled in Selnes Theater of Operations. He had a lot of memories over there. At that time, Zhang Tie served as the only human air cavalry in the Selnes Theater of Operations. Although it looked very honorable, he was actually a cannon fodder. Finally, he was betrayed by b*stards of Three-eye Association among humans and almost lost his life like what the other small figures were destined to face on the battlefield.
Whereas, Zhang Tie didn't regret what happened in Selnes Theater of Operations. He would still return to the Selnes Theater of Operations and contribute his strength to the holy war as a human fighter as long as he was demanded.
However, Zhang Tie was not the same one in Selnes Theater of Operations anymore.
When in Selnes Theater of Operations, Zhang Tie was just a LV 10 fighter; however, now, Zhang Tie had already become an earth knight who was unrivaled on many subcontinents.
When in Selnes Theater of Operations, Zhang Tie was a hero as the Selnes Eagle; however, now, Zhang Tie was a convict being wanted across Taixia Country.
Although Zhang Tie would still bleed for humans; many things had altered. He became more mature. As a result, he knew which way of bleeding was most valuable for an earth knight instead of sparing his blood for humans.
In the distance, the knight being covered with injuries was standing still. Some doctors intended to deal with his injuries; however, that knight became berserk at once as he pushed away the doctors at once and roared, "Leave me alone...save my brother..."
The similar thing had happened many times in the air battle fortress. Therefore, they were not strange about that. Knights were also humans and had emotions such as grief. Few people could stay calm when they found that their brothers and familiar comrade-in-arms might die in front of them.
The earth-elements realm was the battlefield between human knights and demon knights. It was as normal as how common fighters sacrificed in the battlefields on the earth's surface.
"Lord, what will we do?" Bai Suxian became docile and asked Zhang Tie tenderly after being stopped by the latter and sensing the latter's emotion.
Zhang Tie watched the bustling lobby and took in a deep breath before replying, "The war in Tiewei Mountain would not come to an end in a short period. As this strongpoint is on the periphery of the battlefield with so many human knights; it's pretty safe. Additionally, we could acquire intelligence here. We will settle down here to learn about the battle situation for the time being!"
Bai Suxian nodded. Although Zhang Tie looked rude, given his decision, he was not rude at all; instead, he was very considerate. Honestly, Bai Suxian was really worried about her "lord" rushing to the frontline due to the excitement. It was very normal for black iron knights to lose their lives in the first abyss. It was not strange that earth knights were killed here. Even Shadow knights might also lose their lives here even though there was less news about that.
As Zhang Tie replied, he led Bai Suxian to the information desks beside the information control center.
This air battle fortress was very huge, which contained many rooms. It could hold tens of thousands of people at least. Any human knights entering it would have a room. This also explained the meaning of the existence of this strongpoint.
When Zhang Tie passed by that wounded knight, he threw a glance at him and said, "You look like a girl standing here. You will not do any favor to your brother's wounds; If I were you, I would cure my injuries as fast as possible. If my brother was killed, I would revenge for him by chopping off demons' heads!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's suggestion, the knight quivered all over. He moved his eyes onto Zhang Tie; however, Zhang Tie didn't speak any more; instead, he just walked away. Bai Suxian threw a glare at that guy.
Zhang Tie came to the front of one information desk.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" A female first lieutenant with a beautiful oval face in short hair asked him behind the desk.
"We want to settle down here. Please prepare two rooms for us!" Zhang Tie replied.
Standing behind the information desk, this plump female first lieutenant wore a short skirt, the lower hem of which reached the knees of her fair legs. Her plump breasts almost popped out of her uniform. She looked so womanly that Zhang Tie couldn't stand throwing glances at her.
Those who could enter the air battle fortresses were all legitimate human knights. Those human knights who could come to the Tiewei Mountain were a great force of human defense line. Therefore, after hearing Zhang Tie's words, the female first lieutenant immediately revealed a passionate smile, "Well, two rooms, we will prepare them for you right away!"
Before Zhang Tie uttered, Bai Suxian had pulled Zhang Tie's arm and pushed herself to Zhang Tie's side by pasting her plump breasts onto Zhang Tie's body. Closely after that, she raised her head and told the female first lieutenant, "One is enough."
The female first lieutenant threw a weird glance at Bai Suxian and Zhang Tie before lowering her eyes, "Well, one room. Your room number is 2064. We will keep the room for you all the way until this strongpoint leaves Tiewei Mountain. Here are the keys to the room. As for those human knights in this strongpoint, we would provide you with free three meals and medical services; additionally, entertainment facilities such as knights' bar would be open to you for free..."
The female first lieutenant took out two keys from the counter and pushed them in front of them.
"Thanks!" Zhang Tie took the keys and threw one of them to Bai Suxian before leaving there.
...
"Lord, do you like this female first lieutenant?" After leaving the information desk a few footsteps, Bai Suxian's jealous sound had rung into Zhang Tie's ears in a secret way, which could only be heard by Zhang Tie.
"Shut up!" Zhang Tie glared at Bai Suxian.
"I've seen that. Lord, you've gazed at her breasts and legs for a few times with bright eye light!" Bai Suxian pouted her petite mouth.
Zhang Tie directly slapped her butt as he sighed inside that this woman really had a terrifying observation ability and intuition. Because of Miss Daina, Zhang Tie had a special taste about females since young. At school, Miss Daina always wore short skirts whose lower hem reached her knees or tightskin short skirt; plus a pair of black leather shoes and flesh-colored silk stockings, revealing her beautiful plump legs. Additionally, she wore a shirt or a female suit, outstanding her plump breasts pretty much. At the sight of her, Zhang Tie would desire for ascending and liberating her.
The female first lieutenant's dress was similar to that of Miss Daina; therefore, Zhang Tie couldn't stand throwing glances at her; however, he had imagined that his casual movements could be observed by Bai Suxian.
...
The rooms in the air battle fortress were not large. The double room No. 2064 only covered over 40 square meters. Besides two beds, two wardrobes and one toilet, there was no surplus furnishings in the room. Additionally, these furniture were basically metal supports being fixed onto the metal walls and metal floor of the room. There were exposed metal alloy pipelines over the walls and in the surroundings of the room, which could maintain the operation of this huge air battle fortress like blood vessels of the human body.
The room was small; however, it was clean and tidy. Everything inside was new. What made Bai Suxian excited was that she could take a bath inside.
Soon after she closed the door, Bai Suxian had started to take off her clothes while twisting her slim waist in front of Zhang Tie, "Lord, come on, let this humble lady serve you for a bath!"
After slapping her butt once more, Zhang Tie closed the door from outside, leaving Bai Suxian in the room alone. He then left the room for the knights' bar in the battle fortress.
If he wanted to learn about the latest battle situation near Tiewei Mountain, besides the map being covered with colorful arrows, the knights' bar was the best place. Additionally, Zhang Tie wanted to inquire about the location of his old friends Gong Ziyao, Zhou Shufan and Filton. Only after figuring out these things could Zhang Tie make his further plan.
He would definitely kill demons here. It would be better if he could kill two earth demon knights. What counted most was that he had to prepare for coming back to the earth's surface.
As humans were fighting demons on a large scale in Tiewei Mountain, it was a good opportunity for him to become well-known and return to the big stage in Taixia Country. From then on, the name Cui Li would win the awe of all the humans as human knights here would spread his name all over the human world.
As Elder Muyuan once said——Over the past 5000 years, few people could make a great undertaking without becoming well-known!
When one wanted benefits, he had to be well-known first. His status as an earth knight was the pass to access to the top circle in Taixia Country. The one who framed him should be at least a shadow knight who had formed his water chakra. If not enter this top circle in Tiaxia Country, how did he fight those people who framed him?
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"Cui Li?" A strange voice sounded behind Zhang Tie the moment Zhang Tie wanted to enter the knights' bar after making turns here and there.
'Someone knows me here?'
Zhang Tie turned around and saw a black armored tough guy with whiskers striding towards him with two black armored knights on his sides.
Zhang Tie turned around when the sturdy knight widely opened his eyes and raised his voice instantly, "Is that you, Cui LI?'
Cui Li's tower-like figure and bald head were unique signs. Anyone who saw him would have a deep impression about him.
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter, "Hahahaha, who else do you think I am? I've not imagined that black-armored army is really well-informed. Young brother Guanhai, you came here for me very fast."
After hearing Zhang Tie admitting his status, the two knights on both sides of Wu Guanhai were shocked. Closely after that, when they heard Zhang Tie lifting his own seniority by calling Wu Guanhai young brother loudly, the two knights revealed a furious look at the same time; one of them turned cold and directly put his hand onto the sword handle at his waist...
Everybody in Taixia Country knew that Black-armored knights were bad-tempered...
Wu Guanhai also revealed a strange look. He stretched out his hand and stopped the knight who was going to move one step forward. After looking at Zhang Tie for a while, he changed his face faintly, "Earth knight!"
"Young brother Guanhai has a good eyesight!"
After hearing that Zhang Tie was an earth knight, the knight who was going to pull out his sword instantly became kind as he moved his hand away from the sword handle and moved one step back.
In the knights' world, those who had a greater battle strength and greater learning would be more venerable. If an earth knight called a black iron knight young brother regardless of age, he was respecting him and showing his kindness instead of lifting his own seniority.
"Two years ago, Cui Li's righteousness had been spread over the Lion Fortress. He voluntarily died together with the earth demon knight in the hieron ruins for the sake of the lives of the other human knights. When I heard that, I admired and pitied you too much. But how could you..." Wu Guanhai watched Cui Li with a dubious and amazed look.
It was already amazing for Cui Li to promote to an earth knight in only 2 years, let alone the dead extremely righteous man reappeared in the battle fortress.
"Haha, it's a long story. The God didn't want me to die. Therefore, I got good out of misfortune. As I've just come to the Tiewei Mountain, young brother Guanhai, how about having a chat inside the bar?"
Wu Guanhai burst out into laughter, "Nice!"
The group of 4 then entered the bar...
In the bar, Zhang Tie briefed his experience in the hieron ruins as what he had told Bai Suxian, namely "trump card" and "wonderful experience". After hearing that, Wu Guanhai and the other two human knights both clicked the tongue in wonder and didn't ask him too much about that. After all, it was concerned about an earth knight's top secrets. Now that Zhang Tie didn't want to say that, they would not ask him about the details anymore. They only needed to confirm that this Cui Li was the very one they wanted to see.
Wu Guanhai heard an intelligence from the Black Armor Army——a pair of strange man and woman entered this strongpoint. Before entering the strongpoint, the man encountered a patrol team of black armor army at the entrance of the air battle fortress and told them that he knew Wu Guanhai. Therefore, after accomplishing his task, Wu Guanhai came to confirm whether this Cui Li was disguised as a demon knight or not.
"The battle situation seems to be very urgent. Even human knights' status should be confirmed." Zhang Tie asked Wu Guanhai.
Wu Guanhai revealed a bitter smile as he looked around the bar, "That shadow demon is already an earth knight. It could change into anyone's look casually. Because of the existence of this shadow demon, we've already lost two batches of logistics materials and four black iron knights who were raided by it. In order to not arouse the panic of knights and cause greater troubles, we only told them that it was a shadow demon; instead of revealing its level as an earth demon knight. The shadow demon is very tricky. In order to not spare any chance to it, the word of command of our tasks would change everyday..."
Zhang Tie touched his jaw and asked, "Does the shadow demon have any laws in movements?"
"The shadow demon is very cunning. It almost has no fixed laws of movements. We only know that it likes to act in the periphery of the battlefield alone. Sometimes, it would slide into the human knights' squad. The moment it caught an opportunity, it would stab people on their backs and kill them instantly. It's very troublesome. Common black iron knights could not effectively deal with its means at all. However, in the earth-elements realm and near the Tiewei Mountain, many black iron knights would like to act independently; therefore, it's very hard to catch this shadow demon as long as it disguises as a black iron human knight!"
"This shadow demon sounds really tricky. Although our strongpoint could be safeguarded, knights who act alone on the outside have to take care of themselves!" Zhang Tie also let out a sigh.
"Yup, an earth knight-level shadow demon is much more troublesome than a common earth demon knight!" Wu Guanhai nodded as he continued, "The superiors have delivered a command that anyone who could kill this earth knight-level shadow demon would be rewarded with ten cities and 700 miles' land..."
"Being rewarded with ten cities and 700 miles' land!" Zhang Tie was shocked by such a great reward, which could only be afforded by Taixia Country.
Although a common shadow demon was not that worthwhile, an earth knight-level shadow demon was definitely worthwhile.
There were very few shadow demons, not to mention earth knight-level shadow demon. Because earth knight-level shadow demon would cause a great trouble to humans; therefore, humans should eliminate it as soon as possible.
As such a high reward was offered, brave fellows were bound to come forward. Ten cities and 700 miles' land was definitely an irresistible allure for any human knight.
Zhang Tie's heart raced. 700 miles' land meant over 1 million square kilometers; plus 10 cities. It was amazing even if they were just 10 small cities. Cities in Taixia Country would never be bad. It was equal to the territory of a prefecture in a lower province of Taixia Country.
In the battlefield, such a reward was the trump card for inspiring the morale of humans. Even though nobody could finally kill that earth knight-level shadow demon, such a reward could at least eliminate their fear and pluck up their courage.
Of course, such a shadow demon was harmful to humans; however, an able superior could turn the bad thing into a good thing. Such a reward also required a great charisma. Not everyone could make such an amazing decision. Some countries in Waii Subcontinent might not even be as large as this reward.
A lot of thoughts occurred in Zhang Tie's mind when he heard about this reward.
"How's the battle situation between humans and demons in Tiewei Mountain?" Zhang Tie tossed out another question.
"The frontline is in the center of Tiewei Mountain. A super large earth-element crystals mine was discovered over there. It was said that there were over 1 million earth-elements crystals over there. Both parties are confronting each other over there. As each party has a heavenly knight, when they fight each other, they are organizing their own force to exploit the resource. It depends on who's faster and more powerful; however, neither party has an overwhelming advantage..."
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After chatting with Wu Guanhai 2 hours in the bar, Zhang Tie almost made his plan. Therefore, he returned to his room.
The moment he opened the door, he had seen Bai Suxian.
Bai Suxian had changed another set of clothes. Instead of wearing the palace dress, she wore a whole set of female military uniform with a super short skirt, the lower hem of which had just reached her thighs. The snow-white thighs and black high-heeled shoes almost dazzled Zhang Tie.
The military rank on the uniform was a major general.
Zhang Tie became dumbfounded.
Twisting her waist, Bai Suxian walked towards him with a faint fragrance, "Lord, do you like me..."
Chapter 981: All is Well
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The terrain of Tiewei Mountain was very special.
If one observed Tiewei Mountain, one would see a huge special terrain being composed of annular mountain ranges.
The annular mountain ranges contained a large number of hematites which contained high iron content. Therefore, many mountain ranges of Tiewei Mountain looked maroon.
The annular mountain ranges were regularly distributed. Over millions of square miles, there were 6 loops of annular mountain ranges from the center to the periphery of Tiewei Mountain like rings on the target.
Such a special terrain could be simply and regularly named in military geography.
When treating Tiewei Mountain as a huge dial, its north direction was 0 o'clock; its south direction was 6 o'clock; its west direction was 9 o'clock; its east direction was 3 o'clock.
The core loop of Tiewei Mountain was named 1, the plain and basin where humans and demons were confronting each other in the middle of this annular mountain range were named 0; the 2nd loop from the center of Tiewei Mountain was named 2, the 3rd loop was named 3, likewise.
Plus the very height of each mountain peak, a digital code could be used to position any location of Tiewei Mountain.
Take 6403 as an instance, 6 referred to the most peripheral annular mountain range of Tiewei Mountain; 4 referred to 4 o'clock direction on the map; 03 referred that the height of a mountain range was about 300 m. When these numbers were connected, it represented that the enemy was near the main peak about 300 m in height in the southeast direction of the 6th loop annular mountain.
Anyone who was familiar with the naming principle could precisely locate the target in their mind.
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2 months after Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian came to Tiewei Mountain...
In the region 5843 of Tiewei Mountain...
The battle broke out abruptly. When Zhang Tie darted out of the black mist as fast as a lightning bolt and covered a squad of 3 demon knights with the fiery battle qi from his abyss battle spear, the three ox-headed demon knights were shocked. They could only resist Zhang Tie's attack flurriedly.
The moment they fought Zhang Tie, the three ox-headed demon knights had known that they were facing a powerful earth human knight through the terrifying destructive power and overwhelming stress from Zhang Tie's abyss battle spear.
When three black iron knights encountered an earth knight, the most standard and correct tactic movement was that the moment the two parties touched each other, the black iron knights should evacuate as fast as possible without any fluke mind. Unless the opponent was below an earth knight!
If the three black iron knights stayed, they were destined to be exterminated. However, If they evacuated in the first abyss where the visibility was low, at least two of them could survive; fortunately, the third one could also escape.
The three ox-headed demons started to evacuate at high speeds in three directions.
Based on his perception, Zhang Tie selected an ox-headed demon knight who looked sturdier with a greater battle strength.
When the ox-headed demon found that the earth human knight was chasing after it, it had no other choice but to release its battle qi smoke out of grief and indignation...
The battle came to an end very fast, at least for that ox-headed demon knight. Since the beginning of the combat, it had been in defense. This earth human knight didn't even spare any chance for him to launch a counterattack before involving it into the boiling fiery battle qi of the abyss battle spear. As a result, it became more and more embarrassed and was increasingly closer to breakdown and death.
The demon knight wanted to escape; however, it found that it had no chance to escape at all as this earth human knight was much faster than it. Since the earth human knight selected it, it had been destined to be killed.
As was imagined, only after a few minutes...
"Go die!" With a roar, Zhang Tie's abyss battle spear finally penetrated through the demon knight's chest. With the ox-headed demon knight's painful shriek, its body was shattered by Zhang Tie's abyss battle spear into pieces, except for its ox horns and the spiny hammer which was tossed high in the air.
Zhang Tie caught the ox horns and the spiny hammer and put them away into his space-teleportation equipment. Closely after that, he headed towards another direction.
A couple of minutes later, another ox-headed demon knight appeared in front of Zhang Tie's eyes.
Bai Suxian had wrestled it with her long whip and was in an advantageous position while panting faintly.
Although Bai Suxian looked tender and beautiful, her movements were definitely more vicious than common black iron knights. The long whip was both agile and vicious, which could be used for short-distance defense and long-distance strike like a fierce boa. As a result, the demon knight kept uttering weird shrieks.
With a fleer, Zhang Tie rushed over there. At the sight of Zhang Tie, the ox-headed demon became hopeless at once.
Being besieged by an earth human knight and a black iron human knight, the demon knight had no chance to survive itself; additionally, now that Zhang Tie could come here so fast; it indicated that another partner which Zhang Tie had just selected probably had been killed.
With a roar, the ox-headed demon knight released its boiling battle qi and started to launch a counterattack towards Bai Suxian instead of dodging her. It chopped towards Bai Suxian's head by its huge saber.
It seemed that Bai Suxian had long known that this cornered beast would do something desperate. At the sight of Zhang Tie, she had intended to expand the distance between her and the demon knight.
How come Zhang Tie would allow this salty fish on the chopping board to bite Bai Suxian at this moment?
Before the demon knight drew close to the front of Bai Suxian, it had been whipped and sent flying over 100 m away by Zhang Tie. Spurting out blood in a severe way, it might have broken a lot of bones.
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After a few minutes, when Zhang Tie broke the demon knight's legs by his abyss battle spear, Bai Suxian's long whip wrestled over the demon knight's neck like an agile snake, sending the demon knight's head flying away while its protective battle qi had long been damaged.
Bai Suxian instantly caught its head by her long whip and put it away in her space-teleportation item while Zhang Tie picked up the demon knight's battle saber which was made of abyss iron and put it away in his own space-teleportation item.
Most black iron demon knights knew that they might lose their lives on battlefields in the first abyss; therefore, they carried very few items. Basically, besides a weapon and the pair of ox horns on their heads, they would not leave anything valuable. Except for that earth demon knight whom he had captured, Zhang Tie almost had not found anything else valuable from any black iron demon knight. Occasionally, he would meet guys with medicament; however, before death, those demon knights would always use up the medicament or destroy it. They would not leave any medicament to Zhang Tie even though they were killed.
Although this saber being made of abyss iron was a bit level lower than the copper secret item, it could also break through the black iron effect. Because abyss iron could strengthen firmness and sharpness, all the weapons being made of abyss iron were at least granted with the rune effect of LV 3 firmness or sharpness; however, weapons being made of abyss iron could almost perform the rune effect of LV 4 firmness and sharpness. The other rune effects didn't work well on abyss iron.
All the abyss iron weapons of demon knights were granted with the rune effect of LV 3 firmness or sharpness instead of other rune effects.
Although such weapons didn't have extra rune reinforcing effects, they were very practical and barely damaged. As for people who had silver secret items, these weapons might be average; however, as for powerhouses below knights, abyss iron weapons were what they dreamed for. Any knight's equipment like this one would be qualified to be a hereditary treasure for commoners. Some people who had just promoted to a black iron knight might not have such an abyss iron weapon.
Of course, Zhang Tie would not waste such a good item.
Actually, besides being made of weapon, the top function of abyss iron was that it could be used to make the knight's armor. A set of full-body battle armor being granted with LV 4 firmness effect which was made of abyss iron could enhance the full-body protective capability of a knight to one level higher, which was dreamed by most of the knights.
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After putting away the demon knight's head and weapon in a tacit manner, Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian smiled at each other.
"Your long whip is more agile and powerful!" Zhang Tie praised Bai Suxian.
Bai Suxian threw a coquettish glance at Zhang Tie, "With Lord's instructions, of course, this humble lady could use it better!"
After hearing Bai Suxian's pun, Zhang Tie burst into laughter.
"Lord, are we going to chase after the last demon knight?"
"No need, that demon knight has been too far away. We will not find it. As we've made fruitful achievements these days, we should return to the strongpoint for an adjustment!" Zhang Tie turned around his head and said calmly while he looked at the dense black mist in the far with his lotus-flower eyes.
Actually, even though the demon knight had been over 70 miles away in the dense mist and changed its route twice, Zhang Tie could still see it.
If he wanted, he could catch up with it for sure; however, it was not necessary for him to do that...
Additionally, Zhang Tie could see another squad of demon knights lurking in the 4th loop of the annular mountain range; but it had nothing to do with him!
On the big stage in the earth-elements realm between humans and demons, it was not a wanted convict's turn to show off his battle strength, although he was framed by demons!
All is well! As long as he could deal with things properly under such circumstances, he was smart enough!
After that, Zhang Tie led Bai Suxian towards the air battle fortress in the periphery of Tiewei Mountain...
Chapter 982: Being Well-Known in the Black Armor Battlefortress
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
After a short while, the familiar air battle fortress had appeared in front of Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian.
This air battle fortress belonged to the Black Armor Army and was named as Black Armor Battlefortress. It was a trump card for Black Armor Army of Taixia Country in Earth-elements Realm. Besides the Black Armor Battlefortress, there were two more battle fortresses near the center of Tiewei Mountain, namely the God's Will Battlefortress and the Feathers Battlefortress. In the air of Tiewei Mountain, the three battle fortresses could coordinate with each other as the core strongpoints of humans near Tiewei Mountain.
Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian entered Black Armor Battlefortress through one entrance after testing their blood once again while many knights and auxiliary battle personnel in the square saluted them.
"Ahh, the unrivaled male and female..." Someone uttered in a low voice.
Over the past two months, Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian had long been well-known in the Black Armor Battlefortress based on their eye-catching figures and military exploits, especially Zhang Tie.
Cui Li the extremely righteous human knight survived himself in the hieron ruins and promoted to an earth knight. Such a legendary story almost spread over the entire Black Armor Battlefortress over the past month. Not only knights, even many logistics and auxiliary personnel in the battle fortress had heard about that. By contrast, Bai Suxian who always stayed with Cui Li and lived in the same room with him set Cui Li off in the legendary story.
Beauty loved hero, it was an universal law since the ancient times.
If Cui Li was still a black iron knight and was followed by Bai Suxian in the earth-elements realm which lacked beauties pretty much, it would indeed arouse people's jealousy. However, now that Cui Li had promoted to an earth knight, it was nothing strange for an earth knight to be followed by a beautiful female black iron knight. Of course, earth knights could have more resources, including more beautiful women. It was reasonable, not to mention that Zhang Tie was not an average earth knight.
Over the past 2 months since Zhang Tie came to Black Armor Battlefortress, he had proved his capability as an earth knight through practical actions. As he was always followed by Bai Suxian, they won a reputation of "the Unrivaled Male and Female".
Zhang Tie didn't care about this honor; however, Bai Suxian was pretty happy about it.
The moment Zhang Tie entered the Black Armor Battlefortress, he had seen so many people greeting him, including black iron knights, logistics and auxiliary personnel. However, Zhang Tie didn't know most of them.
Therefore, he just nodded with a calm and casual smile.
Many people praised Zhang Tie's demeanor inside.
Being extremely righteous, having a powerful battle strength and being forthright. Over the past 2 months, Cui Li from Yongzhou Province had been well known across the Black Armor Battlefortress. Anyone who heard the name Cui Li would have such an expression in their mind. However, although Cui Li had promoted to an earth knight, he never bullied others. He treated the common logistics and auxiliary personnel in the battle fortress kindly. Due to the above reasons, Cui Li became one of the best earth knights in Black Armor Battlefortress.
Before Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian drew close to an information desk in the middle of the square, an old man behind the information desk had revealed a smile towards him, "Cui Li, how many achievements did you make this time?"
"Not too much, just one!" Zhang Tie replied as he put that pair of fresh ox horns onto the counter, followed by Bai Suxian.
"Ahh, it's not bad, it's not bad!" The old man rubbed his hands out of excitement as he picked up the two pairs of ox horns and praised, "Fresh, very fresh. If they are timely dealt with, the internal heart reduction pills will be 10% more effective. Good, very good!"
As the old man said this, he fumbled below the counter and took out two rewards before pushing them to Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian respectively. Closely after that, he took their identity plates and inserted them into the machine beside them.
Bai Suxian's reward was 36 high-quality earth-element crystals while Zhang Tie's reward was 6 water-element crystals. Besides the element crystals, they both had 10 more merit points and 2,000 more consumption points in the Lion Fortress in their identity plates.
The exchange ratio between earth-element crystals and water-element crystals was 6:1. As he had promoted to an earth knight, Zhang Tie didn't need earth-element crystals anymore; therefore, the old man gave him 6 water-element crystals.
Due to the large-scale war in Tiewai Mountain, all the human knights could have two times more reward than before by killing demon knights in Tiewai Mountain.
Being stimulated by such an incentive policy, a lot of Class 2 garrison knights in Earth-element Realm converged in Tiewei Mountain and joined this war.
Class 2 garrison knights were the freest human knights in the Lion Fortress. They could move freely in the Earth-elements Realm and didn't follow anyone's command. Compared to Class 1 garrison knights and those knights of the 3 top armies from Taixia Country, Class 2 garrison knights were pretty free in actions.
At this moment, Class 1 garrison knights and the human knights from the top armies of Taixia Country were confronting demons in the core of Tiewei Mountain. The periphery of Tiewei Mountain was the battlefield between Class 2 garrison knights and demons. Certainly, if a Class 2 garrison knight would like to break into the core of Tiewei Mountain and join the battle there, the human commander in the core must encourage him with applause. The mere requirement was that he had to follow the order of the human commander over there.
It was a positional warfare in the core and the frontline of Tiewei Mountain; by contrast, it was guerrilla in the rear end and the periphery of Tiewei Mountain. The knights in the frontline were regular armies of humans while those in the periphery were human paladins.
On the premise of ensuring the safety of the rear end and flanks of human camp, Class 2 human garrison knights also restricted the effective strength and knights of demons. The frontline was protected by a heavenly human knight while the battlefield in the rear end should depend on themselves. Both parties were well-matched in strength. In the core area, they were mostly positional warfares and rout warfares; in the rear end and flanks, they were mostly encountered actions and wars of annihilation. Actually, Class 2 garrison knights in the periphery of Tiewei Mountain would even bear greater stress from their enemy than those human knights in the core region. This was the cost of freedom.
When Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian came to the Lion Fortress, they both chose to be Class 2 garrison knights. Black Armor Battlefortress was also the strongpoint that gathered most Class 2 garrison knights.
"Plus this one, you've killed 5 demon knights. Here's the identity plate of trump black iron knight!" The old man told Bai Suxian as he changed a golden metal identity plate for her. This one looked much more advanced than that of before.
Until the old man pushed the new identity plate to her did Bai Suxian blink her eyes and ask him surprisingly, "I'm already a trump black iron knight?"
"Right!" The old man nodded.
Bai Suxian sprung up at once as she put her arms around Zhang Tie's neck and kissed his face forcefully twice, "Even this humble lady has become a trump knight in the Earth-elements Realm by staying with the lord!"
"Haha, you're an able woman!" Zhang Tie slapped her butt once again.
Zhang Tie's identity card remained unchanged.
Compared to Bai Suxian, although Zhang Tie had killed more demon knights than Bai Suxian, he was not a trump earth knight yet because he had not killed 5 earth demon knights. Over the past 2 months, Zhang Tie had killed one more black iron demon knights than Bai Suxian and ranked number one among the earth knights in Black Armor Battlefortress; however, due to the remarkable difference between earth knight and black iron knight, an earth knight could not gain the honor of trump earth knight no matter how many black iron knights he had killed.
Strictly, although Old Monster Qi and the demon baron were both killed by Zhang Tie, Old Monster Qi was not a demon but a member of Three-eye Association while the latter fully disappeared, leaving no evidence at all. Therefore, although it was said that Zhang Tie had killed 2 earth knights across the Black Armor Battlefortress last month, it had not been recorded officially in the Lion Fortress.
Although it was not recorded, Zhang Tie's record of killing black iron demon knights was very eye-catching. After entering the Earth-elements Realm for over 2 years, especially over the past 2 months, Zhang Tie had killed 9 black iron demon knights, one of them would have soon promoted to an earth demon knight.
With such a military exploit, Zhang Tie was definitely qualified to be an elite among those earth knights in Lion Fortress.
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When Bai Suxian sprung up and put her arms around Zhang Tie's neck, an old man with full silver hair in a brilliant white robe had just entered with two people.
After entering the Black Armor Battlefortress, the old man started to glance around the bustling square. While faintly narrowing his eyes, he targeted at Bai Suxian's back at once.
When Bai Suxian sprung up, putting her arms around Zhang Tie's neck and kissing him, the old man frowned. When he saw Zhang Tie's huge palm slapping her butt, the old man revealed a furious look as he uttered a muffled harrumph. Closely after that, he walked towards Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian with two people on his side...
When the old man gazed at Bai Suxian's back for over 3 seconds, Zhang Tie had sensed it as he turned around at once, followed by Bai Suxian.
At the sight of that old man, Bai Suxian changed her face at once...
Chapter 983: Lord Guangnan's Mansion
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"Harrumph, let's go..."
At the sight of the three people, Bai Suxian had changed her face. Closely after that, she tightly held Zhang Tie's arm and intended to leave with him. It seemed that she didn't expect to see the three people.
"Who're they?" Zhang Tie asked Bai Suxian when he walked away with her.
"Annoying people!" Bai Suxian bit her lips before answering Zhang Tie simply.
Now that Bai Suxian didn't want to explain, Zhang Tie didn't ask her anymore. Although they were already close to each other, they still would not force the other to say what they didn't like out of respect.
Everybody had a secret. Zhang Tie was clear about that very much. Bai Suxian was not his servant, but more like his partner and lover.
Watching them leave, the old man in white robe hurriedly came to the front of them with a cold face.
Bai Suxian immediately grasped Zhang Tie's arm tightly. With a shrewd eye light, Zhang Tie put Bai Suxian behind him and walked towards the old man directly.
"Excuse me..." As Zhang Tie asked others to give way to him, he walked towards the old man decisively with a surging, aggressive qi.
The two people on the sides of the old man wanted to move one step forward; however, the old man stopped them by putting one arm in front of them; meanwhile, the old man moved one step forward and stood firmly in front of Zhang Tie.
'Earth knight!'
The old man and Zhang Tie could both identify the other's level. Closely after their eye lights met in the air, they had collided numerous times with invisible sharpness and qis like two fierce beasts although they didn't move at all.
Zhang Tie continued to stride forward. The old man just blocked his way.
Unavoidably, the two people collided with each other. The moment their shoulders touched, the old man had faintly changed his face. Although Zhang Tie just strode forward at the same speed; the moment he collided with the old man, his inertia had become irresistible just like a running train, which could collapse a mountain.
In a split second, the old man moved back his shoulder before thrusting it forward on his own initiative. In this way, he turned the table on his opponent. Additionally, due to the difference in height, the old man was actually thrusting towards Zhang Tie's chest using his shoulder.
Zhang Tie's eyes turned bright as he continued to bump towards the old man aggressively; meanwhile, he cut into the old man's middle line by one foot and raised his leg to attack the old man's lower abdomen by his knee.
The old man narrowed his eyes and raised his leg. Although he looked like moving one step forward, actually he was attempting to step onto the instep of Zhang Tie's foot which had just been raised.
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"Bang..." A thunder was heard in the entire square of Black Armor Battlefortress. Many people were startled as threw their eyes towards Zhang Tie and the old man.
At the sight of this scene, everybody was shocked——two shadows were fighting in one corner of the square.
The moment earth knights started a fight, their aggressive qis could match the power of an alchemist bomb being detonated above a tranquil lake. When the invisible qis swept over the entire Black Armor Battlefortress, all the others inside were startled.
A squad of black armored knights who were patrolling near the square of Black Armor Battlefortress immediately flew off towards Zhang Tie and the old man.
"Stop!" Although the head of the black armored knights was just a black iron knight, he was exceptionally fierce. He waved his huge saber while a berserk saber qi directly cut into the middle of the two earth knights.
At the sight of the squad of black armor knights, Zhang Tie and the old man punched at each other before flying 10 steps backward respectively and landing steadily.
In a wink, the two earth knights had been surrounded by over 10 fierce black armored knights, all of whom had pulled their sabers and swords off their sheaths and threw their hostile and vigilant eye lights towards the old man and the two people besides the old man.
As Zhang Tie had been in Black Armor Battlefortress for 2 months and had a good relationship with Black Armor Army; he even befriended Wu Guanhai, a team leader of Black Armor Army. In the past 2 months, Zhang Tie had made a lot of military exploits in Tiewei Mountain and enjoyed a good reputation in Black Armor Battlefortress. Wu Guanhai always thought about having Zhang Tie join the Black Armor Army. Of course, when they watched Zhang Tie to fight a stranger in the Black Armor Battlefortress, they would stand on Zhang Tie' side. This was the effect of a good moral standing and a good reputation.
A lot of knights around the square also stopped what they were doing and threw their eyes towards there.
"Did demons and b*stards of Three-eye Association slide in?" Someone asked out of amazement.
"Someone fought Cui Li!" Someone shouted.
"Ahh, someone fought Cui Li? Whether they are demons or moles of Three-eye Association?"
"If they dared find trouble in Black Armor Battlefortress, we should never let them escape. F*ck them off..."
Closely after the last person's words, a great number of knights swarmed up. Some directly floated in the air with weapons in hands while their boiling battle qis blocked the way in all directions.
The battlefortress became chaotic at once.
The old man who fought Zhang Tie had not imagined that the surrounding black armored knights could stand on the side of that tough guy and be hostile to him. Therefore, he faintly changed his face.
After a few seconds' wrestle, although the old man and Zhang Tie didn't release the virtual images of their battle qis, they had collided dozens of times in the blink of an eye, causing such a loud bang. Due to the fast speed, dozens of consecutive collisions let to a loud bang. The old man was more shocked by Zhang Tie's influence in the Black Armor Battlefortress than his battle strength. The moment he was in trouble, all the surrounding knights came here to help him. This could never be done by common earth knights.
After throwing another glance at Zhang Tie, the old man's eyes contained something special.
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Another earth knight of Black Armor Army in bronze colored face flashed over here from a high metal tower in the far and directly landed in the middle of the ring. After glancing around those in the surroundings with a domineering and cold look, he asked in a muffled voice, "What's wrong?"
The black armored knight who had just stopped their fight moved his lips and told what happened here to the earth knight in a secret way.
The earth knight in copper-colored face watched the old man and the two people on his sides while narrowing his eyes before asking in a low voice, "Who're you? Why do you make trouble in Black Armor Battlefortress?"
The old man who had fought Zhang Tie looked around before moving his lips and saying something to the earth knight in a secret way. At the same time, he took out a special metal plate and presented it to the earth knight of the Black Armor Army.
Zhang Tie had a good vision. The moment the old man took out his metal plate from his waist, he had caught sight of two words on the metal plate——Guang Nan.
After being silent for a second, the earth knight of Black Armor Army glanced at the old man's metal plate and Bai Suxian on Zhang Tie's side. Closely after that, he scratched his head and swore something inside before turning around and speaking loudly, "It's a misunderstanding, there's no demon or mole, you can leave now!"
Watching the squad of black armor army leaving off and hearing that it was just a misunderstanding, those onlookers left too.
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"Brother Cui Li, this is the private affair between you and Lord Guangnan's Mansion. It's out of the access of our Black Armor Army. If you want to beat this general steward of Lord Guangnan's Mansion, please spare a face for this brother. Don't make trouble in Black Armor Battlefortress, you can fight wherever you want except for killing him..."
Before leaving, the earth knight of Black Armor Army told Zhang Tie in a secret way.
'Lord Guangnan's Mansion? F*ck!' Zhang Tie's heart raced as he threw his eye light towards Bai Suxian on his side.
Bai Suxian threw a glare at the old man as she instantly pulled Zhang Tie away. After watching Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian for a short while, the old man didn't block them anymore; instead, he just followed after them silently.
It seemed that the old man didn't want to make more troubles.
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After coming to room No. 2064, Bai Suxian opened the door and pulled Zhang Tie in. The moment she entered it, Bai Suxian wanted to close the door from inside; however, she was stopped by Zhang Tie, "Wait, it doesn't work. Just let him in to clarify it. If you leave them outside, do you want them to eavesdrop on us?"
After hearing this, the old man's eye corners jumped. He let the other two to stand outside while he followed Zhang Tie in.
Previously, there were two beds in room No. 2064; however, Bai Suxian had them changed into one double bed. When the old man caught sight of the only double bed in the room, his eye corners jumped once again.
"You tell that man. If he still wants to marry that foxtrel, I will never go back. I have nothing to do with him!" Bai Suxian watched the old man with a cold look.
The moment Zhang Tie heard the word foxtrel, Zhang Tie could only rub his face on her side. Zhang Tie wondered what that woman being called foxtrel by Bai Suxian looked like.
"This time...it's not His Royal Highness who calls Miss back, it's grand madam; Grand madam's disease suddenly deteriorated half a year ago. She wanted to see Miss..." The old man lowered his eyes.
"Ahh, my grandma, how's my grandma?" An anxious look appeared on Bai Suxian's face...
"Miss, If you didn't go back with me now, you might not be able to see grand madam after a few days..."
Chapter 984: Beauties Come and Go
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Hearing the conversation, Zhang Tie widely opened his mouth. Anyone who was normal in intelligence could guess Bai Suxian's status from the old man's words.
The old man was an earth knight, the general steward of Lord Guangnan's Mansion.
'If she's called Miss by the general steward of a lord's mansion, Bai Suxian must be...must be...the princess of Lord Guannan's Mansion!'
At this moment, Zhang Tie suddenly figured out why this woman liked wearing palace robes in normal times. Previously, Zhang Tie thought it was just her special lobby; he thought that she just liked the brilliance of palace robe; however, he had not imagined that palace robe fit her status best!
Therefore, he understood why this woman had a space-teleportation item and so many luxurious items inside.
It was pretty hard for a common black iron knight to gain a space-teleportation item; however, it was not that difficult for a princess who came from a lord's mansion in Taixia Country.
What a world! Zhang Tie had not imagined that this woman who poisoned him with love potion, called him lord and warmed up bed for him every day was a princess.
'What the hell? What a rebellious white, rich and beautiful woman!'
'F*ck!'
After hearing that the grand madam of Lord Guannan's Mansion was seriously ill, Bai Suxian had a breakdown, she almost burst out into tears.
Zhang Tie touched his bald head before putting his hand on Bai Suxian's shoulder, "Just follow them back. Honestly, the battlefield in Earth-elements Realm doesn't fit woman at all!"
"But..." Bai Suxian watched Zhang Tie tearfully.
"If you didn't go back, you might feel guilty and regretful for the rest of your life. Don't do anything that might make you regretful!"
Bai Suxian stomped onto the ground before gritting her lips and replying to the old man, "Go out first; I will go back with you after dealing with the affairs here!"
The old man threw a glance at Zhang Tie before saying, "I will wait for you miss at the exit of the square..."
After saying that, the old man exited the room and closed the door.
After leaving the room, the old man told the two people on his sides in a secret manner, "Go check the background of Cui Li."
"Yes, sir!"
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The old man then left, leaving Bai Suxian and Zhang Tie alone.
"I'm sorry. This humble lady didn't mean to cover my background, but..." Bai Suxian wanted to explain.
"Pah..." Zhang Tie slapped her butt once again, "Explain what? This brother Cui doesn't care who you are, a princess or what. Now that I've slept with a princess, of course, I have nothing to complain about. You can go back to take a look; if you want to find me later on, just come to the Earth-elements Realm for me!"
"Really?" Bai Suxian's eyes flickered.
"Of course, oh, open your mouth!"
"Ahh, lord, you still think about kissing this humble lady at this moment..."
Before Bai Suxian finished her words, Zhang Tie had kissed her petite mouth. When Bai Suxian thought that Zhang Tie wanted to do something before she left, her eyes widely opened...
She felt that Zhang Tie broke the tip of her tongue lightly. Closely after that, Zhang Tie dropped something onto her blood. In a split second, that item integrated with her body and drilled into her lower abdomen. It then started to swim in her qi sea.
That was a mini sword, a priceless silver secret item.
At the sight of Bai Suxina's shocked look, Zhang Tie left her lips, "I know you use whip; previously, this brother Cui wanted to gift you a whip as a weapon; however, as whip is a rare weapon, whose silver secret item could not be easily found. Now that you want to leave, I will gift you another silver secret item to protect yourself. This longsword fits woman too. Take it as a souvenir for the love between you and me!"
Bai Suxian watched Zhang Tie while being especially moved. She found that Cui Li was actually very considerate and always bore her in his mind.
"Lord, you treat me so good!" Bai Suxian tightly hugged Zhang Tie's sturdy waist and pasted her face onto Zhang Tie's chest.
"Whether that space-teleportation item that you carry was stolen from your mansion?"
"Ahh, how did you know that, Lord?"
Zhang Tie let out a sigh as he had figured out everything, "How come a person who has a space-teleportation item doesn't have a silver secret item? Additionally, who else would put his private bathtub and bath water into his space-teleportation item besides you? Even though the lord of Taixia Country is not that luxurious. I'm afraid that you've moved all the items from your room into the space-teleportation item."
"My grandma loves me the most since I was young. This humble lady has to go back to see my grandma; when my grandma's disease is cured, I will come back for Lord..." Bai Suxian twisted her body in Zhang Tie's arms once again.
"I will not stay too long in the Earth-elements Realm. I will have to go back onto the earth's surface after the end of the battle in Tiewei Mountain at most!" Zhang Tie narrowed his eyes.
"Ahh, Lord, you want to go back to the earth's surface?"
"Yes, this brother Cui also wants to enjoy becoming a founder of a sect. Even though my sect could not match that of the top 7 sects in Taixia Country, I would have a try. At least, my sect should be unrivaled in one region so as to live up to my talents!" Zhang Tie said heroically.
Bai Suxian watched Zhang Tie with full sparkling stars in her eyes just like a tomboy who heard that her beloved brother was going to rob a territory for protection fee. Being excited at once, she uttered, "If Lord is really that ambitious, this humble lady would like to be your subordinate and help Lord instruct a batch of disciples!"
"Oh, what's the contradiction between you and your dad Lord Guangnan? Why did you leave your home?"
"It's because of Fang Xinyi that foxtrel..." Bai Suxian gritted her teeth at once as she swore, "That b*tch. I treated her as my ladybro and bosom friend. However, it's out of my imagination that the b*tch wanted to be my stepmother. How could I bear that..."
Zhang Tie was dumbfounded once again. 'Bai Suxian's ladybro slept with her dad and became her stepmother. Such a resentment in the major clan could be written into a novel. Bai Suxian's dad was really a weirdo. Lord Guannan must have seen numerous women; how could he sleep with his daughter's bosom friend and make her daughter leave home? As a result, he and his daughter are like strangers. What the f*ck! Weirdo...'
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2 hours later, Zhang Tie saw Bai Suxian off the Black Armor Battlefortress. After that, he insisted on accompanying Bai Suxian and the other 3 people from Lord Guangnan's Mansion over 700 miles away. When they left Tiewei Mountain, Zhang Tie flew back to the Black Armor Battlefortress alone after bidding a farewell to Bai Suxian.
On the way, the three people from Lord Guangnan might have heard something about Cui Li; especially that old man, whose eye lights turned strange when he saw Bai Suxian being so docile and reluctant to part with Zhang Tie.
"I saw Miss growing up since she was young. You're the first man who made Miss so docile. She didn't act in that way even in front of our Lord!"
Before leaving, the old man told Zhang Tie in a secret way meaningfully.
Zhang Tie touched his bald head as he was confused about the old guy's meaning.
Bai Suxian was escorted by an earth knight and two black iron knights; additionally, the battle in Tiewei Mountain became white-hot; therefore, they might not meet any demon knight on the way back to the Lion Fortress. Therefore, Zhang Tie was not worried about Bai Suxian at all.
The airboat of Lord Guangnan was parking in the Lion Fortress. After returning to Lion Fortress, Bai Suxian could directly go back home by airboat.
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After returning to the Black Armor Battlefortress, Zhang Tie started an individual life once again.
The bed in the room No. 2064 still carried the fragrance of Bai Suxian.
Watching the empty huge bed, Zhang Tie smacked his lips as he touched the silver remote-sensing ring on his little finger. The other remote-sensing ring was on Bai Suxian's finger. This pair of remote-sensing rings were exchanged with the earth-element crystals that Bai Suxian had gained in the Black Armor Battlefortress for the convenience of their communication.
After taking a deep breath, Zhang Tie sat beside the bed and took out 6 water-element crystals that he was rewarded this time before absorbing them.
It might take other earth knights a few days to absorb the 6 water-element crystals; however, it only took Zhang Tie 3 hours to absorb all of them.
The water chakra of king roc sutra was more difficult to form than earth chakra. The quantity of water-element crystals demanded was astronomical. Under such a circumstance, Zhang Tie could only cultivate step by step towards shadow knight.
After absorbing the 6 water-element crystals, Zhang Tie continued to absorb water elements in the elements realm.
2 days later, Zhang Tie felt that the 2nd dragon scale on the new earth knight's crystal plate that he had just received in Black Armor Battlefortress was lit. He then opened his eyes and stood up...
After absorbing most of the remaining virtual water chakra of the demon baron, plus over 2 months' cultivation and the 40-50 water-element crystals that he gained by killing so many demon knights, Zhang Tie had just lit 2 dragon scales on his crystal plate.
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1 hour later, Zhang Tie came to the lobby of Black Armor Battlefortress and wanted to leave there.
At this moment, an uproar occurred while someone shouted, "Ahh, the knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect will also join the battle in Tiewei Mountain?"
After hearing this sound, Zhang Tie turned around and became stiff at once...
A team of knights with exceptional demeanors entered the entrance while all the knights at the entrance gave a way to them. Zhang Tie caught sight of Lan Yunxi in the middle of the team at once...
Chapter 985: The First Rays of the Morning in the Cloud
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Temperament could hardly be described. For instance, a rich man who had been used to the life of pampered aristocracy definitely had a different temperament than the real beggars even if he was requested to beg together with real beggars on the roadside.
The rich man knew that he was rich; therefore, even if he disguised as a beggar, he wouldn't look like poor at all.
This was the temperament of rich people.
As the knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect entered the lobby of Black Armor Battlefortress, the uproar in the lobby slowly trailed off.
Being compared to the knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, although the other knights in the lobby were not beggars, they were almost scared by the knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect at once.
The knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect didn't take too many luxurious and advanced items. Their clothes and weapons were as common as those of common knights. The old man with a white beard and white hair in front of the team wore an extremely average plain linen robe. However, these people looked domineering.
The entire team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect just entered quietly, being neither tidy nor disordered. All the team members looked indifferent and calm. When they entered the lobby of the Black Armor Battlefortress, they felt like thawy sweet and limpid snow water flowing down from the top of the mountain range into the dirty secular river.
The team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect contained over 30 members. Lan Yunxi was walking in the middle of the team.
In a purple longuette, Lan Yunxi was carrying a delicate, mini battle crossbow on her back with a longsword on one side of her waist while her black hair was bundled by a jade clip. In Zhang Tie's eyes, she was a goddess walking down the cloud.
Since he left Lan Yunxi in Selnes Theater of Operations, Zhang Tie had not seen her for many years. When he caught sight of her at this moment, Zhang Tie felt that Lan Yunxi didn't turn old at all; instead, she became brighter and beautiful. She felt calmer and more confident than that a few years ago.
The fragrance of the noble and unsullied orchid, as capricious as clouds and the brilliant first rays of the morning. With the three features, this woman carried a dreamlike comeliness.
At this moment, Zhang Tie felt that her name Lan Yunxi fit her temperament so well that Zhang Tie even doubted whether what he did to her was real or not. When in Hidden Dragon Island, Zhang Tie almost raped her. In Selnes Theater of Operations, he traveled in the sky by glider with this woman and listened to her inner thoughts.
In the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, this woman could still be the focus.
There were almost 10 female knights in the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. All the other female knights looked outstanding; however, Lan Yunxi was the most excellent one.
Based on his sharp intuition as a man, Zhang Tie felt that some male knights in the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect were paying attention to Lan Yunxi because they always looked at Lan Yunxi with adoration and desires. Because of Lan Yunxi, it seemed that the male knights in the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect also became personable with strong qi fields.
Honestly, Zhang Tie felt that his own excellence completely benefited from Castle of Black Iron. Without Castle of Black Iron, he might be struggling to survive himself in a dirty and remote place. Whereas, Lan Yunxi was born to be excellent. Her excellence was engraved in her soul and each of her cells. Nobody else could match here in Huaiyuan palace and the entire Zhang clan. This woman could always become the most excellent one whether she was in Huaiyuan Palace or Taiyi Fantasy Sect.
When in Huaiyuan Palace, because of her, everybody in Huaiyuan Palace including Zhang Tie almost forgot that Zhang Taixuan the Count Long Wind even had some sons. Although Lan Yunxi's elder brothers were not average and could undertake tasks alone at young ages, they were almost forgotten by others due to the existence of Lan Yunxi.
It was the same in a bigger stage like Taiyi Fantasy Sect, one of the top 7 sects in Taixia Country...
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Until the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect disappeared in Zhang Tie's eyes and the surrounding uproars recovered did Zhang Tie wake up from the surprise of meeting Lan Yunxi once again...
"Powerful, too powerful!"
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"They deserve to be the head of the top seven sects in Taixia Country!"
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"I feel that the old man in front of the team might have promoted to a shadow knight!"
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"Did you see that female knight who carried a short crossbow on her back? She's too brilliant..."
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"I wonder whether the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect is going to settle down in Black Armor Battlefortress or join the battle in the core of Tiewei Mountain..."
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Discussions soon started in the surroundings.
Zhang Tie who was going to leave Black Armor Battlefortress recovered his composure. After thinking for a second, he instantly changed his direction and walked towards an information desk in the center of the square.
Zhang Tie came to the front of the old man who was responsible for retrieving ox horns of ox-headed demons.
The old man was wiping an ox horn with a piece of cloth. At the sight of Zhang Tie, he raised his head.
"Are they members of Taiyi Fantasy Sect?" Zhang Tie asked.
"Yup!"
"Are they going to fight a long-drawn war here with Black Armor Battlefortress as a strongpoint?"
"Why do you ask this?"
"Heh heh heh, Taiyi Fantasy Sect is well-known; additionally, they dispatched so many knights here this time. As these knights are all outstanding, they might make troubles; therefore, I just want to know their plan!" Zhang Tie replied casually.
After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie, the old man revealed an obscene smile at once. Closely after that, the old man lowered his body over the counter while Zhang Tie moved his ears closer to him.
"There are many beautiful female knights in the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. Soon after the woman who warmed up your bed left, you couldn't wait to seduce the other girls in the Taiyi Fantasy Sect? I tell you, the female knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect are not that easy to be seduced. Have you seen that old guy in plain linen robe in the front of the team? He's Feng Yexiao, one of the four elders of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. He had promoted to 4 changes shadow knight 10 years ago. He looks merciless and is extremely cruel. If he knew that you plan to seduce his female disciple, he would definitely break your "three legs", hehhehheh..."
"Is this Cui that sort of man?" Zhang Tie glared at this old guy. Although this old guy looked serious in normal times, he was actually also a shameless guy.
"Stop it, man. This old man has also been as young as you. That's how men and women always think about. Do not deny it!" The old guy smirked weirdly, "I like you. This old man will give you a free news. Anyone who wants to fight in the core battlefield of Tiewei Mountain should follow orders without any exception. However, the people of Taiyi Fantasy Sect are domineering; especially Feng Yexiao the old guy who's famous for his narrow-mindedness. How could he lead his men to the core battlefield to follow other's orders?"
The old guy's message indirectly answered Zhang Tie's question, namely, the people of Taiyi Fantasy Sect would not involve themselves in the core battlefield on their own initiative. They might carry out a guerrilla in the periphery of Tiewei Mountain. Of course, under the leadership of a shadow Knight-level elder, their battle strength could never be matched by common Class 2 garrison knights. Perhaps, they might come to the rear end or the critical places of demons and do something big.
However, given the safety of Lan Yunxi, the Taiyi Fantasy Sect might just want to show their newbies how the large-scale battle between human knights and demon knights went.
"I see, thanks!" Zhang Tie appreciated the old man and wanted to leave there.
"Wait!" The old guy threw a vial towards Zhang Tie, "Here's a vial of internal heat reduction pills as my gift. The ox horns that you gave me last time are not bad, this is the extra compensation! If you don't need it, you could gift it to others!"
'Is this moral standing premium?'
Zhang Tie waved his hand and left with the vial of pills.
At this moment, Zhang Tie's mind had been filled with Lan Yunxi's images; therefore, he was a bit distracted.
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Tie left the square. He flew out of the Black Armor Battlefortress and entered the dense black mist in the periphery of Tiewei Mountain.
Only after over 1 hour's flight, Zhang Tie had come into a hidden mountain cave in the outermost mountain range of Tiewei Mountain.
In the mountain cave, Zhang Tie triggered his immortal body changing bloodline and gradually recovered his original look through changing his skeletons and muscles all over.
After recovering his original look, Zhang Tie's clothes and caliga became too much larger than his body. Therefore, Zhang Tie took out a whole set of clothes and caliga from Castle of Black Iron and finally wore an average face mask.
After doing all this, the moment he walked out of the mountain cave did Zhang Tie remember something. He touched his head and felt that it was still bald and eye-catching; therefore, he revealed a self-mocking smile and touched his head once again. Closely after that, his hair grew up rapidly. After making a crew cut and confirming that no loophole was left, Zhang Tie left the mountain cave.
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After circling around 2 hours in the dense mist, Zhang Tie returned to the Black Armor Battlefortress with a new look...
Chapter 986: Contact
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Zhang Tie was not nervous. Although he was in the face mask, this face mask could be easily identified by powerhouses who excelled at disguising skills; however, Zhang Tie was not afraid of being identified.
Right in front of him, the two black iron knights who had just entered the Black Armor Battlefortress were also wearing face masks.
Given their steel-blue hair and brown skin, Zhang Tie knew that the two knights in front of him came from a foreign subcontinent. Their face masks must be the deity that they worshiped.
There were many similar human knights in the Lion Fortress and the Earth-elements Realm who were in different human races from different countries on different continents with various beliefs.
It was very normal for them to wear face masks. Some female knights even liked wearing a veil. It was said that those female knights only exposed their faces to their fathers and husbands in their whole lives. Some knights from countries in Western Continent even liked wearing a complete skull of an ox-headed demon on their heads. As for those knights, the complete skull of an ox-headed demon with ox horns indicated that they were brave. It was also their tradition. What was more, someone made tattoos on their faces so that their ears, eyes, noses, mouth and eyebrows could be barely identified by people.
If one wanted to enter the Black Armor Battlefortress, he only needed to prove that he was not a demon.
The spiny identification equipment at the entrance of the fortress could not identify individuals concretely; it could only respond to the demon's blood.
Therefore, it was nothing difficult for Zhang Tie to enter Black Armor Battlefortress in a face mask.
After recovering his original body, Zhang Tie's qi also recovered to that of a black iron knight. Even though his cultivation method was recovered to "Five-elements Ground-look Sutra" benefited from his "King Roc Sutra".
After finding that Zhang Tie was strange, a black armored knight at the entrance just threw a glance at him and examined his blood before letting him in smoothly.
At this moment, Zhang Tie realized that the decision that he made to give up the bloodline of the shadow demon was pretty right. If he still had the bloodline of shadow demon at this moment, he might be the one being chased after by human knights in the Earth-elements Realm instead of the real earth Knight-level shadow demon. In this world, no pay, no gain.
'By contrast, my immortal body changing bloodline is really perfect.'
Zhang Tie felt lucky after entering Black Armor Battlefortress once again.
After leaving there for a few hours, the Black Armor Battlefortress remained unchanged. Zhang Tie easily knew that the team of 34 knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect was living on the 4th floor of No. 7 tower in the southwest of the square.
As Zhang Tie looked strange, nobody would like to glance at him across the Black Armor Battlefortress.
After gaining the whereabouts of Lan Yunxi, Zhang Tie directly walked towards No. 7 tower.
After passing the square in a casual way, Zhang Tie came to the knights' bar on the 2nd floor of No. 7 tower and ordered a chartered room over there. Closely after that, he left the bar and went upstairs all the way to the side of the 4th floor which was far away from the noises of the square. He then walked past each room on both sides of the corridor in common footsteps.
There were many logistics and battle auxiliary personnel in Black Armor Battlefortress. In the apartments of knights, some logistics personnel would be arranged for serving knights in each floor of the tower. Zhang Tie was imitating the footsteps of battle auxiliary personnel in Black Armor Battlefortress. Given his footsteps, few people might know that he was a knight.
This was the reaction blind area in people's first impression.
The inside layout of No. 7 tower looked like that of a hotel. One side directly faced the open courtyard of the tower from where knights could directly fly away in emergencies; knights' rooms were on the other side of the aisle.
Zhang Tie just walked and passed by each door in a calm way. However, the beautiful and marvelous golden virtual lotus flowers were silently blossoming around his pupils.
Due to the beautiful virtual lotus flowers in his eyes, the metal rooms and multi-layered metal walls became transparent at once while everything inside the rooms was exposed to Zhang Tie.
The pictures of the living habits of knights on the 4th floor of No. 7 tower was presented to Zhang Tie's eyes.
Some rooms were empty; some knights were snoring loudly in their sleep after finishing their tasks; some knights were cultivating with crossed legs by absorbing crystals in their hands or immersing themselves in the elements realm. Of course, there were some strange ones. Some knights were reading books; some were picking their noses in the mirror; in one room, a male and a female were doing what Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian used to do a few days ago. What was more ridiculous was that two men were in a room...
Like being struck by a lightning bolt, Zhang Tie preferred to see nothing.
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Although Zhang Tie knew that it was immoral for him to peep at them; he didn't care too much at such a critical moment.
Finally, Zhang Tie caught a female knight of Taiyi Fantasy Sect who was taking off her clothes for a bath.
The female knight walked behind Lan Yunxi just now. She looked conservative; however, after taking off her clothes, she exposed a set of sexy black underclothes.
After looking at her figure in the mirror, the female knight let out a faint sigh. It seemed that she was worried about something.
'Sorry, I didn't mean it.'
Zhang Tie stuck his tongue out as he murmured inside. After throwing another two glances at her stealthily, Zhang Tie walked by her room in a calm look.
Starting with this female knight, all the knights in the rooms were from Taiyi Fantasy Sect.
Zhang Tie had to admit that Taiyi Fantasy Sect had a strict discipline.
After passing by their rooms one after another, Zhang Tie found 90% of the knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect were cultivating with crossed legs. One or two of them were walking slowly in their rooms and making hand gestures. It seemed that they were deducing battle skills. Some female knights were taking a bath. However, Zhang Tie only threw a glance at them. He felt too guilty peeping at their naked bodies at this moment.
Zhang Tie also saw that elder called Feng Yexiao through his door and wall.
The old man was deducing something with a compass-like item in hand. Zhang Tie was not sure whether his lotus-flower eyes could arouse the attention of a shadow knight; therefore, he just glanced over his room and moved to the next target rapidly.
Finally, he caught sight of Lan Yunxi in one room...
She was cultivating with crossed legs.
When Zhang Tie passed by her room, he penetrated his metallic battle qi through the metal door of Lan Yunxi's room with his voice into Lan Yunxi's ears.
——Senior sister apprentice. Long time no see. If you're free, come for me in No. 16 chartered room of the knights' bar in No. 7 tower!
Zhang Tie just walked away in a casual way...
Lan Yunxi widely opened her eyes immediately with an amazed and unbelievable look...
'Zhang Tie!'
How could Lan Yunxi forget such a familiar voice?
Lan Yunxi almost mistook it as an illusion; however, given the clear sound in her ears, she knew that it was not an illusion.
She was shocked by Zhang Tie's voice. What shocked her more was that Zhang Tie knew that she lived here and could pass his voice to her precisely through the door.
'Is Zhang Tie always in Black Armor Battlefortress?'
'If black iron knights could control their battle qis in a very high standard, they could indeed talk with another knight secretly through an object or a door. However, the premise is that they should fix the position of the knight precisely. The voice should reach the listener's ears precisely; otherwise, it would be ineffective. How did Zhang Tie do it?'
'Did he fix my position through my breathing sound? No way, the wall of the room is inlaid with a special device which could isolate sound and spiritual energy absolutely.'
Soon after listening to Zhang Tie's sound, Lan Yunxi sprung up and come to the door...
She had already grasped the handle by hand; however, she stopped.
Lan Yunxi closed her eyes and stood for a few seconds at the door before moving back. She sat down with crossed legs once again...
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Zhang Tie was not worried that Lan Yunxi would rush out to meet him after hearing his voice. Common women might do that, except for Lan Yunxi. She knew which way was best to her and Zhang Tie.
After returning to the No. 16 chartered room of the knight's bar on the 2nd floor of No. 7 tower, Zhang Tie ordered a watermelon liquor and started a drink in the room alone.
The chartered rooms and drinks in the knights' bar were free for those knights in the Black Armor Battlefortress. On the earth's surface, such chartered rooms and drinks would only cost them a few gold coins, which could be ignored by knights. Now that they could come to the Black Armor Battlefortress, they were supporting humans in the battle between humans and demons in the Earth-elements Realm. Therefore, it was reasonable for Black Armor Battlefortress to provide the best services to these human knights. Nobody would care about the consumption at all.
Zhang Tie was waiting for Lan Yunxi because he knew that she would come...
Chapter 987: Martyr
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
When he drank the strange watermelon liquor quietly in the chartered room of the knights' bar, Zhang Tie gradually recovered his composure. After thinking about it for a short while, Zhang Tie found that he could not find a reason to meet Lan Yunxi under this circumstances.
However, at the sight of Lan Yunxi, his heart started to race unconsciously.
At the sight of her, he would not recover his composure unless he watched and talked with her face to face.
Many times, one's decisions were not determined by reason, but emotions and feelings, even being an earth knight...
If one was always dominated by his reason, there would not be the story that a king teased his lords by lighting smokes on the city-defense facilities only for a beauty's smile or numerous heroes were driven mad for the sake of their beloved women.
The astringent and scorching sense of the watermelon liquor reminded Zhang Tie of the look of Lan Yunxi whom he saw in the Herbs Valley of Hidden Dragon Island for the first time.
In the moonlight, a female in a skirt as silvery as the moonlight was playing water in a brook being reflected with the moonlight while sitting on a rock. Meanwhile, she was holding a jade flute while the vacant sound flew out of the jade flute like water, filling the valley...
That was the most beautiful scenery in Zhang Tie's mind forever.
At that moment, Zhang Tie thought that he was watching a fairy.
'Was my feeling about Lan Yunxi as scorching and astringent as this watermelon liquor at that time?'
'I almost raped Lan Yunxi at that moment.' Zhang Tie revealed a smile when he was drinking the watermelon liquor. Although being absurd, what happened between him and Lan Yunxi at that time felt warm unconsciously.
If teenagers were not absurd, what would they recall when they grew up?
'After so many years, Huaiyuan Palace has moved from Waii Subcontinent to Taixia Country. I'm not that muddleheaded teenager anymore, neither is senior fellow apprentice the same one either!'
'Something has changed!'
'Did somthing really change?'
The effect of watermelon liquor made Zhang Tie's face hot. Wearing a senior disguising face mask, he felt being covered with a heat dissipating facial mask. Zhang Tie revealed a self-mockery smile. He touched his face and directly took off his face mask.
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1 hour later, Lan Yunxi pushed open the door of the chartered room when she saw Zhang Tie drinking liquor on the sofa without even covering his original look.
Lan Yunxi watched Zhang Tie and found that he had changed. Although he remained as young as before with the same pure and hot eyes, he had one more temperament——a reckless arrogance!
A wanted criminal of Taixia Country could sit in the chartered room of the knights' bar of Black Armor Fortress for a drink like that he had done nothing wrong. That was arrogance.
"It has been 24 years since I saw you last time, it's really nice to see you!" Zhang Tie stood up and gave an embrace to Lan Yunxi by opening his arms.
Lan Yunxi didn't dodge away. Zhang Tie pasted his head on her hair and took a deep breath. Closely after that, he moved one step back and watched Lan Yunxi with a smile.
"I left Selnes Theater of Operations on the 894th year of Black Iron Calendar. You must have stayed 15 years in the tower of time!" Lan Yunxi let out a sigh faintly.
That was how smart ones behaved. The moment Zhang Tie said that he had not seen her for 24 years, Lan Yunxi immediately understood where he had been in the rest 15 years.
It was really unimaginable that it had been 24 years since Zhang Tie was framed to attend the reconnaissance mission in Titanic Duchy. Time flew.
"I knew that you and the Lan elder went to look for me later on!" Zhang Tie told Lan Yunxi.
Lan Yunxi replied with a smile as distant as the clouds, "I also know that your three sons are born to be exceptionally smart. They are more intelligent than me in my childhood!"
"Do you mind that?"
"We've both grown mature. We have our own responsibilities and obligations!" Lan Yunxi shook her head as she watched Zhang Tie tenderly; meanwhile, she faintly touched Zhang Tie's face by one hand, "As for you, they're your beloved ones. It's your responsibility and obligation to protect them as one part of your life. I cannot separate them from your life. I hope you can also understand that there's something inseparable in my life. I also have my responsibilities and obligations. As a knight of Huaiyuan Palace and an offspring of Lord Huaiyuan, you've already exerted your utmost efforts to protect Huaiyuan Palace. Taixia Country is too large with too many dangers. It's my turn to safeguard Huaiyuan Palace!"
After hearing Lan Yunxi's words, Zhang Tie felt something bad, "What do you mean?"
"After finishing the survival training in the Earth-elements Realm with Elder Feng, I will return to Taiyi Fantasy Sect and apply for becoming the Martyr of Yaogong Palace!"
"Martyr of Yaogong Palace?" Zhang Tie felt strange about this term.
Lan Yunxi smiled, "After becoming a martyr of Yaogong Palace of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, I will not marry for the rest of my life. However, my position in Taiyi Fantasy Sect would be very special because I will take charge of the sacred item of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. After becoming a martyr of Yaogong Palace of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, even if the crown prince ascends to the throne in the future and his master becomes one of the top 3 chancellors in Taixia, nobody will harm Huaiyuan Palace with the protection of Taiyi Fantasy Sect!"
Lan Yunxi's smile made Zhang Tie feel heart-wrenching. Zhang Tie tightly grabbed her shoulders with bloody eyes as he roared like an injured wild beast, "No!"
Thankfully, chartered rooms in knights' bars were specifically designed. The gate and wall of the room could prevent sound from leaking and the spiritual energy of knights from peeping in. If not, Zhang Tie's roar would have shocked the entire bar.
"This holy war is different than before. There's something that you might not know. Taiyi Fantasy Sect has made the worst preparation for this holy war. As the head of the top 7 sects in Taixia Country, Taiyi Fantasy Sect has secretly started the 'Doomsday Sperma' which might be started only when the entire Hua people in Taixia Country might be exterminated. In the earlier two holy wars, Taiyi Fantasy Sect had not started this plan. This was the top secret of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. Even the core disciples of our sect have not known about that. I ascertain it through some clues inside Taiyi Fantasy Sect by accident!"
Lan Yunxi put another hand onto Zhang Tie's face too as she watched Zhang Tie soulfully, "Under this circumstance, if someone in the top three chancellors in the future wanted to uproot Huaiyuan Palace, Huaiyuan Palace would be exterminated at any time facing the dangers both inside and outside. As a member of Huaiyuan Palace, I was always treated like a princess since I was young. If not sacrifice myself at this moment as a shelter of Huaiyuan Palace, what else can I do for Huaiyuan Palace..."