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Chapter 1057: Comparing Notes in the Valley
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"How?"
After hearing Zhang Tie's simple reply, the atmosphere became intense abruptly.
After finding that Fire Dragon Hermit and Strong Cloud Hermit were going to fight here, those people surrounding the secret pearls dispersed at once. As the fight between two earth knights might cover several miles, fighters below knight level had better stay far away from the effective range of the fight; otherwise, they might be hurt.
When they dispersed, they were very excited inside because commoners might not easily see how two earth knights fought.
At this moment, Nangong Sheng had stood up and walked into the venue from his seat, followed by two knight elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect on his sides. It looked pretty dignified.
After a shrewd eye light flashed, Nangong Sheng revealed a smile, "Fire Dragon Hermit, I was told that there was a battle skill called "Big Sun Fire Dragon Palm" in "Fire Dragon Sutra". I cultivate "Thunder-like Immortal Fist"; dare you to compare notes with me?"
Although Nangong Sheng's words sounded fair, all the other knights and elders at present frowned as they swore inside that Nangong Sheng was too cunning and vicious. Because they all knew that the most powerful battle skill in "Fire Dragon Sutra" was spear skill instead of fist skill. Although Nangong Sheng cultivated sword skills, he excelled at his fist position. Immortal Fist Position Sect was also famous for the fist. Why didn't he compare weapons with Fire Dragon Hermit instead of fist skills? Apparently, he was undermining Fire Dragon Hermit. Additionally, Nangong Sheng intended to prod Fire Dragon Hermit into action with his words. How shameless he was! If Fire Dragon Hermit refused him, it was equal to admitting that he dared not, which would make him more prestigious.
Of course, Zhang Tie clearly knew what Nangong Sheng was thinking about. However, after hearing that Nangong Sheng was going to fight him with fist skills, Zhang Tie sneered inside, 'Didn't this old guy know that I excel at Iron-Blood Fist? I have been cultivating Iron-Blood Fist since I was in Blackhot City. During a couple of years in the hieron ruins, I promoted to an earth knight; besides reaching a new height in all the battle skills of Fire Dragon Sutra, I have pushed Iron-Blood Fist to a wholly new height through comparing battle skills of Fire Dragon Sutra with Iron-Blood Fist. Do you want to fight me with fist skills? I'm also looking for a training partner.'
Zhang Tie was not afraid of the "Thunder-like Immortal Fist" at all. After reaching a realm, the competition between fist skills and secret methods was more like the competition between comprehensions about fist positions; in the final analysis, the competition between humans. However, Zhang Tie had entered this realm when he promoted to a knight. therefore, he didn't care about the "thunder-like immortal fist" of Nangong Sheng. If his "thunder-like immortal fist" was really better than Zhang Tie's Iron-Blood Fist, Zhang Tie wouldn't feel disappointed; instead, he would feel happy. Because he would have a chance to make progress and gnosis. Actually, it was very difficult for him to find such an opponent.
"Master Nangong, you're really good at making a choice. The spear skill of "Fire Dragon Sutra" ranks top 10 in Taixia Country, why not Master Nangong compare notes with Fire Dragon Hermit on weapons..."
Before Zhang Tie replied, a cold, ironical and contemptuous voice had drifted from the guests. It was Guo Hongyi in a hot red skirt who was taking up the cudgels for Zhang Tie.
Raising her beautiful face, Guo Hongyi was watching Nangong Sheng with a cold look. She was not afraid of the prestige of Immortal Fist Position Sect and Nangong Sheng who was an earth knight. Among those silent men, Guo Hongyi was pretty outstanding and heroic. As a result, those men felt embarrassed.
"Mind your own business; our fight would be too destructive; additionally, Fire Dragon Hermit and I are just comparing notes; instead of fighting to death. No need to be that serious!" Nangong Sheng slightly shrunk his pupils when he caught sight of Guo Hongyi. However, he hid his real moods and looked righteous, "It's in the holy war, what do you mean by instigating two earth knights to fight at the cost of their lives here, Miss Guo? Even your master and the master of Guo Clan of South Mountain Palace might not agree with you!"
After hearing his words, Guo Hongyi instantly became furious like a cracker being lit. She then replied in an extremely icy tone, "Don't use my master and Guo Clan of South Mountain Palace to suppress me. I gained everything with my own efforts. What do you mean by saying that? Do you think that I dare not fight you just because you're an earth knight?"
Nangong Sheng raised his head and watched the sky with crossed arms silently as if he despised to fight her. This drove Guo Hongyi more furious. She almost wanted to beat him right away.
"Hahahaha...now that Master Nangong wants to compare notes with me, go ahead, as it's in the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect, it's improper to use weapons!" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter at the critical moment as he told Guo Hongyi, "Young sister Guo, thanks for your good intention, I was also looking for someone to compare notes lately. Now that Master Nangong cultivates "Thunder-like Immortal Fist", I will compare notes with Master Nangong on fist skills!"
'Previously, I called you elder sister; now I call you younger sister. Haha, we're even.' Zhang Tie recalled when he met Guo Hongyi in Youzhou City for the first time when he spoke. 'According to Nangong Sheng, Guo Hongyi's master and clan sounds great. Guo Clan of South Mountain Palace might be like Zhang Clan of Tianlu Palace. Therefore, Nangong Sheng was a bit scared about her. There're so many surnames in Taixia Country, there's a top family on the back of each major surname. As Zhang Tie has just been in Taixia Country for a few years, he only knew something about Zhang Clan in Taixia Country; he knew that Tianlu Palace, Guanying Palace and Bairen Palace were the top branches in Zhang Clan across Taixia Country.
"Good, Fire Dragon Hermit is really a hero. This master will learn from your fist. However, it's not convenient for us to compare notes here. We'd better choose another place!" Nangong Sheng praised Zhang Tie.
"It's simple, how about finding some place outside the city?"
After saying that, Zhang Tie told his elder brother in a secret way, "Don't worry". Closely after that, he released some tracing feathers onto those secret pearls in case that someone stole them away. After that, he flew off over 100 m high above Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect and waved his hand towards Nangong Sheng. After exchanging a glance with the two elders on his side, Nangong Sheng directly flew off with the two elders at the same time.
Zhang Tie flew ahead of the 3 people towards the outside of Xuantian City.
After exchanging a glance with each other, all the knights and elders in the venue flew off after Zhang Tie and Nangong Sheng. If they didn't join this fun, it would be too pitiful. The fight between two earth knights would definitely enlighten black iron knights; additionally, this fight was full of suspense. It was a very rare opportunity for Fire Dragon Hermit to compare notes with Strong Cloud Hermit on fist skills. Even Guo Hongyi had stomped her feet to the ground and followed them away.
The juniors below knight level could only raise their heads and watch those knights flying away with admiring looks, 'This is knight's world. They could come and go whenever they want. That's too handsome.'
"It's time for us to take a good look at these secret pearls..." Someone suddenly said which reminded everybody else. Closely after that, they hurriedly rushed to the side of those secret pearls and started to touch them with flickering eyes. They almost drooled.
As for those people who joined the fun outside Xuantian Courtyard, watching so many knights flying off Xuantian Courtyard towards the outside of Xuantian City, they all became perplexed as they only felt that knights were really marvelous.
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A few minutes later, those knights flying out of Xuantian Courtyard entered a barren, unpopulated valley which covered dozens of square miles in Yangui Mountain Range outside Xuantian City.
There seemed to be a quarry in the valley previously; however, the quarry might have already been deserted for dozens of years as there were only some standing rotten woods in the quarry. The mountain rocks which had been expedited were covered with moss.
"Here!" Zhang Tie landed on a boulder which was over 10 m in height in the valley.
"Fine, it's not bad!" Nangong Sheng also landed on the same boulder, being over 30 m away from Zhang Tie.
All the other knights, including the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect, had stopped over 500 m away in the air. At the same time, many people had released their protective battle qis.
"How?"
"How about close combat? If not, we might not see a result in a few days. As it's younger brother Cui's opening ceremony, we'd better not waste time!" Nangong Sheng narrowed his eyes as he replied with a pun.
"Well, close combat then. The one who escapes out of the valley and admits that he's beaten will be the loser, how about that?"
"Haha, younger brother Cui is too forthright!"
"Please..."
"Please..."
The two people made a starting gesture at the same time. In a split second, the fierce battle intentions of the two earth knights boiled in the valley.
Nangong Sheng's starting gesture was punching against the sky by one hand and the ground by the other hand at the same time while faintly lowering his body, which looked pretty domineering. At the same time, his battle qi tornado rushed into the sky while his battle intention grew increasingly stronger. Additionally, as his battle qi tornado rushed into the sky, the sunny sky was gradually covered with black clouds. At the sight of this scene, all the surrounding knights, including Lu Dingzhi and some elders of clans with provincial governors changed their faces at the same time...
Chapter 1058: Thunder-like Booms
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"When the fist starts, the clouds move!" Elder Muyu exclaimed out of amazement.
Nobody could imagine that Nangong Sheng had entered such a supreme realm in his thunder-like immortal fist. He could even have a contact with the universe.
It was definitely the peak level of this battle skill.
Only earth knights who had formed their earth chakra could reach the supreme realm of integrating with the universe of their battle skill. Black iron knights could only long for this realm yet couldn't realize it at all. Actually, very few earth knights could reach this supreme realm. At least Zhang Tie had not seen any earth knight displaying such a great ability before Nangong Sheng.
"Our master of the sect has cultivated Thunder-like Immortal Fist for 100 years. After promoting to an earth knight, he practiced it for over 10 more years with his full efforts. He's already entered the supreme realm of Thunder-like Immortal Fist and could integrate with the universe. Speaking of fist skills, only our master could reach the supreme realm of integrating with the universe within Northeast Military Region..." Elder Mo Qi said pleasantly after throwing a glance at the surrounding onlookers...
Watching the dense black clouds caused by Nangong Sheng's battle qi tornado above the valley, all the knights in the surrounding changed their faces; even Zhang Tie looked unprecedentedly solemn.
Zhang Tie had not imagined that Nangong Sheng could be so powerful, 'It seems that Nangong Sheng had prepared well for this fight.'
At this moment, Zhang Tie realized that he was overconfident. In this world, not everybody in the role of "clown" and "bad guys" had to set off you. In many cases, because these kind of people were always heartless and as persistent as wolves, they could always make their full efforts to reach their targets. They treated everybody viciously, including themselves. They had a strong mind and could bear loneliness and pains that the others couldn't bear. Therefore, this kind of people could always gain the achievements that many "positive roles" and "good person" couldn't. They always had special talents.
In cultivation, one's achievements had nothing to do with morality; it was only related to sweats and efforts.
However, even though he was shocked, Zhang Tie immediately lit his battle intent like a wildfire. At this moment, facing Nangong Sheng, Zhang Tie instantly felt being as oppressive as facing Glaze when in Blackhot City. This long-lost feeling of oppression enabled Zhang Tie's blood veins to go berserk. He felt his battle qi was going to boil up.
It was pretty lucky for a person to meet such a powerful opponent.
"Good, when the fist starts, the clouds move; the God really favors me..." Zhang Tie laughed while a thick battle qi tornado rushed into the sky, "Master Nangong is the first earth knight that I met who could reach the realm of integrating his battle skill with the universe. If I was beaten by your fist position, I would declare that the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect became ineffective. You can just treat it as a cheerful party in Xuantian City. If this Cui could beat you on fist skills, I would reopen my Iron-Dragon Sect!"
It was Zhang Tie's first time to call Nangong Sheng master because he really respected Nangong Sheng and the realm that Nangong Sheng entered.
After hearing Zhang Tie's reply, all the onlookers became visibly moved. Nobody could imagine that Fire Dragon Hermit could be so generous facing such a powerful enemy. As a result, they felt that Fire Dragon Hermit was even more heroic than themselves.
Fire Dragon Hermit was a real man!
Zhang Tie's reply made all the onlookers' blood boiled.
Nangong Sheng quivered his eyebrows as he was also shocked by Zhang Tie's masculinity and felt moved inside. Although he came here to ruin the opening ceremony, he also held Zhang Tie in high respect after hearing the latter's reply, "Fine, if you win, from today on, my Immortal Fist Position Sect will stay far away from your Iron-Dragon Sect!"
"Fine, that's what man should do!" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he made a strange starting gesture.
Zhang Tie put his two fists against each other before his chest. The others didn't know what this starting gesture meant. Only Zhang Tie knew that it was called introspection gesture.
Nangong Sheng had reached the supreme realm of integrating his fist skill with the universe. However, Zhang Tie had not reached that realm yet. Conversely, he could only retrospect himself by his fist, 'What does the extreme strength mean? What does the movement in accordance with universal laws mean? What does life mean? What does death mean? What does success mean? What does failure mean? What is the spirit of a fist?'
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Zhang Tie made a starting gesture with a solemn look. Meanwhile, he closed his eyes.
At the sight of Zhang Tie's starting gesture, Nangong Sheng's eyes shined too.
In the next 2 minutes, the air in the valley seemed to be frozen. Neither Zhang Tie nor Nangong Sheng moved. However, their battle qi tornadoes were wrestling and roaring, which shocked the entire Xuantian City in the distance...
The black clouds above the valley grew thicker. All of a sudden, a drop of rain fell off from thousands of meters high...
When the drop of rain reached a few meters above Zhang Tie's head, it suddenly froze like being caught by a hand. At the same time, Zhang Tie opened his sparkling eyes...
Meanwhile, Nangong Sheng also moved. He strode towards Zhang Tie; Zhang Tie also strode towards him. Although they were dozens of meters away from each other, they soon approached each other in one step. Closely after that, their punches collided with each other face-to-face...
With a boom, tens of thunder-like booms sounded over the valley while the 10-m high boulder under their feet vanished in a split second while thousands of spalls shot in all directions. Many neighboring boulders directly became powders. At the same time, a strong shock wave swept over several square miles. Even a 10-cm thick small tree which grew up in a riprap hundred of meters away was broken and sent flying dozens of meters away like having been split by a huge ax.
The fast flying spalls were even more destructive than the ammunition fired by powerful steam centrifugal cannons. Many spalls directly hit the protective battle qis of those onlooking knights over 500 m away, causing sound "Tsi"; additionally, the protective battle qis of the onlooking knights rocked. Feeling those powerful spalls, those onlooking knights changed their faces once again. Needless to say, most of the onlooking knights hurriedly moved 200 m away; only a few knights stayed within the range of 500 m...
The wind and cloud in the valley grew intense abruptly, causing ceaseless thunders...
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At the same time, an extremely brilliant airboat passed through the airspace of Yanzhou Province towards Xuantian City. Bai Suxian in an imperial robe as beautiful as a fairy was standing at the prow of the airboat. Not only that, she was losing her temper to an old man by stomping her feet to the ground and putting her hands on both sides of her waist.
"If I'm late and couldn't catch up with Brother Cui's opening ceremony, it's all your fault; it's all your fault; go back to your Lord Guangnan's Mansion..."
The old man revealed a bitter smile as he explained to Bai Suxian in a humble way, "Miss, we have to pass through the airspace of Yongzhou Province and Mozhou Province; but we don't know that the Class A cities in these provinces are under martial law. Even their airspace has been blocked and airboats should be checked. Even if we could pass through the checks smoothly with the brand of Lord Guangnan's Mansion, we have to waste some time on the way..."
"Whatever, it's your fault..."
"Yes, it's all this old slave's fault!" The old man revealed a benign smile. However, in a split second, he looked icy and aggressive, "If anyone who dared speak ill of Miss and made Miss unhappy, this old slave would make him unhappy for the rest of his life. As this old slave watched Miss grow up, I would never make you feel bad..."
Soon after he finished his words, the old man who called himself this old slave suddenly felt something. He looked through the left porthole in the prow. Right over dozens of miles away, a same purple airboat caught up with them and flew towards Xuantian City shoulder to shoulder.
"Yi? Tianlu Palace's airboat..."
The old man immediately recognized the background of the airboat through the bow-shaped clan's emblem on the airboat.
Hearing Tianlu Palace's airboat, Bai Suxian immediately recalled something. Like being stepped onto her tail, she sprung up at once as she gritted her teeth and said, "Fly ahead of it, don't let the foxtrel of Tianlu Palace arrive before us. The elders of Tianlu Palace have too many evil ideas. Do they think that I don't know that..."
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The fight between two earth knights on fist skills made the onlookers dazzled.
Zhang Tie and Nangong Sheng punched each other as fast as lightning bolts and as slow as two giants lifting mountains, which was really earthshaking.
However, the speed of earth knight's movements was relative. After entering the realm of fists, in commoners' eyes, their fast movements were like slow motions. However, when they really slowed down their speed, others would feel that they were moving super fast. If not the constant shock waves and thunder-like booms in the valley, almost nobody could observe that the two people were colliding with each other...
Among the onlookers, perhaps less than 10 people could see clearly how Zhang Tie fought Nangong Sheng.
These knights who could see clearly how the two knights fought were very amazed.
Nangong Sheng's cultivation base on his fist skill had entered the supreme realm of integrating with the universe; what was more shocking was that Fire Dragon Hermit whose fist skill was not outstanding could also enter a fantastic realm of his fist skill. In about half an hour, Fire Dragon Hermit and Nangong Sheng almost drew. If not having a sharp eyesight and a powerful knight's consciousness, they could almost not find the trivial difference between Fire Dragon Hermit and Nangong Sheng in fist skills...
Chapter 1059: The Unrivaled Punch
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
In a split second, numerous shadowy fists punched towards Zhang Tie in an overwhelming manner. With thunder-like booms, Nangong Sheng's fists integrated with the universe with a greater strength. With a surging battle qi, Nangong Sheng's fists became as irresistible as rolling thunders. However, Zhang Tie didn't fear about that at all. He punched against Nangong Sheng's fists face-to-face in the booming shock waves and blocked the greater part of Nangong Sheng's strike. But the trivial difference between the cultivation bases of the two fist skills was enlarged at this moment...
Scholars or fighters, there was always the best one. Even two earth knights only had a trivial difference at the beginning, the result would be remarkable.
In the blink of an eye, Nangong Sheng's fists had turned as overwhelming as a flood that spurted out small breaches of a dam at a fast speed. After destroying the dam, they poured onto Zhang Tie's body once again.
The bit of fist intent that leaked out of Zhang Tie's blockade immediately turned into a big river from a trickle and hit Zhang Tie's protective battle qi hundreds of times...
The last ten more fists of Nangong Sheng broke Zhang Tie's protective battle qi once again, hitting him onto the valley like a falling meteor. As a result, it caused a big pit deeper than 10 m. The rocks within 50 m were broken into fine powders...
They had been fighting over 4 hours.
3 hours ago, namely after they fought 1 hour, the bit of advantage of Nangong Sheng's fist position finally became magnified as his thunder-like immortal fist broke through Zhang Tie's defense for the first time and hit Zhang Tie onto the ground, causing a huge pit.
It was already the 11th time for Zhang Tie to be hit down from the sky by Nangong Sheng.
This time, after Zhang Tie's protective battle qi was broken, the thunder-like immortal fists closely hit onto his body, causing him to fall down with blood streams...
After a few hours' battle, this valley had already been severely destroyed. If you looked at it seriously, you would find traces which were like being hit by meteors on the ground and the cliffs on both sides of the valley, which were left by Zhang Tie.
'Is it over?'
At the sight of this scene, all the onlookers in the sky became confused.
During the past 4 hours, Nangong Sheng had shown the supreme realm of his thunder-like immortal fist once again, it was many people's first time to see how one's battle skill integrated with the universe. The moment Nangong Sheng threw punches, the heavy wind and rain would go berserk around the valley along with rolling thunders. The echoes of the thunders in the valley could resonate with his fists, making his fists more powerful in a split second.
What was more shocking was that Fire Dragon Hermit also reached a high realm in his fist skill. If not Nangong Sheng had entered the supreme realm of integrating his fist skill with the universe, the winner of this battle must be Fire Dragon Hermit; instead of Nangong Sheng. Fire Dragon Hermit was definitely a master in fist position.
What was more impressive was that Fire Dragon Hermit's protective battle qi. Average earth knights' protective battle qis might have been broken by Nangong Sheng's constantly thunder-like immortal fists in close combat in 2 hours; however, Fire Dragon Hermit's protective battle qi could almost bear 2 more times' longer than the others.
Even though Fire Dragon Hermit's protective battle qi was powerful, he was always defensive. The difference between their realms in their fist skills determined that Fire Dragon Hermit was in a disadvantageous position. Therefore, his protective battle qi could only face Nangong Sheng's strikes negatively. Even though it was only a trivial difference, through numerous times' collisions like this would lead to the final result.
'What a pity!'
Elder Muyu and Zhu Elder threw a glance at each other before feeling a bit pitiful inside.
"Fire Dragon Hermit is a bit younger and vigorous. If he didn't agree with Nangong Sheng that they would only compare notes on fist skills, Nangong Sheng would never defeat him. Fire Dragon Hermit could reach this realm in his fist skill, not to mention his realm in spear skill..." Zhu Elder told Elder Muyu in secret means.
"Perhaps, Fire Dragon Hermit could have a brighter future through this frustration. It doesn't matter whether he will open his Iron-Dragon Sect or not; because it's just a matter of reputation; neither will it influence Fire Dragon Hermit to enroll his apprentices. Fire Dragon Hermit lost this battle in a glorious manner. No matter what, Fire Dragon Hermit is the owner of Fire Dragon Bounty Territory; Nangong Sheng might fear that Fire Dragon Hermit would seek for a revenge one day..."
"The realm of integrating one's battle skill with the universe is already magical. It's said that after promoting to a heavenly knight, the realm of integrating one's battle skill with the universe would further promote to a preliminary power of territory. By then, it would be overwhelming. Zhao Yuan, the alchemist demon, who ranks first on the wanted list of the Supreme Court of Taixia Country used his power of territory of his earth furnace to kill many knight-level powerhouses like the deputy master of Taiyi Fantasy Sect and the young master of Heavens Holding Pavilion in Mojiang City, Songzhou Province. That's too vicious..."
"This time, we've really underestimated Nangong Sheng. None of the earth knights are average. I wonder whether Nangong Sheng could make a further progress in the future..."
"Hoho, Elder Muyu, you're thinking too much. It took Nangong Sheng over 70 years to promote to an earth knight. According to his speed of cultivation, it would take him at least 200 more years to promote to a heavenly knight. As the holy war is going to break out in a large scale in Taixia Country, nobody would know about the situation 200 years later. Even earth knights have to consider whether they could survive this holy war or not..."
"You're right, Zhu Elder..."
After throwing a glance at each other, the two elders didn't speak any more; instead, they moved their eyes onto Zhang Tie who had fallen into the valley once again...
Zhang Tie was lying at the bottom of the huge pit silently, facing up. The rainwater was filling the huge pit from all directions, soaking the greater part of the body of Fire Dragon Hermit.
Just now, both Elder Muyu and Elder Zhu had clearly seen that Zhang Tie was severely injured by Nangong Sheng; however, it was not a fatal blow. If Zhang Tie was a black iron knight, he might have already been killed; however, an earth knight wouldn't be so fragile...
Suspending in the air, Nangong Sheng watched Zhang Tie, who had almost been fully soaked by rainwater in the huge pit. He didn't keep attacking Zhang Tie. Because they were comparing notes; instead of fighting to death. They only needed to see who was the winner. If Nangong Sheng really wanted to kill Zhang Tie, those onlookers might stop him. Actually, if Zhang Tie tore up the agreement between them, it was not uncertain whom to kill. Only Zhang Tie knew how difficult was this battle to him.
Nangong Sheng could clearly feel that Zhang Tie didn't use his full efforts. Because Zhang Tie had not released the earth-level virtual image of "Fire Dragon Sutra" until now.
Zhang Tie could fight Strong Cloud Hermit so long just with his fist, not to mention his spear skill of "Fire Dragon Sutra". Spear skill and fist skill were of the same origin. Spear was actually the extension of arms. Spear was as same as the fist on putting forth their strength and explosive pattern. In many cases, spear skill and fist skill were similar to each other. Many famous powerhouses in spear skill and fist skill practiced spear skill and fist skill at the same time. Those who were good at spear skill would definitely excel at fist skill; similarly, those who were good at fist skill would definitely be proficient in spear skill. Even the disciples of Immortal Fist Position Sect would always tremble their spears to sense how to put forth their strength. Nangong Sheng was also good at spear skill; however, he didn't pay special attention to it; instead, he just focused on cultivating his fist skill. Given Zhang Tie's performance, Nangong Sheng realized that Zhang Tie was definitely a powerhouse in both spear skill and fist skill...
In others' eyes, the winner of this battle was Nangong Sheng; however, Nangong Sheng didn't look as relaxed and proud as what a real winner should look; instead, he looked pretty solemn as he was deeply shocked by Zhang Tie's proficiency in fist skill and feared about Zhang Tie's valiance and braveness in battle. Watching the huge pits and collapsed cliffs in the valley, if it were Nangong Sheng himself, he might have long released his virtual image. However, Zhang Tie still didn't exert his full efforts in this situation; instead, he just compared notes with Nangong Sheng on fist skills. It indicated that Zhang Tie's potential was absolutely greater than that of Nangong Sheng. What a terrifying opponent!
Actually, Nangong Sheng had already been regretful that he promised Taiyi Fantasy Sect to ruin the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect. After offending such a powerful enemy, nobody could feel relaxed. Additionally, even if Nangong Sheng won this battle by accident, there would be a lot of troubles waiting for him. However, now that it had come to a start, Nangong Sheng could only stand it by gritting his teeth.
"Fire Dragon Hermit, do you admit that you've lost this battle?" Nangong Sheng watched the ground as he opened his mouth while his voice reverberated in the sky.
In the reverberating voice, two huge airboats flew over here almost at the same time...
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Lying on the ground in the shape of the character "大", Zhang Tie was wet all over. Watching the dense black clouds, he just allowed the rainwater to fall onto his face and eyes...
Feeling the long-lost pain of being torn apart, Zhang Tie felt it was a bit fresh. Because of the heavy rain, the rainwater flew into the huge pit from all directions. Only after a short while, Zhang Tie had floated in the rainwater.
Due to his sturdy figure, Zhang Tie's wounds were not as severe as imagined by others. These wounds basically didn't weaken his battle strength at all. In pains and coldness, Zhang Tie's awareness and soul became unprecedentedly clear and tranquil. He was clearly recalling Nangong Sheng's fists and movements and each collision between them like still images as fast as lightning bolts at an increasingly higher speed...
The cloudy sky was filled with rolling thunders. Zhang Tie just watched the rolling black clouds and the faint lightning bolts in the black clouds and the sun in the distance without even blinking his eyes as if he had entered meditation...
'In the sky, the extreme strength is from the sun. The sun travels in the sky and breeds all the living beings. It gives out its light in the void for hundreds of millions of years. When the sky creates killing opportunities, it will alter the universe!'
'Above the ground, the extreme strength is from lightning bolts. The moment the thunders sounded, the mountains would rock; all the living beings would be scared. Lightning bolts are irresistible. When the ground creates killing opportunities, dragons and snakes will fly off the ground!'
'What about the extreme strength of humans?'
Zhang Tie roared inside...
As a lightning bolt flashed by, Zhang Tie faintly saw some bizarre images...
A volcano erupted under his foot. At the same time, in the sky, a far-ancient beast as fierce as a huge dragon flew across the sky. It flapped its wings, causing heavy winds and black clouds within thousands of miles. A giant as high as 3,000 m roared as it stomped to the ground, causing the cracks on the ground; even rivers and lakes dried. Additionally, the magma spurted out of the ground like a flowing river...
The great catastrophe ruined all the living beings on the earth...
In such a dangerous situation, various human races were kneeling down and worshipping the God with sacrifices for the forgiveness of the fierce beast. On the other side of the land, numerous Hua brave men in simple animal hides were looking at the fierce beast flying across the sky with black pupils and swaying black hair barefoot facing the heavy wind and rain. In front of that fierce beast, these brave men became as trivial as ants. However, they still raised their heads and watched the deity-like fierce beast with fearless looks...
On the land behind these Hua brave men, there were numerous Hua tribes...
Among those brave men, an old man with a white beard cut open the skin of his belly with fingernails and peeled it off from his lower abdomen before covering it over the simple stony pot. Closely after that, he started to beat the drum by fists.
The drumbeats and the roars of Hua brave men shocked the entire ground.
"Fight..." The old man who was beating the drum pointed at the fierce beast by one finger who caused endless catastrophe to humans.
Those Hua brave men in simple animal hides roared. All the brave men tightly held their fists before rushing into the sky...
The brutal battle started...
Before many Hua brave men approached the fierce beast, they had been torn apart by the lightning bolts, storms and magma and turned into dust and blood foam. Even though it was the last moment, all the Hua brave men were still tightly holding their fists. They didn't lose their fists until death. In the same battle, Hua brave men constantly gave out bizarre lights while their battle qi smokes and tornadoes rushed into the sky one after another...
The battle in the frontline lasted for many years. However, in the tribes in the rear end, all the Hua young men were clenching their fists which were covered with the blood of the wild beast with firm and persistent eye lights in the ceremony of becoming fighters. They raised their fists above their heads. Closely after that, they clenched their fists and marched on towards the battlefield where their fathers and elder brothers had fought to death along the footsteps of their predecessors...
One day, the battlefield suddenly became dark while a flying Hua youngster gave out brilliant lights, in which, the entire world and the fierce beast became still at once. Closely after that, a fist broke the sky like a far-ancient long rainbow and a hot sun. In a split second, the sky collapsed and the ground cracked; the daytime became dark in the clear and boundless sky. The stars were looming in the sky while the ground under his foot rolled; the rivers and lakes dried up while the grasses and woods withered. Facing that fist, the fierce beast quivered due to fear and vanished immediately...
It seemed that the fist came from far-ancient times. Besides killing that fierce beast, it even broke a barrier in Zhang Tie's awareness and body. In a split second, countless lightning bolts flashed across Zhang Tie's mind...
Right then, Zhang Tie heard the question of Nangong Sheng from the sky.
"Fire Dragon Hermit, do you admit that you've lost this battle?"
The voice was very close as if it was right at his ears; it also seemed to be far away in the skyline...
When Zhang Tie heard this voice, he saw two airboats flying towards here and the enchanting figure of Bai Suxian who was watching him from a suspending airboat...
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'Fist position requests humans to create opportunities!'
'When one creates killing opportunities, the ground and the sky will be reversed!'
'When they are reversed, they will produce a great energy. It's similar to yin and yang, life and birth, victory or failure.'
'The spirit and soul of fist skill is to be dauntless!'
'The extreme strength of humans lies in the heart!'
Zhang Tie understood it at once while the battle qi rolled inside his body...
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"Ahh, isn't my Brother Cui holding an opening ceremony in Xuantian City? What did you do to my Brother Cui?" Bai Suxian's sound arrived before her body.
Everybody at present, including Nangong Sheng, stared at Bai Suxian and the airboat behind her with a dumbfounded look. Those sharp-eyed guys had noticed the symbol of Lord Guangnan in Taixia Country on the airboat.
Lord Guangnan's Mansion was a top major clan in Taixia Country.
When the others were speculating about the background of this airboat, Bai Suxian in an imperial robe had flown off the airboat hurriedly while her tender voice "Brother Cui" almost struck the knights and elders to death. As a result, those knights and elders just exchanged glances with each other...
Especially Nangong Sheng the master of Immortal Fist Position Sect, whose face immediately turned purple.
'It's Lord Guangnan's Mansion. In Taixia Country, a lord's mansion is even higher than a military region. A female knight in an imperial robe of princess flew off the lord mansion's airboat and called Cui Li "My Brother Cui". What did this mean? What's the relationship between the two of them? What's the relationship between Cui Li and Lord Guangnan's Mansion?"
However, before Nangong Sheng recovered his composure from these questions, another airboat flew over here from afar. The moment the hatch door of the second airboat opened, over 10 knights flew off the airboat.
"Hahaha, younger brother Cui Li, I know that you're going to hold the opening ceremony of your Iron-Dragon Sect, this elder brother came here to congratulate you. The strict checks wasted our Tianlu Palace a bit time on the way, hopefully younger brother Cui doesn't blame me for that!"
The voice of Zhang Anguo, the grand elder of Tianlu Palace drifted from the second airboat.
After hearing this voice, Nangong Sheng immediately felt thirsty while his neck became stiff. The two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect looked especially bad as if they were going to cry.
After ruining Fire Dragon Hermit's opening ceremony, Immortal Fist Position Sect offended Lord Guangnan's Mansion and Tianlu Palace at the same time. The small Immortal Fist Position Sect only had three knights; however, it offended two major forces in Taixia Country at the same time; that's too far-stretched...
At this moment, to be honest, Nangong Sheng even wanted to lie down in the valley on behalf of Cui Li...
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The moment Bai Suxian arrived here, she had caught sight of Cui Li who was lying at the bottom of the huge pit.
Bai Suxian didn't watch how Zhang Tie fought Nangong Sheng just now; she just watched Zhang Tie's battle qi tornado when the airboat was far away from here. She thought that Zhang Tie was fighting someone here. Therefore, she accelerated towards here. When Bai Suxian arrived here and saw Zhang Tie lying still in the huge pit, she thought that Zhang Tie had been killed. Therefore, with a wailful exclamation, she was going to dart towards the foot of the valley.
However, another figure appeared on Bai Suxian's side and pulled her back rapidly...
"What are you doing?" Bai Suxian was driven mad as she patted the chest of the old man who was holding her wrist by his palm.
The old man frankly accepted her palm and remained still as if Bai Suxian was brushing down dust for him. However, the old man watched Zhang Tie who was lying in the huge pit of the valley with flickering yet faintly fearful eyes as he said, "Miss, don't approach me, it's dangerous..."
"This is Brother Cui, I wonder whether my Brother Cui is dead or not, I have to take a look at him over there!" Bai Suxian wanted to get rid of the old man's hand; however, it didn't work at all. The old man directly pulled her away rapidly, "That man's qi..."
At this moment, Zhang Anguo the grand elder of Tianlu Palace also arrived. Closely after that, he felt something as he faintly changed his face too...
At this moment, all the earth knights at present had felt an earth-shaking qi as berserk as a far-ancient fierce beast rising from the bottom of the valley...
When this berserk qi rushed into the sky, the sky was instantly covered with heavy black clouds which looked like a rolling tide tens of thousands of meters high within hundreds of square miles. As a result, the entire Fire Dragon Bounty Territory was in dark within thousands of square miles, including Xuantian City. The heavy clouds looked terrifyingly dark red like blood. Lightning bolts sparkled in the clouds, followed by rolling thunders while people in Xuantian City thought that the doomsday was coming...
Those knights who had witnessed Nangong Sheng's supreme realm of integrating his fist skill with universe just now widely opened their mouths when they saw the changing weather which was much more terrifying than the scene of Nangong Sheng. They uttered, "Is...is...this also the supreme realm of integrating fist skill with universe..."
Even knights couldn't believe it, not to mention commoners.
As for Nangong Sheng, the scene of integrating his fist skill with universe only influenced the valley which covered dozens of square miles; however, as for Zhang Tie, the scene of integrating his fist skill with the universe was like a great universal catastrophe...
At the sight of this marvelous scene, Nangong Sheng's face turned pale as his body quivered all over...
All of a sudden, it became dark once again while the earth started to quiver. At the same time, a bloody lightning bolt as thick as a few meters suddenly broke the clouds and cast onto Zhang Tie's body.
The rainwater in the huge pit evaporated in a split second in the lightning bolt; however, Zhang Tie was safe and sound; instead, his body shone as it floated up in the lightning bolt in a weird way. Like a Thor, he made a simple fist mark in the lightning bolt by hands. The moment the fist mark came into being, numerous lightning bolts had charged at the ground from the clouds at the same time within hundreds of square miles.
"Since the beginning of the universe, who could punch through the sky? Who could defeat me with fists? The extreme strength lies in the heart. My heart is the truth. My killing intent would be resonated by the universe..." Zhang Tie looked up and sighed with emotion while numerous lightning bolts struck him once again as a response...
Facing the coercion of numerous lightning bolts, the surrounding knights had to evacuate 1 more mile away. Only Nangong Sheng was watching Zhang Tie rising in the lightning bolts as lonely as a little bird in the storm. Closely after that, Zhang Tie punched him from hundreds of meters away...
Before Zhang Tie's punch approached him, a bloody lightning bolt had turned into a ball-shaped lightning bolt and severely struck Nangong Sheng...
Chapter 1060: I'm a Great Master
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Nobody at present could imagine that Zhang Tie's fist would attract a bloody ball-shaped lightning bolt to strike Nangong Sheng, including Nangong Sheng himself.
When the ball-shaped lightning bolt struck Nangong Sheng, causing a boom, Zhang Tie's punch also arrived.
The lightning bolt and fist almost arrived at the same time. At the sight of this, Nangong Sheng raised his eyebrows while widely opening his eyes and roaring. He resisted the punch and the lightning bolt at the same time; however, before Zhang Tie punched for the second time, Nangong Sheng had been sent flying away and finally collided against the ground in the valley like a meteor, causing another huge pit in the messy valley...
Like how Nangong Sheng behaved before, Zhang Tie didn't continue to attack him; instead, he just suspended above the valley and waited for Nangong Sheng to pick himself up. Meanwhile, he raised his head and watched the thick clouds with an evidently shocking sense inside...
At this moment, Zhang Tie finally understood the so-called supreme realm of integrating one's battle skill with the universe. It was a very marvelous realm. At the same time, Zhang Tie reached a wholly new realm and had a new gnosis about his battle skills.
Of course, he made the greatest improvement in fist position.
Nangong Sheng's fist could cause a weather change like clouds movement by enabling his fist gestures to resonate with thunders so as to make his fist much more powerful.
However, Zhang Tie's fist could integrate with his mind. His fist could cause weather change in a larger area than that of Nangong Sheng. The moment Zhang Tie punched out, his mind would integrate with the universe, namely, having the clouds produce lightning bolts to attack his enemy together with his punches.
Zhang Tie's fist realm was much higer than that of Nangong Sheng with a greater destruction.
However, Zhang Tie knew that it was not the supreme realm of fist position. Among those blurry images in his awareness, the brilliant giant's punch reached the supreme realm of fist position. It was the extreme of fist position. Facing that fist, space could be broken, time could be still, land could quake, stars could appear in the daytime, powerful enemies could be eliminated while vigorous grasses and woods could wither. It was more like the great law of an overbearing man, the heart of a brave man, the universe in hand and everything in one's body.
That punch shocked Zhang Tie's soul and made his heart race. Zhang Tie had determined to reach that realm one day.
Compared to the supreme realm, although Zhang Tie's fist position had already reached the realm of integrating with the universe. It was still like a "skill" and was far away from the great law. Even so, Zhang Tie also knew that his fist position could already shock the entire country. He believed that he might not find any opponent on the same level in Taixia Country.
The red ball-shaped lightning bolt was really powerful. Just now, with such a blow, Zhang Tie felt that Nangong Sheng's protective battle qi had been completely destroyed. If he was fighting an average black iron knight just now, he might have already severely hurt him even killed him.
What was more, the shocking image in his mind was like a beam of light in the dark, which enabled Zhang Tie to see clearly the orientation of his fist position and his great potential in progress.
Zhang Tie was still sighing with emotion inside about the great difference between his punch and that shocking punch in his memory; however, he didn't know that the scene that he sent Nangong Sheng flying away along with the strike of a red ball-shaped lightning bolt had shocked so many onlookers. What a powerful punch! It was too unbelievable. They had not even heard about it.
"Impossible...impossible...this must be a coincidence; this must be a coincidence. Nobody could have a lightning bolt follow their mind..." Nangong Sheng shouted like a boilersmith escaping out of the exploded boiler room when he looked black all over with smoking hair in a pretty embarrassed way after recovering himself in a short period. Closely after that, he flew into the sky once again.
Like how Zhang Tie's previous condition, Nangong Sheng was not severely injured either. His battle strength still remained unchanged; however, he felt unwilling. What shocked him most was that he was struck by the lightning bolt caused by others' punch for the first time.
'A few hours ago, this man's fist skill could not match me. After hitting him onto the ground many times, I should have won the fight; how could this man's fist skill suddenly catch up with mine after such a short while?'
Nangong Sheng had faintly got the answer. Zhang Tie had a sudden insight. A fighter might not have a chance to have an insight of something in his whole life. Nangong Sheng really couldn't believe that his defeated opponent could have an insight under his eyes; additionally, his insight was unusual...
"Nothing is impossible. Honestly, I have to appreciate you, Master Nangong. Without comparing notes with you, I didn't know after how long could I make such a breakthrough at all. Master Nangong, you've really given me a big gift for the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect!" Zhang Tie watched Nangong Sheng with a calm look in the air. Until then, Zhang Tie still didn't hate Nangong Sheng; instead, Zhang Tie sympathized him——Nangong Sheng is very powerful; pitifully, he found the wrong opponent to display his masculinity.
"I don't believe that..." Nangong Sheng was almost driven mad. With this roar, he released his earth-knight level virtual image beside his battle qi tornado. It was a colorful bizarre bird with a long white tail. Since it appeared behind Nangong Sheng's body, this virtual image had been casting covetous eyes on Zhang Tie as if it was going to charge at Zhang Tie immediately. However, Nangong Sheng rushed towards Zhang Tie while roaring, "All punches in one point...", which was the trump card of Thunder-like Immortal Fist Position...
As a result, one punch turned into ten punches; ten punches turned into one hundred punches; one hundred punches turned into one thousand punches; one thousand punches turned into ten thousand punches. In the blink of an eye, the sky over the valley was covered with Nangong Sheng's punch intent. The punch intent finally turned into a punch and shot towards Zhang Tie with an extremely great power. It broke the air and caused a thunder-like quake in the valley.
This fist gesture was definitely the masterpiece of Nangong Sheng about his fist position.
Watching Nangong Sheng's trump card, Zhang Tie just shook his head inside, 'If Nangong Sheng used this trump card 1 hour ago, undoubtedly, I would be defeated. If I collided against Nangong Sheng's punch with my punch face-to-face at that time, I might even be severely injured; however, it was different now. After witnessing the unrivaled punch in mind, this gesture looks a bit average.'
Above all, after watching how the roc stretched its wings in the sky, he could also stretch his wings; by contrast, it would be boring for him to watch a small bird flapping its wings among twigs.
In a split second, Zhang Tie could even find the loopholes of Nangong Sheng's movement. He realized that Nangong Sheng had not mastered the essence of this gesture.
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he made an average forward punch which could even be imitated by commoners towards Nangong Sheng's aggressive punch.
At this moment, another red ball-shaped lightning bolt flew out of the clouds. In a split second, Zhang Tie's irresistible punch collided with Nangong Sheng's aggressive punch...
Watching the ball-shaped lightning bolt descending once again, Nangong Sheng felt pretty disappointed as the impossible guess came true.
In the growly loud thunders, Zhang Tie collided with Nangong Sheng's thunder-like immortal fist by the most average 10-step forward punch...
Although it was an average 10-step forward punch, it looked bizarre and classic. The 10-step forward punch was like an erupting volcano and the surging Yangtze River, which looked unimaginably powerful. Each movement of Zhang Tie was classic and changing just like a precious secret battle skill...
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Watching such a fierce battle, many surrounding knights became completely dumbfounded in the distance.
"This...this...are you kidding me? Is Fire Dragon Hermit using the simplest 10-step forward punch?" An elder of a clan in Yanzhou Province uttered as he watched the fight with a dumbfounded look.
"You're right. It's indeed 10-step forward punch. However, it became a marvel in Fire Dragon Hermit's hand. Great wisdom looks stupid. This is the fist master's realm..." Lu Dingzhi watched the battle as he replied the elder. Even Lu Dingzhi himself didn't know how he felt inside. He just felt a bit disappointed, 'It's said that Fire Dragon Hermit has just promoted to an earth knight just like me; however, I might be more embarrassed than Nangong Sheng facing Cui LI's punch...'
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This time, Nangong Sheng stood less than 3 minutes facing Zhang Tie's punches. Before he was struck by that red ball-shaped lightning bolt, Nangong Sheng had uttered a miserable roar while the arm that collided with Zhang Tie's punch was fractured into many pieces. At the same time, he spurted out blood and was sent flying towards the ground in the valley once again...
"Master..." Watching the terrifying ball-shaped lightning bolt falling towards Nangong Sheng, the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect hurriedly roared as they darted towards the battlefield at the same time.
Nangong Sheng's protective battle qi had been broken once again. Additionally, he was severely injured and couldn't resist at all. If he was struck by that ball-shaped lightning bolt, he would die for sure...
Nangong Sheng found that he couldn't have time to form his protective battle qi and resist Zhang Tie as his battle qi was disordered; he could only watch the red ball-shaped lightning bolt approaching him. It was his first time to fear about death in his life...
However, before the ball-shaped lightning bolt approached him, a giant suddenly appeared in front of him and punched at the terrifying ball-shaped lightning bolt. Closely after that, the ball-shaped lightning bolt turned into a tender light and disappeared...
Watching the giant in front of him, Nangong Sheng had a complexed mood inside. Closely after that, he fell onto the ground, causing another huge pit. At the same time, he spurted out blood. With pain, shame and that complexed mood, he passed out at once...
The two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect hurriedly flew over here from afar...
Chapter 1061: A Myriad of Stars Surround the Moon
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Suspending in the air, Zhang Tie just watched how the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect flew towards Nangong Sheng, doing massage, setting fractures or pouring medicament into his mouth. Not until a few minutes later did Nangong Sheng flew back into the air with the two elders once again in a wobbly way...
"Master Nangong, will we continue?" Zhang Tie asked kindly.
Nangong Sheng looked pale and very embarrassed. This defeat was a strike on his body and spirit at the same time; additionally, he had to sustain the series of aftermaths, "I...I admit that I've lost it. I cannot match you on fist skills...From today on...my Immortal Fist Position Sect will stay far away from Iron-Dragon Sect..."
After finishing his words, Nangong Sheng swayed a couple of times in the sky like being collapsed as if he was going to fall off...
"Master Nangong, I have no animosity with you. You must be clear about the reason for the fight today. As one of the top seven major sects in Taixia Country, Taiyi Fantasy Sect is too narrow-minded!" Zhang Tie let out a sigh after winning the fight, "Bue I have to appreciate Master Nangong, without comparing notes with you, I would not have an insight and breakthrough. I remember that Immortal Fist Position Sect's territory is in Fengtang Prefecture, Yanzhou Province. From today on, Iron-Dragon Sect would never open branches in Fengtang Prefecture and those prefectures neighboring Fengtang Prefecture. Don't worry, Master Nangong!"
According to the agreement between Nangong Sheng and Zhang Tie, after Zhang Tie won this fight, if Iron-Dragon Sect really wanted to open branches in Fengtang Prefecture and the prefectures neighboring Fengtang Prefecture in Yanzhou Province, Immortal Fist Position Sect could only bear it. As a result, Immortal Fist Position Sect would be severely weakened, even be forced to go bankrupt or move its base. Given the interests of Immortal Fist Position Sect and Nangong Sheng's reputation, Zhang Tie's promise was pretty righteous. Nobody would blame him anymore.
After hearing Zhang Tie's promise, the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect beside Nangong Sheng watched Zhang Tie with a complex eye light.
Watching the airboats of Lord Guangnan's Mansion and Tianlu Palace suspending in the distance, Nangong Sheng felt disappointed at once as he mumbled inside, 'What a figure! Strong Punch; sharp insight; close relationship with people from big forces; profound background; being open-minded and treat people kindly. What the hell am I thinking about? How could I fight such a person? How do I dream about driving such a person away from Northeast Military Region? I'm absolutely going beyond my depth.'
"Through this fight, I Nangong Sheng know that there're always people who are better than me. Fire Dragon Hermit's fist skill, battle skill and moral standing are really convincing!" Nangong Sheng cupped his hands towards Zhang Tie with a bashful look, "I really can't stay in the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect anymore, but on the other day, Immortal Fist Position Sect would definitely send a gift to you. Wish Iron-Dragon Sect be forever in accordance with the laws. This humble man will...leave..."
After saying that, Nangong Sheng immediately turned around and flew towards Yanzhou Province before receiving Zhang Tie's reply. The two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect also cupped their hands towards Zhang Tie before following up Nangong Sheng.
Watching Nanggong Sheng's lonely back, Zhang Tie didn't know what to say. He just let out a sigh inside, "This world really could not run according to one's will. Nangong Sheng has opened Immortal Fist Position Sect for 100 years and enjoyed a great prestige in Immortal Fist Position Sect for a long time. Additionally, he had reached a supreme realm in his fist, he mistook that the world was running around him. He deserved this failure. If Nangong Sheng could learn from this failure, it might not be bad for him and the development of Immortal Fist Position Sect.
Watching Nangong Sheng's back, Zhang Tie reminded himself, 'I should never feel complacent in any time. All of a sudden, he sniffed a fragrance while a tender and fragrant body was thrown into his cradle as she said coquettishly, "Brother Cui, you scared this humble slave too much. I thought you were dead..."
Bai Suxian said as she patted her plump breasts under her imperial robe as if she was going to attract Zhang Tie's eyes back to her.
'What a spirit!' Zhang Tie swore inside.
Besides Bai Suxian, all the surrounding knights flew towards Zhang Tie too.
Those onlookers had already heard the conversation between Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian. As for knights, even though it was a long distance, they could still hear the contents of the talk as long as it was in the normal sound, Zhang Tie's promise to Immortal Fist Position Sect won many people's admiration. They all felt that Zhang Tie was generous and open-minded instead of being domineering and vicious. As Zhang Tie had power, relationship and was open-minded, he could definitely be a reliable friend.
Therefore, the others were more awe-stricken and intimate to Zhang Tie.
"Younger brother Cui Li, I've not imagined that you could reach such a supreme realm in fist skill. You really widen my horizon. Previously, this elder brother wanted to congratulate your Iron-Dragon Sect, I've not imagined that you could realize a sublimation in your fist skill after such a fight. Younger brother Cui, your supreme realm of integrating with the universe was too terrifying. You're definitely a master in fist skill in Taixia Country. Two happy events came one after another..." Zhang Anguo the elder of Tianlu Palace said with a big smile as he flew towards here with the other knights of Tianlu Palace.
Those who followed Zhang Anguo here were all knights of Tianlu Palace whom Zhang Tie had met in Earth-elements Realm, including Zhang Shuzhen and Zhang Anshi who had a conflict with Zhang Tie. At this moment, the two people watched Zhang Tie with more complex and shocked looks. Only after a few years, the black iron knight who explored the hieron ruins with them had already promoted to an earth knight with such a terrifying battle strength. They found a sharp difference between them and Cui Li. As a result, they felt more complex.
In the knight's world, those with great battle strength would win respect. When they heard their elder call Cui Li "Younger brother", all the others of Tianlu Palace at present had realized that they were "juniors". Therefore, they didn't know what to say...
"Haha, it's Elder Brother Anguo, I've not imagined that my small opening ceremony in Northeast Military Region could arouse your attention, sorry, sorry..."
As Zhang Tie replied, he ran his spiritual energy to drive away the thick clouds over hundreds of square miles. After realizing that Bai Suxian was still leaning against him and the ambiguous and weird looks of the surrounding people, Zhang Tie coughed twice as he patted Bai Suxian's shoulder to remind her to retain a good public image.
Pouting her tiny mouth, Bai Suxian moved a bit away from Zhang Tie with an unpleasant look.
"Younger brother Cui Li, do you think that I'm not qualified to be your friend?" Zhang Anguo immediately looked solemn as if he became angry as he continued, "If not, why not Younger brother send a golden invitation letter to us?"
"Hehheh, erm...that's a bit embarrassing. Because Tianlu Palace in Youzhou Province is too far away from here. I would feel embarrassed if elder brother traveled so long for such a trivial thing, therefore..." Zhang Tie patted his bald head as he continued, "It's all my fault, I will have a drink with elder brother and the old friends of Tianlu Palace today..."
Zhang Anguo recovered a big smile, "That's my younger brother..."
After looking around the surrounding knights, Zhang Tie waved his hand immediately, "It's over. Let's go back to Xuantian City. Whatever, we have to eat. After a few hours' fight, this Cui also feel a bit hungry. If I made you hungry in my opening ceremony, it would be a joke. Let's go back and enjoy the food and drinks first..."
All the others burst out into laughter. Many of them had been ready to flatter Zhang Tie. It seemed that the 3 people of Immortal Fist Position Sect had not been here before.
All the knights directly flew towards Xuantian City, including Bai Suxian and knights of Tianlu Palace, leaving their airboats alone.
After such a short while, the thick clouds like that of a doomsday had fully dispersed. The sunshine cast onto the ground once again. All the knights clicked their tongues in wonder.
"Master, this humble lady misses you so much..."
In flight, Zhang Tie heard Bai Suxian's sound which was transmitted to him in a secret way. Heart racing, he threw a glance at the sister who looked as adorable as a lily as he immediately caught Bai Suxian's hand and flew forward together with her. Bai Suxian also caught his hand tightly as she revealed a sweet smile to him...
When Zhang Tie caught Bai Suxian's hand, he could evidently feel that 3 pairs of eyes were gazing at their hands behind them. Zhang Tie looked back.
The first eye light came from the old guy who was following Bai Suxian closely. The old guy was also an earth knight; however, Zhang Tie couldn't see through his battle strength.
The second eye light came from Zhang Shuzhen, the female knight from Zhang Clan of Tianlu Palace. When in the hieron ruins, Zhang Shuzhen had met Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian. However, the two people had not messed with each other yet at that time. Seeing Bai Suxian hooking up with Zhang Tie, Zhang Shuzhen's eyes were full of surprise. Finding Zhang Tie looking back, she hurriedly avoided from his eye light.
Zhang Tie had not imagined that the third eye light came from Guo Hongyi...
Finding Zhang Tie looking at her, Guo Hongyi's eye light became hurry-scurry at once. Closely after that, she moved her eyes away with an arrogant look. At the same time, she uttered a faintly cold harrumph through her nostrils...
Zhang Tie really didn't understand woman. After noticing Guo Hongyi's demeanor, Zhang Tie became amazed, 'Are you kidding me? This mature woman of Guo Clan from Threespring Prefecture likes the type of Cui Li...'
Chapter 1062: Enrolling Apprentices
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
When these knights flew back to Xuantian City, they found it was still a bit chaotic in Xuantian City. Because the black clouds and lightning bolts within hundreds of square miles just now were too terrifying. So many people in Xuantian City felt very oppressive and scared at the sight of such a sheer terror. Therefore, the chaos was unavoidable...
After all, less than one of one million commoners might have not seen the supreme realm of integrating one's battle skill with the universe. Even if they had seen that, they might not believe that it was caused by Zhang Tie's fist position.
Not only commoners in Xuantian City, even the juniors of the major clans in Xuantian Courtyard wondered what happened.
However, seeing that their elders and masters and the knights had flown back, these people finally became relaxed.
The moment Zhang Tie landed, he had called Liu Xing who was maintaining order in Xuantian Courtyard.
"Pass my order, the abnormal climate just now was caused by an earth knight when he integrated his battle skill with the universe. If anyone who bewilders others with rebellious words, deal with him according to the law!"
'Caused by an earth knight when he integrated his battle skill with the universe?' Fire Lieutenant Liu Xing immediately stood at attention and chested out, "Yes, sir...".
Zhang Tie then glanced round Xuantian Courtyard before asking, "Where are the disciples of Immortal Fist Position Sect?"
"A few minutes ago, those disciples of Immortal Fist Position Sect had left in a flurried way silently..."
"Well, hurry up, pass my order!" Zhang Tie waved his hand. It was not strange that disciples of Immortal Fist Position Sect had left. They might have already known the result of the fight between Cui Li and Nangong Sheng through the remote-sensing crystal. Now that the master and elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect had left, what were they here for? Ridicule? Of course, they'd better go.
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When the knights came back, it became sunny once again. The order in Xuantian City and Xuantian Courtyard also recovered soon.
Of course, the result of the fight between Zhang Tie and Nangong Sheng the master of Immortal Fist Position Sect was also exposed to the public. After knowing this result; especially that the abnormal climate was aroused by Fire Dragon Hermit, the entire Xuantian City including Xuantian Courtyard boiled. More people being related to Zhang Tie such as those candidates of local representatives, the master and disciples of Wang Clan became excited. All of them became jubilant and looked more energetic than they were in the morning...
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"Have you seen that the beautiful girl in an imperial robe on the side of Fire Dragon Hermit is the princess from Lord Guangnan's Mansion? Even Lord Guangnan's airboat has arrived in the sky outside the city. Look at that white one. It seems that Fire Dragon Hermit is going to be the son-in-law of Lord Guangnan. With Lord Guangnan as his reliance and background, it's really ridiculous that Nangong Sheng wanted to ruin Fire Dragon Hermit's opening ceremony..."
"Yup, it's said that even the grand elder and some knights of Zhang Clan of Tianlu Palace have come to congratulate Fire Dragon Hermit without even receiving the golden invitation letter..."
"What? You don't know Zhang Clan of Tianlu Palace...piss off...brat..."
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Only after a short while, the gossip had spread over the entire Xuantian Courtyard, even Xuantian City. As a knight, of course, Bai Suxian could hear all the discussions in Xuantian Courtyard. However, Bai Suxian was not angry about that; instead, she looked pretty happy. She almost followed Zhang Tie everywhere like his wife.
Because those knights had flown off to watch the fight in the air, although it was lunch time, none of the juniors of the clans and sects in Xuantian Courtyard dared move their chopsticks. Therefore, the moment Zhang Tie came back, he directly waved his hand to have people enjoy the meal first.
Even knights had to eat; especially on this occasion, it was improper for guests to attend the opening ceremony without eating food.
All the disciples of various clans and sects gathered in one courtyard; elders and masters of clans and sects would gather in another courtyard. Some female knights who didn't like such a boisterous scene such as Guo Hongyi were arranged to have food in a tranquil place.
If Nangong Sheng didn't come, the so-called opening ceremony just served as a venue for Zhang Tie to meet and chat with the other neighbors; after that, he would enroll his first apprentice in the public, which represented that Iron-Dragon Sect would have an official order in inheritance. To enroll apprentices was the most important link of the opening ceremony of a sect. After completing this link, the opening ceremony would almost come to an end.
Because of Nangong Sheng, Zhang Tie spent over 4 hours in fighting him. Therefore, the important ritual of enrolling apprentices in the opening ceremony could only start in the afternoon after all the guests were full.
Nobody complained about it at all. Zhang Tie's performance in the fight made his ritual of enrolling apprentices especially solemn in the afternoon.
At this moment, even idiots knew that it was a great progress for one to be the first apprentice of Fire Dragon Hermit.
Generally, the first apprentice of the master of one sect, especially an earth knight would probably promote to be a black iron knight in the future. The first apprentice of each sect was concerned about the reputation of their master and sect. Therefore, they would gain more instruction from their masters. As a result, they would have a greater role in their sect.
As the first apprentice of Fire Dragon Hermit, a master in fist skill with a deep background, as long as he was not too stupid or lazy, he would definitely promote to a black iron knight in the future.
A black iron knight who cultivated "Fire Dragon Sutra" would not be ignored by major clans like Zhang Clan of Tianlu Palace.
However, Fire Dragon Hermit didn't reveal any information about enrolling his apprentices in advance, those elders and masters of those major clans at present felt anxious inside.
The most important purpose that elders and masters of major clans and sects took their junior disciples to the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect was to try their luck. The instruction of an earth knight could only be enjoyed by very few clan elites among top clans in Taixia Country.
However, each of the major clans across Taixia Country had thousands of immediate disciples. Tianlu Palace might have hundreds of thousands of disciples. Without such a background, how could they dominate one region and be qualified as a major clan? Even so, very few of these clan disciples could receive the instruction of elders and knights in the sect. Therefore, when one knight-level powerhouse was going to open a sect or enroll apprentices, it would be very boisterous.
Sects and major clans were natural allies in Taixia Country.
If the master was an earth knight who cultivated marquis-level secret method, he was destined to have a bright future. His apprentices would gain a lot of benefits from him and would finally become the reliance of the clan.
With the bounty land covering over 1 million square miles and 10 cities, this master was definitely rich. His apprentices would never lack cultivation resources before promoting to knights.
As he could understand the essence of a fist skill on the battlefield and enter the master-level realm, it also meant that this master had a much better comprehension about battle skills than commoners. After being instructed by such a master, his apprentices would take a shortcut for sure. It was definitely the greatest luck for those juniors to be enrolled by such a master as his apprentices.
What was more, Fire Dragon Hermit was alone, who was not troubled by family affairs like the masters of some sects and clans or knights. Even if those with families could enroll apprentices, they would spend limited time in their apprentices. It meant that Fire Dragon Hermit would spend most of his time in developing the undertaking of Iron-Dragon Sect and instructing his apprentices.
Honestly, few masters as excellent as Fire Dragon Hermit could be found across Taixia Country, not to mention the remote Northeast Military Region.
Actually, there were almost no idiots in this world. What one person could understand would be understood by others too. Therefore, in the afternoon, before Fire Dragon Hermit enrolled his apprentices officially, everybody in Xuantian Courtyard of Iron-Dragon Sect even in Xuantian City wanted to know who was the first apprentice of him. Therefore, it became quiet in a split second.
When the apprentice enrollment ritual started in the afternoon, Zhang Tie sat on a seat made of pure gold in a very dignified manner in the venue with 2 boys on each of his side. The 4 boys in ceremonial Hua robes looked innocent with a tray made of pure silver in hand. There was a red silk cloth in each tray. On each red silk cloth, there was a different item. From left to right, they were respectively a huge wolf-hair brush made of pure gold, golden cinnabar, a group of tea cups and a tea pot made of pure gold.
Many people of Wang Clan were standing behind the four boys. The guests were seated on two sides of Zhang Tie in front of him. Closely after that, the young disciples of these clans would enter the venue in groups to congratulate Zhang Tie. Those being favored by Zhang Tie would become his apprentices...
The process of enrolling apprentices in the opening ceremony of one sect was similar to the allusion of bring the painted dragon to live by putting in the pupils of its eyes and implied good luck and happiness. Therefore, it was called putting in dragons...
Chapter 1063: The First Apprentice of Zhang Tie
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Sitting on his golden chair, Zhang Tie looked at the crowd. It was pretty silent in the venue.
This process made everybody at present nervous. According to the schedule, after a short while, the young representatives of each clan would show up in batches in front of Fire Dragon Hermit so as to congratulate him. If Zhang Tie favored one or some of them, he would point onto their foreheads with golden cinnabar by that golden brush and enroll him as his apprentice. Closely after that, those being selected would have a sudden rise in social status...
Those being selected by Fire Dragon Hermit would have a chance to gain literary advancement.
At this moment, Wang Chongde the master of Wang Clan walked into the venue and served as a compere in the venue on his own initiative. When Wang Chongde was ready to shout, "All the youngsters of each clan will congratulate Fire Dragon Hermit in turns", Zhang Tie suddenly raised his hand.
Watching Zhang Tie's movement, Wang Chongde swallowed back his words.
Zhang Tie focused on Liu Xing and some guys who served as guards behind the guests.
When Zhang Tie returned to Fire Dragon Bounty Territory, he had got enough assistants for holding the opening ceremony due to the favor of all the clans in Fire Dragon Bounty Territory. Therefore, 12 of the 19 black-armored fighters left him since they returned to the earth surface from Earth-elements Realm due to various reasons. Previously, these black-armored fighters just helped Zhang Tie leave the Earth-elements Realm by airboat at Guan Qianchong's order for the time being; they were not subordinate to Zhang Tie at all. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't force them to stay; additionally, he prepared 200,000 gold coins for each of them so that they could leave him happily.
However, 7 of the 19 black-armored fighters stayed to follow Zhang Tie's order.
Among the 7 people who stayed, Liu Xing was a LV 9 fighter who had made the most meritorious services with the highest official post in the Lion Fortress. Therefore, it was more convincing for Liu Xing to be the head of the 7 people.
"Liu Xing, Zhao Bing, Wu Yinhui, Zhou Xiao, Ma Kuicheng, Linghu Biao, Sun Zhan, you guys come over here..."
The moment Zhang Tie uttered, all the others at present became shocked as they turned around to watch the 7 retired black-armored fighters.
The team of 7 were also amazed as they didn't know what Zhang Tie would let them do at this moment. However, after listening to their names, they rapidly ran over here from behind the crowd and stood in a row in front of Zhang Tie.
"Hermit, what can we do for you?" Liu Xing asked.
Zhang Tie smiled as he looked through the 7 black-armored fighters. Liu Xing was introverted and profound. Although he looked gracious, he was decisive inside; Zhao Bing was brave and aggressive; Wu Yinhui was a bit arrogant yet persistent; Zhou Xiao was as valiant as his name who didn't consider about the result of his deed; Ma Kuicheng was experienced and meticulous; Linghu Biao was silent yet kind-hearted; Sun Zhan was too changeable in character yet was righteous. Additionally, Sun Zhan was the most active person among them who used to joke around the others. After staying with them for so long, Zhang Tie had been observing everybody's movements since he entered the airboat.
Although these black-armored fighters had evidently different temperaments, they shared one common point, namely, these people were all loyal to Taixia Country. As they all experienced the battlefield in the Earth-elements Realm, they were not cowards. However, like Liu Xing, they had to retire due to various reasons.
There was one last point, namely, all the 7 people were born in common clans and families. Wu Yinhui's family background was a bit better; however, his family only had some big manors, plants or small business groups just like those local tyrants in the 10 cities of Fire Dragon Bounty Territory, which could never match that of major clans with knights.
"Do you want to be my apprentices?" Zhang Tie asked calmly, which sounded like a bomb among the crowd.
Liu Xing and the other 6 black-armored fighters were shocked too much. Even those knights and elders of the major clans in the surroundings exchanged glances with each other silently.
'Apprentice? Apprentice of Fire Dragon Hermit?'
The team of 7 could never imagine that they could have such a good luck to be enrolled as the apprentices of Fire Dragon Hermit.
Sun Zhan was the first one who made a response to Zhang Tie's words. He immediately knelt down in front of Zhang Tie with an excited look and kowtowed towards Zhang Tie for nine times, causing "bang, bang, bang". His forehead even turned red.
The others were not idiots. Facing such a rare opportunity which could change their destiny, even their clans', if they still hesitated or declined, their predecessors buried under the ground might jump out to slap their faces.
Additionally, as they all came back from Earth-elements Realm, they knew Zhang Tie's military exploits in the Earth-elements Realm much better. They admired him pretty much. As the highest level among the 7 people was LV 9, it was their great fortune to be favored by an earth knight. Watching Shun Zhan's movement, all the others hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed 9 times in front of Zhang Tie.
Under the admiring and jealous eyes of the others, Zhang Tie stretched out his arm and picked that golden brush. Closely after that, he dipped some golden cinnabar by that golden brush before pointing it at Liu Xing's forehead, leaving a golden and rosy mark over there, which looked like a brilliant dragon's eye.
Liu Xing had not imagined that he could be the first one being pointed with golden cinnabar. When he touched Zhang Tie's brush, Liu Xing felt a bit cold on his forehead as he quivered all over due to the excitement.
'I...I have become...the first apprentice of Fire Dragon Hermit.'
Liu Xing didn't know why he could be favored by Fire Dragon Hermit as he felt that he had reached the sky in a single bound.
At this moment, Liu Xing felt that everybody else at present was watching him with unprecedented hot eyes, including the clan elders and knights. All the other disciples of major clans who were pretty arrogant in front of him started to hold him in awe and intended to flatter him. Liu Xing felt a buzz in his mind as his body turned hot all over. He felt as unreal as kneeling down onto the soft sponge.
"From today on, Liu Xing, you will be my first apprentice. All the disciples of Iron-Dragon Sect would respect you from then on. Don't let me down. Live up to my expectation!" Zhang Tie told Liu Xing genially.
The first Liu Xing that Zhang Tie met had sacrificed in Waii Subcontinent. That one was his comrade-in-arms in Iron-Blood Camp; therefore, Zhang Tie selected the second Liu Xing as his first apprentice so as to fix his regret inside.
"Yes, sir, Liu Xing will follow Hermit's instructions seriously..."
In this public occasion, even Liu Xing had experienced the life or death situation in the Earth-elements Realm, he still became restrained unconsciously. After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Liu Xing answered in a restrained way. After that, he found that Zhao Bing silently dragged the hem of his clothes. He then realized that he misspoke it just now; therefore, he hurriedly corrected his words, "Hmm...it's master's instructions!"
Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he faintly triggered his battle qi and had another bit of golden cinnabar fly onto the forehead of the other six people respectively steadily.
After pointing golden cinnabar onto the 7 people's foreheads, two boys moved forward, one of them served the teacup made of pure gold to Liu Xing, the other made a cup of tea water for him.
It was Taixia's regulation to kowtow and serve tea in the apprentice enrollment ritual. The bigger the sect was, the stricter the regulation would be. The apprentice enrollment ritual in the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect was a bit simple. As to the apprentice enrollment ritual of other sects, there were so many learnings on the preparation, the selection of time and place, the tea water and the wares. The more rules there were, the more cautious they were. The cautious attitude could frighten the apprentices and make it look like an apprentice enrollment ritual. Before the apprentice enrollment ritual, the apprentices should not eat meat; besides, they should clean their bodies and remain sincere for 81 days.
Of course, Liu Xing knew these rules. Even if nobody had taught him that, a native Hua people must have heard too much about that. Even kids knew about that.
Liu Xing moved forward a few steps by knees and raised high the teacup by two hands without spilling any water out of the cup, "Master, please have a drink!"
After taking the teacup and drinking it up, Zhang Tie gave the teacup back to the boy beside him, "Stand up!"
Liu Xing stood up before moving to the back of Zhang Tie. However, only after kneeling down a few minutes, when he stood up, he felt that the whole world was different. He felt like having a rebirth.
After Liu Xing, all the other 6 people served tea sincerely to Zhang Tie in turns while kneeling down. After drinking their tea, all the other 6 people stood behind Zhang Tie. Like how Liu Xing felt, the 6 people also felt like having a new life from then on.
Finding that the first apprentice of Zhang Tie had nothing to do with their clans, all the elders and knights at present felt complex. After knowing that their disciples lost the qualification to be the first apprentice of Fire Dragon Hermit, many people felt jealous more or less. However, when they found that the other clans lost the qualification too, they slowly recovered their composure once again.
They all knew about the seven people's jobs on Fire Dragon Hermit's side; however, they could never imagine that Fire Dragon Hermit could enroll them as his apprentices. Given this point, they felt that Fire Dragon Hermit was very affectionate; therefore, they longed for the followings...
Chapter 1064: Putting in Dragons by Golden Brush
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
After the 7 black-armored fighters were selected as apprentices, the juniors of the major clans came on the stage by batches. Even the apprentices of the elders and masters of some small sects had come on the stage.
Actually, no secret method in Northeast Military Region could match "Fire Dragon Sutra" given the levels of the secret methods. Of course, the elders and masters of those small sects wanted their own apprentices to make further progress. As the old saying went, water flew downwards, human preferred to go to higher places. Although there were competitions among sects, it was common that disciples of elders and masters of small sects acknowledged the masters of major sects as their own masters in Taixia Country.
"XXX wishes Fire Dragon Hermit to run immortal chakras forever and have a firm sect forever..."
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"XXX wishes Fire Dragon Hermit to have a lasting and firmer cultivation base and a greater influence..."
All the young disciples chested out and said almost the same auspicious words. At the same time, they were nervous and longing for being selected by Fire Dragon Hermit so as to be utterly different from then on...
Sitting on the golden chair, Zhang Tie could even sense the increasing heartbeats of those young men, the rising temperatures on their faces and the suddenly stimulated or constrictive blood vessels.
All the young men looked vigorous and keen. They must be the elites of each sect. As average clans were too weak, they could never be favored by Fire Dragon Hermit, those average clans and their masters wouldn't attend this opening ceremony at all.
At this moment, major clans and sects had already been faintly competitive with each other. The manifestation of their junior elites was like a parade in front of Fire Dragon Hermit.
Those junior disciples contained male and female. Most of them were below 40 years old. As for commoners, they were not young anymore at their 40s; however, in the world of cultivators, as cultivators could have longer lives than commoners, it was normal for them to reach LV 9 at their 40s. It could be said that they had just entered the official road of cultivation at this age.
In knights' world, besides freaks like Zhang Tie, those who could promote to an earth knight before 100 years old definitely had tiptop talents. In front of earth knights, these cultivators at their 40s were like children in the kindergartens in the eyes of professors in universities. The sharp gap between them was insurmountable.
Only a few of them were above 40 years old, 1/5 of them were between 30-40 years old. Most of the junior elites were at their 20s or 30s, who were almost as old as Zhang Tie. These guys accounted most of the disciples in each clan and sect; the rest 1/5 of them aged between 10 to 20...
These people entered the stage nervously with their flickering eyes, some of them looked straight into Zhang Tie's eyes while pretending to be calm; some of them dared not even look at Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie recalled the period of the last semester in Blackhot City when he was going to face his life choice. During that period, Zhang Tie's situation was very similar to that of these junior cultivators. Being muddled, they were waiting for the judgments of their destinies in an intense and exciting way. Although these people in front of him were much nobler than Zhang Tie when he was in Blackhot City, they might share the same mood with Zhang Tie in that period.
The order of junior disciples of clans was according to the order of the seats of the elders and masters of clans and sects which was very considerate. It was basically arranged according to the overall strength and influence of them. Those junior disciples with greater overall strength and influence could come to Zhang Tie's front earlier. All those at present understood it...
Of course, the first group came from Zhu Clan with the provincial governor of Yanzhou Province...
Zhu Dabiao was the first member of Zhu Clan whom Zhang Tie was familiar with. What was more interesting, perhaps the elders of Zhu Clan wanted Zhu Dabiao to experience such a magnificent occasion and meet Fire Dragon Hermit, Zhu Dabiao was also in the group of junior cultivators of Zhu Clan.
However, Zhu Dabiao looked pretty gentle in the uniformed costumes that were specially designed for the junior cultivators of Zhu Clan. His current look had nothing to do with the look of a playboy when he was in Youzhou City, Yanghe Prefecture. Only Zhang Tie who was familiar with him could discover that this guy was peeping at the beautiful young female disciples of the other clans.
Zhu Dabiao was not eye-catching among the junior disciples of Zhu Clan. Zhu elders might know that Zhu Dabiao was just an average person; therefore, they arranged for him to stand on one side of the team of junior cultivators of Zhu Clan. By contrast, those members in the middle of the team were much better than Zhu Dabiao given their looks and battle strength.
Seeing Zhang Tie throwing a casual glance at him, Zhu Dabiao felt being hit by an overwhelming strength. It felt even more powerful than that of his grandpa. All of a sudden, Zhu Dabiao was scared too much that his heart pounded. At the same time, his face turned faintly pale. He dared not to see Zhang Tie anymore.
'Haha, what a hilarious guy!' Zhang Tie laughed inside. However, he immediately thought up making a parody.
Zhang Tie then sent two drops of golden cinnabar flying onto the foreheads of a handsome and stable 30-year old guy in the middle of the team and Zhu Dabiao on the end of the team respectively.
The two people felt a golden light flashing in front of their eyes before feeling a bit cold on their foreheads. The disciple in the middle of the team felt like having a dream. He felt like being prestigious in a split second. Being overjoyed, under the admirable and jealous gazes of the other disciples of the same clan, he hurriedly strode a few steps forward and knelt down before kowtowing towards Zhang Tie 9 times, causing "bang, bang, bang, bang..." However, it seemed that Zhu Dabiao didn't even know what happened or he still didn't believe in it. He only felt that the other members of the team were watching him with weird looks in a split second...
"Douchebag, Zhu Dabiao, kneel down and kowtow in front of your master. What're you looking at? Are you waiting for my kick..." Zhu Elder's anxious voice drifted into Zhu Dabiao's ears. Zhu Dabiao immediately quivered all over like being poured cold water on his body. After being clear-minded, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed 10 times towards Zhang Tie. After doing that, he still couldn't accept the fact, 'Ahh, why it's me? why it's me? Is it because that I didn't deflower the little virgin girl in Fragrancereading Building who was transported from Goldenrock Subcontinent and bought her and set her free of good intent a few days ago?'
'Fire Dragon Hermit's disciple? F*ck...I'm rich now. I will see who dare say that I'm useless at home from today on...'
Zhu Dabiao became wild with joy inside as he felt that he was so lucky today.
Watching Zhu Yuanxing standing up after serving tea to Fire Dragon Hermit, before a Wang disciple gave him the teacup, Zhu Dabiao had hurriedly moved there by knees...
At the sight of this scene, the Zhu elders closed their eyes painfully. Even though kneeling down, kowtowing and serving tea to Fire Dragon Hermit, Zhu Yuanxing, the other disciple of Zhu Clan being selected behaved seriously of dignified bearing; when it came to Zhu Dabiao, Zhu elder felt like watching a dog pushing against Fire Dragon Hermit while sticking his tongue out.
Thankfully, Zhu Dabiao was acknowledging Fire Dragon Hermit as a master, who didn't care too much about etiquette; therefore, Zhu Dabiao's performance was not too embarrassing and even made Zhu elder a bit reassured. What made Zhu elder depressed was that he didn't know why Fire Dragon Hermit selected Zhu Dabiao the douchebag, 'Is that one's destiny?'
When Zhu Dabiao served tea to Fire Dragon Hermit, he silently raised his head and threw a glance at Zhang Tie. Unimaginably, he found that Zhang Tie was gazing at him at the same time. Zhu Dabiao became so scared that he almost spilled the tea water of the teacup. However, when he quivered his hand, Fire Dragon Hermit casually took the teacup and drank it rapidly in case of making him embarrassed.
After picking him up from the ground, Zhu Dabiao felt that Fire Dragon Hermit was watching him with a bit strange look. However, he didn't think too much about that, he just felt muddle-headed.
After Zhu Clan, it was the turn of Qian Clan with the provincial governor of Tongzhou Province...
Although the overall strength of Qian Clan was a bit weaker than that of Huaiyuan Palace, they rooted in Tongzhou Province longer and had a greater influence in Tongzhou Province. Additionally, Tongzhou Province was more prosperous than Youzhou Province. Therefore, Qian Clan ranked 2nd, closely followed by Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace. It was reasonable. At least, each clan felt good. Nobody would comment that Iron-Dragon Sect was snobbish.
Qian Clan's junior cultivators were almost as many as that of Zhu Clan. Actually, Qian Clan had more female junior cultivators than that of Zhu Clan; additionally, Qian Clan's female cultivators were the best in both looks and temperaments.
Zhang Tie selected two junior cultivators of Qian Clan too, namely, the tall and beautiful female in the middle of the team and the last but one youth with a common look.
Like the two people being selected in Zhu Clan's team, the two people being selected in Qian Clan's team were also excited; however, they still smoothly completed the ritual to formally acknowledge Fire Dragon Hermit as their master.
"Master, it seems that the female disciple of Qian Clan is well prepared. When she's formally acknowledging you as her master, she's thinking about whether she could warm up bed for you!"
Bai Suxian ridiculed Zhang Tie in a secret way. Zhang Tie threw a glance at Bai Suxian who was sitting still in the distance and found that Bai Suxian revealed a big smile.
"Cut the crap; otherwise, I will beat your butt on the bed!"
"Master, come on; this humble slave can't wait for that. How about calling this female disciple together? Master could cultivate together with this female apprentice. In this humble slave's eyes, this female apprentice is still a virgin. Are you interested in that? Qian Clan must be longing for that!"
'What a spirit!'
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After Qian Clan, it was the turn of Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace. Zhang Clan received two golden invitation letters; Huaiyuan Palace and Zhang Yang received one respectively. Therefore, according to the etiquette, Zhang Clan would congratulate Fire Dragon Hermit in two teams.
The first team was from Huaiyuan Palace. Zhang Tie threw a glance at these junior apprentices of Zhang Clan and selected two of them.
The second team only contained two people, namely his two nephews, Zhang Chengxu and Zhang Chengze.
Compared to the earlier teams which always contained dozens of people, Zhang Chengxu and Zhang Chengze were the youngest and most eye-catching ones.
"The branch in Jinwu City of Huaiyuan Palace wishes Fire Dragon Hermit to run immortal chakras forever and have a firm sect forever..."
Zhang Chengxu and Zhang Chengze then bowed towards Zhang Tie gracefully. Although they were a bit younger than Zhang Cheng'an, their eldest brother, they were already 12 years old. Zhang Tie could faintly see his elder brother's look from their faces.
Of course, the two juniors didn't know that Fire Dragon Hermit was their uncle.
Zhang Tie sighed with emotions inside. Closely after that, he sent two drops of golden cinnabar flying onto the foreheads of the two people.
Watching Zhang Tie selecting another two disciples of Huaiyuan Palace, all the others at present sighed inside, 'What? How could Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace have such a good luck? Fire Dragon Hermit only enrolled two from Zhu Clan and Qian Clan respectively; however, he enrolled 4 from Huaiyuan Palace. It seems that Fire Dragon Hermit favors Huaiyuan Palace very much.'
Everybody was sighing with emotion inside when they were thinking about the reason why Fire Dragon Hermit favored Huaiyuan Palace so much. Because Xuantian City was in Youzhou Province, Fire Dragon Hermit especially cared about Zhang Clan; because of the all-purpose medicament and Jinwu Business Group in Jinwu City that attracted Fire Dragon Hermit's eyes; because the two kids had an uncle called Zhang Tie whose reputation was famous among humans and was going to recover his freedom? or all the reason above...
Zhang Tie didn't know what they were thinking about; however, all the others at present thought that they had got the reason.
After Zhang Chengxu and Zhang Chengze, it was the turn of the juniors of Lu Clan from Spiritualmaple Prefecture. Zhang Tie selected two disciples from them too.
After Zhang Tie selected the disciples of Lu Clan, those in the auditorium figured out something, namely, Zhang Tie didn't only select those in the middle of the teams; he would also select those on the end of the teams who didn't look outstanding. Additionally, besides Zhang Clan, Fire Dragon Hermit would also pay special attention to those clans with earth knights. He would select one excellent disciple and an average one from each clan. Those in the auditorium didn't know why would Fire Dragon Hermit adopt this mode.
All the elders and knights in the auditorium exchanged a glance with each other as they started to consider about the reason...
In the later, it was the turn of disciples of the major clans in Tongzhou Province and Yanzhou Province who had earth knights. When they entered the stage, Zhang Tie treated them equally by selecting 2 disciples from each major clan, one excellent, the other average.
Nobody knew why Zhang Tie selected the average ones. Actually, Zhang Tie's thought was very simple, namely sparing a chance to those who looked average.
When Zhang Tie was young, he was also an average person. Therefore, he knew that those average ones cultivated very hard.
After selecting apprentices from those major clans with earth knights, Zhang Tie would start to select apprentices from those clans with black iron knights.
By contrast, he only selected one apprentice from each clan with black iron knights.
When everybody at present thought that they had figured out the rules of Fire Dragon Hermit, Zhang Tie selected 7 disciples from Wang Clan of Yushun Palace, Ningan City under the shocked and unbelievable gazes of all the guests, which shocked their entire venue and the Xuantian City as a whole...