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Chapter 1110: Losing Life by One Sentence

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

Everyone had his or her own story.

As a mature knight who had seen the world, Zhang Tie also had his own story.

So did Bai Suxian. Zhang Tie's story started from Blackhot City; Bai Suxian's story started from Lord Guangnan's Mansion. Before gaining Castle of Black Iron, Zhang Tie's story was always very insipid. As for Bai Suxian who was born in a major clan with an excellent talent and look, her story was always splendid since the beginning, including her life experience, emotional experience and those unspoken love affairs.

All the young boys and girls were amorous.

Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian both had romantic experiences. If not have witnessed too many countries' perdition and separation between family members, an earth knight at his 30s might still be in "romance".

In that age, it was normal what happened to Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian.

When in Blackhot City, Zhang Tie had dissolute experiences with girls of Rose Association. As a princess, of course, Bai Suxian was not that dissolute. Since young, Bai Suxian was always surrounded by a lot of fervent pursuers. Bai Suxian might have encountered someone whom she would like to pay everything for.

Since Miss Daina left him, Zhang Tie had realized that people could barely pursue perfection in the world, not to mention keeping all the good things or have all the women in the world accost him. Each beauty was just a piece of white paper, who was waiting for a man to make her life colorful.

It was far-stretched, also the daydreams of many horny boys.

With this mature mentality, Zhang Tie became more comprehensive about Bai Suxian.

Since they fixed their love affair, Bai Suxian had been avoiding talking about her past experiences in front of Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie didn't pump it either; Bai Suxian didn't talk about it in case of dissatisfying Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie also tried his best to care about Bai Suxian's privacy and self-esteem.

The privacy and self-esteem were finally unveiled by someone ruthlessly in front of Zhang Tie today.

After hearing the words behind her, Bai Suxian's face instantly turned pale. Closely after that, she threw a look at Zhang Tie stealthily out of concern.

Zhang Tie suddenly felt that Bai Suxian's hands were quivering for the first time. Bai Suxian's worried look made Zhang Tie's heart aching. 'Since our love affair was fixed, it's her first time to be so unconfident."

Zhang Tie stopped his footsteps at once as he turned around.

"Let's go..." Bai Suxian who had always been mighty suddenly became weak. She wanted to pull Zhang Tie away; however, Zhang Tie remained unchanged.

With an icy look, Zhang Tie glanced around the 4 male knights beside Fang Xinyi and a female knight who just glanced around Fang Xinyi, Bai Suxian and Zhang Tie with a compelled look.

Zhang Tie was not interested in acquainting with these people since the beginning. Therefore, he didn't even ask their names.

All the knights on the other side had sensed the invisible stress in Zhang Tie's icy eyes. As a result, their disdainful, arrogant and scornful facial expressions gradually became frozen.

"Who said that?" Zhang Tie asked. Meanwhile, he pinched Bai Suxian's hand, letting her calm down.

"It's me. So what?" A handsome male knight with thin lips and a bit slim eyes in a senior jade waistband and a sapphire bow-silk long gown raised his head and strode out of the team of Fang Xinyi. At the same time, he twitched his facial muscles like being stretched by an invisible line, revealing an arrogant smile towards Zhang Tie. With a sound of "Shhua", he unfolded a fan and waved it in a handsome way, "An earth knight might be domineering in other places; however, in Xuanyuan Hill, this bit of foundation is not enough. So many provincial governors and Cheji generals in Taixia Country are behaving in a low-key manner; not to mention a common earth knight. Xuanyuan Hill is very sophisticated. Besides sage-level ones, dozens of earth knight have been killed in Xuanyuan Hill in the late 100 years. Hehe, another one might lose his life soon. If it's your first time to visit Xuanyuan Hill, I suggest you to not treat this place as your private territory. Mind your own business. It's not worthy for you to do that for a woman!"

Zhang Tie didn't lose his temper; instead, he revealed a smile, "I almost forgot about it. May I know your name?"

"I'm Yue Peng, a trivial person in Heavens Holding Pavilion!" That man replied in an arrogant look as he waved his small fan more pleasantly.

"You're indeed a trivial person. More than that, you're a timid person. You're not even a man!" Zhang Tie abruptly sneered as he watched that knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion who was waving his fan with a disdainful look, "I just asked your name instead of your sect. Why did you tell me about your sect? Whether do you feel that you're not brave to stand out if not tell me about your sect? Besides your sect, what else do you have? Why not tell me about the names of your dad and your mom or anyone great that you know? Even an ambitious 7-year old kid might feel embarrassed by using this trick before a fight, I've not imagined that a male, good-looking knight like you is just as timid as a rabbit. You're wasting this father's saliva..."

Zhang Tie directly spat a mouth of saliva onto the ground. Closely after that, he turned around and pulled Bai Suxian away. At the same time, he shook his head and told her, "Forgot about him, let's go. I thought that it was a blind guy who scorned behind me; I wanted to teach him a lesson for you; it turns out that he's just a worthless guy. He's just a toad that jumped onto your instep. He wants to bite you; however, he's not brave enough to do that. Neither will he be able to do that. The moment he uttered, he would make you feel very disgusted. If you beat him, when he dropped his snot and tears and rolled over the ground or complained that you were bullying him in front of his parents and grandparents, you would be sick to death. Although he's shameless, this Old Cui has to care about my reputation. If I fought him, I could barely explain it to my friends as long as they asked me about that. After stepping onto a toad, you would feel being smelly all over. Additionally, your shoes would be polluted. You could only treat him as a fart..."

"Hmm..." Bai Suxian responded to him in a low voice. Although she wanted to persuade Zhang Tie to leave as soon as possible, she was still moved by him when she found that Zhang Tie would like to fight for her.

At this moment, due to anxiety, Bai Suxian felt a bit muddle-headed. She didn't even notice that Zhang Tie was more talkative today.

"As the old saying goes; things of a kind come together, people of a mind fall into the same group. Stay far away from these people. If you want to judge one's worldview, look at his enemy. This kind of person only knows about spurting out sh*t and crying in front of his parents. He's just a clown among knights. He could not even match the thugs on the streets and nouveau riches. Stay away from him. Otherwise, our identities would be declined by him. It's too disgraceful. Don't expose what happened today to the public. If Uncle Zhong asks you about that, just tell him that we've traveled on the Golden Water River for one day..."

Zhang Tie didn't speak to Bai Suxian in a secret way. Even some commoners had heard his words clearly, not to mention the 6 knights behind them.

In a split second, even the other knights had turned pale, not to mention Yue Peng who scorned Zhang Tie just now.

The sentence "Things of a kind come together, people of a mind fall into the same group" was too destructive. Additionally, Zhang Tie' reason could really not be easily refuted.

He only needed to tell Zhang Tie his name; why did he tell Zhang Tie about his sect? Evidently, he was lacking confidence. Was Heavens Holding Pavilion something? Wasn't all the people at present members of the top 7 sects?

Although the others on Yue Peng's side didn't say anything, they looked at Yue Peng out of dissatisfaction.

If Yue Peng knew how Zhang Tie grew up and how talkative he was, he would think twice before saying that in case of the possible trouble. Soon after his words, Zhang Tie had caught his loophole and sent him into the hell.

Watching the backs of Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian and sensing the "special eye light" of his partners, Yue Peng's face blushed and finally turned green. He pinched his fan forcefully and turned it into powders.

"Stop..." Yue Peng shouted with bloody eyes.

Zhang Tie pulled Bai Suxian's hand and just walked away without even turning around.

Everyone saw Zhang Tie's deep, disdainful attitude from his back.

Only after such a short while, Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian had been 50 m away.

"Stop!" Yue Peng roared as he punched towards Zhang Tie's back with his battle qi...

Chapter 1111: The Difference

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

When Yue Peng punched towards Zhang Tie's back, Fang Xinyi and all the others on his side felt it was improper. However, it was too late for them to stop him.

With Bai Suxian's exclamation, "watch out", Yue Peng punched towards Zhang Tie's back, breaking Zhang Tie's clothes into pieces. However, Zhang Tie remained unchanged. Closely after that, Zhang Tie turned around with a faint shrill sneer...

In the next second, Zhang Tie abruptly disappeared. Before Yue Peng responded to it, Zhang Tie had forcefully slapped Yue Peng's face, causing the latter to spurt out a mouthful of blood and broken teeth.

Zhang Tie's hand was very powerful; additionally, he stroked back too fast. Even Yue Peng's partners had not seen how Zhang Tie suddenly appeared on Yue Peng's side from dozens of meters away. They were all stunned. Additionally, Yue Peng had not thought about the outcome of his punch out of fury. When Zhang Tie appeared on his side, he had not even released his protective battle qi yet.

Zhang Tie directly made this knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion confused. Zhang Tie directly sent Yue Peng to fly off.

However, before he flew off, Zhang Tie grabbed his ankle. Closely after that, Zhang Tie forcefully lifted him up and was going to crash him onto the ground as if he was a hammer.

At this moment, those knights on Yue Peng's side finally realized what happened. They changed their faces at once. Given the strength of Zhang Tie's slap, Yue Peng would definitely be severely wounded if he were crashed onto the ground.

"Stop!" The youth who mocked Bai Suxian at the beginning punched towards Zhang Tie, followed by all the other 4 knights.

In a split second, Zhang Tie waved his punch to block all the 5 knights' strike at the same time.

The moment the 5 knights touched Zhang Tie's punch, they immediately felt that they were covered by the strict and mighty punch intention of a domineering iron punch.

Previously, the 5 young knights just used 40% of their strength in case of Zhang Tie's safety; however, Zhang Tie's counterattack reversed the initiative. As a result, the 5 young knights changed their faces once again as they had to exert 80% of their efforts to respond to Zhang Tie's counterattack.

The 5 black iron knights' strike was defused by Zhang Tie easily. At the same time, he caught Yue Peng's hand and directly smashed him onto the ground ferociously.

With a "bang", the cyan-stone road outside the gate tower of Horse Bridge was shattered in a split second, causing a huge pit while broken stones flew in all directions. The 5 black iron knights were sent flying 20 m away so as to offset Zhang Tie's powerful punch.

As they were launching a close combat, they didn't mean to hurt the surrounding people. Only the huge pit left by Zhang Tie was a bit fearsome.

Yue Peng, who had been confused by Zhang Tie's slap uttered a miserable shriek due to extreme pain as he spurted out a mouthful of blood once again.

Even though Zhang Tie didn't exert his full strength, he still broke Yue Peng's arms and shins into 70-80 pieces; additionally, Yue Peng's guts were wounded; half of his ribs were broken. This strike could even match that of a cruel torture. Few people could bear it. He would not recover in 1 month if he did not take senior recovery medicament. It would take Yue Peng longer time to grow out his teeth once again even with the help of recovery medicament.

"Tsuang..." The 5 knights couldn't stand to pull out their weapons at the same time.

Watching them pulling out of their weapons, Zhang Tie sneered with an invisible berserk battle qi, "Dare you to fight me in Xuanyuan Hill? Aren't you afraid of being killed by me?"

Zhang Tie's smile made those knights' hearts froze immediately.

It happened so fast that everything had come to an end before Bai Suxian responded.

At this moment, Bai Suxian had jumped onto Zhang Tie's side with the brilliant longsword, the very silver secret item that Zhang Tie gifted her, in hand. Meanwhile, her beautiful eyes turned furious.

The moment the longsword appeared in Bai Suxian's hand, it had turned misty like trickles. The others immediately knew that it was an immortal item and must be very powerful. Given Bai Suxian's look, if she joined the battle, she would definitely exert her full strength.

"Wait...I will never let you go...my master will never let you go..." Yue Peng, who was severely wounded, shouted towards Zhang Tie with bloody eyes while lying on the ground as if he wanted to eat Zhang Tie alive.

"Don't talk about that until you could introduce yourself without mentioning Heavens Holding Pavilion!" Zhang Tie watched Yue Peng with a sneer as he lowered his head, "I will give you a small warning today. Bai Suxian is my woman. If I hear you talk about something that makes me unhappy, I promise you that you will definitely regret coming to this world. Remember, in this world, I'm the very one whom you could not offend for the rest of your life..."

"You..."

Before Yue Peng talked about something, Zhang Tie had already raised his huge foot and stomped onto Yue Peng's face in an overwhelming way, causing Yue Peng's nose to collapse at once. His blood spurted out of Zhang Tie's foot.

Yue Peng passed out at once.

After grinding his face with his foot twice, Zhang Tie raised his foot.

This time, Yue Peng's whole face looked as colorful as a fried eggplant with soy sauce. Watching his poor look, the other knights felt their spines numb.

"Why are you so vicious?" Fang Xinyi watched Zhang Tie with an icy look.

After being forced to move back by Zhang Tie's punch, Fang Xinyi didn't pull out her weapon. She just watched Zhang Tie with an extremely calm look.

"Am I vicious?" Zhang Tie replied with a faint smile, "Don't forget that he provoked me and started the strike first. I was just defending myself. If he was a commoner, he would have long been killed by that punch. I've already shown my mercy to him given that we're all Hua knights and the holy war is coming!" After saying that, Zhang Tie directly looked at the gate tower of the Horse Bridge as he revealed a smile, "General, you must have seen what happened here. According to the law of Taixia Country, I'm legit, right?"

Since they were set free, Zhang Tie had noticed that the earth knight who had investigated them was watching them quietly on the gate tower. Not until Zhang Tie uttered did Fang Xinyi and the other guys find that one person was watching them on the gate tower being not far away from them.

"I've indeed seen what happened just now. This man attacked you first. It's legit for you to launch a counterattack!" The earth knight considered it twice before replying to Zhang Tie calmly.

"Put away your sword, let's go!" Zhang Tie patted Bai Suxian's back as he directly left with Bai Suxian.

After Zhang Tie left, that earth knight on the gate tower of Horse Bridge told Fang Xinyi and the other guys, "This guy has to stay here. As he attacked others on his own initiative in Xuanyuan Hill, he had violated the law of Xuanyuan Hill. If you don't want this guy to die here due to severe wounds. You'd better notice his master and elder to take him away!"

After saying that, some soldiers carried Yue Peng who was in a deep coma into the gate tower at the bridgehead of Horse Bridge.

Those knights, especially those male knights exchanged a glance with each other as they all looked frustrated. What happened today let all of them understand a truth——Common knights had better not show off their battle strength in Xuanyuan Hill.

Especially when they fought Zhang Tie at the same time just now. Zhang Tie gave them an overwhelming feeling and easily sent them flying away only with one punch. Such a great battle strength shocked those young knights too much.

After looking around the others' poor look, a young knight forced a bitter smile as he let out a sigh, "Alas, the master is right. Xuanyuan Hill indeed has a lot of powerhouses. I've not imagined that I could encounter such a terrifying earth knight here. He just used one hand to defuse the strikes of our 5 people at the same time. No wonder senior fellow apprentice Yue Peng couldn't resist that man's counterattack and got it all to come! What an earth knight! I'm afraid that we could not defeat him even if we form two 3-in-1 battle formations..."

"Don't get discouraged. Given that guy's battle strength, he's at least above 7-change realm!" The knight who mocked Zhang Tie at the beginning became slightly spirited, "I really don't know such a powerhouse among earth knights in Taixia Country!"

"What should we do now?"

"As we're Yue Peng's friends, we'd better tell Yue Peng's master about this event in the courtyard of Heavens Holding Pavilion!"

"Junior fellow apprentice Yue Peng was always stable and wise instead of being that impatient. How could he make such a mistake today?"

"Maybe junior fellow apprentice Yue Peng was a bit intense. After all, he was facing an earth knight. Therefore, he made an error in speaking. He told that man about his sect so as to warn him..."

After what happened today, everybody at present including Fang Xinyi had lost their interest in this place. They then left. So did those onlookers who came here to join the fun from afar after hearing the noise.

Nobody noticed that the earth knight just kept his eyes on Zhang Tie's back with a solemn look.

This earth knight touched a piece of senior alchemist's amulet on his chest inside his armor. He inherited it from his ancestor. Its function was to prevent the wearer from being influenced by most of the spiritual and soul secret methods and help him keep alert.

That amulet could protect its wearer; meanwhile, it could respond to the surrounding spiritual secret methods sharply. When Zhang Tie asked Yue Peng his name, this earth knight could evidently feel that his amulet slightly moved.

Closely after that, that knight from Heavens Holding Pavilion called Yue Peng directly told that earth knight about his sect. Then, Yue Peng was teased sharply.

After being stimulated too much, the knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion was finally instigated. He launched a punch towards that earth knight's back. However, with this opportunity, that earth knight directly crippled this knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion in a few seconds in front of everybody else, including the earth knight on the gate tower, leaving no loophole at all.

If that earth knight had already thought how to deal with the knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion in words since he turned around and used the secret spiritual method to have the knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion show his slip unconsciously, this guy must be very terrifying. He must have amazing scheming, battle strength and secret methods.

The earth knight on the gate tower reflected, 'If not this top-quality ancestral alchemist's amulet which warned me about that, I might not know what really happened until now.'

The knights of Recreational Affairs Ministry who guarded the emperor's imperial city of Xuanyuan Hill were not on the same channel with the knights of the top 7 sects of Taixia Country. To put it straight, among humans, besides the knights of the top 7 sects of Taixia Country who could be able to threaten the security and safety of the emperor's imperial city, all the other knights were dwarfed in front of powerhouses of the Recreational Affairs Ministry. Actually, the Recreational Affairs Ministry was founded to resist the powerhouses of the top 7 sects of Taixia Country. Out of this purpose, this earth knight of Horse Guard under the affiliation of the Recreational Affairs Ministry just enjoyed the show between Zhang Tie and the knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion silently just now.

After considering it for a short while, this earth knight waved his hand and fetched a subordinate knight. He whispered something to that knight, who nodded before leaving the gate tower...

In less than 2 hours, before Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian returned to the manor of Lord Guangnan's Mansion in Xuanyuan Hill, cracking sounds had drifted out of the courtyard of Heavens Holding Pavilion in Xuanyuan Hill...

At the same time, a file about Fire Dragon Hermit appeared on the table of the Recreational Affairs Ministry, one of the 9 ministries in Taixia Country silently.

When the file was hurriedly brought here by a knight of the Recreational Affairs Ministry in a sealed silver lot pot, the minister of Recreational Affairs Ministry, one of the 9 ministries of Taixia Country was drinking tea and chatting with a man in the Class I official uniform of Taixia Country who looked yellowish and dignified in a room while enjoying the moonlight.

The Class I official uniform was embroidered with a Pixiu, a mythical wild animal which was also called gold-eater. The animal was surrounded by propitious clouds, snow, rice, maize, wheat, millet and beans. Those who were familiar with the bureaucratical establishment of Taixia Country would know that he was the finance minister, one of the 9 ministers of Taixia Country.

Only after throwing a glance at that sealed secret lot pot sent by a trusted subordinate of the minister of the Recreational Affairs Ministry, the finance minister had stood up with a smile, "Brother Hanyuan. I will not bother you today. Many forces are converging in Xuanyuan Hill, the Recreational Affairs Ministry have great responsibilities. As Brother Hanyuan has public affairs to deal with, I will not waste your time. I have to go back to my mansion now!"

"Right, Brother Zhengfang, I hope you could pay special attention to that thing. As the overall situation is urgent, the knights under the affiliation of the Recreational Affairs Ministry have to shoulder heavy responsibilities. Additionally, we have to pay special attention to the safety of the emperor's imperial city. Therefore, silver secret items are in urgent demand. As the silver secret items in the imperial warehouses could not even be moved by the crown prince, we could have a chance to solve this problem in the Treasures Meeting of the Gold and Power Market!"

After hearing that, the finance minister replied with a solemn look, "Don't worry, Brother Hanyuan. As you and I are chancellors in the same imperial court, it's our responsibility to share the concerns of the country. I will definitely try must best to do that!"

"After hearing your promise, I feel more reassured! The more silver secret items we have, the better it would be."

Finally, the two Class I officials of Taixia Country bade a farewell to each other. After seeing off Hang Zhengfang out of this courtyard, the minister of the Recreational Affairs Ministry returned to his room.

The minister of the Recreational Affairs Ministry had a beautiful beard, slim and long eyebrows and two pupils in each eye, which looked pretty dignified.

After returning to his room, the minister of the Recreational Affairs Ministry sat on his chair with eyes closed for 2 minutes. After that, the minister threw a glance at a trusted subordinate who was standing in the room quietly before asking him calmly, "What's the matter?"

"The Horse Guard general sent here a secret file!"

"Ah, the case about Li Xiongtao?" The minister of the Recreational Affairs Ministry instantly became interested in it, "Give it to me!"

After taking that lot pot, the minister tore off the special seal and saw a small piece of the crystal inside it. After holding it and watching it for a few seconds, the minister's eyes gleamed. After a short while, he revealed a weird smile, "Ha, I've not imagined that there's such a figure! Interesting!"

Chapter 1112: The Long-Lost Fruit

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

3 hours later, when Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian returned to the manor of Lord Guangnan in Xuanyuan Hill, it was already dark...

They returned by an alcohol-driven taxi in Xuanyuan Hill. It was pretty prosperous with night lamplight outside the vehicle as if it was a city with gay nightlife. In the vehicle, Bai Suxian was in a low mood since she got on the vehicle. Watching the night scenery outside the vehicle, she might be thinking about something quietly.

Although Yue Peng had been ferociously beaten by Zhang Tie, the scar that he caused on Bai Suxian could not recover in a short period.

Zhang Tie knew women pretty well. Any woman needed to be quiet sometimes no matter how active she was; any woman would feel helpless no matter how firm she was. Therefore, he didn't say anything at this moment. Instead, he just let Bai Suxian lean against his shoulder quietly as he watched the heavy traffic on the road.

Bai Suxian might be thinking about her former emotional experiences.

By contrast, although Zhang Tie also watched the nightscape outside the vehicle, he was imagining about the scenery in the emperor's imperial city of Xuanyuan Hill.

During these days in Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie had received many bits of intelligence. He felt like a spider who was weaving a net silently in the dark. He was thinking about overthrowing the very person, who assumed one of the 9 ministers in Taixia Country, the master of Gold and Power Law and the founder of Heavens Reaching Church. It would be better if he could kill that b*stard so as to inflict a heavy loss to his force and the Gobbling Party at the same time.

With such a powerful opponent in heart, Zhang Tie had long forgotten about the trouble caused by the male knight of the Heavens Holding Pavilion.

In the past, if he offended a knight of the Heavens Holding Pavilion, it would be a major event which would make him sleepless overnight and lose his appetite. By contrast, it was just a small trouble for Zhang Tie. From the beginning, Zhang Tie had kept an eye on him. All of his movements were under Zhang Tie's control.

Perhaps, Zhang Tie had not realized that he was already different than before. He gradually had a domineering profound temperament which common knights would feel awe-stricken about. It was also possessed by many provincial governors and Cheji generals across Taixia Country. Without such a fierce and dignified temperament, how could an earth knight dominate a province of Taixia Country, order so many black iron knights and frighten so many earth knights?

When the vehicle arrived at the gate of the manor of Lord Guangnan's Mansion in Xuanyuan Hill where some red lanterns were hanging in the nightscape, brightening up the surroundings of the gate. Zhang Tie tossed a gold coin towards the driver and told him to keep the changes. Closely after that, he opened the door and got off the vehicle with Bai Suxian.

Watching Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian coming back, some guards outside the gate hurriedly opened the gate and greeted them.

During the period when Zhang Tie was in this manor, all the people in this manor almost treated him as the would-be son-in-law of Lord Guangnan very respectfully.

Soon after the two people entered the gate, Uncle Zhong had come forward to greet them.

These days, with the effect of Zhang Tie's first prescription, Uncle Zhong felt pretty good as the toxicity of the broken-gold witchcraft parasites inside his body was restricted for the first time. He didn't cough any more; additionally, his face blushed. He looked much better spiritually. Therefore, he started to be more confident about Zhang Tie's prescription.

At the sight of Bai Suxian's fatigued look and the big hole on Zhang Tie's back, Uncle Zhong was startled too much as he changed his face at once, "Ahh, Miss, Childe Cui, what happened?"

"Nothing. We met a blind b*stard. Uncle Zhong, do you know the residence of Heavens Holding Pavilion in Xuanyuan Hill?" Zhang Tie asked with a smile.

"Yes, I know!"

"Uncle Zhong, after a while, please have someone send this clothes to Heavens Holding Pavilion. Just have him tell them that it's from Fire Dragon Hermit!"

There was a huge hole in the back of Zhang Tie's clothes which was caused by Yue Peng's punch. Wise people would understand what happened at the sight of this hole. Actually, Zhang Tie intended to cause such a huge hole in the back of his clothes purposefully.

If a black iron knight dared attack an earth knight from his back on his own initiative, it was nothing different than seeking for death in any place, not to mention in Xuanyuan Hill. Sending his clothes to Heavens Holding Pavilion, Zhang Tie wanted to let them know that he had shown his mercy to Yue Peng today. Heavens Holding Pavilion had to accept this result whatsoever.

Although Heavens Holding Pavilion was something, they could never have a subordinate black iron knight bully an earth knight casually. Even the imperial households of Taixia Country could not do that, not to mention the Heavens Holding Pavilion. An earth knight could determine the fates of hundreds of millions of people in some subcontinents. How could an earth knight be easily humiliated?

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Uncle Zhong understood what happened approximately. He nodded before glancing at Bai Suxian for a couple of times, "Miss, do you want a supper today?"

"No need. I'm a bit tired. I want to take a rest in my room!" Bai Suxian told Uncle Zhong and Zhang Tie. After saying that, she revealed a smile towards Zhang Tie in a reluctant way, "You've not eaten food yet; if you want, go have some. I have no appetite today!"

"Let bygones be bygones. Never mind. After one day's torture, you'd better have a good rest!" Zhang Tie told her as he patted Bai Suxian's fragrant shoulder twice.

"Hmm..."

When they talked, they had arrived at a fountain in the manor. Bai Suxian's courtyard was on the other side; therefore, after noticing Zhang Tie and Uncle Zhong, she returned to her room alone.

Watching Bai Suxian's back, Uncle Zhong's eyes were full of concern. Bai Suxian was pretty happy these days. Why did she suddenly become unhappy today?

"What happened to Miss?" Uncle Zhong asked Zhang Tie about that directly.

Touching his bald head, Zhang Tie replied, "Nothing, just let her stay alone for some time..."

"Was she offended by people of Heavens Holding Pavilion?" Uncle Zhong asked out of a bit fury, "Our Lord Guangnan's Mansion could not be bullied by others in Taixia Country. In the south border of Taixia Country, our Lord Guangnan was awarded over 100 cities. Additionally, Lord Guangnan has tens of millions of guards and over 100 knights as well as many friends and relatives. Furthermore, we have relief in the imperial court. We're not afraid of Heavens Holding Pavilion at all!"

"That son of a b*tch is too immoral verbally. I broke his teeth and limbs. Additionally, we met Fang Xinyi today. I'm afraid that Bai Suxian felt unhappy as she recalled what happened in the past. Don't worry, she will soon be fine!"

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Uncle Zhong seemingly thought about something. He faintly opened his mouth yet said nothing.

Zhang Tie guessed that Uncle Zhong must know something about the reason. However, as Bai Suxian didn't tell him about the reason, Uncle Zhong felt it was inconvenient to talk about it.

"Childe Cui, do you need me to have supper sent to your room?"

"No need, thanks, I have no appetite either. I want to cultivate in my room..."

"There's an exclusive cultivation room in the manor!"

"No need, I will just stay in my own room. It won't take me too much time!"

"Alright, I will tell others to not disturb Childe Cui's cultivation!"

It was really normal for a knight to cultivate. Therefore, after being told that Zhang Tie was going to cultivate in his room, of course, Uncle Zhong wouldn't suspect it.

...

There was one more huge alloy cage as large as a container on the lawn of the garden in this manor. There was a living LV 6 black spider in the cage, whose blood became the guiding drug of the first prescription that Zhang Tie wrote for Uncle Zhong.

There were some fluorite lamps surrounding the lawn. In the daytime, that alloy cage was covered with a thick piece of black cloth; in the evening, that piece of black cloth would be unveiled. This LV 6 black spider was guarded by 3 guards who were above LV 7 by shifts every day.

When Zhang Tie passed by it, he found a guard had just opened a window on one side of the alloy cage and dropped a living sheep inside.

The living sheep shivered due to fear while being stiff all over. In the blink of an eye, blood had sprayed in all directions inside the cage. The living sheep then became the food of the LV 6 black spider.

At the sight of the blood spraying, a thought flashed across Zhang Tie's mind...

At this moment, Zhang Tie even wanted to pound his own head.

'Stupid! I'm so stupid.'

Of course, followed by Uncle Zhong, Zhang Tie just passed by the path on one side calmly as he took in a deep breath.

Besides the smell of tender grass and fresh flowers, the fresh air in the garden also contained the bloody smell of that sheep. Meanwhile, this odor activated a memory zone in Zhang Tie's mind which had not been activated for a long time. That memory zone was filled with endless fights and deaths. Fresh blood was the forever theme of that memory zone.

...

After returning to his own room, Zhang Tie had someone give his torn clothes to Uncle Zhong before closing up his door.

Of course, Zhang Tie was not really cultivating; instead, he just called out the incarnation of the little black beetle from Castle of Balck Iron so as to take a round in the emperor's imperial city and check the situation inside. When he saw the LV 6 black spider eating the sheep alive, Zhang Tie suddenly remembered a better detective means which was better than using the incarnation of the little black beetle.

Since he promoted to a knight, as he could not gain any fruit by killing demon knights, Zhang Tie almost forgot that he had such a trump card——the trouble-reappearance fruit. As long as he killed an enemy, he would be able to reappear the surrounding environment in the new trouble-reappearance fruit.

Zhang Tie started his plan at once.

Speaking of his enemy, it was too simple. Zhang Tie had a lot of "backup" demonized puppets inside Castle of Black Iron.

After sensing the surrounding environment, Zhang Tie found that nobody would come here to disturb him in a short period. Therefore, he directly teleported a LV 9 demonized puppet out of Castle of Black Iron...

Pitifully, the moment the LV 9 demonized puppet was "thawed", before it figured out where it was, its head had been blown up by the battle qi which was shot out of Zhang Tie's finger. Closely after that, its corpse was thrown back into Castle of Black Iron. The entire process lasted less than 0.5 seconds...

Chapter 1113: Detecting the Emperor's Imperial City in the Evening

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

"Ahh, Castle Lord..." Edward hurriedly bowed towards Zhang Tie when he passed by the hall of the palace tree at the sight of Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie just passed by Edward as fast as the wind. Before saying anything, he directly rushed towards the small tree and picked off that latest trouble-reappearance fruit at once. Closely after that, he pushed the trouble-reappearance fruit into his mouth before revealing a smile towards Edward. Then, he disappeared right under the small tree. The entire process lasted less than 3 seconds, leaving Edward standing still there with a dumbfounded look...

...

When Zhang Tie came out of Castle of Black Iron, he was still chewing the latest trouble-reappearance fruit as he had already sat down with crossed legs.

Zhang Tie took the last trouble-reappearance fruit in the Earth-element Realm. Even though he had taken the last trouble-reappearance fruit, he didn't activate that trouble-reappearance situation. As he had not taken trouble-reappearance fruit for a long time, Zhang Tie almost forgot about the taste of trouble-reappearance fruit.

The moment the exotic energy of the trouble-reappearance fruit entered Zhang Tie's mouth, it had risen up like a curl of smoke and directly rushed into Zhang Tie's mind sea before converging with Zhang Tie's spiritual energy. After that, a sparkle appeared in Zhang Tie's mind sea while an exotic, hexagon entrance flew over here from the sparkle and covered Zhang Tie completely, bringing Zhang Tie into a bizarre trouble-reappearance situation...

...

Zhang Tie appeared in the same room.

At the sight of Zhang Tie standing there, the demonized puppet that he had killed just now immediately roared with bloody eyes like seeing its enemy before charging towards Zhang Tie.

This LV 9 demonized puppet was just as trivial as a fly for Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie didn't even feel like dealing with it; instead, he just punched a wall into pieces. In the rocks and roar, Zhang Tie instantly strode out of the room and entered the manor.

The manor remained as peaceful as before. Besides nobody was here, every tree and bush here was as same as that Zhang Tie saw a few minutes ago.

The alloy cage was still on the lawn. Although there were still blood stains in the cage and the smell of blood was still in the air, there was no black spider in the cage anymore.

The LV 9 demonized puppet closely followed Zhang Tie out of the broken wall as it rushed towards Zhang Tie with bare fangs and brandish claws. Only by casually flicking towards the demonized puppet, Zhang Tie had blown up the two shanks of the demonized puppet. The demonized puppet shrieked miserably as it fell down. Even so, it continued to climb on the ground towards Zhang Tie as if it wanted to bite Zhang Tie forcefully. However, its moving speed was ten times slower than that before. Additionally, it looked pretty hilarious.

The whole world became quiet.

The moment Zhang Tie moved, he had come to the street outside the manor of Lord Guangnan over 100 m away benefited from his Kuafu bloodline.

The street lamps, roadside stores and nightscape remained unchanged.

After looking around, Zhang Tie found that the street was a bit more spacious than before. Something must have disappeared.

'Ah, all the alcohol-driven vehicles on the streets have disappeared. Only the buses that parked on the roadsides could be seen. After thinking about it for a short while, Zhang Tie realized that it was a feature of the trouble-reappearance fruit. In the trouble-reappearance situation, moving objects under the control of humans, personal belongings of humans and any items that were interacting with humans or some living beings could not be captured.

Otherwise, trouble-reappearance fruits would really be too amazing.

Even so, Zhang Tie was also satisfied enough.

As for the small tree, Zhang Tie knew that the current Xuanyuan Hill in his eyes was nothing different than the former Wildwolf Valley or the Hidden Dragon Island; in another word, everything here was just a meaningless arrangement of material elements or sceneries in the photos. With a click, all the sceneries, including handsome boys, beauties, ugly ones, gold, silver, copper, iron, jewelry and wastes would be kept. Watching the completely open, empty Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie felt a bit thrilled as if he was pulling the strings in the public in an examination...

Zhang Tie started to run rapidly towards the emperor's imperial city. With the effect of Kuafu bloodline, even though Zhang Tie couldn't fly, he could still move as fast as the wind and lightning bolt on the ground. In each stride, he could move hundreds of meters. Such a speed was even a bit faster than the flight speed of common knights. After running for 2 minutes, Zhang Tie became pretty excited. With a roar, he immediately jumped onto the roof of a roadside building and started to run along the roofs of those buildings...

Under the two bright moons, Zhang Tie jumped over the roofs of the buildings in Xuanyuan Hill as fast as a meteor, leaving the roadside buildings and streets behind rapidly.

Sometimes, Zhang Tie would even break the roofs of those buildings if he used too much strength on his foot. However, nobody would claim compensation for him in the trouble-reappearance situation.

The linear distance between the manor of Lord Guangnan and Horse Bridge was over 90 miles. In less than 10 minutes, Zhang Tie had already fallen onto the gate tower at the bridgehead of Horse Bridge with a bang.

Standing on the top of the gate tower, Zhang Tie felt a cold wind blowing over. Although there were ripples in the Golden Water River, the gate tower was still empty. There was not even a guard or a knight inside it. After identifying the orientation, Zhang Tie jumped up once again and landed on the huge steel structure of the Horse Bridge. Only after a few steps, he had already rushed over the Horse Bridge and entered the territory of emperor's imperial city.

The emperor's imperial city of Xuanyuan Hill didn't look different than the other places in Xuanyuan Hill essentially. The roadside buildings were tidier; additionally, the residences and signboards of central authority agencies in Taixia Country could be seen everywhere across the emperor's imperial city. All of these places were magnificent and solemn. Even the courtyards in the emperor's imperial city looked special.

If Xuanyuan Hill was regarded as the ground at the foot of Emperor Xuanyuan, emperor's imperial city could almost be regarded as the ground under the eyes of Xuanyuan Hill.

As Zhang Tie ran, he kept recalling the map of the emperor's imperial city in Xuanyuan Hill.

Although commoners could not enter the emperor's imperial city; the map of the emperor's imperial city was nothing confidential. Even the location of the imperial palace was marked on the map, not to mention the central residences of authority agencies, the manors of top 3 chancellors and 9 ministers.

A few minutes later, Zhang Tie landed before the gate of a grand manor. He raised his head and caught sight of the golden words above the gate——Finance Minister's Manor.

There were copper lions outside the gate of this manor. The footsteps were made of white jade. Besides, 4 lanterns were hanging over the gate. Besides one main entrance in the middle, there were two smaller ones on both sides. All the three entrances on the gate were tightly closed.

After looking at it, Zhang Tie shook his head. Closely after that, he walked onto the jade steps and ascended to the front of the main entrance. Only by one kick, he had blown up the closed gate. After that, he walked inside.

The finance minister's manor covered over 60,000 square meters. It contained pavilions, waterside terraces, open halls, rockeries, gardens and pools.

Zhang Tie started to travel around the manor leisurely like a curious tourist. With lotus-flower eyes, Zhang Tie could see everything clearly in the manor.

There were three underground buildings in the manor, an icehouse which contained many ice cubes, a cellar which contained many drinks and a cultivation room for knights which contained a senior elements gathering matrix. Additionally, there were two secret tunnels from where people could access the finance minister's manor secretly.

Zhang Tie didn't feel it was strange for a manor of one of the 9 ministers in Taixia Country to have such secret tunnels. Given the locations of those secret tunnels, they should have been built together with the manor.

As most of the people living in this manor were servants and guards, their rooms above the ground were nothing special.

Among the rooms above the ground, there were two buildings which looked like private warehouses. Some jewelry and gold coins were inside the two buildings. Even though they were of great value and rare, they were valueless for Zhang Tie in the trouble-reappearance situation.

There was nothing eye-catching in the rooms of the master of this manor.

After looking around seriously in the manor, Zhang Tie finally came to the study on the side of the lotus-flower pool.

This study was not large; however, it was pretty tranquil and tidy. The moment Zhang Tie entered it, he had seen a treasured calligraphy on the wall, which contained two words "The Best". The signature of the calligraphy was "Scrawled by Water Hearing Mountain Hermit in Hiding Dragon Month, Kuimou Year". Beside that signature, there was a small private seal, which contained three small seal characters " 韩正方 1 "...

Standing in front of this calligraphy, Zhang Tie watched the three seal characters silently as he slightly narrowed his eyes.

Han Zhengfang, the name of the very finance minister in Taixia Country.

Water Hearing Mountain Hermit must be Han Zhengfang's elegant appellation. Among the top figures in Taixia Country, elegant appellations were very popular. The traditional Chinese chronology was also known as stems-and-branches. If not have studied about it previously, Zhang Tie might not know which year did Kuichou Year refer to.

The latest Kuichou year should be the 891st year of Black Iron Calendar. Each circulation contained 60 years. Given the look of this calligraphy, it should be made on the 891st year of Black Iron Calendar. Hiding Dragon Month should refer to November.

If not have known the other identity of Han Zhengfang, Zhang Tie would not pay too much attention to this calligraphy. After knowing that he was the master of Heavens Reaching Church and colluded with demons, Zhang Tie could have a different feeling about this calligraphy.

The 891st year of Black Iron Calendar should be the very year when the holy war broke out. If Han Zhengfang left this calligraphy at that time, it would be meaningful.

'The best, hiding dragon, interesting. What an ambitious guy!' Zhang Tie revealed a sneer, 'I will change this ambitious hiding dragon into a dead snake.'

After looking at this calligraphy for a short while, Zhang Tie came to the front of the bookshelves.

Most of the book on the bookshelves were political and historical works and poems. There was no trick in those books. After glancing around them, Zhang Tie walked towards the desk over there.

On one side of the desk, there were writing brushes, ink sticks, paper and inkstones. There was a delicate gold folder on the table containing a lot of names cards and invitation cards, which had been arranged well by Han Zhengfang's trusted subordinates for Han Zhengfang's selection.

Zhang Tie picked an invitation card on the top and opened it. It was sent by the minister of Recreational Affairs Ministry, who invited Han Zhengfang for a party 3 days ago. According to the date, they would meet each other today...

Looking at the gold folder on the table, Zhang Tie's eyes suddenly sparkled, 'If I could have a trouble-reappearance fruit every day, won't I get hang of the trace of Han Zhengfang in the emperor's imperial city in advance?'

Chapter 1114: The Mist in the Imperial Palace

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

After searching over the finance minister's manor carefully, Zhang Tie left and came to the street outside frankly.

It had just been over 2 hours since he entered Castle of Black Iron.

Zhang Tie recalled the map of the emperor's imperial city while a whim suddenly occurred to his mind.

'I'm curious about the look of Xuanyuan Imperial Palace.'

Closely after this whim, another whim flashed by.

'Bai Suxian told me that there was a Battle Skills Collections Pavilion in Xuanyuan Imperial Palace, which contained tens of thousands of secret methods. Only a part of imperial households could enter it. What if I could enter it...'

Zhang Tie's heart pounded.

Zhang Tie also felt a bit hesitated. After all, it was not a commonplace but the imperial palace of Xuanyuan Hill. Zhang Tie was not sure whether there was any aftereffect if he entered the Battle Skills Collections Pavilion of the imperial palace to learn some secret battle skills. He already had too many powerful enemies such as Heavens Reaching Church, the Gobbling Party and demons. If Zhang Tie offended the imperial households of Taixia Country, he would be in a worse situation.

Additionally, in each Hua people's heart, the imperial palace of Xuanyuan Hill, also the residence of Emperor Xuanyuan was pretty sacred. It was the heart of all the Hua people. Even if he slid inside in the trouble-reappearance situation, Zhang Tie was still not confident about that.

Two voices sounded in Zhang Tie's mind at the same time, one voice encouraged him to go there as nobody would discover that; the other voice persuaded him to not go there out of the respect to Emperor Xuanyuan the most venerable person among humans and the imperial households of Taixia Country.

After struggling inside for a few seconds, Zhang Tie finally gritted his teeth as he said, "Whatever, I will take a look inside. I will not touch the items inside the imperial palace unless in need..."

After muttering to himself, Zhang Tie became decisive as he immediately darted towards the imperial palace.

In the emperor's imperial city, all the 12 avenues that linked the 12 bridges over the Golden Water River could lead to the periphery of the imperial palace. The imperial palace of Taixia Country was a circular region in the core of Xuanyuan Hill, whose radius was 6 miles. Therefore, the area of the entire imperial palace was 113 square miles, which was even larger than a small city.

Zhang Tie was pretty curious about the collections in the imperial palace of Taixia Country. When he arrived at the center of Xuanyuan Hill at his full speed, Zhang Tie was shocked too much by what he saw in front of him.

On the map, he should have arrived at the location of the imperial palace of Xuanyuan Hill.

Besides camp and square, there was also a Jade Belt River as wide as over 50 m around the imperial palace. However, the location of the imperial palace was covered with dense black mist in front of Zhang Tie.

Even with the effect of his lotus-flower eyes, Zhang Tie couldn't see anything in the dense black mist, not to mention any wall or imperial palace.

Zhang Tie attempted to enter the black dense; however, there was a great resistance on the edge of the black mist. Zhang Tie could not approach it no matter how great strength did he put forth.

'What's wrong?'

Zhang Tie became extremely startled. Since he had trouble-reappearance fruits, it was his first time to meet such a situation.

Of course, the imperial palace of Taixia Country should not be the black mist. The buildings inside the black mist must have not been manifested due to some reason.

Zhang Tie ran around the location of the imperial palace at full speed and found it was fully covered by the black mist.

When Zhang Tie stopped his footsteps in the trouble-reappearance situation and thought about the reason about this special situation, his ears suddenly moved. Closely after that, the trouble-reappearance situation shattered into light spots...

...

Zhang Tie, sitting on the bed with crossed legs, opened his eyes at once...

"Bang...bang...bang" loud sounds drifted from the outdoors.

Zhang Tie picked himself up and walked over there to open the door.

Bai Suxian was standing outside the door in a white night skirt. Zhang Tie didn't know why she suddenly came here. At the sight of Zhang Tie, Bai Suxian immediately hugged him tightly as she buried her face onto Zhang Tie's chest.

In a split second, Zhang Tie felt that the clothes on his chest turned wet by Bai Suxian's tears.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Tie patted her back.

Bai Suxian raised her head with tearful eyes as she said, "Kiss me!"

Zhang Tie let out a sigh as he closed the door.

Although it didn't sound good that Bai Suxian entered his bedroom in the deep night, Zhang Tie believed that nobody in this manor was that gossipy.

...

Only after a few hours' deep sleep, Zhang Tie had already woken up energetically like a fully charged battery.

When he woke up, he found that it didn't break yet through the window screen.

Bai Suxian was sleeping like a little girl while leaning against Zhang Tie's chest with tear stains and a bit tiredness and satisfaction on her face after making love with Zhang Tie.

Bai Suxian was pretty crazy last night. It was her craziest time since they acquainted with each other. Actually, after each orgasm, Bai Suxian would lie beside Zhang Tie and tell him about her story while dropping tears. After that, she would fall asleep in Zhang Tie's arms relaxedly like having unloaded a heavy burden.

Zhang Tie knew that Bai Suxian had already resolved her mental obstacle now that she could tell him about her history which she didn't want to recall previously.

Actually, Bai Suxian's story was not that fresh, which also happened to many women——a beautiful virgin who began to understand love encountered a handsome man by accident. After that, under the young man's sweet and tender pursuit, she fell in love with him and would even die for him. Until one day, the beauty found that the young man approached her only for the prestige and power of her clan. He was just a scheming ugly duckling with a delicate package. Everything between her and this man was designed by the latter. Additionally, this delicate ugly duckling had other women. From the beginning, she was made use of by this man. She was just the man's plaything and served as the staircase for the man to fulfill his ambition. The beauty was pretty sad that she blew up with that man decisively. Besides, she was even resigned to her backwardness and lived a confused and indulgent life...

This was also what Bai Suxian had experienced.

Since she acquainted with Zhang Tie, Bai Suxian had buried this experience deep in her mind. As a result, it became her mental burden.

If a woman loved a man, she would always display her best side to him. Although being a knight, Bai Suxian had almost the same attitude about affection like the other women. She was afraid that Zhang Tie would dislike her, despise her, even stay far away from her after knowing her past emotional experience. Therefore, her past emotional experience became her minefield that could be barely detonated.

Actually, Bai Suxian detonated the minefield in her heart on Zhang Tie's side last night. She exposed all of her secrets to Zhang Tie.

Watching Bai Suxian for a short while, Zhang Tie got up quietly in case of disturbing Bai Suxian.

After getting up, Zhang Tie came to the balcony outside the bedroom in pajamas and watched the garden in the manor which was adorned with lamps and the contour of Xuanyuan Hill in the distance quietly.

After recalling the emotional experience of Bai Suxian, Zhang Tie finally let out a sigh.

Compared to his love about Miss Daina, Bai Suxian's emotional experience was more sympathetic. He could neither stay with Miss Daina nor fall in love with her. Whatever, he still had a beautiful memory about her. Although he didn't get Miss Daina's love, at least they had extended their sincerity to each other. By contrast, the emotional deception and advantage that Bai Suxian had encountered were more woeful.

If a woman encountered such a strike in her best age, she would easily become depraved and disappointed about her whole life.

Bai Suxian almost destroyed her own life.

Let the bygones be bygones. As long as Bai Suxian had resolved the mental obstacle, Zhang Tie would not like to mention about it anymore.

...

"Heller, are you there?" Zhang Tie called Heller consciously.

"Castle Lord, I'm waiting for your order at any time!" Heller's kind and honest sound drifted in Zhang Tie's mind, making Zhang Tie optimistic at once.

"What was the matter with the trouble-reappearance fruit last night? Why the imperial palace in the emperor's imperial city could not be manifested in the trouble-reappearance fruit?" Zhang Tie asked Heller out of his concern.

"Like how you could not get any fruit by killing demon knights, the Manjusaka Karma Fruits Tree is not almighty. Its ability is limited. Take what happened last night as an instance, to put it simply, the imperial palace in the emperor's imperial city of Xuanyuan Hill is covered with a strong energy, which directly shielded the mirror of the material world in the trouble-reappearance situation. Meanwhile, Castle Lord, you should know that all the knights below sage-level ones could not fly above Xuanyuan Hill because of the same energy from the imperial palace!"

"What's that powerful energy?"

"I guess, I guess that there might be a treasured item that could match Castle of Black Iron in the imperial palace of Xuanyun Hill."

"A treasured item that could match Castle of Black Iron?" Zhang Tie became spirited...

"There might be!" Heller came to a pause, "I might have already known your plan, Castle Lord. But there's one point that I have to warn you, Castle Lord, you should check how many stars that represent trouble-reappearance situations are left on the marvelous gate of Castle of Black Iron..."

Chapter 1115: Loss and Gain

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

'The gate of Castle of Black Iron?'

'The stars of trouble-reappearance situations?'

After hearing Heller's words, Zhang Tie became stunned. Closely after that, he understood Heller's meaning.

Zhang Tie immediately remembered that whenever he took a trouble-reappearance fruit, one more hexagon star would appear on the arch door of Castle of Black Iron in his mind sea which represented the new trouble-reappearance situation.

When Zhang Tie caught sight of the first hexagon star which represented the trouble-reappearance situation on the arch door, he felt it was pretty marvelous. Over the past 10 years, as he took more and more trouble-reappearance fruits, his spiritual energy grew increasingly stronger. Gradually, he could access to Castle of Black Iron as easily as taking a breath. Therefore, Zhang Tie gradually forgot about the stars.

Heller's words reminded him. Zhang Tie hurriedly moved his eyes onto the arch door of Castle of Black Iron in his mind sea.

Like when he saw it for the first time, the classic and brilliant arch door was still standing as quietly as before in the deepest place of his mind sea as if it was waiting for Zhang Tie's arrival at any time. However, being different than when Zhang Tie came here at the beginning, over 95% of the area on this marvelous arch door has been covered with hexagon stars. These hexagon stars set off each other in a harmonious and profound way, making this marvelous arch door more mysterious.

Zhang Tie looked at it seriously and found that only a small part on the top of the arch door was still available, the entire front of the arch door was almost filled with hexagon stars, which meant that it could barely hold any trouble-reappearance situations.

'What about the back and side of the arch door?'

'Of course they are not available. Otherwise, Heller would not say that just now.'

After exiting the inward vision state, Zhang Tie felt a bit complex. The experiences that he took trouble-reappearance fruits flashed by one after another. After a while, he contacted Heller once again as he asked in a bitter voice, "Heller, do you mean that the small tree is running out of trouble-reappearance fruits?"

"Yes, Castle Lord. Like leakless fruits and iron-body fruits, the number of these fruits are limited. Previously, I thought that Castle Lord had already realized it; I've not imagined that Castle Lord forgot about it. Therefore, I warned just now."

Zhang Tie replied with a bitter smile, "As my spiritual energy grew increasingly stronger, I could contact the marvelous arch door only by a bit of spiritual energy. Whenever I wanted to access the arch door, I only needed to run my spiritual energy slightly like pressing a button. Since I promoted to a knight, I barely used trouble-reappearance fruits; therefore, I didn't notice that the small tree was running out of trouble-reappearance fruits!"

"These fruits serve as your foundation and steps, as Castle Lord grew increasingly stronger, these fruits would finally accomplish their mission!"

"Tell me a precise figure, how many more trouble-reappearance fruits could the small tree produce?"

"Only 4!"

"4?"

Zhang Tie was dumbfounded and disappointed; however, finally recovered his composure.

No matter whether he accepted the fact or not, it would not alter the outcome. Now that he could not alter it, he had to accept it.

However, Zhang Tie still had a bit of hope unconsciously.

"Could I have the small tree produce the last trouble-reappearance fruits whenever and wherever I need?"

"The rule about producing trouble-reappearance fruits remains unchanged. As long as Castle Lord kills demons or mutated beats on your own initiative at any time, the small tree will produce the trouble-reappearance fruit timely!"

"I've suffered great losses. If I knew it earlier, I might have saved them!"

"Castle Lord, do you feel that any trouble-reappearance fruit that you took in the past is unnecessary?"

'Which one was unnecessary?'

After thinking about it for a short while, Zhang Tie found that each trouble-reappearance fruit that he took in the past was produced when necessary. All the past trouble-reappearance fruits were produced in necessity when he encountered strikes or for improving his battle strength. Those trouble-reappearance fruits were destined to be produced in his growth. Without those trouble-reappearance fruits, he would never be such powerful. Actually, this question sounded like a laughingstock that he heard about building houses, 'Can we directly build the top floor without the foundation?' Of course not, no way! Without the accumulated battle strength granted by the earlier trouble-reappearance fruits, he would do everything in vain.

Among all the trouble-reappearance fruits that the small tree had produced, only the one today was produced for a certain purpose. As a result, it brought him a huge return. Besides gaining the trouble-reappearance situation of Xuanyuan Hill, he could also grasp the key information about his enemy.

Zhang Tie let out a sigh inside as he told Heller, "Perhaps, I feel a bit sad when I suddenly found that I'm running out of another fruit!"

"Perhaps, it would be a perfect result if you could have the last trouble-reappearance fruits to play their roles in Xuanyuan Hill. Castle Lord, previously, I was thinking about reminding you of producing a trouble-reappearance fruit of Xuanyuan Hill before you left Xuanyuan Hill without thinking about the function of trouble-reappearance fruit. The trouble-reappearance situation of Xuanyuan Hill is priceless. It's absolutely a treasure!"

"Treasure, why?"

"Castle Lord, you must have forgotten that the other places in Xuanyuan Hill are all available to you besides the imperial palace of the emperor's imperial city. As the core of human civilization, Xuanyuan Hill has Bright Library which is the largest human library and the headquarters of all the human trade unions. The books and materials in the Bright Library and the human trade union headquarters are completely open to Castle Lord in the trouble-reappearance situation. Therefore, Castle Lord could access them for learning and gaining information for free. There might not be any top secret methods among them; however, they are very precious too. Most of them were classified. Commoners could barely touch them. It could be said that they are as valuable as many super secret methods. Besides, the great number of national archives and files in the authority agencies in the emperor's imperial city are also open to Castle Lord. Castle Lord, you could look them up if you need. Given this point, even if Castle Lord couldn't gain anything in this trip to Xuanyuan Hill, you've already reaped a lot with the help of this trouble-reappearance fruit."

After hearing Heller's words, Zhang Tie realized the value of this trouble-reappearance fruit right away after taking in a deep breath. As his exploration in the trouble-reappearance situation was interrupted by Bai Suxian, he was confused by that black mist in the imperial palace of Taixia Country. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't realize the value of this trouble-reappearance fruit for the time being.

"If so, if I could produce a trouble-reappearance situation in Taiyi Fantasy Sect, won't I be able to browse all the battle skills and secret methods that are collected in Taiyi Fantasy Sect?"

"Theoretically yes. However, Castle Lord, do you think that the top 7 sects of Taixia Country would just put their precious secret methods in a building like that on the Hidden Dragon Island? If these secret methods don't need to be inherited through enlightenment, how precious they could be? In other words, as the master of Iron-Dragon Sect, will Castle Lord put those precious secret methods in a building?"

After hearing Heller's words, Zhang Tie denied this thought at once, 'It's indeed too silly to put all the precious secret methods in one building. Isn't it equivalent to seeking trouble? It's simply attracting crimes and robbery and setting a target for the enemy. No matter how firm the buildings are, they could be destroyed by knight-level powerhouses. If they have a space-teleportation item, they'd better put these precious secret methods in the space-teleportation item and have them managed by reliable ones even the master of the sect himself.'

'Actually, I have a space-teleportation item of the major sect in Taixia Country, namely, the Xuanwu Secret Warehouse of Bloody Soul Temple. According to my knowledge, among those major sects, there are exclusive enlightenment elders who are responsible for keeping different secret methods. As for the situation that Huaiyuan Palace put its secret methods in a building on Hidden Dragon Island, on one hand, the Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace indeed don't have surplus space-teleportation items; on the other hand, as an earth knight, I know that those secret methods that Huaiyuan Palace collected in Hidden Dragon Palace are actually not too precious because over 90% of those secret methods look low-end for those people above knight level. The Breaking Sun Sutra, the most precious secret method of Huaiyuan Palace, is not put in the Hidden Dragon Island either.'

'The trouble-reappearance situation is virtual. Therefore, it could not simulate the effect of a space-teleportation item. Therefore, all the items in the space-teleportation item could not be detected in the trouble-reappearance situation.'

'In a special environment, the trouble-reappearance fruit would work a lot. However, unless I start to be as timid as a rabbit and don't kill anyone from now on, as long as I trigger the rule of generation of trouble-reappearance fruit, the trouble-reappearance fruit will come into being automatically. However, it is in the holy war when the overall situation in Taixia Country becomes more and more strange and dangerous with so many surging dark forces, how long could I stand not killing a demon or a lackey of Three-eye Association?'

'Therefore, it's hard for me to keep the 4 trouble-reappearance fruits for too long. I'd better play their full role in Xuanyuan Hill instead of wasting them on some important occasions and scenes. I will turn this hinterland of humans into my last trouble-reappearance situation and use the last trouble-reappearance fruits to kill the culprit, the malignant tumor in Taixia Country so as to draw a perfect, meaningful period for the existence of the last trouble-reappearance fruits.'

When Zhang Tie thought about this, he gradually felt relieved.

No pain, no gain. Nothing could be perfect including love, human life and the fruits of the small tree.

After thinking it through, Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile as he told Heller, "Is there any other fruit running out? Heller, you'd better remind me in advance in case of getting me embarrassed!"

"I believe that Castle Lord has already sensed it. Some other fruits might be running out soon too!"

Zhang Tie became silent before asking, "Is that the fruit of judgment?"

"Yes! After killing those b*stards on the airboat of Gold and Power Law, Castle Lord gained some more fruits of judgment. After taking these fruits of judgment, besides your mirror body separation skill, all the other immortal runes have promoted to the master-level realm. From then on, as long as Castle Lord's mirror body separation skill promotes to the master-level realm, you will not gain any fruit of judgment anymore!"

When all the other immortal runes promoted to the master-level realm and the powerful body separation skill appeared, Zhang Tie had sensed that there might not be a new fruit of judgment anymore. After hearing Heller's verbal verification, Zhang Tie recovered his composure.

These fruits which had disappeared or would disappear reminded Zhang Tie of the eagles which gradually grew up from their nestle. One day, they had to leave their nest which prevented them from wind and rain and start to flap their wings in the sky in a domineering way.

'I'm that eagle. The small tree is that nest where I grew up...'

'However, I do not have too many trouble-reappearance fruits left. I have to make a good plan to deal with that culprit. I have to make other preparations...'

...

After thinking about it for a few minutes in the balcony, Zhang Tie quietly returned to his bedroom and cleaned up himself. After doing all this, he threw a glance at Bai Suxian who was in a deep sleep before leaving the room silently...

Zhang Tie didn't know that Bai Suxian had dropped off tears silently the moment he closed the door from outside...

Chapter 1116: Being Leisure

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

About an hour later, it started to break. Before Zhang Tie returned to his bedroom with a dining car, he had heard faint sobs from the room. Not until he opened the door did the sobs stop.

Bai Suxian was hugging a pillow while sitting on the head of the bed with tears all over her face. She turned around with a dumbfounded look and saw Zhang Tie walking in with the dining car.

Zhang Tie looked around the room out of curiosity and found that nobody else was inside. Everything else remained unchanged.

"What's wrong?" He asked Bai Suxian with astonishment.

"I...I thought that you...left me...and didn't like me anymore after learning about my past!" Bai Suxian said in an embarrassed way.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhang Tie revealed a smile, "I just got up a bit earlier today. After realizing that you've not tasted my culinary skills yet, I made a breakfast for you. When I entered the kitchen, those servants in the manor had just gotten up. I prepared the breakfast myself although it could not match that made by the chefs of the manor..."

When Zhang Tie explained it, he pushed the dining car to the bedside before opening the covers. The breakfast included a bowl of fragrant noodles, a pancake and a cup of juice. Zhang Tie prepared all of it himself carefully although there was not too much food.

Bai Suxian watched Zhang Tie while dropping off tears once again. She had not imagined that this man got up early so as to prepare breakfast for her for the first time when she thought that he was leaving her because of abhorring her bygones. Such a considerate man moved her so much. Therefore, Bai Suxian sighed with emotion, "You're really a good man!"

"If a man doesn't understand how to make his wife a mistress, he must be philistine!" Zhang Tie blinked his eyes.

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Bai Suxian burst out into tears at once.

...

In Bai Suxian's eyes, the breakfast that Zhang Tie prepared for her was the best one that she had ever eaten. It was even more delicious than any delicacies in the world although it lacked patterns compared to that made by the chefs of the manor.

Bai Suxian sprung up from the bed, putting on her pajamas and cleansing up herself almost at the highest speed. After that, she pulled up her hair casually and started to enjoy the breakfast that Zhang Tie prepared for her with a brilliant look on the balcony.

"Come on, let's eat together!"

"I've already taken it. I made it especially for you!"

Bai Suxian tasted the fragrant golden pancake before sighing with emotion, "Ahh, so tasty, how did you make it?"

"I learned it from my mom. After mixing buckwheat flour, eggs with sugar, bake it with sesame oil! If you taste the pancake cooked by my mom, you will find it tastier!"

"Don't you really mind my past?" Bai Suxian asked Zhang Tie with an unconfident look.

"Do you know my past?"

"I read it in the Mountain of Brightness!"

"Actually, since I entered school at Blackhot City, I've already started to fall in love with someone secretly for a long time..." Zhang Tie started to tell the story about how he fell in love with Miss Daina in a melancholy and reminiscent tone.

When Bai Suxian slowly enjoyed her breakfast, she was immersed in the story between Zhang Tie and Miss Daina.

Zhang Tie mentioned that he would always follow Miss Daina from a distance after school each day...

Zhang Tie mentioned that how he hid in a lane behind the bus station to watch Miss Daina's back when she waited for the bus...

Zhang Tie also mentioned how the Hit-Plane Brotherhood masturbated in the classroom, how he annoyed them and finally became their friend.

These stories were simply like myths for Bai Suxian. However, the myths were real and interesting.

"Wait...you mean a boy masturbated in your classroom at middle school?" As a woman, of course, Bai Suxian knew what masturbation meant. Even so, the princess could still not imagine about the experience and life of poor boys in a remote place like Waii Subcontinent.

"Not one, it was a whole row. Can you imagine that? They stood in a row by the windows and masturbated in the public. Finally, they even competed who could eject farther. The loser might even be punished!" Zhang Tie explained with a solemn look.

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Bai Suxia blushed.

"Did...did you masturbate then?" Bai Suxian whispered to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie let out a sigh before saying, "According to the instructions of Hua people, juveniles who masturbate would have a poor health and memory and bad luck. Additionally, they would grow uglier and extremely obscene. As I was too poor at that moment, I almost had nothing, including look, health and luck. I risked my life joining the peers who were taller and stronger than me. Even if I wanted to masturbate, I had no cost to squander!"

Bai Suxian was kittled by Zhang Tie's words once again.

When Zhang Tie mentioned how he plucked up his courage to be a man in Ms. Anna's house and suddenly found that he had a bit "physiological obstacle" due to an extreme pain, Bai Suxian couldn't stand to spurt her mouthful of noodles onto Zhang Tie's body...

After listening to Zhang Tie's story and having the breakfast that Zhang Tie prepared for her, Bai Suxian's mental obstacle and haze disappeared completely when her face turned bright once again.

Zhang Tie knew that Bai Suxian had completely resolved her metal obstacle. Even the breakfast that Zhang Tie prepared for her had been eaten completely by Bai Suxian who usually paid attention to her womanly image, besides that mouthful of noodles that she had spurted onto Zhang Tie's body.

Zhang Tie's story ended with Miss Daina's light kiss onto a strange man in Huaiyuan Prefecture, which also ended all of his illusions in his younghood. He saw Miss Daina finding her soul partner...

"I told you about my bygones because I wanted you to understand that each one has its bygones. Nobody is perfect. I'm very happy to meet you; I also treasure you very much. If the bygones couldn't become your beautiful memory, just take it as a lesson like being bitten by a mad dog and almost getting rabies. If you care about it too much, you're suffering from the secondary harm caused by the one who harmed you previously!" Zhang Tie made a conclusion sincerely.

Bai Suxian nodded forcefully as her frustrated and frail look had completely disappeared, "I see!"

"Let's visit another place today. I was told that the Treasures Meeting in Gold and Power Market would be very boisterous. As the Treasures Meeting has started for 2 days, let's take a look over there!" Zhang Tie told Bai Suxian in a casual look.

"Nice, nice. I will change a set of clothes right away. After that, let's go to the Gold and Power Market..." Bai Suxian instantly became cheerful after recovering her vitality. After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie's wet chest, she became a bit embarrassed, "Your clothes..."

"Never mind, I will change a set of clothes too..."

"Don't you really mind my bygones?" Bai Suxian suddenly asked Zhang Tie with a serious look.

Zhang Tie knew that women always behaved like Bai Suxian. When you didn't speak, she was worried that you really didn't mind her bygones. Women were too troublesome. In women's mindset, if a man didn't mind their bygones at all, it indicated that this man might not truly love her.

If he were a lunkhead, Zhang Tie must have been trapped. However, as an experienced man in love affairs, how could he abandon his work which had been seriously undertaken?

Zhang Tie pretended to be furious as he threw a glare at Bai Suxian. Closely after that, he caught Bai Suxian. In Bai Suxian's exclamation, he stretched out his huge hand and patted her plump butt, causing sounds "Pah, pah...", "Hurry up, go prepare for it. You're forbidden to mention this thing from then on. If I saw you leering another man, I will break your legs and shackle you with an iron chain!"

After being patted a few times on her butt, Bai Suxian became well-behaved at once. Instead of being driven angry, she even revealed a tender, coquettish smile as she replied, "I see, master..."

"Go!"

"Pah", Zhang Tie slapped her butt one more time.

With silvery chuckles, Bai Suxian directly jumped off the balcony and landed onto the lawn outside. Closely after that, she ran barefoot towards her residence cheerily.

All the servants inside the manor just pretended to not have seen their Miss running out Childe Cui's bedroom without even receiving the order of Uncle Zhong.

When Bai Suxian left, Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he lowered his head to watch the wet chest. After changing a set of clothes, he left his room.

Based on Zhang Tie's knowledge about Bai Suxian, Bai Suxian would not leave her room in 2 hours even after being looked by maids because she had to take a bath, do her hair, choose clothes and dress up.

During this period, Zhang Tie could do something.

As the sun had just risen, the garden was filled with cheerful bird chirps. Zhang Tie went to the kitchen and took out a small basin of wheat before starting to feed birds leisurely on the lawn.

There were too many birds both inside and outside the Xuanyuan Hill. People could feed birds in many places across the city. Feeding birds had become a pastime for both old and young in Xuanyuan Hill.

After Zhang Tie scattered a handful of wheat over the lawn, a flock of sparrows that were tweeting cheerily and jumping over the treetops soon flew off by flapping their wings and started to peck wheat over the grass pleasantly without being afraid of Zhang Tie at all. After a short while, even the sparrows in the far had come here. Hundreds of sparrows started to peck Zhang Tie's wheat around him while tweeting...

Not only sparrows, but even pigeons also arrived in only a few minutes...

Chapter 1117: Two Uninvited Visitors

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

When Zhang Tie fed birds in the garden, a lot of servants and guards in the manor of Lord Guangnan clicked their tongues in wonder and praised that an earth knight could be so kind and nice, a black limo with the license plate of Xuanyuan Hill had already entered the auxiliary road that led to the manor from the main road in the early morning.

An elder and a shrewd middle-aged man at his 30s were sitting at the back seats of the limo.

"Elder, does that Fire Dragon Hermit live here?" The middle-aged man couldn't stand to ask the old man when he watched the grand manor and the luxuriant garden, "Haven't our clan investigated his background? He was born in Yongzhou Province and has no foundation. Even if an earth knight has made some military exploits in the Earth-elements Realm, how could he have such a magnificent manor in Xuanyuan Hill? This one is even a bit larger than our Guan Clan's manor in Xuanyuan Hill."

It was not amazing for a knight to have even 10,000 grand manors like this one outside Xuanyuan Hill; however, in Xuanyuan Hill, such a grand manor was really amazing.

Watching the high snow-white courtyard wall and those special rune alert copper bells that were secretly arranged on the courtyard walls, the old man revealed a smile, "As you've just been in Xuanyuan Hill for a few days, you might not know about the forces layout in Xuanyuan Hill. This manor belongs to Lord Guangnan's Mansion in Xuanyuan Hill; instead of Fire Dragon Hermit. It's not that easy for a new earth knight to have such a grand private manor in Xuanyuan Hill."

The middle-aged man responded at once, "Did Fire Dragon Hermit seek a refuge with Lord Guangnan?"

"No, Fire Dragon Hermit might really be the son-in-law of Lord Guangnan!" The old man shook his head.

"I've not imagined that Fire Dragon Hermit could be so lucky!" The middle-aged man revealed an admiring look.

"If one doesn't have the corresponding overall strength, it's useless even if he has a pretty good luck. If Fire Dragon Hermit doesn't have a great overall strength, how could he win the bet with our forefather of Guan Clan? Even our forefather told us to do this job well!"

After hearing the elder's words, the middle-aged man felt his heart aching once again, "It's over 600 square miles' bounty land and 10 cities. How much would it cost? Our Guan Clan doesn't make money easily. We've got hundreds of thousands of people surnamed Guan to live; plus their relatives and family dependants. I'm afraid that only our forefather dares to make such a bet with such a high wager. I was told that some branch elders had already quarreled in the clan's Elders' Association..."

The old man replied with a heavy harrumph out of discontent, "They were kicking up a row for such a trifle. Short-sighted. Our forefather's face could never be matched by 10 cities and over 600 square miles' land. Didn't our forefather see that more clearly than them? Even though our forefather had admitted that he had lost the bet; did he need to listen to their opinions? Additionally, now that our forefather could award Fire Dragon Hermit with such things, it indicated that Fire Dragon Hermit must have special abilities that our forefather praised. This man must be unusual if he could promote to an earth knight only after entering the Earth-elements Realm for a few years. That's why our forefather told us to do this job very solemnly!"

"You're right, elder. Without forefather, our Guan Clan would never be so prosperous. We have to save our forefather's face even if we have to give up the last shot in the locker, not to mention that it was just a bit wager. As long as our forefather is on our back, our Guan Clan will be safe and prosperous. If our forefather could promote to a heavenly knight, our Guan Clan will be much more prosperous. They just bargained with the other elders in the Elders' Association when the grand elder was not there. In the final analysis, they did that only for the benefit of their clansmen. If forefather were at present, they dared not even break wind!"

When they talked, the vehicle had arrived at the gate of the manor of Lord Guangnan. When a guard approached to ask about their identity, the driver passed out an invitation card. After a short while, the gate of the manor had been opened while this vehicle drove inside...

...

Uncle Zhong arrived at Zhang Tie's side and stood aside quietly, watching Zhang Tie feeding those sparrows and pigeons surrounding him.

Previously, Uncle Zhong thought that Zhang Tie might get hang of some animal controlling skill; therefore, he was interested in feeding these little animals. It was also a special cultivation method about controlling animals. However, after observing Zhang Tie's movements for a while, he didn't find any trace that Zhang Tie could control animals. As Uncle Zhong came from the south border of Taixia Country, where there was a long history about controlling animals, he had seen many powerhouses controlling animals; therefore, Uncle Zhong knew something about controlling animals. However, after knowing that Zhang Tie directly took the basin of wheat out of the kitchen without adding any secret medicine into it and didn't utter any strange incantations or animal language without making any strange movements, Uncle Zhong found that Zhang Tie was purely playing with the birds.

It seemed that Zhang Tie was purely interested in feeding birds.

After watching it for a while, Uncle Zhong finally pretended to cough twice.

Coughs in sickness were different than that of reminding someone.

Of course, Zhang Tie could identify it.

After scattering another handful of wheat over the grass, Zhang Tie turned around.

"Uncle Zhong, what's up?"

"Childe Cui, two men are waiting for you in the parlor!"

Zhang Tie revealed a smile, "Did Heavens Holding Pavilion dare find trouble here?"

"They're not from Heavens Holding Pavilion, but from the Guan Clan of Lord Mingwu. They came here to fulfill the bet between Childe Cui and Lord Mingwu!"

'Guan Clan of Lord Mingwu? Bet?'

After thinking about it for a second, Zhang Tie remembered that they must come from the clan of Guan Qianchong, the commander of the Black Armor Army. Previously, he bet with Guan Qianchong with the Fire Dragon Bounty Territory in the Earth-elements Realm and won Guan Qianchong's over 600 miles' bounty land and 10 cities. He thought that Guang Clan might find him after a long while or even repudiate the debt by finding him trouble. It was really out of his imagination that Guan Clan could fulfill their bet so fast.

Zhang Tie became thrilled as he directly scattered the rest wheat over the grass like pouring water. Closely after that, he directly threw the basin to a guard dozens of meters away and patted his hands before saying, "Please show me the way!"

Uncle Zhong then led Zhang Tie to the parlor.

"Oh, by the way Uncle Zhong, have you sent my torn clothes to the courtyard of Heavens Holding Pavilion in Xuanyuan Hill?"

"Yes, I have!"

"What did Heavens Holding Pavilion say?"

"I'll tell you about it. According to the people who sent the clothes over there last night, when an elder of Heavens Holding Pavilion saw the big hole on the back of the clothes, he looked pretty bad, but he didn't say anything!"

"Haha, he's right to be silent. Whatever, he could not appreciate me for giving a less to the good-for-nothing knight of Heavens Holding Pavilion!" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter.

"Although Heavens Holding Pavilion won't dare to harm you in Xuanyuan Hill, Child Cui has to be alert after leaving Xuanyuan Hill. Like Lord Guangnan said, sometimes these major sects would do bad things for fame and fortune. They seek revenge for the smallest grievance yet pretend to be fair and reasonable!"

Uncle Zhong mentioned the major sects in Taixia Country not out of full respect; instead, he sounded experienced. Zhang Tie realized that Lord Guangnan's Mansion might have conflicts with the major sects in Taixia Country. Even if there wasn't, like major clans, major sects would always have some losers or disgusting guys who behaved like a donkey in a lion's hide.

"Haha, thanks, Uncle Zhong. If they really want to do bad things for fame and fortune in front of me, I will let them know that someone in the world could be both whoremasters and demolition team!"

After hearing Zhang Tie, Uncle Zhong burst out into laughter too.

"Childe Cui, the parlor is in front of you..." After leading Zhang Tie to the front of the parlor, Uncle Zhong directly left. After all, he was the steward of Lord Guangnan's Mansion in Xuanyuan Hill, not Zhang Tie's private steward. As Zhang Tie was not the son-in-law of Lord Guangnan yet, he had to be meticulous in case of incurring a laughingstock due to excessive passion.

After extending his gratitude to Uncle Zhong, Zhang Tie directly entered the parlor.

At the sight of Zhang Tie coming in, the two visitors in the parlor threw a glance at his bald head before standing up and nodding towards Zhang Tie respectfully, "Fire Dragon Hermit!"

As an earth knight, Zhang Tie's position could match the grand elders in Guan Clan and was just a bit lower than Guan Qianchong. Of course, the two people from Guan Clan dared not upstage Zhang Tie.

"Take a seat please!" Zhang Tie came to a chair beside the two people leisurely with a teapot in between. In this way, they could tilt heads and talk with each other more conveniently.

Seeing Zhang Tie sitting down, the two people from Guan Clan sat down too. At this moment, the maids served them tea before leaving politely.

Zhang Tie knew that the two people from Guan Clan were glancing at him stealthily. After taking the cup of tea and having a sip, he uttered, "It's said that you're here to fulfill the bet between me and Commander Guan?"

"Yes, at the order of our forefather, we treasure this thing very much. The moment we received the order of our forefather, we had started to prepare it for you. As it took us some time to prepare over 600 square miles' land and 10 cities and had to mobilize a great amount of fund, we're a bit late. Please do not blame us for that, Fire Dragon Hermit!" When the old man from Guan Clan replied, he slightly lowered his body towards Zhang Tie.

"You're too polite, Commander Guan!" Zhang Tie cupped his hands towards the old man with a solemn look, "When I made a bet with Commander Guan, I was just a bit impulsive, Commander Guan must know the reason. After returning to the earth' surface, I almost forgot about this thing. Actually, you could just take it as a joke between me and Commander Guan. It's just some cities and over 600 square miles' bounty land. Just forget about it..."

'It's over 600 square miles' land and 10 cities. How could he give it up so generously? The elders of Guan Clan have quarreled more than once in the Elders' Association for this wager. There're many more annoyances. How could he directly decline it? What a great favor it is!' The two representatives of Guan Clan were both moved...