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Chapter 1628: The Gathering
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The duel would take place on Yinhai, Gobi Desert in the west of Taixia Country between 3 pm and 5 pm on January 29, the 907th year of Black Iron Calendar…
Located in the west of Taixia Country, Gobi Desert precisely referred to the vast unpopulated zone in the north of Bingzhou Province and the west of Suizhou Province. This place belonged to a wild province within the territory of Liaoan Military Region of Taixia Country. It was so barren and desolate that only sands could be found here, it had a special name——Sand Province (Shazhou Province).
Yinhai in Gobi Desert was not an ocean, but a huge basin covering 600,000 square miles. Long long ago, Yinhai was a vast inland lake which faced Yinshan Mountain. This lake existed at least before the Catastrophe. However, after the Catastrophe, nobody knew why the huge inland lake suddenly disappeared overnight, leaving a barren, concave basin. Now, shells and trace of water erosion in the withered region could still be seen in the basin. Whereas, no water existed here anymore.
Yinhai's sudden disappearance aroused many bizarre, terrifying legends; plus the desolate and hot environment, this region had become a real, unpopulated zone in Taixia Country. It was one of the most desolate regions among the wild provinces across the country. Even in the former two holy wars when Military Region deteriorated to a battlefield, the demon army still didn't feel like crossing the vast Gobi Desert for opening another battlefield so as to fight Taixia Country in two lines at the same time.
Nobody could cross this vast desert except for knights. Over 6,000 miles from east to west and from south to north, water was more precious than gold. As it was in summer, high temperature, sandstorm, thirst, hunger, despair, endless sands and those dangerous scorpions and insects in sands could easily eliminate any lives. This was the land of loneliness of Taixia Country.
However, this lonely land was not alone anymore since January 20 as so many airboats, airships and knights arrived from all directions. Gathering above Yinhai, they all waited for the earth-shaking fight, which was going to happen here in a few days.
Some knights would like to support Immortal Qianji; the others were just curious about the coming duel.
Even those famous actors or actresses' concerts or performance in a Class A city would attract numerous visitors and supporters, not to mention the duel between the most powerful human knight and the sage-level knights of three of the top six sects which might not be watched in hundreds of years. As a result, the whole world was shocked as knights and fighters were all longing for eying this top-level duel.
Since the black invitation cards were delivered 100 days ago, those knights or fighters had come here from all directions out of curiosity.
As a result, the space above Yinhai became unprecedented, boisterous.
Between January 20 and 25, thousands of airships and airboats and over 10,000 knights had arrived there. Starting from January 25, more and more knights arrived, some came alone; some came in units; especially those knights from major clans or sects who came here in teams. Some knights came here by airboat, some by airship; the others even took enough water and dried grains here…
On January 27, the airboats of super clans and top six sects also arrived there one after another three days in advance…
…
Hair as dark as knight and eyes as blue as the ocean, Pandora in black longuette was standing on the highest deck of her airboat facing the strong wind at tens of thousands of meters high as her long hair swayed like a waterfall and black flame behind her.
The airboat moved so fast that the rising and falling sandy area flashed backward. Relatively, the sand dunes turned turbulent.
Pandora was watching the ground calmly with her blue eyes as she was as turbulent inside as the sand dunes below.
As the princess of Demons-killing Valley, one of the top six sects of Taixia Country, Pandora's identity was more distinguished than many secular princesses. Besides, she could own many things that many worldly people couldn't even imagine.
Today, her qi was not as same as that of the black iron knight in Earth-elements Realm anymore; instead, a looming qi was surrounding her, making the strong wind at such a high altitude tender.
However, no matter what, Pandora still wore that black seal finger ring on her right third finger.
At this moment, Pandora lightly stroked the black seal finger ring as her mind went back to the unknown railway station in Blackhot City on a heavily rainy knight many years ago, where a young man and a young woman made a pledge while dropping tears…
That night, Pandora kept one sentence in mind——She hoped that she could marry him one day; she hoped not to see the man going to the battlefield alone. No matter where that man was going, she wished to go together with him, hand in hand, even if he was going to hell. She hoped that she could always stand on his side decisively. Even if he died, she still expected him to die in her arms and see her face in the end…
Over these years, whenever she stayed in the tower of time alone, Pandora would stroke this finger ring, in which way she could pluck up her courage with warm expectations.
As for Pandora, the greatest loneliness in this world was not the long periods in the tower of time, but the sadness caused by the separation of two beloved ones.
Hopefully, there was no more.
In this world, some things would change every day; the others would remain unchanged forever.
At this moment, Pandora heard footsteps from behind as she turned around, calling, "Grandpa…"
A powerful old man with convex forehead and silver hair in black robe appeared on the highest deck, causing the strong wind within hundreds of meters to disappear at once.
The old man watched Pandora with a favorable yet concerned look as he asked, "Are you sure? You know, the felicity blessing skill of Wu Clan's Heavenly Wish Bloodline could only be applied once in your life. If you apply it to yourself, you would make progress in your cultivation base smoothly by conquering all the difficulties. It's just a matter of time for you to promote to a sage-level knight…"
Shaking her head, Pandora smiled as she answered, "It's meaningless if I only live for myself. I feel he needs me for real this time. Therefore, I came here. No matter what, I won't regret. Grandpa, I think you must have not applied felicity blessing skill to yourself either, am I right?"
After hearing Pandora's question, the old man became silent for a second as a complex look flashed by as if he was recalling. After a short while, he burst out laughing, causing wind and clouds to surge, saying, "Good, that's my granddaughter. Your temperament is as same as me. Seize your love even if you step on blades…" The old man heaved a sigh slightly after a short silence as he continued, "But Zhang Mushen has already married so many women. He's not as innocent as before. Are you sure he would still treat you as same as before? Is he worthwhile?"
"He told me there was a legend in Hua people. If a man really loves a woman, he would appear in front of her by colorful clouds. He had promised to appear in front of me in this manner when I could marry him one day. This time, he must know that I would come and he would definitely appear in front of me in this manner and tell me that he remains unchanged…" Pandora said with a strong belief as she blinked her blue eyes.
Watching her eyes, even as a sage-level knight, Wu Dingtian could only sigh inside. 'How could she believe in such a naive appointment? It was not performance. Even if Immortal Qianji is something, I don't think he could display the naive, fairytale scene in legend. Could Zhang Tie fire colorful crackers for her at this moment…'
"Here come the representatives of Heavenly Fortune Sect…" Wu Dingtian suddenly turned around and looked at the left side of the airboat with a shrewd eye light as he heard the notice…
Hundreds of miles away, another magnificent airboat was approaching from another direction…
…
Some people were also standing on the highest deck of the airboat of Heavenly Fortune Sect and watching the vast yellow sandy dunes…
In front of the group of Heavenly Fortune Sect were three handsome, vigorous young men. Due to protective battle qi, strong wind also detoured around their bodies. The corners of their garments didn't even move.
"Senior fellow apprentice Feng, is that Yinhai in front?" A young man with a resolute look turned around as he asked Feng Cangwu on his side.
Feng Cangwu looked more mature with a beard over his lips. Given his qi, he was already an earth knight. After hearing that young man's words, Feng Cangwu heaved a sigh full of frustration as he said, "Hmm, it's Yinhai in front of us. When you see your dad in a couple of days, you'd better not call me senior fellow apprentice in front of your father. Although you've promoted to black iron knights, if you call me senior fellow apprentice, I would lose face in front of your father as we've got acquainted with each other for so many years…"
Chapter 1629: A Special Affection
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
At noon of January 27, when Pandora and Demons-killing Valley arrived above Yinhai, an airboat was also slowly declining in the airport outside Datang City in the heavy wind and snow.
It was hot over the Gobi Desert; by contrast, Datang City was snowing heavily.
Climates varied in different regions. Therefore, people also had different feelings, one like fire, the other like ice.
Standing by the window of her cabin room, Lan Yunxi watched the increasingly clearer city in a slight, vacant pattern. This city was more prosperous than any city in Youzhou Province and was larger than the size of all the cities under the affiliation of Huaiyuan Palace. Additionally, the owner of this city was a young, able prince. At this moment, the magnificent buildings and the crowd which were waiting to greet her on the ground in the heavy wind and snow became meaningless in Lan Yunxi's eyes. Even though she became the female owner of this city, Lan Yunxi still felt irrelevant with this city.
The wedding engagement between Xuanyuan Wuji and Lan Yunxi was a pure trade. The agent for this trade was Taiyi Fantasy Sect.
Not everyone would speak highly of this trade; even her master privately persuaded her to consider it prudently. All the elders of Huaiyuan Palace opposed it firmly. However, Lan Yunxi still stuck to it or follow the arrangement of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. In this trade, she treated herself as a commodity. In exchange, Huaiyuan Palace would become an imperial relative of Taixia Country.
Xuanyuan Changying didn't lack women. As for him, beautiful and able women became as meaningless as gold coins in the pockets of rich businessmen; they couldn't even match his tools or decorations. However, besides her look and ability, Lan Yunxi carried a great bloodline.
Besides the bloodline in cultivation base of Zhang Clan, Lan Yunxi also awakened a heavenly bloodline, which was very rare and could only be awakened by women. After awakening it, she could enable her babies to carry forward the powerful genes of their father and even break through the levels of original ancestral bloodlines to a certain degree.
This ancestral bloodline was called Gold and Jade Good Fortune. Among all the heavenly bloodlines, this one was the strangest and rarest one. As this bloodline didn't work on herself but on her babies, the number of women who awakened this bloodline was even fewer than that of sage-level knights in Taixia Country.
Lan Yunxi was found to have awakened this bloodline when she had menses at the age of 14. Because her menses was golden for the first time and carried a special fragrance, from then on, it became the top secret of Huaiyuan Palace.
Across Huaiyuan Palace, besides Zhang Taixuan the father of Lan Yunxi, nobody knew this secret, including clan elders.
After Lan Yunxi joined Taiyi Fantasy Sect, Taiyi Fantasy Sect had known her secret.
Lan Yunxin only thought about exchanging her felicity for the future of Huaiyuan Palace; instead of considering that Xuanyuan Wuji would like to gain something else through this marriage.
As for Lan Yunxi, she had experienced the cruelest thing in the world. Therefore, nothing else could bring her greater pain or harm.
It was sacrifice and self-torture to a certain degree. However, in pursuing it, Lan Yunxi felt abnormal pleasure through revenge.
She wanted to see the furious, sad and tearful look of the man. If possible, she even wanted to see him kneeling down and begging for her forgiveness…
However, she couldn't see none of them now…
When she agreed with this marriage, the black invitation card of Taiyi Fantasy Sect had not been sent to Iron-Dragon Sect. When Iron-Dragon Sect received the black invitation card from Taiyi Fantasy Sect, the marriage between Xuanyuan Wuji and Lan Yunxi had already been fixed. It was also Taiyi Fantasy Sect which declared the date of this marriage officially.
She knew that man was in secluded cultivation in Iron-Dragon Sect these days. She also knew that the man would face a life-or-death duel above Yinhai two days later. As a result, Lan Yunxi became helpless and frustrated. She couldn't even figure out how the relationship between this man and her sect deteriorated so fast.
That man killed her father!
That man split up the clan that she wanted to safeguard!
Now, that man was going to have a duel with the sage-level knight of the sect which helped her a lot!
It seemed that her vengeance would be realized by her sect soon. Lan Yunxi felt that she should be happy; however, she felt vacant facing this strange city. The cold air even made her suffocate and breathless.
'Am I wrong? Am I sorry to anyone?'
Lan Yunxi asked herself inside with eyes closed when the airboat landed. However, the answer that she gave to herself let her take in a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, weakness had disappeared in her eyes.
"Miss, we've arrived!" Elder Muyu said behind Lan Yunxi.
"I see!" Lan Yunxi didn't turn around; instead, she just said calmly, "I will come out soon…"
"Fine!"
Apparently, it was just a meeting between Lan Yunxi and Xuanyuan Wuji before their marriage. In fact, it was a negotiation about the trade. As for Lan Yunxi and Elder Muyu who came to Datang City together, they were not here as guests; instead, they were more like paying a visit to a foreign land as envoys. For the sake of the dignity of Huaiyuan Palace, Elder Muyu had argued with the butler of the third prince's mansion in Datang City through remote-sensing communications for over half a month. Elder Muyu didn't give any concession to this trade.
Although they were arguing about details, it was concerning about their dignity.
Previously, the third prince's mansion would like to pick Lan Yunxi up by airboat; however, Elder Muyu refused it; instead, Elder Muyu rent one airboat from Golden Roc Bank for Lan Yunxi. With the death of Zhang Taixuan, the provincial governor's private airboat of Zhang Taixuan was confiscated. Nor was there any relationship between Jinwu Palace and Iron-Dragon Sect. Therefore, Huaiyuan Palace also gave back the private airboats of elders to Iron-Dragon Sect. As a result, airboat became a luxury for Huaiyuan Palace again. If they wanted, they could only rent it.
Previously, the third prince's mansion requested Lan Yunxi's airboat to directly land in the square inside the mansion; however, Elder Muyu persisted in having it land at the airport outside Datang City and entering the third prince's mansion by car.
Previously, the third prince's mansion would like to have Lan Yunxi live in the side courtyard of the mansion; however, Elder Muyu said it was not reasonable as he rent the highest-level hotel in Datang City as her residence and only allowed the third prince's mansion to arrange some maids for her in the hotel.
Elder Muyu gave no concession to any other details, like the entry or departure time.
With strong self-respect, Lan Yunxi and Elder Muyu behaved like envoys of a small country paying a visit to a large country.
After checking her look inside the airboat, Lan Yunxi left the cabin door leisurely in noble cloak.
The prince's mansion dispatched a team of guards, a butler and eight luxury sedans to welcome Lan Yunxi's team. Actually, such a specification of personnel at the airport was also urged by Elder Muyu.
The butler of the third prince's mansion was an average-looking old man in gray hair, who looked pretty kind. However, his eyes were heart-piercing. Not until he saw Lan Yunxi walking out of the airboat did the butler come over there and slightly bow towards Lan Yunxi. After that, he straightened up and said calmly, "His Majesty especially told me to welcome Miss here. Please get on the car…"
After seeing Elder Muyu slightly nod aside, Lan Yunxi got on the same vehicle with Elder Muyu.
After that, the fleet left the airport for the third prince's mansion.
"Miss, I still hold that Xuanyuan Wuji is not only for the ancestral bloodline that you've awakened by marrying you. You'd better watch out…" Elder Muyu told Lan Yunxi secretly by battle qi as he watched the scenery of Datang City.
The driver was only a common fighter. Even if he was a knight, he could not hear their communication either.
"Elder Muyu, what else do you think Xuanyuan Wuji could get from Huaiyuan Palace except me?" Lan Yunxi made a self-deprecating smile as she asked Elder Muyu secretly.
Elder Muyu became speechless. After a short while, he heaved a sigh helplessly, saying, "Miss, if you persist it, I don't know what to say either. Perhaps we have something; however, we don't know that we have. If…"
"That person is already irrelevant to Huaiyuan Palace. I don't want to hear his name anymore…" Lan Yunxi changed his face as she interrupted Elder Muyu.
Then, the vehicle recovered its silence.
As the guiding vehicle had the mark and banner of the third prince's mansion and traffic control was executed, this fleet moved smoothly and fast in the heavy wind and snow. Only after a bit more than one hour, they had already entered the prince's mansion from the main gate…
Chapter 1630: In the Prince's Mansion
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
After coming to the mansion, the moment Elder Muyu and Lan Yunxi got off the vehicle, the butler and an arrogant middle-aged female official with a tall bun in green imperial longuette had come over here.
The woman then started to look at Lan Yunxi from her foot to her head in fastidious eyes as if she was checking a commodity.
Watching her deed, Elder Muyu's eyebrows instantly rose. Noticing his furious look, the woman made a cold harrumph as she moved her eyes above their heads.
"This is the ceremonial official of the prince's mansion. She is in charge of many affairs beside His Majesty!" The butler introduced that female official to Lan Yunxi and Elder Muyu with a glassy-eyed look.
Hearing his introduction, the female official slightly nodded towards Elder Muyu and Lan Yunxi as she said distantly, "My family name is Feng. You could call me Feng Shangyi in the mansion. Miss, as you've traveled a long way and it's heavily snowing and windy outside, how about taking a bath and changing to a new set of clothes? After that, I will take you to His Majesty…"
Average people might not understand the meaning of this request; however, Elder Muyu was clear about it. It was almost like how major clans selected maids or concubines. In the name of taking bath, they were actually checking her body.
Elder Muyu had not imagined that Lan Yunxi would receive such a poor treatment here. The moment the female official finished her words, Elder Muyu had asked the butler out of fury, "What do you mean? We've not negotiated about that…"
The butler didn't argue with Elder Muyu; instead, he just replied with a casual smile, "There're always regulations as long it's concerned about His Majesty. As it's arranged by Feng Shangyi, I have no say in that…"
"His Majesty is a prince. Given his noble identity, we must have regulations. Not like those remote and rustic small families, every woman has to follow my order before meeting His Majesty…" Feng Shangyi jeered with a cold harrumph.
Elder Muyuan still wanted to argue something; however, Lan Yunxi stopped him by hand as she said, "After such a long trip, I really feel a bit tired. It's not bad for me to take a bath and a nap…" After that, Lan Yunxi watched Feng Shangyi calmly, saying, "Please be my guide…"
Feng Shangyi replied with a cold harrumph, saying, "Follow me". After that, she turned around and left. After taking a look at Elder Muyu, Lan Yunxi also followed that female official away.
The butler remained silent as he had a servant lead Elder Muyu to the side parlor for a short rest by taking a look at him.
Clenching his fists, Elder Muyu felt fully indignified. However, he couldn't lose temper here; instead, he could only bear it. Watching the high wall of the third prince's mansion and the arrogant looks of those servants, Elder Muyu felt a bit desolate. When Elder Mushen was with them, how honorable was Huaiyuan Palace! Even being in Xuanyuan Hill, Elder Mushen was still the VIP of the royal prince. Even the royal prince had to treat Elder Mushen politely and call him brother. Royal prince even gifted an imperial mansion to Elder Mushen. After Elder Mushen left Huaiyuan Palace, even the incumbent head of Huaiyuan Palace would be humiliated by the servants of the third prince's mansion…
Whose fault was it? Was it Zhang Taixuan's fault? But Zhang Taixuan had died. It's meaningless to complain about him. Was it Elder Mushen's fault? When he remembered Zhang Tie, Elder Muyu didn't feel hateful about him at all. Not only Elder Muyu, but even the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace were also speaking highly of Elder Mushen. To think it carefully, since he promoted to a knight, Elder Mushen had made the greatest meritorious deeds and borne the greatest hardships in Huaiyuan Palace. However, Elder Mushen didn't complain about it at all. Nor did he scramble for power. What Elder Mushen had done couldn't even be made by the former head of Huaiyuan Palace. When they thought that Elder Mushen was forced to establish Jinwu Palace, all the elders of Huaiyuan Palace felt extremely sorry and shameful about that.
The servant led Elder Muyu in a winding corridor for a while. Before they arrived at the side parlor, at the sight of a person in front, the guide hurriedly gave way to him by moving aside. As Elder Muyu was thinking about something, he only took a look at the one in front. However, when they passed by each other, the one in front suddenly rammed against him using his shoulder forcefully and fiercely. Elder Muyu didn't even have time to avoid it.
In a split second, Elder Muyu was irritated as he rammed against the stranger too by stabilizing his balance.
With a muffled sound "bang…", Elder Muyu was forced to retreat three steps backward while the rude man remained still. Besides being numb in half body, Elder Muyu felt bloody and suffocated as he changed his face at once…
'It's an earth knight.' Elder Muyu realized it when they rammed against each other.
The stranger sneered at Elder Muyu as he apologized which sounded more like an irony, "I'm sorry to ram against you. Are you okay? Do you need my help…"
Mouth closed, Elder Muyu swallowed his blood back as he glared at that person, chesting out, saying, "I'm fine…may I know your name, Your Excellency?"
"Hahaha, I'm Jiang Feng, a humble guard of His Majesty!" that earth knight replied as he squinted at Elder Muyu, arms crossed, asking, "It's said that a pretentious elder of Huaiyuan Palace keeps arguing with Butler Liu tentatively. It must be you…"
"Right, I'm Zhang Muyu of Huaiyuan Palace. So what?" Elder Muyu looked straight into Jiang Feng's eyes fearlessly, chesting out.
Even facing an earth knight, Elder Muyu was still fearless with a strong qi field.
"Hehhehheh, it's fine. But I've got a suggestion for you. There're strict regulations and many powerhouses in the prince's mansion. Many places are forbidden in. Outsiders have to be careful and do as the Romans do. It's not like Youzhou Province or Huaiyuan Palace. You'd better not take the regulations and temperament that you've formed in the tiny clan to the prince's mansion…" Jiang Feng said gloomily. After throwing a glance at Elder Muyu whose face turned black, he laughed and walked away. At the same time, he shook his head with a sneer, "Huaiyuan Palace? Haha…"
With a red face, Elder Muyu almost charged at Jiang Feng. However, he didn't have a reason to stir up trouble at this moment. It was not pitiful if he died for justice and respect; however, it would mean greater indignation for Lan Yunxi and Huaiyuan Palace. When he thought about Lan Yunxi who was in the prince's mansion alone and the poor situation facing Huaiyuan Palace, Elder Muyu could do nothing but grit his teeth and clench his fists.
The side parlor was in a remote place. After coming to it, Elder Muyu stood by a window and watched the sparrows under the eaves with sadness and fury. After the maid served a cup of tea and left the parlor, Elder Muyu finally spurted out blood over the snowy garden.
Some sparrows were scared away by flapping their wings, leaving an area of scarlet color over the snowy land.
Elder Muyu didn't notice that one of those sparrows circled around the garden and gazed at the scarlet blood stain on the ground for a short while before flying away…
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Lan Yunxi was taken into a bathroom by Feng Shangyi; where some maids in imperial robes were waiting aside orderly.
All the women inside the prince's mansion were almost most excellent; even maids could match Lan Yunxi in frame and look.
After Lan Yunxi arrived, Feng Shangyi threw a glance at those maids. They exchanged glances with each other before walking forward to take off all the clothes and pendants of Lan Yunxi. After Lan Yunxi took a bath, those maids checked each inch of her skin in the name of wiping water for her.
In this process, Feng Shangyi stood aside and inspected each inch of Lan Yunxi's skin with a stern and fastidious look like an examiner. She didn't nod until the maids cleaned water for Lan Yunxi as she slightly nodded and commented rigidly, "Skin as smooth as milk with no birthmark or scar; exceptionally fragrant; soft and orderly hair; no gap in between after pulling your legs together; even a piece of paper couldn't be inserted in; plump yet not broad breasts; you could serve His Majesty on bed; tender yet not weak waist, you could deliver babies even sons. You don't have any one of the 36 ominous pigmented naevi. Besides, you have one pigmented naevus which symbolizes that you could deliver a noble son. Not bad, not bad…"
At this moment, nobody knew what Lan Yunxi was thinking about. After Feng Shangyi checked her body, Lan Yunxi asked distantly, "Is it okay now?"
"Although the virgin symbol is still on your arm, I still need to check it. All the women who serve His Majesty should be virgin. Lie down on the bed over there and open your legs…"
After Lan Yunxi lied down, Feng Shangyi walked there and checked her virginity carefully. After that, she let Lan Yunxin put on her clothes.
In the process, Lan Yunxi just watched the roof in a glassy-eyed look.
After dressing up, Lan Yunxi finally met Xuanyuan Wuji.
…
In the prince's costume, Xuanyuan Wuji was sitting in the main seat. The moment Feng Shangyi took Lan Yunxi in, Xuanyuan Wuji had started to observe Lan Yunxi from her foot to head with gleaming eyes. After Feng Shangyi came to his side and murmured to him, Xuanyuan Wuji revealed a strange smile.
"I've not imagined that Zhang Taixuan has such a beautiful daughter; not bad, not bad…" Xuanyuan Wuji burst into laughter.
Under the extremely aggressive eye light of Xuanyuan Wuji, Lan Yunxi sat decently and calmly in an inviolable manner as she replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty. You must have known my intention here!"
"Go ahead, what's your condition?" Xuanyuan Wuji asked casually as he watched Lan Yunxi. Besides presumptuous eye light, he was not too lecherous and behaved like what a prince should do. As a prince, he didn't lack women.
"If I marry Your Majesty, please confer my dad as state duke!"
"Hahaha, that's easy!" Xuanyuan Wuji agreed with her at once. Although living people could not win honor easily, as a dead man, Zhang Taixuan could be easily conferred with the title of state duke as long as Lan Yunxi married Xuanyuan Wuji. "What else?"
"One tower of time for each kid of ours as the compensation for delivering babies for Your Majesty…" Lan Yunxi said calmly. Although it was shameless for her to bargain with Xuanyuan Wuji in this case, Lan Yunxi remained pretty calm.
"Hahaha, don't you feel it's too excessive?" Xuanyuan Wuji asked distantly with a smile.
"It might be a bit excessive for others to pose such a condition, but it's not for me. If our kids could completely inherit the ancestral bloodlines of Your Majesty and make a further breakthrough, Your Majesty's sons would be more powerful than that of the royal prince, isn't it the God's providence? Won't the throne of Taixia Country be taken by the most powerful one?"
With a shrewd eye light, Xuanyuan Wuji and Lan Yunxi looked straight into each other's eyes for half a minute. Xuanyuan Wuji then recovered his composure as he continued, "You're audacious!"
"If not, how dare I marry a would-be emperor?"
"Fine, I agree. It's just a few towers of time. What else?"
"Longwind Business Group should serve imperial households!"
"Hmm! Any more?"
After thinking for a while, Lan Yunxin shook her head. Not knowing why, after meeting all of her purposes, she felt empty.
"Hmm, that's a deal. After fixing the date of marriage, I will have people notice you. It should be within this year!" Xuanyuan Wuji suddenly revealed a smile as he shifted the topic, "As my fiancee, you could stay a few more days in Datang City. Let's go hunt together on the 29th day of this month!"
'The 29th day of this month? Winter hunt?' Lan Yunxi became silent for a second. Actually, Lan Yunxi had tried her best to avoid this day; unimaginably, Xuanyuan Wuji chose this day for hunting.
"This is a good day. It's the last winter hunt this year. I like to see those animals with sharp claws struggle in the snow land in vain…" Xuanyuan Wuji said with a smile, revealing his snow-white teeth…
…
The meeting only lasted less than 10 minutes before they fixed the "trade".
When she left Xuanyuan Wuji, Lan Yunxi felt empty. Although they had fixed everything, Lan Yunxi still didn't feel good at all. It was more like losing something; instead of gaining anything.
When Lan Yunxi saw Elder Muyu again, she found his look was poor.
"What happened?"
"Nothing!" Elder Muyu said as he shook his head. In the eyes of Elder Muyu, Lan Yunxi didn't look good either. "Let's go back…"
"Hmm!"
The two people then got on the vehicle and set off for their hotel. On the vehicle, Lan Yunxi told Elder Muyu what conditions she had reached with Xuanyuan Wuji and that Xuanyuan Wuji invited her for hunting two days later.
Not knowing why, Elder Muyu felt a bit improper when he heard the news.
"Miss, if you don't want to do that, we could go back to Youzhou Province right now…"
"It's just hunting. Why not?" Lan Yunxi said calmly as she watched the scenery outside the window, "Perhaps time could be a bit faster this way!"
After being silent for a short while, Elder Muyu said, "Elder Muyuan and Elder Muray should be in Yinhai, Gobi Desert now. They would watch the duel. If there's any news, they would notice me at once…"
Tilting her head, pursing her lips, Lan Yunxi watched the snow scene silently as her face turned white like snowflakes at a stroke…
Chapter 1631: A Long Rainbow
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
It soon came to January 28, the date before the duel between Zhang Tie and the three top sects.
Representatives of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, Heavens Holding Pavilion, Qionglou Pavilion, Heavenly Fortune Sect, Demons-Killing Valley, Gold and Power Law, major clans and sects in Taixia Country had already arrived at Yinhai, including the airboats of Iron-Dragon Sect, except Immortal Qianji Zhang Tie. As a result, the atmosphere of the entire Yinhai became weird.
Due to Han Zhengfang's event, Gold and Power Law had been silent for two years. It had almost been excluded by the other top sects and circle of knights in Taixia Country. However, Gold and Power Law appeared above Yinhai in a pretty flamboyant way.
The other clans and sects only dispatched one airboat here; however, Gold and Power Law dispatched six airboats here, each of them was longer than 1,000 m. As a result, Gold and Power Law's airboats alone were more domineering than the total of airboats dispatched by the other top sects.
After the six airboats arrived at Yinhai, they divided into two groups, three in one, forming two huge airborne platforms with a short distance in between. The two huge platforms were open to all the human knights for free. All the knights who could fly onto the airboats would enjoy free drinks and accommodation. After the duel, they could even take a free ride out of the Gobi Desert.
The arrival of the six airboats of Gold and Power Law brought good news to those independent knights and made the space above Yinhai more boisterous. On the day when the six airboats arrived there, the airborne platforms had become the most boisterous places above Yinhai. Tens of thousands of knights gathered in the two platforms. As they enjoyed the superior free services of Gold and Power Law, they exchanged with each other and waited for Zhang Tie. Some of them even made bets about the result of this duel on the airboats.
In this case, only the rich Gold and Power Law could open a gamble and receive the stakes of so many knights.
In this gamble, they only needed to take element crystals as stakes. If they believed that Zhang Tie was the winner, they should pay three times their stakes when Zhang Tie lost it; if they believed in that the three top sects was the winner, they should pay 1/3 of their stakes when Zhang Tie won it. Given the nature of black invitation cards, the two parties would never draw a tie.
All the top decks of the six airboats of Gold and Power Law had been open to the public. Connecting to each other, they became the largest square in the sky. A large number of knights arrived here for watching, making it pretty boisterous.
On the afternoon of January 28, it was hot. The sunshine was so strong that people couldn't even open their eyes. The sky above the Gobi Desert was like a food steamer which was full of rising, twisting, hot air.
What was hotter than the air was the atmosphere on the top decks of the six airboats of Gold and Power Law.
The top six sects had arrived here yesterday. However, Zhang Tie was still not here now. On the decks, especially where they bet, a lot of knights were gathering there and discussing the rolling numbers on the stake plates.
"What if Immortal Qianji doesn't come? The duel is coming tomorrow. How could Immortal Qianji still not appear now…"
"According to the news from Iron-Dragon Sect, Immortal Qianji is in secluded cultivation and would come here before the duel for real…"
"Immortal Qianji is a hero! He didn't even fear the demon army at the bank of Weishui River, how could he be scared by such a scene…"
"Hmm, I agree with you. Immortal Qianji had already fought a sage-level knight in the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect in South Border a few days ago and left there safe and sound. I don't think the sage-level knights of the three top sects could frighten Immortal Qianji…"
"It's different. This might be a life-or-death fight. As was told by someone a few days ago, if Immortal Qianji is smart, even if he chooses to not come here in the risk of losing his reputation, he could also find it back when he promotes to a heavenly knight or sage-level knight!"
"What would Iron-Dragon Sect do if Immortal Qianji didn't come here? As black invitation cards have been delivered to him, if Immortal Qianji chooses to escape, won't he fear about being mocked by the public? Would the three top sects let Iron-Dragon Sect go?"
'Hehheh, don't forget that Immortal Qianji has the body changing bloodline and a myriad of secret methods. If Immortal Qianji doesn't come, the three top sects dare never do any harm to Iron-Dragon Sect. If a divine dominator avenges them, the three top sects could never bear it. Therefore, the three top sects choose to fight Immortal Qianji aboveboard by sending black invitation cards to him…"
"That sounds reasonable. It appears that we don't need to worry too much about that even if Immortal Qianji doesn't come here!"
When those knights were engaged in hot discussions, a clear and decisive sound drifted over there, covering the buzz.
"My dad would come for real!"
All the knights became quiet in a split second as they turned around at the same time. At that moment, three young men landed on the deck from afar with flashes.
The three young men were similar to each other in both look and height. They might be brothers at 14 or 15. All of them were so handsome that they didn't look like knights at all. However, they were. All the knights on the deck were shocked by them; especially what the young man said——my dad would come for real!
'Are they sons of Immortal Qianji?'
It was said that Immortal Qianji had a powerful bloodline and all of his sons had an exceptional flair in cultivation base. However, none of those at present could imagine that Zhang Tie's sons had already promoted to knights at such a young age. Even among the top six sects, those who promoted to knights at 20 were already top talents. How could Immortal Qianji's bloodline become so powerful and make his sons promote to knights at such a young age?
As they were shocked too much, it was pretty quiet on the deck as everybody just watched Zhang Chenglei, Zhang Chengting and Zhang Chengpei walking towards them.
When the three brothers walked to one stake plate, after exchanging a glance with each other, Zhang Chenglei put one file of authorization onto the table before telling the personnel of Gold and Power Law behind the table in a muffled voice, "Jinwu Palace and Iron-Dragon Sect bet my dad Immortal Qinji is the winner with 100,000 earth crystals and 100,000 water crystals…"
This sentence finally "awakened" those knights as they were in uproar at once.
This was the largest stake that God and Power Law had received since it opened the gamble. The personnel dared not receive it as he hurriedly fetched the manager of Gold and Power Law…
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At the same time, in the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect, Yan Feiqing whose belly had been convex was sitting on the main seat decently with Mountain Lifting Hermit, Bai Suxian and the others on her left. Watching those representatives of major clans from Northeast Military Region who came here to pay a visit to Zhang Tie, Yan Feiqing said calmly and decisively, "Immortal Qianji would come for real…"
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On the deck of the airboat of Demons-killing Valley, Pandora had already been standing here for one day. Watching east, she appeared waiting for something with a smile. Although 24 hours might be long for others, it was very short for Pandora who had been used to the long-awaited period in the tower of time. With full expectation, she just waited there patiently.
"Granddaughter, you've already stood here for one day. What if he doesn't come?" Wu Dingtian said helplessly behind Pandora.
Thankfully, Pandora was a knight; if it was another woman, Wu Dingtian would doubt that there was something wrong with her mind.
"He would come for real!" Pandora said with a strong mind, "I could feel that he is coming. He must know that I'm waiting for him here…��
"Didn't he send someone to give you a remote-sensing finger ring? Have you contacted him?"
"No need, grandpa, don't you know telepathy?"
Even a sage-level knight couldn't do any help to a girl who fell in love. When Wu Dingtian wanted to say something, he suddenly felt something strange as he looked at east with a frown.
Not only Wu Dingtian, but all the sage-level knights at Yinhai also looked at east while raising their eyebrows.
It was where Suizhou Province located in the east of Sand Province.
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At tens of thousands meter high in the air, when Zhang Tie penetrated through a thick cumulonimbus cloud as long as 600 miles, the long-awaited sunshine finally reached him again.
According to the map in his mind, Zhang Tie realized that he was above the land of Suizhou Province. Gobi Desert was right in front where many people were waiting for him, including Pandora.
Although nobody told Zhang Tie that Pandora was waiting for him there, Zhang Tie knew that Pandora was waiting for him with full expectation. 'Perhaps, Pandora is looking at east and longing for my arrival…'
With a long roar, Zhang Tie increased his speed by two times and reached over 10,000 m per second in a split second.
He cancelled off the effect of super hiding skill and drove his spiritual energy to the utmost…
At a speed over 30 times that of sound, Zhang Tie felt high-speed shock waves spreading in the air while the air around him appeared to be catching fire. Under Zhang Tie's control, the moisture in the air and cloud within tens of thousands of meters were condensed, atomized and rocking before turning into a colorful rainbow…
Under the brilliant sunshine, Zhang Tie flew towards Yinhai like driving earth-shaking thunders…
Wherever Zhang Tie passed, numerous people on the ground in the cities, villages, and airboats in the sky would look up and listen to the earsplitting thunders, watching the dreamlike long rainbow crossing the sky with a dumbfounded look…
In less than one hour, all the knights nearby Yinhai had been in uproar as they all looked at east.
In the eastern sky, all the clouds had shattered, changed their color, steamed before turning into colorful auspicious clouds. Right among the auspicious clouds, a long rainbow crossing 7,000 miles arrived like how a heavenly god drove a chariot in the legend…
"Here comes Immortal Qianji…"
On the airboat of Demons-Killing Valley, Pandora revealed a smile as she flew off towards the long rainbow with a black phoenix closely behind her…
Chapter 1632: Zhang Tie's Supporters
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
When the long rainbow encountered the black phoenix, the long rainbow disappeared in a split second together with the virtual image of a black phoenix. Right in the colorful clouds, Zhang Tie stopped right in front of Pandora. They just stood there still and looked into each other's eyes quietly.
Zhang Tie felt pretty special when he met Pandora the moment he left Datang City. Something had left; that was why something else should be treasured.
"Already a shadow knight?" Zhang Tie asked which sounded rigid.
"Just like you. I would not be dropped by you this time!" Pandora pulsed her lips with an affectionate smile.
"When did I drop you?" Zhang Tie asked as he scratched his head.
Watching Zhang Tie scratching his head, Pandora replied with a bigger smile, "In Blackhot City!"
After being silent for a second, Zhang Tie's eyes turned tender at a stroke as he answered, "I won't do that anymore!"
"Hmm!"
"You're more beautiful than Miss Diana!"
"But you've not changed. If we stay together, will you complain about age one day?" Pandora asked Zhang Tie with a sigh.
"You will remain such beautiful forever. I've kept a cross-realm fruit for you!"
"Do you think I'm still an innocent little girl? How could you buy my heart only with a cross-realm fruit?" Pandora said as she pouted her mouth.
"Plus me?" Zhang Tie added with a smile as he stretched out his hand.
"That sounds not bad!" Pandora then approached Zhang Tie and held Zhang Tie's hand. Smiling at each other, they held each other's hands tightly.
"Let's go. If not, the others would come over here soon…" Zhang Tie said as he pulled Pandora's hand and flew towards the place where so many airboats were gathering.
Only after a short while, a lot of knights had been flying towards them. The moment Zhang Tie and Pandora approached them, many people among them had recognized Zhang Tie as they shouted, "Immortal Qianji; it's Immortal Qianji; here comes Immortal Qianji…"
Zhang Tie's momentum was so great what the long colorful rainbow over the sky shocked everyone. At the sight of Zhang Tie, most of tens of thousands of knights at Yinhai instantly flew towards him like a dark cloud as if they were welcoming Zhang Tie.
"Hi, Immortal Qianji…"
"Hi, Immortal Qianji…"
"Hahaha, Immortal Qianji, do you remember our brothers of Gu Clan in Xunzhou Province? We're especially here to support you with all of our element crystals as a stake…"
"Don't forget about us tough guys from Qilian Mountain. We're also on Immortal Qianji's side. If they dare launch a large-scale battle, we would fear nothing on Immortal Qianji's side…"
Zhang Tie looked around as he saw many familiar faces whom he "saved" in the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect in South Border last year. With a glimpse, Zhang Tie saw 7,000-8,000 knights, all of them were watching him cordially. After knowing that Zhang Tie received the black invitation cards from the three top sects, they all traveled a long way to cheer for Zhang Tie. They were even ready to have a duel with the three top sects.
Across the country, there were many patriotic and generous heroes who persisted in justice. By contrast, there were only a few evil guys.
Zhang Tie was a bit moved as he cupped his hands towards the knights who came here from all directions.
"We, knights from the great mountains in the South Border, have also come here for Immortal Qianji…" a barbarian knight with a tattoo on his face shouted, followed by over 1,000 barbarian knights in unison.
"Long live Immortal Qianji…"
"Long live Immortal Qianji…"
"Long live Immortal Qianji…"
In the loud cheers, all the barbarian knights from South Border of Taixia Country released their battle qi smokes and tornados and virtual images one after another which looked pretty magnificent. All the other onlookers released their battle smokes and tornados for Zhang Tie too.
Therefore, over 10,000 colorful battle qi smokes and tornados rushed into the sky in one strand, changing the color of the sky, which could be seen from 7,000 miles away.
"Thank you, thank you…" Zhang Tie kept cupping his hands and extending his thanks to the onlookers out of excitement.
At the same time, a row of knights arrived in front of Zhang Tie, including Yan Feiqing, Bai Suxian, Guo Hongyi, Immortal Mountain Lifting, Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi, Zhang Su and Feng Cangwu and three young knights who were watching Zhang Tie excitedly.
Although Zhang Tie had not seen his sons for many years, he could still identify them at once.
Zhang Tie became stunned as he had not imagined that his three sons had already promoted to knights.
Those onlookers fixed their eyes onto Zhang Tie while Bai Suxian and the others of Iron-Dragon Sect started to observe Pandora.
"Dad…"
Zhang Chenglei, Zhang Chengting and Zhang Chengpei came to Zhang Tie's front before kneeling down and kowtowing towards him in the air.
Over 10,000 onlooking knights witnessed this scene.
"Hahaha, good, good, good!" Zhang Tie burst into laughter as he said, "I've not imagined that my sons are already knights. Zhang family has good heirs. Nice, nice…" Zhang Tie spoke as he let his three sons stand up. Meanwhile, he watched Feng Cangwu and extolled Heavenly Fortune Sect loudly, "Heavenly Fortune Sect is really great. You're even as great as the creator. My sons have already promoted to knights soon after joining Heavenly Fortune Sect for a few years. They're so lucky…"
If Zhang Tie was telling a lie, he was the greatest liar in the world. With Zhang Tie's praise and the performance of his three sons, Feng Cangwu could imagine that the reputation of Heavenly Fortune Sect would reach a new height in the future. Additionally, Heavenly Fortune Sect would have greater influence among knights of Taixia Country. As the greatest hero in the world, even Immortal Qianji let his sons join Heavenly Fortune Sect; besides, he even extolled that his sons were so lucky to join Heavenly Fortune Sect. What would other knights think about his comment?
As for Heavenly Fortune Sect, Zhang Tie's praise was priceless.
Feng Cangwu threw a glance at Zhang Tie as he had not imagined that this guy could become so smart and make an advertisement for Heavenly Fortune Sect in such a secret and smooth way.
"Thanks, Immortal Qianji, it's mainly because Chenglei, Chengting and Chengpei carry forward your bloodline and have exceptional flair. Their bloodline couldn't be found in 100 million people. Additionally, they have a strong mind and could bear the loneliness of the tower of time at such a young age. Therefore, they could promote to knights before 20…" Feng Cangwu "praised" Zhang Tie and Zhang Tie's three sons loudly with a smile, causing Zhang Tie's three sons to be famous across Taixia Country too.
As Immortal Qianji's sons, they had promoted to knights before 20. Such figures would have a bright future for real.
Zhang Tie then exchanged a glance with Feng Cangwu in a tacit way quietly.
"Friends, as Immortal Qianji needs to take a rest today so as to deal with the duel tomorrow, let's leave here for the time being and come here to cheer for Immortal Qianji tomorrow!" A knight shouted when he saw Zhang Tie converging with the knights and family members of Iron-Dragon Sect. After hearing his suggestion, all the others felt reasonable as they all cupped their hands towards Zhang Tie and left for the airboats of Gold and Power Law.
The space beside Zhang Tie became open at once.
"Let's go back to the airboat first…" Zhang Tie said straightforwardly after taking a look at Yan Feiqing and the others.
Everyone nodded as they all flew towards the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect together.
Before reaching the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect, Zhang Tie felt something special as he looked at west when he saw three special airboats among over 100 airboats over 400 miles away in the west.
Zhang Tie saw three old men watching him on one airboat…
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Unlike the boisterous scene here, the location of the three airboats of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, Heavens Holding Pavilion and Qionglou Pavilion was much less populated. Besides the airboats of the three top sects, there were only some airboats of major clans or sects which were affiliated to the three top sects or on the side of the three top sects. By contrast, besides so many airboats, there were also a lot of airships on Zhang Tie's side. A couple of days ago, the airboats and airships over there were a bit scattered; however, after the six airboats of Gold and Power Law arrived there and started to provide free services to kights, many neutral ones had shifted to Zhang Tie's side, not to mention those clans and independent knights who rooted for Zhang Tie originally. Today, the number of airboats and airships on Zhang Tie's side was almost many times greater than that on the side of the three top sects. As a result, the strength contrast at Yinhai became sharp.
Given the population and qi field, Zhang Tie had gained an advantage.
Just now, when over 10,000 knights released their battle qi smokes and tornados on Zhang Tie's side, except for a few people on the side of the three top sects, most of them changed their faces. In a split second, the sense of supremacy and calmness disappeared…
Chapter 1633: Fear
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
When over 10,000 battle qi smokes and tornados rushed into the sky on Zhang Tie's side, the three old men slightly frowned with profound eyesight on the highest deck of an airboat hundreds of miles away…
Not until Zhang Tie met his family members and knights of Iron-Dragon Sect and the battle qi smokes and tornados gradually faded away did the three old men exchange a glance with each other and return to the back room of the airboat before sitting down together.
Taiyi Old Man the head of Taiyi Fantasy Sect was in black and white robe with a taichi diagram in front. His eyebrows and hair were fully white; however, he didn't have a single wrinkle. In classic heaven reaching crown, his nose was like eagle beak while his eyes were as shiny as stars. He gave out a looming, subtle qi. Given his look, he must be an extremely aggressive figure.
The head of Heavens Holding Pavilion Heavenly Hunyuan was in white hair and black blade-shaped eyebrows. At the sight of his eyebrows, people would feel like being chopped by two machetes. He carried an extremely strong killing intent. In azure robe, Heavenly Hunyuan was playing with a glazed heavenly ruler, which was well-known across the country as a top treasure of Heavens Holding Pavilion. With great power, it was said to be a golden secret item by very few people in Taixia Country.
Shenkong Old Man the head of Qionglou Pavilion was the only bald one among the three. He was a famous immortal craftsman in rune instrument manufacturing in Taixia Country. Due to his cultivation method or something else, Shenkong Old Man was always shrouded by fog. Besides his face, the greater part of his body was covered in changing fog mysteriously. He always looked down, which looked pretty benign.
After sitting down, Taiyi Old Man took a look at the other two as he asked in a low tone, "I wonder whether do you think it's still too early for us to deliver black invitation cards to Immortal Qianji?"
"I've not imagined that Immortal Qianji could have such high popularity at such a young age. He could easily converge over 10,000 knights. That's horrible…" Shenkong Old Man sighed.
Nobody else knew the meaning of Zhang Tie's high popularity better than the three sage-level knights on the top of the pyramid of cultivation. Zhang Tie's high popularity was made by Zhang Tie step by step. From his excellent performance in the fight for the title of the provincial governor of Youzhou Province for Zhang Taixuan in White Tiger Platform, Youzhou Province to the fact that he caused a heavy loss to Heavens Reaching Church; from his escape with the crime of killing family members of Fan the household register official to his fight in the Earth-elements Realm; from when he became innocent to that he started to develop Fiery-Dragon Bounty Territory; from when he started to produce fiery oil to that he was in charge of the logistics of the Western Theater of Operations; from the battle in Weishui River to the nearest fight in the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect in South Border, it could be said that each of Zhang Tie's deed in each identity in each place was perfect given his ability and moral standing. Therefore, Zhang Tie won such a great popularity among knights in Taixia Country which couldn't be faltered easily.
Popularity and prestige didn't work without an emergency. Take this critical moment as an instance, as long as Zhang Tie raised his arm, he would have able helpers and gain an overwhelming momentum, which could become a paramount force across the country. At the critical moment, he could even manipulate the fate of Taixia Country as a whole. Zhang Tie might not have discovered such a hidden capacity of him. However, many major figures had the same experience with Zhang Tie before realizing their great undertaking since ancient times and from home and abroad.
However, such a person chose to go against the Imperial Alliance, which couldn't be borne by the latter.
"Thankfully, it's not too late for us to deal with him at this moment…" Heavenly Hunyuan said as his eyes were full of killing intent, "Those who follow us would stay alive; those who don't follow us would die. As Emperor Xuanyuan has disappeared, who else could defeat us across the country? We've already spared a chance to him; if he sticks to be our opponent, we could only eliminate him…" After saying that, Heavenly Hunyuan sneered as he told Taiyi Old Man, "Perhaps they still think that you will fight him on behalf of us until now. He must be thinking about dealing with your Real Sun Flame…"
"Heavenly Hunyuan, thanks for your help…"
Heavenly Hunyuan nodded as he patted his Heavenly Ruler on his palm for a couple of times before letting out a sigh, "If only we could directly kill Zhang Tie. If we have to consider the responses from all parties and choose the battlefield above Yinhai, besides doing that ourselves, we have to lose at least 10 rare space-teleportation items to make it look like an accident. What a pity…"
"Given Zhang Tie's reputation, if we join hands to kill him, we would become the targets of the public at once. Xuanyuan Hill, Lord Guangnan's Mansion, Heavenly Fortune Sect and Demons-Killing Valley would never deal with us for real. As a result, we would face more troubles. As long as we make it an accident, there would be no problem. Such a bit loss is nothing serious when we take Jinwu Palace in the future!" Taiyi Old Man said calmly.
"Lan Yunxi should have arrived at Datang City…" Shenkong Old Man said as he lowered his eyes, "After marrying Lan Yunxi, the third prince would establish a relationship with Huaiyuan Palace. After Zhang Tie's death, we would collapse Iron-Dragon Sect; given the relationship between Huaiyuan Palace and Jinwu Palace, we could fabricate many stories about the death of Zhang Taixuan. Along with this clue, we would have a reason to devour Jinwu Palace and control fiery oil and all-purpose medicament. But there's an unknown factor, namely, Lan Yunxi does not know the relationship between us and the third prince. If she knows that, she might not follow our order. We need to make a preparation for that…"
"As we're seeking for the truth, anyone stopping us would be our enemies and deserve the death!" Taiyi Old Man said distantly, "By then, Taiyi Fantasy Sect would solve the problem of Lan Yunxi. No worries!"
"That's good; that's good…" Shenkong Old Man suddenly looked up and took a look at Taiyi Old Man with a smile as he added, "We three have not met each other for a long time. Your cultivation base might have been greater than before. Have you touched the threshold a bit?��
Heavenly Hunyuan's eyes moved a bit as he looked at Taiyi Old Man too.
Taiyi Old Man looked calm as he replied, "As for the new realm, you know, we three a closely tied with each other. How could I open a rebellious way myself? Before Taixia Country becomes the ideal country of us, we would barely make great progress in cultivation base. I've just got some gnosis from the secret methods of Taiyi Ture Sutra …"
Being silent, Shenkong Old Man lowered down his eyes again as a weird look flashed by. Heavenly Hunyuan took a look at Shenkong Old Man silently.
The back room was in silence at once…
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At the same time, soon after Zhang Tie returned to the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect, some unexpected people had arrived and would like to see Zhang Tie…
Chapter 1634: New Elders of Iron-Dragon Sect
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Soon after Zhang Tie returned to the airboat of Iron-Dragon Sect and introduced Pandora to the others, his guests had arrived.
Pandora acquainted with Zhang Tie in Blackhot City. In fact, she was one of those women that Zhang Tie knew first, which Yan Feiqing and Bai Suxian had long known. Beverly and Fiona who were not at present had long been familiar with Pandora too. Even Zhang Tie's parents had seen Pandora in Blackhot City. Therefore, those people at present soon accepted Pandora.
As Zhang Tie had too many wives, they didn't feel strange about Pandora's appearance at all. Additionally, Pandora was the granddaughter of Wu Dingtian the head of Demons-Killing Valley. If she was with Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie would gain the assistance of Demons-Killing Valley and would tide over this crisis easily, which was what the others at present concerned most. As long as Zhang Tie was safe, Jinwu Palace, Iron-Dragon Sect, all the women on Zhang Tie's side and Zhang Tie's kids would be safe. Zhang Tie's women had already reached a consensus about this point. This consensus was more realistic and gloomier than the little girls' innocent comprehension and beautiful dream about love and marriage.
This was life! Commoners, knights and major clans must survive themselves while life itself was a realistic and profound problem; especially at the advent of the holy war when everyone was in the overall environment full of surging hidden forces.
Therefore, even if Zhang Tie took a male with him, all the women at present would also easily accept it, not to mention Pandora.
After introducing Pandora to them, the moment Zhang Tie wanted his three sons to talk about their experience in Heavenly Fortune Sect these years, a disciple had entered and reported that a knight named Fang Sanguang who called himself an elder of Iron-Dragon Sect would like to see Zhang Tie with five more people.
After hearing the name Fan Sanguang again, Zhang Tie was stunned for a second. This guy was too impressive in the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect. At that time, Zhang Tie just wanted to save him and didn't expect his appreciation at all. Zhang Tie didn't even care about it when that guy disappeared after leaving the Dongtian.
Unimaginably, Fan Sanguang came back.
Finding that Yan Feiqing, Mountain Lifting Hermit and all the others fixed their eyes on him, Zhang Tie told that disciple with a smile, "Let them in…"
"Yes, sir…"
Soon after that disciple left, he had led Fan Sanguang and the other five inside the parlor. Zhang Tie was familiar with all of them. Besides the four weird sages that Zhang Tie had met in South Border, Zhang Tie was more familiar with the rest person. Being a bit thin and short, that guy carried a huge gourd on his back. After entering the parlor of the airboat, he started to look around with an exaggerated expression. Before Zhang Tie greeted him, that guy had burst into laughter as he started to greet Zhang Tie with a wink.
"Hahaha, Immortal Qianji, surprise, we meet again…"
At the sight of this person, Zhang Tie also burst into laughter as he stood up and greeted him, "Medicine King, why are you here…��
After hearing that thin and short old man with a gourd on his back was Sun Tiancheng the famous Herbal King, all those who had not seen Sun Tiancheng fixated onto him at a stroke. As a result, Sun Tiancheng appeared being not that thin or short anymore; instead, he became more eye-catching.
With a frown, Sun Tiancheng heaved a sigh, "Alas, I have to. You know, it's hard to survive myself as a freelance doctor. I'm always hungry. Therefore, I rack my mind and feel that only your family could survive me as you have fiery oil and all-purpose medicament. Here I am. Don't you drive me away…"
Herbal King Sun Tiancheng was a bizarre talent in Taixia Country with eccentric, witty and cynical temperament. Zhang Tie had contacted him before. As the most famous pharmacist master who had exceptional cultivation in medical treatment and medicinal powder, as long as he agreed, he could enjoy a pretty high treatment in any of the top six sects. Of course, it was just a joke that he was always hungry. However, Sun Tiancheng wanted to join Iron-Dragon Sect for real.
Zhang Tie disguised to be serious as he asked, "Old man, are you kidding me? You want to join Iron-Dragon Sect at this moment?"
"No kidding!" Sun Tiancheng rolled his eyes to Zhang Tie as he directly threw himself onto the ground, gourd in arms, eyes on Zhang Tie, saying, "When in Xuanyuan Hill, I had felt that you're an honest man. You're much better than those tricky guys in super clans and the top six sects (Feng Cangwu coughed twice aside); after providing medical treatment to you, I received your gift, a cross-realm fruit. At that time, I had told you that I would come for you after dealing with something. Do you treat my words as sh*t or what? No matter what, I've already gifted the cross-realm fruit to another person. I couldn't give it back to you anymore. Don't think about having me owe to you. I will pay off my debt with myself. From now on, my food and drinks would be provided by you. I'm destined to be with you. Don't think about driving me away…"
Feng Cangwu started to feel a little pain in teeth as he cursed, "F*ck" for many times inside. At this moment, Feng Cangwu finally realized that he had to accept the fact that Zhang Tie was something every once a while as long as he was with Zhang Tie. There would be no harm without comparison. However, it was impossible for him to not compare Zhang Tie with others as long he was with Zhang Tie. Since the battle at Weishui River, Feng Cangwu had given up competing with Zhang Tie. As for Zhang Tie's sons, they were all born to be freaks; the little princess of Demons-Killing Valley had long fallen in love with Zhang Tie; Zhang Tie even dared to sleep with a hundreds of years old heavenly knight, and made her pregnant…unbelievable!
'But why Herbal King whom Heavenly Fortune Sect couldn't employ at a high cost would stay with Zhang Tie whatever…who could tell me why? Why…I Feng Cangwu is not poor in moral standing and cultivation base. I'm even more handsome than Zhang Tie and have read more book than him. I'm always open-minded, frank and innocent. Why couldn't I receive such treatment? I'm also one of the top four excellent youths of Heavenly Fortune Sect and am well-known among the young generation of the top six sects…'
Although Feng Cangwu was sitting decently, he had long been tearful inside as his loneliness and sadness couldn't be understood by anyone else at present.
Watching the shameless Herbal King, Zhang Tie didn't smile; instead, he felt like shedding tears. As Iron-Dragon Sect received three black invitation cards, he was not thought to have an advantage in the duel tomorrow. Ordinary people prefer to stay far away from Iron-Dragon Sect in case of being involved. However, Herbal King chose to join Iron-Dragon Sect at this moment. It was not simply righteous and timely assistance, but his highest agreement with Zhang Tie. The justice was always in people's heart.
"Immortal, since we separated from the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect, our four brothers had been conquered by your gentleman's light. From then on, we had determined to join Iron-Dragon Sec. After leaving the Dongtian, we ended our undertakings in South Border and disbanded our followers and servants and bade farewell to our friends. Previously, we wanted to extend our thanks to immortal in Iron-Dragon Sect. After hearing that Immortal had received the black invitation cards, we directly came here for you. Please don't blame us for our rudeness. If Immortal agrees, we four would not complain a bit even as rangers or cleaners!" Mr. Bamboo said as he looked at Zhang Tie with frank and cordial eyes. Soon after his words, the four people had bowed deeply towards Zhang Tie.
Watching the legendary, heroic scene in front of him in such a vivid way, Feng Cangwu, who was sympathizing himself was severely hurt as he couldn't stand covering his chest.
By contrast, Zhang Tie's three sons were watching their father with worship like how they usually did before.
"What about you?" Zhang Tie asked as he fixated onto Fan Sanguang.
Looking into Zhang Tie's eyes, Fan Sanguang's face flushed as he shrugged, saying, "Head, as you've already admitted that I'm a knight of Iron-Dragon Sect when in the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect, if I don't come back to face the trouble together with Iron-Dragon Sect, I'm afraid that I would be sleepless later on. I was born as timid as a rabbit. I always put personal safety first. If Iron-Dragon Sect has a large-scale duel with the three top sects, although I couldn't be a vanguard; I would kill a couple of black iron knights with black brick stealthily…" After saying that, Fan Sanguang looked up at the sky with a sentimental expression as he sighed, "All the others say I'm vicious, but only I know that my greatest weakness is my kindness and a strong sense of righteousness…"
Zhang Tie looked at Fan Sanguang, then Sun Tiancheng and the four weird sages before bursting out into laughter, and he ordered some disciples, "Quick, provide seats for the six new elders of Iron-Dragon Sect…"
Chapter 1635: Enlightenment
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"It's said that the possible enemy might be Taiyi Old Man of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. His Real Sun Flames is unusual. Here are some fire-isolation pills that I've made a few days ago. It's more effective than fire-resistant medicament. Head, if it's really Taiyi Old Man, you could take these fire-isolation pills before the duel. It could strengthen the fire-resistant capability of your protective battle qi!" Sun Tiancheng said as he took out a jade vial and gave it to Zhang Tie. Scratching his head, he continued, "I'm not sure whether my fire-resistant pill could be effective in defending Real Sun Flames; but ordinary knights could stay in high-temperature magma two times longer within one day after taking it. I've tried my best. Hopefully, it could be useful…"
"Thanks, Elder Sun…" Zhang Tie took that jade vial as he opened its lid.
There were three longan-sized crystal pills in the jade vial. The moment the vial was opened, Zhang Tie had felt a cold fragrance while a white fog rose out of the mouth of the vial. Zhang Tie instantly covered it. He knew the high value of this pill. Even though he had taken so many fiery lotus roots, it was also not bad to have one more guarantee.
"It's Iron-Dragon Sect's honor to have Elder Sun join in!" Zhang Tie sighed with mood again.
The Herbal King was too sincere. Although Sun Tiancheng behaved a bit weird sometimes, he was definitely a righteous and heroic man.
Zhang Tie then put the pills into his portable space-teleportation equipment.
"We four gained a piece of iced glaze in South Border a few years ago. With it, you would be resistant to low and high temperature. It might be useful to resist Real Sun Flames…" Mr. Bamboo said again as he took out a half-palm sized ice glaze and presented it to Zhang Tie.
Watching their extremely sincere eyes, Zhang Tie instantly took it and put it on. After that, he appreciated them, "Thank you so much…"
Watching Zhang Tie put on the piece of ice glaze, four weird sages revealed a happy smile at the same time. Bai Suxian pouted her mouth at that piece of ice glaze as she wanted to say something however, she swallowed her words back when Zhang Tie threw a glance at her by the corner of his eye.
"Ahem ahem…erm, I'm really sorry. I've not taken any good gift for you!" Fan Sanguang coughed twice as he said bashfully.
"It's fine. Elder Fan, as our member. No need to be that polite!" Zhang Tie spoke with a smile as he wove his hand, saying, "Elder Fan, I wonder how did you meet them?"
"Haha, it's a coincidence. As an independent knight, I don't have a private airboat. Therefore, I could only fly here alone. On the way, I encountered the four elders, Mr. Plum, Mr. Orchid, Mr. Bamboo and Mr. Chrysanthemum. They also come from Suizhou Province like me. As I've met them in the Dongtian, after greeting with each other, we come here together. As for Elder Sun, we encountered him outside the airboat just now…"
After bursting out laughing, Zhang Tie said, "This is God's will. It appears that you're destined to join Iron-Dragon Sect!"
"After having six new elders, Iron-Dragon Sect would further expand for real!" Mountain Lifting Hermit said as he nodded along with all the other old elders of Iron-Dragon Sect. Zhang Tie would have a duel with three sage-level knights tomorrow, who could imagine that Iron-Dragon Sect could have six new elders and realize a sharp increase in battle strength today? The value of the Herbal King was far greater than that of a shadow knight. As for the four weird sages, one of them was earth knight, three of them were black iron knights above seven changes. Although appearing to be a black iron knight, Fan Sanguang felt a bit unusual.
It symbolized the prosperity of Iron-Dragon Sect when so many bizarre powerhouses joined it at such a critical moment. As long as they tided over this challenge, Iron-Dragon Sect would have a brighter future for real.
"Head, have you heard the gossip about Yinhai?" Fan Sanguang straightened up as he asked Zhang Tie, attracting the attention of all the others at once.
Zhang Tie's eyebrows slightly moved as he answered, "It's said that Yinhai was previously a huge inland lake; however, the water disappeared overnight!"
"I don't mean the gossip before the Catastrophe; I mean that about Yinhai recently!"
"What's that?" Zhang Tie asked out of curiosity.
"Years ago, I wandered and traveled across Taixia Country, ahem ahem!" Fan Sanguang coughed twice as he continued, "I stayed in Suizhou Province for a few days and contacted figures at the bottom of the society. I was told that something happened to many airships of business groups and companies in Suizhou Province on Yinhai…"
"Something? What's that?" Zhang Tie turned serious.
"They disappeared!"
"Disappeared?" Yan Feiqing asked with a frown.
"Yes, they disappeared. It's said that those airships met sandstorms and disappeared in the Gobi Desert. In fact, those business groups and companies had dispatched people to discover the wrecks of those airships for many times. However, only a few wrecks were discovered. Because many airships disappeared in this region over the past 100-odd years, the local airships of Suizhou Province always detour around this region as those crews regard this region as an ominous land! I don't know why the three top sects choose this region as the battlefield; perhaps it's just a coincidence or the aiding strength of Taiyi Old Man could play its role to the utmost in this environment; it's always no bad to be careful…"
All the knights in the parlor remained silent at a stroke as they started to think about the connotation of this news. Elder Fan's words gave them a warning.
With a slight frown, Zhang Tie became silent for a few seconds before nodding and saying, "Thanks for your warning, Elder Fan, I will take care of myself tomorrow. I think it's not that easy for the three top sects to play any trick in the public!"
Whatever, it was just a speculation. They didn't need to worry so much. Additionally, Yinhai was indeed suitable for a duel between powerful knights. Even a duel between sage-level knights wouldn't do harm to the environment. Additionally, as was told by Elder Fan, the hot climate here might be suitable to the effect of Real Sun Flames of Taiyi Old Man.
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With six more elders, the parlor of the airboat became more boisterous. However, they all knew that Zhang Tie needed to prepare for the coming duel. Therefore, after chatting for a short while, they had left, leaving time to Zhang Tie and his family members.
Feng Cangwu returned to the airboat of Heavenly Fortune Sect; Immortal Mountain Lifting, Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi led Sun Tiancheng, Fan Sanguang and the four weird sages to the small conference room of the airboat for a short chat. By the way, they introduced Iron-Dragon Sect to them from all aspects.
Zhang Tie let Pandora have a chat with Yan Feiqing and Bai Suxian. He then took Zhang Chenglei, Zhang Chengting and Zhang Chengpei to the back room of the airboat.
After entering the back room, the four people sat down. Zhang Tie then inquired them about their experience in Heavenly Fortune Sect over these years.
When they were born in Taixia Country, Zhang Tie was in Waii Subcontinent. When they joined Heavenly Fortune Sect, Zhang Tie was framed as the killer of the household register official Fan in Fuhai City and was escaping everywhere. It could be imagined how much stress and hardships the three brothers were sustaining these years. Nobody could promote to a knight with a fluke mind. Even though having an exceptional flair, if one didn't hone himself diligently, he could not become a knight.
Zhang Tie felt sorry about his three sons.
When in Heavenly Fortune Sect, the greatest driving force for the three brothers to cultivate hardly was that they could help their dad defeat enemies together.
When Zhang Tie was told that the three brothers had entered the tower of time at the age of 12 and cultivated inside for over 10 years before promoting to knights, he couldn't stand dropping tears as a father.
Closing his eyes, Zhang Tie's heart raced. Not until he recovered his composure and his tears disappeared did he open his eyes again as he sent an order.
"Close your eyes and stay calm…"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, the three brothers exchanged a glance with each other before entering the state at the same time as was told by Zhang Tie.
After taking a look at them, Zhang Tie gave out a dignified golden light all over as he stretched out his hand and touched Zhang Chenglei's head. In a split second, Zhang Tie's gnosis about swordsmanship, the essence of boxing and spear usage and secret methods such as Soul Forbidden Method were transferred into space above the mind sea of Zhang Chenglei in the form of seeds being waiting for sprouting.
Zhang Tie was implementing a special, top enlightenment method of Bloody Soul Sutra ; instead of Bright Enlightenment Method . In spiritual and bloodline-related realms, secret methods of Bloody Soul Temple ranked top among humans…
Chapter 1636: The Great Blessing Method
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Despite his great ability, it still took Zhang Tie over one hour to complete the enlightenment for his sons.
After Zhang Tie moved his hand away from Zhang Chengpei's head for quite a while, Zhang Chenglei, Zhang Chengting and Zhang Chengpei opened their eyes one after another. They felt too many new things in their mind; especially Zhang Tie's gnosis about cultivation base, which was too enormous and profound for them. Even if the gnosis had been enlightened to their mind sea, they could only sense it faintly. Before turning it into their own gnosis, they needed further cultivation by breaking some barriers. Some secret methods were just seeds for them, which couldn't be absorbed until they reached higher levels.
That was the power of the enlightenment skill in Bloody Soul Sutra , the one who implemented this enlightenment skill could not turn some abstruse gnosis and experience into the seeds of the mysterious awareness and bury them into the mind sea of the one being enlightened; besides, he could determine which knowledge and secret methods would show up at certain moments in the process.
Except for the incomplete King Roc Sutra, Zhang Tie had already enlightened the seeds of Great Wilderness Sutra and Bloody Soul Sutra to the mind sea of his three sons. The seed of Great Wilderness Sutra would sprout until they promoted to earth knights while the seed of Bloody Soul Sutra would sprout when they were promoted to shadow knights.
Zhang Tie didn't force them to cultivate these classic secret methods in the future as they might have their reasons. However, at least they would know something about these classic secret methods. Additionally, they would transfer the seeds of these secret methods to the posterities of the Zhang family.
After recovering their mind, the three brothers watched Zhang Tie with astonishing looks. When they were young, they had already been told that their father was very powerful; however, only when they promoted to knights did they understand how powerful was their father. In the process of enlightenment, they had sensed the surging spiritual energy in Zhang Tie's mind sea. Being covered by Zhang Tie's spiritual energy, they felt like being small boats in a billowy ocean. A single spray would turn them over.
The three brothers exchanged a glance with each other as if they had understood something.
Zhang Tie would fight a sage-level knight tomorrow; however, he enlightened so much knowledge to them today, the three brothers instantly understood their father's intention.
"Papa…"
Raising his arm, Zhang Tie stopped Zhang Chenglei as he watched them with a smile, "I know what you're going to say. But it's the only thing that I could gift you now. If something unexpected happens to me tomorrow, you should carry forward these things in Jinwu Palace…"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, the three brothers' eyes turned red at a stroke.
"Never, papa, you would be safe…" Zhang Chengpei comforted him.
"In this world, besides Emperor Xuanyuan, nobody dare say that he could defeat a sage-level knight. As you've promoted to knights, you know the power of high-level knights. I'm just a shadow knight; even though I'm a divine dominator, the gap between three levels couldn't be neglected so easily. The duel tomorrow is full of risks. I have a low probability to win it. By far, I only have less than 40 % chance to turn the duel into a protracted war and enter a stalemate with the opponent. If something unexpected happens to me, you must promise me to not avenge me before promoting to sage-level knights!"
The three brothers dropped tears silently. Zhang Tie took a look at them before turning stern, "Am I clear?"
Under Zhang Tie's serious eyes, the three brothers finally nodded.
Zhang Tie then slightly recovered his composure as he watched Zhang Chenglei, saying, "I've already made an appointment with His Majesty. His Majesty has a daughter who's as young and excellent as you. After this duel, that girl would marry you regardless of the outcome of the duel!" Chenglei and Chengpei, you should also marry the daughter of Zuoqiu Clan and Guan Clan. I've already reached agreements with them and informed your elder uncle. After this duel, you two will stay in Zuoqiu Clan and Guan Clan for a few days and contact their young generation. You could choose a favorable wife from their young generation!"
"Yes, papa!" Zhang Chenglei, Zheng Chengting and Zhang Chengpei answered in unison as they lowered their heads.
As Zhang Tie was not with them since they were young and the three brothers were a bit premature, of course, they were clear about their father's purpose by having them marry a daughter of the three clans. Of course, they would not disobey him.
"Well, you take a rest here tonight. You'd better recover your spiritual energy first. You could go out tomorrow…"
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When Zhang Tie opened the door of the room where Yan Feiqing, Guo Hongyi, Bai Suxian and Pandora were in, those women fixated onto him at a stroke.
"Where are your sons?" Yan Feiqing asked.
"I've imparted something to them. They need to take a rest in the back room for one night!" Zhang Tie said as he watched them and took a seat, "What are you talking about?"
"We're talking about how to transfer you to Pandora!" Guo Hongyi said calmly.
"Transfer me to Pandora?" Zhang Tie asked with a speechless way.
"Well, you could stay in this room tonight. Trust me, nobody would disturb you!" Yan Feiqing said as she stood up, followed by Bai Suxian and Guo Hongyi. After taking a look at Zhang Tie, they left the room silently.
'That's strange. How could they become so generous? Do they leave space and time for me to have a good stay with Pandora after so many years' departure? Impossible. If so, Bai Suxian has long been unhappy. But why did she leave here so decisively?'
Watching them leave and close the door from outside, Zhang Tie scratched his head as he asked Pandora out of curiosity, "What happened?"
Pandora explained with a smile, "I told them I'm going to implement the Great Blessing Method for you. It might need one night!"
"Great Blessing Method? What's that?"
"It's a secret method that Wu Clan has adopted since far ancient times. The Hua people's ancestral bloodline that I've awakened could help me implement this secret method. To put it simply, after adopting this secret method, you would have a good fortune and chance to survive yourself in crisis…" Pandora said as she undid her longuette, showing her perfect body to Zhang Tie.
When he saw her unrivaled, perfect frame again, Zhang Tie almost couldn't move his eyes away.
"Take off yours too. When I implement the Great Blessing Method, there should be no obstacles such as clothes!" Pandora said with a smile when she saw Zhang Tie's dumbfounded look. At the same time, she came over here and started to help Zhang Tie take off his clothes.
In the process, Zhang Tie couldn't stand putting his hands on Pandora's waist as his instinctive physiological response happened at once.
"The implementation of Great Blessing Method is sacred. No evil thought is allowed; otherwise, I would be devoured by the power of my bloodline!" Pandora whispered to Zhang Tie.
Heart pounding, Zhang Tie hurriedly bit his tongue tip to remain as calm as water.
…
Half an hour later, Zhang Tie and Pandora were sitting naked face to face in the room with pretty solemn looks. Pandora was surrounded by a weird glow, in which many bizarre golden runes were flowing. Additionally, the glow was expanding and gradually including Zhang Tie.
In the glow, Pandora's body was like a burning furnace. Although Pandora didn't speak, Zhang Tie could hear a dreamlike, eccentric and desolate mantra and drum beats…
After breaking her finger, Pandora drew something towards Zhang Tie as many strands of blood flew out of the wound before turning into bizarre bloody runes in the air. After that, those bloody runes entered Zhang Tie's body.
Since the first bloody rune entered Zhang Tie's chest, he had closed his eyes unconsciously. Closely after that, he entered an empty realm and all of his senses were isolated from outside. He was then immersed in pleasure and clear state that he had not experienced before.
Pandora drew 360 bloody runes in the air, which gradually entered Zhang Tie's body as a whole including his chest, lower abdomen, back, arms, shoulders, thighs and eyebrows…
As each rune was drawn, Pandora's glow gradually weakened while Zhang Tie's gradually strengthened. When the last bloody rune entered Zhang Tie's eyebrow, Pandora's glow had fully disappeared; by contrast, Zhang Tie's glow grew brilliantly.
Watching Zhang Tie, Pandora revealed a reassuring smile on her pale and weak face as her body swayed. Finally, she couldn't even sit decently; instead, she directly lay on the ground.
After Zhang Tie completely absorbed the glow in two hours, he opened his eyes when he saw Pandora who had passed out and lain on the ground.
Zhang Tie hurriedly helped her sit up and had her lean against his chest. After that, he poured two vials of senior medicament into her stomach to wake her up.
When Pandora opened her eyes, she took a look at Zhang Tie and revealed a weak smile. Closely after that, she closed her eyes again and fell asleep. Before that, she moved herself a bit closer to Zhang Tie's chest and murmured, "It's so nice to sleep in your arms…"
Zhang Tie kept this gesture overnight as he watched Pandora sleep quietly in his arms…
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As the sun rose, January 29 finally arrived…