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Chapter 1760: A Talk
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The woman's battle qi in her qi sea was normal; however, the Golden-Soul Rune Virus in her mind sea had already developed into the form of a puppet worm completely which was giving out golden light. Those bizarre tadpole-shaped runes had got many rune tentacles which covered the swirl of the spiritual energy in the mind sea of the woman. Some rune tentacles even deepened into her brain…
The Golden-Soul Rune Virus didn't make any response to Zhang Tie's spiritual inspection. However, it had completely integrated with the woman's mind sea and brain. As a result, it was more difficult for Zhang Tie to remove it.
After withdrawing his hand, Zhang Tie opened his eyes as he found the woman was looking at him with rosy cheeks. After seeing that Zhang Tie had opened his eyes, she felt bashful.
At the sight of her expression, Zhang Tie immediately felt her subtle mental condition. He then took a serious look at her as he found this beauty in purple was mature with plump breasts, almond-shaped eyes, rosy cheeks and elegant, enchanting frame. She was indeed a rare beauty. If Zhang Tie was favored by such a beauty in Blackhot City, he might have laughed out even in dreams. No, he wouldn't even fall asleep in the evening. However, at this critical moment, Zhang Tie didn't feel like flirting with her at all.
To tell the truth, Zhang Tie was a bit regretful at this moment. 'Why did I become so handsome? It seems that I've underestimated the attraction of this look to women. I should become a bit average.'
"There's no problem with the battle qi in the void above your qi sea, try to run it…" Zhang Tie said calmly.
Zhang Tie's good look took effect at once. The moment the woman heard his suggestion, she inhaled and closed her eyes. In a split second, she had frowned as her face turned pale, oozing fine sweat all over her forehead. She then opened her eyes as she shook her head, saying, "I cannot do it. As long as I want to run my battle qi, I will feel a red-hot needle piercing into my brain through the central forehead. As a result, I have to stop it…I feel…feel that something might be in my mind sea. But I don't know what it is…"
Zhang Tie could feel the Golden-Soul Rune Virus because of his super great spiritual energy and the secret skill of Bloody Soul Sutra. As for these immortal generals who had been affected by Golden-Soul Runed Virus, even if Golden-Soul Runed Virus were in their bodies, they still didn't know anything. It was like how commoners felt after being poisoned on many occasions. Despite feeling uncomfortable, they didn't know where was the problem.
It was another terrifying feature of Golden-Soul Runed Virus——being invisible. People could barely check out where it was even if it was in their body.
"Can you run your spiritual energy now?"
After hearing Zhang Tie's hint, Su Haimei tried it as she shook her head again, answering, "No, like how I ran my battle qi, the moment I run my spiritual energy, the part in the central forehead will ache sharply…"
'That got to be the effect of Golden-Soul Rune Virus. After these people wake up, they could maintain their consciousness; however, their abilities are restricted. They might have no ability to resist before the so-called "Sacred Sacrifice".'
Zhang Tie remained silent as he was thinking about two questions rapidly.
'If so, even if all the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect wakes up, as they have lost their abilities, it would be difficult for me to take them away from here. What's more, before "Sacred Sacrifice", the Golden-Soul Rune Virus might become more dangerous or experience other unexpected changes after I take them away from here. What if it directly kills these people?'
'The ideal condition was that I could postpone the date of "Sacred Sacrifice" endlessly after these people wake up, in which situation, I will have no worries even if they have lost their battle strength. They only need to stay alive. In this way, I could spare more time to work out a solution to relieve Golden-Soul Rune Virus.'
However, Zhang Tie knew that the possibility for him to reach this real condition was pretty low. Given the ability and intelligence of the creator of Golden-Soul Rune Virus, he would never allow the batch of virus that he had spent great efforts to create to be ineffective.
'How could I help them out?'
As Zhang Tie thought about the above two questions, he found that it became increasingly trickier.
"Mr…Mr…hero, may I know your name? Why are you here?" watching Zhang Tie thinking about it with a frown, Su Haimei asked him.
"Just call me Donder!" Zhang Tie instantly borrowed Donder's name. No matter what, Donder was lecherous and shameless. He would definitely have drooled in front of such a rare beauty. As Zhang Tie recalled Donder's look, he continued with a solemn look, "Last night, when I passed by Redmountain City accidentally, I saw some guys catch some people in the castle and fly out of it. Therefore, I stealthily followed them. Oh, I found they didn't outnumber you. As you're all immortal generals, why didn't you fight them? Additionally, you have no external wounds, how did they catch you? It seems that you've been poisoned…"
"I don't know about it either. Last night, when we saw those people break in Ying Clan's castle, one of the opponents in black robe took out a weird gourd. The moment the gourd's lid was opened, some golden sparkles had flown out of it towards us. When a golden sparkle flew towards me, I slashed towards it. Unexpectedly, the golden sparkle thoroughly ignored my saber. Closely after that, my central forehead ached. Then, I felt dizzy and lost my consciousness!"
After hearing Su Haimei's description, Zhang Tie finally knew the situation where Ji Yuelan sent the half message to him. True love could be checked in crises. When Zhang Tie realized that Ji Yuelan was still worrying about him in such a critical situation, he felt complex at a stroke.
'No matter what, I have to save all the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect this time.' Zhang Tie made a decision.
Golden-Soul Rune Virus could be barely defended. It could almost ignore any defense and strike of immortal generals, which was similar to that of thunder of nirvana. No wonder the entire Ying Clan's castle had completely collapsed in only a few minutes.
"Oh, how are the common servants and guardians of Ying Clan's castle?" Su Haimei hurriedly asked Zhang Tie.
"Besides the 27 immortal generals which were caught on this airboat, all the other living beings in the castle had been killed, even chicken and dogs…" Zhang Tie replied lightly. After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Su Haimei's face turned completely pale as she burst into tears at once…
Chapter 1761: The Cause of the Ruin
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
As a person who had survived mountains of corpses and seas of blood, Zhang Tie sympathized and took pity on the tragedy in Ying Clan's castle very much. However, Zhang Tie was not shocked by such an accident as he had seen something much more terrifying than that.
However, those people or elders of Yin-Yang Sect being involved felt pretty sad when they saw their own set being destroyed and their disciples and relatives being killed. It was definitely a tragedy in their lives.
Zhang Tie understood Su Haimei's mood at this moment very much. Therefore, he kept silent when he saw her dropping tears.
To be honest, Yin-Yang Sect was really dogged by bad luck and suffering many a setback. After one of its branches was destroyed by Force Emperor, the remains of Yin-Yang Sect were chased by Force Emperor Immortal Palace across the globe. After the survivors of Yin-Yang Sect got a firm foothold in Redmountain City, they were raided by these quirky immortal generals in black robe. As a result, all the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect were caught alive. Few sects could be as tragic as Yin-Yang Sect.
After almost 5 minutes, Su Haimei gradually stopped weeping.
In a short period of time, Su Haimei was venting her grief. Meanwhile, she was thinking about the current situation facing the survivors of Yin-Yang Sect——now that this "Donder" has already witnessed the catastrophe facing Ying Clan's castle and discovered over 20 immortal generals in the tiny castle as well as being able to enter this airboat secretly, he perhaps have long learned that the others and I belong to Yin-Yang Sect. I didn't tell him the truth immediately out of this concern when I woke up. Now that the situation that Yin-Yang Sect faces couldn't be worse, it seems that I don't need to cover it anymore. Perhaps the slim chance of survival of Yin-Yang Sect is in the hand of "Donder". If I continue to keep the secret, it might arouse an adverse effect as Donder might feel being estranged. And then, he might not help us anymore.
When she thought about that, Su Haimei a grand elder of Yin-Yang Sect stopped weeping. After gritting her teeth, she told Zhang Tie about the truth.
"To tell the truth, all the captives here are immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect. The remains of Yin-Yang Sect have to hide in Redmountain City to survive ourselves while being chased across the world by Force Emperor Immortal Palace. Although there're many gossips about us, Yin-Yang Sect as a whole never did anything that was against reason and nature. I wonder whether you would save us after knowing our real identity, senior."
Zhang Tie's cultivation base was unfathomable. When being checked, Su Haimei had already known that Zhang Tie's cultivation base was above her as a wind immortal general. Plus Zhang Tie's experienced face, Su Haimei directly called him senior.
Zhang Tie praised Su Haimei's fast response inside. It required her great wisdom, braveness and superb judgment to be sober-minded and unveil the real identity of her group at such a critical moment. Additionally, she woke up first among them. All these indicated a high cultivation base. It seemed that the remains of Yin-Yang Sect indeed had superb intelligence as they could hide in the territory of Force Emperor Immortal Palace while being chased by Force Emperor Immortal Palace over these years.
"Yin-Yang Sect is not my enemy. I'm not biased about Yin-Yang Sect. Additionally, I'm not familiar with Force Emperor Immortal Palace. Furthermore, those immortal generals in black robe outside used quirky and vicious tricks and did evil things secretly. I know they're from an evil force. Therefore, I will try my best to help you. However, the quirky virus that you've been affected has not appeared in Motian Realm before. I can't help you for the time being. We need to work out a solution!"
"Senior, I Su Haimei appreciate you so much on behalf of all the others of Yin-Yang Sect. If Yin-Yang Sect could survive this catastrophe, you will be our greatest savior. Yin-Yang Sect as a whole will never forget you!"
"Forgot about it. Let's think about how to help you out of the predicament…"
"Oh, senior, you said they've caught 27 immortal generals in total. Did one of us escape away?" Su Haimei asked as she looked around. At the same time, she got a glimmer of hope, saying, "She's almost as old as me in green skirt. Senior, have you seen her?"
Being poker-faced, Zhang Tie asked, "You mean Xue Yuxiu?"
After hearing Xue Yuxiu's name, Su Haimei instantly became a bit thrilled as she answered, "Yea, yea, yea, it's her. Did she escape? You've seen her, senior?"
"Hehhehheh, she's not escaped. She's also on the airboat!"
Su Haimei became confused, and said, "Ah? Is younger sister Xue locked in other room or being interrogated?"
"Hehhehheh, that woman is free. When you and the others of Yin-Yang Sect were captured, I saw her boarding the airboat with those immortal generals in black robe…"
"Ah…" Su Haimei became petrified as she looked into Zhang Tie's eyes in an unbelievable manner, "Senior…senior…are you sure…"
"That woman is on the side of those immortal generals in black robe. Just now, she was enjoying sex with that immortal general in robe who led the team to slaughter the base of Yin-Yang Sect last night in a room above…"
"Impossible…impossible…younger sister Xue is not that kind of person. She's not that kind of person. She could never do that…impossible…" Su Haimei shook her head as she refused to believe Zhang Tie in a complex mood.
At this moment, Zhang Tie suddenly turned around and took a look outside. Then, he told Su Haimei, "You will soon know whether your younger sister Xue is that kind of person or not…" Zhang Tie said as he slowly retreated into the shadow of the room, adding, "Remember, don't expose to anyone else that I'm here. If something uncontrollable happens, I could leave here; however, you will be in danger…"
Right under the gaze of Su Haimei, Zhang Tie who had been in the shadow of the room gradually turned transparent. Finally, he directly disappeared as if he had never been here, leaving no trace at all.
"Invisible shen bead…" Su Himei couldn't help uttering. Just now she wondered how Zhang Tie could board the airboat with those immortal generals in black robe secretly. At the sight of this scene, she instantly understood it. Meanwhile, she got a bit of confidence in Zhang Tie.
"Remember, we still have an opportunity. It's not the right moment to fight them. After a short while, you'd better check out the virus that you've been affected by your younger sister Xue so that I could work out a solution for you!" Zhang Tie's voice still appeared in Su Haimei's ears clearly although he had already disappeared.
Su Haimei still didn't believe that younger sister Xue could behave like what Zhang Tie had described. However, Zhang Tie confirmed it confidently. Therefore, she just watched the hatch door with a complex mood…
…
"Grand Justice Qian gave me the key. He's already allowed me to take a look here…" In a green skirt, Xue Yuxiu the grand elder of Yin-Yang Sect said with an enchanting expression as she passed by the two immortal generals in black robe under their gaze and swayed with willowy motions towards the room where the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect were prisoned, a key in hand.
When she passed by the two immortal generals in black robe, she even winked at them on purpose. As a result, the two immortal generals in black robe kept gazing at her wriggling butts under her longuette and kept swallowing their saliva. Not until Xue Yuxiu got past the tunnel did they move their eyes away.
With a creak, the door of the room where all the female immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect were prisoned was opened. Under the shocked and distressed gaze of Su Haimei, Xue Yuxiu entered it with a smile as he saw Su Haimei who was watching her.
After closing the door, Xue Yuxiu smoothed out the hair at her temples with fingers before revealing a smile at Su Haimei. After that, she walked towards Su Haimei, saying, "Elder sister Su, your cultivation base is the highest among us. You've mastered the "all flowers bloom together" skill of Three Lives Sutrabetter than us. You're the most diligent one and has the greatest spiritual energy among us. I know you've already woken up. Therefore, I especially came here to see you…"
"Young sister Xue…why…why it's you…" Su Haimei asked with a distressed and unbelievable look.
"Right, it's indeed me. Now that elder sister Su has already known it, I will not cover it anymore. Right, those immortal generals in black robe were indeed fetched by me!" after throwing a look at Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin who were still in a coma, Xue Yuxiu said calmly, "I've informed them the moment I knew that Yuelan and Ruoxin came back to our base with No-Hatred Tortoise!"
"Why? As a member of Yin-Yang Sect, why did you do that?"
"Hahaha, elder sister Su, don't ask me why. Elder sister Su, don't you know that?" Xue Yuxiu suddenly giggled lightly. Gradually, she started to laugh hysterically. In guffaws, she dropped off tears as she explained, "The incumbent head of Yin-Yang Sect should be elder brother Luo; instead of Ying Canghai. How could Ying Canghai match elder brother Luo? However, Ying Canghai became the head of Yin-Yang Sect while elder brother Luo has died, leaving nothing anymore. Elder sister Su, don't you know why I did that?"
"I know you deeply loved elder brother Luo since young and were going to be partners in cultivation. However, elder brother Luo was discovered by the elder of Force Emperor Immortal Palace. He couldn't escape and was finally killed…"
"Really?" Xue Yuxiu continued to laugh out crazily as she asked, "If so, why is Ying Canghai still alive who executed the task together with elder brother Luo? His cultivation base and intelligence could never match that of elder brother Luo. But why could he survive and become the head of Yin-Yang Sect; instead of elder brother Luo…"
"There's always an accident!"
"I also thought it was an accident before…" Xue Yuxiu smiled desolately, saying, "But elder sister Su, I realized it later that the reason why the elder of Force Emperor Immortal Palace knew the whereabouts of elder brother Luo lay in that he received a secret letter. Someone leaked the whereabouts of elder brother Luo in the letter. At that time, elder brother Luo was with Ying Canghai. Therefore, Ying Canghai was the only one who knew the whereabouts of elder brother Luo. Finally, when the elder of Force Emperor Immortal Palace arrived, Ying Canghai had long disappeared. As a result, elder brother Luo could only fight to death, leaving nothing at all. The position of the head of Yin-Yang Sect should belong to elder brother Luo. I will help elder brother Luo take it back from Ying Canghai. I will let Ying Canghai lose everything, including his family…"
Zhang Tie finally understood why this woman colluded with outsiders and betrayed Yin-Yang Sect without a bottom line. It seemed that the cause of the ruin had been set many years ago. In this world, nothing could be more dreadful than a woman who was determined to take revenge for her beloved man full of hatred…
After hearing Xue Yuxiu's words, Su Haimei closed her eyes with a sharp grievance as she dropped off her tears once again, asking, "Do you want the entire Yin-Yang Sect to sacrifice for the death of elder brother Luo?"
Chapter 1762: Information
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"Not exactly. I only want Ying Canghai to die. As for the rest of Yin-Yang Sect, I'm actually providing you a bright way. Elder Sister Su, you will not need to hide from one place to another due to fear soon!" Xue Yuxiu gradually stopped her crazy guffaws as her face turned icy.
"As we're of the same sect, if you really think for us, let us go!"
"Elder Sister Su, are you kidding me? Even if I let you go, do you think you could escape…" Xue Yuxiu let out a sigh as she continued, "To tell you the truth, you've been poisoned by a bizarre virus, the Golden-Soul Rune Virus. Besides His Majesty, nobody else in the world could detoxify it for you. Elder Sister Su, don't you feel that you're losing your battle strength? That got to be the effect of Golden-Soul Rune Virus. Even if you could escape away, if not attend the sacred sacrifice in half a month, all of you will die as Golden-Soul Rune Virus will blow up your brains!"
"Sacred Sacrifice?"
"Hmm, sacred sacrifice. I will preside over your sacred sacrifice. After that, you will become my subordinates. When His Majesty leads us to wipe out the entire Motian Realm and tread Force Emperor Immortal Palace and other immortal palaces underfoot, I will establish Yin-Yang Sect again. By then, Elder Sister Su, I will show you the power of Yin-Yang Sect. We would not be afraid of anybody; nor would we be chased by anybody…"
"Younger Sister Xue, do you think that the rest of Yin-Yang Sect would allow you to do that?"
"Hahaha, Elder Sister Su, you don't know the power of Golden-Soul Rune Virus at all. After the sacred sacrifice, you would not say that. By then, you would do whatever I tell you to do voluntarily!" Xue Yuxiu said as she walked two steps forward and came to the front of a beauty in blue who was still in a coma beside Su Haimei. As she raised her jaw lightly, Xue Yuxiu revealed a vicious look, saying, "By then, even if I have Younger Sister Hua take off her clothes in front of Ying Canghai and look after other men and have her sleep with tens of thousands of men, she would do it obediently. Didn't Ying Canghai want to be the head of Yin-Yang Sect by every means he could? By then, I will see how he would feel when his wife and daughter could be f*cked by any man in this world."
After hearing her icy and vicious words, Zhang Tie couldn't stand to quiver once all over. 'This woman is going to torture Ying Canghai to death.'
"Younger Sister Xue, you were not such a kind of person…" Su Haimei gazed at Xue Yuxiu with deep hatred and resentment, saying, "You still have time to regret…"
"Regret? How? Elder Sister Su, do you know how much have I paid for today? I couldn't regret any more!" Xue Yuxiu turned around as she watched Su Haimei, continuing, "Among this batch of sisters, you're the one I admire the most, Elder Sister Su. If not the head of Yin-Yang Sect has to be selected from the Yang branch according to the regulation, you were the most qualified one to be the head of Yin-Yang Sect closely after Brother Luo. Ying Canghai couldn't catch up with you without receiving the enlightenment of the elders fortunately as the head of Yin-Yang Sect. I came down here not for your forgiveness; instead, I want to spare an opportunity for you. Even if you got to receive the sacred sacrifice, I hope you could understand me and assist me sincerely. In the future, when I establish Yin-Yang Sect again, I will let you be the head of Yin-Yang Sect. Additionally, Elder Sister Su, I know you're still a virgin. As long as you could help me sincerely, I promise you that I will never let other men touch you…"
"You've already unveiled the Three Lives No-Hatred Secret Method of Yin-Yang Sect to outsiders?"
With a disdainful sneer, Xue Yuxiu replied, "Hoho, I'm living in hatred every minute. The Three-Lives No-Hatred Secret Method is meaningless for me. As His Majesty favors Yin-Yang Sect, besides enabling so many immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect to serve His Majesty, why not present the Three Lives No-Hatred Secret Method to His Majesty?"
"What about those disciples of Yin-Yang Sect in Ying Clan's castle? What did you do to them?"
Su Haimei asked Xue Yuxiu with a fluke mind as she wanted to confirm whether Zhang Tie's words were true or not.
"Now that those people were loyal to Ying Canghai, just let them die for him…"
"Xue Yuxiu…you're too vicious…" Su Haimei gazed at this woman deadly. The simple change of her appellation of Xue Yuxiu revealed how much Su Haimei hated the latter.
"Elder Sister Su, your temperament remains unchanged…" Xue Yuxiu sneered as she threw a glance at Jiang Ruoxin on Su Haimei's side who was still in a coma, warning her, "Ruoxin is your disciple. You treat her as your own daughter. Even if you don't think for yourself, you should at least think for Ruoxin. As there're still a few days left for the sacred sacrifice. I will not force you to do that. You could calm down in this period of time…"
'I've not imagined that Su Haimei is Jiang Ruoxin's master.' Zhang Tie murmured inside, 'It seems that Jiang Ruoxin's temperament is closely related to her master.'
"Ask her about the background of 'His Majesty'"
When Su Haimei prepared to keep silent, she suddenly heard Zhang Tie's voice.
"I've got one question. As you've treaded the dignity of Force Emperor Immortal Palace underfoot by raiding Redmountain City, doesn't 'His Majesty" fear about offending Force Emperor Immortal Palace? If Force Emperor came after you, the remains of Yin-Yang Sect would be wiped out for sure. Don't you realize that your blueprint would be ruined like soap bubbles? The 'His Majesty' in your mouth would soon be killed by Force Emperor!"
"Hahaha, although Force Emperor is an immortal emperor, I'm afraid that he still couldn't match His Majesty…" Xue Yuxiu said as she raised her head arrogantly, "After a few days, when the entire Motian Realm is toppled over, Elder Sister Su, you will know the power of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. As there're too many immortal palaces in Motian Realm, His Majesty said that the others don't have to exist at all…"
"How unscrupulous he is!"
"It depends on his power. Even though Yin-Yang Sect have so many immortal generals, how long have you resisted us? Elder Sister Su, what do you feel would immortal generals of other immortal palaces do facing our raids? Elder Sister Su, you'd better consider it carefully."
After saying these words, Xue Yuxiu turned around and opened the door before leaving there decisively.
After Xue Yuxiu left there for 2 minutes, Zhang Tie reappeared in front of Su Haimei with a pretty solemn look…
Chapter 1763: Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Zhang Tie learned a lot of information from Xue Yuxiu.
After hearing that, Zhang Tie gradually aborted his plan of helping the captives of Yin-Yang Sect to escape away before slowly working out a solution to detoxify Golden-Soul Rune Virus for them.
This also proved Zhang Tie's speculation——"His Majesty" would never let those being affected by Golden-Soul Rune Virus escape away. Even if he killed all the crew of the airboat and saved them, if these people didn't receive the sacred sacrifice in half a month, they would die for sure.
Additionally, these immortal generals in black robe belonged to Dark Emperor Immortal Palace which Zhang Tie had not heard at all. He didn't know anything about it. However, given their style, they were definitely not good people. According to Xue Yuxiu, "His Majesty" of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace was higher than that of Force Emperor. Zhang Tie didn't know whether it was true or not. According to Zhang Tie's knowledge, immortal emperors were the most powerful ones in this world. However, he knew all the immortal emperors in Motian Realm. Additionally, a sage-level knight couldn't become an immortal emperor without having a large population and accumulating some mysterious power. However, this Dark Emperor Immortal Palace was unknown. He had not heard about it at all. 'Who's that immortal emperor then?'
Zhang Tie got 3 possible explanations: First, "His Majesty" had blazed a new trail to promote to an immortal emperor being different than that selected by other sage-level knights. Second, Xue Yuxiu was boasting. Actually, "His Majesty" couldn't defeat Force Emperor at all. Third, that "His Majesty" was another identity of a known immortal emperor in Motian Realm.
He was uncertain which was true for the time being; however, there was one point that Zhang Tie was sure that there were "His Honors" being closely subordinate to "His Majesty". Now that "His Honor" could subdue Xue Yuxiu who was a water immortal general and Grand Justice Qian who was a fire immortal general and won the admiration from two people, he probably was a supreme immortal general. As "His Majesty" was above "His Honors", he should have a terrifying power even if he was not an immortal emperor.
'It seems to be the prelude that Dark Emperor Immortal Palace wants to arouse chaos in Motian Realm by conquering Yin-Yang Sect…'
'I wonder how many immortal generals have been subdued by the Golden-Soul Rune Virus of "His Majesty" in the past 7 months before Yin-Yang Sect was wiped out.'
'F*ck, I really hit the jackpot this time.'
'It also proves that my choice of changing my look is correct. No matter how big trouble I arouse, I would never have the "weak" Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace involved in it for the time being.'
A lot of whims occurred in Zhang Tie's mind.
"What's the Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra of Yin-Yang Sect? It might be the target of these people." Zhang Tie asked Su Haimei with a solemn look.
Zhang Tie felt Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra was the major reason for Yin-Yang Sect to suffer from such a tragedy. As for the old stories between Xue Yuxiu and Ying Canghai, it's just an excuse of those people. Xue Yuxiu was a qualified mole; however, a mole was decisive in a major event.
Su Haimei gritted her teeth. On this occasion, it was meaningless for her to continue keeping the top-secret from this person in front of her. "The Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra of Yin-Yang Sect combines the features of water and fire. If two people who cultivate Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra with the same cultivation base work together, they could impart one's cultivation base and chakras to the third person through enlightenment so that the third person could light his chakras rapidly and become a power within a short period of time. Besides…" Su Haimei's face flushed. After one second's silence, she continued, "A woman who cultivates Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra could facilitate the opponent's battle qi, spiritual energy and body and improve the opponent's cultivation base while making love with a man in the method of improving yang with yin…"
'Oh, I see.' Zhang Tie realized that the effect of Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra was similar to the positive "Purgatory Samsara Method", which could transfer one's cultivation base to the other one through enlightenment. 'What a powerful secret method! The method of improving yang with yin is marvelous too. A man could enhance his cultivation base by making love with a woman. Every man likes it. No wonder "His Majesty" would subdue Yin-Yang Sect. If he masters this secret method, plus Golden-Soul Rune Virus, Dark Emperor Immortal Palace could indeed control immortal generals effectively.'
'Meanwhile, it means that these immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect might face a very miserable fate in the future. I don't know how would those men of Yin-Yang Sect live, I'm afraid that these women are similar to comfort women in Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. The precious stone lands its innocent possessor in jail!'
"Does the person who receives enlightenment need to cultivate Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra?"
"If the person receiving enlightenment is cultivating Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra, he could absorb the complete chakras of the opponent. For instance, a fire immortal general could transfer his whole cultivation base to a fierce immortal general in the extreme, enabling the fierce immortal general to promote all the way to a fire immortal general. If the person who receives enlightenment doesn't cultivate Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra, he could at most absorb 70% of the cultivation base of the opponent…"
"That's great…" Zhang Tie sincerely praised it. In Motian Realm, there was a myriad of secret skills and methods. Although Purgatory Samsara Method was pretty powerful, at least the Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra dwarfed Purgatory Samsara Method in the efficiency of producing knights.
"Although Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra is powerful, very few people could have a chance to receive the cultivation base of a high-level immortal general in Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra even in Yin-Yang Sect over the past hundreds of years. Generally, only heads are qualified to enjoy it when the high-level elders of Yin-Yang Sect are going to die naturally or due to heavy wounds. The conditions for receiving another high-level immortal general's cultivation base are pretty rigid. Only heads and elders in Yin-Yang Sect know this secret. Since the forebear of Yin-Yang Sect founded it, this secret has not been exposed to the public. Unexpectedly, alas, perhaps this is the fate of Yin-Yang Sect…" Su Haimei sighed.
"Don't worry, I will not leak it to the third person except you and me…"
Su Haimei revealed a bitter smile as she looked bleak, saying, "Senior, I'm afraid that this secret will not be kept anymore; even if you don't say it, the others will leak it. Many more forces would like to catch the remains of Yin-Yang Sect from then on. I'm afraid that Yin-Yang Sect will never have a peaceful life in the future. Senior, I've got a request. Please help me…"
"Go ahead!"
"Senior, if you couldn't help the captives of Yin-Yang Sect escape away before the rite of sacred sacrifice, please kill us. If the remaining ones from Yin-Yang Sect really deteriorate to that step to become others' puppet slaves, we prefer death so as to maintain the last bit of dignity of Yin-Yang Sect…"
After taking a serious look at this woman, Zhang Tie nodded, saying, "Don't worry. If I couldn't save you, I will never let you suffer humiliation alive!"
"Thanks, senior. However, we could die, but the Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra shouldn't be taken away by us as it carries the universal laws of the world. Otherwise, we would be guilty. Senior, I will tell you about the Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra right now. If you encounter some decent people in the future, please impart this sutra to them. By doing this, our Yin-Yang Sect will last forever…"
To be honest, this woman was even more heroic than men. Zhang Tie admired her pretty much. 'No wonder Xue Yuxiu admires her.'
Zhang Tie nodded. Su Haimei then told the entire Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra to Zhang Tie.
Su Haimei had long mastered the Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra. After no-hatred tortoise returned to Yin-Yang Sect, all the other grand elders of Yin-Yang Sect had already grasped it through common study last night.
In this way, Zhang Tie got the fundamental secret method of Yin-Yang Sect through Su Haimei.
After Su Haimei imparted Three Lives No-Hatred Sutra to Zhang Tie orally, the airboat finally arrived at its destination after over 10 hours' flight.
"Trust me, I will not leave you. Every cloud has a silver lining. I wonder how will they hold the rite of sacred sacrifice. I will work out a solution to save you…"
Watching those immortal generals in black robe and that Grand Justice Qian walking towards the bilges where the captives of Yin-Yang Sect were in, Zhang Tie left some words to Su Haimei before disappearing into the dark of the room quietly again.
Watching Zhang Tie disappearing again and hearing his promise, Su Haimei gradually became composed as if she had got hope and didn't fear too much anymore…
…
The air feather-class airboat had been declining and slowing down. When it reached below the clouds from above them, the outline of a strange and prosperous city gradually became evident in the sunlight…
Chapter 1764: Destination
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Being larger and much more prosperous than Heavenly Square City, this city looked very magnificent. From the sky, the entire city was covered with continuous rows of houses. Besides the airboat where Zhang Tie was in, many other airboats were landing or taking off at the airport outside this city.
In the center of this city, there was a high mountain. The urban complex extended all the way to the foot of the mountain from dozens of miles away.
On the top of the mountain, there was another scene——a huge castle featured by Motian Realm was overlooking the entire city. There was a huge red triangular flag swaying in the air above the castle, marked with a golden character "Si!".
This character implied the status of the ruler of this city.
When the air feather-class airboat penetrated through the clouds and approached the huge castle under the gaze of a row of soldiers in shiny outfits standing on the top of the tower gate, a general waved his blue flag for twice over there. Closely after that, a 100-m long metal gate slowly opened on the hillside, exposing the berths for airboats inside the hinterland of the mountain.
Their airboat didn't park in the airport outside the city; instead, after descending to a certain height, it slowly entered the hinterland of the mountain.
Of course, outsiders couldn't see these people getting off this airboat. It seemed that they had done a great job in confidentiality.
It required them great comprehensive strength to empty the hinterland of a mountain and build berths for airboats inside there. Additionally, this castle was full of heavily guarded armored soldiers; especially the top of the city wall and tower gate which were standing denser armored guards. Besides, two teams of people in metal wings were patrolling in the sky. Such a layout and magnificent look was much greater than that of Zi Clan in Heavenly Square City. If this city was a bit larger and had a bit more immortal generals, it could almost match Dragon Emperor City.
Even though Zhang Tie was hiding in the airboat, he could still see through everything outside using his lotus-flower eyes. At the sight of that mountain and the castle, Zhang Tie had known that it might be Cyandragon Palace of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace as was mentioned by the Grand Justice You.
Of course, this was the secret identity of this place. Superficially, this place had another identity. Only after taking a look at it and recalling the route and distance all the way here, Zhang Tie immediately knew where he was.
——Cyan Lotus City in the Woods Medium-sized Domain.
Woods Medium-sized Domain was among the vast human territory in the north of Nine Heavens Big Domain. It had prosperous commerce. As a famous clan in Woods Medium-sized Domain. Si Clan occupied 1/4 of the territory of Woods Medium-sized Domain with its base in Cyan Lotus City.
Undoubtedly, Si Clan in Woods Medium-sized Domain was the force of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace.
When the airboat parked in the hinterland of the mountain, the gate of the castle was closed. It was brightly lit in the hinterland of the mountain. Armored soldiers could be seen everywhere. The moment the hatch door at the bottom of the airboat was opened, a team of armored soldiers rushed into the airboat at once.
At this moment, the two bilges had already been opened while Grand Justice Qian and Xue Yuxiu were watching some immortal generals in black robe taking the captives of Yin-Yang Sect out of there.
Only two captives had already woken up, Su Haimei and Ying Canghai.
Ying Canghai was taken out first.
With a gloomy look, Ying Canghai had lost his battle strength too. When he was taken out of the bilge and caught sight of Xue Yuxiu who was standing outside the door, Ying Canghai instantly changed his face as he started to exclaim out of fury, "Sister Xue, why? Why are you staying with these people…"
"Ying Canghai, you must have not imagined about it!" Xue Yuxiu watched Ying Canghai full of hatred, sneering, "You still don't know why I'm standing here? How could such an idiot become the head of Yin-Yang Sect? That's ridiculous. I'm afraid that you only know how to betray your fellow apprentice…"
Ying Canghai changed his face at once. After struggling a bit, he exclaimed, "What are you talking about? When did I betray my fellow apprentice…"
Xue Yuxiu watched him calmly, saying, "Don't be such loud, nobody would like to listen to your argument and watch your performance anymore. If you want a performance, I could arrange Younger Sister Hua and your daughter to make a splendid performance for you…"
The cruelty and hatred of Xue Yuqiu's words made Ying Canghai shudder all over. No matter what methods did this man adopt to be the head of Yin-Yang Sect, he really cared about his wife and daughter. Glaring at Xue Yuxiu with bloody eyes, he roared hysterically, "Xue Yuxiu, you're a traitor. You can torture me if you want. But if you dare hurt my wife and daughter, I would never let you go even being a ghost…"
"Hoho, of course, I will torture you. As for whether I dare hurt your wife and daughter or not, you will see it…"
Ying Canghai still wanted to struggle; however, Grand Justice Qian on his side waved his hand impatiently, saying, "Take them away and put them in the heavenly jail, one cell for one person. Take care of them. I don't want to see any problem with them…"
Ying Canghai was then taken away from the airboat, closely followed by the other immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect in that bilge and those female immortal generals in another.
When Su Haimei was taken out of there, she took a look at Xue Yuxiu and Qian Changqing silently. Qian Changqing glanced over Su Haimei as a bizarre light flashed across his eyes.
"This woman belongs to me. If you dare touch her without my consent, I will never let you be able to touch any woman for the rest of your life. You could try…" Xue Yuxiu watched Grand Justice Qian in an amorous way as her words sounded pretty icy.
After hearing Xue Yuxiu's warning, Grand Justice Qian moved his eyes away from Su Haimei. After that, he took a deep look at Xue Yuxiu. Xue Yuxiu didn't fear about looking straight into his eyes at all. After looking at each other for a few seconds, the two people turned around at the same time.
Only after a short while, all the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect had been taken away from the airboat.
Xue Yuxiu and the other immortal generals in black robe then got off the airboat…
Chapter 1765: In the Dungeon
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"My respects to you, Grand Justice Qian, Elder Xue…"
A middle-aged slightly fat person who looked shrewd and able with a walrus mustache was welcoming Grand Justice Qian, Xue Yuxiu and those immortal generals in black robe who got off the airboat with two rows of guardians.
"General Manager Si, we've been waiting for you for so long!" Although this person was not an immortal general given his qi, even Xue Yuxiu nodded towards him politely. Grand Justice Qian also warned him politely, "All the immortal generals we carry back are from Yin-Yang Sect. His Honor favors them very much. We've been preparing for this action for a long time. General Manager Si, please take care of them in case of any trouble!"
"Don't worry, Grand Justice Qian, as long as they've arrived here, they could only follow my order no matter how great they are!" General Manager Si said confidently with a smile.
"That's great. Has His Honor come back?" Grand Justice Qian asked General Manager Si.
"His Honor and Grand Justice You have gone to the Dark Valley. However, His Honor has expressed that Grand Justice Qian will be in charge of all the affairs in the castle these days. If you need any help, please let me know!"
Qian Changqing took a look at Xue Yuxiu with a smile as he said, "General Manager Si, please prepare the sacrificial altar for us. When those people wake up, Elder Xue and I will hold the rite of sacred sacrifice!"
"Those people should be able to wake up in a couple of days. Let them rest for one day. After they slightly recover and adapt to the Golden-Soul Rune Virus, it would be easier for us to hold sacred sacrifice for them. Grand Justice Qian, how about holding the rite of sacred sacrifice in 3 days?"
"Fine, I'll take your advice. Thank you for the preparation, General Manager Si!"
"It's my pleasure!"
"Oh, General Manager Si, those female immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect are mine. They will be greatly useful to His Honor in the future. I know General Manager Si has some special hobby. But I don't hope any of them to have an accident or be harassed before the sacred sacrifice. Am I clear, General Manager Si?"
As a light flashed across his eyes, General Manager Si hurriedly smirked, answering, "Clear, clear. Elder Xue, don't worry. I could control myself…"
After leaving some words to this general manager, Qian Changqing and Xue Yuxiu left there with the other immortal generals in black robe.
Qian Changqing, Xue Yuxiu and the other immortal generals in black robe walked upwards along the tunnel while the general manager walked downward along the tunnel with his guardians.
However, none of them realized that Zhang Tie was gazing at them not far from them just now.
Zhang Tie saw Grand Justice Qian's team off. Seeing General Manager Si walking downward along the tunnel, Zhang Tie instantly moved and followed them up silently.
As for Zhang Tie, this general manager appeared timely. Zhang Tie was thinking about reading the memories of some immortal generals so as to check out the background of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. Right then, General Manager Si appeared. Additionally, given the contents of the talk between General Manager Si and Grand Justice Qian, this guy should be a "senior" of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace who must know a lot of secret information. What was more, this General Manager Si knew the process of the rite of sacred sacrifice.
A guy below immortal general who knew a lot of secrets! Zhang Tie felt he was simply a gift from God.
It seemed that General Manager Si was taking his guardians towards the dungeon beneath the hinterland of the mountain.
There were coarse rocks across the hinterland and on both sides of the underground tunnel, on which were altar lamps. On the way, Zhang Tie saw guardians everywhere. Additionally, there were some passes, which were all heavily guarded by fierce immortal generals and some inferior guardians.
General Manager got past everywhere smoothly. Therefore, Zhang Tie followed him all the way to the dungeon like an invisible specter without even touching the ground.
When Zhang Tie was invisible, even high-level knights couldn't find him, not to mention these low-level immortal generals and immortal soldiers.
The dungeon was beneath the hinterland. As fewer altar lamps were placed here, it looked a bit gloomy. The moment Zhang Tie entered the dungeon, he had smelt a bloody and stinky odor which combined moisture.
The moment General Manager Si came to the dungeon, a grim person who looked like a head hurriedly ran over here to be his guide.
There were hundreds of cells in the dungeon, large or small. It was an illegal jail with complete facilities. Although the dungeon was set beneath the hinterland, it contained a lot of forbidden facilities. As a result, outsiders could barely find this place. Additionally, those prisoners could barely escape out of here.
The immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect were not lonely here; because the greater part of the cells was occupied. There were all kinds of prisoners here, male or female, old or young; some in shabby clothes; some in noble costumes. The only commonplace among these people was that many of them were so scared that they even huddled up in a corner of their cell and shuddered all over at the sight of General Manager Si; especially some women who even exclaimed in fear.
General Manager Si was very satisfied with such an effect. Like patrolling his own territory, when he checked each pale face and watched them shudder their bodies, he couldn't help laughing out loudly.
"Let me go, you b*stards and sons of b*tches. Do you know who I am? If you dare stir up, I tell you, you're dead! You're dead. If my dad knows that you dare drugged me and locked me here, he will definitely grind your bones to powder. Let me go…"
A playboy at his 20's in noble costume instantly rushed to the bars and cursed the person who came over here as he heard the footsteps.
Given his costume and look, this young man might have just come here. He should not have suffered any hardship.
General Manager Si threw an icy glance at the young man who was roaring in his cell out of fury. Closely after that, he turned around and asked the officer beside him, "Who's he? Why didn't I see him last time?"
"General Manager, this person is the young master of Han Clan in Cattlehead Mountain. He's just been sent here by the subordinates of Grand Justice Qian at the order of Grand Justice You. In a few days, when the subordinates of Grand Justice You subdue Han Clan and Grand Justice You comes back, he will make a sacred sacrifice for this guy. After that, this guy will be sent back. From then on, Cattlehead Mountain will belong to us…"
"Hmm, now that it's arranged by Grand Justice You, I will say nothing about that. But this guy is really noisy. Let him taste the nailed bed for a couple of days so that he could be obedient. Attention, do not let him die…"
"Yes, yes, don't worry about that, General Manager Si…" the officer replied as he made a hand gesture. Some tough guys immediately opened the door of the cell and caught that young master of Han Clan out of there like catching a chick. After that, they drew him towards the chamber of punishment.
"What are you doing? Hurry, let me go. Let me go…" The young master of Han Clan struggled in vain as he swore.
The shadows of the chilling instruments of torture reflected by the flames onto the wall. The moment the young master of Han Clan was drawn into the chamber of punishment, he had uttered an earth-shaking miserable shriek as he almost turned hoarse.
Zhang Tie took a look over there as he found the so-called nailed bed was indeed an iron bed being covered with nails, which were neither long nor dense. The nails on the surface of the bed were less than 3 cm. The moment the young master of Han Clan's limbs and head were fixed onto the bed, he uttered a miserable shriek as many nails prodded into his back and chest, causing his chest and back full of blood. The more he struggled, the more pain he felt.
Those nails would not kill him; instead, they would bring him sharp pains, great fear and despair.
However, it was not over. When the young master of Han Clan was shrieking miserably, a hot-red furnace was moved under the nailed bed, heating up the nails gradually. As a result, the young master of Han Clan's voice instantly turned hoarse as if he was wailing like a ghost…
Chapter 1766: Control
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Such instruments of torture and methods really got one's hackles up. It was nothing different than those guards in the hell who used to torture people. Even though Zhang Tie had seen the world, it was also his first time to see them.
Humans were taken as animals or meat on the instruments. In this way, besides physical pains, their spirits would also be tortured. After shrieking miserably for a few seconds, the young master of Han Clan had passed out because of sharp pains and deep fear.
However, General Manager Si, that director of the prison, the guards even the executioners had been accustomed to it as they didn't have any emotional lability at all.
The filth and darkness here were far out of Zhang Tie's imagination.
"General Manager Si, are you here for those female immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect?" The director of the dungeon bowed in front of General Manager Si as if he didn't hear the miserable shrieks reverberating around the dungeon. With faint flattery and obscene smile, he revealed his dark yellow teeth which looked like that of scavengers, saying, "When those people were brought here, I found that all the female immortal generals were hot. Some of them even have nice figures. General Manager Si, you must like them. If you want to play with them, I will have people make an arrangement for you…"
"Hmm, not bad. You still remember my likes!" General Manager Si said as he patted the director's shoulder and took a favorable look at him, saying, "Although I've not promoted to an immortal general yet, I like when those female immortal generals kneel down and wail in front of me very much, hahaha…but these female immortal generals are a bit special. As I've been requested to take care of them by His Honor and Elder Xue, I cannot deal with it if there's any problem with them. You shall warn your subordinates to be careful. If Elder Xue loses her temper, you will lose your life. Even I cannot help you then…"
"I know. I know. I appreciate your warning, General Manager Si…" the director replied as his heart raced. Meanwhile, his idea aborted at once. He then nodded with a serious look.
As they talked, the director had already led General Manager Si into the area where the immortal generals of Yin-Yang were locked up.
There were totally 27 cells here, one for one. Males and females were isolated. These cells were firmer and more confined than those for people below immortal generals. Additionally, these cells had better conditions. Despite being a bit dark, there were also beddings and sanitary facilities in these cells. A narrow iron door could completely isolate them from the tunnel. There were only two small windows on the iron door, one for people to look in, the other for people to pass food.
Those guards had just taken the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect down here and locked them in independent cells.
"27 in total?"
"Yea, 27 immortal generals in total…"
"Keep a close eye on them. Keep them safe and sound. These people are gonna attend sacred sacrifice in 3 days…"
"Don't worry, General Manager Si!"
"Where is the female immortal general of Yin-Yang Sect who has just woken up?"
After hearing his words, the director became hesitant for a second before behaving like seeing the light suddenly, "Here, here, do you want to "check" here, General Manager Si? Come on, please come with me…"
After coming to the door of a cell, the director took out a key and opened the door. Closely after that, he exchanged glances with the other guards before staying outside the door. General Manager Si entered it. Closely after that, the door was closed from outside.
It was Su Haimei who was inside this cell.
Although she had already lost her battle strength, Su Haimei was still in shackles which were connected to a capstan inside the room by iron chains. The capstan could be manipulated from outside the iron door.
After entering the room, General Manager Si started to watch Su Haimei greedily as he flushed. Before he moved, those people outside the door had already revolved the capstan. Only after a short while, Su Haimei had been fixed onto the wall by the iron chains.
"Who are you? What do you want…" Watching General Manager Si's greedy eyes, Su Haimei felt a bit fear instinctively as she screamed and struggled forcefully in the room.
After hearing the screams, the director and the other guards revealed an obscene smile at the same time as if it was not the first time for them to hear such a sound.
'F*ck, is this guy going to do that to Su Haimei now? He's really audacious!'
Zhang Tie followed General Manager Si into the cell. Watching his performance, Zhang Tie determined to stop this guy if he really wanted to do something to Su Haimei at this moment even though it was not the right moment. However, if Zhang Tie did something here, he might be discovered by those right outside the door.
"Don't worry. I'm with you. He cannot hurt you…" watching Su Haimei's pale and panic-stricken face, Zhang Tie told Su Haimei secretly.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Su Haimei became slightly reassured; however, she was still watching General Manager Si who was approaching her with alert.
"Hehhehheh, be quiet. I won't touch you. Elder Xue has requested me to specially take care of you. Of course, I will not touch you…" General Manager Si smirked as he came to the side of Su Haimei. He didn't touch Su Haimei; instead, he moved his head close to Su Haimei's neck. After sniffing heavily for a short while, he revealed an intoxicated look, saying, "Fragrant. That's really fragrant. This must be the fragrance of virgin…" After saying that, he moved his head close to Su Haimei's armpit as he sniffed greedily for another time. At the same time, given his expression, he felt as sprightly as a fairy.
Su Haimei felt goosebumps all over.
"No wonder His Honor favors you. Female immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect are indeed special…" As he extolled, General Manager Si was only 3 cm away from Su Haimie as he sniffed again. This time, he almost wanted to sniff Su Haimei as a whole.
In the following 2 minutes, General Manager Si drooled and sniffed Su Haimei's body from head to toe like a dog in terms of standing, lying and kneeling.
What happened in the room made Zhang Tie petrified. He had not imagined that General Manager Si could be such a pervert. He indeed had not touched her; however, he sniffed her all over. After being hesitant for 2 seconds, Zhang Tie's thought of stopping General Manager Si at the risk of disclosing himself to the public finally aborted. This guy, after all, just sniffed her, which was a bit disgusting.
As Su Haimei was clear that Zhang Tie was by her side, her face turned pale and red alternatively facing such a pervert.
After sniffing her for 2 minutes, General Manager Si finally stood up satisfactorily. Licking his lips, he watched Su Haimei and said, "You're mine sooner or later…"
Su Haimei disdainfully glared at him as if he was a mangy dog…
"Hehheh, I like how you look at me. Let's see it. One day, I will force you to kneel down and look after me. Let's see how an ugly toad like me will eat wild swans like you…"
After saying these words, General Manager Si opened the door and walked out.
"Ah, General Manager Si, why…" Those guys, who were smiling obscenely, were startled by General Manager Si's short stay in the cell.
General Manager Si had already regained his composure. After taking a look at the director, he said, "This woman is a bit special. I was just checking her simply in case of any loophole…"
"Yea, yea, yea. You're really working hard…" The director made a response at once.
"Okay, loosen the capstan…"
…
After looking around the dungeon, General Manager Si left it and returned to the hinterland where the airboat was parked. After that, he returned to the castle above the ground.
General Manager Si revealed a faint smile the moment he came back to the ground and saw the sunshine as if he was in a mask. Being utterly different than the evil and gloomy guy underground, he was now a real general butler of a major clan. After coming back to his office, he started to handle the daily affairs of the castle. He was in charge of the daily needs of over 10,000 people in the castle, the distribution of servants, capital and materials. 7 butlers were assisting him.
However, General Manager Si didn't know that someone was keeping a close eye on every movement of his.
Like a fierce tiger who was waiting to hunt its prey, Zhang Tie was waiting for an opportunity.
After General Manager Si coped with the trifles inside the castle, it was almost dark. The castle also gradually became quiet.
General Manager had someone sent his supper to his office. After finishing supper, he took a short rest. After that, he returned to his private residence accompanied by two guards.
General Manager Si's private residence was an independent courtyard on the hillside in the west of the castle. It was only 5 minutes' walk from his office building to his private residence.
The courtyard was full of flowers' fragrance and babbles of pretty poetic spring water. When General Manager Si arrived, the gate of the courtyard had already been opened while two beautiful maids in thin silk were kneeling down outside the gate by one leg, welcoming him back.
The two maids wore too less. As a result, their body parts were looming in silk. After coming to the gate of his private residence, the two guards turned about and watched outside without even peeping at the two maids.
"General Manager, you're back…"
After hearing their tender voice, General Manager Si replied with "Hmm" as he raised his arms.
The two maids instantly got up. One of them helped him take off his clothes while the other closed the gate before turning about and helping him take off his shoes and socks. After taking off his clothes, they pulled General Manager Si into a bathroom. They had a bath together with him.
It seemed to be the necessary step when General Manager Si returned to his private residence…
"Let's see it. One day, I will force you to kneel down and look after me…"
Lying on a jade bed in the bathtub, he looked at the roof while Su Haimei's image flashed by his mind. As he murmured, his white fat floated on the water.
General Manager Si was not an immortal general; therefore, his greatest hobby was to subdue female immortal generals. Everyone who was familiar with him knew his hobby.
The two maids started to move in the water…
…
One hour later, General Manager Si waved his hands as the two maids left his bathtub, then the bathroom.
Being a bit fatigued, General Manager Si had a nap in the bathtub, being completely relaxed.
When he closed his eyes, Zhang Tie showed up on the edge of his bathtub being opposite to his face. Closely after that, Zhang Tie pointed at General Manager Si's central forehead by finger. In a split second, General Manager Si's consciousness was submerged in Zhang Tie's spiritual energy with the brand of the soul-reading secret skill of Bloody Soul Sutra …
Chapter 1767: Reading Memory
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
As steam was rolling in the bathtub, General Manager was lying on the jade bed while Zhang Tie was sitting in the air at the head of the bed, legs crossed, pointing at the forehead of General Manager Si by one finger.
The gestures of the two people looked strange. This scene was a bit quirky. Meanwhile, more steam suddenly rose up from the bathtub as they completely covered Zhang Tie and General Manager Si. Even if someone pushed open the door and stood at the door at this moment, they could still not see clearly what happened in the bathroom.
Zhang Tie's spiritual energy had already covered the entire courtyard. Just now, the two maids had already been controlled by Zhang Tie by a secret method in the room next to the bathroom. Therefore, nobody would disturb Zhang Tie's action at all.
Like what Zhang Tie had speculated, this General Manager Si indeed had been controlled by His Honor or His Majesty.
When Zhang Tie's spiritual energy entered General Manager Si's mind sea, he instantly discovered a complete puppet worm composed of Golden-Soul Rune Virus over there, which was as same as that of Ji Yuelan. This also proved Zhang Tie's speculation——a senior Golden-Soul Rune Virus could also take effect in the mind sea of low-level immortal generals or immortal soldiers.
If there was a real puppet worm in the brains of General Manager Si, Zhang Tie's soul-reading skill would be useless no matter how high Zhang Tie had reached its realm; because it indicated that the brains of General Manager Si had already died. However, the puppet worm in the mind sea of General Manager Si was simulated by runes and he was still sober-minded and even desired for women. Therefore, Zhang Tie wanted to see whether his soul-reading skill could work on people under immortal generals being affected by Golden-Soul Rune Virus or not.
The fact was that it worked.
As Zhang Tie ran his spiritual energy, the life experience of General Manager Si started to flash in Zhang Tie's mind like a three-dimensional animation. Everything about General Manager Si including his senses, memories, feelings and experience became open to Zhang Tie.
In a split second, astronomical information had been transferred to Zhang Tie's mind from the head of General Manager Si, including faces and scenes in memories. Zhang Tie then became clear about the Dark Emperor Immortal Palace or this castle in a split second.
The nest of Si Clan in Cyan Lotus City of the Woods Medium-sized Domain was Cyan Dragon Palace.
General Manager Si didn't know who was "His Majesty" of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. He only knew about the existence of this person. However, General Manager Si was very familiar with "His Honor" who ruled Cyan Dragon Palace because "His Honor" was Si Dan the father of Si Hongen the incumbent head of Si Clan. In Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, Si Dan's official title was His Honor Cyan Dragon.
Si Dan the His Honor Cyan Dragon had already promoted to a sage-level knight. However, Si Clan didn't expose it to the public. In the official announcements that Si Clan made to the public over these years, Si Dan was described as a wind immortal general who liked to travel across the world freely without a fixed residence. He always wanted to explore the secrets in Mountain Ruins so as to glorify the ancestors of Si Clan. Across the Woods Medium-sized Domain, nobody knew that the father of Si Hongen had already promoted to a supreme immortal general.
All the people surnamed Si across Woods Medium-sized Domain belonged to Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. The young generation of Si Clan might not know the relationship between Si Clan and Dark Emperor Immortal Palace; however, all the immortal generals in Si Clan were clear about that. Many loyal servants of Si Clan also knew that although they were not immortal generals. Those who didn't know the truth for the time being had been dispatched to places far away from Cyan Lotus City under secret observation. As long as there were good opportunities, they would be called back to join Dark Emperor Immortal Palace officially.
Over these years, the captives of Yin-Yang Sect were not the only batch of immortal generals being abducted and brought here. In the past, many immortal generals had been locked in the dungeon of Si Clan, male or female, old or young.
A few years ago, "His Majesty" even requested Cyan Dragon Palace to send him a batch of alive immortal generals to him for each period of time. "His Majesty" seemed to be making experiments with these live immortal generals.
Consecutively for a few years, hundreds of immortal generals had been abducted by Si Clan, most of them were humans, including immortal generals who left the territories of their own immortal palaces for cultivation, immortal generals who came from clans or small sects and independent immortal generals. Most of these captives probably had already died.
Motian Realm was full of complex forces and immortal generals. Humans and demons were fighting each other which would usually cause casualties. Additionally, many immortal generals' whereabouts were quirky. Besides, some immortal generals always entered secluded cultivation for a long period of time. Due to such a complex situation, nobody could count how many immortal generals would disappear each year. Therefore, Si Clan won an opportunity to abduct immortal generals.
Some immortal generals were independent who would not be discovered even if they died. Even if some immortal generals were found missing, nobody would link it with Si Clan; instead, they would think those immortal generals who had disappeared might have been killed by demons or were in dangerous places in Motian Realm.
Over these years, Si Clan had been doing such a job smoothly. Superficially, Si Clan was a major clan in the Woods Medium-sized Domain. In fact, Woods Medium-sized Domain was like a gang's base. Besides immortal generals, they even abducted people under immortal generals from many clans, business groups and small sects. After taking them here, they would use various means such as coercion, intimidation, lure by the promise of gain, murder, eradication of weeds and roots, fostering puppets and seizing the others' territories. As a result, Si Clan realized a crazy expansion in Woods Medium-sized Domain and among some medium-sized and small domains and regions near Woods Medium-sized Domain. The hidden force of Si Clan was dozens of times greater than that it exposed to the public.
As the representative force of Cyan Dragon Palace, a branch of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, the real territory of Cyan Dragon Palace under the control of Si Clan had long caught up with that of the supreme immortal palace.
Especially in the late half a year, as "His Majesty" developed a new Golden-Soul Rune Virus, more and more immortal generals were abducted by Si Clan and Cyan Dragon Palace. After making the sacred sacrifice for these captives and turning all of them into the followers of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, the overall strength of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace would expand sharply.
As of now, Cyan Dragon Palace had already controlled over 600 immortal generals…
General Manager Si indeed knew a lot of secrets. Although he was not qualified to touch the most confidential information of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, as he was born in Si Clan with exceptional ability and deeply won the favor of His Honor Cyan Dragon, General Manager Si could almost see through everything in Cyan Dragon Palace. What he knew about Cyan Dragon Palace and Dark Emperor Immortal Palace shocked Zhang Tie too much.
Cyan Dragon Palace was not the only branch of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. General Manager Si once heard from His Honor Cyan Dragon that the entire Dark Emperor Immortal Palace was composed of Cyan Dragon Palace, White Tiger Palace, Rosefinch Palace and Tortoisnake 1 Palace, which were respectively in east, west, south and north with equal power…
Chapter 1768: The Part under the Tip of the Iceberg
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Zhang Tie had seen the great force of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace beneath the tip of the iceberg through the memory of General Manager Si.
Each of the four palaces being affiliated to Dark Emperor Immortal Palace had their own His Honor. Besides His Honor Cyan Dragon, there were also His Honor White Tiger, His Honor Rosefinch and His Honor Tortoisnake.
As His Honor Cyan Dragon was already a supreme immortal general or sage-level knight, Zhang Tie estimated that the other three should also be supreme immortal generals. Such a high-level combination could almost match Force Emperor Immortal Palace, Star Emperor Immortal Palace and defeat any supreme immortal general-level immortal palace.
Among the four His Honors, besides His Honor Cyan Dragon, Zhang Tie got nothing about the other three His Honors and palaces under Dark Emperor Immortal Palace through the memory of General Manager Si.
Undoubtedly, only powers on the level of immortal emperors could subdue four sage-level knights. Zhang Tie's speculation was verified once again.
This information put strong stress on Zhang Tie.
As long as Zhang Tei thought that such a terrifying "monster" was hiding among humans across Motian Realm, he would feel like smelling the coming storm facing Motian Realm. "His Majesty" didn't establish a Dark Emperor Immortal Palace for fun.
Of course, Zhang Tie discovered the existence of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace by accident. However, even though he had not discovered it, he could also learn it through the memory of General Manager Si that this terrifying and powerful secret organization was already not unwilling to lurk here anymore as it kept expanding territory; instead, it wanted to expose itself to the public.
The two grand justices of Cyan Dragon Palace Qian Changqing and You Zhongshu were both fire immortal generals.
General Manager Si didn't know how many powers were in the other three palaces either. However, according to the number of powers of Cyan Dragon Palace, Zhang Tie estimated that the other three palaces of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace should have as many powers as that in Cyan Dragon Palace. The difference between them should not be sharp even if there was. Therefore, the personnel system of the entire Dark Emperor Immortal Palace became transparent to Zhang Tie.
Dark Emperor Immortal Palace was affiliated to 4 palaces, namely Cyan Dragon Palace, White Tiger Palace, Rosefinch Palace and Tortoisnake Palace. Each of palace was headed by 1 His Honor, 2 grand justices who were both fire immortal generals or semi-sage level knights and a lot of elders directly appointed by His Honor who were respectively responsible for different things. Elders were water or wind immortal generals. Plus Xue Yuxiu, Cyan Dragon Palace had five elders including 4 water immortal generals and 1 wind immortal general.
Even though the elders of each palace were not included, the top powers of this Dark Emperor Immortal Palace also included 1 immortal emperor, 4 sage-level knights and 8 semi-sage level knights…
Such a great power shuddered Zhang Tie for a short while. 'F*ck, it is almost equal to the total strength of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, Heavens Holding Pavilion and Qionglou Pavilion.
Before long, Zhang Tie couldn't even defeat any of the top three sects in Taixia Country. At that time, he was almost overwhelmed by them. However, even though Zhang Tie had already promoted to a heavenly knight now, he still didn't have any confidence to win Dark Emperor Immortal Palace which was even more powerful than the total of the three top sects in Taixia Country.
Zhang Tie felt that he could easily kill a semi-sage level knight; however, it was still very difficult for him to defeat a sage-level knight.
At the terrifying high speed of divine dominator, Zhang Tie could easily escape away from a sage-level knight; however, even if the sage-level knight didn't use any golden secret item or aiding strength, Zhang Tie could still barely defeat a sage-level knight by butting heads with the each other. If he could escape at full speed, a sage-level knight might not be able to catch up with him. Therefore, Zhang Tie could at most go to deuce with a sage-level knight. Although this result was much better than that of the battle above Yinhai Desert, Zhang Tie still couldn't guarantee that he would escape away if being besieged by 2 or 3 sage-level knights.
After generally figuring out the background of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, Zhang Tie realized that it was a wise decision for him to not have Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace involve in this action by changing his look. If someone should be the scapegoat for this action, just let it be Donder who actually existed in Taixia Country.
After receiving this key information, Zhang Tie soon got the information about "sacred sacrifice" that he was concerned about the most.
The sacred sacrifice would be held in the sacrificial altar of Cyan Dragon Palace, which was a large-scale rune array which Zhang Tie didn't understand.
As General Manager Si had already arranged and watched sacred sacrifice for a few times, he was crystal clear about the process of sacred sacrifice.
The entire process of sacred sacrifice was divided into three steps.
First, bring the sober-minded immortal generals to the sacrificial altar.
Second, lead Golden-Soul Runed Virus out of their mind sea and have it resonate with the sacrificial altar.
Third, let Golden-Soul Rune Virus recognize its owner by returning to the mind sea of those immortal generals. When those immortal generals woke up again after a second, this process of sacred sacrifice would be completed.
Zhang Tie carefully analyzed each detail and scene in the memory of General Manager Si so as to discover something available. After studying them for quite a while, Zhang Tie finally realized that he could only do something in the third step of the process. Namely, he could only save the captives of Yin-Yang Sect in the third step of the process when Golden-Soul Rune Virus recognized its owner.
In the first step of the process, Zhang Tie didn't have any chance. As the second step was completely dominated by Grand Justice Qian and Xue Yuxiu, Zhang Tie couldn't complete it without mastering their special secret method. If he took the captives away before they completed their sacred sacrifice, it would be as useless as taking them away from the airboat on the way here. In a few days, all the remaining immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect might die.
As General Manager Si was not an immortal general, he couldn't host the rite of sacred sacrifice; neither did he know how to apply the secret method that could resonate with Golden-Soul Rune Virus.
The step of having Golden-Soul Runed Virus recognize its owner was most important in the whole process of sacred sacrifice. The most important detail in this step was that Grand Justice Qian and Xue Yuxiu should have a drop of their blood integrate with the Golden-Soul Rune Virus of those captives.
According to what His Honor Cyan Dragon told General Manager Si, the drop of blood would determine who the Golden-Soul Rune Virus in the mind sea of the captive would recognize as their owner and who would be under control. If that drop of blood came from the immortal general himself who was affected by the Golden-Soul Rune Virus, the virus would be detoxified.
After pondering it carefully, Zhang Tie finally found that there might be only one way left for him to save the captives of Yin-Yang Sect. However, the moment he did it, Grand Justice Qian and Xue Yuxiu would find it in an instant. Therefore, a fierce battle would be inevitable closely after that.
Fortunately, Grand Justice Qian was the most powerful one in Cyan Dragon Palace at that time, as long as Zhang Tie could move fast enough, he would definitely escape away after destroying Cyan Dragon Palace and detoxifying the captives of Yin-Yang Sect…
Zhang Tie felt it was a perfect plan!
Chapter 1769: Changing Looks Once Again
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Puppet worms and the parent worm could sense each other; especially when one of them was dead.
As Zhang Tie didn't know whether the controller of the Golden-Soul Rune Virus in the head of General Manager Si could sense the change of the Golden-Soul Rune Virus, Zhang Tie didn't kill General Manager Si in case of alerting the enemy; instead, after thinking twice, he paralyzed General Manager Si by a secret method, surviving him by taking away his resistance.
Zhang Tie then dragged General Manager Si out of the bathtub.
Watching this slightly fat person, Zhang Tie took off his own clothes and became naked. After that, he triggered his body-changing immortal bloodline to gradually change his frame all over.
Only after a short while, Zhang Tie had turned into another General Manager Si from the super handsome "Donder", including the thumb-sized birthmark on his inner thigh. Everybody would believe that he was General Manager Si.
Zhang Tie had already taken all the memory of General Manager Si, including the dark, abnormal and brutal part in his life experience and the relationship between him and the other people in Cyan Dragon Palace. Therefore, Zhang Tie was General Manager Si.
After becoming General Manager Si, Zhang Tie looked into the mirror in the bathroom as he revealed a smile which the other high-level immortal generals thought was modest, murmuring, "Brother Si, I appreciate you for the sacred sacrifice of the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect!" Zhang Tie said in a bit hoarse voice as he had not fully changed his voice; his voice lacked the smooth sense of fat people.
After saying that, Zhang Tie coughed twice as he stroked his throat, changing the expression and patting his chest, answering, "Don't worry, I will make it!"
This time, Zhang Tie's voice became as same as that of General Manager Si's.
After changing his looks and voice, Zhang Tie put on the clothes which had absorbed the fragrance of lavenders. After that, he grasped General Manager Si's neck like grasping a chick or a rabbit as he entered the cella of the courtyard from the side door of the bathroom.
At this moment, the entire courtyard was covered by Zhang Tie's spiritual energy. The two maids were also under Zhang Tie's control. Therefore, Zhang Tie could do whatever he wanted in the room.
Although General Manager Si was not an immortal general, he was only over 100 surging points left from being an immortal general. There was also a backroom for cultivation in General Manager Si's courtyard. Being beneath one room, the backroom was very private. Only General Manager Si could access to it. Even the two maids couldn't access it.
After passing through some rooms, Zhang Tie entered the underground backroom as he dropped General Manager Si into a cabinet of the backroom. After closing the cabinet, he left the back room and closed the door from outside.
If Castle of Black Iron was available, Zhang Tie could directly teleport General Manager Si into Castle of Black Iron. However, he couldn't access it; besides, he might alert the enemy by killing General Manager Si. Given the current situation, it should be okay for him to close a person who had lost his resistance into his own backroom for 3 days. Even if Zhang Tie left him alone there, he should not die due to hunger or cold in such a short period of time.
Given General Manager Si's high position in this castle, nobody dared break in his courtyard and backroom out of no reason, even the grand justice and the elders of Cyan Dragon Palace.
3 days later, as long as Zhang Tie saved the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect, General Manager Si could die at any time. Because Zhang Tie had already left a "bomb" in his mind sea, which was an unavoidable fatal secret skill ofBloody Soul Sutra especially for killing people below knights.
After returning to his bedroom, Zhang Tie sat on his bed and clapped his hands. Closely after that, the two maids came in with a bowl of aromatic soup.
"General Manager, we've just made your favorite nourishing decoction. Please enjoy it…"
When one maid spoke, the other maid had already scooped up a spoonful of soup. After blowing it slightly, she put it close to Zhang Tie's mouth.
This was what General Manager Si always did after returning to his courtyard. Zhang Tie just followed his lifestyle. Being served by the two beautiful maids, Zhang Tie drank up the bowl of toad nourishing decoction. After that, he let the two maids leave his bedroom. Then, he went to bed alone and didn't get up until daybreak.
General Manage Si was very skeptic. One decade ago, a woman who had lived with him for 2 years wanted to kill him by a pair of scissors in the midnight when he fell asleep. From then on, General Manager Si started to sleep alone; instead of sleeping with any woman. As for him, women were just a tool for him to vent his sexual desires. As long as he fell asleep, he would never allow any woman to stay on his side.
Even the bowl and spoon that he used to drink the toad nourishing decoction were able to test poison. The two maids couldn't poison his food and drinks even if they wanted to.
It saved a lot of trouble for Zhang Tie by not having to sleep with two women.
…
On the second day, Zhang Tie got up as usual. Served by the two maids, he washed his face and rinsed his mouth, put on his clothes and finished his breakfast. After that, he left his courtyard and came to the public office building where he started to listen to reports and deal with trivial matters in the castle. After finishing all these, it was already noon. Zhang Tie then took a look around in the dungeon.
1 day later, 21 of the 27 immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect had already woken up, including Jiang Ruoxin and Ji Yuelan. Only 6 of them were still in a coma.
However, all the people who had woken up were very weak. Additionally, they were all put behind bars. Zhang Tie didn't clarify his real identity to Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin; instead, he just let the guards take good care of them for the sake of sacred sacrifice.
In the afternoon, Zhang Tie dispatched some people to receive necessities for the sacred sacrifice from the warehouse in the castle.
Besides the secret method, this sacred sacrifice also needed a rarity called Heavenly-Soul Incense. It could help Grand Justice Qian and Xue Yuxiu to accomplish the process of owner-recognition of Golden-Soul Rune Virus after lightening up.
Zhang Tie did his own job diligently and conscientiously for General Manager Si which didn't arouse anyone's doubt.
One day later, all the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect had become sober-minded.
3 days passed, which meant the start of the sacred sacrifice…
Chapter 1770: The Coming Sacred Sacrifice
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect were going to receive the sacred sacrifice on March 23rd, the 3586th year of Emperor NvWa's calendar.
Soon after the sun came out, Zhang Tie had left "his" courtyard, when he saw two attendants of General Manager Si and an immortal general in black robe being subject to Qian Changqin waiting for him outside the courtyard with full respects.
"General Manager Si, Grand Justice Qian sent me to ask you whether you've prepared well for the sacred sacrifice!"
The immortal general in black robe treated "General Manager Si" very politely. Although General Manager Si was not an immortal general, everyone across the castle knew that he would definitely promote to an immortal general in the future. Additionally, General Manager Si deeply won the favor of His Honor. Such a person would definitely have a bright future in Cyan Dragon Palace. Of course, nobody in the palace dared neglect him.
Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he said in the voice of General Manager Si, "Please tell Grand Justice Qian, I've already prepared well the sacrificial altar. We can hold the sacred sacrifice in the sacrificial altar in 1 hour!"
"Okay, I will report to Grand Justice Qian right now!"
The immortal general in black robe then left.
After being silent for a second at the door of the courtyard, Zhang Tie told an attendant on his side, "Tell Elder Xue that we will hold the sacred sacrifice in the sacrificial altar in 1 hour!"
"Yes, sir!" that attendant replied as he trotted away under Zhang Tie's gaze.
Zhang Tie then took in a deep breath as he looked up at the sky. Today, the weather in Cyan Lotus City of Woods Medium-sized Domain was pretty fine. In the early morning, it had been cloudless over the sky. The entire castle was as normal as usual.
'Hope it stays like this even after an hour!'
Zhang Tie mumbled inside as he walked towards the dungeon in the hinterland of the mountain.
As Grand Justice Qian was worried about having more troubles if it lasted long, he dispatched people here to ask "General Manager Si" in the early morning. This was what Zhang Tie expected. In fact, Zhang Tie wished to hold the sacred sacrifice as soon as possible so that he could save the captives of Yin-Yang Sect a bit earlier. Over these two days when he was in the castle, everything was smooth. Nobody had found that he was fake General Manager Si. However, he would have loopholes sooner or later which would cause more problems.
Cyan Dragon City was definitely full of elites and powers. Zhang Tie shouldn't stay here too long. He preferred to deal with it when the most part of the top powers of Cyan Dragon Palace was absent.
Of course, Zhang Tie didn't behave perfectly over the past 3 days.
Take the two maids in the courtyard of General Manager Si as an instance, although they continued to serve him under his control over the past 2 days, Zhang Tie didn't touch them at all. When Zhang Tie was taking a bath, the two maids were just under hypnosis. They thought that General Manager Si was touching them; actually, they were wrong.
Zhang Tie had no other means but do that. He was not hypocritical or kept his integrity; instead, the two maids were destined to serve men with their sex. They were probably forced to do that here at the beginning; later on, they gradually admitted that they were destined to do that.
On this occasion, of course, Zhang Tie would not tell them the truth; otherwise, Zhang Tie himself and the captives of Yin-Yang Sect would face greater risks. Additionally, he couldn't escape with the two common women or bring them back to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace which would bring trouble to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Neither could he teleport them into Castle of Black Iron and let them start a new life there for the time being. He would never "consume" and "bully" the two poor women with the current identity as it was his bottom line. Therefore, Zhang Tie could only not have them involved in this event.
There were a lot of servants, maids, handymen, hired men, gardeners and some guards that were recruited from areas nearby Cyan Lotus City who didn't know anything about Dark Emperor Immortal Palace and the background of Si Clan like the two women in the castle. They didn't know the dark side of this castle at all. As for these people, they only knew that the castle was severely controlled. Everyone's whereabouts, jobs and words should comply with regulations. If they didn't follow the rules, they would receive severe punishment. All of them were behaving meticulously in the castle and dared not make a single mistake.
As for Si Clan, these people were decorations for outsiders. One of the duties of General Manager Si was to keep an eye on these people. If any one of them knew something that they shouldn't know, General Manager Si would let them disappear from this world silently whenever he wanted. Over these years, some servants had already disappeared from the castle after knowing something that they shouldn't have known.
After becoming General Manager Si, nobody knew clearer than Zhang Tie that not everyone in the castle deserved death. Actually, there were a lot of innocent people in this castle.
Because of these innocent people, Zhang Tie was not as relaxed as how he looked today. Actually, he felt pretty complex and contradictory.
As long as he saved the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect, the secret of this castle would be exposed to the public. Even if Zhang Tie didn't expose it to the public, he couldn't prevent the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect from doing that. Additionally, this battle might affect a wide area while many innocent people inside the castle would be involved. After that, the members of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace would not think these innocent people as reliable anymore. However, outsiders would think that these innocent people belonged to Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. If these innocent people continued to stay here after today, they were destined to die.
'Both the immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect and the innocent people in the castle are humans. When I save the 27 immortal generals of Yin-Yang Sect, I might cause the death of more innocent people in the castle. However, each human has the same life value and personality as they are all delivered and raised up by their parents. Nobody is more precious than the other. Although knights are more powerful than commoners, they are not more advanced than commoners. I don't have the right to determine the value of a person.'
As Zhang Tie was growing up in Blackhot City in grassroots class and had received a good education from his parents, plus his personal belief, he sympathized those innocent commoners in the castle pretty much. However, Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin were his friends who treated him well and loved him. He had to save them. Here came the paradox!
Zhang Tie was in a dilemma.
However, people had to face a similar situation in their lives. No matter how difficult and helpless it was, they had to make a decision. They had to try their utmost to do that so as to not feel regretful…
With such a paradox, Zhang Tie came to the dungeon. Unimaginably, the moment he entered the dungeon, he had been told that his "acquaintance" Zhou Baifei was already here who were interrogating two female immortal generals, Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin…