1905 - 1913
Chapter 1905: Sweeping Over Demons (VII)
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The aftermath of Zhang Tie's strike was also powerful. The powerful impact wave was even spreading towards all directions like billows, causing the ground to undulate like waves. Due to Zhang Tie's strike, the entire light curtain of Heavenly Ball was quivering heavily. At the same time, the barrier of the light curtain was undulating like ripples as though a tranquil pond was being blown up by a shell. Additionally, the ripples were spreading…
A huge pit whose diameter was over 20,000 m appeared on the ground where the huge rod struck. Additionally, Zhang Tie's strike had already touched the bottom of the light curtain over 200 m in depth in the pit and passed much energy onto the barrier through the rod. Therefore, it could cause such great shock. Besides, the huge pit was surrounded by a heavy purplish-red bloody mist being made of Versatile Demon Emperor's qi, blood, energy and prodigious elements.
Watching the qi beam rushing into the sky, many immortal generals and demon generals couldn't even believe their eyes.
Versatile Demon Emperor, an unrivaled powerhouse in Motian Realm was killed by Zhang Tie by slashing his huge rod three times.
It was not one-to-one combat, but combat between one person and the army of 100,000 demon generals and two demon emperors. However, in such a combat, Zhang Tie made something which he couldn't even imagine before——he crushed Versatile Demon Emperor who made humans restless among the army of 100,000 demons.
Watching the purplish-red qi beam rushing into the sky inside the light curtain of Heavenly Ball, even Star Emperor who was hitting the barrier revealed a faintly, fearful look.
'Zhang Tie could kill Versatile Demon Emperor by slashing his huge rod three times, what if he fought me?'
The shocking temporary silence and the temporary confusion of many humans and demons didn't disturb Zhang Tie's rhythm. Under the loud and sonorous song, Zhang Tie had killed Versatile Demon Emperor in an overwhelming way. Closely after that, a more impassioned song continued to drift from the qi beam left by late Versatile Demon Emperor.
As for all the demon generals and Blackmountain Demon Emperor, such a song had become a life-demanding spell and sound of death which even caused their souls to tremble.
"Men should never treasure their lives. We would maintain smiles even being killed by enemies. Despite scattering my intestines over the battlefield, I would not feel regretful accompanying with green weeds. Men should never shudder with fear. I will share a song with you: If we kill one living being, we're guilty; if we slaughter tens of thousands of enemies, we're heroes. If we could kill millions of enemies, we're heroes of heroes…"
While humming the song, Zhang Tie shot out the light beam left by Versatile Demon Emperor and rushed towards Blackmountain Demon Emperor.
Blackmountain Demon Emperor finally realized that it was wrong. If it continued to trap Zhang Tie in the light curtain of Heavenly Ball, it would definitely be killed by Zhang Tie. Then, all the other demon generals on the ground would be cleaned up.
'How many strikes could I stand in front of Zhang Tie's huge rod, 4 or 5?'
'I must fix this mistake myself even with my own flesh; otherwise, I have to fix it with my life.'
Watching Zhang Tie rushing towards it and the army of human immortal generals being such close to it, Blackmountain Demon Emperor finally gnashed its teeth and made the only correct decision today——he crumbed the Heavenly Ball by hand before escaping far away as fast as he could.
The barrier of Heavenly Ball broke apart in a split second. When they found that Blackmountain Demon Emperor was escaping far away instead of fighting with Zhang Tie, all those supreme-level demon generals immediately realized what they should do without receiving any order. They all exerted their full efforts to escape in all directions.
The fall of Versatile Demon Emperor had already destroyed the morale of the army of demons. However, the escape of Blackmountain Demon Emperor became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The army of demons collapsed like a mountain as all the demon generals were escaping in all directions.
On many occasions, whether you could survive or not on the battlefield was not related to your battle force; but your speed of escape.
"Go die…" Force Emperor instantly slashed his huge saber towards some demon generals. Only with the flash of a saber light, some hapless demon generals had been crushed into pieces.
The army of 100,000 human immortal generals swarmed towards their enemies with sonorous battle calls. At this moment, the big battle formation of demons had been in chaos. It was a rare heaven-sent opportunity. Even idiots knew that it was the best moment for beating drowning dogs and reaping their booties.
When the army of human immortal generals entered the barrier which had already disappeared, those vanguards instantly fell to the ground too. Watching this, all the human immortal generals became instantly flurried.
"Watch out, immortal generals couldn't fly in this region. Let's descend to the ground and keep a battle formation before rushing in the barrier!" an elder of an immortal palace exclaimed to stop all the other surging immortal generals behind him in case of trouble; otherwise, the big battle formation of human immortal generals might also collapse like that of demons.
In this air zone, after being affected by the battle skill of "fight" of Zhang Tie's Infinite King Roc Sutra , neither demons nor humans could fly. Therefore, all the human immortal generals hurriedly descended to the ground and rushed towards the demon generals who were fleeing away with sonorous battle calls.
The army of over 100,000 demon generals was retreating on the ground, closely followed by the army of over 100,000 human immortal generals. Such a scene had never happened in the history of the wars between humans and demons in Motian Realm. What a shocking thing!
To be honest, Zhang Tie had not imagined that Blackmountain Demon Emperor could be such decisive to escape. As a result, the entire army of demons would collapse after Versatile Demon Emperor was killed. Therefore, Zhang Tie's plan of sweeping over the army of 100,000 demons couldn't work anymore.
Blackmountain Demon Emperor was right in front of Zhang Tie. The demon emperor's speed of escape was really great. However, watching so many demons escaping in all directions like ants on the ground in such a flurried manner, Zhang Tie realized that it was a rare opportunity for beating such drowning dogs. If he missed it, it would be too pitiful.
'Well, I will make a killing spree today.'
Just now within the barrier of Heavenly Bead, Zhang Tie couldn't apply some battle skills. After Blackmountain Demon Emperor broke the barrier, he spared a chance for the army of demons to escape and allowed Zhang Tie to give full play to his ability.
Only by running his spirit for a few seconds, he had separated the two strands of energy from the void. Closely after that, a lightning bolt hit those demons in front of the escaping army of demons.
In a split second, a dazzling white light appeared on the ground like a hot sun. Under the white light and the heat waves, over 1,000 demon generals disappeared within 13 miles…
After a few more seconds, before the last light disappeared, those panic-stricken demons had seen another white light hitting an area with most demon generals over 30 miles away. As a result, over 1,000 demon generals vanished like smoke too…
Then, the 3rd white light, the 4th, the 5th… the 10th… the 20th…
White lights fell in the areas with the most demons one after another like judgment in the doomsday. Whenever a white light fell, few supreme-level demon generals within 13 miles could survive. All the others demon generals below supreme-level demon generals within those areas immediately vanished.
Although Blackmountain Demon Emperor was ahead of the demon army, it kept a close eye on Zhang Tie. When it saw those white lights, it could sense that they were aroused by Zhang Tie despite the other demon generals who didn't know what had happened. Such a battle skill was fatal to the big battle formation of demon generals. Those white lights directly destroyed the last bit of bravery of Blackmountain Demon Emperor. As a result, it instantly broke the tip of its tongue and escaped as fast as a lightning bolt.
Therefore, over 100,000 demon generals and one demon emperor were chased by Zhang Tie like stray dogs. All of them only thought about fleeing, leaving corpses over the region.
Demon generals' speeds were not slow. Additionally, soon after they escaped out of the scope of the Heavenly Bead for a few miles, all the demon generals had found that they got their flight ability back. They then became thrilled as they all flew in all directions like flies in the sky.
"Form the battle formation to block Zhang Tie…" Blackmountain Demon Emperor sent an order to those supreme-level demon generals who escaped at the highest speed among his subordinates in a flurried manner as it escaped as fast as a lightning bolt.
…
Facing Zhang Tie's huge rod strike, the battle formation of three iron-armored supreme-level demon generals instantly became ashes.
Only after such a short while, the distance between Blackmountain Demon Emperor and Zhang Tie had been over 70 miles more…
At this moment, a pair of golden wings of king roc appeared behind Zhang Tie. In a split second, Zhang Tie sped up again as he chased after Blackmountain Demon Emperor with his eyes on his target…
…
In the eyes of the army of human immortal generals, Force Emperor and Star Emperor, Zhang Tie chased after Blackmountain Demon Emperor in terms of golden light. In the blink of an eye, they had disappeared on the battlefield of Deities Plain.
Over 100,000 human immortal generals swarmed forward and crushed those escaping teams of demon generals easily. In the end, as demon generals were escaping in all directions, human immortal generals also couldn't maintain the formation of their army in order to chase these demons.
Those demon generals who had completely lost their morale only wanted to escape instead of fighting humans at all.
Over 100,000 human immortal generals chased those demon generals and made a killing spree. Half an hour later, human immortal generals had already chased the remains of demon generals out of Deities Plain…
Right then, a scarlet qi beam rushed into the sky tens of thousands of meters away from Deities Plain in the west, which faced the qi beam left by Versatile Demon Emperor above Deities Plain. The two qi beams didn't disperse for a long time…
All the human immortal generals became dumbfounded as they all watched the second qi beam as though they were witnessing a legend.
…
After a short while, a pair of golden feather wings flew over here, breaking the sky of Deities Plain before heading for Dragon Emperor Big Domain in the distance…
Chapter 1906: Leaving Dragon Emperor Pavilion
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
On July 28, the 3593rd year of Emperor NvWa's Calendar…
In Qianji Agency, Dragon Emperor City…
"I think we have to deal with those bandits in Brokenstars Sea. When His Majesty Grand Dragon Emperor was here, our immortal palace assigned airboats and immortal generals to patrol in Brokenstars Sea every month. Although Brokenstars Sea didn't belong to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, we could at least maintain the safety and stability in that region. At that time, there were no such bandits in Brokenstars Sea at all. Few airboats, merchants or travelers passing by Brokenstars Sea met accidents at that time…"
Elder Long Jiutian said as he took the cup of tea water and sipped it. Then, he took a look at the other three elders and continued with a faintly nostalgic look, "When I patrolled in Brokenstars Sea by airboat at that time, all the passing-by airboats would show their politeness to us when they saw the airboats of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace by hanging over the banner of etiquette. However, when Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace gradually lost the power to patrol in Brokenstars Sea, those bandits started to threaten those passing-by airboats. Now, Two Blackblood Sages and the other backbones of Blackblood Alliance had been cleaned up by His Majesty. Nobody could block us in Brokenstars Sea. Therefore, it's time for us to recover the routine to patrol in Brokenstars Sea…"
"I agree. Additionally, I think we can directly occupy the city that Blackblood Alliance built in Brokenstars Sea over these years and take it as the base of the airboat fleet of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace in Brokenstars Sea. It's reasonable for us to occupy it now. Nobody else would complain to us about doing that!" Ying Gucheng said at once.
"Yes!"
"I agree!"
Luo Yunshang and Hou Moyuan nodded too after thinking about it for a few seconds.
"Who's suitable to do that?" Elder Luo Yunshang asked.
"How about assigning Sui Bo who's dealing with the follow-up affairs of Blackblood Alliance in Dragonsea City? As a water immortal general, Sui Bo is always loyal to our immortal general. He's experienced and reserved. He could deal with those small fish and shrimps in Brokenstars Sea of Blackblood Alliance!"
"Good idea, we will assign Sui Bo there together with a team of immortal generals. After occupying that city, we will name it Pinghai City. Additionally, we will build another branch of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace inside the city!"
"Good!"
Only after a short talk, those elders had already reached an agreement on dealing with the remains of Blackblood Alliance in Brokenstars Sea. Then, they all nodded and sipped tea water with a smile.
At this moment, the assistant of Qianji Agency entered the hall with full spirits and glowing ruddy cheeks. After bowing towards those elders, he said with full respect, "Ji Li, the grand owner of Ji Clan in Huitian Medium-sized Domain, has come to Dragon Emperor City. He wants to pay a formal visit to His Majesty. Here are the letter and the list of gifts!" the assistant said as he put the two things on the desk between those elders.
Ji Clan was a major clan in Huitian Medium-sized Domain. Ji Li, the grand owner of Ji Clan, was also a prestigious supreme-level immortal general in Motian Realm. Huitian Medium-sized Domain was over 200,000 miles away from Dragon Emperor Big Domain. If these elders heard these words and experienced such an occasion one month ago, they would have been excited and felt hot blood rushing to their brains; but now, they had been numb about such occasions.
Over the past one month, the envoys and suzerains of two emperor-level immortal palaces, supreme-level immortal palaces and major clans and sects had been gathered at Dragon Emperor City. Even Tong Xuangui, the immortal lord of Five Elements Immortal Palace, was kneeling down outside Dragon Emperor's Pavilion to show his contrition. He had already been kneeling down there for over 20 days. It was hard for an immortal lord to be such humble in order to meet Zhang Tie. Who had ever seen such an occasion before? Who could imagine that Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace could recover its prosperity in Motian Realm one day?
Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace had reinvigorated so fast that those elders couldn't even adapt to it. However, they still formed a strong immunity to this change within a short period of time.
After taking a look at the letter and the list of gifts, Luo Yunshang put them back and said, "Arrange Ji Clan's representatives to settle in Heavenlywind Palace. Tell them that His Majesty is still in secluded cultivation and won't receive guests for the time being…"
After hearing Elder Luo Yunshang's words, the assistant of Qianji Agency left there.
All the envoys of Star Emperor Immortal Palace, Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Emperor NvWa's Palace were still waiting for Zhang Tie in Dragon Emperor City. Besides, the envoys of the other supreme-level immortal palaces, even immortal lords were also waiting in Dragon Emperor City. If Ji Li queued up, he might have to wait long. Even though Zhang Tie exited his backroom, he might not have time to meet the owner of Ji Clan in Huitian Medium-sized Domain.
"Which elder would like to meet the owner of Ji Clan in Heavenlywind Palace at night?" Luo Yunshang asked as she looked around the other elders.
"I will go there…" Ying Gucheng said.
It was almost impossible for Ji Li to meet Zhang Tie; however, out of courtesy, given the list of gifts that Ji Clan presented, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace should at least send one elder to pay a visit to him in Heavenlywind Palace and communicate with him so as to further enhance the relationship between two parties.
Over one month ago, there was only one assistant in Qianji Agency; but now the number of assistants had become five. Even so, they were still too busy in some cases.
After the assistant left there for less than a minute, another one had entered and reported another piece of news, "Those immortal generals and family members of Yun Clan who escaped away were discovered and caught by the owner of Firedragon Sect in Sands Region. They had been taken back to Dragon Emperor City under the escort of the owner of Firedragon Sect. The president of the Supervision Department is over there."
Pieces of good news arrived one after another. Everything was becoming better and better. Everything was vigorous. In the blink of an eye, the wanted circular delivered by Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace had already seen its effect. Those elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace started to understand the proverb that God helps those who help themselves.
"Sigh, if Elder Wang is still alive and could see the prosperity of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, he must be very happy." After that assistant left there, Elder Hou Moyuan heaved a deep sigh.
All the other elders became silent too.
"Elder Wang sacrificed for Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. His Majesty Dragon Emperor has already avenged Elder Wang's death in Deities Plain."
This might be the best form of comfort to the late.
"I wonder when will His Majesty finish his secluded cultivation this time…"
"Don't worry, Dragon Emperor Palace will inform us when His Majesty comes out…"
The Forbidden City was destroyed by Versatile Demon Emperor and had not been restored yet. After Zhang Tie came back, he immediately entered the backroom of Dragon Emperor Pavilion for secluded cultivation. It had been over one month. However, Zhang Tie still didn't come out of there; therefore, the entire Dragon Emperor City, even Motian Realm as a whole were gazing Dragon Emperor Pavilion…
That common park had gradually touched the nerves of everyone in Motian Realm.
…
When those elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace were in Qianji Agency, Zhang Tie who had exited the back room and came back to the ground with a bit pale look had lightly pushed open the door of Cangxin Pavilion and entered the courtyard leisurely.
The courtyard was fully under the bright sunshine in July. The pond of lotus flowers inside the courtyard was in full blossom. The fragrance of lotus flowers instantly attacked him. At the same time, some birds were twittering in the trees. The entire courtyard was full of vigor.
When he saw this courtyard and sniffed the air which contained various scents of flowers and grasses, Zhang Tie who had not seen such scenery for long really enjoyed it.
When Zhang Tie raised his hand, a bird capered into his palm and started to twitter cheerfully.
When Zhang Tie was playing with the bird and listening to what had happened in Dragon Emperor Palace over these days, he suddenly heard a human voice from aside.
"Your… Your Majesty…" Liu Meng stammered with wide eyes as he couldn't believe his eyes. After rubbing his eyes, he became ecstatic as his voice turned louder. When Zhang Tie wanted to ask him to lower his voice, Liu Meng's eyes turned red at once. Closely after that, he widely opened his mouth and started to scream like a loudspeaker. As a result, the entire Dragon Emperor Pavilion could hear his voice, "His Majesty has returned. His Majesty has returned…"
Chapter 1907: Reunion
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
The information that Zhang Tie had finished the secluded cultivation was a big event for everyone else, especially those members of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. As Liu Meng exclaimed, the entire Dragon Emperor City, even Motian Realm as a whole had known that news.
When the bird was still capering and twittering on Zhang Tie's hand, Long Jiutian, Ying Gucheng, Luo Yunshang, Hou Moyuan, Guan Minjun, Xue Zhongkai, Huang Baimei and the other three new presidents had already come to Dragon Emperor Pavilion.
After hearing the footsteps from outside the courtyard, Zhang Tie pouted his mouth toward the bird on his hand. Closely after that, he raised his hand and said with a smile, "Well, I got it. Many people came to Dragon Emperor City these days. There were many airboats in the sky. Some people even knelt outside the Dragon Emperor Pavilion for many days while being sun-scorched and rain-drenched without eating or drinking anything. They're not even afraid of being starved to death. That's what silly people usually do. You can go and play…"
After getting Zhang Tie's reward, the bird flapped its wings and capered off Zhang Tie's hand cheerfully. In the blink of an eye, it had flown out of the courtyard.
"Let elders and presidents go to Heavenlysafety Building…" Before that footstep entered the courtyard, Zhang Tie had talked to him. The footstep then stopped and left.
'This position of Dragon Emperor is too occupied… now that I'm the incumbent Dragon Emperor, of course, I cannot avoid something; especially that I've just done such an earthshaking thing in Nine Heavens Big Domain.' Zhang Tie muttered as he shook his head. After that, he left the courtyard for Heavenlysafety Building.
Outside this courtyard, Dragon Emperor Pavilion had long been covered with immortal generals on duty in each 3-5 steps. Watching Zhang Tie coming out of the courtyard, those immortal generals immediately straightened up their bodies as they all watched him pass by with great admiration and excitement. This man in front of them was not only the incumbent Dragon Emperor of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, but also a legend and the most revered and respected among humans in Motian Realm.
When he came to Heavenlysafety Building again, he found all the people inside Heavenlysafety Building were standing there and waiting for him. Those elders and presidents inside Heavenlysafety Building looked as thrilled as those immortal generals outside when they saw Zhang Tie again.
"Our respects to you, Your Majesty!"
Those elders bowed towards Zhang Tie deeply with great admiration, excitement and honor.
When he watched them in Heavenlysafety Building again, Zhang Tie felt a bit complex too. A few years ago, when he met these people in Heavenlysafety Building first, he played tricks to confine them as the new Dragon Emperor in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. But now, he didn't need to play any tricks anymore. His great battle force meant everything. At this moment, he became the real undisputed Dragon Emperor of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace.
Heavenlysafety Building remained unchanged. However, the Forbidden City had been destroyed. When he entered Heavenlysafety Building again, he found that most of the people inside there had been changed. Some had already been killed; someone had already sacrificed for Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace gloriously.
Zhang Tie became silent for a short while as he glanced over these faces. Then, he said calmly, "Sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After those elders and presidents sat down, Zhang Tie also walked to his throne. Watching Zhang Tie who looked such calm, those elders and presidents who were familiar with him felt that their Dragon Emperor was not the same Dragon Emperor a few years ago any more. This Dragon Emperor was really formidable. Nobody had any fluke mind to challenge his prestige.
"Where's Leng Manxue?" Zhang Tie asked Huang Baimei.
"I appreciate Your Majesty's concern for her. Leng Manxue has been in secluded cultivation for many years. She's trying to break through the 7 changes realm of shadow knight. I'm afraid that she will come out in 2 years…" Huang Baimei said with respect.
Compared to Zhang Tie, what Leng Manxue was doing was normal for all the immortal generals on the road of cultivation. Each scale and each change realm forward could only be acquired through hardships and lonely ascetic cultivation.
After knowing that Leng Manxue was still alive, Zhang Tie let out a deep sigh at once as he nodded and said, "Good, good, glad to know she's alive…" At the same time, he took out a vial of medicament from his portable medicament container. Under Zhang Tie's control, the vial of medicament floated to the front of Huang Baimei. Zhang Tie then said, "Here is a vial of regeneration medicament. After drinking it, you can get a new arm. Appreciate your hardwork over these years…"
After hearing Zhang Tei's words, all the others in the surroundings fixated onto that vial of odd medicament with amazement.
Some resources in Motian Realm were not as bountiful as those in that world where Zhang Tie was. For instance, there was no regeneration medicament in Motian Realm at all. Few people in Motian Realm could enable people to regenerate limbs. Bian Heng was one. However, the price was very high, which couldn't be afforded by commoners. After losing his arm, Huang Baimei stuck to his post and continued to safeguard Dragonsea City as the commander-in-chief of Dragonteeth Army. He didn't even have time to receive medical treatment in Emperor NvWa City. Therefore, he had not got a new arm till now.
Huang Baimei's long eyebrows quivered as he took the vial of medicament and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, you were mired in Infinite Immortal Prison a few years ago. Versatile Demon Emperor raided Dragon Emperor City three times. The presidents of Military Department, Personnel Affairs Department and Supervision Department and Elder Wang fought to death. We couldn't contact Your Majesty at that time. However, given that someone had to take charge of the three departments in case of chaos, we made a decision to appoint Peng Tainwu, Ji Wubing and Ying Teng as the deputy presidents of the three departments without your consent. Please punish us, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Tie was Dragon Emperor. Only Zhang Tie could appoint the presidents and deputy departments of the five departments. Those elders had already acted beyond their authority too much. After Long Jiutian's explanation, all the other elders stood up and asked for Zhang Tie's punishment. Those deputy presidents also stood up and followed Zhang Tie's arrangement.
"Elders, you've been racking your brains for Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. It was an emergency. You had to do that. You're innocent, innocent!" Zhang Tie took a look at the four elders with a smile. Then, he looked at the three deputy presidents who behaved a bit reserved in front of him and nodded, "Now that you were favored by the four elders, received the order at the critical moment and managed the three presidents orderly and conscientiously over these years, I think the word "deputy" could be removed from the title of Peng Tianwu, Ji Wubing and Ying Teng!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Although they had already guessed that Zhang Tie would not lose his temper on this event, they had not imagined that Zhang Tie could praise and reward them. Therefore, all the seven people became thrilled as they hurriedly appreciated Zhang Tie for that.
Closely after that, the atmosphere in Heavenlysafety Building became absolutely easy and lively. Those elders then started to report what had happened in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace recently to Zhang Tie and waited for his decisions.
"I will meet the envoys of Star Emperor Immortal Palace, Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Emperor NvWa's Palace tomorrow. As for others, I will not meet them!" Zhang Tie flicked at the desk as he continued calmly, "As for the reconstruction of Forbidden City and Dragon Emperor City, I take your advice. The recovery of those cities and land in Dragon Emperor Big Domain and the establishment of the new city in Brokenstars Sea confirm to the routines!"
Zhang Tie fixed the overall plan about the development of Dragon Emperor Big Domain with only a few words.
"Here's the atlas of the 110 cities that Star Emperor Immortal Palace compensated to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace and the list of populations and resources of these cities. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty…" Luo Yunshang said as she took out a booklet and continued, "As Your Majesty had already made an appointment with Star Emperor on it, soon after Your Majesty returned to Dragon Emperor City and entered secluded cultivation, Star Emperor Immortal Palace had already arranged people to bring the atlas and the list of populations and resources of these cities to us. The 110 cities included 46 cities from Nine Heavens Big Domain which belonged to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace previously and all the 64 cities in Juntian Small Domain which Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace occupied before…"
It was absolutely a big, glorious event for those elders and immortal generals of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace that Star Emperor Immortal Palace admitted defeat and ceded cities and gave them to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Even though they had already known that before. When they saw the atlas and the booklet that Elder Luo Yunshang presented to Dragon Emperor, they all became such spirited.
"I don't need to see them. Elders and presidents can make arrangements in receiving them. This time, Star Emperor Immortal Palace definitely dare not play any trick any more. Otherwise, I will break Star Emperor's head!" Zhang Tie didn't even take a look at the 110 cities. He only waved his hand and implied Luo Yunshang to take them back. Zhang Tie even doubted that Star Emperor dared not see him any more. "Oh, what is Star Emperor doing now?"
"Ahem, ahem��� it's said that Star Emperor has been in secluded cultivation after the battle in Deities Plain. Those who scrambled for the land of demons in Nine Heavens Big Domain are the grand justices of Star Emperor Immortal Palace!" Elder Hou Moyuan said in a low tone. All the other at present revealed a faint smile.
Since Zhang Tie came back, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace's immortal generals had already become a big force in Nine Heavens Big Domain. Nine Heavens Big Domain had already been covered with battle flames. By ceding land and giving it to Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, Star Emperor Immortal Palace didn't suffer a great loss; because Star Emperor Immortal Palace had already occupied a lot of cities and land of demons in Nine Heavens Big Domain when demons retreated. As a result, Star Emperor Immortal Palace had almost fixed its loss.
"Do you have any intelligence about Dark Emperor Immortal Palace?"
"It's said that someone found some human lackeys being wanted who relied on Dark Emperor Immortal Palace after Your Majesty killed Versatile Demon Emperor. However, all of their heads have been blown up. Dark Emperor Immortal Palace is absolutely over…"
That was what Zhang Tie guessed before. However, he had not imagined that Versatile Demon Emperor could be so resolute that it even turned itself into the parent worm of puppet worms. After his death, all the lackeys being affected by Golden-Soul Runed Virus who relied on Dark Emperor Immortal Palace would die. That really saved a lot of trouble.
When he thought about Versatile Demon Emperor, Zhang Tie instantly ran his spirit. Right then, he found the Tadpole Runes Sutra was still floating in his mind sea. Zhang Tie had not imagined that Tadpole Runes Sutra itself existed in the form of golden secret item. As Zhang Tie was in secluded cultivation for recovery these days, he had not got a chance to take a look at the contents of Tadpole Runes Sutra …
Chapter 1908: Sailing on the Same Tack
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
When Zhang Tie killed Versatile Demon Emperor in Deities Plain, Zhang Tie had already acquired Tadpole Runes Sutra . Until now, Zhang Tie's state still told him that he could only gradually recover despite with Tadpole Runes Sutra . His current state was actually much worse than that in others' eyes.
To a certain degree, everything in this world complied with the law of cause and effect or the principle of equivalent exchange.
The law or the principle was suitable for energy exchange, individual achievements, trade, life for life and the development of a country or a society. If one wanted to acquire great strength in a short period of time, he had to pay a high price for that.
After activating his ancestral bloodline of battle god, Zhang Tie acquired 10 times more battle force immediately. Of course, he felt pretty satisfied killing two demon emperors and so many demon generals in Nine Heavens Big Domain. He even acquired great prestige across Motian Realm due to that. However, he had to pay a high price for that. To be honest, if it were not Zhang Tie, anyone else who could activate his ancestral bloodline to such a level must die together with his opponents in the end. For instance, in the contest for the position of the provincial governor of Youzhou Province, when the elder of Lu Clan was heavily injured in the heavenly treasure ball, he activated his battle god bloodline and killed 6 opponents in a split second; meanwhile, he blew up himself too.
If not Zhang Tie's abnormal Manjusaka Immortal Fearless Kingkong Roc King Body, his senior recovery body, his superb recovery speed of spiritual energy and battle qi, so many fruits, especially fruits of source that he had taken and everything of Six-Armed Demon Emperor, Zhang Tie might have long left a supreme legend about dying in his prime in Motian Realm.
To a certain degree, Elder Lu's result was normal. By contrast, Zhang Tie's current result was a bit abnormal.
After over one month's recovery, although Zhang Tie had already come out, he had not fully recovered yet. He only got 70% of his overall battle force. It would take him at least 2 more months to completely recover his battle force. Even though he could completely recover his battle force in over 2 months, he could not activate his battle god bloodline in at least one decade. If he had to activate it, he had to face a sharp decline of his overall strength and the collapse of his chakras, in which situation, he would drop to a lower realm.
However, the others didn't know these secrets at all. After seeing Zhang Tie killing two demon emperors in such a short period of time, no immortal emperors or demon emperors dared challenge Zhang Tie anymore. Even though someone had guessed that Zhang Tie had to pay for that to a certain degree, nobody would like to try it at the risk of their own lives. Additionally, it was easy for Zhang Tie to kill ordinary supreme immortal generals even now.
In the eyes of those elders and presidents of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, even though Zhang Tie looked a bit pale, nobody would doubt his battle force. However, if Zhang Tie had to kill another demon emperor at this moment, he might have to pay an unaffordable price for that.
Not knowing why, the Tadpole Runes Sutra floating in his mind sea suddenly reminded Zhang Tie of the bet between him and Feng Cangwu. 'I wonder how Feng Cangwu would look like if the contents of Tadpole Runes Sutra could make my conception come true.'
Zhang Tie then revealed a faintly odd smile.
'Dear friends in Taixia Country, I should come back soon.'
'And Taiyi Fantasy Sect, Heavens Holding Pavilion and Qionglou Pavilion, when they see me back as a sage-level knight, Taiyi Old Man and the other sage-level knights might look very splendid.'
Unconsciously, Zhang Tie became a bit absent-minded…
…
"Ahem… ahem… there's another thing that needs Your Majesty's agreement!" When those elders and presidents saw Zhang Tie's odd smile, they didn't know what he was thinking about. They even thought that Zhang Tie was confident of completely destroying Dark Emperor Immortal Palace before killing Versatile Demon Emperor. Therefore, they were more in awe of him for his farsightedness and prudence.
"Go ahead." Zhang Tie replied as he watched Elder Ying Gucheng.
"Over the past one month, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace has already received the requests of many supreme-level immortal generals for joining us. There are three supreme-level immortal generals in Dragon Emperor City who want to join Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Some supreme-level immortal generals have already sent their letters to pay a formal visit to Your Majesty."
When Ying Gucheng spoke, Heavenlysafety Building became quiet at once. They could even hear their own heartbeats. Those presidents moved their eyes onto their own desks as if there was a flower on their desks. Those elders just lowered their eyes and watched their noses.
It was a sensitive and tricky problem. Besides Zhang Tie, those elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace were not even supreme-level immortal generals; instead, they were just fire-level immortal generals. Therefore, their positions would be threatened once new supreme-level immortal generals joined them. However, without the help of new supreme-level immortal generals, these elders couldn't win enough respect on some occasions. Actually, their battle forces couldn't even match the current position of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Star Emperor Immortal Palace and Force Emperor Immortal Palace had already absorbed a large number of supreme-level immortal generals. How could Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace lose the battle in talent contest?
Zhang Tie looked around as he became crystal clear about their thoughts immediately. He then asked them, "Elders, what do you think about it?"
"Your Majesty, I remember that you wanted to recruit some supreme-level immortal generals for Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Now that some supreme-level immortal generals want to join us, it symbolizes the rejuvenation of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Additionally, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace indeed needs more supreme-level immortal generals. We've negotiated with each other about it. We will support Your Majesty's decision!"
"Hahaha…" Zhang Tie burst out laughing suddenly as he said, "Elders, what was true then isn't true now. At that time, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace indeed needed supreme-level immortal generals' protection. Of course, I dreamed about having some supreme-level immortal generals' help. But now, what those supreme-level immortal generals can do for us? Over these years, when Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace was at the critical moment, it was you who sailed on the same tack and forged ahead with Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace is finally reaching its heyday. Why didn't those supreme-level immortal generals join us at that time but now? Now that they didn't share hardships with Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, why do they ask for sharing happiness with us now? Therefore, it's not necessary for them to join us, not necessary…"
Watching the heroic Dragon Emperor, all the elders almost dropped off tears sincerely. After hearing Zhang Tie's words, they all felt worthwhile about their persistence over these years, worthwhile…
"Your Majesty, you can never do that. We've already known your opinion. We already feel do not regretful after hearing your words. However, we four will never hinder the development of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace and Your Majesty. We've already determined to resign and enter secluded cultivation after Your Majesty comes out and Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace is on the right track so that Your Majesty could choose other capable talents!" Long Jiutian said immediately.
"Capable talents? What are capable talents? You're capable of talents in my eyes. You've been fire immortal generals for hundreds of years. You've long laid a solid foundation. You're only one step away from being supreme-level immortal generals. It's just a piece of window paper. It's easy to break it!" Zhang Tie said decisively with a smile.
After being temporarily stunned, those elders widely opened their eyes at once as they all gazed at Zhang Tie with unbelievable looks.
"Your Majesty, have… have… you got a method to help us… promote to supreme-level immortal generals?" Luo Yunshang asked as her voice quivered.
If others said such words, those elders would never believe in that. However, it was Zhang Tie who said that. Therefore, those elders became spirited at once out of their control…
Chapter 1909: Zhang Tie's Supreme Enlightenment (I)
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Even though those department presidents were more shocked than hearing Zhang Tie's military feats in Immortals Plains over 1 month ago, not to mention those elders.
In the history of tens of thousands of years in Motian Realm, more than one demon emperor had been killed by human powers. More than one human immortal emperors or powers had gained their supreme honor and dignity through killing demon emperors; however, in Motian Realm, nobody had ever heard that someone could help a power who had been stagnated at the level of fire immortal general for a long time to break through the bottleneck and become a supreme immortal general.
In Motian Realm, if one wanted to be a supreme immortal general, one had to light a complete supreme chakra, also a sage-level knight's chakra and form four battle formations (realms) by communicating with the Elements Realm through chakra. Many fire immortal generals couldn't break through this bottleneck in their whole lives. Pitifully, they could only stay on the level of fire immortal generals and suffer hardships for the rest of their lives.
To light supreme chakra was the most difficult pass for a fire immortal general to promote to a supreme immortal general because it couldn't be made only through ascetic cultivation.
When they lit the chakras of earth, water, wind and fire, they indeed needed ascetic cultivation. However, after lighting the four chakras, if they wanted to make further progress, they had to depend on gnosis; they shall comprehend the universal laws in blooming and fading flowers, billows and moving clouds, mountains and flowing rivers and rising and falling sun and moon; they shall discover intelligence and abilities through forces of earth, water, wind and fire.
The latter depended on one's fortune and comprehensive ability which couldn't be expressed in words. Like being enlightened, it was absolutely a process which couldn't be explained and named. Someone might not think it through even after sitting in a backroom for hundreds of years and reciting numerous books while scratching their ears and cheeks everyday; however, someone could be suddenly crystal clear about the universal laws and feel that evening was as same as that in the daytime only by splitting firewoods, carrying water with a carrying pole, stiking a bell and doing farming work everyday.
Long Jiutian, Ying Gucheng, Luo Yunshang and Hou Moyuan might have opportunities to promote to supreme immortal generals through ascetic cultivation. Pitifully, over the hundreds of years, before Zhang Tie showed up, due to the disappearance of the Grand Dragon Emperor, these guys who had top powers in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace just controlled a department or a force of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace respectively in a pretty long period. Each of them had their own sphere of influence and plans. They only thought about scheming against each other for benefits inside Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace…
If not Zhang Tie, they might still be the department presidents or grand justices even now. In this way, they would gradually be puzzled about their cultivation and could barely wake up, not to mention comprehend universal laws and the forces of earth, water, wind and fire; in that case, they could never have any chance to promote to supreme immortal generals anymore and would stay in the current level for sure.
After hearing that Zhang Tie could help them promote to supreme immortal generals, they had long been thrilled.
"Elder Long, may I know the secret method that you cultivate?" Zhang Tie asked Long Jiutian under the excited and eager eyes of the other elders.
"I cultivate Heavy Wind Sutra !" Long Jiutian hurriedly answered.
"Do you have it with you, Elder Long?"
Long Jiutian nodded.
"May I take a look at it?"
Everyone across Motian Realm knew that Zhang Tie cultivated an immortal's secret method Infinite King Roc Sutra ; additionally, Zhang Tie had acquired the World Shocking Sutra from the Grand Dragon Emperor. These two secret methods were both more advanced than Heavy Wind Sutra cultivated by Long Jiutian. Of course, Long Jiutian didn't think that Zhang Tie would like to take advantage of him. Therefore, soon after Zhang Tie asked for it, Long Jiutian had taken off his necklace and gave the white jade plate on his necklace to Zhang Tie through air, "Here you are, Your Majesty!"
With the control of Long Jiutian's battle qi, the jade plate slowly flew towards Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie took it as he instantly injected his powerful spiritual energy into it and skimming over the entire Heavy Wind Sutra . After that, Zhang Tie closed his eyes under the eyes of all the others. In less than 2 minutes, Zhang Tie's qi had started to change. Under their dumbfounded looks, all the elders and department presidents felt that Zhang Tie's qi was becoming as same as Long Jiutian. However, his qi was more powerful than that of Long Jiutian. All of a sudden, Zhang Tie's qi became as same as a supreme immortal general.
Not until then did Zhang Tie open his eyes with a faint smile and brilliant light in his eyes.
Although Zhang Tie had admitted that he could imitate the effects of other secret methods through Infinite King Roc Sutra , those elders and department presidents were still petrified, mouths agape as it was their first time to see such a mysterious secret method.
Feeling Zhang Tie's qi, Long Jiutian instantly stood up with great excitement as he said, "Your Majesty… is… is… this the qi of a supreme immortal general who cultivates Heavy Wind Sutra …"
"Yes, I've almost known the realm of a sa…" Zhang Tie hurriedly pretended to cough twice as he continued, "Supreme immortal general who cultivates Heavy Wind Sutra …"
Watching Zhang Tie, Long Jiutian who used to be steady couldn't help but scratch his ears and cheeks as he felt being scratched by cats and bitten by dogs inside due to anxiety. "Your Majesty… could you… could you release the battle formation of Heavy Wind Sutra and let me experience it so that I can have a goal in cultivation in the future…"
"Hoho, do you know how to light your supreme chakra only by entering the battle formation?"
"No… no… no…" Long Jiutian didn't even know what to say. Actually he wanted to say——even though I've not eaten pork, I could see how pig walks. But if he really said that at this moment, he would offend Zhang Tie. Therefore, Long Jiutian stammered at a stroke…
At this moment, everyone at present thought that Zhang Tie would let those elders who had not promoted to supreme immortal generals to experience the battle formations of their own secret methods. To be honest, as for fire immortal generals who had not formed their battle formations, if they could experience the battle formations of their own secret methods, they would benefit a lot from it for sure. It was almost the best treatment that they could enjoy with a supreme immortal general as their master.
However, if he could only let them experience the battle formations of their secret methods, how could Zhang Tie say that there was only a small step between them and supreme immortal generals just like breaking paper window? Even though they could experience the battle formations of their secret methods for half a month and see everything in their battle formations, they still couldn't light their supreme chakras necessarily.
Even though one had seen how pigs walked, how did they know how pigs were raised only through imagination?
Zhang Tie then stood up and walked to the back of Long Jiutian's seat. Then, he put his hand on Long Jiutian's shoulder who looked excited, letting him sit down.
When Long Jiutian sat down, his scalp had been covered by Zhang Tie's hand…
Chapter 1910: Zhang Tie's Supreme Enlightenment (II)
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
When Zhang Tie put his hand on Long Jiutian's head, Long Jiutian quivered once all over. Closely after that, he closed his eyes. By contrast, the other elders and presidents widely opened their eyes as much as possible.
Heavenlysafety Building was in dead silence at a stroke.
10 minutes later, Zhang Tie's palm left Long Jiutian's head. All of a sudden, an earthy yellow light suddenly appeared in Long Jiutian's central forehead. Closely after that, a light spot as large as a firefly appeared out of nowhere and flew towards Long Jiutian, who was still closing his eyes…
"Eh? How can we see a firefly in the daytime in Heavenlysafety Building?" Xue Zhongkai mumbled out of curiosity as he caught sight of the firefly. Whereas, closely after that, he changed his face and widely opened his eyes at a stroke. "No, it's not a firefly. It… it's… it's…"
Of course, the light spot was not a firefly; because dozens of more light spots appeared in the Heavenlysafety Building right beside those people soon after Xue Zhongkai's words. Soon after that, they flew towards Long Jiutian like how flying moths darted into the fire.
When they approached Long Jiutian, they gradually gathered there from about 30 cm away.
Only after a few seconds, over 100 firefly-like light spots had gathered there in the eyes of the other elders and presidents. Additionally, the number of light spots was still increasing. After appearing out of nowhere in the lobby of Heavenlysafety Building, they all flew towards Long Jiutian and gathered in front of his chest as large as a mirror.
Those light spots were earth elements swarming out of the Elements Realm…
"They're cocooning… cocooning… cocooning earth element…" Ying Gucheng stammered in a daze as he watched Long Jiutian.
The other elders and presidents had already stood up as they all watched Long Jiutian with indescribable looks.
Cocooning earth element was a response that a fire immortal general would encounter when he or she promoted to a supreme-level immortal general. When a fire immortal general completely realized the rule of forming his fatal formation and started to form his formation chakra, he would encounter such a response outside his body.
In the beginning, earth elements would gather around that cultivator who was going to promote to a supreme-level immortal general and form a thick cocoon of earth element outside that person. Closely after that, the water element, wind element and fire element would be cocooned consecutively layer after layer. When the four layers of cocoons were completed, the cultivator would start to form his formation chakra. After completing forming his formation chakra, he would break out of the cocoons and absorb the energy of these elements before promoting to a supreme-level immortal general.
This process carried a strong bizarre sense of ritual.
Supreme-level immortal generals were new lives!
When a fire immortal general promoted to a supreme-level immortal general, he would gain a new life just like how a butterfly broke out of its cocoon.
Even though those elders and presidents had not experienced this process, they had already heard about it for thousands or tens of thousands of times.
However, none of them had imagined that Elder Long Jiutian who couldn't break through the bottleneck started this process right in the eyes of them.
More and more earth elements gathered in front of Long Jiutian's chest. Gradually, they became as large as a basin. Meanwhile, more and more light spots of earth elements were coming into being.
Among the golden light spots that flew in the air like fireflies, the inside of Heavenlysafety Building became as dreamlike as a world of fairy tales. Meanwhile, those earth elements that gathered at Long Jiutian's chest made his face golden and dignified.
All of a sudden, Long Jiutian opened his eyes with golden flickers. Closely after that, he sprung up and bowed deeply towards Zhang Tie again. Then, he rushed out of Heavenlysafety Building and flew away with a long howl…
The whole process from cocooning to promoting to a supreme-level immortal general would take him at least half a month. As for a fire immortal general, this process was as difficult as delivering a baby. Therefore, Long Jiutian left there at once. When a woman delivered a baby, she might go to a hospital or at least need a midwife; however, fire immortal general had to enter secluded cultivation so as to promote to a supreme-level immortal general. Thankfully, all the elders had some fixed place for secluded cultivation in Dragon Emperor City. After Zhang Tie's return, those elders didn't worry about being raided by demon emperors when in secluded cultivation anymore.
Tens of thousands of fireflies also flew out of Heavenlysafety Building closely after Long Jiutian like the tail of a comet. Soon after that, Heavenlysafety Building which had just been dreamlike recovered its original look.
However, at this moment, those people in Heavenlysafety Building had changed their states of mind.
"Commander Huang, assign a team of Dragonteeth Army to safeguard the backroom where Elder Long was in. Prevent people from disturbing Elder Long for promoting to a supreme-level immortal general…" Zhang Tie sent an order to Huang Baimei. After hearing his voice, all the others in the Dragon Emperor Pavilion had woken up and recovered their composure.
���Yes, I will arrange it right now," Huang Baimei answered as he took a complex look at Zhang Tie. Closely after that, he took out of his token and made an arrangement according to Zhang Tie's order.
"Your Majesty… that was… that was." Luo Yunshang's breasts undulated with a blush on her face. She could barely stay calm anymore.
"It's the Supreme Enlightenment Secret Method!"
'Supreme Enlightenment Secret method?' Everyone in the lobby bore this name in mind firmly.
"Supreme Enlightenment Secret Method? Did… did Your Majesty create this secret method?" Ying Gucheng asked as he watched Zhang Tie with deep shock. In the history of tens of thousands of years of Motian Realm, there was never such a secret method. Therefore, Ying Gucheng made such a wild guess.
"Yes. I created it!" Zhang Tie admitted it frankly.
Before promoting to a sage-level knight, Zhang Tie had not imagined that he could create such an amazing secret method. After promoting to a sage-level knight, he easily created it. As the old saying goes——when water flows, a channel is formed.
—— Infinite King Roc Sutra could simulate the sage-level state and realm of each secret method.
——With LV 1 consciousness of universal laws, the rules of sage-level realms and the changing patterns of four elements of secret methods under emperor-level classics became crystal clear.
——The enlightenment method in the No-Hatred Sutra of Yin-Yang Sect was unrivaled across Motian Realm.
——Zhang Tie had mastered Bloody Soul Sutra, which contained some numinous secret skills and powerful spiritual energy…
With the above four conditions, Zhang Tie could integrate his abilities to create the Supreme Enlightenment Method. In this secret method, Zhang Tie could directly impart the most important gnosis that he had acquired from those classic secret methods about how a fire immortal general promoted to a supreme-level immortal general and formed his sage chakra into the consciousness of the person who cultivated this secret method in terms of powerful spiritual brand and soul seed.
On this occasion, the one receiving the enlightenment would feel like tracing in black ink over words printed in red. Even though they couldn't display the charm of those words and even didn't need to understand those words, as long as he could use a pen, he could also imitate the complete words. In this way, the receiver could integrate with the spiritual brand and soul seed and smoothly promote to a sage-level knight.
The reason that the Grand Dragon Emperor borrowed Yin-Yang Sect's No-Hatred Tortoise might be because he was absorbed by the enlightenment skill of No-Hatred Sutra. However, Grand Dragon Emperor didn't meet the above four conditions like Zhang Tie. Even though he could figure out No-Hatred Sutra of Yin-Yang Sect, he still couldn't create the Supreme Enlightenment Secret Method.
It was a secret method that was really exclusive to Zhang Tie. It was famous throughout the ages.
"I wonder whether I… could also… promote to a supreme-level immortal general like Elder Long after receiving Your Majesty's supreme enlightenment?" Luo Yunshang asked shamefully.
"Of course you can. Through my supreme enlightenment, fire immortal generals who had a solid foundation like Elder Long could smoothly promote to supreme-level immortal generals!" Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "Elder Luo has also accumulated on the level of fire immortal general for hundreds of years. If Elder Luo doesn't mind it, you can show me the secret method that you cultivate. After that, I will carry out enlightenment for you here!"
"Here's my Smoke and Rain Sutra. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty…" Luo Yunshang instantly took off a blue bracelet and gave it to Zhang Tie.
Watching all these, Ying Gucheng and Hou Moyuan finally couldn't stand anymore.
"Your Majesty…" Ying Gucheng also asked as he watched Zhang Tie bashfully.
"If you don't take your secret methods today, it's fine. I will be in Dragon Emperor Pavilion these days. You can come for me with your secret methods at any time…"
"No need, although I've not taken it with me now, I can take it back in half an hour as my secret method is not far from here…" Ying Gucheng hurriedly explained.
"Me too. I can also come back in about half an hour!" Hou Moyuan answered closely after Ying Gucheng as though he was afraid of being forgotten.
"Hmm, you can go take them…" Zhang Tie said as he waved his hand.
"Thanks, Your Majesty!"
"Thanks, Your Majesty!"
Ying Gucheng and Hou Moyuan instantly became thrilled. After apologizing to Zhang Tie for their rudeness, they immediately rushed out of Heavenlysafety Building.
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In the following 2 hours, Zhang Tie accomplished supreme enlightenment for Luo Yunshang, Hou Moyuan and Ying Gucheng consecutively. Closely after receiving the supreme enlightenment, the three people had left Dragon Emperor Pavilion rapidly and returned to their own backrooms for secluded cultivation in Dragon Emperor City.
After accomplishing supreme enlightenment for the four elders and encouraged those presidents and Huang Baimei, Zhang Tie had let them go.
When those presidents and Huang Baimei left Dragon Emperor Pavilion, they had been utterly different spiritually although it was not them who accepted enlightenment.
——As His Majesty masters the Supreme Enlightenment Secret Method, as long as I work in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace diligently and make meritorious deeds for it, I will definitely promote to a supreme-level immortal general in the future. Only a few fire immortal generals in Motian Realm were confident to promote to supreme-level immortals in the future.
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After all of them left there, Zhang Tie also walked out of Heavenlysafety Building. He felt like lacking something. Therefore, he asked a guard about the whereabouts of those women of Yin-Yang Sect. He was told that they were not in Dragon Emperor City…
Chapter 1911: The Invitation of Emperor NvWa
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
On the second day after he ended his secluded cultivation, Zhang Tie had received the ambassadors from Star Emperor Immortal Palace, Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Emperor NvWa's Palace. These people had been waiting for Zhang Tie for about one month in Dragon Emperor City.
Zhang Tie was crystal clear about the reason that the three top forces were eager to meet him so much.
Superficially, the ambassadors of the three top forces were here to congratulate Zhang Tie for his military exploits in Nine Heavens Big Domain; actually, they were here to acknowledge Zhang Tie's current situation and his plan in the future out of fear.
Through the battle in Deities Plain, Zhang Tie's name had been regarded as an unrivaled powerhouse in Motian Realm. Now that he could easily kill two demon emperors and the army of 100,000 demo generals in Deities Plain, Nine Heavens Big Domain, he could also inflict heavy losses on Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Star Emperor Immortal Palace if he wanted. If Zhang Tie was more ambitious, he could definitely break the existing pattern of human forces in Motian Realm.
Therefore, it was reasonable that the three top human forces in Motian Realm would like to care about and confirm his plan. Otherwise, if Zhang Tie really cast greedy eyes on the three top human forces, Star Emperor might have to be in secluded cultivation for a long time.
Actually, not only the three top human forces, at the critical moment when Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace rose and human forces in Motian Realm might face sharp turbulence, the other human immortal palaces, major sects and clans were also keeping a close eye on Dragon Emperor City. They've pricked up their ears and widened their eyes so as to get any intelligence possible from Dragon Emperor City.
As for those supreme-level immortal generals who wanted to join Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace at this moment, some of them might really admire Zhang Tie; undeniably, some of them had a deep speculative incentive. If Zhang Tie wanted to shuffle the human forces in Motian Realm, they would definitely win great benefits by standing on Zhang Tie's side at this moment. Such adventurists were always seen among supreme-level immortal generals in Motian Realm.
If Zhang Tie was born in Motian Realm, he might really have such a plan. Pitifully, Zhang Tie had never intended to be an overlord in Motian Realm. The original intention that he ascended to the throne of Dragon Emperor and safeguarded the benefits of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace was to prevent the properties left by the former Dragon Emperor in Motian Realm from being destroyed; instead of his desire for authority.
This original intention remained unchanged until now.
After ending the battle in Deities Plain, Zhang Tie most wanted to return to Taixia Country; instead of ruling Motian Realm.
Therefore, he cleared the obstacles for those elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace on the way to supreme-level immortal palaces. With the four supreme-level immortal generals on the back of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace and the prestige that he had built in Dragon Emperor Big Domain and Deities Plain with the heads of numerous powerhouses, Zhang Tie was firmly convinced that no force in Motian Realm dared cast greedy eyes on Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace even though he disappeared in Motian Realm for 1,000 years in the name of entering secluded cultivation.
The former Dragon Emperor didn't kill Demon Emperors in Motian Realm. Even so, his prestige still safeguarded Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace for over 900 years after he disappeared, during which period, nobody dared attack Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Zhang Tie believed that the quality guarantee period of his prestige in Motian Realm should not be shorter than that of the former Dragon Emperor.
Before meeting the ambassadors of Star Emperor Immortal Palace, Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Emperor NvWa's Palace, also in the early morning of the next day after Zhang Tie finished his secluded cultivation, Zhang Tie received a person in the study room of the former Dragon Emperor Pavilion——Tong Xuangui, the immortal lord of Five Elements Immortal Palace.
Tong Xuangui had been kneeling outside Dragon Emperor Pavilion for over one month. After Zhang Tie killed those immortal generals of Five Elements Immortal Palace and two demon emperors in Dragon Emperor Big Domain, Tong Xuangui had come here alone; instead of being bound or forced.
Besides the two demon emperors, Zhang Tie had killed more than 5 supreme-level demon generals in Deities Plain alone. Therefore, a supreme-level immortal general of Five Elements Immortal Palace was nothing but sh*t in front of Zhang Tie.
The slim chance of survival of Five Elements Immortal Palace and Tong Xuangui was in Zhang Tie's hand. Tong Xuangui's deed might be wise and sincere. Additionally, people could judge how Zhang Tie would treat those people who once offended Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace through Tong Xuangui's result.
As Five Elements Immortal Palace once invaded Dragon Emperor Big Domain. After Zhang Tie's return, even if Zhang Tie killed Tong Xuangui and asked Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace to completely devour all the territories and cities of Five Elements Immortal Palace, nobody dared say no to his decision.
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"Your Majesty, I've brought Tong Xuangui here!" a guard reported outside the room.
"Let him in…" Zhang Tie didn't turn around; instead, he just watched the four words "I Die, People Live" on a wall that the former Dragon Emperor once hung. Previously, Zhang Tie took it away; now, he had people hang it over there again.
After the door of the study room was opened from outside, he heard a footstep from behind. Closely after that, he heard someone kneeling down on the ground as someone's quivering and hoarse voice sounded, "My respect to Your Majesty, I'm Tong Xungui, the guilty person of Five Elements Immortal Palace…"
"Do you know why I have people take you here?" Zhang Tie didn't turn around; neither did he feel like looking at Tong Xuangui and his expression.
"I… don't," Tong Xuangui said hardly.
Zhang Tie pointed at the calligraphy on the wall and said calmly, "Raise your head and watch the four words carefully. The four words were left by the former Dragon Emperor. It also explains why I chose to be Dragon Emperor. When I returned to Dragon Emperor Big Domain over one month ago, if you were in Dragon Emperor Big Domain, I would definitely have decapitated you. But now, I will keep you alive because of the four words; neither will I punish the actions of Five Elements Immortal Palace in the past. If you can promote to an immortal emperor in the future, hopefully, you bear in mind the four words which saved your life here today. Okay, you can leave now…"
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Tong Xuangui left there. He entered Dragon Emperor Pavilion alive and left there alive too. Finally, he flew off Dragon Emperor City. It was said that Tong Xuangui entered Dragon Emperor's study room. Although nobody knew what had happened in the study room, Tong Xuangui who once knelt down outside Dragon Emperor Pavilion finally left Dragon Emperor City alive.
When many people in Dragon Emperor City were hesitant, they heard another piece of news.
The Supervision Department of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace had received the oral decree from Zhang Tie the incumbent Dragon Emperor——Release all the immortal generals and clansmen of Yun Clan who had been caught and taken back to Dragon Emperor Big Domain. Just drive them out of Dragon Emperor Big Domain.
After hearing the two pieces of news, many human forces were shocked. Meanwhile, the Dragon Emperor City which made numerous people's hearts race finally became tranquil.
After that, all the other domains and forces in Motian Realm which had been restless for over one month also gradually became tranquil.
Closely after that, Zhang Tie sat below the four words in the study room of Dragon Emperor Pavilion and received the ambassadors of Star Emperor Immortal Palace, Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Emperor NvWa's Palace.
Facing the ambassadors of the three top human forces, Zhang Tie only said a few words, "Emperor NvWa's Palace, Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Star Emperor Immortal Palace are the pillars of humans in Motian Realm, as a member of humans, I don't expect to see great turbulence in human domains of Motian Realm; neither do I want to see numerous families being destroyed and humans being killed or the fall of the three pillars of humans in Motian Realm. It took me prodigious energy to kill the two demon emperors. I've not fully recovered even now. I might be in secluded cultivation for a long period of time. During this period, hopefully, His Majesty Star Emperor and His Majesty Force Emperor could shoulder the responsibility to deal with demons…"
After hearing Zhang Tie's stance, all the ambassadors of the top three human forces became completely reassured.
"Her Majesty Emperor NvWa asked me to invite Your Majesty Dragon Emperor to meet her when you're free. The gate of Emperor NvWa's Palace will be open to Your Majesty at any time!" Emperor NvWa's Palace assigned a deputy president here, who was a supreme-level immortal general, also a woman with white hair and ruddy complexion who looked pretty noble. She then gave Zhang Tie a space-teleportation finger ring in front of the other two elders of Force Emperor Immortal Palace and Star Emperor Immortal Palace, "Here's the item that Her Majesty Emperor NvWa asked me to present to you…"
"Oh, what's inside it?" Zhang Tie asked out of curiosity when he received it.
"Her Majesty Emperor NvWa said the item inside it should belong to Your Majesty, Your Majesty can take a look at it!"
When he received the finger ring, Zhang Tie casually peeped his spiritual energy into it. Closely after that, he caught sight of the brilliant Heavens-Measuring Ruler…
'Heavens-Measuring Ruler! It's Heavenly Immortal Hunyuan's Heavens-Measuring Ruler?' This Heavens-Measuring Ruler once disappeared after being involved in the turbulence of time and space with him. Previously, Zhang Tie thought he couldn't see this rarity anymore. Unexpectedly, it appeared again after so many turns and twists.
'How did Emperor NvWa know that Heavens-Measuring Ruler was related to me? How did she get it?' Many questions filled Zhang Tie's mind in an instant. At this moment, the identity of Emperor NvWa whom Zhang Tie had not seen before instantly became profound and unpredictable…
After being stunned for a few seconds and considering a lot of possibilities, Zhang Tie instantly raised his head and watched the ambassador of Emperor NvWa's Palace with bright piercing eyes before saying in a muffled sound, "Please tell Her Majesty Emperor NvWa that I will meet her in Emperor NvWa's Palace in 2 months���"
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After seeing off the ambassadors of the three top human forces, Zhang Tie watched the Heavens-Measuring Ruler inside the space-teleportation finger ring in the study room alone. Meanwhile, those familiar yet remote faces started to loom in Zhang Tie's mind…
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11 days later, Long Jiutian and Luo Yunshang promoted to supreme-level immortal generals in consecutive two hours on the same day. The abnormal phenomena that they aroused the attention of people within 1,600 miles centered on Dragon Emperor City. As a result, the entire Dragon Emperor Big Domain was shocked.
On the same day, after having a drink with Liu brothers and ending his concerns about Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, Zhang Tie left Dragon Emperor City alone secretly…
Chapter 1912: Naturesound Valley
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"Uncle, do you know where's Naturesound Valley?"
"Naturesound Valley? I've not heard about this place!" The strong uncle took a look at Zhang Tie on the mountain path with a herbal medicine basket on his back. When he found that Zhang Tie didn't look like a bad guy and was smiling at him, he had a good impression on Zhang Tie; therefore, he asked Zhang Tie impatiently, "Is the Naturesound Valley that you said in the Clouddragon Mountain Range?"
"Yes!" Zhang Tie replied while nodded his head.
"It must be not in the nearby. I've picked herbal medicines in this mountain for 60 years. I'm familiar with every place within hundreds of miles. However, I've not heard about Naturesound Valley at all!" The uncle then looked up at the sky. When he found the sun had been over the top of the mountain in the west, he warned Zhang Tie, "It's too late. It would be too dangerous for you to enter the mountain alone. Those fierce beasts in the mountain could not be easily dealt with. The other day, someone saw a huge boa in the valley. It was about 17 m in length. That huge boa must have lived in the valley for long as its already covered with mosses. It could already cultivate battle skills. If commoners saw it, they would be scared to death. There're many terrifying old things in the mountain, you'd better go down the mountain as soon as possible!"
"Thanks for suggesting, Uncle. Oh, is there any town nearby?"
"Besides Brilliantmoon City, the closest town is Plentifulgrains Town. You will get there in this way after crossing three mountains," the uncle said as he pointed at a mountain peak in front of Zhang Tie, "But it's too late now. I suggest you to not go there today. If you set off tomorrow, as you're young, you can arrive there in four hours. Oh, if you want to ask about the location of Naturesound Valley, you can try your luck in Plentifulgrains Town. There're many herbal medicine traders over there. Some herbal medicine traders have traveled many places and wandered in in Clouddragon Mountain Range all the year round. They might know that place!"
After leaving a few words to Zhang Tie, the uncle went down the hill vigorously. After revealing a bitter smile towards the mountain path, Zhang Tie watched the direction where Plentifulgrains Town was. Closely after that, he disappeared.
As Zhang Tie had just come out of Brilliantmoon City, of course, he didn't want to go back anymore.
If that uncle saw Zhang Tie's response, he might have been startled.
It was August 13th, the 3593rd year of Emperor NvWa's Calendar. It had been 3 days since Zhang Tie left Dragon Emperor City. Over the past 3 days, Zhang Tie actually had not left Dragon Emperor Big Domain. Precisely, he was looking for Naturesound Valley in Clouddragon Mountain Range of Dragon Emperor Big Domain.
Of course, Zhang Tie was not traveling here; instead, he was here to look for the remaining ones of Yin-Yang Sect. Before leaving Motian Realm, he wanted to meet Ji Yuelan, Jiang Ruoxin and their masters Su Haimei and Ying Feiqiong for the last time and bid farewell to them in case of concern.
Previously, Zhang Tie asked those women of Yin-Yang Sect to wait for him back in Dragon Emperor City. Unexpectedly, they didn't take his suggestion. When Zhang Tie finished his secluded cultivation in Dragon Emperor Pavilion, he found that none of these women were in Dragon Emperor City. Only Jiang Ruoxin came to Dragon Emperor Pavilion alone during the period when he was in secluded cultivation and left a message——Naturesound Valley, Clouddragon Mountain Range.
Zhang Tie realized that women couldn't be judged in normal way again.
Clouddragon Mountain Range was the largest and longest mountain range in Dragon Emperor Big Domain. The entire mountain range lasted over 45,000 miles and had 8-9 branches. However, he couldn't find a place called Naturesound Valley on the map.
This mountain range was vast which contained tens of thousands of hills and valleys. It was not easy for Zhang Tie to find Naturesound Valley in Clouddragone Mountain Range.
During the past three days, Zhang Tie had traveled tens of thousands of miles in Clouddragon Mountain Range and asked numerous people. However, he still didn't know the location of Naturesound Valley.
…
The 4 hours' foot walk for youths in the mouth of the uncle was only a few seconds' trips for Zhang Tie. With a few flashes, it had crossed some mountain peaks and appeared on a path outside Plentifulgrains Town.
When he arrived there, Zhang Tie found that the entire Plentifulgrains Town was only a small village in the mountain. There was only one street in the village, on both sides of which were boites, herbal medicine shops and various stores. Beside that street, there was an open medicine market, which was close to an open patch of grassland. Some small airboats with symbols of herbal medicine shops parked there.
As the sun was going to set, many people were busy taking the medicines that they put under the sunshine into rooms. Some people were even carrying medicines into airboats.
As the big trading fair would come in 2 days, this medicines market in Clouddragon Mountain Range was very boisterous. The only street was bustling at this moment while being crowded with herbal medicine traders and herbal medicine collectors. The boites on both sides of the street were also flourishing.
Zhang Tie strode over there. When he saw many decent herbal medicine traders accessing to a boite, he thought for a short while before entering it.
It was supper time. It was very boisterous inside the boite. 80% of the tables had been occupied. Over 200 people were inside it.
"Sir, are you alone or having some friends with you?" Watching Zhang Tie coming in, a responsive waiter instantly came forward to greet him.
"I'm alone!"
"This way please…"
The waiter led Zhang Tie to a small table at a corner as he asked with a smile, "Sir, what do you want? Our medicated food is very famous…"
"Just give me 3 or 4 dishes that you're good at!" Zhang Tie said as he threw two purple crystal coins to the waiter and added, "Here's the payment. Keep the change!��
Two purple crystal coins was a large sum of money. It could even afford 10 people to have three meals in this store. Therefore, after taking the two purple crystal coins, the waiter nodded and bent over towards Zhang Tie with a brilliant smile, "Generous, generous, sir, you're really generous!"
"Oh, I wanted to ask you about a place!"
As too many guests who always traveled across the country bragged here, the waiter must have known a lot of information from their mouths.
"Please go ahead."
"Do you know Naturesound Valley in Clouddragon Mountain Range?"
The waiter scratched his head. After thinking about it for a short while seriously, he replied with a shameful smile, "Erm… erm, I've really not heard about it…". The smart guy then put the two purple crystal coins back as he knew that he shouldn't take such a great reward without a meritorious deed.
Zhang Tie then waved his hand as he said, "Take them. It's okay. It's yours!"
"Thank you, thank you!" The waiter took back the money again with a big smile as he added, "Sir, please wait for a second, I will arrange the cooks to cook you dishes right now…"
After a short while, the waiter had cupped a tray here with 6 dishes and 1 soup. All of them were delicacies, including meat and vegetables and a flagon of liquor.
"Here's the wild plum liquor that we brewed ourselves. It tastes special. Please have a try…"
After taking the two purple crystal coins, the waiter courteously served Zhang Tie more than he needed.
"I've got one blue crystal coin…" Zhang Tie said with a smile as he took out a blue crystal coin and put it under the bowl of soup. Only the waiter could see it. "Before I finish this supper, if you can get the message about the location of Naturesound Valley, you will have this blue crystal coin…"
At the sight of that blue crystal coin, the waiter became stunned at once. A blue crystal coin was equal to 100 purple crystal coins. He might not be able to make so much money after working in this boite for a few years. He even didn't have a chance to touch a blue crystal coin before. It was even greater than the total amount of money that a drug-dealer used to purchase goods. The tip that Zhang Tie paid him just now had already implied that Zhang Tie was not kidding. He didn't care about it at all. It depended on whether the waiter could make it.
The waiter swallowed a mouthful of saliva as he gnashed his teeth and spoke to Zhang Tie, "Please enjoy it, sir, wait for a while…" He then hurriedly left there.
The waiter didn't go to the kitchen; instead, he called the other two waiters and whispered to them.
The other two waiters took a look at Zhang Tie. Closely after that, one of them ran out of the boite. He didn't come back until a few minutes later.
During this short period of time, when they served water, dishes or drinks for their guests at each table and in each room, all the waiters asked their guests with full respect, "Sir, you must have traveled a lot of places and seen the world. Do you know a place called Naturesound Valley in Clouddragon Mountain Range?"
Many guests didn't know it. Some guests would even ask them, "Why do you ask about this?"
"Nothing, I'm betting with some people. If anyone knows the location of Naturesound Valley, he or she can enjoy 20% off with their friends…"
Watching such a scene, Zhang Tie faintly smiled as he lightly moved his chopsticks and drank. He just waited for the message from the waiter. On this occasion, the unrivaled battle force couldn't even match a blue crystal coin…
At sunset, the boite was finally fully occupied as those drug dealers started to talk aloud.
Among those guests, one drug dealer who had just sat down with his friends suddenly spoke aloud, which could almost be heard by all the others in the boite.
"Our boss said a major event happened in Dragon Emperor City yesterday. The two elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace Ying Gucheng and Hou Moyuan promoted to supreme-level immortal generals too…"
Chapter 1913: Discovery
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"Ah, haven't the two elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace promoted to supreme-level immortal generals the other day? I've heard this news a couple of days ago. Why did you say it happened yesterday?"
Soon after the loud voice, another guest at the other table had instantly refuted out of curiosity.
The boites and hotels in Motian Realm used to be like forums and bars. When guests ate food here, they would also exchange news with each other. When someone talked about something, the others in the surroundings would join the discussion.
"The two elders who promoted to supreme-level immortal generals the other day were Long Jiutian and Luo Yunshang. Those who promoted to supreme-level immortal generals yesterday were Ying Gucheng and Hou Moyuan…" A guest at a table beside them rectified him at once.
"Does it mean that there're four more supreme-level immortal generals in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palaces in only a few days?"
"You got it!"
"It's so strange. The four elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace were once fire immortal generals. How could all of them promote to supreme-level immortal generals in such a short period? Does Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace really have the favor of God?"
When they talked about Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace and Dragon Emperor City, all the other guests in the boite were involved in this topic. When they ate and drank, they started to discuss this topic with strong interest. More people pricked up their ears and focused on the others' talks.
As they were in Dragon Emperor Big Domain, of course major events in Dragon Emperor Big Domain could influence their lives. For instance, when Zhang Tie returned to Dragon Emperor Big Domain and entered secluded cultivation one month ago, the prices of all the ingredients of various herbal medicines and finished drugs in human regions across Motian Realm started to surge. Some even increased by a few times in one month. The rise was stunning. Many drug dealers, who had stockpiles, had made a big fortune in the past one month. When Zhang Tie finished his secluded cultivation, the prices of bulk medicines and various finished drugs started to fall back on the same day. In over half a month, the prices of many ingredients of medicines and finished drugs had reduced to their previous levels.
The reason for the rise and fall of the prices of ingredients of medicines and finished drugs afforded much food for thought. As commoners, their lives were greatly influenced inevitably. Those big drug dealers who had some stockpiles at the beginning had made a big fortune; by contrast, those who rushed in later on and intended to stockpile more ingredients of drugs and finished drugs had suffered great losses. As the participants in this line, of course, these guests in the boite had the deepest feelings.
"It's hard to say whether Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace is blessed by God or not. If it was blessed by God, it would have not deteriorated to such a poor situation!"
"Right, right!"
"It's said that His Majesty Dragon Emperor has just finished his secluded cultivation a few days ago. What a coincidence! Soon after His Majesty Dragon Emperor finished his secluded cultivation, the four elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace had promoted to supreme-level immortal generals." A smart drugdeal instantly realized the contact between the two events.
"All the four fire immortal generals promoted to supreme immortal generals in 10-15 days due to different cultivation bases. Given the time, soon after His Majesty Dragon Emperor finished his secluded cultivation, the four elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace had already started to promoted to fire immortal generals consecutively. What a coincidence! Four fire immortal generals who had not promoted to supreme immortal generals in hundreds of years suddenly broke their bottlenecks in the same short period of time. There must be some relationship between the two events."
"Yea, yea, you got that!" the one who said aloud just now instantly burst out laughing again as he continued, "The other day, when Long Jiutian and Luo Yunshang promoted to supreme immortal generals almost at the same time, many people in Dragon Emperor City had been discussing it. They all thought it was such a coincidence. After Ying Gucheng and Hou Moyuan promoted to supreme immortal generals in such a short period of time, the entire Dragon Emperor City became quiet. Of course, it's just a superficial phenomenon. Actually, the entire Dragon Emperor City is filled with the gossip that His Majesty Dragon Emperor helped the four elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace promote to supreme immortal generals by secret methods…"
"Impossible, nobody in Motian Realm could do that!"
"Everything is possible. Before His Majesty Dragon Emperor came back, who could imagine that His Majesty Dragon Emperor could kill two demon emperors and inflict heavy losses to the army of 100,000 demon generals alone. His Majesty Dragon Emperor is absolutely the No. 1 powerhouse in Motian Realm!"
"It's said that His Majesty Dragon Emperor might not be born in Motian Realm. Perhaps," a person whispered. After hearing his words, the entire boite became quiet in a split second.
However, only after a few seconds, someone had started to refute him,
"Nonsense, of course, His Majesty Dragon Emperor was born in Motian Realm. But you could never imagine where His Majesty Dragon Emperor was born."
"Where?"
"It's said that His Majesty Dragon Emperor was actually born in the core region of Mountain Ruins. His Majesty was different than commoners since young. He almost had started to form his chakras when he was still a fetus…"
"Ah, impossible…"
"Nothing is impossible. It's said that if a pregnant woman could drink Nine-Heavens Immortal Spring, her fetus would be able to cultivate and be different when it comes to this world. It has infinite strength and could tear apart tigers and cheetahs by hand. Additionally, it would never be drowned by water and hurt by fire…"
Just now, they were talking about the major events in Dragon Emperor City and Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. When they transferred the topic to Zhang Tie, they all started to talk nonsense. Their talks could even be listed as myths or legends. Zhang Tie couldn't stand that anymore.
Hearing their words, Zhang Tie who was drinking beside them didn't know whether he should cry or laugh. He had not imagined that he had been said to have drunk Nine-Heavens Immortal Spring and stated to form chakras when he was a fetus in Dragon Emperor Big Domain only after such a short period of time. To be honest, when he was young, he even felt reluctant to drink a bowl of rice brew which could be sold at the price of 3 copper coins. If he drank too much, his mother had to work harder to make the 3 copper coins that he had drunk.
What a familiar trick! When he heard the gossips about him, Zhang Tie immediately remembered those legends about ancient emperors in his world. All the emperors were said to be distinct from others since they were born, such as they were born with glow, their mothers dreamed about the reincarnation of a deity or embracing a meteor, etc…
Zhang Tie had not imagined that he could also become the potagonist of such a story.
Of course, smart ones could discover the subtle relationship between the events that the four elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace promoted to supreme immortal generals in such a short period of time and Zhang Tie. However, Zhang Tie didn't want to care about the affairs in Dragon Emperor City now. There were only four elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace whom he could apply the Supreme Enlightenment Method to as of now. He didn't care about whether the others could promote to higher levels or not; neither was he committed to help all of them do that. He only wanted to find those women of Yin-Yang Sect and press Su Haimei and Ying Feiqiong who dared leave him alone onto the ground; then lift their skirts and… slap… their butts ferociously!
According to Zhang Tie's understanding of Yin-Yang Sect, only Su Haimei and Ying Feiqiong could make such a decision. Ji Yuelan and Jiang Ruoxin would never do that; especially Ji Yuelan who must have charged at Zhang Tie if she knew that he had come back. She would never hide herself; because it was not what her personality usually went. Perhaps Jiang Ruoxin wanted to play hide-and-seek with him. Zhang Tie really wondered what were these women thinking of.
Before Zhang Tie finished his supper, the waiter had already come back. After taking a look at the blue crystal coin under the bowl of soup, he swallowed his saliva. Then he became a bit hesitant to say something.
"Just go ahead. I will not blame you even if the message is not precise!"
"Erm, I've had a friend ask about it in other boites and inns just now. We've got a message. There's indeed a place being related to Naturesound Valley in Clouddragon Mountain Range. However, it's not called Naturesound Valley…"
"Hmm?" Zhang Tie put down his glass as he slightly raised his eyebrows and asked, "Go ahead, why that place is related to Naturesound Valley; yet is not called Naturesound Valley?"
"Yes, sir!" the waiter nodded as he plucked his courage and continued, "According to a guest in another hotel, there's a place called Naturesound Cave in Clouddragon Mountain Range. Naturesound Cave is a marvelous place. There's a river under Naturesound Cave. On the first day and the 15th day of each month, the water in the subterranean river will surge and run back into the cave. When water surges in the cave, it will hit stalagmites and stony walls and produce metallic sounds and string music at a fixed rhythm just like the sound of nature. Therefore, local people call it Naturesound Cave. Outside Naturesound Cave, there's indeed a valley; however, it's not called Naturesound Valley. Actually, that valley doesn't have a name. Because of Naturesound Cave, local people used to call it Cave Valley or Fish Valley!"
"How did the guest know about that Naturesound Cave?"
"He's a drug dealer who used to travel across Clouddragon Mountain Range. It's said that he reached that place when he got lost in the mountain. There was a village. Those villagers lived in half seclusion and were very hospitable. When he reached that village, it was the first day of the month, therefore, the villagers caught much fish outside Naturesound Cave to treat him. Whenever water runs back into the cave, some 20-cm long slim fish will be flushed into the brook in the valley along the subterranean river. Those fish are tender and don't have fishbones. They're rare local delicacies. On the first day and the 15th day of each month, local villagers would catch fish outside the cave. He heard all these from local people. Later on, he even took a look outside the cave out of curiosity and found it was true!"
"What about the situation facing the valley?"
"The valley has nice scenery. However, its walls are steep and don't a path. Ordinary people could barely enter it. A hermit might have built a manor in the valley…"
"Where is that place?"
"It's over 130 miles away from Yuhua Peak, Clouddragon Mountain Range in the north. Dongliang City is over 250 miles away from that place in the west. Plentifulgrains Town is over 5,000 miles away from that place…"
When the waiter said that, Zhang Tie instantly found Yuhua Peak and Dongliang City on the map in his mind. The two places could be easily discovered on the map. After that, he drew a line from the two places respectively according to the distances between them and that valley. Closely after that, he got the location of Naturesound Cave and the valley out that cave.
"Well, I don't care whether that place is Naturesound Valley or not, you have that thing on the table…"
When the waiter became thrilled, Zhang Tie had already stood up and walked towards the gate of the boite.
Not knowing why, as he had already found those women of Yin-Yang Sect for a few days, when he heard about Naturesound Cave, he instinctively felt that that valley outside Naturesound Cave was the right place that he was looking for.
After leaving the boite and Plentifulgrains Town, Zhang Tie instantly flew towards the place that he had fixed on the map in his mind at a speed of about 10,000 m per second.
Only after 10 minutes, soon after dark fell, Zhang Tie had already arrived at the air zone which was tens of thousands of meters high above the valley.
The valley was over 30 miles in length. It was verdant and had a great scenary. It was indeed an untraversed region. A brook was winding its way through the valley. Both sides of the valley were steep cliffs. Zhang Tie instantly saw a skyline above a cliff in the east side of the valley.
Soon after he arrived there, Zhang Tie had seen a woman in purple skirt and metal wings flying into the skyline and disappeared…
Zhang Tie had seen that woman in Cyanlotus City. She was a disciple of Yin-Yang Sect.
When he caught sight of the skyline, Zhang Tie rolled his eyes. With a smirk, he instantly activated his Invisible Shen Bead and disappeared into the sky…