Castle of Black Iron

“What are the details?”

“I’ve received a message——those escaping knights of Huang Clan of Mercury Palace and Qitian Sect suddenly appeared in Yinzhou City and met people from Heavens Reaching Church a couple of days ago. They said they were secretly developed as church members by Han Zhengfang in Taixia Country, who once promised them that they could learn secret skills of Bloody Soul Sutra if they worked for Heavens Reaching Church. They said that they could only flee to Heavens Reaching Empire after the exposure of secret and the loss of their families. They even requested Heavens Reaching Church to fulfill what Han Zhengfang promised them. However, only after staying in Yinzhou City for one day, they had already failed in the negotiation. Finally, the two parties broke out a fierce open war in Yinzhou City, destroying half of the city. As a result, those escaping knights of Huang Clan of Mercury Palace and Qitian Sect were killed by knights of demons and Heavens Reaching Church…”

“How was this message distributed?”

“As the capital of Heavens Reaching Empire, Yinzhou City is always the focus of all parties. The entire Yinzhou City is like a screener which would leak message at any time. All forces including the Supreme Court of Taixia Country have moles in Yinzhou City, open or in dark. When those escaping knights of Huang Clan of Mercury Palace and Qitian Sect appeared in Yinzhou City, they had aroused great attention, not to mention their battle. After the battle, Heavens Reaching Church delivered the notice to the public; therefore, almost all the church members in Yinzhou City knew that they were in Yinzhou City.” Donder said. Watching Zhang Tie’s solemn look, Donder muttered, “After receiving the news and confirming the death of those escaping knights, the Supreme Court of Taixia Country have already prepared to revoke their order for arrest…”

After hearing Donder’s answer, Zhang Tie sighed inside, “Insidious!”

Zhang Tie was clear whether Huang Clan of Mercury and Qitian Sect in Qizhou Province were remnants of Heavens Reaching Church or not. He accused them of the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church because he wanted to scare all the forces that wanted to screw him and Zhang’s Jinwu Palace. In addition, he wanted to take advantage of the official force of Taixia Country to find the culprit, the mysterious “His Majesty” behind Huang Clan of Mercury and Qitian Sect…

Zhang Tie’s plan was feasible; however, he had not imagined that the opponent could present such a show in Yinzhou City by sending those escaping knights of Huang Clan of Mercury Palace and Qitian Sect into Yinzhou City over the past one month.

Beat Zhang Tie at his own game.

‘We were not only members of Heavens Reaching Church, we even fought to death in Yinzhou City. Show me your ability in the investigation.’

Those escaping knights of Huang Clan of Mercury Palace and Qitian Sect in Qizhou Province were thrown out like vanguards crossing the river. After admitting that they were members of Heavens Reaching Church developed by Han Zhengfang, they fought to death, destroying all the evidence, transferring the responsibility to Heavens Reaching Church while remitting their culprit. As a result, the Supreme Court could barely continue their investigation within the territory of Taixia Country.

‘Break his own arm to keep himself alive or abandon soldiers to keep the general alive.’

Even Zhang Tie was shocked by such a ferocious means. When he recalled that “His Majesty” was casting covetous eyes on Huaiyuan Palace and him and could resolve his counter-measure easily, how could Zhang Tie feel good?

Undoubtedly, “His Majesty” was hostile against Zhang Tie and Zhang’s Jinwu Palace. Additionally, His Majesty ‘s prowess was out of Zhang Tie’s imagination, which might be involved with the extermination of the Great Wilderness Sect and Bloody Soul Temple. Of course, Zhang Tie was scared of such a great force.

Being screwed, killing Zhang Taixuan and renouncing Huaiyuan Palace, to a certain extent, owed to “His Majesty”.

Because of the existence of such a hidden, powerful opponent, Zhang Tie should put all of his efforts on Iron-Dragon Sect and the recovery of his battle strength. Without the guarantee of great battle strength, no matter how well Zhang’s Jinwu Palace would develop, it was just a castle on sand, which might perish overnight like the Great Wilderness Sect and Bloody Soul Temple, each of which was much more powerful than Zhang’s Jinwu Palace in the end.

Zhang Tie bore all these in mind.

“His Majesty” probably did not know that Zhang Tie had already known the existence of him, though he could guess that Zhang Tie abhorred Huang Clan of Mercury Palace according to that Zhang Tie accused them as remnants of Heavens Reaching Church and used the official force of Taixia Country to exterminate those who screwed him.

This was Zhang Tie’s vantage point. As long as he pretended not to know the existence of “His Majesty”, “His Majesty” would not show up if unnecessary.

Additionally, “His Majesty” was also shocked by the death of those knights in front of Zhang Tie. Even though “His Majesty” knew that Zhang Tie had not fully recovered from his wounds, Zhang Tie would not be scared of anyone under sage-level knight with the ability of divine dominator.

With the combination of the two strengths, Zhang Tie had time to recover his battle strength and find the culprit.

Therefore, what counted most was to recover his battle strength as fast as possible on the premise that he pretended to not know the existence of that “His Majesty”.

If that “His Majesty” knew that Zhang Tie had already known his existence and had not recovered his battle strength, he might do everything possible to kill Zhang Tie.

The airboat soon arrived at Iron-Dragon Sect.

Zhang Tie then recovered his composure and told all the elders of Iron-Dragon Sect about the news that he had just received in a cheery tone and facial expression.

After hearing that, Mountain Lifting Hermit, Lu Zhongming, Lin Huanxi, Bai Suxian and Yan Feiqing let out a sigh of relief at a stroke.

“I was worried that these remnants of Heavens Reaching Church might lurk in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory for sabotage. Thankfully, they’re dead. Let the dogs bite dogs…” Mountain Lifting Hermit said in a relaxed manner.

Both Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi nodded.

“Now that they have died, this event has come to an end!” Zhang Tie said with a smile as if he had already neglected this event, adding, “From now on, the affairs in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory would be handled by Zhang’s Jinwu Palace. I will not interfere with it. Hopefully, you could manage it well. As I’ve promised Suxian to go back to South Border with her, I plan to set off for there with her tomorrow…”