Castle of Black Iron

Zhang Tie didn't care how the disciple of Taiyi Fantasy Sect spurted out blood out of fury as he couldn't evade it.

'Perhaps since I slapped the face of a grand elder of Taiyi Fantasy Sect in Earth-elements Realm and won an airship from Feng Yexiao, Taiyi Fantasy had been hostile to me. Given Taiyi Fantasy Sect's position in Taixia Country, how could it suffer such a loss from an ordinary knight and lose its face?'

'Later on, through the mediation of Zhang Taixuan, although the conflict between Taiyi Fantasy Sect and I was relieved superficially, the more famous I am, the clearer it would be for Taiyi Fantasy Sect to remember the experience of suffering a loss from me. This point could be identified from the performance of Taiyi Fantasy Sect after I promoted to an earth knight.'

'At that moment, if Taiyi Fantasy Sect really forgave me, they should at least assign an elder to attend my rotating chakra ceremony. However, the fact was that they only assigned some small figures here. Additionally, those representatives of Taiyi Fantasy Sect were not there to congratulate me but to show off and find troubles. However, they were unsuccessful in their plan.'

'Later on, I didn't list Taiyi Fantasy Sect as one of the first batches of partners on Fiery Oil. It remembered that O'Laura told me 2 months ago that some major clans indeed wanted to cooperate with Fiery-Dragon Bounty Territory on Fiery Oil in the name of Taiyi Fantasy Sect. However, these clans' conditions for cooperations were very harsh; additionally, they behaved arrogantly and almost wanted to monopoly the business of Fiery Oil in the provinces where their clans were located in. They even wanted to expand their business to other provinces and prefectures without any restriction. It seemed that Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory became a pure supplier of cheap Fiery Oil and Taiyi Fantasy Sect had given me a big face by cooperating with me. Given their conditions, they must have taken themselves as the boss of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Of course, Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory would not accept it. In the eyes of someone in Taiyi Fantasy Sect, the attitude of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory indicated that they despised Taiyi Fantasy Sect.'

'Just now, a black iron knight of Taiyi Fantasy Sect dared satirize me in the public after knowing my identity. What did this mean?'

'At least it means that these knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect always spoke ill of me when they gathered together. I must have become an unruly one, even opponent and enemy that should be defeated by Taiyi Fantasy Sect as a whole in the eyes of many elders and knights of Taiyi Fantasy Sect...'

'If there's not such an atmosphere and recognition about me in Taiyi Fantasy Sect, how dare a black iron knight to despise an earth knight? Aren't the so-called "nine young elites", his senior fellow apprentices and uncle masters even elders on the back of Wen Qingkong?'

'Why would I spoil and give concession to such a person?'

Zhang Tie then recalled how Sarlon threw some dirty plates in front of him when he was sitting under a small tree in the campus of No. 7 Male Middle School in Blackhot City.

'Many fierce conflicts started from trivial affairs. At that time, Grace and the others felt that they were unrivaled at school; therefore, they thought that I should follow their order and serve them willingly.'

'As for Taiyi Fantasy Sect. When one of the 4 grand elders of Taiyi Fantasy Sect led a team of elites to show off in the Earth-elements Realm and make military exploits; however, they had not imagined that the largest bonus of killing that earth shadow demon knight was grabbed away by me who was an average black iron knight at that moment. As Taiyi Fantasy Sect was almost the most famous sect in the top 7 sects of Taixia Country, how embarrassed Feng Yexiao would feel? Therefore, Feng Yexiao always targeted at me and would like to make me embarrassed by finding my loopholes.'

'However, when my loophole was proved to be not a loophole, Feng Yexiao lost his airboat and his face at the same time. The magnificent brand of Taiyi Fantasy Sect was then shattered by a small figure. From then on, Taiyi Fantasy Sect was destined to become hostile to me. As one's position determined his thought. As the disciples of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, of course, they treat me as their enemy and opponent.'

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Tie suddenly discovered that the fate of one person or a group of people was usually determined by one person's simple thought.

'If they knew that they would lose their lives by throwing some plates in front of me, Grace would never dare do that to me anymore. They just did it because of a presumptuous yet reasonable thought in their mind...'

'If Feng Yexiao knew that he would lose his face completely, would he bet with me? Feng Yexiao made a bet with me because of a simple thought of jealousy, arrogance and killing intent. Because of such a bit evil thought, Taiyi Fantasy Sect turned hostile to me.'

'However, all this could have been avoided based on the relationship between Huaiyuan Palace and Taiyi Fantasy Sect and the fact that I was a member of Huaiyuan Palace. However, I turned hostile to Taiyi Fantasy. Is this my destiny or the so-called destiny was just a trajectory of some thoughts?'

'Thoughts!'

'The word was shocking and made me meticulous!'

Zhang Tie didn't know the final result between him and Taiyi Fantasy Sect. Zhang Tie didn't feel that he could deal with Taiyi Fantasy Sect alone even now. Zhang Tie stuck to the principle that he would offend people only if he was offended first. 'However, if the conflict between Taiyi Fantasy Sect and I further deteriorates, the relation between Lan Yunxi and I might be much unsteadier.'

'In this case, I couldn't eat humble pie. If I were regarded as good-for-nothing by the disciples of Taiyi Fantasy Sect and humiliated by a black iron knight of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, how could I grab Lan Yunxi's heart? Will Taiyi Fantasy Sect agree with the marriage between Lan Yunxi and I because I was docile to them? I'm afraid that I would face a greater resistance by then. An ugly, short man could marry a beautiful common woman; however, he could never marry a gentlewoman or a princess.'

'F*ck!'

When he thought about the boring thing, Zhang Tie couldn't stand to swear inside. If Zhang Tie knew that he would incur so many troubles and so many obstacles to the marriage between Lan Yunxi and him after killing an earth shadow knight in the Earth-elements Realm, he preferred to leave that earth shadow knight to Feng Yexiao the old guy.

However, regret didn't work.

...

Only after a short while, Blackwater Base had appeared in front of Zhang Tie.

So many knights were accessing the Blackwater Base. Everyone should present their Xuanyuan Order before entering Blackwater Base. These people came from everywhere across Taixia Country, including those from the Northeast Military Region. With so many human knights flying in the sky, it was as same as that in the legendary heyday of humans——In a large city floating in the sky, everyone living in the city could fly as if they were walking on the earth...

Zhang Tie was too young. Although there were so many knights here, nobody else could be as young as him.

The moment Zhang Tie arrived there, those passers-by had moved their eyes on his face.

Some people didn't know Zhang Tie; however, most of the knights from Northeast Military Region had already known Zhang Tie's look.

"Ahh, Qianji Hermit is back..."

"This person is Qianji Hermit!"

"Of course, Zhang Tie is the youngest earth knight in Taixia Country!"

"But I didn't see him in the raid!"

"Qianji Hermit has already served as a scout for over 4 months..."

"Ahh, scout!" Someone repeated with an exclamation.

"Although Qianji Hermit didn't attend the raid, he must be executing another mission!"

"But I've not seen his name on the List of Earth Knights in Xuanyuan Fortress..."

"Perhaps he didn't report his military exploits. You know that earth knights who serve as scouts are never afraid of death..."

Those who knew Zhang Tie couldn't help but become slightly dumbfounded as they whispered something to those who didn't know Zhang Tie on their sides. Some of them even nodded towards Zhang Tie politely. Zhang Tie also nodded towards them with a smile. Soon after Zhang Tie came back, he had already heard the news of List of Earth Knights in Xuanyuan Fortress 2 times. However, Zhang Tie didn't care about it. Compared to the deed of that b*stard of Taiyi Fantasy Sect, the others' responses made Zhang Tie feel much warmer.

The knight at the entrance of Blackwater Base was also from Northeast Military Region. After taking Zhang Tie's Xuanyuan Order respectfully and checking it, he gave the Xuanyuan Order back to Zhang Tie with full of admiration. He even said, "Welcome in, thanks for your hard work, Hermit!"

"Pleasure..." Zhang Tie nodded with a smile as he took his Xuanyuan Order and entered Blackwater Base.

Soon after entering Blackwater Base, Zhang Tie had felt dizzy as two female knights were exiting Blackwater Base.

Coincidentally, one of the two female knights was Guo Hongyi; the other one looked a bit younger than Guo Hongyi. In a white skirt, she wore a pagoda-shaped bun. She looked very delicate while her beautiful eyes inclined towards her temples, making her pretty aggressive and different. When they walked towards Zhang Tie, all the surrounding male knights hurriedly gave way to them.

What made Zhang Tie feel strange was that Guo Hongyi respected that woman in the white skirt very much as Guo Hongyi always stayed half a step behind her.

Guo Hongyi and that woman saw Zhang Tie too. At the sight of Zhang Tie, Guo Hongyi's eyes shone at once which contained a slight love that could only be sensed by Zhang Tie. However, when that strange woman saw Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie immediately felt that his hair all over was frozen. As a result, Zhang Tie quivered all over once as he swore inside, 'Damn, what an abnormal eye light! It's like how an old virgin who was responsible for punishing criminals and had not seen light for hundreds of years interrogated a liar and rapist who was bound by ropes in a religious judicial office...'

'F*ck, she's a shadow knight.' Zhang Tie's heart raced at once!

"What a coincidence..." Zhang Tie greeted Guo Hongyi after dodging away from the eye light of the shadow female knight in the white skirt.

"Hmm!" Guo Hongyi replied as she lowered her eye light and nodded towards Zhang Tie, being neither passionate nor indifferent.

"Who's this man?" The female knight in the white skirt turned around and asked Guo Hongyi in front of Zhang Tie.

"Master, he's Zhang Tie!" Guo Hongyi answered.

"He's Zhang Tie?" The female knight in the white skirt became slightly stunned. This time, she nodded to Zhang Tie while her eyes turned a bit warmer; however, her eye light was still cold. "Now that he could write the poem "The beloved ones", he's a bit conscientious. However, as he's married to a lot of women, he must be a lecherous and eloquent man. Stay away from him from now on. None of the men are good, not to mention male knights!"

Zhang Tie became stunned. Although he had seen a lot of women, it was his first time to be commented in this way. 'Damn, have I offended her or what? How could such a woman be the master of Guo Hongyi?'

"Hmm!" Guo Hongyi replied briefly while lowering her head. The woman in the white skirt threw a glance at Zhang Tie once again. Closely after that, she passed by Zhang Tie as if she had not seen Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie wanted to say something; however, he couldn't. Finally, Zhang Tie could only scratch his head helplessly as he saw them off...

...

After Zhang Tie returned to Blackwater Base, he went to report on his mission in the control center.

Zhang Tie didn't see Ye Qingcheng; however, the knight who received him told him that he was on a 2 weeks' leave, during which period, he could make a free arrangement. However, if he was called by Blackwater Base, he had to arrive at the base in half an hour...

After hearing that Ye Qingcheng was on a 2 weeks' leave, Zhang Tie understood that the demons' attack must have been relieved recently...