Castle of Black Iron

Elder Muray and Elder Muyu of Huaiyuan Palace were executing missions in a Class A city in Xing'an Prefecture of Huanzhou Province. In peaceful times, Class A cities in Taixia Country didn't need to be defended by so many knights; however, as it was in the western theater of operations, it was necessary to allocate more knights to defend Class A cities.

Although Huanzhou Province was in the western theater of operations, it was far away from the frontline. Additionally, it was in the east of Helan Mountain Range. Xingan Prefecture was also close to Bingzhou Province in the northeast of Huanzhou Province, also the place where Blackwater Base stayed for the first time. Actually, it was an easy and safe mission for Elder Muray and Elder Muyu. At least Xingan Prefecture could barely be attacked by demon knights before demons officially broke through Helan Mountain Range.

After communicating with Elder Muray and Elder Muyu through a remote-sensing communications finger ring, Zhang Tie knew that the two people were assigned to Xingan Prefecture as garrison knights soon after he became a scout. Due to their duties, they didn't even attend the raid under the leadership of Zuoqiu Mingyue.

Smacking his lips, Zhang Tie felt that this arrangement was very interesting, 'As I've assumed the most dangerous mission as a scout on my own initiative, Elder Muray and Elder Muyu who are my clan members gained a relatively safer and easier mission.'

Zhang Tie felt comfortable about this arrangement. He had to admit that Taixia Country was human-friendly in many aspects. For instance, if there was only one son in a family, he didn't need to serve in the army; when two brothers served in the army at the same time, if one had sacrificed, the other could retire in advance...

After contacting Elder Muray and Elder Muyu, Zhang Tie contacted Bai Suxian and told her that he had come back.

"You're back?"

Soon after Zhang Tie sent the message, he had received the reply of Bai Suxian.

"Yup, I've just come back. I've reported on my mission 1 minute ago. Where're you?"

"I'm on the airboat assigned by Lord Guangnan's Mansion!"

"Airboat? Have Lord Guangnan's Mansion also assigned people to fight here?"

"Of course, the airboat of Lord Guangnan's Mansion had long arrived here 2 months ago. Under the leadership of my 2nd uncle, Lord Guangnan's Mansion assigned one airboat and over 30 knights here. Where're you?"

"I'm going back to my cabin for some rest!"

"Okay, wait a moment, I will come for you!"

...

The Black Dragon Airboat was still connected to Blackwater Bas as the "dorms" of knights from Northeast Military Region. After contacting Bai Suxian, Zhang Tie returned to his Fantasy No. 76 cabin of Black Dragon Airboat.

After opening his cabin, he found that everything in the room remained unchanged after over 4 months. The two master-level tracing feathers were still lying in the cabin, which indicated that nobody had visited here over the past 4 months. As there was a special air purification system in cabins of the airboat, none of the poisonous and harmful smoke, dust or suspended particle matters could enter cabins. After over 4 months, this cabin was still as clean as before.

After escorting the airship troop for 3 days without any rest, the moment he returned to his cabin, Zhang Tie had taken off his clothes and started to take a bath.

Due to limited water resources, it was very luxurious to take a bath on the airboat. Even being an earth knight, Zhang Tie could only enjoy limited water every day. Thankfully, Zhang Tie moved fast. He had finished his bath in less than 5 minutes. The moment he finished his bath, Zhang Tie had heard the knocks. He knew it must be Bai Suxian.

After covering his lower body with a towel, Zhang Tie cleaned his head by another towel as he opened the door of his cabin.

Bai Suxian was indeed standing outside the door while looking beautiful. The moment Zhang Tie opened the door, Bai Suxian had entered as she locked the door by hand. Closely after that, Bai Suxian gave a long kiss to Zhang Tie.

Reunion after a brief separation was as sweet as a honeymoon. After parting with Bai Suxian for over 4 months, Zhang Tie couldn't cover his excitement.

After parting from each other physically, Bai Suxian watched Zhang Tie affectionately as she put one hand onto Zhang Tie's chest and said, "Do you know how much I was worried about you after hearing that you were injured?"

"It's fine, it's not fatal!" Zhang Tie smirked as he started to fumble over Bai Suxian's body.

"What happened?"

"I was ambushed by Gao Tianzhao and some demon b*stards!"

"Ahh, you were ambushed by a shadow knight..." Bai Suxian became shocked as her face blushed. She even forgot that Zhang Tie was fumbling over her body. Now that Zhang Tie could survive the ambush of a shadow knight, he must be fortunate or have a great ability...

"Ahh...stop; have you recovered your injuries...let me see..."

"I've cleaned my body and was waiting for you. You tell me whether I've recovered or not?" Zhang Tie smirked.

"My...2nd uncle knows you're back and wants to see you...now!" Bai Suxian pressed Zhang Tie's hands as she stammered.

After hearing Bai Suxian's words, Zhang Tie stopped his movement at once. Watching Bai Suxian with a bitter look, he said, "I've already taken off my pants, and you're telling me this..."

"Puffft..." Bai Suxian threw a glance at Zhang Tie whose bath towel had fallen onto the ground before saying, "Who told you to be so lascivious?"

Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile as he took out a set of decent clothes from his portable space-teleportation equipment and put them on. No matter what, he was going to see Bai Suxian's family member. Bai Suxian's 2nd uncle should also be an influential figure in Lord Guangnan's Mansion. If Zhang Tie didn't see him, it would be a bit rude. "By the way, why were you in the airboat of Lord Guangna's Mansion? Did you execute missions these days?"

Bai Suxian let out a sigh as she replied, "Soon after my 2nd uncle came here a few days ago, he had met Ye Qingcheng. On the 2nd day, Ye Qingcheng had assigned me to the airboat of Lord Guangnan's Mansion to follow the order of my 2nd uncle!"

Zhang Tie understood it at once. Of course, the princess of Lord Guangnan's Mansion should stay with the members of Lord Guangnan's Mansion in this case. Privileges existed everywhere. It was already remarkable that Lord Guangna's Mansion didn't assign Bai Suxian away from the frontline.

Bai Suxian then helped Zhang Tie put on his clothes carefully.

"Who led the team of Taiyi Fantasy Sect here?"

"It's Feng Yexiao, one of the top 4 grand elders of Taiyi Fantasy Sect!"

"Do Taiyi Fantasy Sect have some young men called 9 young elites?"

"They are 9 black iron knight elites in Taiyi Fantasy Sect. Above them, there are some earth knight elites called 5 peaks. Feng Yexiao brought here all of his beloved disciples..."

"Is there a disciple among the 9 young elites surnamed Wen?"

"Yup, might be Wen Qingkong. He likes to be in the limelight. You know him?" Bai Suxian threw a glance at Zhang Tie out of curiosity.

"All right!"

Zhang Tie understood it at once. 'No wonder that Wen Qingkong kept biting me like a mad dog the moment he saw me regardless of the basic etiquettes. It turns out that he's a disciple of Feng Yexiao...'

'What a boisterous theater of operations! All the elites have arrived here, old and young!'