After Zhang Gui hid his real battle strength, besides avoiding the censure of outsiders and the embarrassment inside Huaiyuan Palace, the biggest benefit was that Zhang Gui could disguise as a pig to eat a tiger at the critical moment. As a surprise soldier, Zhang Gui could easily deal with more difficult situations.
It would always bring unimaginable benefits to hide one's battle force at any time. However, the battle force of a black iron knight was much more than 3-5 times that of an earth knight. As long as Zhang Tie could misjudge Zhang family's battle force at the critical moment, Zhang family would be safer and could make a comeback at the critical moment.
After killing Han Zhengfang, Zhang Tie found that he became more and more "insidious" and "cunning" in many cases.
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The thunder hawk moved very fast in the sky. Zhang Tie didn't encounter any trouble on the way.
When they were over 3,000 miles away from the volcanic region, the thunder hawk encountered an unknown airboat. The people on the airboat might have also discovered the thunder hawk and Zhang Tie's team. The high speed of the thunder hawk might have scared the people on the airboat. After chasing after the thunder hawk for a short while, the airboat soon lost sight of the thunder hawk which could fly at twice the speed of sound. Zhang Tie didn't care about this. No matter what, this thunder hawk would appear more frequently in the future. It was normal for others to be curious about it. Zhang Tie didn't need to overreact.
At this moment, the thunder hawk was wearing a mithril anklet which was specially made by Edward at Zhang Tie's request. This anklet was like a mark made by a domestic pigeon, which indicated that the thunder hawk had an owner instead of a wild mutated species. In this way, even if the thunder hawk flew out by itself, it didn't need to worry about being robbed by a heavenly knight who chased after it on the way like last time.
Although Taixia Country had become a bit chaotic, commoners and high and mighty knights could still abide by the basic orders and rules of Taixia Country as long as they were not b * stards like Heavens Reaching Church. The Laws of Taixia Country still had an unshakable position in Taixia Country. The imperial court of Taixia Country was still in a powerful position. Even knights dared not kill people and rob people's ownerships unless they wanted to be on the wanted list of the Supreme Court.
As Zhang Tie's destination was Zhongzhou Province and his route was not far from Xuanyuan Hill, he didn't see any trace of bloody figures on the way. Some traffic arteries and dangerous places in the periphery of Xuanyuan Hill were firmly controlled by the top 4 armies of Taixia Country. Therefore, bloody figures couldn't reach Xuanyuan Hill no matter how chaotic they were.
The thunder hawk could fly over 2,400 miles per hour. In the afternoon, after 7 hours' high-speed flight, they had already seen the shadow of a Class A city on the horizon in the distance.
Zhongzhou Province was one of the 9 immortal provinces in Taixia Country. As the capital of Zhongzhou Province, Zhongzhou City was far more prosperous than common Class A cities. Not only in Zhongzhou City, the entire periphery of Zhongzhou City was covered with densely populated areas. The radiation area of Zhongzhou City was 5 times greater than that of common Class A cities. Long-term peace meant that people living here didn't need to worry about safety in the periphery of the city even if they didn't settle down in the city.
Perhaps, people near Zhongzhou City still thought so a few months ago; however, it was hard to say how many people still had such a firm belief now.
Watching various airships and airboats taking off and landing in Zhongzhou City and the airship bases outside the city, Zhang Tie directly contacted Bai Suxian and told her to fly the airboat to 30 miles away from Zhongzhou City. He would converge with Bai Suxian outside the city instead of going to Zhongzhou City to attract the attention of others.
After gaining benefits, making a fortune, exterminating a powerful enemy and cheating Meng Shidao, of course, he had to be low-key as it was not far from Xuanyuan Hill.
Zhang Tie had the thunder hawk slow down from 2 times the speed of sound to 1 times the speed of sound, which was almost the same as the normal flight speed of common knights.
The old slave Zhang Gui also loosened the sharp claw of the thunder hawk as he started to fly after the thunder hawk.
In less than 10 minutes, the thunder hawk had passed by the edge of the huge Zhongzhou City and appeared in front of the two people and the bird.
The movable deck on the top of Iron-Dragon Airboat had slid open automatically. Zhang Tie's apprentices were standing on the deck and waiting for Zhang Tie's return.
A strong wind arose while golden light flashed. At the same time, they heard air-breaking sounds. As Zhang Tie's apprentices moved too fast and directly descended from the sky, before they realized what was going on, they had been blinded by the sharp wind caused by the wings of the thunder hawk. As a result, they hurriedly turned around while the long skirts of some female apprentices were fluttering in the wind.
When they realized what was going on, they found that Zhang Tie had already appeared on the deck of Iron-Dragon Airboat safe and sound. On Zhang Tie's side was an extremely handsome golden bird. After folding its wings, the golden bird was even higher than Zhang Tie. Combing the feathers on its neck, the huge bird squinted at them with its golden eyes in an extremely arrogant way. An old man was standing behind Zhang Tie.
After recovering his composure, Liu Xing hurriedly bowed deeply towards Zhang Tie together with Zhang Tie's apprentices, "Welcome, master!"
"Hmm, no need to be so polite!" Zhang Tie threw a glance at the deck as he had known the cultivation progress of the 121 apprentices during this period. Strangely, Bai Suxian was not on the deck, which was not Bai Suxian's style.
After straightening up their bodies, Liu Xing and the other apprentices looked at Zhang Tie. At the sight of Zhang Tie, their hearts pounded as many of them hurriedly lowered their heads.
Although Liu Xing and the other apprentices didn't know what happened to Zhang Tie these days due to their battle strength, they all felt that their master was a bit different than that when he left a few days ago. Their master looked more dignified. Although his eye light was still mild, his casual glance could penetrate through everything. As a result, they didn't even have the thought to struggle.
Only after a few days, Zhang Tie had promoted to 4 change earth knight; especially after taking that fruit of brilliance, Zhang Tie's spiritual energy surged to a terrifying realm. At this moment, although Zhang Tie didn't purposefully release his domineering qi field, Zhang Tie's movements and eye light could bring great stress to Liu Xing and the other knights who were below LV 10.
"Zhao Bing, Wu Yinhui, Zhou Xiao, Ma Kuicheng, Linghu Biao, Sun Zhan, Zhu Yuanguang, Qian Bingbing, Huang Chongyang, Bai Hua, Zhang Yueshan, Yu Xiaoai" Zhang Tie called 12 people's names consecutively, including 2 female apprentices. All the apprentices being called by Zhang Tie became restless as they hurriedly lowered their heads. However, Zhang Tie's words were out of their imagination, "You've been persisting these days and have made progress in your cultivation. You've reached the perfection of LV 9 realm and your spiritual energy has become more solid. I will impart Fire Dragon Sutra to you tomorrow!"
"Thank you, master!" After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Zhao Bing and the others became faintly stunned. Closely after that, they became ecstatic as they hurriedly bowed towards Zhang Tie once again. The favor of imparting Fire Dragon Sutra to them was equivalent to giving them a new lease of life. They had not imagined that their master could impart Fire Dragon Sutra to them this time. As a result, they all became so thrilled that some of them even dropped off tears at once.
After Liu Xing gained the first enlightenment from Zhang Tie, all the other disciples of Zhang Tie admired Liu Xing very much; however, most of them were cheering for themselves inside. They had been looking forward to the arrival of this day. They had not imagined that this day could come so suddenly.
Those who were called out by Zhang Tie just now were the ones who worked the most diligently and made the most obvious progress in cultivation during this period. Not only those who were called out by Zhang Tie were happy, even the other disciples who were not called out by Zhang Tie were spirited as they felt that they had seen the hope. With the models in front of them, as long as they worked hard, they might be the next batch of disciples.
"Zhu Dabiao, Wang Pan, Xie Qingfeng, you should make more progress in cultivation. Don't be left behind by your peers!" Zhang Tie then lightly called the names of the three apprentices who were at the bottom of their cultivation progress. After hearing Zhang Tie's words, the three apprentices hurriedly lowered their heads guiltily as they dared not look at Zhang Tie at all.
Zhang Tie threw a glance at them as he said, "As for the others, you should bear in mind that the road of cultivation is long. You should make constant progress and avoid arrogance and rashness!"
"Yes, master, disciple will bear your teachings in mind!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, all the disciples were shocked. Not until then did Zhang Tie ask Liu Xing, "Where's your master uncle Bai?"
"The moment Iron-Dragon Airboat left Zhongzhou City, Master Uncle Bai's maid had told me that Master Uncle Bai felt a bit uncomfortable and was taking a rest in the cabin!" Liu Xing replied with a solemn look. All the other apprentices of Zhang Tie were also gazing at the ground silently.
After hearing such a reply, Zhang Tie slightly touched his nose as he had already known the answer. As a knight, of course, Bai Suxian would not feel "a bit uncomfortable" like commoners. After promoting to a knight, it meant that she would bid farewell to 36,000 diseases and discomforts that commoners would suffer from. Unless a knight was possessed by the devil in cultivation or was poked some holes in his body, he would never feel "a bit uncomfortable".
Bai Suxian was throwing a tantrum because she had already guessed that the catastrophe in Xuanyuan Hill was related to Zhang Tie. However, at such an important moment, Zhang Tie didn't treat her as a helper. Of course, Bai Suxian was losing her temper.
Women were sometimes narrow-minded, even knights were no exception. (To be continued.)
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