On the morning of February 8th, Bai Zhengnan left Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Closely after that, Zhang Su and Donder left Xuantian Peak. Zhang Su was going to establish Fire-Dragon Corps in Xuantian City and integrate the local military forces in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. By contrast, Donder was going to start his first official inspection in Zhang Tie's bounty territory. In Donder's words, now that he had become the general steward of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, he should know everything about Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, such as population, resources, land, tax accounts of cities and local major clans.
Thankfully, Donder came to Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory with some capable and reliable helpers whom he found in Golden Roc Bank these years. With their help, Donder could gradually straighten out the financial management in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory.
Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi also left. However, before leaving, Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi expressed their intention to Zhang Tie, which made Zhang Tie exclaim that he was so lucky.
Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi were going to join Iron-Dragon Sect. This news was not trivial for Zhang Tie and Iron-Dragon Sect.
Of course, Zhang Tie welcomed Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi's decision. After Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi joined Iron-Dragon Sect, the battle force of Iron-Dragon Sect increased from 3 to 5 at once, including 2 earth knights and 3 black iron knights. Such a battle force was already great in Youzhou Province and the entire Northeast Military Region.
Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi left Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory for Guzhou Province to deal with the affairs of Minling Swordsmanship Sect. After that, they would join Iron-Dragon Sect together with their disciples.
After returning Zhang Tie's airboat to Taiyi Fantasy Sect, the airboat gifted by Gold and Power Law was still being customized according to Zhang Tie's requirements. It would take another 2 months. Now, the only airboat in Iron-Dragon Sect was Bai Suxian's airboat. Zhang Tie directly had Bai Suxian send Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi to Guzhou Province by airboat. As airboat moved fast, it only took them 5 days to go back and forth from Youzhou Province to Guzhou Province. If they took airboat, they might not arrive there in 2 months. After Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi dealt with the affairs of Minling Swordsmanship Sect in Guzhou Province, Zhang Tie would have them pick up their disciples by airboat.
Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi chose Immortalspring Peak as their residence in Iron-Dragon Sect. Therefore, the moment Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi left there, Zhang Tie had called Lu Yishan here and gave him 1 million gold coins. He had Lu Yishan start to build houses and facilities in Immortalspring Peak.
As for the cost of building palaces, 1 million gold coins was already a large amount. The cost of the Xuantian Peak of Iron-Dragon Sect was just over 1 million gold coins. If it was half a year ago, even if one wanted to build a villa and courtyard outside Xuantian City, it would only cost a bit more than 1,000 gold coins. However, due to the bloody figures, the housing price outside Xuantian City was much cheaper than outside Xuantian City.
Since Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi came here, of course, Zhang Tie would not be stingy.
Zhang Tie received Lu Yishan in the palace of Iron-Dragon Sect. After giving the gold coins to Lu Yishan, Zhang Tie found that Lu Yishan looked a bit strange today. After receiving the gold coins, Lu Yishan didn't leave; instead, he seemed to want to say something to Zhang Tie.
"Are you in trouble? Just tell me what you want to say. I'm not a tiger!" Zhang Tie asked Lu Yishan directly.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Lu Yishan gritted his teeth as his face blushed. Closely after that, he knelt down in front of Zhang Tie and kowtowed towards Zhang Tie three times loudly, "Head, if you don't mind, Lu Clan would like to serve you at all costs. Lu Clan would never betray you. If we violate this promise, we will be exterminated by the God."
Zhang Tie became stunned for a second. After that, he threw a glance at Lu Yishan who was still a bit perturbed as he turned solemn, "You want to be my subordinate?"
"Yes!"
"Is this your idea or Lu Clan's idea? Have you negotiated with the elders of Lu Clan?"
"Yes, I've negotiated with the elders of Lu Clan. Lu Clan would like to serve you at all costs!"
Lu Yishan knelt down once again as he put his palms on the ground in front of his knees. His upper body was completely close to the ground. However, his forehead touched his palms. It was a gesture of complete submission. Zhang Tie didn't open his mouth. Lu Yishan just remained still in this gesture to express his sincerity.
Zhang Tie knew that Lu Yishan had already heard the news when he accepted Li Tao as his subordinate yesterday. The moment he opened his mouth, of course, those individuals and clans in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory who could have a relationship with him and were optimistic about his future and personality would be moved by him. Lu Clan's choice was out of Zhang Tie's expectation. Besides solicitation, many so-called subordinate subordinates would also recommend themselves. Many major clans in Taixia Country always kept a lot of hangers-on. Those hangers-on were willing to be driven by major clans. If any hangers-on were favored by major clans or made meritorious services, they would be promoted to subordinate subordinates.
Zhang Tie watched Lu Yishan; precisely, he was watching Lu Yishan's grey hair. Zhang Tie was moved by the grey hair.
"Well, stand up. From today on, you're my subordinate. Remember to work hard for me. Of course, I will treat Lu Clan well!"
"My lord!" Lu Yishan bowed towards Zhang Tie once again. After that, he stood up with an excited look.
"Well, you can leave now …"
Lu Yishan then moved backward until he reached the gate. Lu Yishan tried his best to make his footsteps as light as possible so as not to reverberate in the palace.
The palace in front of Zhang Tie could hold over 1,000 people for ceremonies and gatherings. However, it was empty inside at this moment. The obsidian floor in the palace was so smooth and translucent that it could almost reflect people's shadows. Some huge sandalwood pillars in the palace were giving off a tranquil fragrance, which faintly filled the palace.
Not until Lu Yishan left did Zhang Tie let out a deep sigh. After that, he took the teacup in front of him and had a sip of the tribute tea. After that, he stroked the delicate porcelain cup which gradually cooled down as he lowered his head and started to think …
Being different than Li Tao who was aggressive and aggressive, Lu Yishan was more experienced and prudent. He was qualified to be Zhang Tie's subordinate. Li Tao could do things, so could Lu Yishan. What Li Tao did might bring Zhang Tie a surprise; however, what Lu Yishan did would never go wrong. 'Threerocks Construction Business Group has a great overall strength and is qualified to build Class A cities. With such a subordinate and a construction business group, it would be much more convenient for me in the future.'
Lu Yishan was Zhang Tie's family general; Lu Yishan's grandson was Zhang Tie's apprentice. As for Lu Clan, Zhang Tie was both master and head of the clan. It seemed that Lu Clan was determined to be on Zhang Tie's chariot; additionally, they were very anxious...
'Why is Lu Clan anxious?'
Besides being optimistic about Zhang Tie's future and believing in Zhang Tie's moral standing, they might have a sense of crisis which was similar to the reason why Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi joined Iron-Dragon Sect.
Facing such a situation where the moment he shook his body, all the heroes would submit to him from all directions. Zhang Tie was not blinded by the current victory and situation; instead, he maintained a clear understanding and insight.
Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi saw the crisis. So did Lu Clan. As the chaos of bloody figures broke out across Taixia Country, everybody had seen the crisis. In such a systemic crisis, all the intelligent creatures instinctively joined hands.
Given the sense of crisis, neither Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi nor Lu Clan could feel it more deeply and keener than Zhang Tie. Because Zhang Tie had long experienced the process of continents being exterminated many times before coming to Taixia Country. Zhang Tie saw numerous countries being exterminated and numerous people being turned into slaves and walking dead in front of him. The extermination of Waii Sub-continent was just the appetizer of this holy war.
Zhang Tie also joined hands. When he approached Heavens Fortune Sect and Lord Guangnan's Mansion, he also joined hands.
Powerhouses could be accompanied by loneliness and the starry sky. However, after witnessing the collisions between tens of thousands of human and demon knights in the Earth-elements Realm, Zhang Tie still dared not say that he was a powerhouse. Because even an earth knight's life was very trivial sometimes. Therefore, he could only join hands. 'What's a real powerhouse?' Previously, Zhang Tie was a bit vague about the definition of a real powerhouse. He felt that his master Zhao Yuan was a real powerhouse. However, after coming back from the Earth-elements Realm, he had a clearer definition of a real powerhouse — — only those who could survive being besieged by tens of thousands of human knights in the Earth-elements Realm could be called a real powerhouse.
Zhang Tie thought that he was still far away from that realm.
'Now that I'm not a real powerhouse, I could only join hands.'
'Like what Elzida said in the letter, the so-called future is just the combination of numerous possibilities. There's no definite future. In this holy war, no matter what trump cards demons have and how bad the situation facing humans is, as long as it's not the last moment, humans will always have hope. However, the numerous possibilities in the future are in the hands of the most powerful ones.'
It was power for one to become more powerful through cultivation and reach the top of the universal laws; it was also a kind of power for one to unite more people. This was Zhang Tie's belief.
After settling down and preparing to take root and develop, Zhang Tie found that he only cared about cultivation over these years. As a result, he didn't have enough useful people on his side …
At the sound of crisp footsteps from the gate of the palace, Zhang Tie raised his head as he was in meditation.
Bai Suxian entered the palace with swaying steps as she said, "The 2,000 dare-to-die fighters gifted to you by Lord Guangnan's Mansion have already arrived at Xuantian Peak …"
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