Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem The special envoy dispatched by the pope of Sacred Light Empire was a mace pastor called Astor. Although this mace pastor was not eye-catching among the top pastors of Sacred Light Empire, as the secretary of the pope, Astor had clearly indicated that he was the henchman of the pope of Sacred Light Empire. Astor came here to negotiate with Zhang Tie on behalf of the pope of Sacred Light Empire to solve the conflict between the two countries.
Golden Roc Bank had already made a full explanation about the identity of this special envoy to Sacred Iceland Kingdom before Zhang Tie met him.
On April 19th, Astor arrived at Ice and Snow Wilderness by airboat of Golden Roc Bank. On April 20th, Zhang Tie received Astor in a pavilion in the garden of Summer Palace.
According to diplomatic customs, after coming to Saint Petersburg, Astor first met Elder Gouras who was responsible for diplomatic affairs of the Cardinal Elders Group of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. After that, he met Queen O'Laura who was in charge of state affairs. After that, he met Zhang Tie in the garden of Summer Palace and settled the issues concerning the release and compensation of some merchant ships of Sacred Iceland Kingdom that were detained and imprisoned by Sacred Light Empire from the second half of last year to March this year on the Western Continent.
At his 50s, Astor was a bit fat with a genial smile. If not the robe of Sacred Light Empire and the faint knight wave and qi that he released, he was just like a common boss of a bar.
All the big figures were handsome, ugly, perverted or had some strange hobbies or outstanding temperaments. All these contents were related to the plots in the stories. When in Blackhot City, Zhang Tie also thought so. However, as he gained more experiences, Zhang Tie gradually found that it was bullsh * t. Many big figures who could become big figures indeed had outstanding looks or temperaments and were impressive. However, Zhang Tie mostly saw big figures above knights. Over 80% of them would never look different than commoners.
Zhang Tie himself was not outstanding in appearance. He might not be as handsome as Pan An.
Astor was also such a person. Although he looked common, how could he be the trusted subordinate of the pope in Sacred Light Empire and be favored by the pope be common?
At the sight of Astor, Zhang Tie was not deceived by Astor's smile; instead, he reminded himself inside.
"Your Majesty, I'm Astor, the scepter priest and the attendant secretary of the pope of Sacred Light Empire!" At the sight of Zhang Tie, Astor put his right hand on his chest and bowed towards Zhang Tie according to the rules with great sincerity.
"I'm not tsar anymore. You can call me Zhang Tie or Qianji Hermit. Please take a seat!" Zhang Tie told Astor to take a seat calmly.
Sitting in the pavilion, the two people were surrounded by a pond and a garden. It was April, the best season across Ice and Snow Wilderness and Gozidari Plain. After a few days, it would be the traditional Flower Picking Festival of Slavs in Ice and Snow Wilderness. Although it was not the Flower Picking Festival yet, the garden of the Summer Palace had long been covered with fresh flowers, including roses, pansies, marigolds and irises. Swarms of bees and butterflies were flying in the garden. Sitting in the pavilion, Zhang Tie could smell the fragrance of flowers, which could make him calm down all of a sudden.
"Although the crown of the secular world is conspicuous and easy to put down, the crown of faith that is built in the hearts of people, although invisible, can be immortal!" Astor said as he came to the front of Zhang Tie and sat down on the chair opposite to Zhang Tie. Closely after that, he started to observe Zhang Tie.
Compared to Astor, Zhang Tie's look at 16 or 17 years old and his great fame among humans aroused Astor's curiosity and desire to explore Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "Well said. Invisible things are more valuable than tangible things in many cases!"
"I didn't say that. It was His Highness the Pope!"
"In this way, we have a common language. Your pope and I always value invisible things more than tangible things in many cases …"
Zhang Tie expressed his sincerity. No matter what the rumors about heavenly knights and semi-sage knights were, Zhang Tie knew that they were all fake. In the conflicts between Sacred Light Empire and Sacred Light Empire, Zhang Tie might take advantage of Sacred Light Empire once or twice; however, Sacred Light Empire's background was much deeper than that of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Additionally, the pope of Sacred Light Empire was a real heavenly knight. Sacred Iceland Kingdom couldn't maintain its advantage for a long time. Now that the opponent was willing to negotiate with Sacred Light Empire, it was what Zhang Tie wanted.
When Zhang Tie had a good trump card, he would strive for the greatest benefits for Sacred Iceland Kingdom and solve the threat of Sacred Light Empire. Otherwise, with Sacred Light Empire gazing at Ice and Snow Wilderness covetously, Zhang Tie would not be reassured about Ice and Snow Wilderness even if he returned to Taixia Country with O 'Laura and Fiona. At this moment, it was really unnecessary for both parties to make a life-and-death struggle. Facing such a powerful enemy like Sacred Light Empire, Zhang Tie couldn't only admit his weakness; otherwise, the opponent would devour him completely including his skin and bones. After being brainwashed by religions, these people could do anything. Zhang Tie could beat the opponent until he spurted out blood; at the same time, he could give the opponent a way out. This was how Zhang Tie got along with Sacred Light Empire — — fight; however, he should not break the relationship between Sacred Light Empire and Sacred Iceland Kingdom!
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Astor's eyes turned bright. Actually, Astor's task in Ice and Snow Wilderness was not easy. As for Sacred Light Empire, Sacred Iceland Kingdom was just a sesame seed. For this sesame seed, Ockham the b * stard of the eastern parish and his subordinates had caused a lot of trouble. Finally, Ockham and his subordinates might offend a heavenly knight or a semi-sage knight. Therefore, His Majesty had to clean up Ockham's mess for them. Of course, His Majesty was furious about it!
"In Sacred Light Empire, the halos pastors of each parish have a very great power. They could make decisions on many things without the consent of His Majesty the pope. It's definitely not the intention of His Majesty the pope to launch an expedition to Sacred Iceland Kingdom in the eastern parish. It's also a regrettable mistake. His Majesty the pope is also very furious about this result!"
"I also believe that His Majesty the pope of Sacred Light Empire would not launch such a great attack for such a small place like Sacred Iceland Kingdom …" Zhang Tie said with a smile.
Astor's words were indeed a bit true. The strength of Sacred Light Empire's expedition to Sacred Iceland Kingdom came from the eastern parish under the leadership of Ockham. Because Sacred Iceland Kingdom was too small, such an expedition and war could barely have any accident. Even if His Majesty the pope knew that, he would not care about it at all; instead, he would acquiesce to the action of the eastern parish. However, as long as this action failed, the pope would not like to see the result.
"Ockham has an undeniable responsibility for this matter …"
"I also think so!"
"Sacred Light Empire would not avoid Ockham's mistake. However, His Majesty the pope also wants to know whether Ockham is still alive or not. If he's still alive, could Sacred Iceland Kingdom hand him to us?" Astor said as he gazed into Zhang Tie's eyes.
One of Astor's purposes in Ice and Snow Wilderness was to confirm whether Ockham was really on the back of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. If Ockham was still alive, he would bring Ockham back.
Zhang Tie had long had a plan about this question.
Shaking his head, Zhang Tie said calmly, "I don't know whether Ockham is still alive or not. That day, in the crisis, Ockham displayed a great ability. He escaped away from the battle at the speed of 8 times the speed of sound in a split second and flew towards the northwest of Ice and Snow Wilderness. Ockham's speed was so fast that even a heavenly knight couldn't catch up with him for a short while …"
Astor's eyes turned bright at once. Ockham had mastered the secret method of life light. Only the secret method of life light could enable Ockham to escape away from Saint Petersburg at such a high speed at the critical moment. The pope said that Ockham's flight speed was 8 times the speed of sound. Only a few people in Sacred Light Empire knew this secret. Now that Zhang Tie could tell Ockham's flight speed of life light, it was definitely not fabricated. Now that Ockham could escape away by using the secret method of life light, it meant that there was at least a heavenly knight on the back of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Besides a heavenly knight, who else could force Ockham to escape away by using the secret method of life light?
After escaping away from Saint Petersburg by using the secret method of life light, Ockham had not contacted the pope until now. It seemed that he was really in a dilemma. If not being severely wounded in the battle with a heavenly knight, Ockham would never use such a secret method. The pope said that Ockham could escape away by using the secret method of life light at such a high speed at the critical moment. It was a vast uninhabited area which was far away from the territory of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Ockham could not even find it. This was also what Ockham wanted at that moment.
"I wonder about the heavenly knight on the back of Sacred Iceland Kingdom …" Astor asked Zhang Tie carefully.
"He's a friend that I made in the Earth-elements Realm. We're old friends. He's not famous and a bit eccentric. He likes tranquility. He's in secluded cultivation somewhere in Ice and Snow Wilderness …" Zhang Tie said with a solemn look as if it was true.
After thinking about it for a while, Astor suddenly took out a scroll. After putting it on the table, he passed it to Zhang Tie with a sincere look, saying, "This is His Majesty's sincerity. His Majesty hopes to express that Sacred Light Empire has no ambition for the territory of Sacred Iceland Kingdom and eliminate the misunderstanding between Sacred Iceland Kingdom and Sacred Light Empire through this gift …" Zhang Tie opened the scroll and found that it was a map of Fadiland Province of Sacred Light Empire.
Fadiland Province was a piece of land in the southwest corner of Western Continent. It was far away from Sacred Light Empire. Fadiland Province was close to a country called Barbarian Federation in the northeast; Rhesa Republic, another powerful country on Western Continent, was in the northwest. There was a coastline in the south of this piece of land. The area of this piece of land was about 10 million square miles, which was about half of that of Sacred Iceland Kingdom; however, it was definitely larger than that of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Of course, compared to Sacred Light Empire and Western Continent, this piece of land could only be regarded as a small country on Western Continent.
Zhang Tie raised his head and watched Astor.
"This is an enclave that Sacred Light Empire gained dozens of years ago. It's far away from the territory of Sacred Light Empire. It's not large. From now on, this piece of land belongs to you, Qianji Hermit …"
After watching Astor for a few seconds seriously, Zhang Tie revealed a smile. Closely after that, he put away the scroll and stretched out his hand, saying, "In the holy war, peace should be the common pursuit of all the human countries. Just let bygones be bygones …"
"Pah …" Astor high-fived Zhang Tie with a smile.
…
Less than half an hour after Astor left the garden of the Summer Palace, Zhang Tie had received the information about this "gift" from Golden Roc Bank — — Fadiland Province was formerly Fadiland Empire on the Western Continent. Since Sacred Light Empire made Fadiland Empire "voluntarily merge with" Sacred Light Empire through various means 6 decades ago and made the imperial households of Fadiland Empire die out, this piece of land became Fadiland Province of Sacred Light Empire.
However, over the past 6 decades, this piece of land had been facing constant troubles. The nobles of Fadiland Empire constantly rebelled with the secret support of Barbarian Federation and Rhesa Republic. It had almost become a regular case for pastors and major pastors of Sacred Light Church to be assassinated here. For the sake of its face and dignity, Sacred Light Empire always maintained its rule over this piece of land; instead of completely digesting this piece of land. As there was a chance, Sacred Light Empire could use this piece of land to appease the conflict with Sacred Iceland Kingdom.
Zhang Tie didn't care about the intention of Sacred Light Empire at all. In Zhang Tie's opinion, this piece of land was a springboard and base for him to enter the Western Continent. What was more, the land covering over 10 million square miles was not small. Although it was a backward land on the Western Continent, its foundation should be much better than that of Ice and Snow Wilderness.
This conflict with Sacred Light Empire was really profitable.
Being different than Ice and Snow Wilderness which belonged to Slavic tribes, Zhang Tie gained this piece of land from Sacred Light Empire on his own. He didn't use any soldier of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Sacred Light Empire also indicated that they would gift this piece of land to Zhang Tie instead of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Of course, this piece of land also belonged to Zhang Tie's private property.
Zhang Tie didn't care about the current situation facing Fadiland Province. Neither did he care about whether he could rule this piece of land effectively. Now that Sacred Light Empire gifted this piece of land to him, legally, he and his offsprings were already the owners of this piece of land. Nobody could replace them. As long as he wanted it, he could take it back at any time justifiably.
On the same evening, Zhang Tie summoned his wives and kids in Ice and Snow Wilderness. In a room of Summer Palace, he showed that map and the corresponding documents left by Sacred Light Empire to his kids and told them, "Andre is your elder brother. I left Sacred Iceland Kingdom to Andre. When you grow up, if you want a piece of land, I will leave this piece of land on the Western Continent to you as your bounty. It depends on your ability how much you could take. If you couldn't even keep what I've gifted to you, don't think about anything else. Just live a free and unfettered life!"
As for Alexander and the other kids, they didn't really understand Zhang Tie's words. However, after exchanging a glance with each other, all of Zhang Tie's wives nodded. As Zhang Tie had too many kids, as the mothers of these kids, they should consider about the future of their kids.
…
After reconciling with Sacred Light Empire, Zhang Tie stayed in Saint Petersburg for over one month.
Although Olina and O 'Laura would come back to Taixia Country with their kids, they had a long-term plan. They had a lot of things to deal with in Ice and Snow Wilderness and Ewentra Archipelago. They had to take some people with them. It would take them about 1 month to deal with these things.
On May 9th, at Zhang Tie's request, Gold and Power Law directly drove a heavenly cloud-level airboat to the Summer Palace in Saint Petersburg. When the airboat arrived, all the people in the Summer Palace were gathering in the square and watching the huge airboat slowly descending from the sky.
This heavenly cloud-level airboat was specially made for Zhang Tie by Gold and Power Law. Given its specification, it was already the private vehicle of the commander of Taixia Country and the elders of the top 7 sects. The airboat that Zhang Tie won from Taiyi Fantasy Sect was also a heavenly cloud-level airboat. Its specification and internal luxury were the best among all the airboats.
Of course, the arrival of this airboat aroused another shock in Saint Petersburg. Very few people across Ice and Snow Wilderness had seen such a large airboat, not to mention taking a ride in it. Even the elders of the Cardinal Elders Committee came to visit it, not to mention Zhang Tie's wives and kids …
This new airboat was the new Iron-Dragon Airboat.
After Iron-Dragon Airboat arrived at Ice and Snow Wilderness for one week, Zhang Tie set off for Taixia Country with his wives and kids …
When Zhang Tie finished his business in Ice and Snow Wilderness and returned to Taixia Country one month ago, the most severe crisis that Taixia Country faced since the holy war finally broke out … (To be continued).
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