With a sound of "Huala", a section of 100-m long city wall in the north of Xiangshan City collapsed due to the movement of over 1,000 soldiers, dozens of armored vehicles and steel cables, causing a large area of dust on the ground. Before the dust settled, over 10,000 soldiers and hundreds of trucks had driven over here. Many people started to move the large bricks and cement blocks away from the moat in the distance and buried a section of the moat.
Before these "construction wastes" were transported here, the steel gates of the north city gates of Xiangshan City had long been dismantled and thrown into the moat, being buried by tens of thousands of tons of construction wastes. As a result, many sections of the moat in Xiangshan City were cut off and turned into small ditches. The entire Xiangshan City was like a huge demolition site — — the city gates were dismantled, the city walls were demolished, even the steam defense equipment inside the city walls were severely damaged and could barely be repaired.
It was the army of over 1 million soldiers that did all this in Xiangshan City …
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"Come on, there's another big well here. Tear down the wall of that house over there. Tell the engineer camp to bring two more carts of cement here. We'll fill this well completely. F * ck, even if we have to leave, we won't leave even a hair to those demon's lackeys …"
The moment Zhang Tie turned around a street, he had caught sight of a military officer in the uniform of captain standing on the stony railing of an open-air well whose diameter was 4-5 m. He was commanding hundreds of soldiers behind him to dismantle a delicate house over there and completely seal this well.
At the sight of this scene, Zhang Tie turned around and shook his head towards those people on his side, "Pitifully, we can't do it here either …"
"This ancient well in Xiangshan City has a history of over 500 years. The ancient-well tofu made from this ancient well is the best in Xiangshan City. Before I promoted to a knight, I would taste ancient-well tofu whenever I came to Xiangshan City. Each neighborhood around this ancient well has a workshop. They have been making ancient-well tofu for generations. Because the ancient-well tofu in Xiangshan City is well-known in Wuzhou Province, it's in short supply every day. Even though they're just making tofu, they could also live a good life …"
It was an old man who fought the earth demon knight that day. As he explained, he shook his head pitifully.
This old man was called Long Miao. He was the grand elder of Long Clan of Sande Palace, Xiangshan Prefecture, Wuzhou Province. After demons invaded Taixia Country, he was summoned by the commander-in-chief of Peacewest Military Region to guard Xiangshan City. The old man was accompanied by two black iron knights, Fang Hui and Peng Yulin. The two black iron knights were both wearing armors. Fang Hui looked fierce while Peng Yulin looked gentle. They were the corps leaders of the two corps of Wuzhou Army in Xiangshan City. The other knight who was stationed in Xiangshan City had already been killed. Therefore, the 4 knights who were stationed in Xiangshan City were all here.
Zhang Tie had stayed in Xiangshan City for 2 days. After today, the two corps here would evacuate tomorrow. Zhang Tie suddenly felt sentimental today as he wanted to take a look in this city which was going to be abandoned. Of course, the other 4 knights accompanied him on one side. In Xiangshan City, Zhang Tie didn't intervene in any military and administrative affairs. He was only responsible for dealing with demon knights. It was Fang Hui and Peng Yulin who were responsible for military and administrative affairs. However, Zhang Tie was faintly the leader of the 4 knights. This was also the rule in the knight's world. When a group of knights gathered together, they would compete with each other based on battle strength. Zhang Tie's battle strength was undoubtedly the most powerful among them.
Although they had not contacted Zhang Tie for a long time, they had been completely convinced by Zhang Tie's demeanor that day. As Qianji Hermit was well-known across the world, the grand elder of Long Clan of Sande Palace and the two corps leaders of Wuzhou Army would like to be closer to Zhang Tie. Additionally, although Zhang Tie had been well-known across the world, he didn't put on airs in front of ordinary soldiers of Wuzhou Province or elders of major clans. His way of talking always made people feel like being bathed by spring breeze.
"As long as we kill all the demons, when Xiangshan City recovers from the holy war, we could dig another ancient well here …" Fang Hui the corps leader said with a strong killing qi, "As we've already fought two holy wars, it's nothing to be afraid of one more!"
Peng Yulin remained silent. As a corps leader of Wuzhou Army, Peng Yulin was always arrogant and had a great battle strength. That day, he fought 3 black iron demon knights at the same time and killed a black iron wing demon knight. All the people in Wuzhou Army knew that General Peng was never convinced by others. Even in front of Commander Cheng, General Peng was very stubborn. He even got the nickname of Strong Neck General. However, after staying with Zhang Tie and witnessing Zhang Tie's battle skills that day, Zhang Tie didn't dare to disobey him.
However, after staying with Zhang Tie and witnessing Zhang Tie's battle skills, Peng Yulin was also sincerely convinced by Zhang Tie.
However, after staying with Zhang Tie and witnessing Zhang Tie's battle skills that day, the commissioned officer who was preparing to fill the ancient well knew who they were; especially when he saw his corps leader on the side of Zhang Tie, he immediately ran over here and stood at attention with a "pah" sound, "Gao Fei, captain of the 6th division of the 3rd corps of Copper Furnace Corps of Wuzhou Province pays my respect to corps leader …"
"Well, go do your work!" Fang Hui waved his hand, letting this junior commissioned officer leave.
"Yes, sir …" Gao Fei stealthily glanced at Zhang Tie with an admirable look. The news that Zhang Tie was garrisoned in Xiangshan City these days had long been spread over the city. Additionally, it was spread that Zhang Tie killed 2 earth knights and 2 black iron knights that day. In the eyes of ordinary soldiers, Zhang Tie was simply a legendary figure who was even more idolized than super idols.
Zhang Tie walked to the edge of the ancient well which was going to be filled as he touched the railing of the ancient well.
The railing of the ancient well was surrounded by imprints of ropes that had completely sunk into the rocks. Those imprints represented the hope and sustenance of many generations of families in this city. On the ground beside the ancient well, the pieces of bluestone had become as smooth as a mirror under the baptism of time.
There were buckets and ropes on the edge of the ancient well. Although those who lived nearby had left, these items were still there. Zhang Tie didn't feel like destroying them.
As the ancient well was over 500 years old, the water surface could be seen 5 m below the mouth of the well. It was covered with a faint mist. The water in the well was as clear as a mirror.
The greater part of the courtyard wall of a neighboring mansion had been demolished. Zhang Tie let out a sigh inside. When he was going to leave there, a grey-haired old man in plain and clean clothes walked out of a lane on one side with a pair of buckets on his shoulder. After that, he took the ropes and buckets and threw them into the well and filled a bucket with water …
All the commoners in Xiangshan City had long been evacuated. Zhang Tie was a bit dumbfounded by an old man who suddenly came here to fill a bucket with water.
As the old man was a bit old, it was a bit difficult for him to fill the second bucket after filling a bucket with water.
"Old man, let me help you …" Zhang Tie hurriedly walked to the old man's side as he fetched water from the well and poured it into the bucket. "Old man, all the commoners in Xiangshan City have evacuated, why are you still here?"
The old man replied with a smile, "Just let the young ones leave. I grew up here drinking the water from this ancient well. My father grew up here, my grandpa grew up here, my grandpa's grandpa and my wife also stayed here. It doesn't matter if demons come here. Why do I have to leave here the moment demons arrive? I'm not afraid of them. At my age, I'm not afraid of them at all. I have to leave. My wife doesn't have anyone to accompany her. "
Just a few words from this old man had caused countless people to feel ashamed.
"I have to fill this ancient well!" Zhang Tie said mildly.
"I know, I know. I've heard the military officer's call just now. I want to fill some water and make ancient-well tofu before this well is filled. My wife loved ancient-well tofu most when she was alive. Because of this, she married me when she was young …" The old man said as he looked at Zhang Tie from his head to his toe with a nostalgic look, saying, "All the young ones in Xiangshan City are Hua heroes. How could you fight demons in Wuzhou Province at such a young age?"
Zhang Tie nodded; however, he didn't stop filling the bucket with water. As the bucket was a bit large, it took him two times to fill it to 80% full.
"Where's your hometown?" The old man started to chat with Zhang Tie.
"Youzhou Province!"
"Youzhou Province, oh, the territory of Northeast Military Region. It's indeed far away. I've only been to Huanzhou Province and Yinzhou Province since I was born!" The old man suddenly became interested as he asked, "Have you killed demons?"
"Yes, I've killed some!" Zhang Tie said modestly as he pulled the rope to fill the 4th bucket of water. After pouring it into the old man's bucket, he finally filled the two buckets.
"My youngest grandson is almost as old as you. I've not imagined that you're so capable!" The old man sighed with emotion, "We northwest people, especially people in Wuzhou Province are all generous. You've come such a long way to fight demons at such a young age. If you don't mind, I will treat you to ancient-well tofu. After today, you might not have such a chance in the future …"
"Fine, thank you so much, old man. Where's your home? Let me carry the water for you!" Zhang Tie said as he took the shoulder pole from the old man and carried the two buckets.
"It's in front, I will show you the way …" the old man said as he directly walked into the lane.
Zhang Tie jumped up the bucket as he looked back at Long Miao, Fang Hui and Peng Yulin, saying, "Let's go. It seems that we're lucky today. We could eat ancient-well tofu in Xiangshan City before the end of the holy war!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Fang Hui hurriedly rushed over here as he wanted to take Zhang Tie's shoulder pole, saying, "Let me do it, let me do it …"
Very few black iron knights across Taixia Country dared carry water for a black iron knight, not to mention that this earth knight was Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie replied with a smile as he waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind it at all. "Haha, it's the same no matter who picks it. I'm just helping this old man. After today, Brother Fang, if you want to brag somewhere else, you could tell others that it was me who picked the water for making the tofu for you last time when you tasted the tofu in Xiangshan Ancient Well …"
The grand elder of Sande Palace burst out into laughter, saying, "You're right. Qianji Hermit carried water for us today. Who else in Taixia Country would believe that? Even if we were killed on the battlefield with demons in the future, we would not feel regretful given that we've eaten this tofu today …"
"I think we'd better keep this ancient well. Even if demons really occupy this place, it's useless with only one well. Additionally, given that all the wells in Xiangshan City have been buried by us and the tap water system has been destroyed, given how suspicious and cunning demons are, they wouldn't dare drink water from this well even if we keep it …" Peng Yulin who had been silent finally opened his mouth.
Peng Yulin was more meticulous than Fang Hui. He could see that Zhang Tie was sympathetic to the old man. If this ancient-well was buried today, there would be no running water in Xiangshan City anymore. In this case, when the human army in the city evacuated tomorrow, this old man who didn't want to leave here would have a slim chance to survive himself in Xiangshan City even though the demon army had not arrived.
"Let's keep it then. Younger brother Peng is right. There's only one ancient-well in Xiangshan City. Even demons dare not drink the water here …" Fang Hui understood it at once. The decision made by the two corps leaders was equal to the highest order in Xiangshan City. In case that someone else filled this ancient-well after they left, Fang Hui especially told the commissioned officer called Gao Fei to leave two people here to guard this ancient-well. Before they evacuated tomorrow, nobody was allowed to fill this ancient-well.
The few of them arrived at the old man's house in the depths of the alley. As expected, the old man was the only one living in the house. The old man's so-called wife was only a memorial tablet placed in the main hall of the house …
The old man was surnamed Zhou. He was born and brought up in Xiangshan City. All the residents in Xiangshan City had started to evacuate 4 months ago. The old man didn't want to leave Xiangshan City at all cost. Therefore, he stayed here alone with a cat. There were enough grains and firewood for a few years in his home. The old man even opened a piece of land in his courtyard, which was enough for him to live.
The old man had a workshop in his home. Everything was ready-made, such as millstones and soybeans. Additionally, they were almost ready …
The old man was very happy to see Zhang Tie's group. He then took out his jujubes and fed them to Zhang Tie and started to cook tofu.
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On the second day, when it was barely daybreak, over 3,000 large airships had arrived at Xiangshan City. After landing in the airports in and outside Xiangshan City, they started to evacuate all the garrisons in Xiangshan City.
At this moment, all the gates on the four city walls of Xiangshan City had been demolished. Some sections of the city walls which were longer than 100 m had been demolished on each city wall. All the water sources in the city had been destroyed. Everything that could be burned had been burned. Those that could not be burned had been smashed, destroyed or buried. Additionally, two corps of engineers had set some traps for LV 9 demon fighters in and outside the city …
Only after a couple of hours, all the garrisons in Xiangshan City had boarded the airships. All the airships then took off.
Before leaving Xiangshan City, Zhang Tie threw a last glance at Xiangshan City and that small courtyard where he stayed yesterday. At noon, the old man was lying on a lounge chair under a jujube tree in the courtyard leisurely. In the empty city, the old man was taking a nap with a tabby cat in his arms while bathing the rare warm sunshine in spring.
Zhang Tie didn't know what to say. All of a sudden, he had a strange feeling as if his spirit had been sublimated …
'If you're not afraid of anything, what could this world do to you?'
The ancient-well beancurd in Xiangshan City and the common old man who was sunbathing on the deck chair and accompanying his wife who didn't care about the army of hundreds of millions of demons and hundreds of thousands of demon knights became Zhang Tie's last impression of this city before he left Xiangshan City …
"Let's go …" Zhang Tie turned around and told the other three knights in the sky. Closely after Zhang Tie's words, a golden light had flown over here as fast as a lightning bolt, which startled Long Miao and the other two knights. Fang Hui thought it was a raid by a demon powerhouse as he almost couldn't wait to launch a counterattack.
Zhang Tie stopped Fang Hui at once, "Brother Fang, don't blame me. This is my pet …"
Closely after Zhang Tie's words, the thunder hawk had arrived in front of Zhang Tie and started to circle around Zhang Tie cheerfully.
At the sight of such a majestic big bird, all of them were startled.
"Ahh, what's that bird? How could it move so fast just now? It almost surpassed the speed of sound!" Both Fang Hui and Peng Yulin goggled their eyes as they looked at the thunder hawk in amazement as if they were looking at a monster. They had never seen or heard of such a bird even though they had seen it in the past.
Only the grand elder of Long Clan of Sande Palace shot out a shrewd eye light at the sight of the thunder hawk as if he had seen a rare treasure.
"Elder brother Long might have already known it?" Zhang Tie said with a smile.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Fang Hui and Peng Yulin moved their eyes onto Long Miao at the same time.
Long Miao stroked his whiskers as he was not completely confident, "This bird seems … seems to be a thunder hawk that could be reborn after bathing in lightning bolts and lightning bolts. Thunder hawks fly relatively fast among birds. It's said that thunder hawks should be baptized by lightning bolts at least once in their lives. If they succeed, they would complete evolution and mutation like how snakes shed their skin or knights form their chakras. Their abilities would improve by leaps and bounds. I've seen a thunder hawk being baptized by lightning bolts for three times in an auction. Finally, it was bought by someone at the price of over 1 million gold coins. This thunder hawk is many times larger than that thunder hawk that I saw at the beginning. Additionally, its speed is more amazing. If this thunder hawk has been baptized by lightning bolts, it must have evolved a lot. It could be called a marvelous bird. If it could be domesticated, I'm afraid … it would be more precious than a silver secret item …"
"Haha, elder brother Long is really knowledgeable!" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter. Closely after that, under the admiring eyes of the others, he rode on the thunder hawk and rushed into the sky, "This thunder hawk not only flies fast, but also has an outstanding eyesight in the air. It could even discover the target hundreds of miles away. With its help, I will definitely kill all the demon knights who dare harass the airship troop …"
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