Zhang Tie saw Zuoqiu Mingyue and Ye Qingcheng in a room on the top of the highest pyramid-like building in the middle of Xuanyuan Fortress. It seemed that the two people were waiting for Zhang Tie.
In this room, Zhang Tie could overlook the entire Xuanyuan Fortress and the 11 advanced bases around Xuanyuan Fortress through the huge crystal floor-to-ceiling window which carried a strong alchemist qi.
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem White clouds were drifting outside the window. Ye Qingcheng and Zuoqiu Mingyue had fixated onto Zhang Tie since he entered the room.
"Nice to meet you, commander, commander-in-chief …" Zhang Tie greeted the two people politely the moment he entered the room. The two people were worthy of Zhang Tie's respect in terms of status, cultivation base and military exploits. Although Zhang Tie couldn't identify their moral standing, he felt that they were better than Feng Yexiao.
When he bowed towards Zuoqiu Mingyue, Zhang Tie also threw a serious glance at Zuoqiu Mingyue who was known as the Military God of Taixia Country. Given his look, Zuoqiu Mingyue was just an elegant, slim and sage-like old man who looked tranquil and tranquil. If not his immortal-level uniform, which could only be worn by 3 people across Taixia Country, commoners could never imagine that he was the Military God of Taixia Country, the supreme commander of hundreds of millions of troops in Taixia Country.
Of course, Zhang Tie knew that this was just the appearance. In other words, commander-in-chief had already entered a profound realm in cultivation base and didn't need to show his existence by external things. However, if anyone thought that commander-in-chief of Taixia Country was such a tranquil old man, he would be wrong. When Zhang Tie glanced at the wall behind Zuoqiu Mingyue and Ye Qingcheng, he suddenly froze his eyes.
Because there was a specimen hanging on the wall behind them. It was the head of an ox-horn demon. The change in cultivation base of demon knights would be reflected in their bodies. After ox-horn demons promoted to heavenly knights, they would grow another horn in the middle of their foreheads. That ox-horn demon was a heavenly demon knight with 3 horns.
This heavenly demon knight's face revealed a bit grim and painful look before death.
It was Zhang Tie's first time to see someone make a specimen of the head of a heavenly demon knight and hang it in his office. Therefore, he was a bit shocked.
"This man is one of the princes of demons. He's brutal and tyrannical. In the last holy war, he killed numerous human knights. Additionally, he likes to chop off human knights' heads and hang them on the wall for collection and appreciation. Therefore, I want him to taste the feeling of having his head chopped off and hung on the wall as a specimen. Otherwise, it would be hard to frighten demons!" Perhaps feeling that Zhang Tie was gazing at the head of the heavenly demon knight on the wall, Zuoqiu Mingyue opened his mouth calmly. Closely after that, he pointed at a place in the room, "Take a seat, don't stand …"
"Sir is mighty, worthy of admiration. Doing this truly brings great satisfaction to the people!" Zhang Tie cupped his hands towards Zuoqiu Mingyue. Closely after that, he sat down on the place that Zuoqiu Mingyue pointed at.
"Blackwater Base has already figured out that you were ambushed by Gao Tianzhao last time. Among the knights in Northeast Military Region, You Dazhong the head of You Clan in Mozhou Province is one of the moles of Heavens Reaching Church. It was he who leaked the information that you had a mount and your trace after coming to the theater of operations to the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church. You Dazhong has been secretly eliminated. You Clan in Mozhou Province has also been raided. As we don't want to make people in Blackwater Base flurried, we didn't report this event to them. Now that you're back, we have to give you an explanation!"
Ye Qingcheng opened his mouth. "Thanks, Commander Ye. Heavens Reaching Church's infiltration is really unpredictable!"
"That's right. You deserve more than half of the credit for clearing out the moles of the Heavens Reaching Church in the base. If you hadn't been careful enough to provide the clues, You Dazhong would've been lurking in the Blackwater Base alone, and there's no telling what kind of trouble he would've caused!" Ye Qingcheng let out a sigh too, "Oh, how did you discover that Gao Tianzhao would ambush you underground? How did you escape from Gao Tianzhao's hand?"
After hearing Ye Qingcheng's question, Zhang Tie told them about his experience at that moment. In front of Ye Qingcheng and Zuoqiu Mingyue, Zhang Tie generously admitted that he could control animals. He didn't use his lotus-flower eyes. In his meticulous probing, Gao Tianzhao's whereabouts were exposed. Additionally, alchemist's bomb was a means that Zhang Tie could save his life in advance. Zhang Tie told them that he left the mountain cave after being injured and flew away from Helan Mountain Range with the help of the thunder hawk. After that, he found a secret place and recuperated his wounds. Although Zhang Tie didn't tell them where the secret place was, given that he appeared in Xiangshan Prefecture of Wuzhou Province for the first time, of course, those who heard his story would guess that Zhang Tie escaped in the opposite direction. He didn't have the thunder hawk return to Huanzhou Province; instead, he flew to a mountainous area in Xiangshan Prefecture of Wuzhou Province and hid there.
What Zhang Tie said was all true. Additionally, it was very detailed and flawless. Nobody could find any loophole in it. Even if those demon knights and Gao Tianzhao were here, they couldn't say that Zhang Tie's words were wrong; because it was the truth. However, nobody could imagine that Zhang Tie had a substitute skill and an earth-shaking secret skill. Finally, he could easily kill Gao Tianzhao with the secret skill of King Roc Sutra.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Ye Qingcheng and Zuoqiu Mingyue exchanged a glance with each other before nodding inside. Zhang Tie's words were completely consistent with the information that they got later on. When Gao Tianzhao chased after Zhang Tie out of the mountain cave, Zhang Tie escaped by the thunder hawk. Although nobody saw it, the people dispatched by Blackwater Base and Xuanyuan Fortress could also restore some information about that situation by animal controlling skill.
"Did you see Gao Tianzhao later on?"
"That day, Gao Tianzhao chased after me very fast; however, he couldn't catch up with me. Since then, I haven't seen Gao Tianzhao in the theater of operations for over 2 months!" Zhang Tie was telling the truth. In front of the two famous figures, Zhang Tie's words were very meticulous. Because Taixia Country had endless secret methods, senior knights might master some mysterious lie detection skills. If you lied to them, they would sense it. If Zhang Tie didn't add "in the theater of operations", he would be lying; if he did, he would be telling the truth. After finding that Gao Tianzhao was in Castle of Black Iron instead of the theater of operations, Zhang Tie asked, "Commander Ye, why do you ask?"
"I'm afraid that the knights in Xuanyuan Fortress and the other bases might not know that; however, we've already received the exact news that the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church who were wanted by Taixia Country had long escaped to Yezhou Province, a barren province in the west of Taixia Country. They hid in a secret place in Yezhou Province. The moment the vanguard of demons arrived, those remnants of Heavens Reaching Church had jumped out and started to cooperate with demons to besiege cities and territories. A couple of days ago, those remnants of Heavens Reaching Church had already established a puppet regime called Heavens Reaching Empire with the support of demons. Strangely, Gao Tianzhao has the highest reputation and social status among all the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church. Gao Tianzhao is the first candidate to be the puppet emperor of Heavens Reaching Empire. However, this time, it's Gao Zeji, Gao Tianzhao's son, who proclaims himself as the emperor of Heavens Reaching Empire …"
Zhang Tie was dumbfounded by this news. It was not strange that those remnants of Heavens Reaching Church who were wanted by Taixia Country hid outside the barren province in the west of Taixia Country. Bloody Soul Temple could even build a Lancang Palace in the ground so close to Xuanyuan Hill. A cunning rabbit has three burrows, which could barely be discovered, not to mention in the border of the west of Taixia Country. If the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church really hid in such a place, it would be really difficult for people to find them.
Actually, when Zhang Tie saw Gao Tianzhao 2 months ago, he had such a thought. He guessed that those wanted members of Heavens Reaching Church might be hiding in a secret place in Peacewest Military Region. However, Heavens Reaching Church established a puppet regime and Heavens Reaching Empire in the public. Someone even claimed to be an emperor. This was out of Zhang Tie's imagination. In the previous two holy wars, Taixia Country and Hua people had not seen such a puppet regime and country supported by demons.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Tie found that it was absolutely reasonable. Because Heavens Reaching Church which inherited the legacy of Bloody Soul Temple excelled at confusing people, controlling and enslaving commoners. The remnants of Heavens Reaching Church needed power, social status, fine wines and beauties to enjoy. Demons needed to consume the strength of Taixia Country and Hua people. It'd be better if they could break up and kill each other. Therefore, of course, the two parties hit it off.
The same trick had been performed many times in the history of Hua people. All the invaders who invaded Hua people in different periods would control Hua people with Hua people by means of division, bribery, threat, fostering puppets, schemers and agents so as to weaken Hua people by dividing, hating and killing each other. In the end, they even enslaved and exterminated Hua people. Because the population of Hua people was too large and the territory of Hua people was too large, if they blindly attacked Hua people, they would only make Hua people more united. By contrast, if they trained some agents and lackeys, they could achieve the greatest damage at the minimum cost. It was the same as the strategy of besieging a city and leaving a way out.
Hua people had not seen such a treacherous person for many years. After Heavens Reaching Church established Heavens Reaching Empire with the support of demons, it meant that the entire Heavens Reaching Church had completely abandoned the restraint and root of Bloody Soul Temple in Taixia Country and stood on the opposite side of Hua people and Taixia Country. No matter what, Bloody Soul Temple was one of the major sects of Taixia Country; they would never break up Taixia Country and become the lackey of demons.
"The bastards of Heavens Reaching Church should be killed …" Zhang Tie said while gritting his teeth, not covering his hatred and fury at all …
(To be continued.)
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