Tonight, many people were destined to be sleepless.
The study room of the Provincial Governor's Mansion, White Tiger Complex, Youzhou City...
It was late at night. Zhang Taixuan, dressed in a plain robe, sat alone in his study. He held his breath in concentration as he brandished his brush and splashed ink.
The more important the situation, the calmer one should be. This was what many people pursued, and Zhang Taixuan had achieved it.
In the daytime, Zhang Taixuan dealt with government affairs all day long. In the evening, he met an elder of Gu Clan in Easternriver Prefecture and some representatives of Steel Industry Chamber of Commerce in Youzhou Province. Not until 10 pm did Zhang Taixuan become free. Therefore, he came to the study room alone. Zhang Taixuan knew what was going to happen tonight. Many people in Golden Light City and Jinwu City would die tonight. What happened tonight would shock the entire country. However, Zhang Taixuan was not nervous at all; because he had already done his best.
He had calculated every step and every detail of tonight's events. He had considered the most likely choices those people would make based on their personalities in that kind of environment. He had considered what would happen to some people if they were alive and what would happen to them if they were dead. After countless deliberations and studies, he finally decided on tonight's action. For Zhang Taixuan, tonight's action was inevitable if it succeeded. If it failed, it was also God's will.
Sometimes, success depended on luck, but most of the time, success depended on perseverance and patience.
If Zhang Taixuan said that he had prepared for 16 years for tonight's action, many people would not believe it; however, it was the truth.
With his eyes closed, Zhang Taixuan's mind wandered. The brush dipped in the precious Hui ink danced on the snow-white Xuan paper. The brush moved according to his heart, and his mind moved according to his mind. When the brush finally stopped, Zhang Taixuan opened his eyes and looked at the desk in the study.
There was already a painting on the table, which was three-dimensional and full of momentum. It was a roaring ocean and an island in the ocean. If Zhang family members saw this painting, they could identify that it was Hidden Dragon Island and the sea area nearby Hidden Dragon Island in Waii Subcontinent.
On the painting, the sea was billowing with billows, roaring gales and low dark clouds. However, it was another scene in the west of Hidden Dragon Island.
The sea in the painting was calm and tranquil. At the bottom of the sea more than 300 meters deep, there was a huge rock. On the huge rock, there was a line of words written in gold and iron: Zhang Taixuan visited this place when he was 17 years old!
But beside this line of words, there was also a line of crooked handwriting.
— Haha, Zhang Tie also came here when he was sixteen!
Actually, Zhang Taixuan knew the name of Zhang Tie earlier than many elders of Zhang Clan could imagine.
That year, when Zhang Tie was going to leave for the Earth-elements Realm, he stayed in Hidden Dragon Island for a few days. During those days, he suddenly became interested in going to the bottom of the ocean to check the traces left by him when he was young.
At the bottom of the sea, Zhang Taixuan saw the inscriptions that he left here. At the same time, he saw the line of words that Zhang Tie left on a whim.
Zhang Taixuan could imagine how shocked Zhang Taixuan was at that moment.
As the favored son of Huaiyuan Palace, Zhang Taixuan was very clear about how many resources had the entire Huaiyuan Palace invested in him and how many hardships had he suffered to leave such a mark at the bottom of the sea at the age of 17. However, how could a common teenager in a nameless clan surpass his achievement at the age of 17 at the age of 16? Zhang Taixuan wondered.
Because of this line, Zhang Taixuan started to pay attention to Zhang Tie. It was Zhang Taixuan's first time to see Zhang Tie. Besides Zhang Taixuan, nobody else in Huaiyuan Palace knew about this.
Soon after Zhang Taixuan entered the Earth-elements Realm, when Huaiyuan Palace prepared to evacuate from Waii Sub-continent one after another, Zhang Taixuan's trusted subordinate in Huaiyuan Palace sent him a message — — a female disciple surnamed Ma in Hidden Dragon Island was pregnant. After being interrogated, the pregnant female disciple said that the father of her baby was Zhang Tie. However, Zhang Tie didn't know that this female disciple was pregnant.
After knowing this news, Zhang Taixuan had instructed his trusted subordinates in the clan to suppress this matter. At the same time, he controlled that female student and didn't let anyone else know about this.
Based on Zhang Taixuan's means and resources, it was very easy for him to completely control a common female disciple below LV 10 in Hidden Dragon Island and have such a female disciple completely trust him and act according to his will. He only needed a bit spiritual control secret skill and good guidance to have that female disciple completely become his puppet.
At that time, Zhang Taixuan only thought that this might be a card in his hand. He hadn't figured out how to use it. At that time, he didn't expect that he would hold this card for 16 years and only play it in this way today.
In the Earth-elements Realm, Zhang Taixuan had a lucky encounter and gained a rare treasure. When he came up from the Earth-elements Realm and saw Zhang Tie for the first time, the 16-year-old teenager who left words at the seabed of Hidden Dragon Island had already become a clan elder and soared to the sky.
If not that rare treasure that Zhang Taixuan gained from the Earth-elements Realm, Zhang Taixuan might not have reached such a stage. However, that rare treasure foreshadowed everything today; especially when Zhang Taixuan became more and more outstanding and powerful, Zhang Taixuan became more and more jealous of Zhang Taixuan. Additionally, the hint from that rare treasure made Zhang Taixuan more and more shocked.
Zhang Tie's performance in the battle at the bank of Weishui River and the exposure of his trump card as a divine dominator finally became the straw that broke the camel's back. As a result, Zhang Taixuan determined to take a risk.
This time, it seemed that even the God was on his side. Previously, when Zhang Tianxuan knew that Zhang Tie had recovered his wounds using bloody sacrifice furnace, he was a bit worried that Zhang Tie had already recovered and couldn't make the final determination. However, after Zhang Haitian's death and the information that Zhang Tie jumped off the airboat in Golden Light City, Zhang Taixuan finally made up his mind.
Zhang Taixuan knew that it was wrong to do so. However, no one was right or wrong. Each one standing on the top of the world had stepped on numerous corpses and white bones.
As for those who killed their brothers and sisters, they would also be immortalized in history. Compared to that, what Zhang Taixuan did was nothing.
A few hours ago, Zhang Taixuan had received the news that the event in Golden Light City had been successful. As Zhang Taixuan had predicted, Zhang Tie was not vigilant about those senior sister apprentices that he had met in Hidden Dragon Island; especially that woman whom he had a love affair with. Zhang Taixuan frankly attended the appointment and finally got Zhang Taixuan's control easily.
Over these years, Zhang Taixuan had studied Zhang Tie carefully. He knew that Zhang Tie was filial to his parents besides being affectionate. If he could get Zhang Tie and Zhang Tie's parents in hand, Zhang Tie would not be able to resist any request of Zhang Taixuan. Zhang Taixuan had to follow Zhang Tie's order.
At this moment, Zhang Taixuan received a message from Jinwu City through a remote-sensing communications finger ring, which made Zhang Taixuan frown at once...
"Zhang Gui …" Zhang Taixuan murmured as he found that he had no impression about this name at all. Therefore, he couldn't help but shake his head. Lowering his head, he watched the crooked words on the huge rock as he murmured, "I've not imagined that you could have an earth knight on the side of your parents; additionally, an earth knight is willing to be a slave in Zhang Clan. It seems that it's God's will. Now that you could have an earth knight as your slave, I, the clan head, am also an earth knight. What am I in your eyes? However, even though Jinwu City fails, it should not be difficult for me to get that item from you as you're in my hand …"
In the blink of an eye, all the remote-sensing communications finger rings on Zhang Taixuan's finger had rocked, including those from elders of Huaiyuan Palace, Commander Cheng and Xuanyuan Hill... Zhang Taixuan could even hear the footsteps of Elder Muray and his boorish tone when he broke into the mansion of the provincial governor, "I've got an emergency. Hurry up, take me to the clan head..."
After throwing the last glance at the painting on the table, Zhang Taixuan revealed a faint smile as he waved his hand. Closely after that, the painting on the table disappeared, leaving no trace at all.
By the time Zhang Taixuan walked out of the study, his face had already turned solemn …
"Something bad happened to Elder Mushen..." Elder Muray's face was covered with sweat at the sight of Zhang Taixuan.
"I've just got it. Commander Cheng has already sent a letter to inquire about Elder Mushen's safety. We have to go to Golden Light City by airboat right now!" Zhang Taixuan said bitterly, "Hopefully, Elder Mushen is safe..."
"Do we need to notice the other clan elders?"
"I'm afraid that Elder Mushen's accident might be caused by Heavens Reaching Church. I've already ordered the provincial army of Youzhou Province to enter a state of emergency. All the other clan elders are responsible for their own tasks. Let's stabilize the overall situation first..."
"Fine! Hurry up, let's go... "
Before putting on a coat, Zhang Taixuan had boarded the airboat with Elder Muray. In the eyes of others, of course, Zhang Taixuan, the clan head, was very anxious.
...
In Wild Lake Building outside Golden Light City, the army of Golden Light City had already arrived and was putting out the mountain fire outside Wild Lake Building. The wild was brightly lit with boisterous voices...
Before the fire in Wild Lake Building was put out, a heaven-piercing silver shuttle had flown over. The silver shuttle hovered above Wild Lake Building, revealing Yan Feiqing's figure.
After arriving here, Yan Feiqing instantly dove into the fierce fire.
After a short while, Yan Feiqing flew out of the fire. At the same time, she waved her hand while releasing her berserk battle qi, preventing the fire from touching the air. As a result, the fire across Wild Lake Building was put out in a split second.
"Husband..." Yan Feiqing wailed as she flew towards the lake in the distance...
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On the next daybreak, the news that Zhang Tie was killed outside Golden Light City had shocked Taixia Country...
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(To be continued.)
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