After supper, Zhang Tie's elder sister-in-law found a chance to talk about Blackhot City with Zhang Tie. After hearing that Blackhot City had been abandoned by Norman Empire due to the demonized puppets disaster and most of the residents in the city had been relocated away, the elder sister-in-law was shocked very much.
Not only the elder sister-in-law, even Zhang Tie's parents sighed with emotions on one side.
When the elder sister-in-law talked about Blackhot City with Zhang Tie, the other two sisters-in-law just listened to her quietly. The elder sister-in-law looked as calm as usual while the other two sisters-in-law were also smiling. However, Zhang Tie could sense the subtle relationship between the three women.
The elder sister-in-law's family background was very common. Her family only ran a tailor's shop. Her parents were both commoners. The two sisters-in-law of Zhang Tie's elder sister-in-law both came from big clans. Lu Shiyun, the second sister-in-law, came from a prominent clan in Jinhai City. Her family ran a very large ocean fishery company. As she had a business relationship with Jinwu Business Group, she married Zhang Tie's elder sister-in-law.
Although the third sister-in-law and the elder sister-in-law were both surnamed Wang, they were different. The third sister-in-law was born in Wang Clan of Shude Palace, one of the top 6 clans in Jinyun Country. Although she was not noble in Wang Clan, she was the lineal descendant of Wang Clan. Since she was young, she was well-off and knowledgeable. Most of her father and elder brothers served as public officials in Tianxi City.
In this case, the elder sister-in-law had a sense of crisis. She needed to find a chance to consolidate her position in Zhang family. Zhang Tie could understand her. Additionally, he cooperated with her. Additionally, Zhang Tie respected the virtuous elder sister-in-law very much.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Yang told his wives and kids to take a rest. Zhang Tie's parents also knew that Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang must have a lot to talk about as they had not seen each other for a few years. Therefore, they didn't talk with Zhang Tie anymore. Therefore, they didn't stop Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang then entered Zhang Yang's study room from the parlor.
After coming to his elder sister-in-law's study room, Zhang Tie watched the thick carpet and the rows of books on the bookshelves. Zhang Tie nodded inside, 'This family finally looks a bit magnificent.'
Zhang Tie found a comfortable sofa and sat down casually. Zhang Yang served two cups of tea to Zhang Tie. After sitting on Zhang Tie's side, he passed a cup of tea to Zhang Tie.
The special fragrance in the teacup and the green glass-like liquid in the teacup reminded Zhang Tie of many things.
"The best wild spring from the Eastern Continent!"
"You can actually drink it out!" Zhang Yang threw a glance at Zhang Tie with an amazed look. Closely after that, he let out a sigh as he said, "It seems that you have a good life outside these years!"
"I've seen it once in the hands of the clan elders!" Zhang Tie replied with a smile. Instead, she naturally added two cubes of sugar from the sugar cup on the table into the teacup and stirred it gently.
"This is the first time I've seen such a wasteful way of drinking wild spring. I'll give it a try too!" Watching Zhang Tie's movement, Zhang Yang burst out into laughter as he picked up two pieces of sugar and put them into the teacup. Zhang Tie then burst out into laughter too. After four years, he could finally calmly add his favorite sugar to the best wild spring tea in his house.
What was progress? This was progress. The small cup of tea that Zhang Yang served also represented the power and status of Zhang family.
"I know you have a lot of questions. Go ahead. I will tell you after that... "Zhang Tie's elder brother smacked his lips after having a mouthful of the sweet wild spring. He then watched Zhang Tie.
"Where are those people that I brought from Blackhot City?"
"After knowing that you didn't come back with them, I dispatched some powerhouses to pick you up in Blackhot City. When they arrived at Blackhot City, the news that Master Abyan was assassinated had been spread over the city. Nobody knew what happened. You also disappeared. After that, the holy war broke out. Those people waited for you in Huaiyuan Prefecture for one year. They were not used to living here mainly because of the language barrier. Later on, many of them thought that you were dead or met with an accident and couldn't stay in Huaiyuan Prefecture anymore. Therefore, I sent them away from Waii Sub-continent! "
"Where are they?"
"Eastern Continent!"
After hearing that those guys of God Blessing Association and the girls of Rose Association had gone to the Eastern Continent, Zhang Tie let out a sigh at once. 'That's good. When the holy war has broken out, it's a good fortune for them to have a stable place to settle down. As for me, perhaps some of them thought that they would not see me anymore. I can only talk about it when I have a chance to meet them in the future. Just let it be.'
However, Zhang Tie knew that when he had a chance to see those girls of Rose Association in the future, most of them might have already had their own lives. By then, the absurdity between him and those girls of Rose Association would come to an end. Zhang Tie shook his head with a bitter smile.
Shaking his head, Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile. He didn't know what day it was today. First, it was Miss Daina; then, it was those girls of Rose Association. It seemed that he was here to bid farewell to the past. His elder brother had more and more sisters-in-law; however, his women had left one after another. He might not have a chance to see those girls of Rose Association in the future. He could only hope that they could live happily and start their new lives after leaving this continent.
Watching Zhang Tie's bitter smile, Zhang Yang also smiled, "Hoho, don't be like that. Actually, besides Miss Daina, three more women are waiting for you in Huaiyuan Prefecture."
"Three more?" Zhang Tie blinked his eyes as a strange feeling arose in his heart.
"Hmm, one is called Linda, one is called Beverly and one is called Fiona. When I went to pick you up today, I planned to call all of them; however, I was afraid that my dad and mom couldn't accept it. Therefore, I didn't call them. I will give them a surprise when you come back! "
"Where are they?"
"Right in Yiyang City. They learned Chinese very fast and opened a clothing store together. The business is not bad. The three of them live together and take care of each other. They are the family members of Beverly and Fiona. I've already sent them to the Eastern Continent. "Zhang Yang said as he patted Zhang Tie's shoulder," Hmm, these women are not bad! "
Zhang Tie took in a deep breath as he didn't want to find them right away. Instead, he asked Zhang Yang another question. "As for the others, they are not used to the language of Waii Sub-continent. I'm afraid that many of them can't speak Chinese. Is there any problem for them to be sent to the Eastern Continent?"
Zhang Yang smiled, "The Eastern Continent covers thousands of times more than that of Waii Sub-continent. Although it's dominated by Hua people, there are also some Hebrew minority gathering areas on the border of the Eastern Continent. There are at least a few million people in any of the minority communities. They shouldn't have any problems going there. "
After hearing his elder brother's words, Zhang Tie found that he didn't know much about the Eastern Continent except for a travel book about the Eastern Continent written by a foreigner in Blackhot City. Zhang Tie became a bit bashful.
"What about the Eastern Continent? Elder brother, can you tell me about it? I'm a bit ashamed. As a Hua person, I don't know much about that continent. "
"Hmm, I know about the Eastern Continent because I've been doing business these years. After contacting more people, I gradually know more about it. I will tell you about it! " Zhang Yang slightly raised his head as a longing flashed across his eyes, "There's only one country dominated by Hua people in the entire Eastern Continent. It's called Taixia Country. The entire country is very prosperous. Numerous Hua people live in it. It has 9 immortal provinces, 36 upper provinces, 72 large provinces and numerous small and medium-sized provinces and prefectures. It's the heyday of human civilization, the ruling center of Taixia Country and the sacred land of Hua people. It's called Xuanyuan Hill. It's said that Xuanyuan Hill is an immortal item of far-ancient Hua people. It's a treasure that Hua people excavated from the underground world after the Catastrophe. "
"Ahh, isn't Xuanyuan Hill a place? How could it be excavated from the underground world?"
"Xuanyuan Hill is indeed a place. It was also excavated from the underground world. I've not seen it. However, I've been told that Xuanyuan Hill is a huge and mysterious cube which covers almost 60 miles in length, width and height respectively. Most of it is underground!"
Zhang Tie became dumbfounded as he asked, "How's the Eastern Continent now? Is it also in a war?"
"The flames of the holy war have not reached the Eastern Continent yet. If the flames of the holy war have already reached the central region of human civilization, places like Waii Sub-continent have long been crushed into ashes by demons. How could we two brothers drink tea here?"
Zhang Tie agreed with Waii Sub-continent. At this moment, although Waii Sub-continent had been in chaos and was covered with smoke, given its geographical location and the power of humans in this place, the war here was just the prelude of the holy war.
However, this prelude had already made Zhang Tie feel heavy stress and a bit worried about the future; especially after witnessing the power of the super demon corps in the frontline, Zhang Tie was clear that Waii Sub-continent could not stand too long in this holy war. Only after 3 years, 1/4 of the land of Waii Sub-continent had been occupied by demons. Numerous people were in misery. All the countries on the continent were in ruins. Who knew what would happen here 10 years later? Zhang Tie was not confident about whether humans could stand 10 years here or not.
Zhang Tie told Zhang Yang about what he saw in Selnes Theater of Operations and his judgment. After that, he watched his elder brother seriously, "Our family's future and foundation couldn't be established here. Sooner or later, Waii Sub-continent would be completely occupied by demons one day. Therefore, from now on, elder brother, I hope you could prepare to move to the Eastern Continent as soon as possible and take our dad, mom, sisters-in-law and kids away from here as soon as possible. We could always make money. It's nothing even if we lose some money!"
"Of course, I understand. I've been preparing for this since a few years ago. These years, Jinwu Business Group has made over 10 million gold coins through the business of all-purpose medicament. We've also made a lot of profits from other businesses. With these assets, we could start afresh no matter where we go!"
"Elder brother, it's great that you can think like this. As long as we brothers and our family members are here, we could make 10 times, even 100 times more!" In the future, we'll be able to earn ten times or even a hundred times more than what we have now! "
"I find you're much more confident than before after a few years' absence!"
"Haha, I'm not as confident as you. You've doubled the population of our family in only a few years. After another 20 years, when those little guys become parents, our family will look like a family. "Zhang Tie joked.
Zhang Yang threw a glare at Zhang Tie, "If not dad and mom worry about you too much, how could I have so many babies? Didn't you see mom? Only when she was surrounded by those guys would she smile and divert her attention; otherwise, she would drop off tears the moment she thought of you! "
Not until then did Zhang Tie know that his elder brother had such a purpose to produce babies crazily these years.
"It's an accident. I promise that it won't happen again!" Zhang Tie said with a guilty look.
Zhang Yang stood up. After that, he took out a silver box from a drawer of the study room. After that, he came back and put it in front of Zhang Tie.
"What's this?" Zhang Tie asked Zhang Yang.
"Take a look and you will know it!"
After opening the box, Zhang Tie found there were two strange diamond-shaped crystal pillars, each of which was as large as 3 fingers put together. They were wrapped by a metal structure with runes and were giving out vague brilliance. They looked like hourglasses. "Ah, twin mirror crystals..."
"Since you disappeared, I started to prepare for it. Later on, I got a set of long-distance remote-sensing communication equipment from the Eastern Continent through Long Wind Business Group. It's a top-class long-distance remote-sensing communication equipment. As it's very small, it's a rare resource. However, it's not complicated to use. Take one and learn how to use it when you're free. No matter how far you go, you can keep in touch with me at any time and respond to me at any time in case of mom's worry! "
Even in the army of the Norman Empire, this item could only be assigned to a division for the convenience of the division to contact with the higher-ups. Zhang Tie had not imagined that his elder brother could give him one. Zhang Tie had always disliked being extravagant; however, this time, as long as he could use this item to contact his family members at any time, Zhang Tie felt that it was worthwhile no matter how extravagant it was.
Zhang Tie picked up one of them and found it was tied with a fine and firm metal chain, which could be easily hung around his neck or waist. After glancing at it for a while, Zhang Tie hung it around his neck. Zhang Yang also hung the other one around his neck.
"How much for a pair of them?"
"A pair of such small-sized, top-class items would cost over 300,000 gold coins. They can only be found in the Eastern Continent!" Zhang Yang said as he gave a brochure to Zhang Tie, "This is the method of using this remote-sensing communication device. Take a look. For the sake of convenient communication between the two of us in the future, and to prevent this thing from being used by others if it is accidentally lost, we'd better come up with a set of key information or passwords that only the two of us can distinguish when we communicate! "
In the next 10 minutes, the two brothers discussed it carefully and solved this problem.
After knowing that they could contact each other at any time, both Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang let out a sigh at once.
It was said that before the Catastrophe, humans had many means of long-distance communication, one of which was called a mobile phone. According to today's value, each of them could have one at the price of a dozen silver coins. Zhang Tie thought for a moment and then realized that the mobile phone, which was worth more than ten silver coins, could not compare with the necklace which was worth 200,000 gold coins at the moment.
"Oh, elder brother, what's your level now?"
"I've just reached LV 6. This elder brother doesn't have a good talent in cultivation. Additionally, I've been focusing on business these years. Therefore, I don't have much time for cultivation. Of course, I haven't made a great progress. When gold coins don't work, we have to rely on you!" Zhang Yang told Zhang Tie sincerely.
A LV 6 fighter, perhaps in Blackhot City, if there was no holy war and Zhang family could still live like before, Zhang Yang's family would indeed be proud and satisfied if he could work as a small officer in the city guards of Blackhot City. However, at this moment, a common LV 6 fighter who had not awakened his ancestral bloodline was really nothing to show off and make people feel comforted.
Zhang Tie knew that if he really wanted to prop up Zhang family, even if he collapsed, his elder brother had to be a rich businessman. Only by possessing a more powerful and revered identity could they ensure that no matter when and where they went, there would be someone in the family who could shield others from the wind and rain and shoulder the burden and responsibility of the entire family.
This was also the main reason why Zhang Tie returned to Huaiyuan Prefecture this time.
"Elder brother, you gifted me a remote-sensing crystal today. Let me think about it, I will gift you something too. However, elder brother, you're not allowed to look at it when I take it. You have to turn around! "Zhang Tie joked.
"Haha, don't joke with me. What else do you have on you? Why can't I see it? " Zhang Yang burst out into laughter as he thought that Zhang Tie was still as childish as when he was young.
"I want to perform a magic. Elder brother, could you turn around? Let me maintain a sense of mystery!"
Noticing Zhang Tie's serious look, Zhang Yang turned around casually as he warned Zhang Tie, "Don't worry about it. "Let me say this first. Little Brother, don't be like when you were young, deliberately making a toad or a snake to scare me. I'm a father of several children now. Don't play such childish games anymore!"
Hearing his elder brother talking about his childhood, Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he found his elder brother had already turned around. Zhang Tie ran his spiritual energy while a crystal red fruit which was much smaller than an apple appeared in his hand — — Fruit of Plunder! It was Zhang Tie's reward from the small tree after he killed Master Abyan.
That fruit was a bit bigger than a plum in Zhang Tie's hand. It was covered with a mysterious luster, which made Zhang Tie unable to move his eyes away.
"Well, elder brother, I've finished the magic. You can turn around now! "Zhang Tie said calmly.
Zhang Yang turned around. At the sight of that fruit which was covered with a mysterious luster like crystal, he became stunned at once. Closely after that, he burst out into laughter. "Hah, you've hidden something on your body. Is this your gift? It looks beautiful. Is it made of crystal?"
"This is a kind of fruit that can be eaten. I brought it for you to eat, old brother!"
"Edible? Ah, is it a fruit? It's my first time to see such a strange fruit. Did you find it in the wild? Is it poisonous?" After taking the fruit of plunder, Zhang Yang didn't look amazed at all. He even joked with Zhang Tie. "Before eating it, elder brother, can you promise me two things?
"Before eating it, elder brother, can you promise me two things? First, don't ask me what this fruit is and where did I get it. I don't want to lie to you. However, it's very complicated. If you know it, it might not be good for our family. Just treat it as my secret. Second, don't tell anyone that you've eaten it!" Zhang Tie watched Zhang Yang very solemnly.
"Hah, it sounds serious. Well, I promise you, I will not ask you where you got this fruit; neither will I tell anyone about it, not even your elder sisters-in-law. How about that?" Zhang Yang was still very relaxed. "Hah, that's a serious matter.
Zhang Tie nodded with a serious look.
"Can I have a taste?"
"You'd better swallow it at once. Don't leak any juice!"
Zhang Yang replied with a smile. He didn't doubt that Zhang Tie would prepare something bad for him. Therefore, he swallowed it at once. After chewing it for a few times, he swallowed it at once.
"Hmm, it tastes a bit strange …" Zhang Yang smacked his lips, "It's a bit similar to …"
Zhang Yan didn't say anything. He suddenly widened his eyes, and his entire body began to tremble. At this moment, he felt that many things began to emerge in his mind, as if he had always known them. However, the memories suddenly became clear — the names of various herbs and plants, the characteristics and properties of various animals, the refining methods of various strange liquids and powders, the operating procedures that he was extremely familiar with, the gene sequences, formulas, the production of various medicines and pills, the treatment methods of many diseases, and the assessment standards of various alchemists of different levels...
Panting heavily, Zhang Yang raised his eyes while his eyelids quivered. He kept cramping every now and then. After maintaining this state for about 1 hour, he gradually recovered …
He watched Zhang Tie; closely after that, he looked at his hands out of shock. After that, he muttered in a quivering and unbelievable tone, "Ahh … what's wrong … I feel … I'm already an orange-robe pharmacist. I suddenly know a lot of things. I've learned a lot of methods of medicament …"
Zhang Tie took in a deep breath, "Elder brother, you're indeed an orange-robe pharmacist now. You've already grasped all the knowledge and skills that an orange-robe pharmacist should have. With this identity, you should be able to protect this family …"
"That fruit …" Zhang Yang watched Zhang Tie with widely opened eyes as if he had understood it at once. Zhang Yang felt that all the shocks that he had experienced since he was born couldn't match 1/100 of his shock now …
Zhang Tie just slightly nodded.
Zhang Yang was so shocked that he couldn't utter a word. He wanted to ask Zhang Tie about that fruit and where did he get it; however, he remembered what he had promised Zhang Tie. Therefore, he stopped at once.
After being silent for 3 minutes, Zhang Yang slightly recovered his composure. Due to being nervous, his voice was a bit quivering and hoarse, "After a few days … I will complete the certification of herbalism apprentice in the Pharmacists Union. I think it will not arouse people's attention …"
"Hmm, you have to complete the certification of herbalism apprentice first. Before leaving here, you have to promote one level and become a knapsack pharmacist. After that, you have to complete the certification in the Eastern Continent. It will take you 5-10 years. I think that even if you could complete the certification of orange-robe pharmacist in 10 years, you would already be a genius in the eyes of others. If it's too fast, it's not good!" Zhang Tie said calmly.
…
2 hours later, it was already past 11 pm. Zhang Tie stood in front of the door of an apartment building on the 3rd floor in a very safe high-end community in Yiyang City and rang the doorbell for 3 times.
"Fiona, go see who's there …" A familiar gentle voice drifted from inside the door.
"Ahh, I know …" Closely after that, the sound of slippers rubbing against the floor drifted from inside the door. "It's so annoying. We've been tired for a whole day. How could you come here at this moment? My favorite strawberry jam has not been made yet …"
Hearing the approaching footsteps, Zhang Tie moved one step back. After straightening his clothes, he showed a smile to the peephole in front of him.
After a few seconds, Zhang Tie saw the cover of the peephole being opened. Closely after that, with a sound "clang", a disk fell onto the ground and broke into pieces.
"Ahh, Fiona, what happened?" Linda's voice drifted from inside the room as she walked towards the lobby.
The door was opened. Fiona in pajamas was covered with tears. Without saying anything, she immediately threw herself into Zhang Tie's arms and hugged him tightly. Linda walked out of a room. At the sight of Zhang Tie, she became stunned at once. Covering her mouth by hand, she watched this scene with an unbelievable look as tears surged out of her eyes at once.
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