Elder Muray moved very fast; however, Zhang Tie was not slow either. After dodging Elder Muray's first strike, Zhang Tie had already retreated 300 m away.
"Elder Muen, have you forgotten about the top-quality wild spring tea from Eastern Continent that you treated me to on the airship outside Heavens Cold City? Do you want to add sugar in it because it's not sweet enough?" Elder Muray was furious. Zhang Tie didn't have time to explain it to him; instead, he just dodged Elder Muray's strike as he roared towards Elder Muen who looked amazed on one side.
Only two people were present at that moment. Additionally, it was just a small detail when they drank tea. Therefore, it was very possible for others to know it.
"Brother Muray, wait a second!"
Soon after Zhang Tie's words, Elder Muen had changed his face as he rushed to the front of Elder Muray and wanted to stop Elder Muray.
In such a short time, Zhang Tie had dodged 3 more strikes from Elder Muray without making any counterattack.
Zhang Tie felt that Elder Muray was just a bit more powerful than that knight in close combat. Elder Muray's most terrifying feature was his brilliant longbow, which was most suitable for long-distance combat.
"Do you believe that he's Zhang Tie?" Elder Muray's face turned completely purple-red, which looked pretty powerful, "How could Zhang Tie promote to a knight? How dare he make trouble for Huaiyuan Palace in such a way? Apparently, he's mocking Huaiyuan Palace!"
"The scene that Zhang Tie and I saw outside Heavens Cold City a few years ago could barely be known by outsiders!" It's hard for outsiders to know the details of drinking tea! "Elder Zhang looked at Elder Muray solemnly.
"However, it's not completely impossible. There are some secret arts. Some secret methods could easily search one's soul. If Zhang Tie fell in the hand of demons, it's not strange for demons to know these details... "Elder Muray said as he slowed down his movements.
"If this person is really a Shadow Demon in disguise, we can work together to kill him later. He could not escape away at all! "
After hearing Elder Muen's words, Elder Muray finally stopped; however, he still glared at Zhang Tie with a furious look. It was as if he wanted to see what kind of tricks this Shadow Fiend could play.
Zhang Tie also stood still 50 m away from them in the sky.
"Do you have any proof that you're Zhang Tie?" Elder Muen asked Zhang Tie calmly.
Zhang Tie replied with a smile, "Elder Muray, have you forgotten? Didn't you use a bloodline crystal to verify my identity in the Ancestral Bloodline Hall of the Clan Pavilion? No matter what I say, you might think it's fake. How about checking it again? I could continue to wait here. You could go for bloodline crystals; I could also go to the Clansmen Palace with you. After all, it's not far away! "Zhang Tie said as he pointed at the location of the Clansmen Pavilion.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, even Elder Muray became stunned as he had not imagined that Zhang Tie could be so straightforward. If Zhang Tie was really a fake, how could he be so confident? With the help of the bloodline crystal, all kinds of tricks and tricks could be exposed. Shadow demon could change into Zhang Tie's look; even some secret methods could allow others to know Zhang Tie's memory. However, the inheritance of bloodline couldn't be imitated by anyone.
After exchanging a glance with each other, the two elders slightly nodded tacitly. After that, Elder Muray stayed here while Elder Muen turned around and flew towards the Clansmen Pavilion. As a knight, it would only take him 2-3 minutes to make a round trip. Even though Zhang Tie was a demon general, Elder Muen didn't believe that Elder Muray could not stand 2-3 minutes.
The moment Elder Muen left, watching Zhang Tie calmly waiting for Elder Muen, Elder Muray couldn't stand it anymore as he watched Zhang Tie with a dubious look, "Are you... really Zhang Tie?"
Zhang Tie let out a sigh as he watched Elder Muray calmly, "Elder Muray and I met each other in the Ancestral Bloodline Hall for the first time. At that time, we had our own insistence. The result was a bit unpleasant. However, when I was being chased by a demon knight outside Upton City, Elder Muray hurriedly came to my rescue. At the critical moment, Elder Muray's roar reminded me of Elder Muray's concern about me. Zhang Tie thanks Elder Muray once again!"
After saying that, Zhang Tie bowed deeply towards Elder Muray once again.
Zhang Tie didn't tell Elder Muray that Elder Muray killed the head of Senel Clan. As he was not on Elder Muray's side, if he told Elder Muray about it, he would not be able to explain it; additionally, he would arouse people's suspicion. Therefore, he preferred to bury it in his heart.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Elder Muray's snow-white long eyebrows quivered a bit as his aggressive and sharp qi decreased by half at once.
"I know what Elder Muray is doubting about. When I was being chased by a demon knight, before Elder Muray arrived, I had been forced to escape into the subterranean river. The river channels in the subterranean river are very complex. Thankfully, I've mastered a good swimming skill in Hidden Dragon Island. Therefore, I could survive myself in the subterranean river. Finally, I was wrapped by the subterranean river and brought into an underground space. After a fortuitous encounter in the underground space, I promoted to a knight in less than 1 month!"
Elder Muray looked a bit moved. Before Elder Muray said anything, Elder Muen had already rushed into the sky from the Clansmen Pavilion and returned to this place.
Elder Muen was holding a piece of Bloodline Crystal in his hand.
After returning, Elder Muen directly threw the bloodline crystal to Zhang Tie, "Now that you've used it, you should know how to use it!"
Watching that crystal which was giving out a misty luster with a ball of rolling red blood in the middle, Zhang Tie directly pierced his finger with the tip of the crystal and dripped some drops of his blood onto the crystal.
After Zhang Tie's blood was absorbed by the crystal, when it touched the ball of red blood in the crystal, the bloodline crystal gave out a brilliant glow. The Bloodline Crystal shone with a bright red light, illuminating the sky within a few hundred meters. Not only that. Not only that, the crystal floated in the sky as if it was weightless.
The glowing crystal indicated that this person was the descendant of Lord Huaiyuan. The fact that the crystal could float in the sky indicated that the blood that dripped into the crystal was the real blood of a knight.
At the sight of this scene, Elder Muen and Elder Muray both raised their eyebrows as they became surprised and thrilled.
The glowing bloodline crystal had already attracted the attention of someone at the foot. Elder Muen waved his long sleeve as he put away the bloodline crystal, "Let's go. Let's go back to the Ancestral Shrine Palace first! "
Zhang Tie then followed the two elders towards the Ancestral Shrine Palace of Huaiyuan Palace.
It was Zhang Tie's first time to come to the Ancestral Shrine Palace. After landing on the balcony outside the Ancestral Shrine Palace with the two elders, they entered a magnificent palace.
At the end of the palace. There was a huge metal statue which was higher than 20 m. It was more than 20 meters tall. A person was shooting with a bow, and the arrowhead was pointing at the entrance of the hall. It was incomparably powerful. The hall was filled with tens of meters tall pillars that could only be hugged by several people. Several huge purple-gold copper cauldrons were placed in several corners of the hall. A special kind of whale oil was burning inside them, and when the oil was burning, When the oil burned, it felt bizarre. The soothing fragrance, the power, wealth and the background of Huaiyuan Palace were all displayed in this palace.
At the sight of the three words "Huaiyuan Palace" above the huge metal statue, Zhang Tie had known that this man was Zhang Huaiyuan, the founder of Huaiyuan Palace and his ancestor.
There were stairs under the feet of the huge statue of Lord Huaiyuan. From high to low, from top to bottom, there were long rows of memorial tablets. There were more than 10,000 memorial tablets in total, divided into more than 20 rows. They stood orderly and solemnly at the foot of the giant. At the very bottom of these memorial tablets, there was an altar. In the center of the altar, there was a piece of stone that was almost a meter tall. In the center of the altar, there was a huge black crystal which was transparent all over.
Everything here was very solemn and solemn.
At the sight of those memorial tablets and statues of Huaiyuan Palace's ancestors, Zhang Tie didn't say anything. At the sight of the incense burners on the altar in front of those memorial tablets, Zhang Tie directly walked over there and lit up three incense sticks.
"I, Zhang Tie, the disciple of Huaiyuan Palace, pays my respects to the heroic forefathers today. I hope forefathers in heaven could protect Huaiyuan Palace to be prosperous and have an everlasting bloodline and protect my parents from disasters. I would like to bear all the illnesses, pains, sorrows and difficulties of my parents!"
After saying that, Zhang Tie knelt down on the ground and kowtowed three times before standing up and inserting the incense sticks into the incense burner.
Elder Muray and Elder Muen had long heard that Zhang Tie was very filial at home. When Zhang Tie's family lived a poor life in Blackhot City, his mother made rice brew to support the family. The rice brew only cost 2-3 copper coins per bowl. Zhang Tie loved to eat rice brew very much when he was young. However, after he was 4 years old, he didn't eat too much. When his family asked him why, Zhang Tie replied that his mother made rice brew hard and his father worked hard, he didn't like to eat too much in order to make his parents suffer more. Later on, when Zhang family returned to Huaiyuan Prefecture, Zhang Tie saved his father's life with a book "Mental Arithmetic by Abacus". Later on, even though Zhang Tie invented all-purpose medicament and became the pillar of the family, he didn't scold his parents at home. Instead, he always followed his parents' advice and always pretended to be a kid to make his parents smile...
Of course, the two elders didn't know or pay attention to these news about Zhang Tie. However, after Zhang Tie gave birth to 3 outstanding sons, as the elders of Huaiyuan Palace paid more attention to Zhang Tie, these news gradually reached the two elders' ears through various channels.
At this moment, listening to Zhang Tie's prayer, the two elders both sighed with emotions inside. There was an old Hua proverb — — Father is the Heaven while mother is the Earth. If there was a filial son in the family who respected the Heaven and loved the Earth, the family would be blessed by the Heaven and the Earth. Even if the whole family was in a disaster, the family would also be protected by the God. Zhang Tie and Zhang Tie were both filial sons. Although Zhang Tie's family had just returned to Huaiyuan Palace from Blackhot City for a few years, during which period, Zhang family had experienced a great change. Now, Zhang Tie had promoted to a knight. Not only Zhang family, the entire Golden Sea City branch of Huaiyuan Palace would also prosper. With one more knight in Huaiyuan Palace, Huaiyuan Palace's overall strength would also rise to a higher level — — Filial piety comes first. This was an old Hua proverb. Although it was just a few words, it was concise and meaningful. It explained the cardinal of fortune and disaster in the universe.
After watching Zhang Tie burning incense and praying, Elder Muen asked Zhang Tie to wait for a short while. Closely after that, he pointed at a golden clam which was covered with runes on a table in the palace. Closely after that, he released a battle qi. Closely after that, the golden clam uttered a faint sound. At the same time, Zhang Tie felt a bizarre strength spreading in this palace like ripples. It disappeared in a split second.
"Elder Muen, what's that for?" Zhang Tie asked out of curiosity.
At this moment, Elder Muen and Elder Muray had long changed their attitude towards Zhang Tie. After exchanging a glance with each other with a smile, Elder Muray uttered first, "This is the Sound Transmitting Golden Jar. As long as this Golden Jar makes a sound, it will send a message. Within a thousand miles. The sound-transmitting jade tokens carried by the clan elders will vibrate, and they will rush to the Ancestral Shrine Hall as fast as possible? "
"Isn't it like remote-sensing crystal?"
"Almost. However, remote-sensing crystal is a natural treasure. It could only be used one-to-one. By contrast, this sound-transmitting golden jar and sound-transmitting jade plate are alchemy items. They could be used one-to-many. The distance between them and remote-sensing crystal is limited. They could only resonate with each other; however, they could not transmit too much information like remote-sensing crystal! "
Zhang Tie nodded. He had not imagined that Huaiyuan Palace could have such a thing.
"Your event is of great importance. You'd better wait for Elder Muyu and Elder Mu who are staying in Huaiyuan Palace. Then, you could explain it to the others!" Elder Muen added.
Besides Zhang Tie's 6th granduncle and Elder Muyuan who had gone to the Eastern Continent, there were 4 other elders in Huaiyuan Prefecture.
"Fine!"
At this moment, even Elder Muray who was bad-tempered was sitting there quietly and waiting for the arrival of the other two elders. As it was a major event, Zhang Tie had to explain it to the other two elders.
...
After over 10 minutes, Elder Muen found Zhang Tie's ears moved as his heart slightly pounded.
"What? Have you sensed it too?"
"Zhang Tie sensed that an elder had already flown over 50 miles away from here. When that elder was flying at his full speed, he had already released his powerful battle qi. Therefore, I sensed it!"
Unimaginably, Zhang Lai and Elder Muen exchanged a glance with each other once again as they were a bit amazed. Those whose realm was not stable could never be so sensitive to the qi of knights. Commoners needed at least 10 years to stabilize their realm. A person might have a fortuitous encounter to promote to a knight; however, the process of stabilizing one's realm could not be solved by any shortcut at all...
The two elders faintly guessed something inside.
...
Only after a few minutes, Zhang Tie had sensed a movement outside the Ancestral Shrine Palace. That figure had landed outside the palace and entered.
"Zhang Tie..." Watching Zhang Tie who was sitting together with the other two elders, that elder called out Zhang Tie's name out of amazement.
"Brother Muan, take it easy. Zhang Tie has already come back. Let's talk about it after Brother Muyu arrives!" Elder Muen said.
As elders, each of them had cultivated to a very deep level physically and mentally. At this moment, even though Elder Muan was amazed, he still closed his mouth; instead, he walked over there and sat down.
Watching Zhang Tie's calm look in front of the other two elders, Elder Muan suddenly felt something as he drew in a cold breath at once. At this moment, Zhang Tie's qi was as powerful as that of the other two elders.'Is it... '
Elder Muan threw a glance at Elder Muray. Elder Muray then slightly nodded.
After a few more minutes, Elder Muyu, the last elder of Huaiyuan Palace arrived.
When the 4 elders arrived, all of them fixated onto Zhang Tie with gleaming eyes...
...
"The task that I received from the alliance command was a trap. Senel Clan had long known that I would go to Tokei City for investigation. They and some high-level wing demons had long been waiting for me in Tokei City. Soon after I arrived at Tokei City, I had been discovered by some high-level wing demons. In the battle with wing demons, my glider fell off and was captured by Koz, the head of Senel Clan..."
"You might have guessed what happened later. Senel Clan and Three-eye Association wanted to bribe me and have me serve demons and Three-eye Association. However, I refused. Therefore, they slandered me in despicable means. Finally, they locked me in a castle of Senel Clan outside Tokei City. They wanted me to yield to them! "
"I didn't yield to them. Instead, I found a chance to escape out of that castle. Because I had a special encounter, after escaping out of the territory of Senel Clan, I recovered my wounds and improved my battle force for a period of time, which was why I escaped out of that castle. After that, I returned to Selnes Theater of Operations. At that time, Selnes Theater of Operations had already been broken through by demons. From Selnes Theater of Operations to the Symbian Republic and Norman Empire, I followed behind the demonized corps all the way. I wanted to seek revenge! "
"I didn't find such a chance. The demonized puppets were everywhere. I even didn't know where the members of Senel Clan were. Neither could I contact them. God didn't spare a chance for me to seek revenge at all. Later on, the demonized corps suffered a heavy loss outside Nein City. As a result, the entire demonized corps was in chaos. After wandering in the chaos of the demonized corps for 2 months, I still didn't find the trace of Senel Clan. After that, I left Norman Empire and came to Upton City! "
"After that, I met a familiar person in Upton City. He was a young elite of Arthur Clan of Three-eye Association. He was called Tharant. I followed him in Upton City. Finally, I found that Tharant was carrying out a conspiracy in Upton City. He wanted to cooperate with the demonized corps to close the north gate of Kalay Mountain Range."
"Closely after that, I informed my elder brother about my discovery..."
"Later on, it was the battle of Upton City. All the elders might know what happened at that time. I was chased by a demon knight. Finally, I jumped into the subterranean river. The subterranean river led me into a mysterious underground space. In that underground space, I found a huge pyramid being completely composed of crystals. I was very shocked at that time. Therefore, I entered it unconsciously..."
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, all the other elders exclaimed, "Ahh, tower of time!"
Elder Muray almost sprung up as he asked, "What happened then?"
Zhang Tie shrugged as he pretended to be helpless, "To be honest, it happened a long time ago for me. The moment I entered the pyramid, the demon knight had arrived. He was also flushed into that mysterious underground space by the subterranean river. However, he was far away from me. Therefore, he didn't catch me timely. At that time, I almost thought that I was doomed. However, I've not imagined that the demon knight couldn't enter the pyramid no matter how he attacked it from outside. Therefore, I became a bit reassured!"
The other elders nodded inside at the same time. Only one person could enter the tower of time at a time. Now that Zhang Tie had entered it, the demon knight couldn't enter it no matter what. Even the demon general couldn't enter it, not to mention the demon knight. They had not imagined that Zhang Tie was so lucky that he could survive in that situation.
"As the demon knight was guarding outside the pyramid, I dared not go out. I thought that I would die in the tower. Because there was nothing to eat in the tower; however, I dared not go out. Because the demon knight was guarding outside the pyramid for a few days, I didn't feel thirsty or hungry. I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. It was very spacious inside. Additionally, I had nothing to do inside the tower. Additionally, the demon knight was guarding outside the pyramid. Therefore, I started to cultivate inside the tower!"
"I don't remember how long did I cultivate inside the tower. I only remember that I was almost driven mad by the environment. However, when I remembered that the demon knight was guarding outside the pyramid, I forced myself to cultivate, cultivate, cultivate. Later on, I entered a tranquil state. I even forgot about time and that demon knight. I just focused on cultivation. One day, when I felt hungry for the first time and wanted to find something to eat, I came out of the pyramid and found that I had promoted to a knight..."
"Ahh? How long did you stay in the tower of time?" Elder Muen asked.
Frowning, Zhang Tie thought about it seriously. Finally, he shook his head helplessly as he let out a sigh, "In that state, I even forgot how long had I stayed in the tower of time. I felt that I had stayed in there for my whole life. That period was really too long..."
Of course, it was Zhang Tie's lie. If Zhang Tie told the elders that he had successfully promoted to a knight after staying in the tower of time for 15 years, all the elders would be in an uproar. Meanwhile, they would be more curious about his cultivation method and encounters. Because 15 years was still too short for promoting to a knight. If Zhang Tie said that he couldn't remember it, it would be up to the elders to figure out how long had he cultivated in the tower of time. No matter what, according to the information that Zhang Tie learned from Jaray, there was more than one time flow in the tower of time. Even if Huaiyuan Palace wanted to figure out how long had he stayed in the tower of time, they had to wait for 60 years. By then, so what if they knew that Zhang Tie had promoted to a knight in 15 years?
All the elders of Huaiyuan Palace exchanged glances with each other...
Everybody knew that Zhang Tie hid some secrets in his words, such as how he escaped from the prison of Senel Clan and how he could improve his battle strength so fast. However, Zhang Tie just ignored these questions. Nobody could force him to talk about it.
If a monarch didn't keep secrets, he would lose his country; if a minister didn't keep secrets, he would lose his status; if a soldier didn't keep secrets, he would lose his life. In this world, everyone had their own secrets. Even the roadside billboards had their own secrets, not to mention a person. Elders of Huaiyuan Palace also had their own secrets. Therefore, none of the elders would ask about some details that Zhang Tie purposefully blurred out. Because it was unnecessary. Most importantly, Zhang Tie was a member of Huaiyuan Palace; he had already promoted to a knight; additionally, he was standing in front of them. Zhang Tie was not the same as before.
"Do you remember the location of the tower of time? Do you remember when the tower of time will open again?" Noticing that everybody was digesting Zhang Tie's words, Elder Muan asked a question that everybody was concerned about the most.
"Hmm, when I came out of that underground space, I've marked all the way. The tower of time will open again... in 60 years..." Zhang Tie pretended to recall it as he frowned, "When I left the pyramid, I felt a message entering my mind. After leaving the underground space, I remembered that the message told me that the tower of time would open again, yes... in 60 years!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, all the elders let out a sigh once again.
"Do you have any other questions?" Elder Muen threw a glance at the other three elders.
After exchanging a glance with each other, the three elders shook their heads at the same time.
"From today on, Huaiyuan Palace will have one more clan elder, the only clan elder who had promoted to a knight before 25 years old across Waii Sub-continent!"
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