Zhang Tie was still standing outside the gate of the old mansion when the woman turned around and watched him with interest.
"Nana, you are a girl. How can you stare at a man so rudely? Today is the 70th birthday of the old lady of the Zhang Family. You can't be as wild as before. Your Aunt Xue will introduce some young talents of the Zhang Family to you today." Sitting on the girl's side was a dignified Hua woman at her 40s with coiled hair. The woman's look was similar to that of the girl. She took good care of herself. The string of top-quality purple beads on her neck and the emerald bracelet on her wrist were all family jewels. All of these indicated the woman's status silently.
"Zhang family in Golden Sea City is becoming more and more prosperous these years. A few years ago, Zhang family was still a bit inferior to our Wang family. But these years, Zhang family has been thriving in Golden Sea City. The assets of Zhang family's Milky Way Shipyard have already increased to over 10 million gold coins. Zhang family's Milky Way Shipyard has risen to the 2nd place from the 3rd place in Golden Sea City. Zhang Haitian, the old man of Zhang family, is really a figure!" A 40-50-year-old man in glasses sitting on the side of the woman said faintly as he watched the boisterous scene in the old mansion of Zhang family.
"It's said that Jinwu Business Group has a way to get all-purpose medicament. It even has a share in the business of Long Wind Business Group. It's also the property of Zhang family! "Speaking of all-purpose medicament, the noblewoman's eyes gleamed at once.
The man faintly frowned, "It seems that Jinwu Business Group has nothing to do with Zhang family's old mansion. However, Zhang Yang, the head of Jinwu Business Group is indeed the grandson of Zhang Haitian the old man! "
"What's wrong? Doesn't Zhang family's old mansion have shares in Jinwu Business Group? "The woman became a bit amazed.
"Hoho, Zhang Haitian has 4 wives, 11 sons and daughters and dozens of grandchildren. Many of his grandchildren have got married and established their own businesses. It's normal for such a big family to have some problems. Every family has its own difficulties. Our family is also different! "The man smiled faintly.
The woman became silent.
The girl in the car stuck out her tongue.
Today, the Zhang family's old residence was really lively. All the luxury cars were parked on the road 100 meters away from the old residence. The butler of the Zhang family's old mansion was directing the servants to guide the guests' drivers to park their cars. Then, he led the guests into the old house.
After the girl got off the car, she couldn't help but look back. That guy was still waiting at the door, but a guard walked over quickly. When he met a guard of the old mansion, he whispered a few words into the guard's ear. After the guard heard it, he quickly walked towards the door.
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Zhang Tie patiently waited at the door for a few minutes. During this time, another two cars drove into the Zhang family's old house. Today, the Zhang family's old residence seemed to be very lively. Usually, there would not be so many people here.
After a few minutes, Zhang Tie saw a familiar guard hurriedly walking towards him.
"Ahh, young master Zhang Tie …" That guard had seen Zhang Tie before. At the sight of Zhang Tie, he was also startled as he had not imagined that Zhang Tie could appear at this moment. Therefore, he hurriedly told those guards to let Zhang Tie in, saying, "Ahh, these guards are all new members of the old mansion. Young master Zhang Tie, as you've not been here for a long time, these guards have not seen you before. Please forgive us …"
As guards, if they offended the master's family members, they would not be able to eat anymore. Therefore, the old man would not keep such a guard in the old mansion. It was a big taboo.
Hearing the words of the guards, the two guards who prevented Zhang Tie from entering hurriedly apologized to Zhang Tie.
"It's okay, it's okay. You're just fulfilling your duties. With you guards, the old man would feel reassured living here..." Zhang Tie said with a smile as he didn't mind it at all.
After hearing that Zhang Tie was so kind, the two bodyguards who didn't recognize Zhang Tie let out a sigh as they thought, 'I've not imagined that the grandpa's grandson could be so good-tempered. However, all the other grandsons of the grandpa come here in luxury cars and escorted by bodyguards. By contrast, this person comes here by a taxi. It seems that he doesn't have a good life in Zhang family. Additionally, he looks a bit casual in warrior's suit on such an occasion...'
The guard who knew Zhang Tie didn't say anything to the new guard; instead, he just led the way in front of Zhang Tie respectfully towards the old mansion.
"It's very boisterous here today. What's up?" Zhang Tie asked that guard.
"It's the grand madam's 70th birthday today. In order to celebrate the grand madam's birthday, more people come here!"
"Ahh, is Zhang Su here?" Zhang Tie had not imagined that he could come here on such a day.
Although Zhang Su and Zhang Tie had both stayed in Hidden Dragon Palace, they just saw each other for a few times. Later on, as Zhang Su carried out a clan task and left Hidden Dragon Palace after the battle in Heavens Cold City, they had not seen each other for 5 years.
"Young master Zhang Su has come here yesterday..."
Zhang Tie thought about it for a while. As Zhang Su was the grand madam's grandson, it was reasonable for Zhang Su to attend the grand madam's 70th birthday.
On the way, watching those parked cars, Zhang Tie knew that many people would come to the old mansion today.
After coming to the gate of the old mansion, Zhang Tie told the guard to leave as he entered.
...
The old mansion of Zhang family was also renovated today. It looked pretty jubilant. Over 200 people were gathering in the lobby of the old mansion, male, female, old or young. They were chatting with each other. Besides Zhang family's members, many others were guests. Most of those who came here to celebrate the grand madam's birthday were Zhang family's relatives, friends and influential figures in Golden Sea City. Among these figures, men were well-dressed. Women were all covered with jewelry. Men and women were communicating with each other in different circles.
The moment Zhang Tie entered the lobby, he had caught sight of Zhang Su.
Zhang Su was in a small parlor on one side of the lobby. Zhang Su was chatting with a lot of young people ranging from 16-20 years old, male and female. All of them were gathering around Zhang Su and listening to him like stars surrounding the bright moon.
In the military uniform of lieutenant colonel of Jinyun Country, Zhang Su looked very handsome. Among those young people, many women were watching Zhang Su with sparkling eyes while men revealed admiring looks. Some 16-17 years old girls couldn't stand uttering exclamations while covering their mouths by hands.
Compared to 5 years ago, Zhang Su looked more mature and confident at this moment. He looked like a heroic and valiant man.
After throwing a glance at Zhang Su, Zhang Tie knew Zhang Su's current level. LV 10, it seemed that Zhang Su had made great progress over these years. LV 10, it seemed that Zhang Su had made great progress over these years. Of course, it was not slow compared to the others in Huaiyuan Palace. Of course, it was a bit slow compared to Lan Yunxi, the top girl in Huaiyuan Palace. However, compared to Zhang Tie, who was always lucky, Zhang Tie could not be compared at all. However, compared to Zhang Tie, nobody could promote to a knight at such a young age across Waii Sub-continent.
Even so, a LV 10 person would be an elite and backbone wherever he was. The killer of Zhen Clan who was dispatched by Heavens Cold City to kill Zhang Tie in Hidden Dragon Island was also a LV 10 killer. Zhang Su's military uniform and military rank indicated his position at this moment.
Zhang Su felt Zhang Tie's gaze as he turned around and caught sight of Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie revealed a smile.
Zhang Su became slightly stunned. Closely after that, he sprung up out of excitement and strode towards Zhang Tie, ignoring those people around him.
As Zhang Su sprung up, those onlookers moved their eyes onto Zhang Tie.
Some of them were Zhang Tie's cousins who had seen Zhang Tie in the old mansion a few years ago. Therefore, they had a vague impression about Zhang Tie. However, those young people didn't know Zhang Tie at all.
"Ahh, who's he? I've not seen him before!" A young man asked a member of Zhang Clan on his side.
"Hmm, he's Zhang Tie, a cousin of mine!" That person replied calmly.
Zhang Tie's nickname, Selnes Eagle, was well-known in the troops that Huaiyuan Palace dispatched to Selnes Theater of Operations. Actually, few people across Huaiyuan Prefecture knew about it. Because this relatively popular honor among Hebrews was not valued by Hua people. Hua people had their own standard for judging honor. Later on, because Zhang Tie was captured, various rumors spread in Selnes Theater of Operations. Therefore, Huaiyuan Palace didn't publicize him at all. However, in the old mansion of Zhang Clan, all the information about Zhang Tie was still in the astonishment that Zhang Tie was expelled from Hidden Dragon Palace one and a half years ago. After being expelled from Hidden Dragon Palace, the old man felt pitiful about it. Some of his peers felt gloating about it. In big clans, there were always competitions between the younger generations.
"Cousin!" Zhang Tie walked to Zhang Su as he greeted him politely.
"You're still alive?" Zhang Su's face was full of excitement as his eyes turned a bit red. He revealed his true feelings, "When I returned to Hidden Dragon Island last time, I heard about your story from junior fellow apprentice Liu Xu. I thought … thought …"
Watching Zhang Su revealing his emotions naturally, Zhang Tie felt warm inside. When in Hidden Dragon Palace, Zhang Tie had long known that his cousin was a bit arrogant; however, on the whole, he was a man with a cold face but a warm heart. Additionally, he was very responsible and decisive.
Zhang Tie didn't say anything; instead, he just hugged Zhang Su tightly.
In Hidden Dragon Palace, the two people were brothers. When the holy war broke out, Zhang Tie resisted demons in Selnes Theater of Operations; Zhang Su cleaned demons in Qilan Country. The two people were comrades-in-arms who fought for humans back-to-back. Plus the common experience they had in Hidden Dragon Island, needless to say, they just hugged each other and patted each other's back forcefully for a few times.
Zhang Tie was not eye-catching in the old mansion. Even when he entered the old mansion, few people noticed him. However, Zhang Su was recognized as the next generation of Zhang Clan. Zhang Tie blinked his eyes towards him. He thought that Zhang Tie didn't want to mention what happened in Selnes Theater of Operations anymore. Therefore, Zhang Su became silent and allowed Zhang Tie to fool the little girl.
"Ah …" After hearing Zhang Tie's reply, the little girl revealed a disappointed look at once. Given Zhang Su's and the old man's attitude towards Zhang Tie, the little girl thought that Zhang Tie was an important figure. She had not imagined that Zhang Tie was just a soldier who drove a glider. Even the surrounding young women moved their curious eyes away from Zhang Tie. Although many of the people in their circle were young, they were influenced by what they saw and heard. Many of them knew what kind of people were valuable to them from a young age. Undoubtedly, a sergeant sergeant who could only drive a glider in Selnes Theater of Operations was not someone that they should pay attention to.
"What did you do before joining the army? You're younger than 18 years old. How could you join the army?" the little girl asked out of curiosity.
"I stayed in Hidden Dragon Palace for a few days. Later on, I was fired. However, I'm barely a qualified fighter!" Zhang Tie continued with a solemn look.
After hearing this answer, even the surrounding men became completely speechless. 'It turns out that he's just a guy who couldn't survive in Hidden Dragon Palace.'
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After being quiet, Zhang Tie revealed a smile towards Zhang Su. After that, he took a glass of wine and sat in a corner of the parlor and listened to the young men's talk quietly.
He had not imagined that it was the grand madam's birthday today. Previously, he wanted to visit the old man before leaving. However, it seemed that he had to stay here until supper. If he left now, it would be too unreasonable. Therefore, he had to wait for it.
As Zhang Tie listened to others' talk, he drank wine. Meanwhile, he visualized four golden abacuses in his mind sea at the same time and carried out four different operations.
Previously, Zhang Tie had been proficient in doing two things at the same time. Now, after promoting to a knight, with his surging spiritual energy, Zhang Tie started to separate two thoughts into four so as to control different abacuses.
Actually, this attempt was almost as difficult as visualizing two abacuses at the beginning, namely, from one to two.
When he could do two things at the same time, Zhang Tie had already felt the great value of 'mental arithmetic by abacus'. However, Zhang Tie was clear that the value of 'mental arithmetic by abacus' was far greater than that of 'mental arithmetic by abacus'.
The more abacuses he visualized, the more obvious the effect of 'mental arithmetic by abacus' would be. When he visualized two abacuses, the effect of 'mental arithmetic by abacus' was already two times that of one abacus. After he visualized four abacuses, the effect of 'mental arithmetic by abacus' became four times that of 'mental arithmetic by abacus'.
Previously, the effect of 'mental arithmetic by abacus' on spiritual energy was very limited. However, after this effect could be increased by four times, Zhang Tie felt that the effect of 'mental arithmetic by abacus' could even match that of some secret methods of cultivating spiritual energy.
What if he could visualize eight, sixteen, or thirty-two? By then, what would the effect of "Mental Arithmetic by Abacus" be? "Zhang Tie wondered.
The moment he thought of that prospect, Zhang Tie had become faintly excited.
However, this was not the only effect of 'mental arithmetic by abacus'. The most important effect of 'mental arithmetic by abacus' was actually multitasking...
If he could divide his thoughts more and more, from being able to do two things at once to being able to do four things at once, or even eight things at once … what would happen then?
Zhang Tie faintly felt that the 'mental arithmetic by abacus' might play an unimaginably terrifying role in the end...
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At this moment, a fragrant wind appeared beside Zhang Tie. After smelling the familiar fragrance, Zhang Tie let out a sigh, 'That woman again?'
"Please, can you stay away from me? Let's pretend that we don't know each other, ok?" Zhang Tie stopped his cultivation and sighed helplessly.
"I feel that you were just fooling the little girl. Am I right? How could a guy like you be so honest?" the woman whispered to Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie raised his eyes and threw a glance at this woman in a brilliant lady's skirt. The woman's eyes were flickering dangerously like a naughty kid who had found something interesting.
"So what?" Zhang Tie slightly raised his chin, "Are you going to bite me?"
"How about telling me about your life in Selnes Theater of Operations? I promise that I will not tell others about it!" The woman called Nana revealed a curious look of a young girl.
Facing such a childish suggestion, Zhang Tie directly rolled his eyes and ignored it.
"What do you want? If not, let's race again. If you lose, you have to listen to me!" The woman rolled her eyes as she said cunningly. "Little girl, your mom is calling you.
"Little girl, your mom is calling you. Hurry up and go see your future husband. If you are rebellious in puberty, you can race cars. It doesn't matter how many holes your ears are pierced. After all, your family is rich. You can apply some senior recovery medicament to your ears. Additionally, you can pretend to be a virtuous lady on such an occasion. After getting married, remember to give birth to more babies for your husband. You can make a contribution to humans by taking care of your kids, walking your dog and doing your hair at home every day. You just need to be a mistress. As for fighting, many people will die. You really can't be involved in it. Don't be interested in fighting. If you want to listen to stories, you'd better read knight novels!"
The woman was dumbfounded. Following Zhang Tie's raised chin, she saw her mom, Aunt Xue and a 20-odd man in elegant ceremonial robe standing in the distance. Her mom was watching her with a worried look and signaled her to go there. 'How... how does he know that I've applied senior recovery medicament on my ears?'
'B * stard!'
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However, Zhang Tie still underestimated this woman's ferocity. Under the gaze of two women and one man, this woman didn't feel it at all. Instead, she just sat down on a sofa beside him like a lady. Without saying anything, she smiled sweetly at him. After that, she put her arms on the armrests of the sofa and turned sideways. Supporting her cheeks with her hands, she stared at him with an infatuated look. Her eyes were full of amorous and tender feelings. Zhang Tie didn't expect that this woman would be so fierce.
Such a scene was just like a painting.
Very soon, Zhang Tie felt the lethality of this woman. First, the man who was waiting for her threw a scorching and jealous look at him. Closely after that, even the other young men in the room moved their eyes onto him. Even those girls who had lost their interest in him started to look at him with an amazed look once again.
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