After leaving Xujia Village, Iron-Dragon Airboat stopped in Xingyu City for replenishing supplies.
It was Zhang Tie's first time to replenish supplies since he left Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Airboats in Taixia Country didn't need to replenish energy and fuel; however, passengers had to eat and drink.
The driving force, suspension and core system of airboat was made of a metal called air floating gold. It was said that this metal came from a mysterious place in the Earth-elements Realm. It was very rare. Among humans, only the imperial households of Taixia Country had mastered the technology of making airboat using air floating gold. It was said that this was a craft of prehistoric civilization. Airboats made of air floating gold would almost never run out of energy.
Besides Gold and Power Law, all the airboats of the top seven sects in Taixia Country were actually exchanged with the imperial households of Taixia Country by something of their own sects, including Iron-Dragon Airboat that Zhang Tie won from Taiyi Fantasy Sect.
To a certain degree, as the top clan in Taixia Country, the relationship between the imperial households of Taixia Country and the top seven sects was similar to that between Iron-Dragon Sect and the major clans in Northeast Military Region. The win-win relationship between the imperial households and the top seven sects was based on the prosperity and stability of Taixia Country and Hua people. This foundation determined that the relationship between the imperial households and the top seven sects would not deteriorate no matter how bad it was.
The special relationship between the imperial households of Taixia Country and the top seven sects lay in that only one person could ascend to the altar and throne of Emperor Xuanyuan across Taixia Country. The imperial households had sage-level knights above the heavens; all the other major sects had sage-level knights above the heavens. However, the Xuanyuan God Sutra of the imperial households of Taixia Country was the only emperor-level secret method among humans. Sage-level emperors were the supreme human beings. Based on this, the imperial households of Taixia Country surpassed all the major sects and stood on the peak of humans. All the other sects had to admit that they didn't have a good relationship with each other.
In Taixia Country, everybody knew that Gold and Power Law, one of the top seven sects, was controlled by the imperial households of Taixia Country. At that time, the imperial households of Taixia Country established Gold and Power Law as a nail among the top seven sects in Taixia Country and competed with the other top six sects in many aspects. Everything that was inconvenient for the imperial households and the officials of Taixia Country would be handled by Gold and Power Law. Of course, such a situation aroused the dissatisfaction of the other sects. However, they could do nothing about it. He wanted to be the emperor, but he also wanted to play with the sects. Who could stop him?
However, as Emperor Xuanyuan had been missing for a few years, the holy war between Emperor Xuanyuan and Emperor Xuanyuan had gradually become unstable inside Taixia Country. All the major sects being suppressed by Emperor Xuanyuan were ready to make trouble.
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem Before the catastrophe in Zhongzhou Province, Taixia Country had been facing surging undercurrents. After the catastrophe in Zhongzhou Province, Zhongzhou Province, one of the nine immortal provinces in Taixia Country, the hinterland of Taixia Country which was similar to the demon disaster, the overall situation became more complex. Some contradictions might be intensified with the catastrophe in Zhongzhou Province.
Bai Suxian told these words to Zhang Tie.
When they talked, they lay on the bed. After that, they watched the starry sky above the crystal dome and started to talk about the current situation facing Taixia Country.
Bai Suxian who was born in Lord Guangnan's Mansion had a deeper understanding about the current situation facing Taixia Country after returning to Lord Guangnan's Mansion and meeting his dad, Lord Guangnan. Bai Suxian knew more than commoners about the current situation facing Taixia Country.
With this woman on his side, Zhang Tie felt like having one more adviser who knew the high-level information of Taixia Country. Bai Suxian's talent was indeed not only on the bed.
"Will those old monsters in the heavens of the top sects launch an attack to Xuanyuan Hill?" After hearing Bai Suxian's words, Zhang Tie asked Bai Suxian out of amazement. "It's possible.
However, the method and time could not be speculated by commoners. My dad also made the same judgment; however, he couldn't figure out which step those old monsters would take. After all, if Taixia Country became chaotic at this moment, the top sects would not benefit at all. However, it's impossible for them to turn a blind eye to the current situation facing Xuanyuan Hill and Taixia Country. They would feel unwilling if they didn't do something. If they went too far, the top sects would have to think about how to explain themselves if Emperor Xuanyuan suddenly came back. Even though the top sects could unite with each other, nobody could shake the position of Emperor Xuanyuan among Hua people. "
"If Xuanyuan Hill really fell out with the top sects of Taixia Country, which side would Lord Guangnan's Mansion stand on?"
"You don't know which side to take?"
"Oh!"
"The title and bounty of Lord Guangnan were won by the ancestors of Bai Clan in the holy war; instead of being rewarded by others. Therefore, Lord Guangnan's Mansion doesn't need to care about anyone else. Theoretically, Lord Guangnan's Mansion should stand on the side of Xuanyuan Hill; however, Emperor Xuanyuan is missing, Xuanyuan Hill has no leader; additionally, Fang Xinyi, the vixen, is a member of Qionglou Pavilion, one of the top 7 sects in Taixia Country. If the two parties fight, my dad might remain neutral!"
"Neutral!"
Bai Suxian's words made Zhang Tie's heart pound. Based on the position of Lord Guangnan, Bai Suxian's dad might not be the first one who knew that Emperor Xuanyuan was missing; however, he was definitely the first batch of people across Taixia Country who knew that. If Bai Suxian's dad decided to sleep with Bai Suxian's bestie after knowing that Emperor Xuanyuan was missing, it would be interesting. After Emperor Xuanyuan was missing, Lord Guangnan married a woman from Qionglou Pavilion, one of the top 7 sects in Taixia Country as his wife. If Lord Guangnan could foresee the conflict between the top 7 sects and Xuanyuan Hill in the future, it would definitely be a far-sighted and shrewd plot for Lord Guangnan to marry Fang Xinyi.
When in the Earth-elements Realm, when Zhang Tie heard that Lord Guangnan made her bestie her stepmother, he despised Lord Guangnan a bit inside as he felt that Bai Suxian's dad was too tasteless. As a lord, how could he fall out with his daughter for a woman? What a freak!
However, after figuring out the relationship between the top sects in Taixia Country and Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie's impression about Lord Guangnan, Bai Suxian's father, had completely reversed. 'Lord Guangnan is really a shrewd old fox!'
Perhaps, Bai Suxian had already guessed such a possibility; therefore, she left Lord Guangnan's Mansion without any hesitation, ignoring that event.
"Is what you said to Liu Xing true? Are you worried that what happened in Zhongzhou Province might happen in other places in Taixia Country?" Bai Suxian asked with a concerned look.
Zhang Tie let out a sigh, "Undoubtedly, the bloody figures are on the back of Heavens Reaching Church. Now that Heavens Reaching Church could establish bloody sea in Zhongzhou Province, one of the 9 immortal provinces in Taixia Country, do you think that it would be more difficult for them to establish a bloody sea in other places? It's just one reason. "
"Secondly, before the event in Zhongzhou Province, very few people in Taixia Country knew about Wen Haoyun of Pingsha Valley, Longxi Prefecture, Zhongzhou Province. As a common black iron knight, he could be a local tyrant and a bit famous; however, he's nothing in Taixia Country. Now that Heavens Reaching Church could entrust Wen Haoyun, a black iron knight, to manage the bloody sea beneath Pingsha Valley, Zhongzhou Province, it means that this bloody sea is not irreplaceable in the eyes of Heavens Reaching Church. Pingsha Valley is just a base of Heavens Reaching Church; it's not its foundation. Otherwise, Heavens Reaching Church would not assign a common black iron knight to guard Pingsha Valley. Don't forget that demons and Heavens Reaching Church have hidden a lot of knight-level powerhouses in Taixia Country. Old Monster Qi, whom I met in the Earth-elements Realm, is a member of Heavens Reaching Church! "
"Thirdly, the news that Emperor Xuanyuan was missing was detonated by demons on the battlefield in the Earth-elements Realm. After this news was detonated, it had spread across humans in a split second. Demons definitely didn't detonate this news randomly. After Emperor Xuanyuan disappeared, Taixia Country was shocked and the undercurrent was surging. However, at this moment, the bloody figures in the bloody sea beneath Pingsha Valley were about to mature. If not the mistake in Pingsha Valley, these bloody figures in the bloody sea beneath Pingsha Valley might still be pregnant. Even if they were mature, nobody would notice it. What do you find from the above two events?"
"Demons detonated the news that Emperor Xuanyuan was missing at the same time that the bloody figures in the bloody sea beneath Pingsha Valley became mature!" Bai Suxian understood it at once.
"Of course, it's not a coincidence. It's a part of a series of conspiracies against Taixia Country and Hua people. The bloody figures beneath Pingsha Valley are just some LV 9 fighters. Even if 100,000 of them wreaked havoc, they could at most cause some pain to Taixia Country. They couldn't shake the foundation of Taixia Country at all. Without the leadership of senior knights, tens of thousands of LV 9 bloody figures could at most destroy dozens of cities across Taixia Country. In the holy war, Taixia Country could bear such a bit loss easily. Demons and Heavens Reaching Church have made such great efforts to coordinate with each other. Of course, they're not here to tickle Taixia Country. If I were the head of demons and Three-eye Association, I would build as many bloody figures as possible. By then, all the bloody figures would cooperate with the knight-level powerhouses of Heavens Reaching Church in each province at the same time. By then, hundreds of thousands of bloody figures would wreak havoc everywhere in each province. Wherever they pass by, nothing would be left. Only in this way could Taixia Country's foundation be shaken. Even if Taixia Country could pacify the chaos caused by bloody figures, it would also suffer a great loss. Finally, Taixia Country would collapse from inside … "
When Zhang Tie caught those bloody figures alive, he had already read their memories on the airboat. Those bloody figures started to fall into a long sleep. The first memory of all the bloody figures was that they tore off the fetal ball in the bloody sea. Through the memory and vision of those bloody figures, Zhang Tie saw what he wanted to see most in Zhongzhou Province — — the bloody sea beneath Pingsha Valley.
At the sight of the bloody sea where bloody figures were bred, Zhang Tie's heart sank to the bottom at once.
The main materials used to construct the Blood Sea Divine Pool were gold and high-grade crystals. These two things might be precious to ordinary people, but to those who could construct the Blood Sea Divine Pool, these two things were no different from ordinary steel and cement.
The most important thing to construct the Blood Sea Deity's Pool was the rune secret method on the gold and crystal. This was the most difficult thing to do. However, the rune secret method was exactly what those who had mastered. For those who had already grasped the rune secret method, since they had already constructed the first Blood Sea Deity's Pool, they could construct the second, third, and fourth Blood Sea Deity's Pools as long as they had enough materials.
Like how a craftsman built a house, the more houses he built, the more refined his craftsmanship would be.
Because of this intuitive recognition, Zhang Tie made the judgment that Heavens Reaching Church and demons had more than one bloody sea in Taixia Country.
This judgment was very important to Zhang Tie. Perhaps Heavens Reaching Church and demons couldn't construct the original bloody sea which could give birth to knight-level powerhouses; however, they could construct a bloody sea which could give birth to LV 9 fighters. Additionally, demons and Heavens Reaching Church could creatively combine the bloody sea with puppet worms. Such a bloody sea was already enough for demons and Heavens Reaching Church.
In the hands of demons and Heavens Reaching Church, the bloody sea of Bloody Soul Temple was not a bloody sea anymore; instead, it might be more appropriate to call it a bloody sea.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Bai Suxian who was a bit hot just now felt a bit cold as she stealthily moved closer to Zhang Tie, "If that's true, Heavens Reaching Church might launch an attack in Taixia Country after this batch of bloody figures in Pingsha Valley matured. The interval between the news that Emperor Xuanyuan was missing and the maturity of this batch of bloody figures is reserved by demons and Heavens Reaching Church for the showdown and the internal strife between the top sects of Taixia Country and Xuanyuan Hill. By then, if Xuanyuan Hill and the top sects of Taixia Country really fall out with each other, demons and Heavens Reaching Church would get twice the result with half the effort!"
"Yes, you're right. Additionally, I doubt that demons and Heavens Reaching Church's conspiracy against Taixia Country and Hua people might be more powerful!"
"A stronger killer move? You're worried about demons and Heavens Reaching Church's trump cards! "
"Yes. Don't forget that Heavens Reaching Church excelled at bewitching people and involving commoners into mobs. Given the news that Emperor Xuanyuan was missing and these bloody figures who were as ferocious as mutated beasts, Heavens Reaching Church couldn't make commoners follow them. If commoners in Taixia Country also followed them, it would be a great chaos. That's what demons and Heavens Reaching Church want most! Additionally, I doubt that the mole of Heavens Reaching Church and demons in Taixia Country might be hiding in Xuanyuan Hill. He's an influential minister of Xuanyuan Hill. With the cover and help of this mole, Heavens Reaching Church could establish bloody seas across Taixia Country silently over these years … "
Bai Suxian let out a sigh faintly, "After hearing your words, I don't know whether Taixia Country could survive this holy war or not. Even if Taixia Country could survive this holy war, how devastated it would be. If Taixia Country really perishes one day, will you leave me alone?"
"If that day really comes, I will take you to a place where even demons couldn't find us. We'll live our own life. We could eat and drink whenever we want and have babies when we're bored …" Zhang Tie also let out a sigh …
The two people let out a sigh at the same time with different meanings.
"Is there really such a place?" Bai Suxian threw a glance at Zhang Tie with sparkling eyes.
"Believe me, there really is!" Zhang Tie replied straightforwardly.
Bai Suxian replied with a smile, "Even if you're lying to me, I've already been satisfied with your words!"
After saying that, Bai Suxian closed her eyes satisfactorily as she curled up in Zhang Tie's arms and fell asleep quietly and sweetly.
Zhang Tie watched the stars in the sky with his eyes wide open …
The airboat was flying; however, the stars in the sky remained still, which made Zhang Tie feel like sleeping in a room instead of an airboat.
Of course, there was a place where demons couldn't find us — — Castle of Black Iron.
Previously, Zhang Tie had not thought about the size of Castle of Black Iron; however, especially these days, he had to think about it seriously. Now that he could see that Taixia Country was full of crises and thorns in the future, it was reasonable for him to think about the way out.
Although Zhang Tie had a feeling about Taixia Country, he had not imagined that he could sacrifice his life for Taixia Country one day. In Zhang Tie's opinion, talents were the most important. As long as there were people, everything would be there.
At this moment, a whim occurred to Zhang Tie's mind, 'If I really put all my relatives, friends, family members, Bai Suxian, Iron-Dragon Sect and those people in Ice and Snow Wilderness into Castle of Black Iron, would Castle of Black Iron be a bit small? After all, I might have 10-20 kids …'
Zhang Tie had not expanded land resources for Castle of Black Iron for a long time. Therefore, Zhang Tie made a decision inside, 'Given the current situation facing Taixia Country, it seems that I should manage Castle of Black Iron well instead of wasting this way.'
'Besides expanding Castle of Black Iron, I should bring in as many plants and animals as possible. The larger Castle of Black Iron was, the more ecological resources and mineral resources it would contain and the more diversified it would be. Therefore, people living in Castle of Black Iron could live better lives.'
Zhang Tie remembered that he had read an experiment made by zoologists and sociologists before the Catastrophe. In that experiment, they put 10 rats in an enclosed environment which was like a paradise for rats which could hold 1,000 rats. They wanted to see what would happen in the end.
In the beginning, all the mice were normal. They ate and drank every day, and when they had nothing to do, they would mate and give birth. When the number of mice reached 1000, suddenly one day, the mice began to collapse. All the mice began to use all kinds of methods to kill each other until only a few dozen mice survived. In the end, although the surviving mice no longer killed each other, they could no longer live and continue the population as before. The dozens of mice that survived finally died, and the mouse population was wiped out.
Through this experiment, the zoologist and the sociologist both reached a conclusion — — the desire to explore the unknown world was the driving force for the development and survival of human society. If the human society lost the desire to explore one day, when the carrying capacity of social materials and population reached its peak, it would lead to the collapse of human society.
Heller said that Castle of Black Iron was still too small and incomplete. Therefore, many things had not come into being yet. If Castle of Black Iron was large enough one day, it would give birth to a complete world.
'What's the complete world like? 'After thinking about it for a few times, Zhang Tie put it aside...
Zhang Tie was not afraid that people living in Castle of Black Iron would lose the desire to explore one day. No matter what, they could enter this world at any time. If someone was bored of staying in Castle of Black Iron, Zhang Tie could just throw him out of Castle of Black Iron to fight demons.
Right now, the most important thing was to continuously strengthen himself and prepare for a more comfortable path of retreat so that he could escape with the people around him in the future. More importantly, he had to do everything he could to prevent himself from reaching that point in the future, so that more people, including ordinary people and people that he didn't know, could survive in the Holy War until the end.
'I will never allow those b * stards of Heavens Reaching Church and demons to destroy everything in front of me.'
'If I didn't have too much ability before, after promoting to an earth knight and having Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, Iron-Dragon Sect and Jinwu City, I could actually do a lot of things.'
'I've already spoiled many good plans of demons, Three-eye Association and Heavens Reaching Church. What's the harm in spoiling them further?'
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Here's the 5600 words' big chapter! Brothers who still have their monthly tickets on hand, don't hold them back, just throw them at me! (To be continued.)
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