"Ah, Castle Lord..." Edward hurriedly bowed towards Zhang Tie when he saw Zhang Tie in the lobby of the palace tree.
Zhang Tie flashed past Edward like a gust of wind. Before saying anything, he had rushed to the front of the small tree and picked off the new trouble-reappearance fruit on the small tree. After that, he put the new trouble-reappearance fruit into his mouth. After that, he revealed a smile towards Edward. After that, he disappeared under the small tree in less than 3 seconds, leaving Edward with a dumbfounded look...
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After exiting Castle of Black Iron, Zhang Tie was still chewing the new trouble-reappearance fruit as he sat down with crossed legs.
The latest trouble-reappearance fruit was eaten by Zhang Tie in the Earth-elements Realm. However, Zhang Tie didn't activate it at all. As he had not eaten trouble-reappearance fruit for a long time, Zhang Tie almost forgot about the taste of trouble-reappearance fruit.
After eating it, the bizarre energy in the trouble-reappearance fruit rose in Zhang Tie's mouth like a wisp of cyan smoke. Closely after that, it rushed into Zhang Tie's mind sea and converged with Zhang Tie's spiritual energy. Closely after that, a light spot appeared in Zhang Tie's mind sea while a hexagonal, bizarre entrance flew towards Zhang Tie from the light spot and covered him at once, bringing him into a bizarre trouble-reappearance situation …
Zhang Tie finally appeared in this room.
Zhang Tie was standing there while the demonized puppet that had just been killed by him was in front of him. With bloody eyes, the demonized puppet roared as it charged at Zhang Tie at once like seeing its archenemy.
This LV 9 demonized puppet was just like a fly for Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie didn't care about it at all; instead, he released his battle qi and broke a wall into pieces by one punch. In the quakes and booms of the room, Zhang Tie strode out of the room as fast as a lightning bolt and came to the manor of Lord Guangnan.
Everything in the manor remained as tranquil as before. Besides nobody, all the grasses and trees here were as same as what Zhang Tie saw a few minutes ago.
On the lawn of the garden, the metal cage with the level-6 black spider was still there. There were still bloodstains in the cage, and the smell of blood still lingered in the garden. However, the black spider was no longer in the cage.
Closely after Zhang Tie, the LV 9 demonized puppet jumped out of the broken wall and rushed towards Zhang Tie while baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. Zhang Tie pointed at the two shins of the demonized puppet, causing it to scream miserably and fall down. After that, it continued to crawl towards Zhang Tie as if it wanted to bite Zhang Tie ferociously. However, its speed was over 10 times slower than before. Additionally, the scene in front of Zhang Tie looked pretty hilarious.
The world was peaceful.
Zhang Tie moved his feet. With the great mobility brought by Kuafu bloodline, Zhang Tie left the manor of Lord Guangnan's Mansion and appeared on the street outside the manor.
Everything on the street was the same as before. The street lights, the shops, the feasting, everything was exactly the same as before.
Zhang Tie found that the street was a bit different than before. It seemed to be much more spacious and something was missing.
Oh, they were alcohol-fueled cars. The alcohol-fueled cars on the streets had disappeared at this moment. Only the cars parked on both sides of the streets could be seen. After thinking for a while, Zhang Tie realized that this might be one of the characteristics of the Trouble-Reappearance Fruit. In the Trouble-Reappearance Situation, these moving objects controlled by people could not be captured, nor could they be captured by other people's belongings or anything that was interacting with people or living creatures.
If he could capture all these things, the trouble-reappearance fruit would be really amazing.
Even so, Zhang Tie was already very satisfied with it.
Although Zhang Tie knew that Xuanyuan Hill was nothing different than Wild Wolf Valley or Hidden Dragon Island in the eyes of the small tree, perhaps everything in front of the small tree was just a meaningless arrangement of material elements or a scene under a camera. Watching the empty Xuanyuan Hill in front of him, Zhang Tie was still a bit thrilled as he felt like cheating through the back door in the examination …
Zhang Tie started to run rapidly on the street towards the emperor's imperial city. With the effect of Kuafu Bloodline, even though Zhang Tie couldn't fly, he could still move as fast as a lightning bolt on the ground. He could cover hundreds of meters with one stride, which was even a bit faster than the flight speed of common knights. After running for 2 minutes, Zhang Tie became excited as he roared and jumped onto the roofs of the buildings on both sides of the street. Closely after that, he started to jump from the roofs of the buildings on both sides of the street …
Under the two bright moons, Zhang Tie was jumping on the top of the buildings in Xuanyuan Hill like a meteor while buildings and streets flashed behind him like flowing water.
Sometimes, Zhang Tie would even break the roofs of buildings. However, in the trouble-reappearance situation, nobody would come out to ask for compensation from him.
The straight-line distance between the manor of Lord Guangnan's Mansion and the Horse Bridge was only over 140 miles. In less than 10 minutes, Zhang Tie had already landed on the gate tower at the bridgehead of the Horse Bridge, causing a boom.
Standing on the gate tower, Zhang Tie felt a chilly breeze blowing towards his face. The Golden Water River was still surging; however, the gate tower was empty. After identifying the direction, Zhang Tie jumped up once again and stepped onto the huge steel structure of the Horse Bridge. Only after a few steps, he had crossed the bridge and entered the territory of the emperor's imperial city.
At the first glance, the emperor's imperial city in Xuanyuan Hill was nothing different than that in other places in Xuanyuan Hill. It was just that the buildings on both sides of the streets were tidier. Additionally, the residences and signboards of the central authorities of Taixia Country could be seen everywhere in the emperor's imperial city. All these places were extraordinary and solemn. Even the mansions in the emperor's imperial city looked special.
If Xuanyuan Hill was under the foot of Emperor Xuanyuan, the emperor's imperial city was almost under the eyes of Emperor Xuanyuan.
As Zhang Tie ran, he recalled the map of the emperor's imperial city in Xuanyuan Hill.
Although commoners couldn't enter the emperor's imperial city, the map of the emperor's imperial city was not a secret. On the map of Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie could even see the location of the imperial palace in the emperor's imperial city, the hubs of the authorities across Taixia Country and the residences and courtyards of the chancellors of the imperial court such as the three chancellors and nine ministers were clearly marked on the map.
After a few minutes, Zhang Tie landed in front of a magnificent mansion. Raising his head, he watched the golden words above the gate of the mansion — — Finance Minister's Mansion.
The entrance of this official residence was guarded by a bronze lion. The steps were made of white jade, and there were four rows of lanterns hanging on the door. There were three entrances, one large in the middle, and two small ones at the side. All three doors were tightly shut.
Watching the scene in front of him, Zhang Tie shook his head. Closely after that, he walked up the jade steps and came to the gate in the middle. Only by one kick, he had broken the gate into pieces. Closely after that, he entered the mansion.
The finance minister's mansion covered hundreds of square meters, which contained pavilions, terraces, rockery, gardens, waterside pavilions and ponds.
Like a curious tourist, Zhang Tie looked around the finance minister's mansion leisurely. With lotus-flower eyes, Zhang Tie could see everything in this mansion.
There were 3 underground buildings in the mansion, one of which was an ice room. There were still a lot of ice cubes in the ice room.
The other underground building was a cellar, which stored a lot of liquors.
The third backroom was a knight's cultivation room. There was a senior element-gathering matrix in the cultivation room. Additionally, there were two secret tunnels in the cultivation room, which could be used to leave or enter the finance minister's mansion secretly.
As one of the top 9 ministers in Taixia Country, Zhang Tie felt it was not strange for there to be such a secret tunnel. Additionally, given the look of the secret tunnel, it should have been built together with the secret tunnel when the mansion was built.
In the underground of the official residence, apart from these three secret rooms, there was nothing else eye-catching.
As for the rooms on the ground, most of the people living in this official residence were either servants or guards of the official residence. There was nothing special about these people's rooms.
Among the rooms on the ground, there were two buildings which seemed to be the private storehouses of the official mansion. There were some treasures in the rooms. Although many of them were of high value and Zhang Tie had not seen them before, these treasures in the trouble-reappearance situation were of no value to Zhang Tie.
The few bedrooms and rooms in the master's residence did not have any eye-catching objects.
After walking around the mansion for quite a while, Zhang Tie finally came to the study room on the bank of the lotus pond.
This study room was not large; however, it was pretty tranquil and tidy. The moment he entered the study room, Zhang Tie had caught sight of a calligraphy painting on the wall of the study room. There was only one word "View" on it. The inscription was "Painting White in the Year of Gui Mao, Mountain Hermit, Hidden Dragon Moon". Besides that, there was a small private seal on the side of the inscription, which was "Han Zhengfang" in seal characters...
Standing in front of this calligraphy painting, Zhang Tie looked at it silently as he slightly narrowed his eyes at the sight of the two words on the private seal.
Han Zhengfang was the name of the finance minister, one of the top 9 ministers in Taixia Country.
Mountain Hermit, Mountain Hermit, Mountain Hermit, must be Han Zhengfang's self-title and elegant appellation. This appellation was very popular among the top figures in Taixia Country. Gui Mao was a chronological method that matched the heavenly stems and earthly branches since ancient times. If not Zhang Tie had spent a lot of time on it, he might not know which year was Gui Mao.
The most recent year of Gui Mao should be the 891st year of Black Iron Calendar. There would be a year of Gui Mao in every 60 years. Given the look of this calligraphy, Zhang Tie judged that it should be made in the 891st year of Black Iron Calendar. The Month of Hidden Dragon was another name for November.
If Zhang Tie didn't know the other identity of Han Zhengfang, he would not think too much about this piece of calligraphy. However, after knowing it, he could appreciate a different feeling when he looked at this piece of calligraphy.
The 891st year of Black Iron Calendar should be the time when the holy war had just broken out. At this moment, Han Zhengfang, the master of Heavens Reaching Church, who colluded with demons in Hidden Dragon Moon, left such a calligraphy in Hidden Dragon Moon, which was unusual.
'Guanzhi, hidden dragon, interesting, you're really ambitious.' Zhang Tie revealed a sneer, 'This time, I will turn this ambitious hidden dragon into a dead snake.'
After glancing at this calligraphy for a short while, Zhang Tie walked to the front of the bookshelf in the study.
There were nothing special on the bookshelf. Most of the books on the bookshelf were political, historical and poetic works. After glancing at them for a short while, Zhang Tie walked to the desk over there.
On one side of the desk were the four treasures of the study, and on the top of the desk was an elegant golden folder with a pile of name cards and invitations. It seemed like Han Zhengfang's people had arranged them and placed them here for Han Zhengfang to choose from.
Zhang Tie picked up an invitation card on the top of the golden folder and opened it. It was an invitation card sent by one of the 9 ministers of Taixia Country to invite Han Zhengfang for a gathering. The invitation card was sent 3 days ago. The gathering time was today...
Watching the golden folder on the desk, Zhang Tie's eyes flickered, 'If I could produce a trouble-reappearance fruit here every day, wouldn't I be able to grasp the trace of Han Zhengfang in the emperor's imperial city in advance?'
(To be continued.)
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