After searching the finance minister's mansion carefully for a short while, Zhang Tie left the finance minister's mansion frankly and came to the street outside.
It had only been a bit more than 2 hours since he entered Castle of Black Iron.
After recalling the map of the emperor's imperial city, a whim occurred to Zhang Tie's mind.
'I wonder about the situation in Xuanyuan Imperial Palace. '
Soon after this whim occurred to Zhang Tie, another whim occurred to him as fast as a lightning bolt.
'Oh, according to Bai Suxian, there's a Martial Keeping Pavilion in Xuanyuan Imperial Palace, which contains tens of thousands of secret methods and battle skills. Only some members of the imperial clan could enter the Martial Keeping Pavilion. If I could enter it... '
Zhang Tie's heart pounded heavily.
When Zhang Tie thought about it, he became a bit hesitant. After all, it was not a common place; instead, it was the imperial palace of Xuanyuan Hill. Zhang Tie was not sure whether he would suffer any sequela if he entered the Martial Keeping Pavilion and learned some battle skills and secret methods. He had enough enemies, each of which was more powerful than the other, such as Heavens Reaching Church, Gobbling Party and demons. If the imperial household of Taixia Country was added to these enemies, Zhang Tie would have to crash into the wall.
Additionally, in the hearts of each Hua person, the imperial palace of Xuanyuan Hill and the residence of Emperor Xuanyuan were extremely sacred places, the heart of all Hua people. Even though he was in the trouble-reappearance situation, Zhang Tie still felt a bit uneasy and guilty about entering it stealthily.
Two voices kept reverberating inside Zhang Tie's mind, one was encouraging him to go there as it was not a big deal. No matter what, nobody would discover it; the other was persuading him not to go there as he had to show his respect to Emperor Xuanyuan and the imperial household of Taixia Country no matter what.
After struggling for a few seconds, Zhang Tie gritted his teeth, "Whatever, I will take a look there first. I will not touch the items in the imperial palace until it's necessary..."
After muttering to himself, Zhang Tie made up his mind as he instantly ran towards the imperial palace at a high speed.
In the emperor's imperial city, the 12 avenues which were connected to the 12 bridges over the Golden Water River could directly lead to the periphery of the imperial palace. On the map, the imperial palace of Taixia Country was a circular region in the core of Xuanyuan Hill, which had a radius of 10 miles. The entire imperial palace covered 314 square miles, which was even larger than a small city.
Zhang Tie was very curious about the collection of the imperial palace of Taixia Country. When he reached the center of Xuanyuan Hill, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
On the map, this location was the location of the imperial palace of Xuanyuan Hill.
The barracks outside the imperial palace, the square and the Jade Belt River which was over 50 m wide were all there. However, behind the Jade Belt River, the place where the imperial palace used to be was covered with dense black mist.
There were no palace walls or imperial palaces. Everything had disappeared.
With lotus-flower eyes, Zhang Tie saw nothing in the black mist. Besides the black mist, there was nothing in the black mist.
Zhang Tie attempted to enter the black mist; however, he could not approach it no matter how much strength he exerted.
'What's going on? '
Zhang Tie was very shocked. It was his first time to encounter such a situation since he got the trouble-reappearance fruits.
Of course, the imperial palace of Taixia Country couldn't be covered with black mist. The reason that this black mist existed in the trouble-reappearance situation was that it should be manifested here; however, it couldn't be manifested due to some reason.
Zhang Tie ran around the imperial palace of Taixia Country as fast as he could and found it was the same everywhere.
When Zhang Tie stopped in the trouble-reappearance situation and was thinking about the reason, his ears suddenly moved. In the next second, the entire trouble-reappearance situation turned into a light rain...
...
Zhang Tie, who was sitting with crossed legs in the room, opened his eyes at once...
"Dong... dong...", three knocks drifted from outside the door.
Zhang Tie picked himself up and walked over there before opening the door.
Standing outside the door was Bai Suxian in white nightdress. Zhang Tie didn't know why she suddenly came here. At the sight of Zhang Tie, Bai Suxian tightly hugged him and buried her face in Zhang Tie's chest.
In a split second, Zhang Tie felt that his clothes had been wet by Bai Suxian's tears.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Tie patted Bai Suxian's back.
Bai Suxian didn't speak; instead, she raised her head, revealing her blurred eyes as she said, "Kiss me!"
Zhang Tie let out a sigh as he closed the door.
Although it was a bit embarrassing that Bai Suxian came to his room late at night, Zhang Tie believed that nobody in this manor would gossip about it.
...
After a few hours of deep sleep, Zhang Tie had already woken up energetically like a fully-charged battery.
When Zhang Tie woke up, he found it was still dark outside through the screen window.
Leaning against Zhang Tie's chest, Bai Suxian slept like a little girl with a bit of tears and a bit tiredness and satisfaction left after extreme pleasure on her face.
Bai Suxian was very crazy last night. It was the craziest time that Zhang Tie had ever seen her. Lying on Zhang Tie's side, Bai Suxian told Zhang Tie her story with tears. After that, she fell asleep in Zhang Tie's arms relaxed like having a heavy burden off her shoulders.
Zhang Tie knew that Bai Suxian had already solved the knot in her mind since she told him about the past that she didn't want to recall.
Actually, Bai Suxian's story was not new at all. It had happened to many women — — a beautiful girl who fell in love for the first time met a handsome man unintentionally. Closely after that, she fell in love with the man's sweet and tender attack and couldn't help falling in love. She even wished to die for that man. Until one day, that beautiful girl unintentionally found out that the man had an ulterior motive for approaching her. That man didn't love her, but the family and power behind her. That elegant, handsome, and sweet-talkative man was just a cunning phoenix man. Everything between her and that man was designed by that man. Furthermore, that exquisite phoenix man had other women. She had been used by that man from the beginning to the end, becoming his plaything and stepping stone to realize his ambition. The girl was heartbroken and broke up with that man. In the end, she even abandoned herself to despair and lived a chaotic and indulgent life …
This was Bai Suxian's past experience.
Since she got acquainted with Zhang Tie, this experience had always been hidden in Bai Suxian's mind and became her spiritual burden.
The more one loved the other, the more he would like to show his best side to the other. Although Bai Suxian was a knight, she was similar to other women in terms of feelings. She was afraid that Zhang Tie would dislike her, despise her or stay away from her after knowing what she had done in the past. Therefore, this event became a minefield that she could never get rid of.
Last night, Bai Suxian actually rolled over the minefield on Zhang Tie's side without hiding anything from Zhang Tie.
After throwing a glance at Bai Suxian who was in deep sleep, Zhang Tie stealthily got up as gently as possible in case of disturbing Bai Suxian.
After getting up, Zhang Tie came to the balcony outside the room in pajamas and watched the garden being decorated with lamps and the outline of Xuanyuan Hill in the distance quietly.
After recalling Bai Suxian's encounter in his mind, Zhang Tie finally let out a sigh.
Compared to the affair between Miss Daina and Zhang Tie, Bai Suxian's encounter was more pitiful. Zhang Tie and Miss Daina couldn't stay with each other; neither could they fall in love with each other. However, they still left a memory for each other. Although there was no love between them, at least they were sincere to each other. By contrast, Bai Suxian's deception and exploitation in the name of love were really shameful.
No matter how beautiful a woman was, when she encountered such a blow, it was very easy for her to be unable to recover and become pessimistic about her entire life.
Bai Suxian almost ruined herself.
As long as Bai Suxian could get over this hurdle, Zhang Tie would not mention this event anymore.
...
"Heller, are you there?" Zhang Tie called Heller in his consciousness.
"Castle Lord, I'm waiting for your call!" Heller's mellow and warm voice drifted into Zhang Tie's ears, making Zhang Tie cheerful at once.
"What's wrong with the trouble-reappearance fruit last night? Why couldn't the imperial palace of the emperor's imperial city appear in the trouble-reappearance fruit?" Zhang Tie asked the question that he was concerned about the most.
"Like how demon knights couldn't have the Manjusaka Karma Fruit Tree form any fruit, the Manjusaka Karma Fruit Tree is not almighty. It has its limit. To put it simply, the imperial palace of the emperor's imperial city of Xuanyuan Hill was covered by a powerful energy, which directly blocked the formation of the mirror image of all the material worlds in the trouble-reappearance situation. Additionally, I could tell Castle Lord that the same energy that covered the entire Xuanyuan Hill and prevented knights below sage-level knights from flying above Xuanyuan Hill also came from the imperial palace!"
"What's that energy? How could it be so powerful?"
"I have a guess, just a guess. There might be something in the imperial palace of Xuanyuan Hill which could not match that of Castle of Black Iron."
"A treasure which could match that of Castle of Black Iron?" Zhang Tie became spirited at once...
"It's possible!" Heller paused for a second before continuing, "I've almost guessed your plan, Castle Lord. But I have to warn you, Castle Lord, you might need to check how many more trouble-reappearance stars could the marvelous portal access to Castle of Black Iron hold …"
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