Castle of Black Iron

Honestly, Zhang Tie was very thrilled at this moment.

After the new year festival, he would have left Youzhou Province for 5 years. Zhang Tie had been waiting for returning to Youzhou Province in the public and meeting his family members for too long.

At the sight of Iron-Dragon Airboat, the two airboats had been slowly approaching it. So did Iron-Dragon Airboat.

As if they felt the airboat was too slow at this moment, before their airboats got closer to Iron-Dragon Airboat, some knights had already flown off their airboats towards Iron-Dragon Airboat like meteors in the daytime at their maximal speeds.

Mountain Lifting Hermit was the grand elder of Iron-Dragon Sect, he would not join the fun when Zhang Tie united with his family members. Neither did Zhang Tie waste time on persuading him to join them. After leaving some words to Mountain Lifting Hermit, Zhang Tie had called Bai Suxian and Zhang Gui to fly off Iron-Dragon Airboat towards those knights.

Although it was chilly, it didn’t influence these knights.

Both parties soon met in the sky.

Elder Muyu, Elder Muray, Elder Muyuan and Elder Muen of Huaiyuan Palace had arrived. Even Zhang Taixuan had come to welcome Zhang Tie.

It was the supreme etiquette for the head of a clan to welcome a person on the border of a province.

Both parties suspended in the air with a distance of 20 m. Elder Muray and Elder Muen both looked very excited. Zhang Taixuan’s eyebrows were quivering which indicated that he was not calm inside.

Zhang Tie watched these familiar faces; the elders of Huaiyuan Palace also watched Zhang Tie and the two people on Zhang Tie’s side. After over 4 years, they all felt overwhelmed inside at the sight of each other.

After hearing that Cui Li was Zhang Tie’s incarnation, all the elders in Huaiyuan Palace including Zhang Taixuan didn’t believe that. The reason was simple. They all knew when Zhang Tie promoted to a black iron knight. It was too unimaginable for Zhang Tie to promote to an earth knight only after leaving Youzhou Province for 4 years.

However, all of their doubts had faded away the moment they saw Zhang Tie. At this moment, Zhang Tie didn’t hide his qi. Therefore, the familiar qi of earth knight shocked all the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace. They started to regard Zhang Tie with reverence unconsciously.

The young elite and the youngest clan elder of Huaiyuan Palace had long been famous across Taixia Country.

Watching Zhang Tie’s face which was still as young as that of a teenager, all the elders of Huaiyuan Palace thought inside, ‘How could such a teenager promote to an earth knight? Even the top 7 sects and top clans in Taixia Country don’t have such a young earth knight.’

“Clan head, elders!”

In the wuthering wind, Zhang Tie broke the short silence as he hailed Zhang Taixuan and the other clan elders.

After hearing Zhang Tie’s kind voice, all the elders felt a sense of relief. At the same time, the boulder in the heart of each elder finally landed steadily.

Before coming here, all the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace were mostly afraid that Zhang Tie still had a grudge against Huaiyuan Palace for not fully standing on his side at the critical moment over these years. If Zhang Tie really thought so, the entire Huaiyuan Palace would break apart the moment he came back. A few years ago, Zhang Tie might not have such an ability; however, Zhang Tie had been able to have Huaiyuan Palace turn upside down at this moment. When Iron-Dragon Sect was founded, the powerful battle strength that Zhang Tie performed when defeating Nangong Sheng had absolutely surpassed Zhang Taixuan the current clan head of Huaiyuan Palace. It could be said that Zhang Tie had been the No. 1 powerhouse of Huaiyuan Palace. If he lost his anger over domestic affairs, nobody could suppress him.

Straight-forward Elder Muray flew towards Zhang Tie as he punched Zhang Tie’s shoulder forcefully and sighed, “Good boy, I’ve really been surpassed by you…”.

Although Elder Muray was smiling, his eyes were sparkling with tears. It was hard to tide over these years for both Huaiyuan Palace and Zhang Tie. Thank god, they finally tided over it. After Zhang Tie came back, all the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace saw the hope of reinvigorating Huaiyuan Palace.

Zhang Tie replied with a smile as he accepted Elder Muray’s punch frankly, “Elder Muray is becoming more vigorous with age. I was told that Elder Muray was killing bloody figures in Tongzhou Province these days, I’ve not imagined that you could come back!”

“Your return is the biggest thing for Huaiyuan Palace. We have to put aside other things no matter how important they are. This one must be Miss Bai. This one…” Elder Muray said after glancing at Bai Suxian and Zhang Gui’s faces.

The other elders of Huiayuan Palace must have known Bai Suxian’s identity; even if they didn’t, they must have heard about that. However, Zhang Gui was a bit strange to them. Because Zhang Gui had been following up Zhang Tie in an obedient manner the moment he flew off the airboat with Zhang Tie, the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace thought that he was a powerhouse on Bai Suxian’s side. However, after observing him carefully, they found that this black iron knight behind Zhang Tie was fully obedient to Zhang Tie.

“This is Zhang Gui, my subordinate…” Zhang Tie introduced Zhang Gui to the other elders. Zhang Gui revealed a smile towards the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace silently.

At this moment, Zhang Tie’s prophetic vision was manifested. If Zhang Gui still maintained his original look as an earth knight and called himself this old slave, these elders of Huaiyuan Palace would feel very embarrassed and the atmosphere would be in an impasse.

“Nice to see you, Count Long Wind and the others elders of Huaiyuan Palace, I’m Bai Suxian!”

Being different than Zhang Gui, Bai Suxian greeted all the others of Huaiyuan Palace in an elegant manner.

After knowing the identity of Bai Suxian, nobody in Huaiyuan Palace dared give themselves airs in front of her. Therefore, all of them returned their salute to Bai Suxian.

“It’s Huaiyuan Palace’s great pleasure to have Elder Mushen back. It’s chilly here. We will talk about it in the airboat!” Zhang Taixuan who had been watching Zhang Tie silently finally opened his mouth.

They all nodded as they flew towards the two airboats dispatched by Huaiyuan Palace.

Zhang Yang was standing on the deck of the airboat in a black mink coat and watching Zhang Tie and the others flying back. Although it seemed to be easy for knights to fly in the sky, commoners could only wait in the airboat on such an occasion.

“You two wait for me in that airboat. I have something to negotiate with the clan head and the other elders!” Zhang Tie told Bai Suxian and Zhang Gui as he pointed at his elder brother’s airboat.

Of course, Zhang Gui followed Zhang Tie’s order. Bai Suxian also replied, “Hmm” in a pretty docile way before flying towards Zhang Yang’s airboat.

Watching the princess of Lord Guangnan’s Mansion being so obedient to Zhang Tie like his wife, the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace exchanged weird glances with each other. Zhang Taixuan threw a profound glance at Zhang Tie too.

Zhang Tie told Zhang Yang something in a secret way before boarding on Zhang Taixuan’s airboat with Zhang Taixuan and the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace. After they boarded on the airboat, the Iron-Dragon Airboat turned around and flew towards Fire Dragon Territory. The two airboats of Huaiyuan Palace then flew towards Yanghe Prefecture.

…

With the arrival of Zhang Tie, the clan head and all the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace, this conference room immediately became the decision-making center of Huaiyuan Palace.

After the door of the conference room was closed, causing a sound “bang”, two lineal powerhouses of Huaiyuan Palace guarded outside the door. Closely after that, the atmosphere in the conference room started to become official.

“I know that clan head and all the other elders have many doubts. Now that I’ve already come back, you can ask whatever you want!” Zhang Tie said frankly.

“We’re not doubting your identity. But Zhang Yang has not clarified something. All the elders and clan head are just curious about that!” Elder Muyuan pretended to cough twice slightly, “As Elder Mushen has not come back for a few years, considering the current catastrophe of bloody figures, please confirm your bloodline!”

Zhang Tie threw a glance at the bloodline testing crystal that he had seen in the Ancestral Bloodline Palace. Closely after that, he took it and pierced one finger by the pointed end of the crystal, allowing one drop of blood to fall onto the bloodline crystal. Watching the blood in the bloodline crystal becoming berserk and giving out strong, dazzling glow, all the elders at present let out a long sigh. They exchanged a glance with each other before nodding at the same time.

“Elder Mushen, please don’t mind it. When clan head returned home from the Earth-elements Realm, he also accepted the test of the bloodline crystal under the gazes of all the other elders. As it’s concerned about the safety of the clan, there’s no exception.” Elder Muyuan explained.

“It’s okay. I understand it. If not pass this test, even I would not feel reassured!” Zhang Tie replied as he waved his hand. After confirming his identity, the small wound on Zhang Tie’s finger healed automatically in a split second. Zhang Tie glanced around before asking, “You must want to know how I I became Cui Li and promoted to an earth knight in a short period.”

“We indeed want to know how did Elder Mushen became Cui Li and cheated all the people across Taixia Country over these years. As for how Elder Mushen promoted to an earth knight in a short period, as it’s involved with your secret method, if Elder Mushen doesn’t feel like telling us, you don’t need to tell us about that!” Elder Muyu opened his mouth.

As for how Zhang Tie became Cui Li, as it was involved with the confirmation of Zhang Tie’s identity, they couldn’t be careless about that; as for how Zhang Tie promoted to an earth knight, as it was Zhang Tie’s privacy, he was not obligated to expose it to the other elders. Elder Muyu’s words indicated the fairness of Huaiyuan Palace. Zhang Tie also nodded inside.

“Elders, you must remember that pupil-changing bloodline that I’ve manifested in front of you. This pupil-changing bloodline is just the preliminary stage of a more senior immortal bloodline. After fully awakening this immortal bloodline, I could even change my hair, eyes, look and figure…” Zhang Tie said as he started to change his body under the gaze of all the other elders at present. In the blink of an eye, he had incarnated into Cui Li while his body change had reached the maximal endurance capacity of his garments.

“Have you seen it clearly?” Zhang Tie asked in Cui Li’s voice. After that, he gradually incarnated to his original look.

The conference room became quiet while all the elders of Huaiyuan Palace became dumbfounded. Zhang Taixuan looked shocked. They had heard that shadow demons could incarnate into humans; however, they had not seen any human incarnating into another one casually. Without the bloodline test, some elders would have taken Zhang Tie as a shadow demon and fought him at the sight of this scene.

Under the amazed looks of all the others, Zhang Tie directly took out a brilliant water-element crystal from his portable space-teleportation equipment and absorbed it at the fastest speed…