Castle of Black Iron

The underground passage and the mountain cave were covered with blood and broken limbs.

When the three knights entered, they almost killed all the dare-to-die fighters that Zhang Taixuan arranged here. Zhang Tie came all the bloody way to the cell where Ma Aiyun was detained.

Although Zhang Tie could neither use his battle qi nor his ability as a divine dominator, his sheer strength was also shocking. The cell was girdled by arm-thick alloy rails. The iron gate was locked. Zhang Tie didn’t feel like searching for the key; instead, he directly pulled apart the hard alloy rails, exposing a big hole.

Ma Aiyun was lying on the ground in a coma. After being brought here, she had already lost her consciousness due to force.

Zhang Tie checked her as he found she was safe but a bit weak with a poor look. Zhang Tie helped her sit up. Closely after that, he poured some immortal spring water into her stomach from Castle of Black Iron. After a while, he poured two vials of all-purpose medicament into her stomach. After Ma Aiyun’s face looked a bit normal, Zhang Tie cradled her away from the cell before walking upwards along the underground passage.

When Zhang Tie cradled Ma Aiyun into the courtyard of the chateau, with a flash, another person landed with a bloody head in hand. Kneeling down on the ground with one knee, Ockham raised that head, saying respectfully, “Master, I’ve already brought back this person’s head for you…”

After being baptized by Zhang Tie spiritually and brainwashed by Heller for so many years, Ockham had long become Zhang Tie’s loyal servant like Zhang Gui. Zhang Tie ordered him to bring back the head of the earth knight and there he went and did it.

After throwing a glance at that head calmly, Zhang Tie nodded. At the same time, he ran his spiritual energy as space-teleportation equipment flew out of Castle of Black Iron and came to the front of Ockham, who caught it at once.

“Here’s your own space-teleportation equipment. All of your belongings are inside. Additionally, I’ve put in some more things which are enough for you on the way. Go back, go back to the Western Continent. Go to the Sacred Light Empire and continue to be a halos priest. Go scramble for power and right again. Do whatever you want. I will contact you when I need you…”

It was time for Zhang Tie to place the piece “Ockham”. Besides Ockham himself, nobody else in the world knew what he had experienced. If Ockham fabricated a lie that he was heavily wounded in Ice and Snow Wilderness and was healing his wounds somewhere hidden these years, nobody would doubt him. Because Zhang Tie also told the special envoy of the pope of the Sacred Light Empire that Ockham escaped after being heavily injured. Zhang Tie himself didn’t know about his whereabouts either. Additionally, Zhang Tie was always alone these years, whether in Youzhou Province, Xuanyuan Hill or at Weishui River. Therefore, nobody would doubt that Ockham was always on Zhang Tie’s side under the control of the latter.

It would definitely be more valuable by having Ockham go back to Sacred Light Empire as a halos priest on the Western Continent than keeping him in Castle of Black Iron.

Ockham could do many things for Zhang Tie in the future. Zhang Tie had already made a plan well. However, Zhang Tie didn’t feel like talking to Ockham about that at this moment.

“Master…what else could I do for you?” Ockham asked.

Zhang Tie remained silent as he slightly waved his hands with which he was cradling Ma Aiyun. Finding that Zhang Tie was in a low mood, Ockham didn’t speak anymore. Before the next lightning bolt brightened the sky, Ockham had disappeared in this courtyard like a vapor.

The moment Ockham left, Zhang Tie’s substitute had descended into the courtyard as he caught Immortal White Bone like lifting a dead dog by one hand, Thor’s Hammer in another.

Immortal White Bone who appeared as overbearing as a powerhouse just now had long passed out. With some seaweeds that could always be seen at the bottom of the sea over him, he looked as embarrassed as a dog in the water. Just now, this guy used an animal controlling skill to have some marine organisms cover for him. After realizing that this guy could use an animal controlling skill which was similar to that of the Great Wilderness Sect, Zhang Tie’s substitute kept him alive at the crucial moment; however, Zhang Tie’s substitute stunned him and brought him back.

This guy was really unfortunate. At first, he wanted to compete for swimming skill with Zhang Tie’s substitute; then he wanted to escape by using animal controlling skill. Perhaps he felt that he had great abilities; however, in Zhang Tie’s eyes, the two abilities of Immortal White Bone were just a bit greater than acrobats in the streets. He was just seeking for death.

Zhang Tie’s substitute couldn’t use Castle of Black Iron except; unless his substitute stayed close to his original body, in which case, the portal of Castle of Black Iron was also available to his substitute.

Zhang Tie’s substitute directly threw Immortal White Bone, two space-teleportation equipment and a metal gourd into Castle of Black Iron.

The three items all belonged to the two shadow knights. The metal gourd contained that mutated soul-chasing spiritual butterfly.

After doing that, Zhang Tie’s substitute walked towards Zhang Tie and took Ma Aiyun. After that, he put his one hand onto her forehead as he started to relieve the effect of Soul Seed and spiritual control for her.

This process was spiritual-energy consuming. As Zhang Tie’s original body was limited to spiritual energy, it would be very difficult for him to do that even though he knew how. Therefore, he could only wait until his substitute came back.

After giving Ma Aiyun to his substitute, Zhang Tie walked out of the courtyard and came to the edge of the cliff facing the ocean in the heavy rain and thunders.

Lightning bolts flashed; thunders rumbled; heavy wind wuthered and billows rolled, causing dozens of meters high black waves.

Raindrops mixed with cold wind struck Zhang Tie’s body forcefully, causing him wet all over in a split second. Standing on the edge of the cliff, Zhang Tie just watched the rolling billows.

At this moment, Zhang Tie suddenly recalled a short poem that he had read somewhere.

He recited it to himself——

“When you remember it,

You have to forget it;

When you miss it most,

You have to abandon it;

You could only say goodbye;

Like it becomes silent,

When the billows reach their apex;

Leaving earth-shaking loneliness!”

After reciting the short poem, Zhang Tie suddenly burst into laughter out of mind. At the same time, his tears mixed with rains and streamed down his face…

Zhang Tie raised his head with red eyes. Watching the night sky where heavy rain lines shot down like arrows, Zhang Tie raised his arms as he roared, “Why, you tell me, why…”

However, he only heard thunders in response…

At this moment, a long warble broke the sky as it darted towards Zhang Tie through the heavy rain and wind as fast as a lightning bolt.

It was Zhang Tie’s thunder hawk.

After coming to the edge of the cliff, the thunder hawk whined constantly while hovering around Zhang Tie.

At this moment, only this thunder hawk understood Zhang Tie and sensed his overwhelming fury and endless grief.

When his two senior sister apprentices died in front of Zhang Tie and Zhang Taixuan appeared in front of him, Zhang Tie had determined his mind…

What a farce! A farce fabricated by some clowns out of greed and ambition. When Zhang Tie woke up, this farce had already come to an end. However, this farce pushed Zhang Tie into the cruelest position as it had destroyed the thing that Zhang Tie treasured most in a split second…

‘I cannot go back anymore…I can never go back anymore!’

Standing on the edge of the cliff in a trance, Zhang Tie remained silent like a stone sculpture, having the rain fall on him overnight. The thunder hawk also hovered and whined overnight beside him.