Castle of Black Iron
Castle of Black Iron - Chapter 2010: Going Back Home

Chapter 2010: Going Back Home

Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

Zhang Tie was familiar with this man in front of him too much. Perhaps nobody across Taixia Country was familiar with this image; because this man’s picture was on the gold coins issued by Xuanyuan Bank.

He was the only man who could leave his picture on the gold coins in Taixia Country. Undoubtedly, this man was Xuanyuan Emperor who had disappeared before the third holy war between humans and demons.

After a long growl which undulated 600 miles’ clouds, the streak of golden light turned into Xuanyuan Emperor in front of Zhang Tie. What a shock! However, Zhang Tie thought it through immediately.

In an instant, Zhang Tie finally met Emperor Xuanyuan above Vast Universe Mountain.

“My respect to you, Your Majesty, I’m Zhang Tie!” Zhang Tie cupped his hands towards Emperor Xuanyuan with a smile.

Emperor Xuanyuan watched Zhang Tie for a short while; then he fixated onto the place where Vast Universe Mountain covering 600 square miles was just now with a complex look. After that, he let out a long sigh, ” Infinite King Roc Sutra , you must be Zhang Huaiyuan’s descendant!”

As an emperor, it was not difficult for him to master some knowledge about identifying people from his ears. Therefore, Zhang Tie was not curious about how Emperor Xuanyuan knew his background. As for the secret method, Zhang Tie didn’t even cover it. Given the delicate responses between two emperor-level secret methods, Emperor Xuanyuan knew Zhang Tie’s trump card immediately.

“Zhang Huaiyuan is indeed my ancestor. Your Majesty really have sharp eyes!”

After watching Zhang Tie for a short while, Emperor Xuanyuan asked him again, “Have you been to Motian Realm?”

Nine-Heavens Immortal Spring only existed in Motian Realm. People couldn’t form their immortal chakra without drinking Nine-Heavens Immortal Spring. Only those who had formed immortal chakras could break the far-ancient mortality stele. After listening to Emperor Xuanyuan’s words, Zhang Tie knew that Dragon Emperor must have already told Emperor Xuanyuan about everything clearly.

“Here’s the calligraphy work that Dragon Emperor left in Dragon Emperor’s Pavilion before leaving Motian Realm. Dragon Emperor has already left his lifetime learnings inside this calligraphy work. Your Majesty, I think you’d better keep it!” Zhang Tie said as he took that calligraphy work “I die, people live” out of Castle of Black Iron and gave it to Emperor Xuanyuan.

When Zhang Tie handed the calligraphy work left by Dragon Emperor to Emperor Xuanyuan, the latter realized that Zhang Tie had already known everything that he could immediately.

After taking that calligraphy work, Emperor Xuanyuan became silent for half a minute before opening his mouth again, “Does Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace still exist?”

“I’ve already inherited all the learnings of Dragon Emperor in Motian Realm and become the new dragon emperor. Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace still exists. It’s even more powerful than before. To a certain degree, perhaps I should call you brother!” Zhang Tie stroked his nose as he continued, “But I’ve established marital relations with Brother Chang Ying. From this aspect, I shall call you uncle. But I feel uncomfortable about the two appellations. I prefer to call you Your Majesty!”

After hearing Zhang Tie’s words, Emperor Xuanyuan became stunned for a short while. After that, he shook his head with a bitter smile. Finally, he guffawed. When he finished his guffaw, Emperor Xuanyuan asked Zhang Tie calmly, “Where’s Meng Shidao?”

“I’ve already killed him!”

“Well done!”

“Your Majesty, why were you trapped in the far-ancient morality stele?”

“It’s difficult to embody in a simple sentence!” Emperor Xuanyuan said as he shook his head.

Zhang Tie then stopped asking him about that. After looking afar, Zhang Tie found that many knights in Morality Prefecture had already discovered the abnormal situation here and were on the way here.

Although Emperor Xuanyuan was a bit weak now, he was still the most powerful sage-level knight in Taixia Country and could barely be defeated. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn’t worry about his safety.

“As I’m already the ruler in Motian Realm, I don’t mean to be called His Majesty in Taixia Country anymore. However, the bloodline, rivers and mountains of Dragon Emperor should be sustained in this world!” Zhang Tie talked to Emperor Xuanyuan straightforwardly, “The overall situation facing Taixia Country is forbidding. Xuanyuan Hill needs to be chaired by Your Majesty. Demons are capturing territories in the frontline of Taixia Country. Hundreds of millions of Hua generals and soldiers are fighting demons. See you, Your Majesty!”

After leaving these words, before Emperor Xuanyuan replied, Zhang Tie had strode towards west, 60 miles per step. Closely after that, he had disappeared in the eyes of Emperor Xuanyuan.

Watching the direction where Zhang Tie disappeared for quite a while, Emperor Xuanyuan flew towards Xuanyuan Hill before the arrival of those knights from Morality Prefecture, leaving a streak of golden light.

Before returning to Youzhou Province, Zhang Tie went to the frontline.

Ten minutes later, a terrifying white light beam suddenly broke through the clouds and descended to demons’ encampment in Military Province, where gathered tens of thousands of demon knights and corps. It was a reinforced Embrace of Twilight Goddess…

That white light beam could be seen from tens of thousands of miles away.

Two minutes later, before that light beam’s remaining halos in the clouds and the sky dispersed, another light beam descended to the encampment of demons in Lizhou Province. After a short while, the third light beam appeared in Xianzhou Province.

This action was not different than that one in Zhang Tie’s “dream” essentially. If there was, Zhang Tie was more powerful than that one in his “dream”. Demons’ strategy remained unchanged. After occupying the Military Province, and fixing their encampment over there, the army of demons continued to capture territory in Taixia Country in two routes. However, they had not pushed to the Tongguan Pass yet.

When Zhang Tie launched a strike, he destroyed an encampment and two main forces of demons immediately.

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Zhang Mansion, Jinwu City, Youzhou Province…

After receiving the news from Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Yang hurriedly returned to Jinwu City by airboat and told his parents that Zhang Tie had returned to Taixia Country and appeared in Xuanyuan Hill. When they heard the news, the entire family was in silence at once.

“Zhang Yang, is… is that real? Has Zhang Tie really come back?” Zhang Tie’s mom asked Zhang Yang while her hands trembled, dropping her chopsticks onto the floor. Meanwhile, her eyes were filled with tears.

Zhang Tie’s dad dropped off tears too. Meanwhile, his lips quivered silently.

“I’ve received the news from Emperor Xuanyuan’s royal palace. Zhang Tie killed Meng Shidao in the Nine-Heavens Palace. The entire Xuanyuan Hill has been in uproars. Just now, I’ve received the same news from Commander Cheng and Jinwu Business Group’s director in Xuanyuan Hill. I’ve already had people contact His Highness. His Highness said that man was definitely Zhang Tie…” Zhang Yang said in a wobbly voice with excitement as his eyes turned a bit red. He was kneeling down on the ground and reporting it to his parents; instead of just standing there.

“Ah, hurry, take out the rice brew that I’ve made for Guoguo. When Zhang Tie comes back, he must want to eat my rice brew…” Zhang Tie’s mom stood up, quivering all over with excitement. Meanwhile, she walked towards the kitchen and said, “Have them prepare for it, I will cook some dishes for Guoguo. Guoguo must come back…”

“Yea, yea, Guoguo should have not taken food…”

At the moment, Zhang Mansion had over 100 famous cooks and a multitude of servants and maids. The old man and the old woman didn’t have to cook food themselves at all. Therefore, after hearing Zhang Tie’s mom’s words, the entire family fixated onto Zhang Yang with puzzle…

However, Zhang Tie’s mom insisted on going to the kitchen herself. So did his father…

“Dad, mom…”

At this moment, they suddenly heard a familiar voice. Zhang Tie’s dad and mom stopped their movement immediately. When they turned around, they saw Zhang Tie standing outside the gate with tears over his face…