Castle of Black Iron

Elder Gulas and old wild bear Dali were unrivaled knights in Ice and Snow Wilderness. After coming to Taixia Country, especially in the Treasures Complex of Xuanyuan Hill, even though they looked silent and faintly genial, Zhang Tie could easily find that they were restrained and meticulous.

Although Zhang Tie didn’t know why the two people came here, given their looks; especially the bear-hide coats on them, Zhang Tie felt a bit familiar and poignant as if he saw his poor relatives from hometown in a prosperous city.

In Xuanyuan Hill, 999 of 1,000 people might not know where was the Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Compared to Taixia Country, Sacred Iceland Kingdome was too small and poor that people could not even find it on the map. According to Zhang Tie’s knowledge, the changing territory of remote small countries in Waii Subcontinent would not be considered in the update of the official map of Taixia Country; otherwise, the official map of Taixia Country would be updated more than 365 times.

The official map published by Taixia Country would usually be updated only once per three years. If Taixia Country officially admitted establishing diplomatic relations with the Sacred Iceland Kingdom, 3 years later, the full name of Sacred Iceland Kingdom would appear in the Ice and Snow Wilderness in the north of Waii Subcontinent and the nearby waters. If the Sacred Iceland Kingdom didn’t establish diplomatic relations with Taixia Country officially, the name of Sacred Kingdom Kingdom would never appear on the official map of Taixia Country.

At least when Zhang Tie browsed the official map of Taixia Country last time, he didn’t see the name of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Last time, the ice field in the north of Waii Subcontinent was still called Ice and Snow Wilderness; that waters were called Ewentra Waters. On the former official map of Taixia Country, this region was gray, which indicated that there was not a single human civilization which was officially admitted by Taixia Country although it was a human habitation.

Under the gaze of the two people, Zhang Tie felt complex as he walked towards them with a curious look.

Seeing Zhang Tie walking towards that stall, Mountain Lifting Hermit and Bai Suxian also followed him over there. Compared to Zhang Tie who knew the background of the two people, Bai Suxian started to become curious about the items that they sold only after throwing a glance at their weird costumes.

”What’s this?” Bai Suxian had opened her mouth at the sight of the row of the source of berserk energy behind the crystal counter before Zhang Tie asked.

Zhang Tie had seen the source of berserk energy when he was in Ice and Snow Wilderness; actually, it was like red jelly which was a bit hard. Being neither liquid nor solid, it was a substance which was similar to the colloid. Being a bit brighter than jelly, it looked like ruby or garnet. It was hard to say whether it was a pill or a medicament.

Compared to the source of berserk energy being put in an animal-hide bag or a lead box that Zhang Tie saw in Ice and Snow Wilderness previously, these source of berserk energy being in the counter looked much better. They had been packaged delicately. There was a golden pattern of a huge bear on the simple source of berserk energy; it was closely put in a square crystal box; additionally, there was a larger box made of pure gold outside the square crystal box. The entire package of a source of berserk energy would cost less than 20 gold coins. In this way, the source of berserk energy raised its level at once.

Pessimistically, besides the piece of god’s star that was hidden in the huge bear tribe, the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness might only present the source of berserk energy which was formed by the ability of god’s star in Treasures Complex.

Bai Suxian dressed up pretty well today. After peeping at the jewelry on Bai Suxian’s hands and neck, Elder Gulas and old wild bear Dali exchanged a glance with each other out of privity. Closely after that, stodgy Gulas revealed a faint smile.

”This is a source of berserk energy. It’s a super powerful medicament which could allow common fighters below knight to go berserk constantly!” Elder Gulas said genially. Old wild bear Dali was still stealthily glancing at the space-teleportation finger ring of Bai Suxian. Closely after that, he forcefully swallowed his saliva. The entire wild bear tribe might not afford that finger ring of Bai Suxian.

The moment Zhang Tie heard Elder Gulas’s words, he had figured out why Gulas would come to Taixia Country. Because in the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness, Elder Gulas could speak Hua language best and could read Hua characters. Besides Sarlin the Pontiff, Elder Gulas’ accomplishment in Hua language and characters could rank top 3 among all the elders across Ice and Snow Wilderness. Perhaps, only the clan head of Spencer Clan could match Elder Gulas in Hua language. Sarlin the Pontiff was the central character of Sacred Iceland Kingdom; especially when Zhang Tie was not in Ice and Snow Wilderness, Sarlin the Pontiff would not leave Saint Peterburg or the hieron.

After seeing old wild bear Dali’s shameless demeanor, Elder Gulas silently kicked him from below the table. After being kicked, the old wild bear moved his eyes away from Bai Suxian’s finger ring like how a wild bear saw honey. After that, he pretended to cough twice as he looked at Elder Gulas. As Dali didn’t speak Hua language, he was confused about the content of the talk between Elder Gulas and Bai Suxian.

Elder Gulas slightly moved his lips as he translated Bai Suxian’s question for Dali in a secret way.

Elder Gulas’s trivial movement didn’t escape from Zhang Tie’s eyes. After hearing that this item had nothing to do with women and couldn’t make her more beautiful, Bai Suxian immediately lost her interest in the source of berserk energy. All the medicaments and pills that Bai Suxian had bought could make her more beautiful and younger more or less.

Before awkward silence appeared, Zhang Tie had revealed a big smile as if he was very interested in the source of berserk energy, ”Can you show me one vial of the source of berserk energy?”

Elder Gulas threw a glance at Zhang Tie. Closely after that, he took out a vial of berserk energy and put it onto Zhang Tie’s hand. Given Zhang Tie’s identity as an earth knight and the security measures of Treasures Complex, Elder Gulas was not worried that Zhang Tie would do something illegal.

Although it was not Zhang Tie’s first time to see the source of berserk energy, he still pretended to see it for the first time. Without opening the package, Zhang Tie directly released his knight’s consciousness and pretended to explore the source of berserk energy spiritually.

”This thing...is a bit weird!” Zhang Tie slightly frowned on purpose. Closely after that, he directly passed the source of berserk energy to Mountain Lifting Hermit as he said, ”Elder brother, take a look. I feel something inside the source of berserk energy could respond to the four elements!”

The source of berserk energy was mainly made of a strange substance formed by the 4 elements in the elements realm which were extracted by the Gold’s Star. The source of berserk energy was formed out of the void. As Zhang Tie knew this secret, he said it on purpose.

Elder Gulas just translated Zhang Tie’s words for the old wild bear Dali by moving his mouth silently.

”Hmm, it’s indeed a bit different than common medicaments!” Mountain Lifting Hermit said after taking the source of berserk energy from Zhang Tie. Closely after that, he gave it back to Zhang Tie. As a lone ranger, Mountain Lifting Hermit lacked his interest in goods which were only available to fighters below knight too. Is a berserk ant different than a common ant for an earth knight? Of course not. If so, this good would be useless for an earth knight.

Holding the source of berserk energy, Zhang Tie asked Gulas, ”I’ve seen common medicaments which could improve one’s battle strength. Can you tell me about the largest difference between this source of berserk energy and common medicaments which could improve one’s battle strength?”

”Common medicaments which could improve one’s battle strength is disposable. One vial of those medicaments could only help a fighter go berserk once; additionally, they have a lot of side effects. By contrast, our source of berserk energy is eternal. As long as you have a proper physical condition and could activate the strength of the source of berserk energy, you could go berserk at any time until you promote to a knight. Additionally, our source of berserk energy has a trivial side effect!” Elder Gulas said confidently.

”What do you mean by having a proper physical condition?”

Elder Gulas looked Zhang Tie’s sturdy figure up and down with an appreciative eye light, ”If the user could have a sturdy figure like yours, even if they only have 70% of your physical strength, they could basically activate and digest the strength brought by the source of berserk energy after promoting to LV 6!”

”Is it available to commoners?”

”No, if average people or weak people use our source of berserk energy, it’s almost equal to injuring themselves. Their body couldn’t bear the impact of the source of berserk energy at all. Only those strong guys could bear the impact caused by the source of berserk energy!”

Picky customers probably buy the goods. Elder Gulas replied Zhang Tie’s question very patiently. When Elder Gulas talked with Zhang Tie, old wild bear Dali just listened to it on one side like an idiot.

”Interesting!” Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he stroked his jaw and said, ”I’ve not heard about the source of berserk energy before?”

”It’s the specialty of our Sacred Iceland Kingdom. It’s made by our pontiff with a secret method. Because the holy war breaks out, we determine to present it so as to make a bit contribution to humans in the holy war!” Elder Gulas said heroically.

Zhang Tie knew that Elder Gulas didn’t tell him the truth. Because of the source of berserk energy, there were strong berserk fighters in Ice and Snow Wilderness. Huge bear tribe didn’t provide the source of berserk energy for outsiders except for those Slav tribes across Ice and Snow Wilderness previously. Even though Zhang Tie became Tsar, he had not thought about occupying God’s Star and the source of berserk energy. He still handed the right of disposal of the God’s Star and the source of berserk energy to the elders of the huge bear tribe. The reason that Ice and Snow Wilderness would like to sell this good was definitely not as heroic and simple as was told by Elder Gulas.

Pitifully, Zhang Tie had not contacted Sarlin the Pontiff for a long Time; he was really impulsive to ask Sarlin the Pontiff by the remote-sensing crystal.

”How much?” Zhang Tie inquired.

”One earth-element crystal for one vial!”

The price made Zhang Tie speechless. Zhang Tie was clear about the price of this good in Ice and Snow Wilderness very well. An earth-element crystal might not afford one truck of source of berserk energy; however, it would definitely be more valuable than a box of the source of berserk energy. However, in this place, the price of this good could rise by many times after being packed delicately.

”It’s a bit expensive. No matter how a fighter below knight; especially a low-level fighter below LV 9 went berserk, his life would not be more valuable than an element crystal.” Zhang Tie said mercilessly. But it was real. In the eyes of most knights, a common fighter’s life would really not be more valuable than an element crystal. Although Zhang Tie’s words sounded cold, he was still interested in this vial of the source of berserk energy very much. Zhang Tie just held that source of berserk energy as he added, ”Additionally, this vial of the source of berserk energy is meaningless. It should be equipped for a corps of low-level fighters below knight so as to exert its utmost effect!”

Zhang Tie was bargaining.

However, after hearing Zhang Tie’s words, Elder Gulas’ eyes sparkled while his face turned solemn too, ”This humble man is Gulas, the political chancellor of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. This one is an important elder of Sacred Iceland Kingdom. May I know your name, your excellency?”

After hearing that Elder Gulas was asking about his name, Zhang Tie felt absurd and complex. However, he had to answer with a solemn look, ”I’m Cui Li, the owner of Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and the master of Iron-Dragon Sect.”

After hearing that Zhang Tie was both an owner of a bounty territory and a master of a sect, Elder Gulas’s face turned solemn too; especially the identity of the master of a sect shocked Elder Gulas very much. According to Elder Gulas’ knowledge, those who could be a master of a sect were really powerful ones and had close relationships with major clans in Taixia Country. Such a powerful force was urgently needed by the Sacred Iceland Kingdom. ”It’s the retail price. If master Cui needs a large number of vials of the source of berserk energy, we can further negotiate about the price...”

When Elder Gulas said it, he looked around here as if he wanted to say it was not a proper place for a negotiation.

”Where do you live?” Zhang Tie asked straightforwardly.

Elder Gulas directly gave Zhang Tie a name card made of pure gold which was marked with their address. Zhang Tie found that they lived in a grand hotel of Xuanyuan Hill.

”This good...” Zhang Tie weighed the vial of the source of berserk energy.

Elder Gulas directly took out another vial of the source of berserk energy from inside the counter and passed it onto Zhang Tie’s hand as he said generously, ”Master Cui, you can take the two vials of the source of berserk energy for free. You can have someone try the effect of the two vials of the source of berserk energy. If master Cui feels it proper, you could find us in that address. We live there during the period of the Treasures Meeting!”

”Sure, thanks!” Zhang Tie directly teleported the two vials of the source of berserk energy and that name card into his portable space-teleportation equipment.

After knowing that Zhang Tie had a space-teleportation equipment, Gulas and Dali raised their eyebrows with astonishment once again.

Zhang Tie, Bai Suxian and Mountain Lifting Hermit then bade a farewell to Gulas and Dali.

Not until the three people went away did old wild bear Dali hurriedly ask Gulas in a secret way, ”Who’s he, why did you behave so generously? What did you say just now?”

”This man is Cui Li, an owner of a bounty territory in Taixia Country and a master of a sect. He’s very interested in our source of berserk energy. We could be friends with him!” Gulas said with looming eye light as he watched the direction where Zhang Tie, Bai Suxian and Mountain Lifting Hermit were heading for.

”Are all the knights in Taixia Country that rich? An earth knight and a black iron knight both carry a space-teleportation equipment?” Old wild bear Dali let out a sigh.

”The 3 people are not common knights in Taixia Country!”

”How? Do you know them?”

”Have you forgetten about that news that we heard in the Treasures Complex just now? A prince from a subcontinent was kicked to death by an earth knight at the gate of Gold and Power Market!”

”They are?” Old wild bear Dali widely opened his mouth. He was really shocked by that news just now. As a black iron knight, when he heard that another black iron knight from a subcontinent was kicked to death by a powerful earth knight in Taixia Country being not far from him in a split second, old wild bear Dali felt a bit gloomy more or less. He also sensed the strong stress caused by Taixia Country, the axis country of humans. Old wild bear Dali had not imagined that he could meet that powerful man in the Treasures Complex so early.

”Probably!”

”I remember that the female was a...”

”A princess of a lord in Taixia Country. The sphere of influence of the princess’ clan is equal to the size of many Blackson Humans Corridor!”

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In order to not arouse others’ suspicions, Zhang Tie just expressed that he was interested in the source of berserk energy before leaving Gulas and Dali. However, holding the two vials of the familiar yet strange source of berserk energy, Zhang Tie slightly felt a bit frustrated, ’It seems that the Sacred Iceland Kingdom might have encountered some trouble; otherwise, Gulas and Dali would not seek for allies in Taixia Country...’

Gulas and Dali could only use the source of berserk energy to knock at the door of the allies in Taixia Country.

’What happened to Ice and Snow Wilderness?’

Zhang Tie became a bit absent-minded when he thought about Ice and Snow Wilderness...