Castle of Black Iron - Chapter 1038

Chapter 1038
Chapter 1038: The Tail of the Culprit


Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem

After leaving the spot of the assassination, Zhang Tie had been taken into a castle inside the city and was treated with tasty food and drinks . However, he was forbidden to leave under strict surveillance . . .

Starlight Castle was important for military affairs in Jinwu City . It was also a foothold of Jinwu Guards . As a result, it was under strict surveillance . The castle was covered with elite fighters and heavy machines . Those who were inside could barely break out by force if not a knight .

It would be a laughingstock if he fought his family members in another face in Jinwu City .

According to the status that Zhang Tie fabricated for himself, he was a vagrant warrior in Taixia Country who didn't belong to any sect . As he didn't care about his face, he just listened to the arrangement of Jinwu City and waited in the Starlight Castle for the big figures in Jinwu City .

He was in a parlor of Starlight Castle, which was briefly designed . It only had a map of Youzhou Province on the wall, some chairs, a table and a potted plant . As Zhang Tie was here, those who brought him in especially told someone to serve two plates of fruits on the table .

Two guards were standing at the door of the parlor . There was a small square window on the wall, which looked more like an embrasure . However, he could rightly see the Jinwu City from inside .

Standing at the window, Zhang Tie watched the Jinwu City as he waited for his family member .

'It was too coincidental this time . No wonder the side of Jinwu City would doubt about my motive . Even if I would doubt that it was a plot if someone coincidentally blocked the hidden weapons at the critical moment . '

Zhang Tie was clear that it was not a plot . The reason that he could save his dad at the critical moment lay in that Zhang family's meritorious deeds over these years were favored by the God . The God didn't want to see any tragedy of Zhang family anymore; therefore, Zhang Tie stopped the tragedy at the critical moment .

When Zhang Tie recalled that those poisonous needles almost touched his dad's body, he started to drool sweat all over due to fear .



Standing in the room, facing the breeze at the window, Zhang Tie's sweat was dried; however, his heart turned colder .

'My dad is just a castellan of Jinwu City, who has nothing to do with the outside world . Honestly, although it sounds improper, my dad's status and good temperament are not worth an assassination at all if not I am related to Jinwu Business Group . Therefore, the two killers must target at me . '

'Besides me and Jinwu Business Group, there would be no other target . If it targets at Jinwu Business Group, its influence is limited . Because my dad is almost not involved with the business of Jinwu Business Group . Comprehensively, it probably targets at me . '

'The animosity of killing my father is unforgivable . If the news that my dad was killed drifted into my ears, how could I keep traveling leisurely in the Earth-elements Realm? If I ignored it, how would the others in the world regard me? Being influenced by it, even Jinwu Business Group and the entire Huaiyuan Palace might feel shameful . If I come back to Taixia Country, as long as I reveal myself in the public, the opponent might set a plot to kill me . '

'The target of the culprit is to force me to appear in the public; meanwhile; he wants to give a blow to the growing reputation and influence of Jinwu Business Group and Huaiyuan Palace in Taixia Country . '

After thinking it through, Zhang Tie could almost comfirm immediately that the culprit of this assassination was the very one who set him up 4 years ago .

'Who's he among the nine chancellors of Taixia Country?'

After launching a strike, the two killers didn't think about leaving Jinwu City alive . The poison that they used to commit suicide was too destructive . In a split second, their corpses had turned into puddles of blood, leaving nothing at all . Therefore, Zhang Tie could not get any information from their minds .

'However, the culprit of this assination has not imagined that I could coincidentally prevent this assassination; additionally, I've touched one killer before he turned into a puddle of blood . '

'The culprit must have not imagined that I had mastered the essence of soul forbidden skill . Through a transient contact, I've already gained some intelligence from the killer's brain before it was melted by the poison . '



Zhang Tie read the killer's mind in sequence .

Through the transient contact, Zhang Tie knew that the two killers had already lived in the hotel outside Jinwu City for over 1 month, during which period they wandered near Jinwu City every day . Apparently, they were looking for business opportunities; actually, they were waiting for the order to launch an attack .

They didn't know who sent the order to them; neither did they have any contact in Jinwu City . The killer who launched an attack at first carried a portable small crystal remote-sensing communication device through which he could receive the order .

1 hour before the assassination, the killer received the brief order——east gate, in 1 hour . . .

After receiving the order, they destroyed the remote-sensing communication crystal . Then, they waited for Zhang Tie's dad near the east gate of Jinwu City . As was told, Zhang Tie's dad indeed appeared at the east gate in 1 hour .

The assassination then occurred .

After dating back a bit earlier, Zhang Tie knew that the two killers came from the Zhongzhou Province, one of the nine immortal provinces in Taixia Country . They didn't even have names; instead, they only had code names, 137 and 224 . They came from a mysterious killers' organization . 3 months ago, they received the task dispatched by their organization, namely, the assassination of Zhang Ping, the castellan of Jinwu City in Youzhou Province .

They had a photo of Zhang Ping and his introduction, two wholly-new fabricated identities and an amount of expenditure . After receiving the task, the two killers had set for Jinwu City . After coming to Jinwu City, they had been waiting for the order .

The killers' organization was very terrifying and unimaginably strict . After receiving the task, the two people didn't contact any member of their organization anymore . It was their first task and the last one . In the killer's memory, Zhang Tie saw a gloomy face of a person, who was called Steward Qi . It was Steward Qi who assigned the task to them .

If that killer's brain was well preserved, Zhang Tie might be able to gain more information . However, soon after the image of Steward Qi appeared, the killer's brain tissue had been eroded by poison . Therefore, Zhang Tie was forced to exit his secret method of Bloody Soul Temple from the killer's memory .

Zhang Tie got two intelligence from the killer's mind . First, that killers' organization was in a base of Zhongzhou Province; second the gloomy long face of Steward Qi . Although being limited in clues, The image of the culprit who framed him 4 years ago became a bit clearer in the heavy mist . Zhang Tie finally caught the tail of the culprit .

. . .

When Zhang Tie was waiting inside the room quietly, he heard the familiar footsteps from the corridors in the outside .

Although the footsteps were still over 100 m away from Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie had already identified the arriver——Zhang Yang, his elder brother .

Out of imagination, Zhang Tie became slightly thrilled . After thinking about it for a second, he understood that his elder brother would catch any clue for sure based on his temperament .

Given the footsteps, Zhang Tie knew that Zhang Yang was accompanied by two knights, one of them had come to this room before, the other was a black iron knight, who didn't come from Huaiyuan Palace .

Given the frequency of the footsteps and relative positions, Zhang Tie knew that the knight who purposely fell one step behind Zhang Yang was Zhang Yang's bodyguard .

Hearing the footsteps approaching him, Zhang Tie sensed that Zhang Yang felt a great stress inside; at the same time, he let out a sigh inside .

If this accident didn't occur, Zhang Tie could continue to play hide-and-seek with his elder brother . However, now that it had happened, it was not necessary for him to cover his identity in front of his elder brother . Whatever, Zhang Tie believed in his elder brother . Additionally, Zhang Tie was preparing to establish a relationship with his elder brother in a new identity .

When he thought about this, although Zhang Tie was still standing at the window, he had recovered his original look .

. . .

" . . . The hidden weapon that the killer shot out towards castellan through his mouth should be fierce soul-eating needles . This secret method was irresistible . When one releases his battle qi, he could shoot this hidden weapon out of his mouth almost 10 times more powerful than that of its original power . Additionally, it could penetrate through protective battle qis below knight level . In a close distance, it is barely resisted . Even battle spirits might be harmed if they were not careful . The only shortcoming of this hidden weapon secret method is that its cultivator could only apply it one time in many days at the cost of his aura severely . After that killer failed it, he immediately committed suicide by taking poison . It seems that he has already known that he has lost the last opportunity . According to the autopsy, the poison black bones erosion powder had been buried beneath their teeth in advance . Those who commit suicide by taking this poison are all dauntless fighters . . . "

A person was reporting to Zhang Yang on the way here .

"Do you know which sect or which person is cultivating fierce soul-eating needle in Taixia Country?"

"This secret method has been lost for many years in Taixia Country . . . "

"However, that person blocked the fierce soul-eating needle by a handful of gold coins?"

"That person's hidden weapon skill is excellent . He's definitely a master-level hidden weapon powerhouse!"

"Two hidden weapon powerhouses appear at the same time . One wants to kill people; the other wants to save people . I really wonder about the reason!" Zhang Yang revealed a faint sneer .

After that, an unimaginable voice drifted into Zhang Yang's ears, which was not discovered by the two followers on his side .

"Elder brother, I'm the one who saved dad at the city gate . I've not imagined that it's you who came here . I'm in the room . You'd better come alone . . . "

Of course, Zhang Yang was sure that it was Zhang Tie's voice .

In a split second, a shocked look flashed across Zhang Yang's face . Closely after that, he recovered his face as he immediately stopped . . .