Chapter 269: Zhang n


    Trantor: WQL Editor: EbonyFrost


    In the evening, after two weeks of flight, the airship that set off from Kalur finally arrived at Yiyang City, Huaiyuan Prefecture of Jinyun Country. Huaiyuan Pce of the Zhang n shared the same name with the Huaiyuan Prefecture as the whole prefecture was the Zhang n’s territory.


    For the first time, Zhang Tie felt the power of the Zhang n. Through Zhang Zhitian’s introduction, Zhang Tie knew that over 200,000 members of the Zhang n were of direct blood rtion to Lord Huaiyuan. Strictly speaking, among the crew of the airship, captain, first mate, technicians in the engine room, Zhang Zhitian, and Zhang Tie were definitely rted to each other. Because they were all of the same bloodlines as Lord Huaiyuan, although from different branches of Huaiyuan Pce.


    Lord Huaiyuan had eight wives and over 40 sons and daughters. Each of his wife’s rtives had a city. The first wife’s rtives had Yiyang City, the second had Xince City, the third had Guanxing City, the fourth had Qihai City, the fifth had Fubo City, the sixth had Yunzhou City, the seventh had Jinhai City while the eighth had Taian City. After several hundred years, the eight cities developed to today’s scale.


    Among the eight cities, Yiyang City was not only the capital city of Huaiyuan Prefecture but also the political, economic and cultural center of the Zhang n in the entire Huaiyuan Pce.


    Yiyang City was a coastal city, the prosperity and scale of which was 10 times that of the ckhot City. Twenty-one million people were living in this city and its surroundings. Yiyang City was not only thergest port in Jinyun Country, even if it was in the entire Waii Sub-continent, the annual trading throughout Yiyang City could also rank within the top three.


    Zhang Tie only learned about the Zhang n of Huaiyuan Pce through the introductions of others before; however, when the airship drew close to Yiyang City, the power and umtion of the Zhang n of Huaiyuan Pce instantly impressed Zhang Tie, making him feel trivial in front of his n.


    The dense steamers in the port far away and on the sea and those various airshipsing and going in the air were like scenes in the drawings for Zhang Tie.


    At the sight of this, the passengers who came together with Zhang Tie from Kalur City were also excited as many of them loudly shouted in poor Chinese, "Yiyang...Yiyang..."


    "Do you n to settle down here in Yiyang City?" Zhang Zhitian asked Zhang Tie.


    "I might go back to Jinhai City firstly. I’m not sure whether or not I will stay in Jinhai Cityter." After thinking for a while, Zhang Tie told Zhang Zhitian.


    "This time, I’ve built up enough umte points as I’ve been on the airship for three years. Therefore, I n to apply to join the airship troop of the Zhang n. I want to be a real soldier and a captain in the future!" Zhang Zhitian replied, full of ambition.


    "I hope that you’re sessful in your endeavors." Zhang Tie smiled.


    During this period, Zhang Tie had learned about something on the airship. Many young men below 18 years old on the airship were interns. They had to follow the talent training system of Zhang n. For most juveniles of Huaiyuan Pce, between the ages of 15-18 were the most treacherous period for members of the Zhang n as the greater part of them didn’t finish school but instead entered various industries to as interns. During this period, they would enter society in order to umte experiences and qualifications so as to confirm theirter developmental orientation. After undergoing theing of age ceremony at 18, they would be adults when they could enjoy numerous social rights and officially join the n army as well as being entrusted with official titles and jobs.


    Compared to the assembly-line talent education system in ckhot City, the Chinese educational system in this age was much stricter. Juveniles like Zhang Tie who would be 16 in the new year were unable to join the n army officially, let alone to be a military officer.


    "I heard from the first mate that the talent that you used to shoot down those Iron-beak Ibises with bolts was an awakening of an ancestral bloodline, some sort of throwing skill?" Zhang Zhitian stared at Zhang Tie with sparkling and admiring eyes.


    Zhang Tie forced a smile as he realized the difference in cultural backgrounds. This problem had long been puzzling him. However, in Huaiyuan Pce, it seemed that many people knew the reason. Only after performing it once, his talent had already been identified, "It might be that. At the beginning, I didn’t know what was going on, as my throwing ability became very precise immediately. I didn’t know this was the awakening of Chinese ancestral bloodline before I came back to Huaiyuan Pce. Do any of your friends have the same talent as me?"


    "Yes. He’s was a ssmate at school. When he attended the sports meeting, he suddenly awakened his ancestral bloodline. Although being average in archery, he won the archerypetition that year!"


    "The ancestral bloodline that he awakened was in archery?"


    "Yes!" Zhang Zhitian nced at Zhang Tie with a weird expression, "Don’t you know that one of the two main ancestral bloodlines in the Zhang n is in archery?"


    Zhang Tie felt embarrassed as he revealed a smile, "I really didn’t know about that..."


    ...


    The airship finallynded in a base of Changfeng Business Group.


    After bidding farewell to some friends that he had made on the airship, Zhang Tie took his luggage and got off the airship with the other passengers who came to Yiyang City for the first time. When Zhang Tie was considering whether he would first buy a ticket to Jinhai City, he had already caught sight of his elder brother Zhang Yang, who was apanied by two men in ck uniforms. Behind them was a sedan.


    "Elder brother!" Zhang Tie was thrilled as he hurriedly walked forward. The two brothers then forcefully hugged each other. Zhang Yang was also excited as thest time they met was several months ago. They felt like they had departed with each other during a life or death situation. Whether it was Zhang Tie or his family members, they had experienced too many troubles during this period.


    "How’s father? Has mother recovered?" The moment the two stopped hugging each other, Zhang Tie had asked two questions.


    Zhang Yang firstly looked over Zhang Tie before revealed a smile, "Dad has been back home. Knowing that you’re going toe back safe and sound, mom has also recovered!"


    Zhang Tie became so happy as his greatest concern had been solved during this period. This was the greatest happiness, "Has dade back?"


    "Hmm, we will talk about the details when we get back home!" Zhang Yang looked at Zhang Tie as he started to introduce the two uniformed men to Zhang Tie, "They are personnel of the nsmen Pavilion of Huaiyuan Pce!"


    The two men nodded towards Zhang Tie in a kind way.


    Through Zhang Zhitian’s introduction on the airship, Zhang Tie had already known the role of nsmen Pavilion. This time, he would first dere himself innocent and mend things through the Zhang n. Otherwise, he would definitely still be a murderer wanted by the secret police of Norman Empire in Jinyun Country.


    After introductions, the four people got on the car. Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang sat in the back while the two personnel of nsmen Pavilion sat in the front. After that, the sedan drove out of the airship base.


    Sitting in the sedan, Zhang Tie told his elder brother about what had happened in the Kalur battle zone after he left ckhot City as he widened his eyes to watch the scenery outside the sedan and eximed about the prosperity of this city.


    There were so many vehicles on the road while passers-by were walking on the sidewalks and the high-rises were erected right next to each other. The two sides of the road were filled with Chinese ad boards. Additionally, the passers-by had various skin colors, although above 95% of them were Chinese with ck hair and eyes. The frolic voices of Chinese kids drifted from the passersby. Seeing such a scene, Zhang Tie who had grown up in ckhot City became rxed as he suddenly felt a sense of belonging which originated from his bloodline.


    Of course, the alleged nsmen Pavilion was not that simple. It was the n management headquarters of the Zhang n of Huaiyuan Pce. Actually, it was a square za of more than 20 floors. The entrance of the za was safeguarded by guards. The reason that the two personnel of nsmen Pce brought Zhang Tie here was to finish the final confirmation about his status. The process was so simple that Zhang Tie couldn’t have imagined it going so smoothly in his wildest dreams.


    He was taken into a room in the za. On the table in the middle of the room was a weird ck crystal, which was embedded on a silver base with strange runes. After that, under the supervision of the others of the nsmen Pavilion, one personnel who had taken him here poked Zhang Tie’s finger using a needle, causing Zhang Tie’s blood to drop onto the crystal. Soon after that, the ck crystal started to glow which symbolized the end of the authentication.


    After finishing this process, Zhang Tie took a photo and filled in out two forms. Sitting in the lounge with his elder brother for less than 10 minutes, one personnel who had taken Zhang Tie in gave him a rectangr te which was carved with sophisticated grains.


    The greater part of this te was made of metal, in the middle of its positive side was iid with a piece of translucent crystal, beneath which was the photo that Zhang Tie had taken just now. Below the crystal image was Zhang Tie’s name which looked very delicate and special. On the back of the te were the characters——Zhang n of Huaiyuan Pce.


    "This item is your ID certificate. You have it preserve it well. If you lost it, the results would be very serious!"


    "How?"


    "You will be fined 100 gold coins and be punished to dobor work for half a year. Besides, 20 n donation points would be deducted!"


    Zhang Tie let out a sigh. 100 gold coins meant 2500 grams of gold. The 20 n donation points seemed also to be hardly gained.


    "Do you mean this item is more valuable than gold?" Zhang Tie asked.


    That personnel who had given the te to Zhang Tie revealed a smile, "Your status te contains 7 rare alloys, among which, Han iron and peacock copper are 10 times more valuable than gold. This status te also contained several secret craftsmanships which could not be made anywhere except for within the Zhang n. You can hardly destroy it. If you destroy it, you would hardly restore it. At least in Waii Sub-continent, nobody could imitate it. The secret grains on the status te contain the metal identification bar code formed by the steam analyzer in the nsmen Pavilion, which is the symbol of your unique status and ess. Do you think it’s important or not?"


    Hearing these words, Zhang Tie was so scared that he even became dumbfounded, "What are n donation points?"