Chapter 350: Preparations


    Trantor: WQL Editor: Millman97


    Sometimes, a person would not do something 100% rationally; for instance, Zhang Tie set free a great number of ves this afternoon.


    Perhaps it was out of his appreciation towards life, his pity for those ves, or his selfish desire to earn a fruit of redemption.


    Thus, Zhang Tie spent over 1,000 gold coins to set free a number of "cheap" ves. In many people’s eyes, at least in the eyes of Davinci, Zhang Tie was a spendthrift who didn’t know it was very hard to make money.


    Upon hearing that Zhang Tie had a castle, Davinci naturally thought it was built by Zhang Tie’s n for him. As a guy who was qualified to have a castle on Hidden Dragon Ind and surnamed Zhang, undoubtedly, Zhang Tie must be a key apprentice from the leading n of Huaiyuan Pce.


    Davinci believed that he was right. Although Huaiyuan Pce was veryrge, few young men could buy hundreds of ves at the price of tens of thousands of gold coins without any hesitation like Zhang Tie.


    ’Perhaps I should find a big backer like Zhang Tie. It wouldn’t be bad to have the backing of a big n behind me.’ Davinci thought. Additionally, in Davinci’s opinion, he believed that Zhang Tie was not vicious. A person who could be pitiful about those humble ves, and was respectful to even the most humble ones, could not be bad.


    Zhang Tie drove Davinci into another street nearby Paradise Lost.


    "I’m in a sophisticated environment. Many people want to kill me or don’t want me to grow mature; if they knew that you are working for me, you will almost definitely die. I don’t want to see you lie in a ditch of Stars Viewing City. Am I clear?" Zhang Tie told him seriously, as Davinci got out of the car.


    As Zhang Tie wanted to find someone to work for him in Stars Viewing City secretly, he’d better tell him the truth in case he got involved in any conflict due to Zhang Tie’s business.


    Hearing Zhang Tie’s warning, Davinci shrugged his shoulders as he looked aside and forcefully swallowed his saliva, "Don’t worry, I will take care of it!"


    "If I need you, I will have someonee here for you. If you need me, you can alsoe for me. Do you know where to find me?"


    "Your castle on Yunju Mountain, Hidden Dragon Ind!" Davinci replied in a low voice.


    Zhang Tie then nodded, "There’s only one castle over there. You can easily find there. As long as you don’t vite thew of Huaiyuan Prefecture and be wanted by the police, I’m sure you will be safe there!"


    Davinci then felt a bit better, "Hmm, you’ve not named your castle, right?"


    "Right, I’ve not thought about it yet!" Zhang Tie smiled, "Well, see you then!"


    Waving his hand, Zhang Tie stepped on the elerator. With a light boom, the Faerie Dragon T9 rushed out at once.


    ...


    2 minutester, Zhang Tie parked outside a pioneering shop in an avenue of Stars Viewing City. He then entered the shop.


    Pioneers weremonly seen everywhere in this age, even in Jinyun Country. Even though it was in the territory of a country’s map, there were still many ces yet to be reimed. These undiscovered ces were as luring as gold mines waiting to be exploited.


    Most of ces in Huaiyuan Prefecture were popted. Cities in Huaiyuan Prefecture were situated close to each other; however, in ces 800 km away from Huaiyuan Prefecture were increasingly more regions yet to be discovered. Therefore, there were still many pioneers based in Huaiyuan Prefecture.


    For young men with good family backgrounds in developed areas like Huaiyuan Prefecture, wastnd remation became a pastime, almost, thatbined adventure, travel, and self-improvement. It was not only for gold coins.


    Each shop that sold pioneering products was branded by package, long sword, gold coins, beasts, and simr themes.


    Therefore, Zhang Tie parked beside such an eye-catchingly branded store.


    The moment Zhang Tie entered the door, a white, attractive girl walked towards him and asked politely, "What can I do for you, sir?"


    Zhang Tie then nced over the products in the shop. The shop floor was over 1000 sq meters, filled with variousmodities. It included many moremoditiespared to the pioneering shops in ckhot City. Even the weapons here were no less thanmon weapon stores.


    "Do you have a map?"


    "Yes, what kind of map do you want?"


    "Maps of Stars Viewing City, Huaiyuan Prefecture, and Jinyun Country, one of each!"


    "Well, we havemon maps and professional water-proof maps; thetter ones are a bit more expensive. Which kind do you want?" the girl asked.


    "Waterproof maps!"


    The vendor took out three rolled-up, waterproof maps rapidly.


    Being held in slim cylinders covered with copper shells, waterproof maps were made of a special resin. When in need, you could spread the map to check it; when you didn’t need it, you just roll it back up like a tape measure. Although this kind of map was waterproof, it was not fire resistant; aluminum maps that could resist both water and fire were much more expensive.


    "The price of each map of Stars Viewing City and Huaiyuan Prefecture is 3 silver coins. For thetest map of Jinyun Country, as some undiscovered areas were confirmed on it by pioneers at the end of this May, it’s a bit more expensive, 18 silver coins."


    "No problem, I also need a high-powered spyss!" Zhang Tie pointed at a monocr in the counter over there.


    The salesgirl then took the spyss for Zhang Tie. After checking its power, Zhang Tie nodded.


    "What else, sir?"


    "What’s the most popr type of armor-breaking bolts?" Zhang Tie asked.


    "The most popr armor-breaking bolts are Breaking-Wind 6 Armor-Breaking Bolts without tail feathers. This kind of armor-breaking bolt was adapted to thetest small and medium-sized metal crossbows made in terms of GM760 on human weapons. With a medium-sized metal crossbow, you could prate through a LV 6 pangolin within 80 m. Many troops of the Hurricane Army and Jinyun Country are equipped with this kind of bolt!" the salesgirl exined very smoothly.


    "Show me one, please."


    The salesgirl rapidly took out a ck bolt with a grim three-sided head, which looked like a poisonous snake’s head, and handed it to Zhang Tie.


    Holding it, Zhang Tie took a look and felt it; then, the precise data about this armor-breaking bolt appeared in Zhang Tie’s mind.


    Breaking-Wind 6 Armor-Breaking Bolts without tail feathers


    Length: 42.7 cm.


    Width of head: 3.5 cm.


    Total weight: 721 grams.


    With a length of over 40 cm, this bolt was made in terms of the most popr aerodynamics in this age. The body of the bolt was divided into 4 sections of different thicknesses and lengths. It seemed to be made in terms of some strange rules as it felt veryfortable.


    Weighing it in hand, Zhang Tie then nced outside. In a split second, Zhang Tie had locked his spiritual energy onto amp hanging outside a shop 100 m away on the other side of the avenue. Zhang Tie then revealed a smile, ’Although this bolt is not as light as my handbolt, its destructive power is not smaller than my handbolt.’


    Additionally, due to its heavier weight, its destructive power would be a bit greater. Its effective shooting range in Zhang Tie’s hands was about 140 m which was almost equal to that of a small javelin.


    After experiencing the assassination attempt, Zhang Tie knew that for some people, the fact that he had awakened his ancestral bloodline and customized 2000 handbolts in the Items Department of Hidden Dragon Ind might not be a secret at all. If he kept killing people with his handbolts, even though he could recollect all the handbolts, the wounds on the victims would still expose a lot of information, which would undoubtedly arise others’ doubts about him.


    Therefore, he decided it would be better to purchase some popr weapons to hide his tracks.


    Zhang Tie then ordered 2 containers of those bolts, making 48 bolts in total. For such weapons that were avable in mass production, their cost would be much cheaper than that of Zhang Tie’s handbolts as each kind of bolt only cost him a bit more than 1 silver coins.


    After buying the armor-breaking bolts, Zhang Tie bought another twomon heavy swords, a set of military cks, and a multi-purpose backpack. After putting all the items into his backpack, Zhang Tie left this shop with his backpack.


    Among all the items that Zhang Tie had bought, the most expensive were the 2 heavy swords; however, the total price of the two heavy swords was less than 5 gold coins. Each sword was even lighter than 20 kg. For a man who had used "Man’s Certificate", this kind of heavy sword was really too ridiculous for Zhang Tie in terms of both size and weight.


    However, it wasn’t a matter of whether it was ridiculous or not, as long as it was destructive.


    ...


    1 hourter, Zhang Tie settled down in a luxury suite on Floor 28 of Milkyway Hotel, the most luxurious hotel in Stars Viewing City.


    Pushing a luggage cart, a bellboy guided Zhang Tie into his room and politely asked, "Sir, here’s your room. What else can I do for you?"


    Zhang Tie peered outside the window of the room and revealed a smile.


    "Please bring me my backpack from the luggage cart." After saying that, Zhang Tie gave a silver coin to that bellboy as a tip, "Thanks, there’s nothing else; I want to have a rest."


    "Fine, sir. If you need any room service, just ring the bell here. If you want to rx or try your luck, there’s a gambling house on the floor above; the dining room is on the 2nd floor..." exined the bellboy as he closed the door.


    Putting down his backpack, Zhang Tie walked through the corridor to lock the door from inside before walked back.


    Squatting on the ground, Zhang Tie opened the lock catch and the zipper on the backpack and took out the rectangr package of that high-power spyss.


    Zhang Tie rapidly assembled the spyss and inserted the lens. After that, he carried the spyss to the front window of his bedroom. He firstly adjusted the distance between the blinds to change brightness; he then drew the silk curtains. Finally, Zhang Tie ced the lens of his spyss between two blinds and aimed at a ce one kilometer away from the hotel.


    After slightly adjusting the angle and focus of the spyss, he could see clearly that ce.


    — Zhen n Mansion of Heavens Cold City —


    A huge sign with golden words appeared in Zhang Tie’s vision. Below that sign were some ferocious entrance guards in ck uniforms. As it was only one kilometer away, Zhang Tie could even see clearly the expressions of the guard to the left of the entrance.


    Zhang Tie kept his eyes fixed on that ce for about an hour. He moved his eyes away until the dusk fell outside.


    After leaving the window, Zhang Tie turned on the flouritemp in the bedroom and took out of his map of Stars Viewing City...


    Zhang Tie pointed at the region between the Milkway Hotel and that Zhen n Mansion and studied each street and ally, including each building over 10 times. After that, he put it back and took out the map of Huaiyuan Prefecture.


    On the map of Huaiyuan Prefecture, Stars Viewing City only upied a small area. Due to different scales, details being presented were different.


    "Gulu... gulu..."


    Right then, Zhang Tie heard his stomach sounding. Touching his stomach, Zhang Tie remembered that he’d only eaten breakfast that morning and had missed lunch.


    ...


    Zhang Tie left the room for the dining room on the 2nd floor of the hotel. The moment he walked out of the lift, he had crashed with a person.


    "It’s you?"


    With colorful earrings and in a blue cowboy vest, that girl was pretty amazed at the sight of Zhang Tie. Before Zhang Tie reacted, that girl had already put her arm around his neck and kissed on his face rapidly as she said in a spoiled voice, "Hubby, why are here sote. I really miss you!"


    Hearing those words, Zhang Tie realized that he’d obviously be a scapegoat. Soon after that, he saw some ferocious, tough men walking towards him...