Zhang Tie paid no attention to the Taiyi Mystical Sect disciple behind him who had been so enraged he vomited blood. Many things could not be avoided merely because Zhang Tie wished to avoid them.
Perhaps ever since he had slapped the face of a Taiyi Mystical Sect elder in the Earth Element Realm, brutally damaged the Taiyi Mystical Sect's prestige, and won their flying boat, a grudge had been forged between him and the Taiyi Mystical Sect. Given the Taiyi Mystical Sect's standing in Great Xia, when had it ever suffered such a loss or such humiliation at the hands of an ordinary knight?
Later, after Zhang Taixuan's mediation, the conflict between him and the Taiyi Mystical Sect had eased somewhat on the surface. But that easing was only superficial. The more famous he became, the more the Taiyi Mystical Sect would brood over its past humiliation at his hands. That much was plain from the Taiyi Mystical Sect's conduct during the Wheel-Turning Ceremony when he advanced to Earth Knight.
At the time, if the Taiyi Mystical Sect had truly intended to let go of that minor grudge, then when he returned their flying boat, they should at least have sent an elder to You Province. That would have been the posture of true reconciliation. But what had they done? The Taiyi Mystical Sect had merely sent a few insignificant people, and the conduct of its knights during the ceremony had not been to offer congratulations, but to show off and pick a fight. It was only because of the situation at the time that the schemes of those few Taiyi Mystical Sect members had fallen through.
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