As they listened to Zhang Tie recount his experiences after leaving Huaiyuan Prefecture for the Ice and Snow Wilderness five years ago, the elders felt as though they were hearing a legendary tale.
As for that so-called miracle underground, Zhang Tie explained it with only three words—"a sleight of hand." It had indeed been a kind of sleight of hand, but the mystery behind it was likely known only to Zhang Tie himself. This was Zhang Tie's secret. Since he would not speak of it, the elders naturally could not force him to.
As for that terrifying Deep Sea Kraken, Zhang Tie said it was a pet he had subdued from the depths of the sea.
A pet? The elders could not find any grounds on which to question him.
As for the other matters Zhang Tie did not wish to explain in too much detail, he brushed over them with broad strokes.
After Zhang Tie finished recounting his experiences in founding the Sacred Ice Island Kingdom, the four elders of Huaiyuan Hall looked at him as though he had become unfathomably deep. He seemed shrouded in a veil of mist that no one could see through. Just when you thought you had seen him clearly, in truth, you had only glimpsed the tip of his iceberg.
Fortunately, this man was a genuine descendant of Huaiyuan Hall!
The elders consoled themselves inwardly.
"That is how things stand in the end. At present, the only people who know of this identity of mine are Guan Xiyi, the chief manager of Golden Roc Bank, and the three elders of the Icefield Giant Bear Tribe. Cough... cough... No one else knows!" Zhang Tie concluded.
"So you can now command all the tribes across the Ice and Snow Wilderness and the great clans of