Heritage and Starfire Arrow

"Did our ancestor really leave nothing behind for the family? Something like a Wizard Meditation Method?"

Chen Mu asked cautiously.

The moment he said this, Earl Arthur naturally understood that Chen Mu had grasped what he meant.

Naturally, he too had hoped that his ancestor had left something behind.

But unfortunately, he had not.

"Though I would like to tell you there was, unfortunately, our ancestor left nothing behind.

When he left the Winter Kingdom, he did come to the family, but only to tell us that he bore no hatred toward the family."

Earl Arthur said helplessly.

If a Wizard Meditation Method or something similar had been left behind, he would have tried cultivating it long ago.

Though Chen Mu felt a trace of disappointment upon hearing this, he did not dwell on it.

After all, that ancestor had been offered up by the family as an experimental subject. It was already commendable that he held no grudge against the family. How could he possibly leave them anything valuable?

If it were Chen Mu himself, he felt that he might have been even less magnanimous than that ancestor.

But the Black Robe Pathseekers Society clearly did not see it that way.

They seemed convinced that the organization's founders had left something behind for each of their families before setting sail.

By now, they had nearly finished purging those families. Only the Royal Family and the Golden Lion Family remained.

They lacked the ability to touch the Royal Family, so they could only pick on the Golden Lion Family, the softer target.

"Vieri, you needn't worry too much. The Black Robe Pathseekers Society declined after its founders left.

At most, they now have only one Level Two Wizard Apprentice and a few Level 1 Wizard Apprentices.

They may not even have a Level Two Wizard Apprentice.

No matter how far the Golden Lion Family has declined, it is still an earl family. They would not dare come."

How could an earl family that had stood in the kingdom for three hundred years lack even a shred of heritage?

From the confidence in Earl Arthur's voice, Chen Mu could tell that the Golden Lion Family was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Take Chen Mu's Manor, for instance. Since Earl Arthur was comfortable letting Chen Mu live there alone, it meant that the place was absolutely safe.

Of course I know they don't dare come, but in a few years, they'll be able to kill people in their dreams.

Naturally, Chen Mu could not say that aloud. He was not a Wizard and had no ability to foresee the future. Even if he said it, Earl Arthur would not believe him.

"What about my elder brother?"

"Haha, even if they came here, they would not dare go after Nikola. Your elder brother settled in the royal palace a year ago."

"..."

Well, damn.

Chen Mu knew that his adoptive elder brother, Nikola Wesley, often exchanged letters with Earl Arthur.

But he had never imagined that his adoptive elder brother was currently living in the royal palace.

Could he have married into the royal family?

Chen Mu muttered to himself but did not ask further. Other than marrying into the royal family, he could think of no other reason an outsider could live there.

After chatting for a while longer, Chen Mu bid Earl Arthur farewell and returned to his Small Manor.

This visit to Earl Arthur had perfectly achieved Chen Mu's goal.

Not only had he learned more detailed information about the Black Robe Pathseekers Society, but he had also reasonably revealed his cultivation as a Formal Knight.

However, Chen Mu still had no clear idea of how to deal with the organization.

After all, even a Level 1 Wizard Apprentice was not someone Chen Mu could handle at present.

The Golden Lion Family had its heritage and therefore did not fear the Black Robe Pathseekers Society.

But Chen Mu was only a Formal Knight. Naturally, he could not deal with the entire Black Robe Pathseekers Society on his own.

After all, the family's heritage was not Chen Mu's heritage alone.

Fortunately, there was still plenty of time. Several years remained before he would be killed in a dream, as in the simulation.

That was enough time for Chen Mu to make plans. After all, he would have dozens of simulation attempts over those years.

In the simulation, he had been nothing more than an ordinary Formal Knight at twenty-six.

But in reality, perhaps he would already be a formal Wizard by the time he turned twenty-six.

Of course, even with dozens of simulations, Chen Mu could not be certain that he would become a formal Wizard.

But he did not necessarily need to become a formal Wizard. Even becoming a Level Three Wizard Apprentice would be enough to handle this crisis.

The following days were uneventful, and nothing unexpected happened.

Chen Mu remained in the Manor and did not encounter any assassination attempts.

Every day, he set aside some time to ask his father, Earl Arthur, about Knight Skills.

Though Earl Arthur did not believe Chen Mu could quickly grasp Knight Skills, he still taught Chen Mu two Knight Skills of the Golden Lion Family.

That was right. They were precisely the two Knight Skills Chen Mu had acquired in the simulation: Armor Piercing Slash and Starfire Arrow.

The autumn wind rustled. September in the Rin Winter Calendar was the month of golden autumn.

By this month, there was no longer the slightest trace of the heat from the previous months.

From time to time, a breeze swept through the air, carrying a refreshing chill.

At the Golden Lion Family's Shooting Range, Chen Mu stood with a longbow in hand, a hundred meters away from a wooden target.

The next moment, a wooden arrow appeared in Chen Mu's hand.

Three silvery-white feathers were nailed to the tail of the wooden arrow.

Chen Mu nocked the wooden arrow onto the longbow and drew the string. A stream of golden energy emerged from the hand holding the arrow and spread across its surface.

The arrow's tail trembled faintly as Chen Mu fixed his gaze on the target a hundred meters away.

Knight Skill—Starfire Arrow! The next second, Chen Mu released his fingers.

The wooden arrow left the bowstring, becoming a streak of golden light that shot toward the target a hundred meters away at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.

As the arrow flew through the air, it tore out sharp howls.

Without the slightest pause, the wooden arrow pierced precisely through the center of the target in an instant.

The target was blown to pieces without the slightest resistance.

The scattered splinters were like a shower of starfire!

Too powerful!

Chen Mu sighed inwardly.

No matter how many times he used Starfire Arrow, he could not help but feel a trace of awe.

As an outstanding product of his previous life's exam-oriented education, Chen Mu had always believed in science.

Though transmigration itself was not scientific.

When he had been a Quasi-Knight, Chen Mu had still held onto a faint hope that some people in his previous world might also have been capable of such power.

But once he had truly become a Formal Knight and mastered Knight Skills, that hope had been completely shattered.

Quasi-Knight Skills were still understandable. Though they sounded impressive, they were really just special techniques for exerting force.

But Knight Skills were entirely different. They were true supernatural powers, supernatural powers driven by the mind.

Take Starfire Arrow, for example. Its power could no longer be explained by technique alone.

An arrow imbued with energy was not much weaker than a bullet from his previous life.

And all Chen Mu needed to do was follow the energy circulation method of Starfire Arrow, cover the arrow with the energy produced by his Life Seed, and then fire it.

It was somewhat like using the energy generated by the Life Seed to construct a model in his mind.

Then, the tranquil energy would begin to stir, surge out of Chen Mu's body, and cover the arrow.

Yet when Chen Mu lowered his bow and reconstructed the Starfire Arrow model in his mind, he could not mobilize the energy no matter what he did.

It was as though some rule restricted it: Starfire Arrow could only be used with a bow and arrow, as if it were an immutable law.

It was far too mind-over-matter. At least, Chen Mu could not explain it with science using the knowledge he possessed.

This was not science. This was the supernatural!

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