New Binding Slot

Liu Mei froze instinctively, a flicker of astonishment passing through her eyes.

She had never expected her son to suddenly return—and to bring a girl home with him.

Just look at those long legs, that slender waist, and that perky, round backside. She was simply gorgeous!

"Mom," Ye Tian called softly.

"Sorry, dear. Come in and have a seat."

Liu Mei came back to her senses, the smile on her face growing even brighter.

She promptly abandoned Ye Tian and instead took Li Xin's hand, leading her into the wooden house.

Li Xin was somewhat at a loss in the face of such enthusiasm. She looked toward Ye Tian for help, but before he could respond, she had already been pulled inside.

Just moments ago, it had been all motherly affection and filial devotion. In the blink of an eye, he had been tossed aside.

Ye Tian wore a helpless expression as he followed them into the wooden house.

Inside, Liu Mei was holding Li Xin's hand and questioning her with a gentle expression.

"Your name is Li Xin, right? Then Auntie will call you Xin'er."

"Xin'er, where are you from? It's amazing that you became a knight at such a young age!"

"Training every day must be hard, right..."

"..."

The barrage of questions left Li Xin struggling to cope.

Fortunately, Ye Tian helped out from the side, and only then did Liu Mei rein herself in somewhat.

He had only brought an ordinary friend home, yet it now looked like he had brought his girlfriend home to meet the parents.

And judging by his mother's expression, she clearly had that kind of idea in mind.

He was only ten years old. Wasn't this a little too ridiculous?

Early the next morning.

Liu Mei took Li Xin into town to shop, leaving Ye Tian home alone.

Standing in the courtyard, he occasionally looked in the direction of Long Haochen's home.

"I wonder when Long Haochen will begin his Sacred Awakening."

The moment he finished speaking, a golden radiance flashed atop the distant mountain.

Ye Tian's eyes immediately lit up at the sight.

"Has it finally begun?"

At the mountaintop, a golden barrier enveloped Long Xingyu and Long Haochen.

A dense aura of light continuously washed over Long Haochen's body. The golden radiance shone as brilliantly as the sun, and before long, the figures of both men had been completely swallowed by it.

A warm current rose within Long Haochen's body.

Then, intense pain erupted!

Long Haochen felt as though countless arrows were piercing his body. A faint gray mist seeped from his pores, only to be swiftly incinerated and destroyed by the golden radiance.

Those were the impurities within his body, purified by the Sacred Awakening.

That was why Sacred Awakening was said to defy fate and change one's destiny!

"Ah!"

Finally, under the unbearable agony, Long Haochen could not help crying out.

Threads of blood vaporized from his body into a dense mist. A ring of golden light gradually emerged over his chest, growing brighter and brighter.

Long Xingyu remained expressionless. The Awakening Stone in his hand silently melted into a drop of golden liquid and flew into Long Haochen's chest.

Boom—

A golden pillar of light shot into the sky, rising all the way to ninety-seven before stopping.

This meant that Long Haochen's Innate Internal Spiritual Energy was ninety-seven points!

"So comfortable..."

Long Haochen slowly opened his eyes.

As energy gathered within them, his pale golden eyes shone brilliantly.

Ding! Long Haochen has undergone Sacred Awakening. Internal Spiritual Energy: 97 points. Strength increased!

Congratulations, Host! You have received double feedback. Sacred Awakening in progress. Internal Spiritual Energy awakened to 210 points!

The familiar notification finally appeared in his mind.

Ye Tian immediately smiled.

A warm current quickly spread throughout his body, while countless wisps of gray mist continuously poured out of him.

There was no pain at all. Instead, it felt indescribably comfortable.

Thousands upon thousands of golden rays burst from Ye Tian's body. The dense sacred aura subtly transformed him, refining his body until it became flawless and immaculate.

Ye Tian felt as if he were wrapped in the power of light.

About fifteen minutes later, the golden glow faded, and all the light aura withdrew inward.

"Is it over?"

Ye Tian lightly clenched his fist and looked down at himself.

Under the sunlight, his body seemed to be coated in a faint golden sheen. When he returned to his room and looked in the mirror, his originally brown eyes had also turned gold.

He could not help frowning slightly.

Even if his Innate Internal Spiritual Energy remained hidden, someone from the Knight Holy Temple would definitely be able to notice something unusual.

"It's way too obvious. Can't it be hidden?"

Ye Tian murmured softly as he actively attempted to control it.

The next moment, his golden pupils suddenly dimmed and returned to brown. Even the faint golden sheen on his skin, which had not been especially conspicuous, completely faded away.

"That's more like it!"

Ye Tian smiled again.

From this day onward, he had truly left the ranks of small-town cultivators behind. At the same time, he now possessed talent and potential even more terrifying than Long Haochen's.

"So my own Innate Internal Spiritual Energy was only sixteen points?"

The corner of Ye Tian's mouth twitched.

If he had not bound himself to Long Haochen, then with his own cultivation alone, becoming a Great Knight would have been the limit of his life.

But then again, Innate Internal Spiritual Energy of seventy was called the Light Angel Constitution, eighty was called the Divine Blessing Constitution, and ninety meant one was a Son of Light.

So what did his Innate Internal Spiritual Energy of two hundred and ten count as?

The Father of Light?

Ye Tian now had 281 External Spiritual Power and 210 Internal Spiritual Energy.

Together, they totaled 491 points, already at the level of a Third-tier Level 10 Knight.

He was only a few points away from the 500 spiritual energy required for a Fourth-tier Great Knight.

"Choosing to bind myself to Long Haochen back then really was the wisest decision!"

However, the surprises were far from over.

Another notification sounded in his mind.

Ye Tian immediately perked up and looked at the system panel.

Ding! Long Haochen's strength has increased. He has officially become a knight. Congratulations, Host! You have obtained an Extra Binding Slot!

Feedback obtained after binding will not conflict!

"Something this good exists? Doesn't that mean I can also master the abilities of other professions?"

Ye Tian's eyes filled with delight.

Knights were dual-cultivation magic and martial professions, but their only magical attribute was the Holy Light attribute.

Once they underwent Sacred Awakening, the Awakening Stone would alter their attribute into the Light attribute, and afterward, they could only use martial skills and Sacred Light Magic.

Yet through binding, Ye Tian could break through the limitations of knights and gain more magical attributes and professional abilities.

Every profession had its own strengths and weaknesses.

For example, Punishment Knights possessed high attack power and explosive force, but their endurance was somewhat lacking, and their defense was average.

Guardian Knights, on the other hand, balanced offense and defense and also possessed some Healing Magic. Their individual combat strength was weaker than that of Punishment Knights, but their endurance was far greater.

Assassins had even greater burst damage than Punishment Knights and were extremely fast, but their defense was poor.

Mages had wide-ranging, terrifyingly powerful magic, but their defense was equally poor.

Every profession had its own shortcomings. That was why, before one became powerful enough, the Holy Temple Alliance deliberately formed Demon Hunter Squads so that the different professions could complement one another.

They minimized each other's weaknesses while bringing their strengths to the fullest.

In other words, Ye Tian had officially gained the chance to make up for the shortcomings of any profession—and to become a Hexagonal Warrior in the future!