I'm Still a Child

Ye Tian stayed home for another dozen or so days.

It was not until his mother personally drove him out that he returned to the Haoyue Branch Hall residence with the egg in his arms.

Now that he had officially become a Tier 3 Knight, he naturally moved out of his old room.

Knights were different from Quasi-Knights. Each Knight had a residence to themselves, and it was even a suite: one room for resting, one quiet room for meditation and cultivation, as well as a separate bathroom.

The living conditions were worlds apart.

Moreover, the quiet room had a simple Magic Array embedded with several magic crystals from Light-attribute magical beasts.

This made the Light attribute within the quiet room far stronger than outside, offering a certain degree of assistance in cultivating Internal Spiritual Energy.

"Sure enough, no matter where you are, strength is everything!"

Ye Tian placed the egg in the quiet room.

With the Magic Array's enhancement, its hatching speed would undoubtedly be faster.

Just as Ye Tian finished tidying up the residence, a crisp knock suddenly sounded at the door.

"Little brother, open up!"

The boisterous voice made the visitor's identity obvious.

Ye Tian slowly opened the door, and Li Xin immediately squeezed inside impatiently.

"Sister Xin, why are you here?" Ye Tian asked curiously.

Li Xin eagerly held out her right hand and opened it.

In the girl's palm, a peculiar rune mark glimmered faintly.

Ye Tian raised his brows at once. "Could it be...?"

Li Xin nodded with a smile. "That's right. This is the Retainer Knight Contract. Uncle Nalan gave it to me. I heard he specially went to the Knight Holy Temple to apply for it during this period."

"And, according to your request, it is a Retainer Contract rune researched from Ancient Elvish Script."

"So how do we use it?"

Ye Tian did not recognize this rune at all.

"Uncle Nalan explained it to me. This contract is currently blank. The Retainer Knight must first drip their blood onto it, then the main knight drips their blood to complete the contract."

"He specifically warned me not to get the order wrong!"

After all, if they mixed up the order and caused the main knight and Retainer Knight identities to switch, that would be a real disaster!

"Sister Xin, have you really decided?" Ye Tian asked one last time.

Li Xin gave a radiant smile and answered with her actions.

She took out a small knife, cut her finger, and smeared her blood onto the Retainer Contract rune.

A faint red light flared up. The glow spread out from the rune and covered Li Xin before swiftly returning to the rune.

"Little brother, hurry up and begin!"

Li Xin urged softly. Alongside her excitement, she also felt somewhat uneasy.

Although she had made up her mind long ago, when she was truly about to become someone else's retainer, the feeling was still indescribably strange.

Seeing this, Ye Tian said no more and extended his right hand.

Bright red blood dripped down, landing in the center of the Retainer Knight Contract rune.

The blood instantly fused into the Retainer Contract rune, causing red light to spread out and envelop Li Xin's entire body in an instant.

The girl suddenly shuddered.

Before she could speak, another ring of golden light rippled out from the rune.

"Mmnh~"

Li Xin let out a moan at once.

That scorching, comfortable sensation was as warm as embracing the sun. The comfort that welled up from the very source of her body, from within to without, was almost unbearable.

"Has it started?"

Standing to the side, Ye Tian silently watched the scene before him.

The instant the Retainer Contract was completed, a thread of connection formed between him and Li Xin—an incomparably intimate bond, like family connected by blood.

Beyond that, a single thought from him could determine her life or death.

The next moment, a golden pillar of light burst from Li Xin's chest.

The pillar slowly rose before coming to a halt moments later.

"I..."

Li Xin involuntarily clenched her fists, clearly feeling the increase in her Internal Spiritual Energy.

Ye Tian spoke softly from the side. "Congratulations, Sister Xin. You've become a peerless genius too!"

"My Innate Internal Spiritual Energy has really increased!"

Feeling the surrounding Light elements become several times more active, Li Xin was overjoyed.

"Of course. For Talent Suppression Sharing to take effect, one condition must first be met: the difference in Innate Internal Spiritual Energy between the main knight and the Retainer Knight must be thirty."

"The increase is half the difference in Internal Spiritual Energy between the two sides."

Hearing Ye Tian's explanation, Li Xin nodded subconsciously.

But the girl suddenly came back to her senses. "That's not right. My Internal Spiritual Energy increased by eighty points. If it's really as you said, little brother, then your Innate Internal Spiritual Energy must be..."

Having calculated the answer in her heart, Li Xin's eyes widened in disbelief.

Two hundred and ten points of Innate Internal Spiritual Energy?!

Was this a joke?

How could anyone possess such absurd Innate Internal Spiritual Energy?

Ye Tian gave a faint smile. "Didn't you already know, Sister Xin?"

"Hiss..." Upon receiving confirmation, Li Xin could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

This was far too outrageous, wasn't it?!

"I'll have to trouble you to keep this secret for me, Sister Xin!"

Li Xin nodded stiffly, but her mind was soon filled with joy.

Her Innate Internal Spiritual Energy had originally been only fifty points, but through the Talent Suppression Sharing of the Retainer Contract, it had soared to one hundred and thirty points in one stroke.

To be honest, even now, she still felt as though she were dreaming.

Ye Tian gently patted Li Xin's shoulder and comforted her with a smile. "Sister Xin, didn't you want to become a Divine Seal Knight? Now you have that possibility. Work hard from now on!"

"Thank you, little brother!"

Li Xin was exceptionally excited and instinctively gave Ye Tian a light kiss on the corner of his lips.

But when she came back to her senses and realized what she had done, the girl's cheeks immediately turned crimson with embarrassment.

"Well... little brother, don't think too much about it. This is just your sister thanking you. Your sister still has something to do, so I'll be leaving first. See you later."

Without waiting for Ye Tian to respond, she fled from the room as though escaping.

Ye Tian smiled helplessly. "I'm still a child!"

Still, he had to admit that it felt pretty good.

He had originally wanted to ask Li Xin for another favor, but it seemed he should wait for now and let her recover first.

He closed the door and returned to the quiet room, entering a meditative state.

Ye Tian had always cultivated Internal Spiritual Energy quickly, and now, with the Magic Array in the quiet room, his progress was advancing by leaps and bounds.

His consciousness sank into his mind.

Host: Ye Tian

Age: Ten and a half

Class: Knight (Tier 4 Level 2)

Innate Internal Spiritual Energy: 210

Spiritual Energy: 355 (External Spiritual Power), 267 (Internal Spiritual Energy)

Skills: Punishment Sword Art (Mastery), Tier 1—Pure White Blade (Perfect), Thrust (Perfect), Cross Slash (Perfect), Tier 3—Lightning Stab (Mastery), Light Slash Sword (Minor Accomplishment), Ascension Array (Minor Accomplishment), Tier 6: Divine Guard Block (Minor Accomplishment)

Retainer: Li Xin (Tier 3 Sixth-Rank Knight)

After scanning the status panel, Ye Tian nodded in satisfaction.

At this rate, by the next Demon Hunter Squad selection competition, he would at least be able to break through to become a Tier 5 Earth Knight, or perhaps reach an even higher realm.

"But I won't have peace for many more years..."

Once the Demon Hunter Squad competition ended, he would head to the front lines and officially fight the demon race.

Without sufficient strength, the only thing awaiting him then would be death!

At this thought, a sense of urgency immediately rose in Ye Tian's heart.

"I should keep cultivating. At the very least, before heading to Exorcism City, I need to reach Tier 6 or even Tier 7. Only then will I have enough ability to protect myself."

Clearing all the chaotic thoughts from his mind, Ye Tian soon entered a state of deep meditation.

The Light-element magic crystals within the Magic Array glimmered faintly as countless wandering Light energies began entering his body.