Grandfather and Grandson Meet, Long Tianyin Takes a Disciple, Heading for the Divine Seal Assessment!

"And Brother Xingyu, you are precisely the strongest Divine Seal Knight!"

Han Zhige spoke earnestly.

This was not his own thought, but what Long Tianyin had told him earlier.

The strongest knight?

Hearing this, Long Xingyu was slightly taken aback, but he did not hesitate for long.

"Of course. Next, I will accompany you there and protect your path."

"After all, the Divine Seal Assessment is extraordinarily difficult. It is no simple matter. If you show even the slightest hesitation, it will no longer be merely a question of success or failure, but whether you will perish from the throne's backlash!"

Long Xingyu spoke.

The Divine Seal Assessment was indeed terrifyingly difficult. When he had undergone it back then, the arrogance and slaughterous nature of the Doomsday and Slaughter Divine Seal Throne had nearly caused him to fail and suffer its backlash!

And Han Zhige was not even as capable as he had been back then. Moreover, the throne he would likely face was the Fear and Sorrow Divine Seal Throne. If he made a single misstep, he might even be trapped forever in a cycle of fear. That would be troublesome.

It would be better for him to go along.

After all, every increase in cultivation deepened one's understanding of the Divine Seal Thrones. Long Xingyu was now Ninth-Tier Level Four; his understanding of the Divine Seal Thrones was undoubtedly the greatest in the world!

Thus, he was confident that he could increase Han Zhige's chances of obtaining a Divine Seal Throne!

After all, this was the person most likely to become the Knight Temple's fourth Divine Seal Knight!

"Then thank you, Brother Xingyu!" Han Zhige nodded earnestly, unconcealed joy filling his expression.

After all, it was a Divine Seal Throne—the ultimate treasure that stirred the hearts of every knight in the Knight Temple!

Seeing this, Long Xingyu smiled. Then, he stepped out of the magic-powered carriage and reached in to help down a breathtakingly beautiful woman in a white dress—Bai Yue.

The one who emerged behind Bai Yue was Long Haochen.

The instant Long Tianyin saw Bai Yue and Long Haochen, he froze.

A trace of relief and satisfaction inevitably rose in his heart.

Fortunately, neither mother nor son had come to harm.

Xingyu was different from him. He would not have to live the future filled with regret and longing.

With that thought, he walked forward and looked gently at Bai Yue and Long Haochen. "Bai Yue, it has been a long time."

"Father, it has been a long time." Bai Yue nodded as well. She knew Long Tianyin well enough—Long Xingyu's father, her father-in-law.

"Is this... my grandson?" Upon hearing that, Long Tianyin turned toward Long Haochen, a hint of gentleness appearing in his eyes.

He stretched out his broad, fan-like hand and patted Long Haochen on the head.

Long Haochen had been born kind-hearted, with an exceptionally high capacity for understanding and acceptance.

Although he had never met Long Tianyin, because of their bloodline connection and his reverence for Divine Seal Knights—

Though they were somewhat unfamiliar with one another, he still called out, "Grandfather."

Hearing this, Long Tianyin did not reply.

Yet the smile on his face did not fade. Instead, it grew incomparably radiant, bunching the wrinkles on his face together.

At that moment, his heart felt completely unburdened, as though he had become decades younger.

"What a good child," Long Tianyin said.

However, at this moment, he also felt somewhat conflicted inside.

He recalled that the greatest reason his relationship with Long Tianyin had been poor before was the Dragon Family Ancestral Edict.

That was, until the demon race was destroyed, descendants of the Dragon family could not accept the favor of their elders. After undergoing Sacred Awakening, they had to begin at the bottom and work their way upward step by step!

With the lesson of Long Xingyu, Long Tianyin also felt some anger toward this ancestral edict and even did not wish to uphold it.

But the ancestral edict could not be defied. Countless people were watching.

Unless there was another rule that could override the Dragon Family Ancestral Edict. But upon careful thought, there was only one rule capable of suppressing it!

It was the deepest hidden rule of the Knight Temple!

Once the Knight Temple produced a Son of Light with Innate Inner Spiritual Power above ninety, he would disregard all rules and automatically become the Knight Temple's holy son, as well as the sole heir to the position of Temple Master.

Because a Son of Light represented one outcome.

Guaranteed attainment of a Divine Seal!

But...

In six thousand years—

Not a single Son of Light had appeared. How could Long Haochen possibly be one?

Thinking of this, a faint agony surfaced in Long Tianyin's heart.

However, in the next moment, the two people who suddenly appeared at the side also aroused his curiosity.

They were a woman in pink and a stern-looking man.

As a Divine Seal Knight, Long Tianyin's senses were naturally terrifyingly sharp. He could tell that the woman was a seventh-tier knight, while the man was a fifth-tier, level-five Earth Knight.

Were they here at Dragon Control Pass to face the demon race head-on?

But?

Why had Long Xingyu personally brought them here?

"Knight Li Xin and Knight Ye Hua pay respects to the Temple Master of the Knight Temple!" The two saluted Long Tianyin with a knight's salute.

"You two are?" Long Tianyin asked, puzzled.

"I am Teacher's new disciple. Naturally, I came with Teacher to Dragon Control Pass to face the Demon Gods!" Li Xin maintained her knight's salute as she spoke seriously, her gaze exceptionally resolute.

In her eyes, Long Tianyin saw the ten knightly virtues: perseverance, bravery, and honor!

"Xingyu had never accepted disciples before. Though this girl's talent and cultivation were not particularly strong, she possessed the qualities a Punishment Knight ought to have."

"Perhaps she has some shining trait that caught Xingyu's eye."

Long Tianyin thought to himself.

Then, he looked toward Ye Hua.

Seeing this, Long Xingyu explained Ye Hua's situation, then smiled and looked at Long Tianyin. "This is the disciple I found for you."

"A disciple?" Long Tianyin was somewhat confused.

Ye Hua was about the same age as Long Xingyu, yet he was only a fifth-rank, fifth-level Earth Knight. How could he become his disciple?

It was not that Long Tianyin looked down on Earth Knights—such a thing was impossible.

But an Earth Knight truly could not become Long Tianyin's disciple. Not only did Long Tianyin lack the time, but he preferred nurturing disciples from the very beginning.

"Ye Hua, tell the First Temple Master about your Innate Inner Spiritual Power," Long Xingyu said.

"Yes!" Ye Hua nodded. Then, turning toward Long Tianyin, he bowed in a knight's salute. "Reporting to the First Temple Master, my Innate Inner Spiritual Power is only nine points!"

The moment those words were spoken, Long Tianyin froze in place. Han Zhige, who had just been overjoyed, did the same. Then he immediately looked toward Ye Hua, utterly shocked.

Wait.

A fifth-rank Earth Knight with Innate Inner Spiritual Power of only ten points?

This...

Without hesitation, Long Tianyin released a special spiritual glow over Ye Hua. In an instant, golden light flashed and soared into the sky.

Then, in midair, a number slowly appeared.

9

Seeing this, Long Tianyin was also astonished.

A fifth-rank knight with only nine points of Innate Inner Spiritual Power—this was a miracle!

"Your Innate Inner Spiritual Power really is nine points?"

"You reached Earth Knight with nine points of Innate Inner Spiritual Power? Why didn't you report this before?"

Hearing Long Tianyin's words, Ye Hua replied bitterly, "In the past, I always believed that Innate Inner Spiritual Power like mine was not worth mentioning. It would only invite ridicule."

"It was only because the Xingyu Temple Master sensed something unusual about me that he intervened."

Ye Hua sighed as he spoke.

"Ridicule?"

"Do you know how many people in the Temple Alliance have Innate Inner Spiritual Power below ten points?"

"If you can fully unleash your abilities, then to all humanity, you will be a great contributor!" Long Tianyin said earnestly.

Ye Hua nodded, visibly moved.

Long Tianyin smiled.

That boy Xingyu had brought back quite a talent.

"Ye Hua, are you willing to become my disciple?" Long Tianyin did not hesitate. To bring about reform in the Temple Alliance—or rather, within Dragon Control Pass—Ye Hua needed this status!

"Disciple pays respects to Teacher!" Ye Hua performed a disciple's bow and shouted loudly.

Long Tianyin helped him up.

Long Xingyu nodded at the sight.

With his father as Ye Hua's teacher, the Temple Alliance's low-level combat strength would begin to rise.

In other words, among knights, Great Knights, and Earth Knights, powerful individuals would begin to emerge in great numbers through widespread promotion!

That would be enough.

Thinking this, Long Xingyu nodded again. Then he looked at Han Zhige, before turning to the others. "Let's go."

"Where are we going, Dad?" Long Haochen immediately asked.

Long Xingyu smiled.

"Dad will take you to witness the trial of the Divine Seal Throne!"