Chance Encounter with Long Haochen

Entrance to Knight Sacred Mountain.

A Flying Mount circled above the entrance corridor built from stone bricks.

Before the mount even landed, the child dressed in Knight Temple attire leaped down from its back.

Looking at the grand buildings around him, he asked curiously, "Ye Hua Instructor, is this Knight Sacred Mountain, the place where you contract a Beast Companion?"

Long Haochen looked at everything before him, his heart filled with anticipation.

At that moment, Ye Hua, whom Long Haochen called instructor, also jumped down from the beast's back and strolled leisurely toward the entrance gates.

"Yes. Once you pass through the barrier ahead, you can enter the sacred mountain and contract a suitable beast."

Long Haochen excitedly ran toward the barrier formed from gathered Light Elements.

At the same time, he could not help but exclaim, "The Light Elements here are so dense!"

As he spoke, great amounts of misty light formed from gathered Light Elements drifted around him.

"Huh? What are these light mists?"

As he watched the Light Elements float toward him, Long Haochen instinctively reached out to touch them. The instant he made contact, his body, as the Child of Light, began uncontrollably absorbing the Light Elements overflowing from Knight Sacred Mountain.

By the time he realized what was happening, it was as though a Siphon Effect had formed. Countless Light Elements gathered into streams and poured into his body. In an instant, he lost consciousness, his body becoming like a vessel continuously filled with Light Elements.

"Not good!"

Seeing this from behind Long Haochen, Ye Hua's expression changed drastically.

With Long Haochen's Third Rank strength, he would not last long against such an enormous influx of Light Elements before his body burst apart!

Ye Hua tried to pull Long Haochen back, but the instant he approached, the Light Elements formed a blast of force that shoved him away.

"Damn it."

Even with his abilities as a Fifth Stage Sky Knight, he had no way to interrupt it.

Just as he was frantic and at a loss, a voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.

"Need help?"

Ye Hua turned toward the voice.

At some point, Ying Suifeng had appeared beside him with Lin Feng.

He was still dressed in black, his face covered by a veil. Lin Feng, meanwhile, had changed into Assassin Temple attire. Combined with his handsome features, he looked especially dashing.

Seeing the Assassin Temple members who had suddenly appeared beside him, Ye Hua had no time to ask questions and hurriedly said, "Please, sir, help him."

Hearing this, Lin Feng could not help feeling sorry for Long Haochen. With his identity as the Child of Light, he might have directly broken through to the Fourth Rank if he absorbed a little more.

Still, it really was quite a coincidence. They had actually arrived at Knight Sacred Mountain on the same day to contract beasts.

But on second thought, Cai'er had already been at the Third Rank for some time. It was only normal for Long Haochen to have reached the Third Rank as well.

Hearing that Ye Hua needed help, Ying Suifeng did not give it much thought. He merely snapped his fingers, and a pitch-black dagger with a trailing streak sliced through the Light Elements that had formed into streams.

As the Light Elements stopped flowing into him, Long Haochen woke up and looked around in confusion.

"Huh? What happened to me just now?" Long Haochen asked curiously, rubbing his head.

Seeing this, Ye Hua stepped forward and asked, "Long Haochen, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Ye Hua Instructor. Did something happen just now?"

Seeing that Long Haochen was indeed fine, Ye Hua finally breathed a sigh of relief. Pulling Long Haochen over, he said, "Quick, thank this gentleman. If it hadn't been for him, the Light Elements would have burst your body apart just now!"

At Ye Hua's urging, although Long Haochen did not know what had happened, he still politely thanked Ying Suifeng.

"Thank you for saving me, sir."

At this point, Ye Hua also noticed Lin Feng, who was about the same age as Long Haochen.

He asked curiously, "You should be from the Assassin Temple, sir. Why have you brought a disciple to Knight Sacred Mountain?"

Ying Suifeng did not hide it and said directly, "I brought the kid here to choose a mount."

"Choose... choose..."

Ye Hua was momentarily speechless.

Glancing at Lin Feng, who was about the same age as Long Haochen, Ye Hua thought for a moment before reminding Ying Suifeng, "There are requirements for entering Knight Sacred Mountain. You must be under twenty, have reached the Third Rank, possess the sacred light attribute, and have a Knight Temple token before you can enter."

Ying Suifeng replied calmly, "That's none of your concern."

But Long Haochen, who had been studying Lin Feng all along, suddenly spoke up. "Ye Hua Instructor, I can sense that he possesses the sacred light attribute."

Ye Hua Instructor?

After thinking back for a moment, Lin Feng remembered that Ye Hua had not yet agreed to take Long Haochen as his disciple at this point.

It seemed that would happen after he contracted Haoyue.

"Long Haochen, don't talk nonsense!" Ye Hua directly cut Long Haochen off.

"He's a student of the Assassin Temple. How could he possibly possess the sacred light attribute?"

The instant his words fell—

A one-handed sword shot toward Ying Suifeng's back at high speed.

Ye Hua, standing opposite Ying Suifeng, happened to spot it. As a Guardian Knight, he instantly summoned his knight shield and knocked the incoming Knight Sword aside.

Faced with the sudden attack, Lin Feng looked up at his teacher. He had already sensed a trace of killing intent from Ying Suifeng.

If Ye Hua had not acted in time, and if this had not been Knight Sacred Mountain, where they had to give the Knight Temple some face—

The attacker would already have been a corpse.

At that moment, Ye Hua also saw the attacker clearly.

His eyes burning with fury, he snapped, "Gui Ying, it's you!"

At the other end of the corridor, an older blond man and a younger blond boy walked toward them.

The older blond man, Gui Ying, who had launched the sneak attack, looked at Ye Hua with mockery. "Ye Hua, you're still the same as before... shameless!"

When Gui Ying said those last two words, he deliberately emphasized them.

"You..."

"Enough. You know full well that these Light Elements are used to suppress the beasts in the mountain, yet you brought people from the Assassin Temple here to secretly absorb them. When you lack ability, you resort to crooked schemes."

Faced with Gui Ying's merciless humiliation, Ye Hua retorted, "You're still the same as before, always thinking others are trying to take shortcuts."

"Haha, you call that suspicion?"

"This is Knight Sacred Mountain, where Third Rank Knights contract beasts. Yet you brought two little brats here. Other than stealing Light Elements, what else could you be doing?"

"Dad, don't waste your breath on these thieves. Let me teach them a proper lesson—especially that little brat from the Assassin Temple. He even dared to come to our Knight Sacred Mountain to sneak around and steal."

"Hmph, kid, don't say I bullied you." The younger blond boy, Gui Wu, launched a flying kick at Lin Feng.

Seeing this, Long Haochen hurriedly shouted, "Watch out!"

At that moment, Ying Suifeng suddenly said, "Old man, have you watched enough? If you don't come out and discipline him, I can do it for you."

The instant Ying Suifeng's words fell—

The entire space seemed to freeze as a brilliant golden blade of light sent the younger blond boy, Gui Wu, flying through the air.

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