Knightly Covenant

"Who is my master?" Li Ke asked in confusion. He never expected that this older sister would suddenly ask this question.

Qin Yiyi's eyes sparkled, like the stars in the night sky.

She was Qin Family, the eldest uncle whose whereabouts remain unknown to this day, who once fought alongside the knight.

Therefore, when Li Shutong deliberately revealed his identity, the Qin Family realized the true identities of the two middle-aged men and young men who had accompanied them.

This is also why Qin Yiyi left her hometown; she was unwilling to accept Li Shutong's gifts and did not want to live under someone else's protection.

This might seem a bit willful, but she never regretted leaving her family, even though she almost died in the snowy mountains of southwest China.

Qin Yiyi looked at Li Ke. This... could he be that boy's junior brother?

It's not Qin Yiyi having this misunderstanding; it's mainly because Qing Chen is too young, and she didn't realize that he was already old enough to be her master.

She asked, "Was your master Li Shutong?"

Li Ke shook his head.

Not many people know that his master, Qing Chen, is a knight yet, so Li Ke doesn't want to say it.

The Great Elder felt something was amiss. "Could it be Chen Jiazhang or Wang Xiaojiu? They've been missing for several years now..."

Li Ke shook his head again. "Stop guessing. I don't want to lie, and I don't want to answer this question."

At this moment, Qin Yiyi was suddenly stunned. She walked around the bonfire and squatted in front of Li Ke. Avoiding the eyes of others, she squatted on the ground and wrote the word "Celebration": "Is it him?"

Li Ke was stunned.

Qin Yiyi was also stunned. She hadn't expected that she had guessed the truth. The little boy in front of her was actually that young man's apprentice!

Thinking of this, Qin Yiyi took off her small handbag and handed all the apples in it to Li Ke.

Li Ke took it in his hands with a blank expression and hugged it to his chest.

Then they saw Qin Yiyi and reach out to the Great Elder.

The Great Elder, as if facing a formidable enemy, tensed up. "What's going on?"

"Get them some beef," Qin Yiyi said, "Divine beef from the Great Snowy Mountain!"

The Great Elder said irritably, "How can this thing be given to outsiders?"

"It's so cold, give him something to warm him up," Qin Yiyi said, beckoning to the person by the hearth next to the Great Elder, "Hurry up."

The Great Elder said with great distress, "Why did you give them such valuable things when you first met them? Besides, you're a member of the Hearth Clan, don't side with outsiders!"

Qin Yiyi a moment and said, "As the Fire Pit Goddess, how can I not give something to the disciple of an old friend? How about this, I'll lend you my knife for another three months?"

The Great Elder was speechless for a moment, and he gripped the scabbard of the long sword at his waist.

A bitter feeling even welled up in my heart.

That was clearly his knife, but ever since the gods instructed him to give it to Qin Yiyi, he had to borrow it from Qin Yiyi if he wanted to use it again...

There's nothing we can do; this is the will of the gods...

The young man responsible for carrying the divine beef glanced at the Great Elder Great Elder, who waved his hand weakly.

The young man silently took out a small deerskin bag and handed it to Qin Yiyi.

At this moment, Li Yunjing had already realized that this girl was only being so enthusiastic towards Li Ke because of Qing Chen.

He found it a bit strange that the next leader of the Knights would be associated with the fire pit.

Moreover, the relationship between the girl and the boy seems to be more than just a simple one.

Judging from the Great Elder's attitude, it seems that the Goddess holds a very special position in the hearth.

Li Yunjing recalled that Goddess had appeared in the fire pit before. Although they were rare and precious, they were not enough to warrant such doting from the Great Elder.

It's only slightly higher than the status of Divine Child.

But the status of this Goddess now is not as simple as just being a little higher.

Is it because of divine guidance?

Li Yunjing fell into deep thought.

Li Ke also vaguely realized that... this older sister might have a very good relationship with his master.

Otherwise, why would the other party send apples and beef as soon as they guessed that he was Qing Chen's apprentice?

How should I address the other person?

Calling her "Auntie" would make her sound old.

Should I call her "sister"? But that might make the generational order wrong...

Qin Yiyi smiled and handed the small deerskin bag to Li Ke: "There are ten pieces inside. You can only eat one a day. After you finish eating them, you won't be afraid of the cold anymore. By the way, if you see your master, just say that you saw me in the southwest. He doesn't need to come looking for me. I will come to find him one day."

Yi Yi's feelings are genuine and direct; she has never hidden anything from Qing Chen.

So if she says she'll go find Qing Chen, then she definitely will.

The Great Elder, however, became agitated. "Why are you going to find a knight?!"

Qin Yiyi felt a little strange. "Didn't this uncle just say that our fire pit has an alliance with the knights? Why are you so averse to the knights, Great Elder?"

The Great Elder said with great sorrow, "The alliance is from so many years ago, and although our Fire Hive acknowledges this alliance and vows never to harm our knights, do you even know how this alliance was signed?"

"How was it signed?" Qin Yiyi asked curiously.

Even Li Yunjing looked at the Great Elder. This was a secret; outsiders had never known before why the knights had an alliance with the Fire Pit.

Even the Li family only knew about this because their ancestor was a knight.

"I don't know how many years ago, twelve knights suddenly broke into the snow mountain. At that time, there was another organization in the snow mountain. They brought the Buddha Lord of that other organization to Huotang, saying that they had helped Huotang get rid of the trouble. Then they forced the Great Elder to the ground and made him sign an alliance with them..." the Great Elder said.

Li Ke was unaware of these old stories about knights and listened in a daze.

He thought to himself, "Is the former knight really this fierce?"

They're acting like bandits...

Li Yunjing nodded. No wonder the Li family didn't know how the alliance was signed. After all, it would damage the image of knights if it got out, so it was best not to say anything...

But then the Great Elder said to Qin Yiyi, "In the old days, whenever a knight became a demigod, he would go to the snowy mountains to plunder divine beef. So knights are not good people. You should stay away from knights."

Qin Yiyi shook her head and said decisively, "That won't do."

The Great Elder's eyes widened. No one in the hearth had ever dared to contradict him so directly, but for a moment he didn't know what to do...

Li Yunjing was right about one thing: this Goddess's position in the fire pit was indeed special because... she could communicate with the gods.

It wasn't that the gods had actually told her anything.

Instead, if the people living by the hearth want to gain power, they must go to the hearth and perform a blessing ceremony. As for whether they can gain power, that depends entirely on the mood of the gods.

However, there was an older woman who was very kind to Qin Yiyi, feeding Qin Yiyi every day. The bag of apples she just received was a gift from that woman.

The aunt once told Qin Yiyi that her greatest wish was to receive a divine blessing and become an extraordinary being.

Unfortunately, if a person from Huotang has not received divine blessings by the age of 18, then they have no hope for the rest of their life and can only farm in the Grand Canyon.

Qin Yiyi hearing this. She ran to the hearth and talked to the flames for a whole day and night. As a result, when the aunt went to the hearth for her routine worship the next day... she received a gift.

Although the woman was only an ordinary F-Class, her strength was genuine.

No one can receive power from the gods after the age of 18.

So when this happened, the whole fire pit was shocked.

Everyone saw Qin Yiyi sitting by the fire pit muttering to herself for a whole day and night. At first, everyone thought she was being silly, but later they realized that they were the ones who were being silly.

Many people who had not received blessings from the gods tried to sit by the fire pit Qin Yiyi, but they gained nothing.

Someone went to Qin Yiyi again, asking her to talk to the gods again.

Qin Yiyi didn't refuse. She walked to the fire pit, pointed at the person, and asked, "Gods, can you give him some power?"

The next second, the middle-aged man who had asked Qin Yiyi for help also became a superhuman...

In the eyes of the Great Elder, this was practically like having a cheat code.

He had never seen a god favor a person so much!

Absolutely amazing!

So even though the Great Elder was unwilling, he tacitly agreed that his sword belonged to Qin Yiyi.

Recently, the people of Huotang have made it a habit to worship the gods in the morning, greet the Great Elder in the evening, and bring food to Qin Yiyi at noon.

Now everyone in Huotang is a superhuman. Although most people only gain a little bit of power and can only continue farming after gaining power, the impact of this matter on Huotang is far more profound than it appears on the surface.

The Great Elder guessed that with this girl around, the gods would favor the hearth even more.

Who would have thought that the little girl who almost died in the snowy mountains and was rescued by them would become the new hope of the hearth?

At this moment, the Great Elder also realized that Qin Yiyi had feelings for Li Ke's master.

However, Li Ke's mentors were not Li Shutong, Chen Jiazhang, or Wang Xiaojiu.

Could it be that the Knight Organization have already had new members but are keeping it a secret?

However, someone who can become Li Ke's master must be quite old.

So he became even more anxious. "Yiyi, you're still very young. Don't be attracted by the so-called mature charm of middle-aged people. Once you've met more people, you won't think there's anything wrong with it!"

Qin Yiyi amused and exasperated. "Great Elder, what are you saying? He's very young."

The Great Elder felt something was strange; he didn't even know who this knight was.

However, at this moment, Qin Yiyi a moment and whispered to the Great Elder, "Great Elder, he is the one who appeared in the flames with me."

The Great Elder's pupils suddenly contracted.

Why would a knight appear in a divine revelation?

Who exactly is the other party?

The others couldn't see the figure in the flames clearly, but the Great Elder could. Just as Qin Yiyi had said, the knight was ridiculously young.

However, after recalling the appearance of a knight in the divine revelation, the Great Elder hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "What bad luck..."

There will be another chapter at 11 PM.