Holy Knight Commander Han Qian

After absorbing the character's memories, Yue Shen rubbed his brow wearily.

But with his Sacred Awakening coming up shortly, he had to pull himself together.

He also needed to think carefully about his next steps.

After all, his spawn point was somewhere he had never even heard of before. Staying here clearly wouldn't do much for his future growth.

That made moving to a new map his top priority.

Next was finding a master who could teach him advanced knight skills, saving him years of fumbling along the wrong path.

In short, he couldn't stay in a place that didn't even qualify as a starter village. Otherwise, he would feel like ants were crawling all over him.

But then again, at this point in the timeline, wasn't the world's protagonist, Long Haochen, also a knight-in-training?

Would that mean they would be in the same cohort when he entered the Demon Hunt Squad selection tournament?

When Yue Shen first discovered he had transmigrated, he had briefly considered joining the protagonist's squad, but he quickly dismissed the idea.

He was already a transmigrator. If he still went running to cling to the world's protagonist, he would end up nailed to the pillar of shame for all transmigrators.

Besides, they were both knights. If he wanted to join that squad, he would have to beat someone else to becoming Long Haochen's retainer knight.

At that thought, Yue Shen couldn't help shaking his head.

Joining the protagonist's squad despite transmigrating with cheats was bad enough. Now he would even have to compete with someone else to be the original world protagonist's lackey.

If he actually did that, they would probably have to erect a whole new pillar of shame just for him...

After some thought, he decided he would be better off going his own way. He would form his own Demon Hunt Squad and become its captain.

Go big, grow strong! Achieve greatness!

Just then, the instructor's whistle sounded outside, calling everyone to assemble.

Yue Shen smiled, got up, and pushed open the door.

Meanwhile, in the office of the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple's master, an old man with white hair and a white beard pushed the door open and entered.

"Unc... Holy Knight Commander? What brings you here?"

Han Shu, the temple master, had been reviewing documents at his desk. When he looked up, he sprang out of his chair and started to salute.

"No need to salute. I'm not here as the Holy Knight Commander." The old man waved a hand and pointed at his rather plain knight's uniform. "Right now, I'm your uncle, Han Qian."

"Then... Uncle, was there something you came here specifically to see me about?" Han Shu asked in puzzlement.

After all, as far as he remembered, his uncle was an extremely busy man.

"Nothing urgent." Han Qian pondered for a moment. "I was just thinking about finding a suitable time to transfer you back to the Holy City. You've been here for quite a few years, after all."

Han Shu shook his head slightly. "Thank you, Uncle, but I really like Demon-Resisting Town. I have no plans to go back for now."

"But..."

Han Qian wanted to say more, but Han Shu interrupted him.

"Uncle, let's not bring this up again." Han Shu walked around Han Qian, who was standing in his way. "If there's nothing else, I'll get back to work. There's another group of children undergoing Sacred Awakening today."

Unable to persuade his nephew, Han Qian sighed helplessly.

However, hearing that a Sacred Awakening ceremony was being held here piqued his interest. Perhaps he could bring back a few promising youngsters, making this trip to Demon-Resisting Town worthwhile.

Inside the trial hall, the young knights-in-training stood in a neat, orderly formation.

Everyone in the group gazed eagerly at the tightly shut doors before them, waiting for the seniors conducting their Sacred Awakening ceremonies to call their names.

Yue Shen stood at the very back of the group, dressed in a pure white knight's uniform.

As for the result of his upcoming Sacred Awakening,

Yue Shen already knew exactly what to expect. Having read the guides, he naturally knew how a player's innate inner spiritual power was determined.

Once he underwent the Sacred Awakening ceremony, his comprehension stat would turn into innate inner spiritual power.

Before long, Han Shu, master of the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple, strode into the trial hall, followed by an old man with white hair and a white beard.

Han Shu had often guided "him" in his training before.

Yue Shen gave him a grateful look. He was sincerely thankful that Han Shu had helped develop such an exceptional character for him.

For now, though, Yue Shen was more interested in the old man behind Han Shu...

Although the knight's uniform the old man wore was rather plain, the aura of a powerhouse revealed in his every movement...

All right, Yue Shen couldn't keep making things up.

He had already identified the man using the game's built-in identification tool.

[Name: Han Qian]

[Position: Holy Knight Commander of the Knight Temple]

[Rank: ???]

[Attitude: Friendly]

[???]

This identification tool seems a little underwhelming, Yue Shen thought.

Fortunately, he already had a rough idea of these important figures' actual stats. Han Qian, for instance, should currently be at the peak of the eighth rank.

And this seemingly underwhelming identification tool would actually be a huge help as long as it could put names to faces.

What surprised Yue Shen, however, was that he had only just started and had already encountered an important figure from the Knight Temple-one who could easily help him move to another map, at that.

That made his next move simple. All he had to do was display his extraordinary talent before the Holy Knight Commander, and the man would ask Han Shu to hand him over.

It was exactly what he needed, right when he needed it. Yue Shen was very pleased with this development.

But in the blink of an eye, Holy Knight Commander Han Qian vanished from Yue Shen's sight.

Yue Shen paused, vaguely sensing what would happen next.

"Boy, why do you keep staring at me?" A large hand suddenly landed on Yue Shen's shoulder, and a slightly hoarse voice sounded behind his ear. "This should be our first meeting, shouldn't it?"

Despite having anticipated it, Yue Shen still felt his scalp prickle the instant that hand pressed down on his shoulder. Fortunately, the man meant him no harm. Otherwise, his character would probably have already been deleted.

After all, as an eighth-rank professional, Han Qian's mental power far surpassed his own, so he could naturally sense Yue Shen's unusual scrutiny.

Still, Yue Shen hadn't done anything wrong, so he answered quite naturally, "I've never seen you before, Senior, so I was curious about you."

Han Qian smiled without speaking.

Instead, he lifted Yue Shen's arm with his other hand. But after pressing his thick, powerful fingers against Yue Shen's wrist a few times, the smile on his face abruptly vanished.

"What are you doing?"

Han Shu hurried over and gave Yue Shen a strange look before turning to Han Qian. "Please don't disrupt the proceedings here."

Han Qian glanced at Han Shu. "That's not fair. I merely noticed that this child seemed a little anxious, so I wanted to conduct his Sacred Awakening ceremony myself."

Hearing this, Han Shu looked at Yue Shen. He felt this was nothing more than an excuse for his uncle to poach the boy.

Yue Shen met his gaze and immediately grew alarmed.

Holy shit! Here comes an obstacle to my meteoric rise!

Yue Shen quietly took a small half step back and nodded without a word.

Yue Shen: Yes, yes, exactly! I'm definitely anxious!

Han Shu: "..."

Although Han Shu was speechless, he still looked away, pretending nothing was amiss.

Rubbing his hands together, Han Shu said with a genial smile, "You're the Holy Knight Commander. How could we trouble you with something like this?"

Han Qian snorted. "Stop pretending. I already know. A twelve-year-old knight-in-training-you've certainly given me quite a surprise."