Divine Shelter Constitution

Han Shu showed no embarrassment at being exposed. Instead, he said with complete conviction, "So what? I only did it for the sake of the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple's results."

Han Qian replied bluntly, "A twelve-year-old knight candidate should be reported to the Temple, no matter how you look at it."

Han Shu's expression darkened at those words.

"I can teach him properly," Han Shu said through gritted teeth. "And do you know that both the number and quality of children recruited by the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple have been declining year after year?"

"If you take him away, the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple might not even be able to put together a decent team for the next Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament. If we become a laughingstock like that, no one will want to send their children here anymore."

Han Qian fell silent. This was also why he wanted to transfer his nephew, Han Shu, back to the Holy City.

After a moment's thought, he came up with a solution that would satisfy them both.

"You know perfectly well that I won't let such a promising child slip away," Han Qian said seriously. "But I give you my word as Holy Knight Commander that he will represent the Demon-Resisting Sub-Temple in the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament."

"Well, you should have said so earlier." Han Shu's tone changed at once, and he said with a cheerful smile, "Go ahead and take him, then."

Han Qian was silent for a long moment, feeling that this was not how things were supposed to unfold. He had even prepared a lengthy argument to take on his nephew, only for the man to surrender before they had even started...

Yue Shen, who had been watching nervously from the side, finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing their exchange. Given their earlier standoff, he had honestly wondered whether they were about to come to blows.

Afterward, he followed them into Han Shu's Hall Master’s Office, where his Sacred Awakening ceremony would take place.

Han Qian took the Awakening Stone from Han Shu, then turned his gaze toward Yue Shen.

"We'll begin your Sacred Awakening ceremony now," Han Qian explained. "This Awakening Stone can change anyone's innate attribute to light. As I'm sure you know, the stronger your innate mental power and the greater your body's affinity for light, the better the results of your awakening."

"So I'm looking forward to seeing how you do." Han Qian grinned. "I hope you really can give the Knight Temple a pleasant surprise."

Yue Shen nodded. "Holy Knight Commander, I'm ready."

"Good." Han Qian smiled, then said solemnly, "Close your eyes and concentrate from this moment onward. Pay close attention to everything that happens next. This is the most important moment in every knight's life."

Yue Shen did not reply again. He simply closed his eyes as Han Qian had instructed.

Han Qian looked at the boy before him and nodded slightly. Then he raised the Awakening Stone toward Yue Shen and began drawing out its power with the immense spiritual power within his own body.

Watching from the side, Han Shu felt a little disappointed that he could not personally perform Yue Shen's Sacred Awakening ceremony. Even so, he stepped forward of his own accord and used his spiritual power to create a golden dome of light around all three of them.

He had used Light Shelter, a high-level defensive knight skill, to block prying eyes and protect their privacy.

The next moment, the Awakening Stone in Han Qian's hand shot an arrow of light toward Yue Shen's chest, where it instantly sank into his body.

With his eyes tightly shut, Yue Shen suddenly let out a muffled grunt. It felt as though a heavy hammer had struck his chest.

Then his entire body seemed to catch fire, waves of searing pain washing over him from head to toe.

"Hiss-"

Yue Shen could not help making a sound.

The burning pain seemed to warn him that, from this moment onward, this place was no longer merely a game to him.

"This is converting your original attribute," Han Shu explained. "Since your external spiritual power hasn't reached 200 yet, this stage will be a little harder for you than for others."

Han Qian encouraged him from the side. "Hold on, for the honor of a knight. The longer you endure, the better the results will be."

By now, the Awakening Stone in his hand had melted under his immense spiritual power into a drop of pure golden liquid.

Han Qian kept his eyes fixed on Yue Shen. Only when he could no longer sense any trace of other elemental attributes coming from the boy did he send that drop of sacred liquid into Yue Shen's body.

The next moment, an even hotter surge rushed into Yue Shen's body, nearly making him pass out. But he refused to give up. He clenched his teeth, determined to endure through sheer willpower.

During Sacred Awakening, internal spiritual power bearing the attributes of sacred light would naturally emerge within a knight's body. The amount of this innate internal spiritual power was an important measure of a knight's potential.

As the sacred liquid entered Yue Shen's body, he could clearly sense internal spiritual power beginning to emerge within him.

The comprehension field on his Status Panel also changed to Innate Inner Spiritual Power.

[Innate Inner Spiritual Power: ???]

At the same time, a golden pillar of light erupted from Yue Shen's body, enveloping him completely.

The two men beside him immediately fixed their eyes on the golden pillar. It would determine how far Yue Shen could go on the path of a knight.

The golden pillar rose at an astonishing speed. Before their very eyes, it shot past the threshold of forty innate internal spiritual power in an instant and continued climbing without pause.

Fifty, sixty, seventy...

When Han Qian saw Yue Shen's innate internal spiritual power reach seventy, he was already considering whom he should entrust with the boy's instruction.

Han Shu, meanwhile, was so excited that he could not bear to blink. He practically wished he could copy every frame of the scene into his mind. This was something he could brag about for the rest of his life.

Eighty.

Neither man dared even breathe too loudly now, afraid they might disturb Yue Shen.

Eighty-three, eighty-six, eighty-eight...

In fact, once the sacred light internal spiritual power within Yue Shen's body had passed seventy, the burning sensation he had felt earlier had already disappeared.

But for someone who had still been nothing more than a shut-in gamer yesterday, making it this far was already incredible.

In the end, Yue Shen's Innate Inner Spiritual Power stopped at eighty-nine, exactly matching the number displayed on his stat panel.

Although his innate internal spiritual power had not reached ninety or above, Yue Shen did not feel there was anything to regret.

After all, once he broke through to the third tier, he could use the free attribute points awarded for advancing to raise his innate internal spiritual power to ninety and obtain the so-called Child of Light constitution.

His clothes, however, had been burned to ash by the sacred light element erupting from within him, just as he had expected.

Before the golden pillar surrounding him vanished completely, Yue Shen opened his Spatial Bag and clicked to equip an identical white knight's uniform.

"What a shame. He was so close to passing ninety," Han Shu said regretfully. "If his innate internal spiritual power had passed ninety, he would have had the legendary Child of Light constitution."

Han Qian gave him a speechless look, then shattered the golden dome surrounding the three of them with a wave of his hand.

"Your own innate internal spiritual power is only thirty-something. How do you have the nerve to say that? Even if he didn't pass ninety, he still has a Divine Shelter Constitution. Don't you know how many years it's been since the Knight Temple last had someone like that?" Han Qian said bluntly.

With his own shortcomings exposed to his face, Han Shu immediately flushed.

"Well, I..."

Han Qian waved a hand, giving him no chance to speak.

"I don't have time to bother with you right now. Go fetch this child's file for me."

Han Qian's face was full of smiles. He felt that coming to Demon-Resisting Town had been the right decision.

Han Shu did not dare answer. He took Yue Shen's file from the bookshelf and handed it to Han Qian, then used voice transmission to explain Yue Shen's circumstances in detail.