The Holy Temple

Being stopped at Aili City had caught Ye Hua by surprise.

"Senior, this is what happened..."

Ye Hua then explained everything again.

"There are extenuating circumstances. City Lord, let him through! I, Zhang Yuan, will vouch for him too!" The Radiant Knight of the Knight Main Hall also agreed to let him pass.

"City Lord, we all agree!" the experts from the other main halls said as well.

The city lord was still seething. Their superior had not said a word, yet every last one of them had started voicing their damned agreement.

"This is a private matter. Your disciple may be highly talented, but he's crippled!"

"Rules are rules. Get down! Walk there, one step at a time!"

The city lord shouted in fury.

Crippled!

That single word pierced Ye Hua's heart.

"Even if I broke the rules, Senior, you cannot make such a definitive judgment!"

"I have guarantees from other main cities. You cannot arbitrarily block me. Even if I insist on passing through, I am still acting within the rules!"

Ye Hua gritted his teeth and spoke angrily.

Calling him crippled was one thing, but insulting his disciple was unacceptable. If a genius with ninety-nine points of innate internal spiritual power was trash, then what did that make this city lord?

"Comrade, I'll hold the city lord back. Hurry through, for the honor of us knights!"

The Temple Master of the Knight Main Hall shouted, brilliant light blazing from his body.

"Zhang Yuan, are you rebelling?"

The city lord erupted in fury. A mere Sixth Rank knight dared to defy him?

"Heh, you're the one who has lost his virtue. I am defending our honor as knights!"

"Gu Zidong, once this is over, I will lodge a complaint against you with the Alliance!"

"Those fine deeds of your son's have gone too far, each worse than the last!"

Zhang Yuan gave a cold laugh, then grew angry himself.

Ye Hua was right. This was largely a private matter, but with guarantees from main cities, the other main cities could all let him through.

Who knew what madness had possessed Gu Zidong today?

"Heh, I, Xing Nian, will join in too. Normally, I keep quiet. After all, you earned your merits through hard work, little by little. But you've gone too far!"

Then the man from the Assassin Main Hall stepped forward as well. After all, assassins had the closest relationship with knights.

Two Sixth Rank experts were enough to hold back this Seventh-Rank Battle King.

If he killed anyone, all the better. As a member of the Alliance, killing his own people would leave him regretting it for the rest of his life.

"Heh, try it, then!"

Gu Zidong gave a cold laugh too. None of these fellows listened to him anymore.

His family affairs had already frustrated him beyond endurance. He had not expected official duties to be so aggravating as well.

Ye Hua bowed to the Sixth Rank Radiant Knight and the Sixth Rank Stalker assassin, then flew past.

"You won't learn unless I teach you a lesson!"

Gu Zidong watched Ye Hua, a mere fifth-tier Sky Knight, brazenly fly past right under the eyes of a Battle King like himself.

Then he swung his battle-axe, sending a surge of battle energy slashing out.

"Gu Zidong!" the Radiant Knight roared.

Ye Hua immediately sensed danger. He swiftly strengthened his spiritual light barrier, adding several layers.

Yet the battle-axe's energy still tore through Ye Hua's defenses in an instant.

The Mountain-Shaking Eagle lurched up and down as well.

Ye Hua could already feel the mangled flesh on his back, but he gritted his teeth and held on!

The Mountain-Shaking Eagle turned its head, seemingly wanting to check how badly its old companion had been hurt.

"I'm fine. Keep going. Let's reach the Holy City today."

Ye Hua gritted his teeth and circulated his spiritual power to contain the wound. Holding Yang Tian in his arms, he dared not move carelessly.

Yang Tian had no idea how much his teacher had done for him.

Several Sixth Rank experts held Gu Zidong back. A battle at that level was a truly spectacular sight.

Unfortunately, Ye Hua had no desire to watch.

At Aimei City, the city lord brought personnel from the various temples to question him, then allowed him through as well.

At last, the Holy City appeared-the largest human city, where the leaders of the Six Great Temples gathered.

Looking at the flourishing city, Ye Hua saw hope.

He had finally arrived...

But this was still no time to relax.

The Holy City had the strictest rules. Flying straight across its skies was an act of extreme disrespect, forbidden even for the most urgent military intelligence.

Even the Holy Knight Commander had no such privilege.

But Ye Hua could no longer worry about all that. The torn flesh on his back seemed to have scabbed over.

A wave of drowsiness seemed to wash over him the moment he saw the Holy City.

The sight of hope was when he was most likely to let his guard down.

Then several Sixth Rank and Seventh Rank experts stopped him and began questioning him.

"Take me to the Holy... Holy Knight Commander. I have something important to report. I am willing to bear even the charge of forcing my way into the Holy City..."

Ye Hua spoke with some difficulty.

The seventh-tier Temple Knight was puzzled. Just how important could this matter be? Forcing one's way into the Holy City was a grave offense.

"Take him to the Holy Knight Commander first. Let the commander decide!"

The Temple Knight gave the order. Ye Hua then sent the Mountain-Shaking Eagle back to rest, and two Radiant Knights escorted him away.

Still, he held Yang Tian in his arms, not daring to let anything disturb him.

Looking at Ye Hua carrying a boy, the knights could not imagine what important matter he had to report.

Though Ye Hua was not particularly strong, he had five Passage Seals from the main cities.

The Holy City had three landmark buildings: the Alliance Executive Government, the Temple Alliance Grand Trial Grounds, and the Alliance Grand Auction House.

The Alliance Executive Government!

The Holy Knight Commander had just finished a meeting when the Temple Knight brought Ye Hua in.

"Hello. Are you the one who wanted to see me?"

Holy Knight Commander Han Qian asked amiably.

After all, the severe wound on the man's back and his forced entry into the Holy City suggested that he truly had something important to report.

Yet Ye Hua was also holding a boy who looked quite young.

"Holy Knight Commander, I have something extremely important to report to you. Please mobilize the Holy Temple's resources to help him. This may concern the future of a powerful knight."

Holding Yang Tian, Ye Hua pleaded with him.

Then he glanced to either side, at the Radiant Knights and the Temple Knight, and said to Han Qian, "Holy Knight Commander, perhaps the fewer people who know about this, the better!"

Han Qian understood and dismissed the knights.

Then he looked with great curiosity at Ye Hua, whose strength was only at the fifth tier.

What could be so important that it required the Knight Temple to mobilize all its resources?

"All right, you can speak now!"

With their surroundings empty, Han Qian spoke expectantly.

Ye Hua caught his breath, then said to Han Qian, "My disciple has ninety-nine points of innate internal spiritual power!"

At those words, Han Qian's eyes widened in utter disbelief.

Then he looked at Ye Hua and asked again, "Say that again! How much?"

He wanted to confirm whether it was true.

Ninety-nine points of innate internal spiritual power-what did that mean? It was already close to the perfect talent of one hundred innate points.

"My disciple has ninety-nine points of innate internal spiritual power!"

Ye Hua repeated firmly.

Han Qian was certain now. He had not misheard, nor did he doubt Ye Hua. Only someone out of his mind would try to deceive him with news like this.

Han Qian looked at Yang Tian and asked, "Is it the child in your arms? What happened to him?"

Ninety-nine points of innate internal spiritual power! This was far too important to the Holy Temple-no, to the Alliance.

The Holy Temple was destined to gain another Divine Seal knight, and a mighty figure like the Child of Reincarnation, Sword God Ye Wushang, would emerge!

Ye Hua's eyes dimmed. Then he said, "Someone crippled his cultivation..."

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