Full recovery

Holy City, in the Alliance Knight Temple district!

In a quiet room, a gentle woman who appeared middle-aged watched Yang Tian, who had awakened and could now stand.

"You're recovering well. After today's final treatment, you'll be fully healed!"

The gentle woman smiled warmly as she spoke to Yang Tian.

"Yes. Thank you for treating me, Cardinal Weak Water. I'm deeply grateful!"

Yang Tian nodded and thumped his small chest firmly in salute.

He wore a comfortable, casual white robe. His features were rather delicate, and he had a fresh, unworldly air about him, so his behavior did not offend this important woman.

"Haha, it's only right!" Weak Water smiled, then reminded him, "You've only just recovered. Don't do anything strenuous."

With that, she released a stream of pure light element. The radiance held no aggression; it was wonderfully gentle!

Yang Tian sensed the mysteries within it. Although he did not yet know that his cultivation had been crippled, his talent remained.

His heart still yearned for the light. He had not abandoned his faith!

Because he had made a promise to the Goddess of Light, who had granted him this talent...

Finally, he felt a faint, tingling itch. Yang Tian knew he was almost completely healed. Even his shattered bones had mended.

With a deputy Temple Master of the priests, an eighth-tier Cardinal, treating him personally, the quality of her healing arts was clear.

"Take good care of yourself, little one!"

"When I look into your eyes, I feel a real sense of kinship!"

Weak Water withdrew her hands and smiled gently at Yang Tian. Looking into his clear golden eyes, she spoke from the heart.

Priests also wielded the light element. As an eighth-tier powerhouse, her understanding of it was profound.

"Yes!" Yang Tian nodded, then saluted and watched the beautiful woman leave.

After Cardinal Weak Water left, the maid came in.

She was about to change him into his fresh clothes for the day.

"Zi Yang, I can do it myself now. I'm almost completely better!"

Yang Tian blushed as he looked at the woman, who was around twenty. His heart beat a little faster, especially knowing she had been changing his clothes all these days.

She was the one who had been looking after him all along.

"Little Tian, this might be our last day together. The Holy Knight Commander will be back soon!"

"You already call me your big sister. Surely you don't need to be shy with me!"

The woman smiled faintly, finding the child's blushing face endearing.

But this was simply part of serving others, and she was already used to it.

So she showed none of a young maiden's bashfulness.

Instead, she was quite happy to have such an endearing child call her his big sister.

Yang Tian wanted to shake his head, but she had already stepped forward and begun.

He stood frozen on the spot.

Even long after his new clothes were on, Yang Tian was still dazed.

"All done!"

Zi Yang worked quickly. Once she finished changing him, she simply smiled at Yang Tian, her expression calm.

Besides, Yang Tian had not yet developed physically.

At last, Yang Tian came back to himself and asked with some sympathy, "Zi Yang, have you always done this kind of work?"

"Yes. There's honor in honest work!"

Zi Yang knew what Yang Tian wanted to say. But she had no strength of her own, and she did not want this little boy, who struggled to express himself, worrying so much about her. So she cut him off at once.

"I'm off. From now on, take good care of yourself. Don't get hurt again!"

Zi Yang gave him another faint smile.

She left with Yang Tian's old clothes. Once she stepped through the doorway, a glistening tear slipped from the corner of her eye.

"Silly boy, you're still so young. By the time you grow up, I'll be old!"

Zi Yang leaned against the wall nearby. As for this last set of Yang Tian's clothes, she intended to keep it.

After all, he could be considered the first boy to make her heart flutter.

"I hope you'll be well!" Zi Yang wiped the tears from her eyes, her smile beautiful.

Next, she would have a new assignment.

As for Yang Tian, he might become nothing more than a passing memory in her heart.

Yang Tian felt a little melancholy. What he felt for Zi Yang was the flutter of attraction.

But more than that, he did not want her to keep doing this sort of work, serving others.

He slowly walked to the window and basked in the warm light.

The scenery outside was beautiful, and it was peaceful here.

"So this is the Holy Temple?"

Yang Tian murmured.

"I'll cripple you and make you wish you were dead!"

He recalled what that Grand Knight had said after he lost consciousness.

He checked the internal spiritual power within his body. It was completely gone, without a trace remaining.

He could sense it and draw it toward him, but the moment he absorbed it, it dispersed.

"A thousand sails pass beside the sunken boat; before the ailing tree, ten thousand trees greet spring!"

"I'm still in the Knight Temple. There must be a way!"

Yang Tian's eyes remained full of hope.

Then he walked out of the room and saw an enormous training ground, dozens of times larger than the one at the Haoyue Branch Hall.

As luck would have it, Ye Hua arrived!

"Teacher!" Yang Tian called respectfully when he saw Ye Hua.

Hearing him call him teacher, Ye Hua froze for a moment.

Seeing Yang Tian healed and standing before him, he was filled with conflicting emotions.

"Mm!" Ye Hua finally answered, then added with a hint of reprimand, "Since you acted without permission, I'm leaving you at the Holy Temple. The Branch Temple isn't suitable for your development, either!"

"Your reckless adventure nearly cost the Holy Temple a genius!"

Ye Hua's face was stiff, but he did not outright berate Yang Tian.

Perhaps the boy already knew he could no longer cultivate.

"Teacher, I know I was wrong!"

"But I don't regret it. Once I have the strength, I'll keep taking risks. If I'm always protected, I'll never truly grow!"

"I have principles I won't abandon, and people I want to protect. Besides, I have to go back. I promised to find a way to cure Weiwei's grandmother!"

Yang Tian's gaze was resolute, his clear eyes fixed stubbornly on Ye Hua.

He seemed unwilling to yield. This place was too far from home, and there was still a grandmother he wanted to protect.

In another four or five years, those Demon Wolfmen would attack Odin Town. He had to return.

Looking at his stubborn disciple, Ye Hua felt reluctant to force him, but perhaps his future mattered more.

Then he said coldly, "You don't need to worry about that. A professional priest has already gone to examine Weiwei's grandmother. Do you really think an amateur like you can cure someone with a few low-grade medicinal herbs?"

Ye Hua's words were true enough.

Yang Tian was only an amateur, but what he knew came from treating his grandmother. Though those herbs were low-grade, taking them could still strengthen the muscles and bones considerably.

"I still have things to do. No matter how good the Holy Temple is, I can't stay here!"

Yang Tian held firm, refusing to back down.

"What can you do now that you've been crippled? Stay here! I have to accept a certain amount of punish-"

Ye Hua grew angry too, unable to stop himself from snapping.

Then he broke off.

"If you insist, then walk back yourself!"

In the end, Ye Hua spoke helplessly, then left.

Yang Tian had no idea how much Ye Hua had done for him.

Now, all Ye Hua hoped for was his recovery.

"Did I make Teacher angry?"

Watching Ye Hua leave so dejectedly, Yang Tian murmured.

During training, Ye Hua would scold and berate him furiously.

That was because Ye Hua was strict.

But now, perceptive as he was, Yang Tian could also sense that his teacher was angry...

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