The past

"Sir, why did you call me to the Supervision Office?"

Jiang Li genuinely did not quite understand.

But he was not worried that this man would do anything to him.

The other man was only a sixth-order mage. At this distance, if he intended to harm Jiang Li, Jiang Li had absolute confidence that he could kill him.

"It's about your mount. Your mount isn't clearly documented in Knight Sacred Mountain's records. Like Long Haochen's mount, she needs to be registered with the Knight Temple."

"What species is your mount?"

"Besides that, we need to conduct a Summoning Attempt with your mount to verify that she is your mount. This needs to be reported."

Feng Yangmu was still very curious about Jiang Li's mount. After all, he had never seen such a humanoid mount before.

Not only that, judging by her behavior, her intelligence was extremely, extremely high.

"An angel!"

"My partner is a member of the Angel Clan. Strictly speaking, she isn't a magical beast, but a descendant of the Angel God. She's human, only with the blood of a deity flowing through her veins. Her summoning back then was something of an accident."

Jiang Li had long since prepared an explanation. After all, his strength had risen so rapidly that it differed far too greatly from the Knight Temple's records. Once it was reported, some misunderstanding might arise.

Some things were better explained beforehand.

As for the increase in his strength, he could simply attribute all of it to Qian Renxue.

Besides, it was indeed because of Qian Renxue that he possessed his current strength.

"An angel, an heir to a deity's bloodline..."

Hearing Jiang Li's words, Feng Yangmu froze on the spot.

This truly was the first time he had heard of such things.

Shocked though he was, he knew these matters were not his to decide. They needed to be reported.

The higher-ups would make the decision then.

His only regret was that such a being had come from the Knight Temple rather than their Magic Temple.

But no matter what, she ultimately belonged to the human alliance.

That was enough.

"Very good. I will keep all information concerning you and your mount confidential, then send it to the Knight Temple's higher-ups."

"They may come to you to verify certain things in the coming days."

"Don't worry. Whether it's the Magic Temple or the Knight Temple, once they've confirmed that your mount won't harm you, they won't do anything to her."

After seeing Jiang Li and Qian Renxue display their contract, Feng Yangmu no longer had any doubts.

Especially with the sacred, radiant aura emanating from Qian Renxue-even though he was not a knight, he could still sense its purity. Her talent was undoubtedly astonishing.

With those matters settled, their group headed toward the seat of the Six Great Temples Alliance.

"Senior brother, did you encounter danger like this every time you went out before?"

On the way back, Long Haochen began discussing the Demon Race with Jiang Li.

Although he could be considered experienced in this regard, he did not have much experience.

Naturally, he needed to seek proper guidance from his senior brother.

"Danger?"

"How should I put it? This time wasn't really that dangerous."

"We had teammates working together, experience to draw on, and the Inspector protecting us from the shadows. The only real danger was the fighting head-on."

Jiang Li did not conceal anything from Long Haochen in this regard.

This junior brother of his really was a fine young man.

"Senior brother, could you tell me about yourself?"

"Teacher told me you had already killed demons before you even had internal spiritual power."

"I've wanted to follow your example many times, but Teacher wouldn't agree no matter what."

As he brought this up, Long Haochen's eyes shone brightly.

His admiration for his senior brother was not merely the result of Jiang Li's deliberate efforts. A large part of it was also due to their teacher, Ye Hua.

Although Long Haochen far surpassed Jiang Li in talent, he genuinely fell short of Jiang Li in other respects.

Thus, whenever Ye Hua guided Long Haochen's training, he would compare him to Jiang Li.

"My story is very simple."

"I was born in a small city. Before I could grow up, I suffered persecution at the hands of my demon father. If the Knight Temple's people hadn't arrived in time, I might have died back then."

"During that demon invasion, I successfully killed a demon with an iron sword and used the terrain to trap and kill two low-ranking demons. That caught the attention of the Knight Temple's people, who then took me to an orphanage belonging to the Knight Temple."

"You already know what happened after my Sacred Awakening. To improve my strength more effectively, I repeatedly slipped out of Haoyue City and tried to kill demons that were on their own."

"At first, I couldn't fight them head-on at all, so I used all sorts of things to severely injure magical beasts-herbs that concealed my presence, various traps, and things that lured demons in. Once they were badly injured, I'd fight them head-on and kill them to improve my combat ability."

"You could say I walked the edge between life and death every time."

"The demons out in the open were easy to deal with. It was the ones hiding in the shadows, such as Shadow Demons, that were truly dangerous."

"As for achievements, when I was only at the third-order peak, I trapped and killed two fifth-order demons. That battle was the most dangerous..."

Speaking of the past, Jiang Li also sank into thought.

He spoke lightly, but only he knew the dangers involved.

Why did he feel so deeply for his teacher? At first, when he secretly slipped out, his teacher had not known. After finding out, his teacher had given him a thorough scolding. Later, knowing he could not stop him, whenever his teacher noticed something amiss, he would secretly follow him out and protect him from the shadows.

Before Long Haochen arrived, his teacher had been his only family in this world.

"My heavens, I wouldn't even dare imagine doing something like that."

After hearing Jiang Li's words, not only Long Haochen but Li Xin and everyone else were so shocked that they did not know what to say.

Never mind the third order-even now, with all of them at the fourth order, they would not dare go out to hunt demons.

Li Xin in particular could be considered fairly familiar with Jiang Li.

Yet she had never heard of any of this.

"From now on, you'll have me beside you. You won't have to struggle so hard and risk your life anymore."

At that moment, Qian Renxue spoke.

It was the first time she had spoken in front of everyone.

Although her voice was gentle, her tone was filled with resolve.

"I've never found it grueling. On the contrary, I think this is exactly the life I want."

"Walking along the edge of the Death God's Scythe, challenging my own limits."

Jiang Li smiled calmly.

He had not lied.

His younger years had indeed been somewhat bitter, but after gaining internal spiritual power, he had instead become addicted to that feeling.

A streak of madness lay hidden in his bones.

He simply did not show it in everyday life.