Child of Light

by Stayrr

Zhang Gong decides to learn light magic, a magic few show interest in and eventually becomes the legendary Grand Magister. While trying to end the continent’s east and west separation in order to unite all of the different races, he becomes every race’s Child of Light.

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Volume 2: Chapter 22 – Competition Rules

The teacher in charge walked over. She glanced at me and gave me a slight smile.

"Now then, quiet down students. Due to some special circumstances, Zhang Gong hasn't been able to attend class. Let us first welcome back Zhang Gong on his safe return."

The classroom rang with applause.

I stand up and bow towards everybody. "Thank you everyone."

"Okay then. I hope Zhang Gong will be able to achieve good results in tomorrow's competition."

I also desire that. This is also the ordeal which I invested so much effort towards, while at the same time, it's also the mission Teacher Di assigned me. I'm not sure if I'll be able to complete the mission.

"Today, we're not learning anything new. I'm only going to explain the rules and regulations of the competition. Everybody pay attention. This upcoming competition will be of greatly help to your end of term exams."

Due to the fact that first graders don't need to participate in the end of term competition, this is the first time the second graders will be participating.

The teacher began to explain the details of the rules and regulations.

Although it's called a competition, in truth, we just draw lots. It is only a true competition after a genius begins.

The competition rules are as follows:

1: The competition is based on the principle of fairness, in order to reflect the student's magic level. The use of magical beasts is forbidden during the competition. (This part really puts me in an advantageous position, since I don't dare to use my magical beast.)

2: The competition will be conducted according to grade. Each grade's competition will be conducted independently. The top 100 students will be free to enjoy their winter vacation, while the students below the 100 will have to study at school until the start of the new term. (I think everyone will do their best now. Hehe.)

3: The matches will be decided by drawing lots. Besides the first time participants, the second graders, the other three grades all have seeded students that can directly enter the grade finals.

4: The competition implements a cycle of drawing lots. First, ten people are divided into a group. In other words, everybody needs to compete in nine matches. According to the number of wins, five people will be able to enter the finals. Then lots will be drawn again to determine knock-out matches, which will be conducted until there is a champion. (However, the preliminary contest is also extremely intense.)

5: Once the match has been stopped, deliberately injuring the opponent will result in disqualification. Being knocked out of the arena, hitting the barrier in the sky and admitting defeat will also be considered a loss. If the winner isn't determined within the set time frame, the refereeing teacher will determine the outcome.

6: Whoever is the champion or the runner up within a grade is able to challenge the champion or the runner up of a higher grade. If a challenger succeeds, they can directly skip a year. The champion and runner up of the fifth grade is exempt from entrance exams and can directly enter the Royal Advanced Magic Academy. The student who challenges the champion or runner up of the fifth grade and wins will also be able to enjoy these privileges.

7: The champion of the grade will receive an award of 100 diamond coins. A successful challenger will also receive double the award money.

After listening to the competition rules, I felt that it was awfully fair. The award money for the champions is truly quite a lot. The grade champion receives 100 diamond coins, that's equivalent to 10,000 gold coins. If I become the champion, I'll be able to return home with a nice surprise for mother and father.

The teacher talked about some more details of note regarding the competition. She told us that we must strive to do our best during the competition and to fully display the fruits of our learning. We must win honor for class A. If we don't enter the top 100, winter vacation will definitely turn into the devil's training punishment and such.

After finishing class, while I was still enchanted with the prospects of enjoying all of that money, Ma Ke came over and nudged me.

"Boss, what are you thinking about? Everyone else has already left the classroom. Let's go."

I recovered due to this. "Oh. Let's go."

Right after exiting the classroom, I ran into Wo Ke.

"Zhang Gong, where have you been running off to lately? You haven't been attending class at all." Wo Ke asked with a smile as he patted me as if he were an old friend.

Was I really this familiar with you?? I thought to myself.

"Hey. Last time when I had a match with Hai Ri, my magical beast died. The academy put me on vacation to disperse my distress." I already knew that others would have many questions. I have long since come up with my replies. Hehe.

"Oh! Then you were grieving. It sure is a pity that your magical beast died. In the future, you should have another opportunity to find a new magical beast. The competition is tomorrow, so we need to do our best. If happen to encounter me, I won't start off leniently. I hope that I'll be able to face you and have a fair contest. Did you know? Last time during your battle with Hai Ri, you persevered for so long. You have already become the pride of the second grade." It turns out that he was afraid of me taking his position as the second grade representative. Fear truly is something to fight over. (Other people aren't fundamentally as bad as your think.)

"Thank you. I will do my best. If I face you, I also won't be lenient on you."

"Then we can do our best together. I'll be leaving first then."

"Boss, is this fellow attempting something?" Ma Ke said as he watched the figure of Wo Ke's back.

"I can't say exactly. His strength is very powerful!" However, compared to me there's still quite a gap. After all, my magic power has already been condensed. Due to this fact, he's already inferior to me.

"Hnggg. I'll watch and report to you." Ma Ke curled his lips.

"No, don't. Battling him on stage will be fine. Let's go and eat first then. Afterwards we can go back and have a nice rest. We'll see if our luck is good or bad when we draw lots tomorrow.

After eating dinner, me and Ma Ke encountered a few students on the road to the dorms.

It truly is an encounter with enemies on a narrow road. It's Hai Ri and his younger sister, Hai Yue. I still don't recognize the others in the higher grades.

Hai Ri walked in front of me. He looked at me with his eyes that had a brilliant expression within them. Without yielding a step, I replied by glaring at him.

Just a moment ago while we were eating dinner, I heard Ma Ke say that since last time's affair, Hai Ri has become very low-key. He very rarely shows his face around the academy. Hai Yue is also like this. Ma Ke hasn't gone to bother Hai Yue at all. He truly is worthy of being acclaimed as my true friend.

"Zhang Gong, you have made so much progress. I can't even see through you anymore. I have come to apologize to you. I'm truly sorry for what happened at that time. Letting your magical beast…."

I raised my hand, preventing him from continuing his speech. "We will meet on the field. This time I won't lose to you." After saying this, I pulled Ma Ke in the direction of the dorms.

Hai Ri's voice resounded from behind me. "Good. I'll be waiting for you."

"Boss, you were so awesome just now! So stylish!"

"Go, hurry up and go to bed. I've just eaten so I'm feeling sleepy."

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Volume 2: Chapter 23 – The Competition Begins

When I returned to the dormitory, only Green Hair was present, "Zhang Gong, where have you been recently?"

I gave him a cold glance and with a neutral tone said, "It's a secret."

"Come on, what have you been up to? They say that you and Hai Ri exchanged pointers and that he killed your magic beast."

You truly don't want to open the lid to that pot, Green Hair. "You want to be a bother? Irritate me and I won't be so polite."

Green Hair saw that I was getting angry and returned to his bed with his tail tucked between his legs, not daring to continue.

Just at that moment, my two other roommates had also returned. They were also in the same year but I did not know their names.

To be honest, even though I've attended this academy for a year, I could count the people whose name I knew on my fingertips. Everyone is so busy practicing that they rarely have the chance to speak to each other.

"You're Zhang Gong? Have any plans for tomorrow's competition?" Perhaps it's because the competition is tomorrow that everyone is a little nervous, one of them had actually taken the initiative to greet me.

"Hello, I don't really have a plan. I only have one goal, to be the second year champion." When I finally said it, my voice became exceptionally resolute.

"Ah! The second year champion?" The two roommates looked at each other in shock. Green hair also came over.

"Zhang Gong, You aren't mistaken, right? You would go so far as to want to become the year's champion? For you to overcome the boss would be a joke."

I got sick of looking at Green Hair, "What does this have to do with you? Go away."

"Everyone has a goal. Even if you strive diligently, you might not be able to reach it." I said dully.

"Zhang Gong's right. My name is Long De An and his name is Shui Yan Ming. Let's get along." The slightly taller roommate said admiringly.

"Right, let's get along then."

"Zhang Gong, come over here." I heard Teacher Di's voice ring in my mind. What he used was telepathy. Currently, I could barely use it.

"You guys should rest first. I'm going to go out for a bit." I informed my roommates. I went out of the dormitory and went straight to Teacher Di who was at the faculty's dormitory at the back of the school.

Teacher Di was already waiting for me outside on the grass.

"Teacher, what is so urgent that you must call me?" I asked panting.

"Tomorrow is the competition, are you confident?"

"Of course I am! My current magic power is very powerful!"

"Tomorrow you will start drawing lots. You can't always be wearing these clothes. Come with me."

Following Teacher Di, I entered his dormitory. He took out a magic robe from the wardrobe and gave it to me. "Try it on."

"You're giving this to me?" Looking at the gorgeous magic robe, I was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes, how could I let my student be so wretchedly unpresentable? From now on, this is yours." Teacher Di said with a smile.

"Thank You, Teacher Di." I promptly unfolded it, it was very beautiful. A pure white, unknown cloth which was embroidered with gold. The entire magic robe was very large (it actually looked like a cloak.). It was tied together at my upper abdomen. Each side had a pure, white magic stone emitting faint rays of light. There was also a large, golden magic hexagram on the back of the magic robe.

"It's very beautiful. However, isn't it a bit big?"

"Foolish child, try it on. Come over here, I'll help." Teacher Di walked over and held the robe out according to my body and took the two white magic stones on my chest and tied them together. After clacking a bit, the two stones blended together and quickly turned golden.

How miraculous. "How did this happen?"

"Child, this magic robe was passed down to me by my master. Now, I'm passing it down to you. It uses unknown means. During winter it warms you. During summer it cools you. In addition, the magic stone at your upper abdomen speeds up the condensation of your magic power. It is not inferior to a purple magic stone. Furthermore, it can change its dimensions according to its user's size. You could consider it a treasure. I hope that you would wear it and strive for great success." Teacher Di looked deeply into my eyes.

"……..I will." I answered with unwavering determination.

I lightly stroked the soft magic robe. This was the first time in my life I've ever received such fine clothes. They were stunning. In order to fulfill Teacher Di's great expectations and in order to not shame this wondrous gift, I must win, I must!

"Good, below they are about to begin ceremony to draw lots, second year students are at the front courtyard. They will begin picking lots according to your year.

Drawing lots happened very fast. I drew 11-4, in other words I am group 11's 4th member. So the group competition is like this; number 1 competes with number 2, number 3 competes with number 4, and so on. That was the first round. The second round has numbers 1 and 6 competing, numbers 2 and 7 competing and numbers 3 and 8 competing and so on. This is how we advance in the competition. For the nine members, winning one time scores 3 points, losing gets zero. If victory is not certain when the allotted time ends, they each get one point.

Everyone had finished drawing their lots. In accordance to the proctoring teacher's instructions, everyone lined up according to the lots they drew. Ma Ke was in group 5. Wo Ke was in group 9. I was standing at group 11 number 4's position. Standing in front of me was my first opponent in this competition. I haven't seen him before. It seems he attended a different class. (Each year had four different classes and every class had 50 students.) He turned around and gave me a greeting.

"You are my opponent tomorrow. My name is Tian Feng Yang, wind magic major, class B."

"Hello, my name is Zhang Gong Wei, light magic major." I replied with a smile.

He also clearly didn't know who I was. We politely exchanged a few words. I felt his magic power fluctuate quite strongly. It seems he can only practice that kind of magic, how unfortunate that he was matched against me.

"Boss, your clothes today are very beautiful. How come I've never seen you wear them before?" After we disbanded, Ma Ke ran over to see me.

I whispered into his ear that Teacher Di had given it to me. He immediately jumped, wanting his teacher to give him one as well. He left me behind and went off to find his own teacher. I shook my head.

Tomorrow will be the start of the competition. I took a look at the golden stone at my upper abdomen, it filled me with great confidence. I must become the second year champion. I must also challenge Hai Ri. Even though I bear no grudge, I wanted us to have a fair match.

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Volume 2: Chapter 24 – Advancing Without a Hitch

The tournament started. Altogether there are 20 stages in the tournament. Every stage has two proctoring teachers in charge. One of them was responsible for setting up the defensive barrier (Each of the tournament stages had a magic setup array in the center. This teacher is only responsible for starting the match and maintaining the defensive boundary enchantment.), while the other teacher was responsible for determining the winner.

The magic competition went by very quickly. You only need ability to dominate, then the outcome of the battle can be determined very quickly.

Soon it was my turn. Tian Feng and I walked to the center of the stage and greeted each other.

"Come, let me witness your strength." I said to him with a smile.

"Very well, I won't hold back." Tian Feng had cast a gliding wind enchantment on himself and began circling around me. He started with a lightning fast rush to my side and started to chant an attack spell.

I chuckled in my mind, he had no idea that I excelled at speed. I could easily catch up to him. I cast light prism shield covering me from all directions. I should pay attention to what attack spell he cast at me.

"Free winds, obey my call, transform into a violent tornado." Huh, it turned out to be the intermediate wind attack spell "Wind Tornado". It seems to be a probing attack.

Following spell cast of the small tornado, he went to the center of the stage and flew towards me.

I let out a faint laugh, "If intermediate attack spells are all you are capable of, you've already lost."

I softly waved my magic staff, "Tear open the space before you, and swallow everything foreign." This is the spatial spell "Dimensional Decapitator". Currently I can already skillfully control this spell.

A black crevice appeared between me and the Wind Tornado. After a moment, the wind tornado was completely absorbed. This made even Tian Feng's breath sluggish, causing his speed to dramatically slow down.

A student in the audience called out in an amazed voice, "A spatial attack spell!"

I willed the Dimensional Decapitator to return, "Do you want to continue?"

Tian Feng helplessly stopped to glance at me, "Forget it, I admit defeat."

Dimensional Decapitator could indeed be compared with advanced attack spells, but it was quite difficult to control. Seeing me use Dimensional Decapitator with ease, he knew the strength between us differed greatly. Rather than being beaten, might as well take the initiative to admit defeat.

"You are very strong, though it is unfortunate for you to have come across me. Continue to do your best."

"In the future, I'll come back and challenge you again."

"I'll be ready any time." The current me was no longer afraid of the challenge of any person, because I was fully confident in my own strength.

Due to the rules of the preliminary competition, everyone must everyday compete in two matches. That's why when I went back to the dormitory, Ma Ke also returned a moment later.

"How are things going, Ma Ke?" Looking at his brand new magic robes, I asked with a smile.

"Is there any use in saying? A cast of Raging Flames of the Burning Heavens already settles it." Ma Ke was also talented in magic. With his teacher's knowledge and his own hard work, such a worthy opponent is rarely found amongst second years.

"Let's go, first we'll go eat, then we'll come back and rest. We still have a match in the afternoon."

Afternoon's match as far as I'm concerned should also be quite easy. The year's overall strength is little different than Tian Feng's. After only a few blows, they concede.

At the preliminary contest's final match, I came across a fire mage of great strength.

"Are you from class A?" He seemed familiar.

"That's right. I know I might not be your opponent, but I would still like to spar with you a bit." He had yet to be defeated from his previous matches.

"Then let's do this."

Unlike Tian Feng, he hadn't dare to send any probing attacks. He first cast a defensive spell and immediately followed up with an advanced fire attack spell.

"Passionate flames, hear my call and take on a worldly form, become an endless, raging flame, burning everything before you."

This is Raging Flames of the Burning Heavens. It's always this old spell. How bothersome.

I held my hands high and raised my head, "Great light element, my friend, use your gentle light to purify everything before you." What I used was Purifying Light. This purifying light is not the same as before, it is something I created. Purifying Light was originally a divine protection spell, meant to use in a large area to remove different kinds of abnormalities. Yet the one I created not only produced this result but also forms a thick, protective barrier, becoming an advanced defense spell.

He used all his might to urge the burning flame to continuously charge into my Purifying Light. Within the defensive barrier, I leisurely looked at him. I had always thought that forcing a person off the stage was quite embarrassing for them. Still they had to know when to withdraw. I was waiting for his magic power to run out, so he would forfeit.

At this moment there was an unexpected change, the head of red hair stood upright and said, "Burn, my life's flame."

The proctors in the audience all stared blankly, "Why would this student burn his own life energy? This will reduce his lifespan. What a competitive child. "Life's Flame is a fire mage's means of igniting their own life in order to release a greater level of magic. In other words, his Raging Flames of the Burning Heavens was originally a rank six spell, by igniting Life's Flame, it is possible to immediately escalate it to a rank seven spell.

The fire outside the barrier from its originally fiery red, gradually became darker. Then it changed into a somber, dark blue. The pressure against me immediately increased.

"How unexpected. You still had a skill like this. Look, this is my true strength, don't you concede now!" What I sensed from him wasn't inferior to that to Hai Ri's.

"Great light elements, please allow me to borrow your formidable strength, let the infinite light of the earth shine." Light attack spell, Brilliant Empire, a seventh rank light spell. This is currently the most powerful spell I could use.

Following my chant, I slowly floated above the ground, a blinding white light covered me from head to toe. My magic robe was fluttering behind me. The golden magic stone on my magic robe released a golden light. The white light that I released was projected, brightening the stage. I raised my head. Within my Upper Dantian, the gold dan released a third of my magic power to cover my body. The rays of light that earlier surrounded me shrank back for a second and then suddenly burst forth. The blue fire was rapidly engulfed by my white rays of light. The match's barrier after continuously enduring, started to show cracks.

"This student is so competitive. He's only in the second grade yet he can already use rank seven spells. These second year students have such powerful magic, they can already use rank seven spells. Have they already reached the level of a magic scholar?" The two proctors immediately poured their energy into maintaining the barrier.

After the barrier stabilized, my opponent had already fallen to the ground and had not risen. All of the people present were temporarily blinded by the magnificent white light I had released.

In truth, I could only exhibit a third of this spell's strength. That's because I am only able to use a third of my magic power, even so it is still a rank seven spell. However, he raised the rank of his spell with great difficulty, I could cast the spell without assistance, but the attack light spell was also at least as powerful as a normal rank seven spell. That being said, dark and spatial magic attack spells are slightly more powerful than the other elements but also require more strength to use. Not only did he exhausted his Life's Flame but it had also begun to dim.

"Great light elements, act for your friend, I humbly request you to save the being before me." I quickly cast a Spiritual Restoration spell on him. My Spiritual Restoration spell had the power of an absolute advanced class restoration spell.

As they regained their vision, it became clear to everyone present that I was ultimately the victor.

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Volume 2: Chapter 25 – Advancing to the Semifinals

Under my strong recovery magic, he gradually regained consciousness, but he was still very weak. After all, he did draw from his life energy.

"Thank you, you are truly strong. I totally accept this loss." He helplessly said.

"Don't use magic like that anymore, drawing from life energy is very dangerous." Because I've also used life magic before, I know what the consequences are for using one's life energy.

"Thank you, I will keep this in mind."

The proctoring teacher walked on stage and gave me a nod of approval. He obviously approved of me giving aid to my opponent.

"I proclaim, Student Zhang Gong Wei wins first place in the 11th group, Student Cha Li Ao Te gets second place…" the teacher announced the results of the 11th group.

I didn't know his name until now. He has already been carried back to the dormitories by some of his friends. I have also made a solid step towards my goal.

I see that Teacher Di has arrived in the audience, he must have come because of the magic fluctuations that occurred. Seeing me, he waved. His voice then sounded in my head: "What happened? Zhang Gong, was it you who used that impressive spell?"

I'm currently not skilled in using telepathy so I don't dare use it lightly. I just answered very simply: "Wait until I find you and I'll tell you then."

"Alright, then I'll go now."

Coming out of the grounds, I immediately left using a couple of short-distance teleportation spells because I was scared of everyone asking me this and that. First I'll go find Teacher Di, he must still be waiting for me.

"Teacher Di, I've arrived."

"Come in."

I walked into Teacher Di's office and he signaled me to sit down.

"What happened?"

"It was like this…." I summarized what happened during the competition.

"Ah….." Teacher Di let out a long sigh, "You kids nowadays, how could you guys use life magic so lightly? You should know your body was given to you by your parents. Last time, you used it in order to save another life. However, this is just an ordinary competition. The desire to win was far too great." Teacher Di shook his head.

"Looks like I will need to add a counseling class to the academy."

"Don't be upset sir, it will be fine as long as you strengthen our education in that area." I comforted him.

"You brat, today you used such an impressive spell, who in the second year would still dare compete with you."

"Impossible, my Brilliant Empire is still very immature and I can't control it very well either. I can only use about one third of its power. Also, I didn't want to use it so early, but if I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to block that shot." I said, feeling hurt.

"Only you know that you can't use its full power. How many people do we have using light magic? Everyone's evaluation of you must be very high. This time, you can be as lazy as you want without a problem."

Just as Teacher Di had predicted, none of the other students wanted to compete with me after seeing my performance the other day. Since the semi-finals started, all my opponents would concede after just a couple of moves. The first thing anyone who got me as their opponent would say is: "Why am I so unlucky?!" With hardly any effort, I became one of the top four. I even outshined Wo Ke, who originally was the most popular contestant.

In comparison, Ma Ke had to work a lot harder. After getting into the semi-finals, every match was won with great difficulty. Even with it being that hard, he still felt that he was lucky because he didn't get me, hehe.

In the top four, there were three from A class: me, Ma Ke and Wo Ke. Unexpectedly, the last spot in the top four went to a girl from D class who majored in water magic. I haven't seen any of her matches. I really didn't expect that D class had someone so strong.

The draw to decide our opponent has started, I went up first and drew an A lot. Ma Ke, this kid, was mumbling something the whole time. Looks like he really doesn't want to get me. However, life doesn't work that way and he also drew an A lot. Hehe, looks like there's going to be a good show this time.

Coming down from the stage, Ma Ke was like a frosted eggplant.

"What's wrong, Ma Ke." I poked him.

"Boss, why am I so unlucky? I got you so early!"

"Why is this so bad? I might not necessarily win against you!" How come he has so little confidence in himself!

"How can that be??"

"You wouldn't know, but Teacher Long told me that you and I are not even on the same level. He said that I'm a lot weaker than you are and told me to keep on working hard." Turns out, that it was something his teacher said, hehe, or else why would this kid be so scared of drawing the same lot as me. His teacher is the vice-principal of the academy, Magister Xing De Long. Naturally his words would contain authority.

"Let's work hard tomorrow. I hope we can have a good match, just like on the examination day. How do you know you can't beat me without trying?"

"Alright!"

It certainly is the top four competition, nearly all the second year students have come to watch, and it's so lively. Ma Ke and I step onto the stage, "Ma Ke, don't humiliate yourself, there's so many people watching!"

Ma Ke gave me a helpless smile and started his attacks.

Ma Ke's biggest advantage is that his magic control is very strong. He's not scared of my teleportation, so he started with a single, advanced attack spell.

"Oh great fire elements, gather at my side, become a dragon of fire and annihilate the enemy before you." Damn! Yesterday this kid was still saying that he couldn't win against me. Today he's so fierce, a fire dragon as soon as we start. This fire spell's attack is not any weaker than the strengthened Raging Flames of the Burning Heavens from the other day.

A huge fire dragon appeared from Ma Ke. It circled him once and then it pounced towards me.

Although I have already strengthened my Light Prism Shield, I still don't dare collide head on with his fire dragon. What should I use? Purifying Light probably won't block it either and Dimensional Slash can't handle such a large attack.

"Oh great light elements, hear my prayers, become a divine halo and halt the enemy's advance." Advanced defensive light spell, Divine Halo, appeared on my body.

The white halo formed a solid barrier three feet in front of me and threw the fire dragon back. However the fire dragon hadn't yet disappeared, it turned around and immediately pounced back. Ma Ke's strength is really strong, I've never seen him use this spell in the preliminaries or the semi-finals.

I summoned my magic power and blocked his attack again and again. I can tell, it takes him a lot of effort to control the fire dragon. It looks like he won't last much longer.

"Boss, I'm going to use my trump card!" What, this kid has a trump card…

Ma Ke took a fire red magic staff and starting chanting.

In the audience, Teacher Di immediately grabbed Teacher Long's mustache, "What?! Out of all the things you fished out of your trunk, you'd actually give that kid the Fire God's Fury?"

Teacher Long didn't take it lying down and also grabbed Teacher Di's mustache, "What about you? Didn't you also give him the Light God's Robe?"

While the two old men in the audience were busy fighting, I entered my greatest challenge since the beginning of the competition. Following Ma Ke's chant, a small, red ball appeared from the top of his magic staff, about the size of a ping-pong ball. However, I know that it's nothing fun. That's a ball of pure energy, much, much scarier than a mere fire dragon.

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Volume 2: Chapter 26 – Knocking Out Wo Ke

It seems like his magic staff has very powerful amplification effects. I could tell since I knew that at his current level, he wouldn't be able to release such a pure energy ball. It would be strenuous even for me.

In the wake of the appearance of Ma Ke's magic ball, his fire dragon gradually became dull. It seems that to support it, a lot of effort is required of him. I took advantage of the decreased pressure and quickly began chanting an incantation. It seems like there's no other choice but to once again use Brilliant Empire, but I wasn't sure this would be able to stop it. Actually, I also wanted to use an energy ball, but I know that my magic control couldn't compare with Ma Ke's. I would surely be hit by him, but I wouldn't necessarily hit him. Only an area attacks could match it.

"Oh great light elements, please allow me to borrow your formidable strength, let the infinite light of the earth shine."

While covered in a dazzling white light from head to toe, I slowly began floating upwards from the ground. My magic robe fluttered behind me. The golden magic stone at my upper abdomen emitted a gold light, complementing my white light so that it is even more dazzling. As I raised my head, the gold dan within my upper dantian used one third of my magic power to cover up my whole body. However, the difference this time is that this time I used an additional one third of my magic power to control this magic since I knew that Ma Ke's energy ball wasn't inferior in any way to my Brilliant Empire. I exhausted my remaining magic power to make my Brilliant Empire gather in the middle and form a pillar with a diameter the size of the stage to hit Ma Ke.

"Ah Boss, you're so fierce. I'll stake it all too then." Ma Ke waved his hand, then the energy ball on top of the magic staff flew towards my pillar of light.

Contrary to expectations, because the Brilliant Empire is too dispersed, it doesn't stop the energy ball, but instead slows it down.

I advance bravely while using all of my body's remaining magic power to form a Light Prism Shield. The Fire Energy Ball reached me then it shatters my Light Prism Shield. This is the first time ever that my Light Prism Shield has been shattered.

I felt a burst of scorching heat throughout my whole body, I knew I was finished. I was hit by the energy ball. In this moment that was as if a thousand pounds was hanging by a thread, a change that I never would have expected occurred. My magic robe's central magic stone burst into a dazzling golden light. The gold light formed a transparent membrane that enveloped me and protected me from the energy ball.

I recalled from the bottom of my heart Teacher Di's words: "Quickly pour the remainder of your magic power into the magic stone at your upper abdomen."

I had unconsciously acted in accordance to his words.

The collision between the energy ball and my defense cover produced intense friction, causing waves and waves of formidable pressure to push me back. Step by step, I retreated. I had already reached the edge of the stage.

I can't retreat any further.

I cannot lose. I must not lose. I held my magic staff horizontally across my chest and shouted: "AH!——"

At the same time as my outburst, a warm energy came from within my body and through my arm it entered my magic staff. My whole body felt light. At last, the energy ball had been depleted by the light.

I sat my butt on the ground, gasping for air in big breaths. From the corner of my mouth trickled a stream of blood. Just now, that portion of warm energy had slowly enveloped my body and restored my damaged meridians. Ah! That was Xiao Jin. It was him who helped me at the crucial moment.

What about Ma Ke? Where did Ma Ke go? Sluggishly, I began looking for his figure.

"Student Zhang Gong, if you can't get up within five seconds, I must announce that you have been defeated."

Ah! It seems that Ma Ke is also unwell. Haha. I stood up at once.

It turns out that while Ma Ke's energy ball collided with me, Ma Ke was hit by my Brilliant Empire in half the time. He doesn't have any energy left after enduring my compressed Brilliant Empire. Right now Teacher Di is giving him treatment. (The beating I gave him wasn't light.)

I truly didn't expect that victory would have been that difficult. At the final moment, Xiao Jin's energy was used to ensure victory. (Hehe. I violated one of the rules, but surely no one knows since magical beasts generally can't produce energy while within their master's body. They must be summoned before they can do anything.)

Due to a powerless body, two of my roommates took my arms and assisted me in returning back to the dorm. Just as I was about to sleep, I heard Teacher Di's voice.

"Young fellow, what's the matter? Winning against that Ma Ke who was a whole level lower than you required so much effort. You truly are so stupid."

Since I didn't understand Teacher Di's meaning, I didn't have a reply. (Granted that, even if I understood, in my current state…..) Perhaps Teacher Di also knew I couldn't answer, so he started madly bombarding me with lectures.

The general idea of what he said was that if I had taken the initiative to attack in the beginning, my victory wouldn't has been so disastrous. He also said that I was careless and that magic still has many defects and so on.

I really couldn't stand this, so I used the bit of magic power that I have recovered to seal my mind. Smoothly, I entered the realm of dreams.

Due to the excessive magic consumption, I didn't go watch Wo Ke and the D class girl's match the next day. Who cares about it, Wo Ke will definitely win. Although Wo Ke is also powerful, he probably won't have Ma Ke's energy ball. So I'll surely beat him tomorrow.

After eating lunch, I arrived at Ma Ke's dorm room to take a look at how he is. This fellow is also in very poor health. In comparison, I'm much better off, since getting off of bed for him takes much effort.

"Boss, you're really too ruthless. I've already been beaten to a crisp by you."

"You are still say I'm ruthless, yet you deny that you're ruthless. Damn. I also received quite the beating from you. You have really made a lot of progress. Before the match, I didn't expect that your strength would have such a small gap between mine. It seems that I must strive hard, otherwise I'll be exceeded by you and then I'll have to call you Boss instead."

We looked at each other and simultaneously began laughing. Then we chatted for a bit before I returned to my dorm. I must seize the moment and properly condense magic power to prepare for tomorrow's match.

When I woke up, it was already evening. Green Hair and the other two roommates have already returned.

"Zhang Gong, you truly are my idol. My reverence of you is like the unending torrent of a river."

"Damn, you see that I'm powerful so you want me to support you! Go away, don't bother me."

"Zhang Gong, I have some astonishing news. Do you want to hear it?"

"You! What kind of good news do you have?" I asked him with a doubtful expression.

"It is definitely useful for you. Did you know? Today Boss Wo Ke unexpectedly lost. Furthermore, he lost very quickly!" Green Hair mysteriously said.

"What! What did you say? Wo Ke unexpectedly lost?" Impossible. To my surprise, Wo Ke lost to a girl from class D. Although I haven't faced him, Wo Ke's strength is very clear since I knew that becoming the second grade representative wasn't that easy.

"Are you lying to me? If you're lying to me, then you're dead." I began to condense magic power on my hands to frighten Green Hair.

"Boss Zhang Gong, please don't. What I said is the truth. If you don't believe it then ask them."

I turned my head and doubtfully looked at my other two roommates.

Long De An said: "Zhang Gong, Green Hair didn't lie. Wo Ke truly lost miserably today. I'm afraid that aside from him, no one else really understands how he lost."

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Volume 2: Chapter 27 – Absolute Disruption

"Quick, tell me what happened."

"It's like this. Today, we all thought that Wo Ke would win. However, as soon as they got on stage, that girl from D class used a water spell we didn't recognize, it seemed to be a sealing spell. Wo Ke caught by these blue circles, and he couldn't get out no matter what he tried. Then that girl from D class used a water bullet and easily knocked him off the stage. According to my observations, those blue circles prevented Wo Ke from using his magic. It was an injustice for him to lose."

"So unfair!" I'm not so sure that I can win anymore.

"Zhang Gong, you can't lose tomorrow. Our A class can't let D class become the champions."

"You guys can rest assured. I will definitely win."

Although I said that to them, I'm actually not too sure about my chances. No, I must quickly go ask Teacher Di.

I used the excuse of taking a stroll and went to Teacher Di's dormitory. He was reading a magic book. Seeing that I came, he gave me a faint smile, "I just knew you would come find me as soon as you heard Wo Ke lost."

"Then please hurry and tell me how Wo Ke lost. How can I avoid becoming trapped?"

Teacher Di sighed. "You should just concede tomorrow!" His words were like a bomb (had they existed), stunning me.

"Is that girl really that strong??"

"Not necessarily that, you can only say that her family is strong. I also only learned about this today, that girl is the younger sister of Hai Ri. She's called Hai Shui Xing. You might not know but, Ri, Yue and Xing are the three most ancient families in our Aixia Kingdom. Each family has an inheritance spell, spells that are directly inherited from their ancestors. The spell Hai Shui used today is the most mysterious spell in the Xing family, it's called Absolute Disruption. This sealing spell is very strange, each generation can only have one family member inherit it. No matter how strong your magic power is, the spell consumes one third of the user's magic power every time it's used. In other words, the spell can only be used three times each day, but that is more than enough for the competition."

So there was actually such a complicated story behind all this, "Don't tell me even you can't break this sealing spell."

"It not that I can't, but I will have to fiercely attack with rank 8 attack spells or ride it out with defensive spells. Can you use rank 8 attack spells? While her opponent is sealed, she can use attack spells and her opponent can only passively take the attacks. You can't win tomorrow unless you can last until she runs out of magic power. However that is literally impossible because the defensive spell consumption will be very fast under the effects of Absolute Disruption. Those that come in direct contact with Absolute Disruption can't use magic for a whole day. It is exactly because of this that I lowered my expectations for you. You think I don't want you to win. Not only you, there isn't a single student in this academy that can break her Absolute Disruption."

Coming out of Teacher Di's place, my head was filled with thoughts about Absolute Disruption. Who cares, I want to give it a try tomorrow even if I'm destined to lose. You never know, a miracle might happen.

Back in my dormitory, I spent half the night brainstorming and still could not find a way to deal with Absolute Disruption. In the end, I finally fell asleep in a daze.. When I woke up, the sun was already high in the sky, furthermore it was Green Hair who shook me awake.

"Zhang Gong. Get up quickly, it'll soon be time for the match."

I barely managed to open my eyes, "Ah! What are you doing! Let me sleep for a bit longer."

"You have a match soon. You'll be late if you sleep any longer." Green Hair yelled into my ear.

That scared me awake, "Ah! That's right. I still have a match today." I flew out of bed, got dressed and sprinted out. As I was leaving, I said, "Thank you Green Hair. I'm going to go ahead of you."

Green Hair obviously wasn't paying attention. Look at my retreating back, he started mumbling to himself: "He actually said 'Thank You' to me. Living up till now, this is the first time someone said Thank You to me. Looks like helping people is very nice." By the time he finished, he had a silly smile on his face. I didn't know that one unintentional sentence from me changed the whole life of a person.

I ran at lightning speed to the center of the competition area. The first two people I saw were Long De An and Shui Yang Ming. Both of them seemed to have let out a sigh of relief when they saw me. The came over to greet me, "Zhang Gong, how come you only just got here."

I sheepishly replied: "I overslept. Thankfully, Green Hair woke me up."

"Okay. Let's not talk about this. Get up onto the stage quickly, the match is about to begin."

I looked up at the stage, the proctor and the other competitor were already at their stations. I used teleportation to arrive on the stage. I first gave my greetings to the proctor and then started to size up my opponent.

It was a really cute little girl. Looks like this is Hai Shui Xing, there are indeed some similarities between her and Hai Yue's looks. However, she was tad bit cuter and a tad less calm. She also started observing me curiously when she noticed me looking at her.

Practically all the second grade students are here, even Teacher Di is in the central VIP section. He doesn't hold any hope of me winning, but he still came.

"Alright, since both sides have arrived, I declare that the match begins now." The proctor got off the stage as soon he finished speaking. Because they know that the finalists are strong, today's defense barrier was jointly created by five proctors, just in case something happens.

First, Hai Shui and I bowed to the proctors and the audience, "You must be Hai Shui. Hello, my name is Zhang Gong."

"Hello." She's still a little girl, she started blushing. From her magic fluctuations and the fact that I'm still quite a distance away, looks like I can only take the initiative and attack.

"I know that you have a very special spell. Let's have a good match today." Seeing her nod, I immediately began my magic attacks.

Because I know that her Absolute Disruption doesn't need much time to activate, I don't dare use advanced attack spells. I first teleported behind her and immediately shot a Light Arrow at her. (My Light Arrow is a strengthened form, its attack power is not any lower than an intermediate spell.)

She seemed to slightly panic, but her reaction was still really fast and used a water shield to block my attack. Now I can't give her an opportunity to retaliate or else I'm done for. I began a speed attack, only using the lowest levelled Light Arrow because it is the only spell that can beat Absolute Disruption's short casting time. I won't let her gather enough magic power to seal me.

The audience were just seeing me flying all over the place. Sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes in front, sometimes behind her. As soon as I got to each position, I would immediately shoot a Light Arrow at Hai Shui. For the time being, I made Hai Shui struggle to manage the situation. In the audience, Teacher Di was looking at me with approving eyes. Regretfully, I wasn't able to see it.

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Volume 2: Chapter 28 – Breaking the Magic Seal

Hai Shui let her guard down for a moment and gave me an opportunity to attack her. Although she used a defense spell, I feared she did not receive it well.

Perhaps it was because she felt pain from the blow, Hai Shui wrinkled her cute little nose and her eyes flashed with anger. While she was defending from the assault, her mouth was chanting something. She chanted extremely fast. It didn't seem to be an incantation and I also had no idea what it was. I continued on with my assault. Wait, something's wrong. Why do I feel like her speed is gradually increasing? Ah, no! It's me gradually slowing down. Why is this happening? I began to hear a buzzing sound and it gradually increased more intensely. Is this not Absolute Disruption? Teacher's description of Absolute Disruption doesn't match with this one.

It grew larger, like a sea wave pounding against my ear. My head becoming a bit dizzy. My spells and my movement slowed down.

On the viewing platform, Teacher Di said to himself "This isn't good." He said to Teacher Long next to him, "I didn't expect this young girl to be able to use one of the Xing clan's three great secrets, the Water Dragon's Chant, combined with Absolute Disruption. This time Zhang Gong will certainly lose."

"Right, this student is certainly powerful. Stronger than we were back then. Your disciple is done for, hehe." Because of Ma Ke's defeat at Zhang Gong's hand, Teacher Long took a bit of pleasure at his misfortune.

"You, you, you!" Teacher Di angrily puffed his mustache and glared at him.

At the middle of the stage, I already realized that my situation was not good and hurriedly cast divine protection on myself. It wasn't very effective but I felt a little bit better.

Hai Shui saw an opportunity arrive and raised her arms in the air, moving them in circles. A green ring of light surrounded me, I knew this was her clan's skill- Absolute Disruption. Currently I haven't found a way out. I could only cast defensive spells on myself in hopes that Hai Shui would exhaust her magic power.

I'm finished. My great future prospects, ruined.

Big or small, I don't know how many spells were blocked by the white halo surrounding me. Currently, I was like a green sphere of light. In the middle of the sphere, I felt an indescribable amount of pressure fiercely charging at me from all directions. The golden sphere within my body rapidly worked. A layer of defense enchantments continuously resisted the invading seal.

Currently, I truly understand how formidable the seal is. My magic power rapidly diminished at a speed far surpassing what I imagined. What am I going to do? I thought of every action I could take, not one of them could solve this predicament.

At this time Hai Shui's face wore an adorable smile. She knows victory is close at hand. She didn't continue her magic assault because she was waiting for my magic power to exhaust. Her seal was going to win her the match anyway so why bother expend wasted effort. Therefore she just smiled looking at an enemy that was just about to be defeated, me.

My defensive barrier continuously grew smaller. A burst of intense pressure pushed into the center, cramming me in. In the end, my defensive enchantments were broken through by the seal. A green ring of light bound me like a sticky rice dumpling. It wasn't painful, only because the light consumed magic power and didn't think I had any left. The only difference is that I am unable to communicate with the magic elements. I then realized, I already been completely sealed. Looking at Hai Shui condensing a ball of water in her hand, I didn't feel like conceding. I'm about to lose.

Just when I was about to concede, Xiao Jin unexpectedly woke and stirred strongly within my body. What's the matter? I was baffled, because my magic power had already been sealed. Inside my body, Xiao Jin should also have been sealed. How can he be awake and stir so restlessly?

Along with his restlessness, my head felt a sharp pain as if it were a pincushion. The pain grew stronger and stronger, like it wanted to tear my head apart. I couldn't stand it any longer. I put both hands on my head and let out a mind splitting scream from my lungs.

It was this scream that saved me. Looking at me suddenly change, Hai Shui was startled to the point where the water ball fell apart. (In order to use magic, you must have a highly concentrated mind.) She thought to herself, This can't be. The Absolute Disruption I cast on him doesn't have any attack properties, what could possibly have happened to him?

I felt pain as if I were dying. Just when I was on the verge of falling to the ground, I felt an explosion come from within my brain. I felt as if I no longer existed. Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue, Body, Thought. I felt my six senses simultaneously disappear.

The people present looked at each other in marvel. From my Upper Dantian, a brilliant spot appeared between my eyebrows. Afterwards it gradually spread as a circle of golden light, turning into a halo encompassing me. The golden halo bound the Absolute Disruption and melted it as fast as snow. This breathtaking appearance rendered all the people present stunned. Hai Shui's small mouth had become an O shape.

Teacher Di and Teacher Long glanced at each other, speaking in unison with different voices, "He broke the magic seal!!!"

Teacher Di said with extraordinary excitement, "How did he do it? How did he break the seal? This is a skill that only the dragon race possesses!"

Dragons 101: The dragon race is the most formidable species on the continent. Possessing a tyrannical body, they all have an exceptionally strong resistance towards magic. They also possess the strongest physical attacks on the continent (second is the Mist Behemoth). Higher ranked dragons can use magic and possess wisdom and intelligence surpassing that of humans. Dragons are a peace loving race and very few of them appear in the continent. There are only a few you could come across and you must be as strong as they are in order to be deemed worthy enough of forming a pact of companionship with one. The number of existing dragons do not exceed three hundred. Dragons can exist for an extremely long period of time, they could live up to ten thousand years or higher. Contrasting this however, dragons find it extremely difficult to reproduce. Not only is the time required to hatch from an egg long, but the amount of eggs are also extremely sparse. The continent's dragons are also only known from legends. People who have truly seen dragons are very few. As a result, the dragon specific magic presently appearing on my body left the knowledgeable Teacher Di and Teacher Long exceptionally astonished.

As for the others, they were amazed that I was unexpectedly able to get rid of Hai Shui's sealing spell.

I don't know how the present circumstances came to be. I could only feel that my body was a space of nothingness, unable to perceive anything. I gradually regained my perception, one by one my six senses returned to my body. I used the magic staff to prop up my own body. I raised my head to look at Hai Shui, and saw that she still had not recovered from her astonishment. I tested what magic power I had left. I could only use a pitifully small amount, roughly enough for an elementary spell.

I cannot lose. For Teacher Di, I cannot lose. For Xiao Jin, I cannot lose. For Teacher Xiu, I cannot lose. For myself, I cannot lose.

With strong willpower, I gathered what little magic power I had left with difficulty. I then teleported behind Hai Shui and exhausted my body's strength, tackling into the defenseless Hai Shui.

The defenseless Hai Shui took my blow and dropped off the stage.

"Shameless scoundrel."

"Truly undeserving of face. Using such a shameless trick."

"To go as far as to tackle her."

Countless scolding voices reached my ear, I used my magic staff to support my body. I said to the stupefied proctoring teacher, "Teacher, you still haven't announced the winner."

The proctor immediately responded, "Student Hai Shui has left the stage, Student Zhang Gong is victorious."

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Volume 2: Chapter 29 – Five Clawed Golden Dragon

After finally winning, I sat down on the ground, exhausted.

My two roommates and Green Hair rushed onto the stage and hugged me excitedly, "Boss. You won. You won."

I looked at them tiredly, "Stop shaking me. Go away. I want to sleep…" I fainted midway through my sentence. I've already overused my magic power, plus it was the first time I've used someone else's power. My body couldn't take it anymore and passed out in safe hands.

"Eh? Why am I in Teacher Di's room?" Waking up, my body was sore all over with no strength remaining whatsoever. I tried to condense my magic power, but I've only recovered I tiny portion of it. The pitifully small golden ball inside me was slowly spinning, continuously recovering my power. Looks like I won't be able to recover within a day or two.

I was alone in the room. The sun was out but I didn't know exactly what time of the day it was.

The door opened with a creak and Teacher Di walked in, "You're awake. How's your body?

"It's fine, just feeling a bit weak. Teacher Di, how come I'm here??"

"I wanted to ask you something when you woke up, so I brought you over here. At the end of the competition, how were you able to use Magic Seal Destruction?" Teacher Di urgently asked me.

"Ah! I don't know either. What is Magic Seal Destruction?" I honestly don't know. Right now, my memory of that day's victory is very fuzzy. Even more so in terms of how I won.

"How could you not know? You clearly used it. How could you not know?" Teacher Di was anxiously walking in circles.

"Teacher, don't worry. Just explain slowly. What exactly is going on?" What is there to be anxious about? Looking at Teacher Di's condition, it seems that Magic Seal Destruction something is very important.

After listening to my words, Teacher Di also realized that being anxious would not solve anything. After calming himself down, "It's like this. That day, just as we thought you weren't going to make it, when you were sealed by Absolute Disruption, a spell unique to the Dragon race, Magic Seal Destruction, appeared on your body. Its exact form is the same as that golden halo that appeared around you."

"A golden halo? Let me think." I tried really hard to recall what happened that day, "I think there was a golden halo, it seemed to have broken Hai Shui's Absolute Disruption upon contact. However I don't know what happened either. Is this very important?"

"Of course it's very important. Very, very important. Have you realized, that golden halo you used is a spell unique to the Dragon race? Only the esteemed Dragon race can use it, there has never been a case where one of the human race used the dragon's Magic Seal Destruction. Recall carefully, have you concluded any sort of contract with a dragon?"

"I didn't. Other than Xiao Jin, I haven't made a contract with anyone else. Ah, that's right, Xiao Jin." My eyes brighten, Xiao Jin's unexpected stirring that day was what had made my head hurt. Afterwards, that golden halo appear. It must be related to Xiao Jin.

"What about Xiao Jin?" Teacher Di urgently asked.

I recounted the whole situation to him in detail.

Teacher Di muttered, "If you look at it like this, Xiao Jin is not a snake type magic beast, but a…"

Teacher Di and I glanced at each other and spoke at the same time. "….Dragon." Xiao Jin is a dragon? Is it possible???

"Quick, summon Xiao Jin." I also wanted to see if Xiao Jin actually is a dragon. Furthermore, it had been a long time since I've let him out, don't know if there has been any changes.

After Teacher Di set a barrier around the room, I started to chant, "My friend Xiao Jin, appear before me." Following my simple chant, a white light flashed and Xiao Jin appeared in front of me.

Xiao Jin had grown quite a bit compared to the last time I saw him, however he had a lazy look. Through telepathy, I learned that he had used a large portion of his magic power during the competition and still hadn't recovered yet. His two horns seem to be growing towards the middle of his head and the golden stripes goes down his whole body, from head to tail. The fin shaped objects on his back have become sturdier and longer, they practically took up the whole upper half of the back of his body. The five protrusions on his underside have not only grown quite a bit, but at the very front they also seemed to each have a small round pad at the end.

"He's already this big?" Teacher Di had not seen Xiao Jin's grown up appearance yet.

"Yeah. He grew after we shared life energy, but he wasn't as big as he is now. Teacher Di, is he a dragon?"

"I can't really say, I've never seen a dragon before either. However, my memories tell me that dragons are supposed to have two claws. If those bumps on his underside are claws, then that's a bit too many. Wait, I'm going to look through my book. It's been many years since I have read it."

While talking, Teacher Di took an ancient book from his huge bookshelf. I moved closer to take a look, the title of the book is "The True Rulers of the Mainland – Dragons". Looks like it's a book specifically on dragons.

"Let's see, let's see." Teacher Di mutters as he flips through the book. He goes through the book extremely fast, practically only scanning each page before moving on. Suddenly, he stopped, looks at Xiao Jin and then looks back at the book. As if he was comparing something.

"Did you find it? Is Xiao Jin actually a dragon?" I stood on my tippy-toes to read the book in Teacher Di's hands.

"Zhang Gong. If the information on the book is correct, then you have really picked up a treasure."

"What does the book say?"

"You take a look, this article here." Teacher Di handed the book over to me and just stared at Xiao Jin, as if he was admiring a long extinct treasure.

I took the book. On the book was this:

Title: Ruler of the Dragons – Five-Clawed Golden Dragon

Introduction: The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon is the ruler of the Dragon race, also known as the Dragon King. The Dragon King of each generation is the strongest of his kin and possess abnormally strong strength. The life span of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon is approximately 20,000 years. Only when he turns 15,000 years or when he feels that his life span is ending will he mate with the most beautiful female dragon at the time. After a pregnancy period of over 1,000 years, the next generation would be born. When the new Five-Clawed Golden Dragon has grown and matured at 3,000 years old, he will become a true Dragon King, replacing his father in ruling the dragon race. At this point, the previous Dragon King's body would have already gradually aged and would be enjoying his retirement in the Dragon race's territory. Therefore, there is only one Five-Clawed Golden Dragon in every generation that is the true ruler. The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon not only possesses an abnormally strong physical strength, it is also an expert in the Dragon race's language spells showing that it is extremely intelligent.

"Teacher Di, this can't be true. Xiao Jin is a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon? If he is, he needs 3000 years to mature. By that time, I would have already turned to ashes. He isn't even a year old yet!" I asked the question lingering in my heart.

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Volume 2: Chapter 30 – I Want to go Home

"Let me think." Teacher Di contemplated for a moment. "Xiao Jin is maturing at an unusually fast rate, much faster than the rate of growth mentioned in the book. In only a year, he almost grew out of his infant stage. The book stated that the minimum amount of time to mature past the infant stage is 600 years. But it hasn't even been a year since Xiao Jin was born and he has almost finished maturing past infant stage and will soon enter the growth stage. I suppose there is a relationship between Xiao Jin's rapid growth and sharing your life with him. Was it before the accident or after that he started growing so quickly?"

"That's right! After the accident, Xiao Jin grew wildly, absorbing magic power much greater than before."

"Zhang Gong, you truly picked up a treasure. No matter what, you musn't let other people know that Xiao Jin is a dragon. Wait until after Xiao Jin entered the growth stage, then no longer have to worry. By that time, his wings and claws should have already sprouted out and he will be of great assistance to you."

"Yea, this is great. My magic beast is a dragon."

"Don't be happy so soon. First I'll give you this book. This book has been passed on from master to student throughout the generations. You must preserve it well. It will be useful to you in the future. On the last page of the book, a map and the means of travelling to the Dragon race's territory is written down. After you graduate from the advanced magic academy, you should go visit. In the case that the current Dragon King wishes to take back Xiao Jin you should return him. We truly don't know how Xiao Jin wandered out of their territory."

"Do I have to return him?" I don't want Xiao Jin to leave me, even if he weren't a dragon I'd still feel the same.

"You must. Zhang Gong do as you're told. You must know that for a mother and father to lose their children is painful to no end. You should think about Xiao Jin as well!"

That's right! If mother and father can't find me, they would definitely be very sad. After I graduate school and have the opportunity, I'll go pay a visit to Dragon's Valley. If worst comes to worst, I'll have to persuade them to let Xiao Jin accompany me.

Ah, I haven't seen mother and father for such a long time. When I finally have a vacation, I want to go home and see them. When they see how awesome my magic has become, they will definitely be happy.

"Teacher Di, when can I go home? I miss mother and father." I didn't have any ulterior motives, it was just that I suddenly recalled a longing for home!

"Homesick? Rest for two days, wait until your body has recovered and then go home. The day after tomorrow is an official school vacation. " Teacher Di said brightly.

"Ah, that's right. Teacher Di, I don't want to challenge the upperclassmen anymore. I feel like I am still lacking. I want to diligently practice magic and become stronger before thinking about challenging them again."

"Your attitude is great. I feared that you would have become satisfied with your progress thus far. Without Xiao Jin, you wouldn't have been the champion. I also wish for you to diligently practice. Wait until you attend advanced magic academy, then you can graduate early. Why don't you rest? I still have many matters to attend to." Teacher Di kindly patted my head, then turned around and left.

I truly didn't expect that this competition would be so eventful. But it's not too bad, at the very least I found out what Xiao Jin was. Once I enter society, I'll definitely find the time to go and help Xiao Jin find his parents.

I looked at Xiao Jin warmly, stroking his large head. Xiao Jin seemed to feel something, lazily leaning toward me.

Teacher Di had already left and his barrier should have also expired. I immediately sent Xiao Jin back into my body.

Wanting to sleep, I laid down on the bed, however I couldn't sleep at all. Teacher Xiu should be coming to pick me up the day after tomorrow. With his high expectations of me, he will surely be extremely happy once he learns of my progress. I don't know about mother and father, but they definitely miss me. I really miss them too.

I watched the starry sky through my window with feelings of homesickness. Since I couldn't sleep, I began cultivating my magic power. Restoring as much of my magic power as possible is also very important. I began absorbing the condensed light elements. The light elements unceasingly rushed forth and compressed to become like the golden ball in shape before they were absorbed by the golden dan. It's much faster to restore my magic power using this method in comparison to slowly using my own golden ball.

……. Two days later.

Early in the morning I went to go find Teacher Di. "Teacher Di, my magic power has been nearly fully recovered. Can I go home now?"

He lifted his head up from the book he was reading and gave me a slight smile. "Foolish child, why so urgent? Are you trying to avoid this old man by leaving early?"

"No way, no way. I would hate to part with you. You are the best teacher I have ever met." These were words that came from my heart. It was precisely because of Teacher Di's guidance that I was able to improve this quickly. In just one year, I was able to become the second grade's representative.

Teacher Di's smile became even wider once he saw my anxious expression. "I'm just teasing you. Quickly go. Once you've packed up your things, you can go home. Be careful on the road. Is there anyone picking you up?" He only asked me this because he knew my home was very far.

"There is. But I don't know if he has arrived yet. He's my previous teacher from the elementary magic academy."

"Oh! If I have the opportunity I would really like to meet him and ask what methods he used to enable you to have such a strong foundation." (This is however out of the question, because currently Teacher Di doesn't want others to know I'm his student.)

"No need, no need." I immediately rejected Teacher Di. If I let him use Teacher Xiu's methods to deal with me, how could I possibly live out the rest of my days? "Your education methods are superior to all other teachers, so you don't need to compare notes." Without delay, I gave him a lofty hat to wear.

After hearing my words, Teacher Di was extremely cheerful. "Really? I didn't teach you in vain then." From his appearance, I could tell that he was pleased with himself. "Oh, that's right. I've got something to give you since you're leaving now."

"You don't need to give me anything. They magic robe you gave me last time is already good enough." Although the magic robe's effect on the sealing effects of Absolute Disturbance wasn't great, it still had a powerful effect on common attack spells.

"I'm not giving you a gift this time, it's something you earned." Saying this, he pulled out a precious amethyst card from his chest.

"What is this?" I curiously asked.

"This is an amethyst card containing diamond coins. There are very few people on the continent who are able to possess such a card. It can't be used by anyone but you since I have already inputted your data into it. It can't be altered in the future. Within it is the 100 diamond coins you earned by becoming the champion. Enough for you to spend. In the future when you want to use it, you only need to take it out and that will be enough. Its biggest benefit is that it can only be used by you, so you absolutely must not lose it. You can summon the amethyst card with summoning magic, so should ordinarily be keeping it within your body."

It's so pretty. After receiving it, I've become quite wealthy. Furthermore, it's not a small fortune either! This is great!

"Teacher Di, I'll be leaving then. Take care of yourself. I'll be back after my vacation is over." After saying this, I turned around and began ran towards the dormitory. I just need to pack up my stuff then I can go home! Yep, yep yep.

"Pay attention to safety on the road, don't let your magic decline while you're at home." From behind me came Teacher Di's repeated warnings.

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Volume 2: Chapter 31 – I Have Killed

I jogged back to the dormitory. All of my roommates were out, I suppose all of them went home. I quickly packed my things as I also wanted to return home.

After I finished packing away my things, I went to a neighboring room. Ma Ke was still there and had almost fully recovered from his injuries.

Seeing me come in, Ma Ke rose from the bed, "Boss, you came back. How's your recovery fairing?"

"Pretty good, How about you? I'm just about to head home."

Ma Ke extended his arm toward me, "No problems, I've just about recovered. Don't visit me again, I'm just about to leave!"

"Then let us say our end of term goodbyes. I want to quickly go home, I've become very homesick."

"Wait for me a bit, I still have to pack a bit. Let's leave together."

Ma Ke packed a few more things and a moment later we head out of the dormitories together.

"Ma Ke, Did Hai Ri come visit?" After all, I didn't fulfill my promise with myself, to challenge him once more.

"He visited. He asked about the condition of your injury and said that you were truly ferocious. I reckon even he may not be able to win against you. There will be many chances in the future. There is nothing to really regret. You gave a great show with the match."

"Hehe. I'll wait until the next term. There should be many opportunities to challenge Hai Ri then."

At the academy's entrance, when we were about to go our separate ways, "Take care of yourself." I patted his shoulder. Ma Ke's eyes were red.

"Boss, the days we spent together were truly happy. Take care of yourself too. My home is at the capital. I'll see you next term."

"I'll see you then." I turned around and ran as fast as I could. I was afraid that I would be reluctant to leave.

Not far a distance away, I heard a person call to me, "Zhang Gong!"

I turned my head around for a look, and immediately felt very moved, "Teacher Xiu, you actually came. I thought you weren't going to pick me up!"

Teacher Xiu was still the same as ever, but there was a trace of emotion on his serious face. "How could I not come? Come on, We're heading home."

Together, Teacher Xiu and I, set foot on the path home."

"Teacher Xiu, Have you seen my mother and father lately?"

"Before I left, I paid a visit to your house. They are doing great, but they really miss you. How are you doing at the academy?"

"Very good. Did I not place first in the entrance exams? I am at the top of the second year students at the academy!"

"Is that right? You are first out of all the second years?"

"That's right. I also made a very good friend. His name is Ma Ke." I unleashed an unceasing torrent of words about my time at the academy. We talked happily on the road. Only, I concealed the fact that I used to spell "Sharing Life" in order to save Xiao Jin. I didn't want Teacher Xiu to worry. I also didn't want let my family to know either. Teacher Xiu knew I became Teacher Di's disciple. With great admiration, he continuously congratulated my great luck. He also repeatedly warned that I must study magic diligently under Teacher Di's tutelage. He also said that Teacher Di was indeed one of the continent's greatest mages. I didn't know how lucky I was.

We took a short rest. When no people were around, we used teleportation magic to travel onward. Quickly, we traveled about two-thirds of the way through. It was when we reached an unknown forest that a small problem arose.

About a dozen men scuttled from the middle of the woods, barring our way. They all looked rather burly.

Teacher Xiu glanced at me and whispered, "Zhang Gong, I'm going to go and see what the matter is. Wait for me here. When I'm done talking, we'll go."

"Gentlemen, Is there a problem?"

The burly leader twitched his mouth, "There's no problem, it's just that we have a shortage of money when we want to play around with some pretty girls. Seeing you like this, you ought to be mages. I advise you don't resist or else, hehe, us big brothers won't play nice. Obediently come and hand over your coin."

"Moneyless Gentlemen, here, I have ten gold coins. Why don't you take this out to go drink and let us pass?"

The burly leader grew angry, "Do you think we're beggars? You think this is enough to let you pass? This won't do. Hand over everything!" The ten men seemed ready throw themselves at us.

"Alright, alright. Then wait for me, I'll go get it." Teacher Xiu quickly walked to my side and whispered, "Zhang Gong, These bandits' magic fluctuations aren't strong. Let teacher see the fruits of your efforts."

"What? You want me to fight? Teacher Xiu, I can't. Why don't you?" This is the first time I've come across this kind of situation, I'm really scared.

"Out of the question. Magic when used in real combat allows it to improve. I'll be at your side protecting you. Fight fearlessly." Teacher Xiu stopped smiling and raised his face.

Truly deserving of being called the devil teacher, I knew I'd be unable to escape. I could only brace myself and walk over. "Gentlemen, Look at us, we also don't have any money. Could you let us off?"

"Enough rubbish." Saying that was like slapping him, inciting him to come over. From reflex, I could feel a teleportation arriving from five meters away. I immediately cast several defense spells on myself.

"Mage! This child is actually a mage. Everybody come together!" The group of ten large men charged toward us.

What do I do? I've never experienced real combat before, I felt panicked. Forget it all. I'll just fight! I'll give them a strong spell and it'll be over. I began using instantaneous teleports to change my position, and then I chanted my most powerful attack spell. "Oh great light element, please allow me to borrow your formidable strength, let the infinite light of the earth shine." With me at its center, Brilliant Empire let out a blinding, overpowering brilliance.

"Wa, using such a powerful spell." From a short distance away, Teacher Xiu immediately teleported out of harm's way.

Because there wasn't a protective barrier, Brilliant Empire was able to fully display itself. Anything within a two hundred meter radius were entirely enveloped by the dazzling rays of light. The ten large men within my powerful spell had already turned to ashes. I only saw when the spell had him them, they were entirely engulfed by it. They turned into tiny specks of ashes; Afterwards, you wouldn't be able to completely find them.

I blankly withdrew my magic power. At this moment, Teacher Xiu had already returned. "Zhang Gong, your magic is formidable. What was that spell you had just used? It gave me a fright. Why would you use such a strong spell to handle such small vermin? Using your strengthened light arrows would have been enough."

"I was really scared. I couldn't help but use Brilliant Empire. That was the most powerful spell I could cast. Teacher Xiu, where did they go?" I was complete unaware that I had already killed them.

"They… They turned to ashes. Did you think this was the academy? Those men were all only advanced mages."

"What? I killed them?" I suddenly wore a blank stare.

"Let it pass. In any case they were only villains." Teacher Xiu consoled me. I killed but it doesn't matter. First of all, they were only bandits. Secondly, I was still a child. Lastly, the most important point, was that I was an outstanding student at the intermediate royal magic academy. I was a pillar of the nation. I definitely had some privileges. Furthermore, how could anyone else know that I've already killed people? Hehe.

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Volume 2: Chapter 32 – Five Years of Learning

The remainder of the journey was very dull. Gradually, I have also gotten over my dismay about killing people. Although I don't wish to kill people, it was for my own safety and I can't just wait and let myself be killed either. I resolved to defend and flee as much as possible in the future. Teacher Di said that everybody, that is all organisms, have a right to live. No one has the right to deprive others of their life as they wish. As long as one's own life is secured, that's enough. So I chose the path escaping. It truly is Teacher Di's teachings that affected me throughout my life.

In the end, I arrived at home. As soon as I entered the village, a familiar feeling came from the pavements. I have returned to my hometown.

I took a deep breath of the fragrance of my hometown's soil. A warm and cozy happy feeling overcame my body. Teacher Xiu accompanied me all the way to the gate of my house. Once again, I saw the familiar fence surrounding a familiar house.

"Mom, Mom! I'm home!" I shouted loudly.

"Foolish child, they should both be at work." Teacher Xiu reminded me. Ah, that's right! Right now it's still morning and they should be at working in the morning. I used teleportation to enter the house. Nothing had changed at all. My room was unusually clean. It's definitely because mom cleaned it often. I invited Teacher Xiu into the house.

"At last, I'm back." I really want to see mom and dad right now. "Teacher Xiu, wait here for now. I'm going to go look for them." After saying this, I quickly ran towards the village committee that mom works at.

Just as I reached the village committee's gate, I saw a familiar figure. "MOM——!" I threw myself at her.

Mom still hadn't turned around, so I was able to throw myself at her. "Zhang Gong, you're back." Mom had me in her embrace. "Quickly let mother take a look at you." While holding my face, mom attentively examined me. "My Zhang Gong, you've grown up to be so vigorous." Mom's tears were flowing down her face.

Finally, I have reunited with mom. I couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions as I threw myself into mom's embrace and began crying loudly. "Mom, I really missed you!"

While hugging me, mom said: "I also really missed you too Zhang Gong."

The villagers also came by and only after a long time did I separate from mom. After seeing mom again, my attachment to her had grown deeper. I firmly clutched onto mom's sleeves, unwilling to loosen my grip even a bit for fear of being separated from her again.

The village chief walked over. "The talented student has come back on vacation. How were your studies in the capital?"

"Uncle Village chief. It was quite good. How is Ao De? Where did he go?"

"That youngster doesn't have future prospects like you but he's also on vacation. So he went out to play."

The villagers were extremely enthusiastic while ceaselessly asking me questions. Ordinarily I would really loathe these kinds of things, but today I wasn't fed up with it at all. Out of goodwill, the village chief let mom off so we could go home together.

After returning home, we found that dad was already home. It seems like someone notified home. He was currently chatting with Teacher Xiu. Another surge of affection came once I saw dad.

Mom and dad continuously questioned me on my academy life. I took out 80 diamond coins granted by the magic union and gave it to them. (I left 20 for myself. Hehe.) Mom and dad were extremely surprised, but they knew I acquired it with my own efforts so they were very happy. I think that with this money, they won't have to work so hard to let me attend the academy.

Mom and dad have aged a bit in comparison to before I left. I know that this was all for me. Because of me they had to pay so much. I sincerely wish for them to not have to work so hard. With these feelings, I told them that my strength is already not inferior to that of a great mage's. So in the future, I won't need to rely on the for my tuition fee. I will be able to rely on my own efforts.

Just like this, I began my vacation. Apart from accompanying mom and dad, I spent my days playing with Ao De and other village children. However, the days passed by very quickly and the vacation ended. I had to return to the capital and continue my studies. Although I didn't want to leave everyone, but in order to let them live a better life as well as to increase my strength so I can protect them, I must continue improving myself.

Teacher Xiu didn't accompany me this time since I already knew the road. With tearful eyes, I waved goodbye to my family and set foot on the road back towards the academy.

My five years in the Royal Intermediate Magic Academy were the most crucial five years of my life. (It was originally supposed to be four years but Teacher Di wanted me to have a stronger foundation so I spent a second year in the second grade). During these five years I laid a deep foundation for my magic. Although there was still a small gap, in the fifth grade my magic level had nearly reached Teacher Di's. However, Teacher Di told me that I had become a well-known figure even among the magisters. My gold ball of magic power was already approaching the state of being completely transparent. Even more important were the many magic techniques I created which even amazed even Teacher Di. In the fifth grade, there wasn't anyone would could compete with me for the position of the grade representative. The gap between me and Ma Ke also gradually widened to the point that I am now the academy's top expert.

Something else worth mentioning was that Xiao Jin's growth rate was extraordinarily fast. He was already at the later stages of his growth period so he already had the basic form of a dragon. His body length exceeded 15 meters and his strength surpassed all the other magical beasts that Teacher Di knew of. Especially his physical attack power, it was exceptional strong and could easily break through intermediate class defense magic. If me and Xiao Jin fought, there was no certainty that I would be able to beat him. Maybe it's because we shared our lives, but any magic that I could use, Xiao Jin could also use. Any dragon magic that he could use, I could use too. This caused my strength to have a qualitative leap. Teacher Di said that if Xiao Jin and I worked together, we would be a match for a magister.

I'm already 16 years old. Every year I went home once, and when mom and dad saw how much I had grown, they were very happy. Using the money I won every year from the graduation competition, I let mom and dad live a more prosperous life.

"Zhang Gong, you're going to be graduating soon. What plans do you have?" Teacher Di called me to his office today.

"Sigh What kind of plans could I have? I'm planning on going to advanced magic academy." With my strength as a grade representative, I don't need to take the entrance exams and can be recommended directly into the Royal Advanced Magic Academy.

"No. I don't wish for you to do this." Teacher Di muttered to himself.

"What? What did you say? You won't let me attend the advanced magic academy?" I asked in surprise.

"Correct. Because if you follow the same path I did, do you know what would happen? Although you're very strong right now, you forever won't be able to surpass me." Teacher Di's profound words shocked me.

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Volume 2: Chapter 33 – Not Returning To School

"Why?" I immediately asked because I knew that I was the youngest to become a magic scholar. Why was it that I could not surpass Teacher Di? I had deeply believed in the past that I held extraordinary talent, enough to certainly become a Legendary Grand Magister like that of yore. Teacher Di's words had astonished me, enough to shatter my self-confidence.

"Don't worry. Listen to me explain," Teacher Di paused for a moment, "You know how old I am this year?"

"About 80?"

"This year I'm 83. Do you know how old the vice principal is?"

"I don't know. I'd think he'd be a bit younger than you!"

"This year he is 62. Before you came, he was the youngest to become a magic scholar. At the age of 20, he had already graduated from the Royal Advanced Magic Academy. At the age of 30 he had become a magister. Do you know why he hadn't made an inch of progress with these remaining 30 years?"

I shook my head.

"Although they say there have been very few magisters, thousands of years ago, several hundred magisters existed. But there wasn't even a single Grand Magister. After achieving the level of a magister, you will enter a bottleneck. You could only increase your magic skills and your magic foundation, incapable of increasing your magic power. At present, of the ten magisters on the continent there is no difference in the amount of magical power. We are only ranked by our fame and magic skill."

"Is the bottleneck that difficult to break through? Then how do I have a chance?" I said a bit discouraged.

"Until now, there hadn't been any great methods. Long ago, there had be many magisters experimenting but only three who bore fruit. One had given up. Another went insane. The last had injured his body with magic power and died."

"Ah, it's that hard?" I thought about giving up. After all, I've already made it this far. I'll definitely become a magister, not a bad choice at all.

"This is why I didn't want you to walk along my beaten path and attend the Royal Advanced Magic Academy. I know that if you attempt to improve your own magic power there, your final conclusion would be to give up. These years that we spent learning magic together, I've grown to understand your temperament."

I scratched my head with an embarrassed chuckle.

"I don't think that you must become a Grand Magister at any cost, but I do want you to try a new, different method. At the very least there is hope you will become a Grand Magister without using dangerous means."

"Yes, there is hope. There is a final, crucial reason why magisters are incapable of improving, that is because their bodies are incapable to bearing that magic power. Furthermore, it is also because we are unable to genuinely understand the magic elements. Right now, your greatest advantage is your ability to become one with the magic elements. This is also the reason you are capable of creating many new spells."

"Then what must I do? I'll listen to you."

Rotating around such a large circle, at last the final conclusion is said.

"It is actually quite simple. You will still attend the Royal Advanced Magic Academy. Just that I wish for you to attend it at a later time. I want you to travel for a few years and learn from that experience, and afterwards, return and continue advancing your studies.

"Travel and learn from experience?" This simple? I thought it would be something hard. But it is actually just to travel and have fun. "Alright, I also wanted to try traveling."

"Don't think it'll be too easy. I do want you to travel and learn from your experiences but also want you to complete a few assignments. On your own terms, through your experiences of travel, you must raise your magic power to that of a magister. This is a truly difficult process. Therefore, you must not believe that you can just laze around while traveling. Secondly, you must temper your body and strengthen your physical capabilities. To the point that you may even learn to use some simple Dou Qi.

I interrupted Teacher Di, "A warrior's Dou Qi? It is possible to use both Dou Qi and magic at the same time?"

"In theory, it is possible. But if you learn both, the final result will be that you will master neither. I don't want you to practice Dou Qi to the point of ferociousness, only to the point where you have a strengthened, healthy body to use. You will still primarily practice magic."

"Oh, so it's like that."

"There are many advantages to learn from experience, for example to increase your battle experience, to increase your understanding of magic through real combat. This is very significant. However, to learn from experience is also very dangerous. I will try to keep you away from these dangers as much as possible. While you are traveling and learning, I will still teach, giving you difficult assignments, such as looking for divine artifacts of the legends, a weapon that had once been used by the God of Creation- Holy Sword.

"Holy Sword? It truly exists?"

"Yes, in addition I also know its approximate location. As for whether or not you can obtain it will depend on your luck. It should prove to be of great assistance to you. Within the Holy Sword contains a remnant of the God of Creation's holy power. This is a crucial to whether or not you can become a Grand Magister. That is why you must spare no effort looking for it.

There is such a great thing? Not bad, I must diligently look for it. "Be at ease, I can do it."

"Right now, it isn't far away from your graduation. In these coming days you must make a great effort with great diligence. Strive to improve a bit. This way you will be safer while traveling. After about a month, I can accompany you to your home and explain the situation to your parents. Afterwards, you can begin to travel and learn. My initial plan is to give you two years' worth of time. After those two years, regardless of whether you completed your assignment, you must return."

I nodded my head. It seems I won't be able to have fun, this assignment is very important, I can't fail to live up to Teacher Di's expectations. I must try hard, I don't want to become famous, but I wanted to become strong.

Leaving Teacher Di's office, I immediately went back to the dormitory looking for Ma Ke. Currently he is my only close friend. (Because we had both chose to repeat a year. Apart from Green Hair, there was no one else that hadn't advanced to Advanced Magic Academy. From the time I had placed first at the end of term competition, he suffered my influence. No longer was he annoying like before. As a result, he had become our friend. However, we didn't stop calling him Green Hair. I should also mention that we had also befriended Hai Ri's three siblings. Also, last year Hai Shui passed the entrance exam to the Royal Advanced Magic Academy.)

Currently, Ma Ke had almost reached the level of a Magic Scholar. The reason why I immediately went to go look for him was because I wanted him to travel with me and also learn from experience. With his assistance, achieving the goal ought to be much easier. He had already called me "Boss" for many years, there is no way that he'll decline my request. I walked toward his dormitory, brimming with confidence.

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Volume 3: Chapter 1 – Brotherly Feelings

At the moment, Ma Ke was reading a book in his dorm. "Boss, why was Teacher Di looking for you?"

"He doesn't want me to enter the Royal Advanced Magic Academy."

At the time, Ma Ke and I were facing each other when I gave him the big surprise. "Boss, your magic is excellent, not attending would be a waste. Why would Teacher Di think this way?"

"You don't need to worry. It's like this." I repeated the explanation Teacher Di told me in his office. "How about it? Come with me to and get some experience. Us two brothers, even if we don't increase our magic power we will still increase our knowledge"

Ma Ke didn't agree happily like I thought he would. After muttering to himself for a bit he spoke: "Boss, let me think on it a bit. I want to go home and discuss with my family first and I'll tell you my decision tomorrow. Is that fine?"

I hit him with my fist. "You brat, this isn't like you at all. I don't remember you being so straightforward. Fine then. I won't force you. We'll talk again tomorrow."

Ma Ke's answer made me a bit angry, so without saying anything else, I went to practice magic by myself.

I'm already fully grown, from my appearance alone you would think that I'm an adult. However, my face still has a juvenile look I haven't outgrown yet. The following is the personal data of me and Ma Ke: (The following data regarding the protagonist's body is all according to what the author set for them at this age.)

Name：Zhang Gong WeiHeight：181cmWeight：70kg

Major Magic：Light elementMinor Magic：Spatial element

Magical Beast：Xiao Jin（Five Clawed Golden Dragon）

Overall Magic Strength：Magic Scholar（Hasn't been authenticated by the Mage Union） Magic Control：S

（Grades are divided into S、A、B、C、D、E、F）

Magic Power：AMagic Perception：SSMagic Defense：A

Magic Attack：ASpeed：A（Unable to fly）

Physical Attacks：FPhysical Defense：FStamina：D

Name：Ma Ke SaiHeight：180cmWeight：74kg

Major Magic：Fire elementMinor Magic：Wind element

Magical Beast：Fire Lion（I don't know where this brat obtained a growth type Fire Lion. It has already reached the 8th rank.）

Overall Magic Strength：Magic Scholar（Hasn't been authenticated by the Mage Union） Magic Control：S

Magic Power：BMagic Perception：AMagic Defense：A

Magic Attack：ASpeed：A（Able to fly）

Physical Attacks：FPhysical Defense：FStamina：E

Due to the fact that Ma Ke and I are big eaters, our bodies grew very quickly. Especially our height which has already surpassed most adults. With our refined appearances, we have become very popular with the female students. However, I not very interested in these kind of matters. In addition, I find girls very annoying so there hasn't been any real developments with anyone. On the other hand, Ma Ke was all over Hai Yue, and he hadn't bothered to acknowledge any other girls. Yet the funny thing was although me and Hai Yue have become friends, she still refuses to acknowledge Ma Ke. It seems he has been greatly influenced by his nickname, the Red Haired Rice Cake.

The next day, I could not wait much longer and I went to go find Ma Ke, but he found me first. Ma Ke was listless like a frosted eggplant. Seeing him like this, I immediately had an ominous premonition. As expected, Ma Ke rejected me without even facing me.

"Boss….. I'm sorry. I can't accompany you on your journey." Ma Ke said in a low voice.

I stood up straight away. "Why? Why can't you come? Don't tell me… You don't want to go adventuring with me? Aren't we good brothers?"

"Yes." Ma Ke resolutely replied. "Boss, I have a secret trouble that I can't tell you. I'm sorry. I really can't go with you."

"What kind of secret trouble can't you tell me? We can settle it together." I was unwilling to give up. After all, I don't want to separate with someone who's been my brother for so many years."

"I truly can't tell you. I can only tell you this, it's a problem with my family. My family won't let me go."

In all these years we have been at the academy together, not once have I been to Ma Ke's home. I only know that his family is very wealthy. After hearing this, I gradually calmed down. After all, I can't force others to do what they don't want to.

We faced each other in silence for a long time but I broke the silence. I helplessly said, "Forget about it. Since your family refuses to let you go, then its fine. Study diligently when you go to the Royal Advanced Magic Academy. I'll be back in two years anyways." At that moment, I felt very helpless and lonely. It seems that I will have to face everything by myself in the future. This may have been fate's plan. I must walk down my path by myself.

Ma Ke suddenly threw himself onto me and tightly hugged me. "Boss….." While he was breaking down in tears, I tolerantly held him by the shoulders as my own tears uncontrollably flowed too.

Our emotions gradually settled down and I gently separated from him. "Although we'll be separated temporarily, we will still be brothers for life."

"Of course. Brothers for life." Pausing for a moment, Ma Ke continued: "Boss did you know I really want to go with you on the journey, but I have no control over my destiny. I must listen to my family and do as they arrange. Although I'm not the eldest son, I still have responsibilities and obligations to my family. We're a really big clan so I must do my best for my clan."

"Okay then. No need to say it again. I understand. You don't need to explain to me since we're brothers. Let all of our words be said."

The sincere friendship between me and Ma Ke was practically permeating throughout the room. Neither of us wanted to speak.

I already wanted to go tell Teacher Di that I no longer wished to go on a journey. But then I thought of Teacher Di's ash gray hair and his earnest expectations for me. I couldn't. I can still see Ma Ke again, but what about Teacher Di? Does he still have the vitality to fulfill his dreams and cultivate another person who has the possibility of becoming a Grand Magister? (Note: After my third year, Teacher Xiu didn't come visit me anymore. According to him, he wanted to go out and travel.)

During the final month, me and Ma Ke were practically inseparable. Both of us highly treasured these final period of time we had together. Every day we would stay in the same dorm, practice magic and eat together. But the day of departure finally came.

With my strength, I didn't even need to participate in the graduation exam and just smoothly attained my authentication as a Great Mage from the Mage's Union. (Teacher Di didn't want me to reveal my strength too early. A 16 year old Magic Scholar would shock the whole world. But like this, many people would still drop their jaws in shock.)

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Volume 3: Chapter 2 – Departure from the Academy

I will have to leave the school that I lived in and learned in, my second home. I truly hate to part with this place. I looked fondly at every shrub and tree at the academy. Why did time pass by so fast, making me come and go in a flurry?

At my side, Teacher Di looked at my reluctance to leave, and with a soft sigh said, "If you must to leave, you have to leave. You can always return. When you come back, I am sure that you will bring much glory to this academy, and also to me. You are already a grown boy, don't act like a small child. Go."

We walked slowly toward the academy's gate. I turned my head around, looking at the large words engraved in solid granite, "Royal Intermediate Magic Academy". My eyes grew moist once more.

"Boss, Wait! I've come to send you off." Ma Ke ran over, panting. Originally I didn't tell him that I was leaving today because I didn't want to experience such a depressing occasion.

"Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? I'm your only brother!" Ma Ke's face wore an expression indistinguishable from laughing or crying. "This is for you. You must quickly return. I'll wait for you at the Advanced Magic Academy. We are still going study together." Ma Ke took out a dagger from his bosom. It had a gorgeous exterior appearance, the dagger's sheath was embedded with all kinds of gems. I went over to receive it. I didn't observe it carefully. After all, my heart was completely filled with feelings of separation, I couldn't be concerned with anything else. Aside me, Teacher Di's eyes flashed with a peculiar vigor.

I can't stop now, else it will be even harder to leave. I grit my teeth and turned around and set foot on the journey home with Teacher Di. With great difficulty, I resisted the urge to look back. But I could not hold back my tears, they flowed freely.

"Don't miss Ma Ke too much. Do you want to go up to the sky and have a look?"

Teacher Di's words diverted my attention, "The sky? How would I go up to the sky?"

"Don't tell me you forgot? My minor is wind, we can fly." Teacher Di cast a wind soaring enchantment on himself and slowly floated off the ground.

"This is my first time seeing you fly. So then how do I fly?" I can't possibly use wind magic.

"I'll carry you. Hold onto my waist."

Like that, Teacher Di and I ascended to the skies. It didn't feel bad at all. The forests and villages underneath looked just like ants. A light breeze brushed against my face. It truly felt like we were immortals. I enviously said, "When will I be able to fly?"

"It's not impossible. Even if you can't use wind magic, later on you will have opportunities to study some top class Dou Qi with similar effects. After that you will definitely be able to fly. "

"You can use Dou Qi to fly?" I asked with doubt.

"That's right. In addition, flying with Dou Qi is much faster than flying with magic. It's just that it cannot be sustained nearly as long.

Teacher Di's words arose a yearning to learn Dou Qi, being able to fly is truly good. In the future when I have an opportunity, I must diligently learn Dou Qi. So long as I can use it to fly, that'll be enough.

About an hour of flying in the sky, I saw Teacher Di's complexion turn a bit pale. After all, flying for such a long period of time would consume a great amount of magic energy. In addition he had also carried a person. Even though Teacher Di was a magister, the burden was quite large.

"Teacher Di, let's go down and let you rest." I said with concern.

"Alright, Ah… I'm already old, my body feels like dying. It seems I can no longer bear the burden of using magic for a long period of time."

We landed on a small hillside and rested a while. Then we continued on our journey.

By flying, we finally made it to my hometown. Currently, I am the pride of the village. When everyone finds out that I have the means to become a Grand Magister, the endless amount of praise and flattering would send me to the sky. When Father and Mother saw me come back, they were so happy, they didn't know what to say. I don't dare tell anyone that I returned with one of the only ten magisters on the continent, otherwise the pot would surely explode.

After we rested for a day, Teacher Di talked to my mother and father about letting me learn from traveling. They were both silent. In their minds, the Royal Advanced Magic Academy was the most orthodox and proven path. In addition they were also concerned for my safety. However, they revered Teacher Di and couldn't say anything.

How could the experienced Teacher Di not see this? He patiently explained to them the purpose of allowing me to learn from my travels and his expectations of me, as well as the various means he will use to ensure my safety. In the end, Father and Mother were satisfied and allowed me to travel.

At night, Teacher Di and I took a walk outside the village. I was immersed in the enchanting scenery of the night. Teacher Di had suddenly stopped and solemnly said to me, "Zhang Gong, this traveling assignment is truly formidable. For your safety, I will gift you with many, different things." He took out three magic scrolls from his bosom.

"The ability of these three magic scrolls are the same. In short, they are escape scrolls. They can immediately move you 50 kilometers away. Hold onto them well."

Taking the magic scrolls I said, "Thank you, Teacher."

In addition, I asked the Continent's number one magister to set up a magic array at the academy. When you encounter a problem you are unable to solve during your assignment, you can use this magic array to return to the academy. The drawing and activation method are written in this booklet. You should memorize it as quickly as possible, and become able to achieve a teleportation accuracy of at least 90% or greater." Done talking, Teacher Di handed me a small, frail booklet.

After I took the booklet, Teacher Di also said, "Pay attention. When you use this magic array, your magic power must be in top condition, otherwise a deviation will occur.

"I understand, I will practice it well."

Also, I've deposited a thousand diamond coins into your amethyst card, it should be enough for you to use. Don't be too stingy. For your assignment, the divine artifact's approximate location is in a Dalu Kingdom's province within a valley. You will go there to look for it. That's it. That is all I wanted to tell you."

I attentively memorized what Teacher Di said. Suddenly he remembered to say something else, "That's right! Last time before you departed, Ma Ke gave you a dagger. It isn't any ordinary dagger. Although it isn't comparable with a divine artifact it does contain some power. It can penetrate magic and Dou Qi defenses. Use it with caution."

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Volume 3: Chapter 3 – Being Away from Home

The dazzling sunshine woke me from my sleep, reminding me of the loathsome sun from my childhood. It truly does feel like I have grown up. After washing my face, I went outside and took a deep breath. When the light elements within me sensed the fresh air, they grew excited, thus giving me much vigor. Today is the day I set off. I'll be separated from the most familiar places of my life.

"Zhang Gong, it's time to eat breakfast." Mom's voice carried over from the kitchen.

"Coming!" At this moment, I truly wish to cherish the short amount of time I have left with my family before my departure. I hurriedly ran downstairs. The whole family was there sitting in a circle around the dining table.

"Ah. Eat some more Zhang Gong. You won't be able to eat mom's cooking for a long time." Mother benevolently added more and more food onto my bowl.

"You should eat too mom. You can be at ease, I will definitely return home safe and sound."

"After seeing you two like this, I don't know if letting Zhang Gong go on a journey is a good choice anymore." Teacher Di jokingly said after seeing a meal full of deep affection.

At last, the time of departure has come.

"Pay attention to your safety on the journey." Mom said with red eyes.

"Don't disappoint me." Dad said with trembling hands.

"Don't forget about the escape scrolls I gave you." Said Teacher Di.

Although I was reluctant to part, I bid farewell to them and set foot on my journey of learning.

As I walked away from the village, I repeatedly turned back to take a look. I've left home already. The melancholy I'm feeling within my heart is impossible to resolve. According to Teacher Di's plan, I first have to go to the Xiuda kingdom to find his good friend. The Dean of Xiuda's Knight Academy, Teacher Li Ke Wen. I'll cultivate there for a bit before continuing my mission.

Without any feelings of anxiousness, I slowly walked on upon the road while admiring my surroundings beautiful scenery. My homeland is actually so beautiful. Ahead of me there was some steam drizzling down. I opened up the map Teacher Di gave me and inspected it. My walking speed truly isn't that slow. I have already reached Serene Dream Lake. After crossing another province, I'll be at the Xiuda kingdom's borders. In the past, I heard Teacher Di say that this area's scenery was exceptionally beautiful. I want to hurry up and go take a look. I increased my pace and advanced towards Serene Dream Lake.

Ah! The lake sure is big. I can't even see the shore on the other side. I can even see the fish in the clear dark blue lake water. Truly beautiful. I crouched down beside the lake and splashed my face with the clear lake water. It felt so cold. So comfortable. Right now it was the start of summer so soaking in the ice-cold lake water is indeed extremely comfortable.

I took off my shoes and began walking in the water. Enjoying this scenic lake and mountain gave me a wonderful feeling. Suddenly, there was a rustle behind me. I turned my head to take a look. I saw seven or eight people in black running in my direction. It looks like their figures are awfully vigorous. It seems that they practice martial skills. From their slender figures, I can make out that they're all women.

As they progressed, I counted how many there was. There was nine people. Today there was such a great heat yet they're wearing cloaks that cover up their whole body. It looks like the tallest one is their boss while all the other one's seemed like stars holding up the moon. I don't know how they grew up, but why do they all need to wear cloaks that cover up their whole body? I can't help but stare at them.

I don't know if it was my stare that was too glaring, but one of them noticed me. "Hey, that brat over there. What are you looking at! Hurry up and get lost. We want to rest over here. If you keep looking we'll scoop out your eyes."

Wow! They're so violent. She truly is a loathsome woman. It goes without saying that the lady wants to rest and being the gentleman that I am, I was going to go to the side. However, after hearing her words I'm not going anymore. I refuse to acknowledge her. I raised my head to her and hummed a tune from my hometown. "Sometimes the hurriedly worn socks will be inside-out, sometimes I really want to wash dishes tomorrow since I'm too muddle-headed and just a bit lazy. Don't bother me and let me be a spoiled child sometimes~" This song was something dad was often singing called "Great Woman". Maybe he sang it because he was afraid of mom. After listening to it for so long, naturally I learned it.

Seeing that I didn't react, the one who shouted angrily at me before began walking towards me while spitting anger. Apparently she wants to be rude to me. Hmph! Who's afraid of who here?

The leader of the young women began speaking. "Ling Zi, don't cause trouble. Have you already forgotten what my dad told you to do when going out?" What a sweet-sounding voice. Even a skylark's chirping would be eclipsed by her splendor. In comparison to my own voice, it's so much more compelling. If she sang a song, I wonder what it would be like. I began letting my imagination run wild.

That girl called Ling Zi ferociously groaned before saying: "I'll forgive you this time. Hurry up and get lost!"

I don't know if it's because of her resentful words or if I just wanted to listen to their leader's beautiful voice some more, I hid my disdain beneath my contempt and provoked her. "Is this place part of your property? It's so amazing. Even if you try to drag me, the young gentleman that is I, won't leave."

Sure enough, my desire was achieved. That girl's leader spoke again. "Ling Zi, go teach him a lesson. But don't kill him."

So pleasant to hear, it truly is pleasant to hear. Why won't she speak a few more sentences? While I was being infatuated with her, something troublesome came. Maybe that girl called Ling Zi already thought I wasn't pleasing to the eye, but when she heard her master's command, she immediately fluttered over. She took out a jeweled sword from her waist and swung, just barely missing my head.

A cold wind attacked me, causing me to struggle with shivers. I said: "Aiya! Resorting to killing already?" With a single teleport, I moved 10 meters away. Dangerous, simply too dangerous. A few locks of my hair seems to have been cut. What a fast sword! "You're actually coming at me!"

"So you're actually a mage. No wonder you're so shameless." I was currently wearing clothes that commoners wear. So she only knew I was a mage after seeing me use magic.

Wa! Are all mages shameless? I gloomily said within my heart. It doesn't matter if you insult me, but my teacher, friends and my parents are all mages! For their sake, I will teach you a lesson. "Oh light elements, my friend, congregate into sharp arrows and annihilate the enemies before me!" The strengthened light arrows were fired from my hands.

She appeared to have a very hateful appearance after seeing me fire off some light arrows. The sword in her hands began emitting a week silver colored light and in a moment, she cut down my light arrow. Following that, she immediately rushed towards me. After all, it is only natural that a warrior would try to engage a mage in close quarters combat.

Wa! That's Heaven Dou Qi. I've heard of it before, but this time I'm actually seeing it! It seems that I'll have to use some of my actual skill. "Oh light elements, my friend, transform into Holy Light." Brilliant rays of white light rushed forth from my body, enveloping everything in my surroundings. It formed a defensive screen. This is the advanced class defensive light magic: Holy Light. When she clashed with my Holy Light, it looked as if she was suffering in pain. She retreated with lightning speed. From head to toe, she was trembling.

"You. You're a light mage."

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Volume 3: Chapter 4 – First encounter with Magic Race

Not yet finished talking, she fell down.

That isn't possible. My "Holy Light" is a defense type spell, it doesn't contain any offensive qualities. How did it become like this? While I was completely confused, the young woman in charge took out her hand.

She murmured many incantation verses. On her hand appeared a dark violet sphere. With a wave of her hand, she did not attack me but rather aimed at the girl named Ling Zi. Ling Zi seemed to feel much better. She no longer trembled and started to breath deep breathes.

What kind of magic is this? I've never seen it before. "Young woman, what magic did you use? I've never seen it before." I curiously asked.

The sound of the young woman's beautiful voice came, "Don't let him run. Kill him."

"Stop. I only said a few words yet all of you want to kill me. You're all too fierce." By the time I finished speaking, they had already surrounded me. I continuously strengthened my defensive enchantments, waiting to see how they will handle me.

Their leader still hadn't acted, it was only that the eight had surrounded me under her command. They had started to form a circle, I believe they are using a martial skill. However, I discovered they actually haven't moved. Not good. They started chanting an incantation.

A thick, black fog came out from their bodies and completely enveloped me. I protected my body with Holy Light and when the black fog touched it, it made a fizzling sound. It seemed to be some sort of corroding acid. I immediately felt a large increase in pressure. It was truly formidable but Holy Light continued to resist it.

"Oh Great Light Elements, I request you to allow me to borrow your formidable power. Allow the limitless light of the earth to shine!" The current Brilliant Empire was unlike before, I could fully control the spell's strength and position. So naturally, I surrounded them using an area release spell. Following my chant, I slowly floated off the ground, surrounded in blinding white light. I lifted my head and the gold dan within my upper Dantian enveloped my body with a third of my magic power. The radiance surrounding me shrunk back for a moment and then instantly burst forth. The white rays of light rapidly engulfed the black fog, counter attacking the surrounding eight women. I held back, not using my full strength. I didn't want to kill. I still had a lingering fear when I remembered the scene when I had first killed.

In face of the eight women's critical situation, their leader rapidly cast a ring of purple energy, wrapping around them and protecting them from my Brilliant Empire's attack. Their defensive spell was obviously hurried. Although they managed to react against my attack, they were still injured to an extent.

The eight women's cloaks were all destroyed by the threads of light element, exposing their form fitting magic armor. A few cracks had appeared on their armor. Ah, what beautiful girls. Not only were their appearances beautiful but even their figures had no flaws. Even I, who held little interest in women, had a quickened heartbeat.

But when I lifted my head, I was astonished. It was impossible words to describe the beautiful scene before me. This was beauty unlike that of Serene Dream Lake. To compare the two would be like comparing a glimmering ember and the luminous moon.

Their leader wasn't in the same, sorry condition as her eight subordinates. But the cloak that concealed her face had fallen off, revealing her indescribably beautiful appearance. It was that beautiful scene that stunned me.

So beautiful, so very beautiful. Out of all the beautiful women I've met, they are incapable of being compared with her. She by no means held a vulgar beauty but a delicate and graceful one. If all the woman of the world were to be compared, she alone would stand above the rest. I, who had never wavered before, started salivating.

The beautiful woman saw me act like a lecherous pervert and noticed her own cloak had fallen off, quickly covering herself. "Teacher, quickly, help me kill this pervert!"

An eerie voice arrived, "Who dares to vex my little princess?" A chilly wind blew, the ice cold voice removed "passion" from my heart, and not even a sliver remained.

In the wake of the terrifying voice, a black smoke flashed. Then at the beautiful girl's side appeared a completely bound bamboo pole. To say he was a bamboo pole would wouldn't be a slightest bit an exaggeration. Although I couldn't clearly see his stature, it would appear that out of his entire body, only the palm of his hand could be considered wide.

"Teacher, it is him. He already knows our secret and have seen our appearances. Quickly, help me kill him." This beautiful woman is truly not capable of love. How could such a sweet voice say such vicious words, so readily willing to kill?

"Beautiful woman, you are very vicious. However, I like that. How about we become friends?" I frivolously tried to stop her.

Without waiting for her to speak, the bamboo pole had float over. Approaching me, he released a formidable, imposing pressure, rendering me unable to breathe. A master! I went on guard. A true master. Aside from Teacher Di or Teacher Long, I haven't encountered anyone else capable of making me feel this pressure.

I immediately became wary, covering my body with light element and defensive enchantments.

That shady, ominous voice emerged once more, "So it turns out to be a light magic boy. Aren't those who learn light magic few in number?"

"Who said very few? How would you know, bamboo pole? Right now, light magic is very popular throughout the continent and I am the worst one!" Humph, I must confront and mislead him. But I hadn't expect that these precise words had allowed humanity to avoid a calamity.

"What did you say, is this true? The continent's people use light magic? The intelligence I received as not as such." He is truly frank and outspoken, unable to differ lies from truth.

I deliberately put on a serious face and said with exceptional earnest, "Of course it is true, do I have reason to lie to you?" Of course I do, you can't tell lies from truth, even with your life on the line, hehe. Within my mind I sinisterly laughed.

"Teacher, don't listen to his nonsense. Kill him first, you cannot let him reveal our secret." The beautiful woman yelled from the side. This beautiful woman is really out to get I, her daddy. There isn't a single good thing about beautiful women. In the future, I'd better not take a beautiful woman for a wife.

"Fine. I'll first settle this, and then you'll go out and verify." The bamboo pole began chanting an incantation, "Mighty god of darkness, your servant humbly requests you, become an insatiable devourer. For this, I willingly offer my soul."

Though I was ignorant, I could feel that his incantation used dark magic. I loudly yelled in surprise, "Magic race!"

A black shadow emerged from behind the Bamboo Pole and came flying at me. I immediately cast Brilliant Empire trying to meet his attack. But something unexpected happened. The black shadow did not engage with Brilliant Empire but rather turned into a large cover, gathering Brilliant Empire's pillar of light and trapping it within. I lost control over my spell, and soon the light element within the black cover gradually faded away.

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Volume 3: Chapter 5 – Successful Escape

So powerful! Darkness magic is actually so powerful! They're of the demon race, so they have a hatred for humanity carved in their bones and engraved in their hearts. How could they possibly spare me? In the first place, I have never encountered them before so I didn't know how to deal with darkness magic. This won't do, I need to run away. Safety is the most important after all. I can think of a method to deal with them in the future. I took advantage of the fact that the darkness magic was still covering up my Brilliant Empire to quickly use a short range teleportation to leave the site. I picked a direction and did my best to flee.

In fact, I didn't need to be so anxious about escaping. They didn't chase me at all. Even though that bamboo pole counteracted my Brilliant Empire, it still consumed a lot of power. Darkness magic and light magic are mutually restrictive after all. In the first place, he didn't have any advantages at all.

After counteracting the Brilliant Empire's energy, the bamboo pole took a deep breath. "That light magic was very powerful but he also knows spatial magic. It seems that it will be impossible to chase him. He's so young yet he has so much strength. Ah. Princess, it seems that you still can't compare with him."

"Teacher, how are you? Don't tell me…. Even you can't deal with him? Is he actually that powerful?" The beautiful lady quickly went over to assist the bamboo pole. She had said that since she was unconvinced.

"Ah, Princess. If what that youngster said just now is true, then our demon race is in danger." Sure enough, they are of the demon race. "Their light magic is something we haven't faced for a long time. Its power is extraordinarily strong. It was clear that he hadn't used all of his strength yet. Although he can't be considered my match at the moment, in a few years he will surely surpass me. He also know that the demon race has invaded humanity so he will certainly take appropriate measures. It seems that we will have to temporarily stop our invasion of humanity. We will have to make clear the strength of humanity first before we can continue with our plans."

"Okay. I will listen to you. Then are we still going to the kingdom of Aixia?"

"We're still going. However, all of you should go ahead and find a place to set up first. I must return to our country and report the situation to His Majesty first. I'll ask His Majesty whether or not we will alter our plans."

"Good. Then we will immediately set off." The beautiful lady turned towards the eight maids and said. "How are your conditions? Quickly change into good clothes. We're setting of now. Once we've arrived at the city walls, we'll look for a place to rest and heal."

Back to me. After running for who knows how long, I was gasping for breath. Ah. I'm so tired. I turned my head around as I ran and saw that there wasn't anyone chasing after me. There shouldn't be any problems if I stop running then. I found a shady tree and sat down before wiping away the sweat on my forehead. What did those demon race people come here to do? What kind of bad luck do I have to let me run into them? My luck is really bad today. Right after setting off on my journey I have already met such a powerful enemy. It's a good thing I can run away quickly. I still felt a lingering fear when recalling the black cover the bamboo pole used on me.

However, the leader of those girls was simply too beautiful. Does the demon race have many beautiful women? I originally thought those two elusive sisters were already very beautiful women, but this demon race women is even more beautiful! I can't help but shake my head. Although my heart has never raced for any women before, this time I'm a bit tempted. But she's a bit too fierce. When she saw me, she didn't just want to beat me, she also wanted to kill me. If I married her in the future, then wouldn't my life be awfully miserable? A few passionate words and she'll give me her blade. It's already over. It seems that all beautiful women are fierce. In the future, it'll be fine if I just find an ordinary looking girl to be my wife. It's enough to just look at beautiful women.

I truly don't know what our protagonist is thinking. Right now he is continuously thinking about the issue concerning them and himself. He was unexpectedly thinking about how the demon race passed through the Si Te Lun stronghold and arrived at the Tian Wu continent. What is their purpose?

With my body exhausted and my spirit drained, I unconsciously fell asleep in the shade.

I slept very well, and I woke up freezing. I opened my eyes and saw that it was already night. My body was wet with dew and sweat; I felt unbearably sticky. I wanted to immediately find a place to wash.

Where is this? There seems to be light a small distance away. It looked like a village. Without any delay, I immediately ran toward it.

I walked close and carefully looked. As expected, it is a village, a very small village. Probably about only twenty households. I walked toward to the largest house and knocked on the door, "Is anyone there?"

An old voice passed through the door, "Who is it?"

"Hello, sir. I am a traveler. On a whim, I came here first. Could you let me stay here for the night? I will leave tomorrow, thank you."

After a moment, the door opened. It was a wrinkly old grandpa. After he spent a moment examining me head from toe, he said, "Come in."

"Thank you." I answered at once and then followed the old man into the house. The house had about three different rooms. The living room was very simple; it only had a bench, a small table, a small stool, and a few domestic necessities.

The old man poured a glass of water for me. I immediately answered, "Thank You."

"You don't have to be so polite. Where did you come from, young man?" The old man asked with a smile.

"I came from the city of SenKe. I wanted to take a tour around the Xiuda Kingdom." I didn't conceal anything with these words. This isn't a secret that I have to hide.

"Ah SenKe, that's the second largest city. I visited there when I was young. Oh that's right, you still haven't ate. Look at me, old and senile. I'll go get you something to eat."

I was indeed very hungry, I cannot be polite about this, "In that case, I will trouble you." Actually, in my mind I still wanted to say, 'You should bring more, I eat a lot.'

I found a basin, and I scooped up a bit of water from the yard's water jar and washed my face. As expected, it was very refreshing. After I finish eating, I'll give myself a good wash.

"Time to eat, young man." The old man called from within the room.

"I'm coming." When I entered the room again, the small table already held many dishes on top of it, including a bamboo basket filled with steaming sweet potato and corn. There was also a bowl of fragrant sweet potato congee. This is great. Smelling the fragrant aromas of the meals, I felt like I was eat.

"Let's sit down and eat. Rural folk like me don't have anything good to treat guests with."

"This is already very good. At home, I always eat like this." I could no longer help it. I threw myself at the table's various foods and with all my might, tried to stuff it all in my stomach. The old man watched me eat with a knowing smile.

With the battle concluded, I had cleared off all the food. I patted my bulging belly, satisfyingly said, "I'm very full, I haven't eaten this much ever since I left home. Thank you truly."

The old man rose and cleaned the battlefield. I also quickly set to the task. Letting me wolf down so much food, how could I possibly push the cleanup onto someone else. The old man didn't bother being polite and told me where the kitchen was.

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Volume 3: Chapter 6 – Mercenary Guild

Finished cleaning, I went back to the living room. The old man seemed to be waiting for me, "We're done. Let me bring you to where you'll be sleeping."

"Young man, you'll be sleeping here. Straight and simple, put it together. Ah that's right, I still don't know your name. This old name is called Lei Jie. You can call me uncle. I haven't married, I've been by myself."

"Here is good. Uncle, my name is Zhang Gong. Thank you."

I sat on the bed and chatted with uncle. I heard him say we were near the Aixia kingdom's border. In the past, this place had once belonged to the Kingdom of Xiuda. The folk on this side are sincere and down to earth, and they all treated their guests well. After all, they are at the border, there aren't that many people who can use magic here. He also said that if I still wanted to go to the Xiuda Kingdom, I must be careful. Recently, it hadn't been very peaceful and secure over there. At our border, there are a few bandits that come and go as a result of our friendly relations. The territory's sovereignty is a sensitive topic, therefore it wasn't properly guarded.

Hearing him talk about this location, I couldn't help but ask, "Then currently, is it impossible to go over there?"

"No, everything is ordinary at our border city. Polima city assembled a large group of people and hired a few mercenaries as escorts. With this, it's already much safer."

"Oh, Then I should go to Polima." Haha, there was still such a great thing. I should try out becoming a mercenary. I might even make some pocket money, hehe.

That uncle had clearly misunderstood my meaning, "Right, since you want to go to the Xiuda Kingdom, it is better to travel from that place. Going together with merchants will also be much safer."

Without needing to explain, I asked where I could wash. He told me there was a brook behind the village I could bathe in.

I used the clear and cold river water to wash the dirt and fatigue. So comfortable. After washing, my body felt indescribably refreshed. From the dimensional storage I took out a set of clean clothes, and changed into them. Then I took the washed clean clothes and returned to that uncle's house.

I lied down on the bed, thinking about today's events. Although I said that from now on I wouldn't take a beautiful woman as a wife, their fairy-like appearance continuously swam in my mind, and I dazingly entered slumberland.

At dawn, I had finished eating breakfast with uncle and we said our goodbyes. According to his directions, I went forward to Polima city.

Perhaps it is because merchants from both countries pass through here, even though it was a border town, Polima was a very prosperous city. The main street was bustling with activity. All kinds of shops were dazzlingly light up like glittering jewels. I inquired the location of the mercenary guild from a passerby.

The mercenary guild's sign is a diamond coin with sword passing diagonally through it. I suppose the idea behind it was that mercenaries used their own skill to get their coin.

Walking through the mercenary guild's entrance, I faced a very large hall. The hall had various sorts of desks all around. At center of the hall were many differently dressed people. There were those who wore warrior's clothing, mage's clothing, and there were even a few sharp eared elves and a few short, rugged dwarves. Elves and dwarves are both classified as minorities, both are peaceful races. Elves are born archers, possessing keen senses and impressive eyesight and capable of learning any natural magic. Dwarves are powerful warriors and very skilled craftsmen. A great many high quality weapons were forged by them.

I walked to what I believed to the front desk, and inquired to the young lady behind it, "Excuse me, where could I receive mercenary missions?"

The service lady took a glance at me. Seeing that I wore only ordinary clothing, she obviously wasn't very enthusiastic. She lazily said, "First go to the left over there and get a form and apply to become a mercenary. After that, you will get a mercenary's mission card. Then you can go to the right and receive missions."

"Oh, Thanks." I answered quickly and took a form. The asked for name and surname, profession, degree of ability and so-on. On the form, for ability, I put that I was a great mage. When I gave the registry form to service lady, she said with surprise, "You're a great mage?"

"That's right, what's the matter?" I, who diligently studied at royal magic academy for a very long time, naturally didn't know that great mages were uncommon.

"Do you have identification from the magic union?"

"Of course I do." I took a magic union capability card from my bosom. (A mage's ability and experience are all verified and confirmed within the magic union's record card. Everyone had their own unique magic card.)

That service lady anxiously authenticated it for a moment. She read it and mumbled: "Zhang Gong Wei, graduated from the Royal Intermediate Magic Academy, representative of his year. As a result of his exceptionally outstanding achievements at the academy, he was exempt from testing and awarded with the title of great mage. Wow! You're a great mage that graduated from the Royal Magic Academy?"

Because of her voice was relatively loud, everyone present had heard. At the time, I became everyone's focus and felt somewhat embarrassed.

"That's right, what's the matter? Can I become a mercenary or not?"

Distracted for a moment, she promptly said, "You can, of course you can. Because you're a great mage, you are directly promoted to a rank C mercenary. You can accept any missions you believe you are capable of."

"Rank C Mercenary? Mercenaries are ranked?" I asked with doubt.

She smiled at me, I suppose it because I was ignorant and inexperienced. "Naturally, Mercenaries have high to low ranks from S, A, B, C, D, E, F, to G. What missions a mercenary can accept depends on their rank. They are promoted in accordance to the difficulty and quantity of their completed missions."

"Oh, so it's like that, thank you." I took the mercenary card that she handed to me, and then I walked to the desk on the right to look for a mission that went to Xiuda.

The service staff at the desk to the right knew that I was a great mage and treated me with an exceptionally friendly attitude. Seeing me walk over, they approached me and asked, "What rank of mission would you like to receive?"

"The rank doesn't matter. What matters is if it goes to the Xiuda Kingdom. I want to travel there, so a mission heading there would be best."

"Wait one moment, sir. I'll help you check."

While she was searching, I was looking at the top tile of the mission board and it was unexpectedly the first assignment that Teacher Di had given me, to acquire Holy Sword, the weapon that the God of Creation had once used. Rank SSS, Ah, there are three S's! It is clearly going to be very difficult. The reward was also extraordinarily high, to go so far as to offer a hundred thousand diamond coins. I reckon that is about how much my country receives from taxes annually.

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Volume 3: Chapter 7 – Eating and Eating

I asked the service lady: "The reward for these three S rank missions are so big, who could afford this?"

This time not only did she laugh at me, but all the people around me looked at me as if I was an idiot. What are they looking at? It's just that I don't know since it's my first time out in the world. I'll just ignore them then.

"Since the beginning of the Mercenary guilds, this mission has had the highest rank. It's already been like this for over 1000 years. If someone actually managed to complete this mission, they can just go to the capital and claim this reward. The power of the divine artifact will be even greater if it recognizes its master.

(Teacher Di has already told me that even if I happen to find a divine artifact, I won't necessarily be able to obtain it. I must obtain the divine artifacts approval first before I can attain it. This much I already know.)

"Oh. So it's actually like this. Have you found the mission I wanted yet?" With so many people staring at me, I really want to leave at once.

"Here's a mission that suits you quite well. It's a B rank mission. The mission is to escort a merchant to the capital of the Xiuda kingdom, Xiuda City. The reward for this mission is 300 diamond coins. However, this type of mission is usually accepted by a whole mercenary company. Will you be fine by yourself?"

"Ah. How many people are there in a mercenary company?" It would be better to find some other people to accept this mission with. Safety is the most important thing after all.

"It's not exact, but the minimum is around ten people."

I surveyed my surroundings then abruptly shouted: "Any mercenary groups that want to take this mission, I want to join." This truly is clever of me. If I don't want to do this mission by myself, then I can just find a mercenary company to join. How wonderful, I probably won't meet any bandits and even if I do, they'll take care of it. I'll certainly be safe this way. I truly am too clever.

While I was being infatuated with my cleverness, I heard a loud voice. "Then you can join us since we're also thinking about taking this mission."

Ah, what a loud voice! It frightened me just now. I turned my head to look at the owner of the voice. Waa! He's so huge! His height is over 2 meters and a foot! He had a wild beard on his face and he was carrying a huge axe on his back. With a single look I could tell that he had the strength of one who trains in martial skills.

"Hello, you guys are a mercenary company?" I courteously asked.

"Ah, yes that's right. We're the famous Holy Sword Mercenary Company." The huge person said in a straightforward manner.

"How many people are in your group?"

"We have about 20 people in our company but they're all martial practitioners. We're from the Xiuda kingdom so we wanted to take this mission as we could use it to go home conveniently. We're lacking a mage. So how about it? Do you want to join us?"

20 people. That's not a small number, but I don't know how their strength is. Looking at his appearance, I estimated that he if he had Earth Battle Spirit, it would be quite good.

"Then what warrior rank are you right now?"

"Me? I'm on the verge of reaching the level where I can get the authentication of a knight. Most of the people in the company are intermediate rank warriors." (An intermediate warrior is equivalent to an intermediate mage.)

"Oh. So that is to say you're an advanced warrior. That's fine then. I wish to join your ranks until we finish this mission. However, I have a few conditions I hope you can agree to." Although their strength isn't that powerful, I really like this big guy.

The big guy blanked out for a moment. "What conditions?"

I muttered to myself before saying: "There are three conditions. Number one: I want you guys to prepare a carriage for me during the journey since I'm a mage so I don't have much physical strength. Number two: I won't be considered to be part of your mercenary company but simply as an ally. I don't want you guys to command me. Naturally, I will dispose of any dangers. Number three: I want a tenth of the reward money."

The first two conditions were a bit harsh, but the last condition was actually advantageous to them. The big guy thought about it for a bit before agreeing to them, he only needs a passable carriage and it'll be done. What would I do with all this money? It would just be pocket change to me. What's more, they have to split it among twenty people. If I asked for more they wouldn't make much profit. I'm still outstandingly kind and honest after all.

After accepting the mission and deciding on when we would assemble, we left the Mercenary Guild. First off, I want to go find a good restaurant to comfort my stomach. Apart from that time I ate my fill at that uncle's house, I've been eating rations for the rest of the journey. My stomach nearly revolted after that.

After exiting the Mercenaries Guild and walking quite a bit, I saw a restaurant with a big sign called the Signature Tavern." What an interesting name. I'll eat here then.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, a server came over to welcome me. "Hello Mister. May I ask how many people are with you?"

"It's just me. Please give me a more peaceful area."

"Okay then. The second floor is a bit more peaceful. I'll bring you over then." I followed the server to the second floor then sat down at a table beside the window. As expected, it's really peaceful here. Maybe it's because it isn't dinner time yet, but there was only a sparse number of people.

"What kind of special dishes do you guys have here?" I was already a bit impatient, since my stomach wouldn't wait for them. It continued to protest.

"Our specialty here is stir-fried duck hearts, dong po pork…" He continuously listed off ten different dishes. They all sounded quite good. I'm already beginning to drool.

"It's fine now. You don't need to continue. The dishes you said just now, bring me all of them. I also want ten steamed buns and a bowl of porridge. Hurry up."

"Can you eat this much?" The skeptical server has met the Rice Bucket.

"Just hurry up and do it. What are you asking so many questions for? It's not like I'm not paying for it."

After driving away the server, I was already beginning to anticipate my delicacies. They were really fast. In not too long, my table was filled with an incomparable feast. (There wasn't any wine. I haven't started drinking yet. I'll speak about it when I have the change in the future.) My mouth suddenly opened wide. I took the chopsticks and began my struggle.

My speed isn't that slow. It only took me about one hour to finish it. Actually, I didn't really take my time eating a lot of the dishes. No matter the taste, it just slipped straight into my stomach. Not bad. Truly not bad.

"Server, the bill please."

The server walked over. "In total that was 3 gold coins and 4 silver coins.

"Oh." I took out the amethyst card from my chest pocket and gave it to him. "Will the card be fine?"

When the server saw me take out an amethyst card, his face had a look of reverence on it. "Please wait a moment. I'll go look for my boss."

In order to use the card, he needs to find the boss. So troublesome. Forget about it. I'll just wait then. In any case, I sat there motionlessly. (Authors note: Who told you to be such a good for nothing Zhang Gong. Recklessly eating so much. There are people who are saving money who can't eat. Yet you have so much waste. Corruption and waste are the biggest sins. Author: Speechless.)

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Volume 3: Chapter 8 – Encountering Bandits

A short and stout middle aged man walked over, "Hello sir, was it you that wanted to use the amethyst card to pay the bill?"

"That's right. What's the matter?" I lazily answered. I've eaten my fill, right now my greatest concern was going to bed.

"May I ask you what your profession is?" The middle aged man asked with a smile.

"I am a mage. What does this have to do with the meal? Let me pay the bill immediately, I want to go."

"It's like this, the reason why we are called Signature tavern is because every person that eats here either has great ability or a position in society. So long as you write your signature here, you can eat a meal for free."

"So there was such a good thing. Then I'll give you my autograph." Eat a meal without paying, not bad.

"Then what is your mage rank?"

I took out my magic union identification card, "Great Mage, is this a high enough rank?"

The shop keeper's face showed a pleasantly surprised smile, "That is high enough. Without doubt. Then I will inconvenience you."

With just a casual signature on the names of four delicious dishes, I was excused from paying for several gold coins worth of food. It seems that the magic identification card has it uses, not bad.

Later generations testified to the shop owner's wisdom, for the Child of Light's autograph was later auctioned off for 20,000 diamond coins.

I randomly picked a hotel to stay the night. Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the east city gate. That was where I made an appointment with the strong man yesterday.

There were a truly great amount of people and great many carriages parked on the roadside. I suppose this is the caravan I'm supposed to escort. Isn't that the strong man? From a glance, he looked like he was chatting with a few merchants.

"Hi, I've come. When are we leaving?"

"Ah, you came. Let me introduce you. This is the leader of the caravan we are escorting, Mr. Li Ci Meng." He said pointing at a stout merchant. "This person is a great mage. Ah that's right. I still don't know your name. My name is Long Meng Hai."

"My name is Zhang Gong Wei. Greetings everyone, I am honored to be escorting you all with Long Meng."

Mr. Meng looked at me be doubt, "You are a great mage?"

"That's right, what? Not convinced? Oh great light elements, heed my call, friends. Congregate in front of me, become a holy light annihilating everything." I only displayed my own strength, so that I could take it easy during the journey.

Following my incantation, my body suddenly dispatched a dazzling white light pushing away everyone within five meters of me.

"If any of you have the slightest knowledge of magic, you should that was a rank six spell." My voice transmitted from within the Holy Light.

My powerful spell caught the interest of everyone present, and they all gasped with surprise. I withdrew my holy light, "With this you should be convinced."

As expected of a merchant, Mr. Meng immediately walked over with a smile across his face, "Excuse us, we shouldn't have doubted you, great mage. With you on this journey, our safety is guaranteed.

Long Meng also walked over. A moment ago when I released the power of Holy Light, he hadn't been able to resist even the slightest. He said ashamedly, "To tell the truth, I had also doubted your abilities at the beginning. Now I know how silly I was. In this escort mission, my mercenary company and I have decided to listen to your orders.

With everyone flattering me, I got a bit carried away. "You don't have to do that. I just didn't want everyone to think I was only here for food, hehe. You'll still be in charge, I don't want to. If something happens, it will be fine to just call for me."

Like that, the journey had started with me and Long Meng's mercenary company escorting about a hundred merchant carriages.

Because I had displayed my strength, everyone had treated me with admiration, letting ride in the most luxurious carriage and receiving the best rations during meal time. I also became a freeloader. It seemed that magic was truly not widely learned. Knowing magic had many benefits, not only having to not pay for food at a restaurant but I can also freeload off of the mercenaries, haha.

My carriage is at the center of the caravan. It is said so that I could look after the entire caravan from front to end. Just when I was about to fall asleep, someone had shook me awake. It was Long Meng. He looked exhausted, his brow beaded with sweat.

"What's the matter?" I lazily asked.

"It's bad. It seems we've come across bandits." Long Meng said nervously.

"That's not possible. There are people that dare to rob such a large caravan?" In my mind, I imagined about twenty to thirty bandits.

"We have a large amount of men? Why don't you go out and take a look?" Long Meng was clearly a bit nervous.

It seemed somewhat amiss, I dropped from the carriage, and was stunned by the situation before me. Now I knew why Long Meng had sweated so much, because I had also broke a cold sweat.

On top of the hills, I saw group of more than three hundred men before me. Such a large bandit group, how did I end up with such terrible luck? I originally believed I could comfortably complete this mission, but it seems this time there's going to be a bit of trouble.

Long Meng's mercenary company and I came together to the front. The bandit group had arrived in front of us in a flash, and scattered in every direction, creating an impenetrable encirclement.

"Tell your leader to come out and answer." A bandit arrogantly yelled.

Long Meng, Mr. Meng, and I all looked at each other, who will go? They suddenly pushed me out. This, this is too unjust! But I already came out. Let's take a look. Honestly, to run away by myself is unacceptable. It's possible to flee but I'm not that afraid. I walked forward a few steps.

"May I ask how we may help all of you gentlemen?" After I asked, the bandits immediately gave an arrogant, heartily laugh.

"Who do you think we are? Leave all of your belongings behind at once and I, your father, will release you. Or else, hehe." Their black battle armored boss said loudly.

"Elder brothers, we all aren't that easy. Won't you let us go?" I pleaded.

"Let you go? We waited a month with great difficulty for an attractive, wealthy target and you want us to let you go? What a delusion."

It looks like it'll be impossible to pass. I was suddenly hit with a bright idea, and recalled what Teacher Di and I had discussed. The people of the Xiuda Kingdom truly value face, especially the pride of a knight. It seemed I can exploit this.

"Excuse me, you, leader, are you a knight?" My words were hard and firm, piercing through the leader's black battle armor.

Before he replied, a bandit viciously said, "Of course. Our boss is a heaven knight." That leader wore an obviously proud appearance. Not bad, they fell into my trap.

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Volume 3: Chapter 9 – Bandit Leader's Charge

"Then how about we make a bet?"

"What sort of bet?" He obviously didn't put me in his eyes.

I pretended to think for a bit, "Let's just bet you won't be able to beat me." My words immediately made all the bandits burst out in wild laughter, apart from the silent bandit standing beside the bandit chief.

The chief bandit didn't even stop to think and immediately replied: "Ok. I'll bet with you. But we won't just be betting on all of your merchandise, we'll also be betting the lives of everyone in your party. You still want to bet?" It seems he wasn't foolish, to make use of my group.

Now I'm put into a difficult position, I have to take into consideration the lives of several hundred people. "Please let us discuss this for a moment."

I returned to our party, "You all heard my conversation with the chief bandit, what do you guys think?"

Long Meng excitedly said: "I hand my life over to you, Great Mage, I'm sure you can win against him. How about it brothers?" All the mercenaries under Long Meng shouted in uniform: "We'll bet." A proper group of brave men.

I turned to the caravan leader, Mr. Meng, "What about you guys, are you willing to put your lives in my hands?"

Mr. Meng was very hesitant, "Can you let me discuss it more with that chief bandit?" Everyone has the right make their own choices. Although Long Meng's mercenaries were glaring at him, I didn't express anything, "Alright, you can try to negotiate again."

I accompanied Mr. Meng to the bandits, Mr. Meng very politely said, "If us merchants don't participate in this bet, can you let us just give you the merchandise and not die?"

The chief bandit impatiently said, "Fine, you are so troublesome. Quickly decide what you're going to do. Originally, we could easily capture you guys. We just agreed to your request to let you guys accept defeat. I'm not going to be so polite anymore if you don't decide soon."

Mr. Meng pondered for a bit. First he helpless said to me: "I have to insure everyone's safety. I hope you can understand." Then he turned to the chief bandit: "We are willing to hand over all the merchandise."

I silently sighed. Originally, there was an opportunity to withdraw without loss. But now I'd rather not fight, as there's no longer any reason to. However spoken words are like spilled water, they can no longer be taken back.

Seeing the chief bandit's pleased look, I, who is rarely angered, was somewhat upset. First I calmly said to Mr. Meng, "Since you do not trust me, then from now on I along with Long Meng's mercenary company will hereby end our employment under you." Mr. Meng shook his head and went back sighing. It seems that he was going to prepare his goods for delivery.

"I represent myself and these twenty brothers of mine in an exchange of pointers with you. If I win, you let us go. If I lose, our lives are yours." I said resolutely with gritted teeth. With my strength, I believed that there was no way I could lose against a Heaven Knight.

"Good. Boy, you have courage. Come!"

All of the bandits went out, leaving a large, empty expanse. It seems that the people of Xiuda greatly care about the fair nature of an exchange of pointers. Long Meng's company were also in the surrounding encirclement, giving me confidence. Those merchants were looking from the distance, waiting for our match to end to hand over their goods.

I gave the brothers in Long Meng's mercenary company a confidence smile, and loudly said, "Brothers, believe in me, I will definitely bring everyone out of this troubling situation.

At the center of the site, the bandit leader and I stood face to face. I calmly threw off my outer robe and waved my right hand, "Come, dimensional storage."

"Boy, you are a mage. Then you certainly won't use a horse. I will not use one either. Let us immediately start this match." It seems this bandit is truly worthy of being considered a heaven knight; he truly has a knightly demeanor.

From the dimensional pocket, I took out my Light God's Robe and wore it. After all, I am bearing the lives of tens of people. I must be cautious. Wearing the Light God's Robe, I immediately gained much spirit power. I cast several defensive enchantments on myself. "Come, let me experience this heaven knight's strength."

The bandit wildly laughed, drew his sword, and flew straight towards me. So fast, I only saw a dim shadow for a flash of a moment, and he had arrived in front of me, in one blur, chopping at my shoulder.

He is truly fast, so fast that I don't even have enough time to teleport. I waved my right hand and brilliant rays of light came forth to obstruct him.

The bandit stopped for a moment. "Are you a mage or a warrior? How come you have Heaven Battle Spirit?"

"I'm not using battle spirit. This is just another method of using magic." This is my real strength. Right now I could even cast some rudimentary spells without chanting. I only need to will it then the light elements will congregate into the result I want. This took me three years to comprehend. Although there's still a gap between me and Teacher Di, my power is unexpectedly similar to using battle spirit. At the moment, the bandit wasn't attacking me at all since I was simply too great. Even though I managed to block his attack earlier, my whole right side is numb now. After all, fighting each other like soldiers with short weaponry certainly isn't a mage's strong points. I won't give him this sort of opportunity again.

Using teleportation, I moved out of his range. It seems like I'll have to use some stronger spells since his battle spirit is actually so powerful. His probing attack just now nearly injured me, if he had used all his strength I would have been unable to resist. I continuously used teleportation to change my position. He's actually really quick as he was only a bit slower than me while I was using teleportation magic. I'm afraid he'll cut me down if I stop. This situation can't continue on.

I dodged to the side and starting chanting an incantation. My hands started to emit a faint white light. The radiance grew stronger. This is a different spell than the one I had just used. This is my improved Light Severing Sword. With a wave of my hand, I can control my magic, using it to directly attack. It is a rank 6 spell, and its single target attack power is exceptionally strong. It is greatly suited to this situation. If Brilliant Empire isn't necessary able to hit him because of his speed, and area attacks too large are spread too thin to be able to harm him, then currently, I can only use Light Severing Sword and stake it all.

I suddenly stopped and turned around with a white light. He immediately used a battle spirit movement technique and slashed at me with his knight swords that were emitting the same white light. I willed my magic to block it. "That's right! Don't run away. It's isn't satisfying if you run away."

"Fine then. I'll give something satisfying." Fast as lightning, I shot one Light Severing Sword after another at him. In return, he brandished his knight's sword to block them. Although I was unable to injure him, he was also unable to attack me. Now we'll see who lasts longer, my magic power or his battle spirit.

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Volume 3: Chapter 10 – The Formidable Xiao Jin

The whole area we were fighting in was filled to the brim with my magic and his battle spirit. I secretly complained within my heart, why did I have to encounter such a powerful bandit? Don't tell me…. Are all the people of Xiuda are this strong? That's too scary to imagine…

His battle spirit seemed to gradually dwindle, it seems that this was more than he could handle. I finally saw a ray of hope. Even though I used up a lot of magic power, I could still sustain this. Immediately, I took advantage of this opportunity and accelerated my attacks. My efforts weren't in vain. He was careless and got hit in the shoulder. He was sent flying quite a far distance. The power of a rank 6 attack spell is truly frightening. Even if he had battle spirit protecting his body, I don't think he would get off with light injuries.

I stopped my magical assault since I knew that an exchange between knights stops when the opponent is unable to fight back anymore. Since he has his grace, why can't I also act like a knight?

After he got up from the ground, I saw that his left shoulder was somewhat unnatural. He gave me an eccentric laugh and roughly said: "Brat, I didn't expect you to be this strong. It's admirable that at such a young age you have already reached this level. Regardless of the outcome of this exchange, I'll release you guys. Actually, I knew that if you guys truly wanted to run, we wouldn't be able to stop you at all. But you stayed behind for your friends. I can really admire this as a fellow man."

Regardless of the outcome? What does that mean? Could it be that he still has enough strength to strike back? I indifferently replied: "Then I'll thank you first. I also admire your chivalrous spirit." These were my heartfelt words.

As he brushed off the dirt on him, he said: "I'll let you see my true strength. Come out, War Tiger." In the wake of his words, a big brightly colored fierce tiger came out with a majestic roar. "This is my magical beast, War Tiger. You can also summon your magical beast, then we can fight each other with all of our strength. I haven't enjoyed myself for so long. War Tiger, fusion." The War Tiger gave out a long roar before charging into the bandit. In a flash, the man and tiger fused into one. On his body appeared some tiger striped armor. It covered up all the important parts of his body, in total covering about 60% of his body. Even on his knight's sword appeared some stripes. His hair was let down magnificently. This imposing manner of his gave me a sense of being overwhelmed.

Wa! This is the armor of a successful fusion between a warrior and his magical beast! Teacher Di told me before that a warrior's magical beast is similar to a mage's magical beast. They both aid their master to attack and defend. However, if the magical beast reaches rank 7 and the master has Heaven Battle Spirit, it can fuse with the master and become armor. This will also increase the master's attack abilities. In comparison to individual combat, this way was much more powerful. Being able to create armor by fusing with his magical beast means that he's already approaching the level of a Radiant Knight. (Equivalent to a magister)

"Let me experience your magical beast too."

It seems that I'll lose if I don't let Xiao Jin out to fight with me. I still haven't pieced myself together from the shadow of Xiao Jin's last battle. I'll try it out and let Xiao Jin out. It's different from those days. Xiao Jin shouldn't be defeated that easily now. "Come out Xiao Jin." In a flash of golden light, Xiao Jin's huge body appeared and nestled up against my side.

It was clear that Xiao Jin's appearance gave him a fright. He said in surprise: "Ah! What kind of magical beast are you? You're so big."

The current Xiao jin was over 10 meters long and from head to toe he was covered in white scales with three golden stripes flickering with light. The horn on his head has also grown a lot and the large wings on his back were only slightly shorter in length than a person's height. On his abdomen five sharp claws scratched the ground. He looked extremely domineering.

I discovered that Xiao Jin didn't want to fight at all. He gave out a cheerful roar since he hadn't been outside for so long. It might be that he thought I brought him out to play. It wasn't until I told him we had enemies through telepathy that he nervously shook his adorable head to look around us. He sensed that only the bandit's there were a threat to me and asked telepathically: "Are these the enemies?" I gave him an affirmative response.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Jin suddenly had the imposing manner of a king and began to ferociously glare at the opposing bandits. All of his scales were erect and he even unfurled his wings and waved them, causing a small sandstorm. This frighteningly imposing manner caused all of the surrounding bandits to scatter in all directions as they shouted: "Monster!"

"Stop, stop. I don't want to battle anymore." From within the sandstorm came the bandit's voice.

I promptly told Xiao Jin to stop, but within my heart, I couldn't help but be baffled by the bandit. Neither me nor Xiao Jin have attacked him yet he had already surrendered.

"Damn. What kind of magical beast is this? It's way too terrifying. My War Tiger already seems to be afraid of him and wants to separate from my body. I admit defeat so hurry up and recall him." It turns out that when the bandit confronted Xiao Jin, he already knew that he was unable to contend with me. So he took the initiative to admit defeat.

Indeed, Xiao Jin is so strong that even I can't believe it. I know that right now I'm absolutely not Xiao Jin's opponent. Especially considering his imposing manner of a king just now. I was flabbergasted, was this actually my Xiao Jin who was so cute and adorable before?

Xiao Jin unwillingly returned to my body. I suddenly felt weak. I have consumed a lot of magic power. Even though I wasted a lot of magic power during the exchange of pointers, summoning Xiao Jin also consumed a lot due to how powerful he is. (I supply him with all of his energy.) He didn't attack otherwise I would have collapsed. It seems like I still have long way to go. If in the future me and Xiao Jin are able to display our full powers simultaneously, I estimate that our strengths wouldn't be too far off from a legendary Grand Magister's.

After the dust had gradually settled, I could see the bandit not far from me standing there while being covered in dirt. He has already recalled his War Tiger. I couldn't find a single thread of hostility in his gaze as he helplessly looked at me. By relying on Xiao Jin's formidable power, I've beaten him.

Letting out a bitter laugh, he said to me: "I've got to say my boy, this magical beast of yours is too abnormal. Ah, how did you find him? I don't know what sort of breed he is."

I replied with a smile: "I don't know what breed he is either. I only know that he's my best friend. Actually, you didn't lose at all. It's just that your magical beast couldn't compare to mine. Our strengths are about equally matched."

I reckon that my words have satisfied his vanity since he couldn't conceal his excitement. "Alright then. You're a real brother. We're friends from now on then!"

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Volume 3: Chapter 11 – Having a Bandit as a Friend

The chief bandit cheerfully said: "Alright then brother. You and your friends can go now. I'll just go and receive the spoils of war now. Haha."

I really didn't expect that in the end there would be this sort of result. Simply too dramatic. Unexpectedly, I became friends with the bandit robbing me.

When the caravan leader, Mr. Meng saw that we had turned enemy into friend, his heart felt unwell. Within his heart he was unceasingly scolding himself for having such poor judgement. Without looking at me, he quickly walked over to Long Meng and begged: "Ah, Long Meng. Talk with the Great Mage Zhang Gong to help us by getting these older brothers to let us off. If we lose all of this merchandise, our losses will truly be too big."

With a disdainful look, Long Meng coldly replied: "Isn't it too late now? Who told you guys not to trust Zhang Gong? Who is to blame? Blame yourselves. I wouldn't have any face if I helped you guys to plead."

"Yes, yes. It's all because of my poor judgement. I was too selfish. But we, the elderly are above and below are the young. There are a lot of people this time whose loss would be the same as losing their family fortune. I beg of you, help me talk to him." Mr. Meng was already shedding tears as he said this."

Even though Long Meng looked the fool on the outside but within, he was extraordinarily kindhearted. After seeing Mr. Meng, a grown man, crying, his heart softened. Helplessly, he said: "Fine then. Don't be like this. I'll go and try but I can't guarantee that Zhang Gong will agree."

"Thank you, thank you! You truly are a good person!"

I heard their conversation long ago since I was right behind them. I contemplated this for a bit. Ah! It isn't easy for a merchant to survive either! Forget it. There's no need to lower myself to their level.

Without even letting Long Meng to open his mouth, I hurriedly said: "Fine then. No need to say anymore Long Meng. I'll go and try pleading for them."

I walked over to the bandits that were currently taking inventory of the merchandise and embarrassingly said: "This is really embarrassing. I will have to inconvenience you."

The Bandit Chief straightforwardly said: "What's there to feel embarrassed about? If you have something to say then just say it."

"It's like this you see. It isn't easy for these merchants either so would it be possible for you guys to let them off this time? After all, this is the first time I've received a mercenary mission so I wouldn't want to stop midway and pay the fees."

The Chief Bandit shook his head and awkwardly said: "I'm afraid that it's impossible for us to spit out that fat meat that's already in our mouths. Why do you still want to help them? Didn't you see the true face of that band of profiteers just now? They don't trust you at all so why do you still bother with them?"

While also feeling very awkward, I let out a sigh. "Ah. There's nothing to be done about it then. First of all, they're my customers, and second, they also have wives and children. I only hope you wouldn't be too harsh on them. I know that you must have your own difficulties, but everyone have to give themselves a way out."

The Chief Bandit's face sank with gloom. "Are you threatening me?"

I stared at him in the eye unyieldingly. "Of course I'm not threatening you. I just hope you will agree to me request. In the future I will certainly pay you back the favor."

Under my resolute gaze, he gradually softened and released a gentle sigh. Helplessly, he said: "I truly can't say no to you but I really like your character. I can agree to releasing one horse for them, but not the rest. I want half of the merchandise since I have so many brothers following me. I definitely can't let them return empty-handed. Besides that, I have one more condition."

His answer was already very satisfying since these unscrupulous merchants should also be taught a lesson. This is the best possible outcome. With a smile, I said: "Then I'll thank you first. Just tell me what condition you have and I will do my best to satisfy you."

"My condition is very harsh. Your heart must be prepared. If you can't do it, then the previous agreement will have been a waste."

My heart tensed up and I clenched my teeth. "Say it then. I'll do it if I can." Will he deliberately, embarrass me? He wouldn't want me to strip would he…?

Laughingly, he said: "My condition is——" He deliberately drew out this word to cause me to feel suspense. "It's to invite you to go to our mountain stronghold as a guest."

After hearing his words, it was like unloading a ball of gas. I became soft and nearly fell collapsed onto the ground. I collapsed. I violently collapsed. Ah! How can this be considered a condition? It's too simple!

I said with a weak voice: "Boss, I'll do it."

Flabbergasted, he replied: "What? You don't wish to go to our place as a guest? Then forget about it. I'll cancel the agreement."

I hastily replied: "No no no. I want to go. I want to go see what it's like at your place. Are you trying to scare me to death?"

Abruptly, he gave out a hearty laugh of rejoice. "Haha! You've been fooled by me. This is my revenge.

I was speechless.

With the Chief Bandit's promise, the crowd of bandits returned half of the merchandise to the merchants. These profiteering merchants thanked me until I grew annoyed. I don't care about them at all. I told Long Meng the Chief Bandit's condition and told them to escort the caravan to Xiuda first. I need to go to the bandit's nest for a few days as a guest after all.

Initially, Long Meng was firmly opposed to this but after my unceasing explanations of how the Chief Bandit definitely won't harm me, he finally agreed. He said he definitely follow me in the future, so I must arrive at Xiuda safely. I accidentally received so many little brothers. I also have some means. I told him we would speak of this in the future when I arrive in Xiuda and find them.

After watching the walk away, I turned around and looked at the Chief Bandit. I said with a smile: "Boss, let us go then. Oh, that's right! I still don't know your name. My name is Zhang Gong Wei. I'm 16 but I'll be turning 17 this year."

"Everyone calls me Zhan Hu so you can call that too. I don't wish to carry my former name anymore. This year I'm 29 years old so I'm much older than you. Then I'll be your older brother."

Inwardly I thought, surely he has some extreme circumstances in his past. It would be best not to touch upon it. I answered: "Of course. It goes without saying that you're the big brother. Let's go then. Let me go and see what your nest is like." While saying this, I made a bandit give me horse before rushing onwards.

"You know the way? It'd be better if I lead the way." Zhan Hu's horse was evidently much more excellent. In a moment he already caught up to me and rode besides me.

Their nest is within the mountains of the border between Aixia and Xiuda. It wouldn't be accurate to call it a bandit's nest. It would be better to call it village due to its large scale. Furthermore, Zhan Hu was precisely the village's chief. Whether young or old, when the women and children saw the bandits return with so many valuables they all welcomed the bandits as if they were heroes.

The scale of this bandit village wasn't small at all. The mountains encircled this small village situated in a depression within the mountains, thus providing a natural barrier for them. It was as if the whole village fused together with the surrounding mountains. How verdant and lush. If I didn't know any better, I would think this was an isolated world.

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Volume 3: Chapter 12 – Big Brother Zhan Hu

Zhan Hu and I entered the village. He really is the village's idol; when someone sees him they always greet him. He also responds to them one by one. He let all of his subordinates return home and brought me to his residence. He lived in a simple, crude reed house in the deepest part of the village. Surrounding it was a very tattered fence.

I said jeeringly, "You should repair this house, otherwise the wind will blow you away together with it."

He didn't care about my jeers. My words seemed to evoke a worry on his mind. He murmured, "On the eighth month, a great autumn wind furiously roared and sweeped up my house's heavy reeds. The reeds flew to the river and scattered throughout. Up high, the winds takes the branches of tall trees. Down below, it creates a whirlwind, hollowing the ground beneath it. Before, I lived a life of luxury; now there is nothing. Contrary, only a simple, basic life is my goal now."

I patted his shoulder, "It seems that you are also deeply heartbroken by these past events. Can you tell me about it? I am willing to hear you out. Let everything out of your heart, you'll certainly feel much better."

He looked at me. His eyes displayed the gaze of an intimate friend, and said boldly with abandon, "Right, continuously stifling my heart's thoughts have made me feel unwell. Today I will let you hear. Walk, let us enter the house, and talk and drink."

He had never married and lived by himself. He brought out a jar of wine from who knows where and brought out a few simple dishes. "Let's eat. Little brother, tomorrow I'll let them give you something a bit better."

I immediately said, "This is already very good."

He took out two large wine cups and said, "Come, let's drink."

I said embarrassed, "I never drank wine before. How about you drink by yourself?"

"Not drinking is out of the question. Wine is a truly good thing. We men have enough hardships for a lifetime, with no smoking (tobacco), with no drinking, you might as well live life as a dog. Come, drink."

It was hard to refuse such great hospitality. I wanted to try wine and experience what it tastes like, "Alright, today I will keep your company and drink with you." I picked up the wine jar and filled our cups to the brim. We raised our cups leveled to each other and drained it in one gulp. "I respect big brother, respect for finishing first."

He had a happy appearance and took another drink. "Good, drink to your heart's content."

When we drank the wine, I started to feel a bit hot, yet I also smelled a pure, simple fragrance. With it, it isn't very hard to drink. But the inside of my stomach felt like a fire burning, I felt as if my whole stomach was aflame. My face held a deep red. A good half day later, my energy started to slowly come back.

Zhan Hu laughingly said, "Aren't you drinking a bit slowly? This wine's strength cannot be considered weak. Your stomach for liquor will definitely be pretty good in the future. If an average person drank a cup of this wine of mine, they would be on the brink of death."

With a red face, I said, "Oh, so it turns out to be that kind of wine." I hurriedly tried the dishes.

After we ate for a while, I asked, "Big Brother, why have you become a bandit? With skill like yours, you should be able to go anywhere and receive great status."

Zhan Hu sighed, saying, "Little Brother, you wouldn't know. Before, I was also high spirited like you. I was previously regarded as a genius of the Xiuda Kingdom's young generation. When I was twenty years old, I had already become a Heaven Knight. At the time, I was a symbol of my family's glory, what everyone had hoped to accomplish." He stopped here and drank a large mouthful of wine.

I interrupted saying, "Then what about later?"

He continued, saying, "Later, I joined the army. Because of my outstanding performance, I gained the admiration of everyone. Quickly, I climbed to a position that everyone yearned for even in their dreams. You should know about the Xiuda Kingdom's trump unit."

"The Earth Dragon Corps?" I heard Teacher Di talk about it before. If on plain terrain, a single Earth Dragon Legion could easily get rid of any adversary. Earth dragons have extraordinarily strong magic defenses. Unless it comes across exceptionally high rank magic, it would be fundamentally impossible to harm it and its knights. On the East Continents, only the Xiuda Kingdom produced an earth dragon, but the numbers are quite sparse."

"Right, you're correct. At the time, among the three Earth Dragon Corps, I was their strongest leader."

Ah? It turned out that he had once been so formidable. "Then at the time, you were very proud of yourself. What about your earth dragon? I heard when earth dragons recognize a master, it will eternally follow him."

Zhan Hu continued to pour himself many cups of wine and painfully said, "My earth dragon's name was Zhan. He was the strongest earth dragon in the Earth Dragon Corps. The greatest reason for I am now like this is because of him. During our first training session, because of my mistake, Xiao Zhan sacrificed his life. He sacrificed his life to save me." He painfully grabbed the hair on his own head.

I grabbed his hand, and consoled him, "Don't do that. These matters have already past. There is no use in regretting it now. You must start pulling yourself together."

Perhaps because my consoling had impacted him, he gradually became tranquil. We continued to drink and chat. He said since Xiao Zhan died, he had never been able to forgive himself. Everyone had blamed him; they all said it was his fault that his precious earth dragon had died. This also caused him to be dismissed from his position as a Corps head. At that time, he had begun to learn to drink alcohol. Every day drunk, every day looking at others with indifference. He couldn't endure it and ran away. Without a goal, he wandered aimlessly without direction until he arrived here. Coming here, everyone was pressed to banditry. That is because of Zhan Hu's skills, it was only natural the people of Village Li would be put to order. But later, because he sympathized with the bandit's lives and was simultaneous wanting for a home, He had also stayed behind and became their bandit chief.

So it turned out that his past was so complicated. I was deeply moved. I drank a mouthful of wine and said outspokenly, "Big… Big Brother, I greatly admire your character. Hic. How about we become sworn brothers?" My tongue had already become large. Currently the wine had already become sweet. I saw two Zhan Hu's swaying in my eyes.

Zhan Hu also drank almost as much as I. "Good, good little brother, Big Brother recognizes this little brother. In the future, if anything happens, tell Big Brother. Big Brother will surely help you settle the matter."

I embraced his broad shoulder and while swaying, I lifted the cup, saying, "Great, for the affections of us as brothers, come, let's dry these cups." It was as such, he drank a cup, I drank a cup, taking turns until we both finally completely toppled over.

Ah, my head really hurts. In the morning, I managed to wake up, feeling dizzy and muddle headed. Moreover, with this tremendous head pain.

"Little brother, you're awake." Zhan Hu's voice came over.

"Oh, Big Brother, my head, why does it hurt so much?"

"Haha, yesterday you drank so much, how could your head not hurt?" Zhan Hu said with a smile.

"Then how are you alright?" I wondered.

"I drink every day, I've already adapted. Little brother, yesterday you said you wanted us to become sworn brothers. Is that true?"

Sober, I said, "Of course, I would be honored to have an older brother such as yourself."

Emotionally moved, Zhan Hu said, "Very well, I recognize you as my younger brother. Why don't you stand, go wash your face and eat something? Then your head won't hurt."

Afterwards, it was precisely because of Zhan Hu's assistance that the Child of Light was able to obtain true love. Furthermore, Zhan Hu had later become an unforgettably mighty character in history.

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Volume 3: Chapter 13 – Exchange of Skills

Name：Zhan HuHeight：184cmWeight：80kg

Major Magic：N/AMinor Magic：N/A

Magical Beast：War Tiger

Overall Magic Strength：Heaven Knight Magic Control：F

（Grades are divided into S, A, B, C, D, E and F）

Magic Power：FMagic Perception：BMagic Defense：A

Magic Attack：FSpeed：A（Unable to fly）

Physical Attacks：APhysical Defense：AStamina：S

After eating breakfast, me and Zhan Hu climbed a hill to enjoy the scenery with untroubled hearts. I said: "Big Brother, are you in a better mood now after you spoke the words hidden within your heart?"

In the middle of his laments, Zhan Hu said: "It's already been so long since I've been so satisfied. Now my whole body feels at ease."

After we laughed together, I inquired: "What kind of battle spirit are you using that's so powerful?

"My battle spirit has been passed down through my family from generation to generation. It's called the Ascending Dragon's Judgment. It's also what Xiuda's Royal family cultivates. Since we're already brothers, I don't need to conceal this from you. My father is the younger brother of the current king of Xiuda. The Grand Marshal of the kingdom's armies, Qi Lu Xiuda. My original name was Jing Yun Xiuda."

I couldn't help but laugh: "Ah, I never expected that you're related to the king, Big Brother! Little Brother truly is climbing up the social ladder."

Zhan Hu forced out a bitter laugh as he said: "You're playing with me aren't you? How can I still be considered royal blood? I'm just a drifter now, that's all. Why are you asking me what kind of battle spirit I'm using? Could it be that you want to learn it?"

I muttered with a red face: "Originally I wanted to learn it from Big Brother since my teacher gave me a mission beforehand. That is, to learn some basic battle spirit to strengthen my weak body. But Big Brother's battle spirit is a royal secret. How could I possibly be able to learn it?"

"Foolish little brother, why can't you learn it? It doesn't matter. Sect bias has already buried so many talented people, let alone you, who majors in magic. I'll teach you the Ascending Dragon's Judgment right now." Zhan Hu boldly said.

What a pure person I have recognized as a brother. It seems like one of the missions Teacher Di has given me will soon be accomplished. I gratefully said: "That's simply too good then. Thank you Big Brother."

With a solemn voice, Zhan Hu seriously said: "The Ascending Dragon's Judgement is just one of many cultivation methods but its origin is extremely ancient. It should be something the Sacred Knights created thousands of years ago. Its cultivation is split into nine main stages. Namely, they are establishing the foundation, entry, basic understanding, first success, understanding, purification, transformation, ascension, peerless and unfathomable. The early stages are easy in comparison to the later stages; you only need to cultivate and you will surely be able to reach it. However, from the fourth stage and onwards, it becomes extraordinarily difficult. You can no longer advance with just your efforts; comprehension is required. I'm already at the middle of the transformation stage. There's actually a lot of overlap between the cultivation of battle spirit and your cultivation of magic power. It's just that one is acting from the mind to control the external magic elements while battle spirit is the development of the body's potential. Generally speaking, both have their own methods of cultivation. I'll teach you the basic meditation method to cultivate battle spirit."

Zhan Hu was a very strict teacher. If I slacked off even the slightest, he would severely reprimand me. He planned to train me for two months before letting me go to Xiuda. Every morning there would be training to strengthen the body and under his supervision, I wasn't allowed to use magic at all. The body training mainly consisted of running and strength training. In the afternoon I would begin cultivating my battle spirit by meditating. At night I can meditate and cultivate my magic.

In the beginning I wasn't used to this, but he wasn't in any way inferior to the years of training under the devil teacher, Teacher Xiu. However, I gradually discovered that no matter how tired I was in the morning, after meditating for a while in the afternoon I would already be recovered. The next day I would always be even more vigorous. Gradually, battle spirit began condensing within my lower dantian and combined with my magic power without any difficulties (The lower dantian is located in the lower abdomen). I was truly relieved that they combined without conflict.

After today's afternoon meditation, I got up and stretched my body. I picked up an iron sword and brandished it. At the moment, I was practicing the basics of swordplay. While I practiced swordplay, I also controlled my battle spirit the way Zhan Hu taught me and made it flow into the iron sword from my arm. Shortly after, I was successful. However, this success may be due to my powerful mind. It felt as if the sword became lighter. With a light swing of the sword, I could sense the powerful spirit within it. With my strong foundation, I began a sword dance which caused the wind to whistle. It felt quite good.

Suddenly, I had an idea. What would happen if I also imbued the sword with magic power? Let's try it out. Within my gold dan, I separated a bit of magic power. As I condensed this light element, I slowly began pouring it into the sword. In the beginning it seemed as if the battle spirit and magic power were doing their own thing and ignoring each other, but then they gradually began resonating. The battle spirit and magic power fused into a powerful energy. I swung the sword at a boulder to test it out. Immediately, the boulder split into two. It seems like I've made another discovery. Under certain conditions, magic power can increase the power of battle spirit. I need to go tell this wonderful news to Zhan Hu.

After hearing what I said, Zhan Hu told me with extreme excitement to demonstrate it again. He told me he hasn't been able to improve his strength for a long time. If he could fuse magic power with battle spirit in sword to create a magic sword, he would surely be able to improve once again. I was also very excited for him. Of course, the task of teaching him magic fell on my shoulders.

Magic power and battle spirit had distinct differences. Battle spirit was easy to begin cultivating but magic power was much harder to begin cultivating in. Zhan Hu had never learned any magic so I first had to make him comprehend the existence of the light element. This was necessary if I were to teach him light magic.

After arriving at his cottage, I prudently told him: "Big Brother, I'm going to use my magic power as a guide for you to sense the light elements. You must congregate your spiritual power in accordance with my guidance, otherwise the light elements won't recognize you. There is only one chance, so you must pay attention."

Zhan Hu nodded his head. "Okay. Begin then."

I made him sit cross-legged in front of me. Slowly, I began lifting my finger until it was resting on his upper dantian. "We're beginning now."

I condensed my magic power into a thin thread as it followed my finger and entered his upper dantian. During the opening of his upper dantian, he was trembling from head to toe but gradually, he became more and more tranquil.

I started speaking. "Light element is an extraordinarily gentle kind of magic element. The true essence of light is that of generosity, tolerance, peace and love. All living things require light element to grow. Light is like our elder brother and our fathers and mothers. Use your heart to sense it. Let it accept you. We are all the children of Light." After finishing this speech, not only did I feel that Zhan Hu has comprehended the light elements, I also felt a change within my body.

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Volume 3: Chapter 14 – Onward to Xiuda

I felt the surrounding light elements begin to wrap around me. My entire body was immersed in an ocean of light element. What is causing this? I withdrew my finger, letting Zhan Hu comprehend the subtle light elements by himself. Sitting cross legged across Zhan Hu, I had focused on my translucent golden sphere. The golden sphere showed no abnormalities, unmoving between my eyebrows (on top of the upper dantian).

I had just relaxed, thinking about standing up and stretching; when suddenly, the light elements around me frantically surged with me at the center. Light element spread throughout my body, its power far too great. I don't dare resist and only relaxed my body, accepting the baptism of light elements. The light element within my body gathered like lightning. From head to toe, my body was like a balloon being inflated. I could no longer absorb any more. At this time, the golden sphere began to move. It began to run through the blood vessels, rapidly absorbing excess light elements. The feeling of swelling gradually disappeared. The golden sphere's absorption rate was much greater than before. Quickly, the frantic light elements that entered my body achieve equilibrium. I finally relaxed and exhaled. I continued to maintain the current situation until light elements no longer surge into my body.

I took in a deep breath, controlling the golden sphere within my body to cycle through my body before slowly returning to my upper dantian. I was amazed to discover that my originally translucent golden sphere had already entirely become transparent, showing a sparkling light. Within my body, Xiao Jin sent out a lively mood for me. It was obvious that from the frantic surge of light elements just now had granted me benefit not at all small. I remembered that Teacher Di told me I should strive for my golden sphere to at least become completely transparent within four to five years. Then how can this be? I carefully recalled what had happened previously. Could it be that when I introduced the light elements to Zhan Hu that they had acknowledged me once more? This is too miraculous. I could not bear the violent joy surging through me. Currently, I have have become the continent's eleventh magister, at least from my magic power. Give me a bit of time to adjust and I won't be inferior to any person. This is too wonderful.

I opened my eyes. Zhan Hu had already woken up earlier, fixedly looking at me. Seeing me awake, he hastily asked, "Zhang Gong, what happened to you? A moment ago your body was twinkling a dazzling, golden light, rendering me unable to approach you. What was that?"

I emotionally said, "Big Brother, I've succeeded. When I introduced you to the light elements, I don't know why but I went through a baptism of light elements. Right now, the source of my body's magic power, my golden sphere is already completely transparent."

When Zhan Hu heard, he had a slightly confused appearance and smiled, saying, "Talk a bit slower, don't speak so fast. If you speak so fast, I can't hear clearly."

I deeply looked at Zhan Hu's eyes, and said word by word, "In other words, currently your little brother's magic power has already reached the level of a magister."

After Zhan Hu heard what I said, his mouth turned into an O and said with awe, "Younger Brother, you've done it. You've done it. This older brother might not be able to be your rival. Haha! Very good. I have a magister as my little brother, let us drink a cup and celebrate well."

Feasting, I asked him what he had felt from the light elements. He told me he had felt very comfortable. I told him he must think deeply about the methods that I have taught him.

After I became a magister, we continued to exchange each other's knowledge. Two months had passed in a blink of an eye and I had already practiced Ascending Dragon's Judgement to the level of basic understanding. Zhan Hu was very amazed by my rate of learning. We both said that my current spiritual power is exceptionally powerful. Therefore not only can it be used to control magic power, it can also be used to control battle spirit to a rather exceptional degree. My body is much stronger than before, and as a result of gorging myself on food every day, my body weight increased by five kilograms. In addition, I've grown a bit tan from exercising every day. From Zhan Hu, I learned three sword techniques. My battle spirit had fundamentally aided the use of my magic.

Zhan Hu's progress was also equivalently large. He could already use a few of the most basic light spells. I primarily taught him a few support enchantments, because learning advanced light attack spells isn't something that can be learned in a short period of time. He was able to use light support enchantments with his knight's sword and battle spirit in concert. It produced an exceptionally good result. If I used advanced spells to attack him, it wouldn't affect him whatsoever. It was very easy to explain to him. He excitedly told me that he had already begun to stride towards becoming a radiant knight. I believe that he is capable of succeeding soon. He also said that he will certainly not let me advance alone and will definitely overtake me.

Two months of living together made us as intimate as true blood brothers. We have already reached the point where words are no longer said. I told him about the assignment that Teacher Di had given me. He said that when I finish my travels from Xiuda that I must come back and look for him. He wants accompany me to complete this formidable assignment together. Naturally, I was extremely happy. Having his powerful arm give me assistance will be of great aid in completing this assignment. With these brothers' power combined, they could break gold. Haha, I didn't expect Ma Ke to not come and have Zhan Hu accompany me.

I should go. Zhan Hu sent me off from the village's entrance. He gifted me a set of his previous knight clothes. Although it wasn't gorgeous, when I put them on, they looked very spirited. To match it, he gave me an iron sword, it had a mighty appearance. Zhan Hu said that like this I could be received welcome at Xiuda. It would also be easy to obtain everyone's respect. It would be make it very convenient when entering and leaving a city.

Standing at the village's entrance, I took a glance back at the small village as similar to the size of a peach orchard, and said with a sigh, "Big Brother, I truly would somewhat hate to part here."

Zhan Hu drew my shoulder towards him, saying, "Little Brother, even a feast will eventually have to end. Take care of yourself on your journey. When you finish your travels at Xiuda come back immediately and find me. We'll find the holy sword together. Big Brother looks forward to go out together and create a new world.

"Good. Big Brother, be at ease. I will return as quickly as possible."

Zhan Hu with a bit of grief, said, "When you go to Xiuda, if you have an opportunity, could you go take a look at my home? But you mustn't tell them about my circumstances. So long as they are safe, I would be relieved." It seems that he is still very concerned about his home. After all it was the home where he was born and raised.

"Then why aren't you going back? It would be great if you returned with me then! Then we don't have to separate. The king isn't that young anymore either. Even if he has high expectations of you, he won't wish for you to leave again." I said in an attempt to persuade him to come with me.

"I can't. You don't understand. We can talk about it again once you return so we can set off to retrieve the Holy Sword. You go now then. Quickly go so you can quickly come back."

It seems like I'm unable to convince him no matter what. Reluctantly, I waved goodbye the big brother I have just gotten these last two months. Facing towards Xiuda's vast earth, I continued my journey.

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Volume 3: Chapter 15 – The Knight Academy

Entering the borders of Xiuda, there were many differences here compared to Aixia as expected, but the simple and honest nature of the people here were the same. Everywhere in Xiuda, you could see warriors wearing knight's attire. Even a few remote villages were like this as well. It is clear that Xiuda held military tradition in esteem.

On the road, I practiced a few rank 8 spells that I couldn't use previously with the light magic book Teacher Di gave me. Although they were only one rank higher, they were truly awesome, their results were certainly as different as heaven and earth. My increase in strength made me feel full of confidence in completing this journey of learning.

Because I wore the earth knight attire (what Zhan Hu had given me), I arrived at Xiuda Kingdom's Capital City without a hitch. Ah, what grand buildings, the tall city gate tower intimidated people at first glance. From my observations, the city guards were all made up of advanced warriors, truly powerful.

When city guards' officers and men saw my earth knight's attire, they displayed a gaze of reverence, satisfying my vanity once more. Just as I was about to enter the city, I suddenly heard a person shout from inside the city, "People in front, move out of the way!" I unconsciously stood to the side and looked toward the city's interior. Wa, that's an earth dragon?

I saw ten massive creatures rush out. On top of each creature sat an armored knight holding a massive 3.6 meters long dragon spear. Truly awe inspiring. Those huge creatures should be earth dragons. I attentively observed, discovering that their lengths were similar to Xiao Jin's, they were only a bit shorter. Their bodies were about five meters long and two meters tall, with two thick, strong hind legs to support their massive bodies and two large claws on their forelimbs. There was no doubt it had the power to rip a tiger apart.

I inquired to the person to my side, "Hello, are those the Earth Dragon Corps?"

The soldier looked at me and replied, "You aren't a native? The Earth Dragon Corps routinely patrol the city every day. They are truly our idols."

I laughed and said, "That's right. I came here to attend the Royal Knight Academy. I've never seen earth dragons before. They are truly impressive."

The soldier wore an expression of reverence and respectfully said, "In the future you will surely become a member of the Earth Dragon Corps."

Walking into the Xiuda city, everywhere in the city was bustling with noise and excitement. I only asked once and heard the directions to the Royal Knight Academy. Arriving at the academy's gate, just as I was just about to enter, a guard barred the way.

He politely said, "Hello sir, may I ask who you are looking for?"

I promptly said, "Hello, I am a graduate from the Aixia Kingdom's Royal Intermediate Magic Academy, on behalf of Principal Lao Lun Di to come and look for your academy's principal Li Ke Wen."

"So you actually came from Aixia Kingdom, I'll bring you to go see the principal." He said straightforwardly.

"Then I will thank you." He explained to another guard, then brought me inside the knight academy. The first thing I saw entering the gate were a pair of statues of swift, noble horses. It seems that these are the knights' emblem. The guard and I turned seven corners and moved through eight school buildings and several large training grounds, arriving at the corner of the academy. This environment is truly good. It was like a small forest; you rarely see so many plants growing. At the center of the forest, there was a small courtyard, at the center of the courtyard there was a small room. Without even being nearby, I heard people talking.

A bold and angry voice said, "How are you so stupid? Don't use inflexible strikes, use what you've learned creatively. If you continue to practice so inflexibly you will forever be unable to become a radiant knight. Damnably stupid."

A different bright and respectful voice replied, "Yes, Teacher."

"It's like I'm with an idiot. Come, again."

I asked the guard, "What is this all about?"

The guard smiled saying, "The Great Principal is teaching his disciple. Let's go over."

In my heart, I was somewhat terrified, "Will it be alright if we disturb them?"

Just as I let out my voice, the bold voice from the small, inner courtyard pieced it, "Who is it? Did I not command to disallow anyone casually disturb me?"

The guard respectfully said, "Great Principal, Aixia Kingdom's Great Lao Lun Di has sent a person to come find you."

"Oh? Quickly come over."

I entered the courtyard with the guard. There were two people inside. One was an elderly man with a height exceeding two meters and a dragon's beard. He was wearing tight fitting warrior's clothing and held a wooden sword. At his side was an adolescent that appeared not much different than me. He was a bit taller than me. His upper body was bright red and displayed strong, rugged muscle. It seems that a moment ago they were exchanging blows with wooden swords.

I quickly walked in front of the old man and deeply paid my respects. I lowered my head and respectfully said, "Teacher Li Ke Wen, Hello. I am Zhang Gong Wei, a graduate from the Aixia Kingdom's Royal Intermediate Magic Academy. I was entrusted by Teacher Di to come and meet you."

Teacher Wen looked from head to toe and said with a smile, "Lao Lun that old fellow, I thought he had already forgotten about me. You're his disciple? Even now there are still people that are willing to learn his lousy light magic. It seems your aptitude is not bad but it isn't equal to my learned martial skills, haha."

A very straightforward character, however his words made me somewhat embarrassed. Neither humbly nor arrogantly, I said, is "Teacher Di's light magic still quite ferocious. Like your martial skills, they each have their own merits. Excuse me, this student cannot put this off any further. Here is a letter from Teacher Di. Please look at it."

Teacher Wen took the letter and said, "Don't speak so formally. It is awkward for me to hear. I'll look at what Teacher Di wrote." He quickly finished reading the letter and once again looked at me from head to toe. Looking at my straight hair, he finally said, "Old Di wrote that he had much confidence in you, said you were a magic genius. I don't know how much of a genius though."

I didn't dare reply, fearing a reply would badly excite the fiery temperament of the old man. It was actually his apprentice that helped me out of the predicament. "Master, a guest arrived, won't you invite him into the room to rest? You're frightening him."

"Hehe, right. You youngsters will be very intimate in the future, huh? Walk. Let's enter the room. Guard, you can return."

We entered the wooden room. Teacher Wen inquired from me how Teacher Di was doing. From his questions, I felt that he and Teacher Di had a deep friendship.

Teacher Wen said, "Oh that's right. I still haven't given you an introduction. This is my disciple, Dong Ri Huo. He's half elf. He's a kid that keenly feels teacher's temperament, hehe."

Dong Ri felt a bit embarrassed by Teacher Wen's words. I nodded at him, saying, "Hello. Please take care of me in the future." He gave a warm smile in return.

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Volume 3: Chapter 16 – Physical Training

"Come on, let's chat while we eat." We arrived at the principal's exclusive dining room. At first, I was a bit nervous and ate the food bit by bit. But when I saw what Teacher Wen looked like when eating, I felt that my previous image was simply too elegant.

Teacher Wen had one foot up on his chair and was noisily, madly scooping up food into his mouth, making food fly all over the place. Dong Ri gave me a sheepish smile. I heard Teacher Wen's voice: "Zhang Gong, why aren't you eating. Quick, eat some more."

After hearing Teacher Wen's encouragement, I'll definitely be blunt. I started sweeping up food like a tornado. From morning until now, I've only eaten some traveling rations. I've been hungry enough to die for a long time. Now it was their turn to be dumbstruck. In the short time Teacher Wen wasn't paying attention, I've already cleared off more than half the food on the table.

"Wah, this kid. Has Lao Lun been starving you so much, that you came over here to balance it out?" Teacher Wen teased me.

Now that I've already started eating, I can't resume being polite. I'll eat until I'm full before I'll consider it again. With my mouth full, I answered with a muffled voice, "Teacher Wen, if you don't hurry up and eat, you'll be hungry later."

"Ah! Dong Ri, eat quickly. He's eating too fast, we won't get anything to eat if we don't hurry up."

How can we still chat while eating like this, it's literally just like a competition. By the time all the food was cleared, I reckon I was the only one who was full. Teacher Wen grudgingly said: "Looks like we need to make more food in the future. Old Di sent me a rice bucket."

After returning to the log cabins, Teacher Wen said: "Ah, Zhang Gong. From now on you'll live with Dong Ri in the house on the left. Old Di let me train you for half a year. Will you be able to persevere?" I saw a bit of craftiness in his eyes. Looks like my life's going to get difficult. Then I must not embarrass Teacher Di. I resolutely answered: "No problem. I will certainly persevere." Inwardly I believe that, with the foundations I learned from Big Brother, I will definitely be able to cope with whatever comes up.

We started to idly chat. From our conversations, I learned that Teacher Wen is a radiant knight and Dong Ri is an earth knight. Underneath Dong Ri's blonde hair was his unique characteristic as a half-elf – pointy ears (half-elves are very rare, they are the results of when a human and an elf mate. They have humans' intelligence as well as elves' talent. Take Dong Ri as an example, he has a human's structure but an elf's face. Elves are all very handsome, on this point Dong Ri makes me admit my inferiority. I know that in terms of talent, he's certainly not any worse than me. It's just that he wasn't as lucky as I was, hehe). Teacher Wen said that Dong Ri's archery skills are ancestral skills. They are extremely powerful, he even admits his inferiority in this aspect.

I accidently said: "Dong Ri's archery skills are that good. If he learned some magic to make some magical arrows, then it will be even more powerful."

They both stopped talking and were looking at me weirdly. Dong Ri's eyes were also showing boundless desire. I asked: "What, was what I said wrong?"

For the first time, Teacher Wen started to get serious and said: "No, what you said couldn't be truer. If you didn't come, I was going to have Dong Ri go to Old Di to get him to teach him some magic. Now that you've come, you two can learn from each other. In exchange, I will also teach you some martial arts."

I said smiling: "Don't be so serious sir. Brother Dong Ri and I certainly won't let you and Teacher Di down."

Starting from the next day, Teacher Wen had me do physical training with Dong Ri. Teacher Wen had very rigid requirements, even harsher than Big Bro Zhan Hu. If not for the fact that I had a certain amount of foundation, I would have collapsed long ago. Teacher Wen even praised me saying that my physical ability isn't like a mage's. How could he possibly known that I've already been training for two months?

I was finally able to rest in the afternoon. Originally, Teacher Wen also wanted to teach me battle spirit, but I told him that I've already learned some battle spirit from a friend and didn't want to change it. Teacher Wen wanted me to show him, but I muddled through by saying that my friend didn't want me to show it to other people. Teacher Wen got a bit angry and said that he won't bother with me anymore then. The next day, he increased the level of my physical training by a lot. Nearly killed me.

That's good. The Ascending Dragon's Judgement truly is a good battle spirit cultivation method. I only need to sit down and meditate for a while then my physical strength will be restored. My magic power seemed to have reached a bottleneck. I couldn't find a method to continue advancing but I had this feeling of being enriched. However, I sensed that with my current strength, I could even move the mountains and fill the seas. My magic power was like the unceasing torrent of the Yangtze River.

I used the same method that I used to teach Big Brother Zhan Hu to teach Dong Ri light magic. His acceptance was even quicker than that of Zhan Hu. When I experienced his sword techniques, I could only describe them as frightening. It is said that within 800 meters, relying on his keen sight he could cut off the right wing of a housefly without even touching the left wing. Teacher Wen had exaggerated that with one glance, Dong Ri could identify the father and mother of a housefly. Dong Ri's personality is rather easygoing. A few parts of his character are quite similar to mine. Although we haven't known each other for a long time, we've already become exceptionally good friends.

Evening was the best part of the day for us because we could go out and have fun.

Time goes by so fast. I've already been in Xiuda city for over a month. Today, Dong Ri and I went out to play. We were just outside the academy when someone called out to Dong Ri.

"Big brother Dong Ri." A delicate voice floated over.

Dong Ri and I turned around at the same time. A red-haired girl approached us, maybe younger than us by a year (I'm two months older than Dong Ri). She had big, watery eyes and very long hair. I poked Dong Ri and whispered to him: "Your girlfriend?"

Dong Ri's face immediately went red. He hurriedly explained: "No, we're just ordinary friends." I teased: "Really? Doesn't look like it. Hehe."

At this point, that red-haired girl already arrived in front of us and said to Dong Ri: "Big brother Dong Ri, long time no see. Is Teacher Wen being too strict? You seemed to have lost weight." Wow, she's this concerned about him and he still says she's not his girlfriend.

Dong Ri muttered: "Hello Miss Hua Lun."

Miss Hua Lun angrily said: "Didn't I already tell you, don't call me Miss Hua Lun. Call me Hong Xue okay. Eh, who is this?" She had only noticed me now, am I really that insignificant? I'm practically being regarded as air.

"Hua Lun, ah, no, Hong Xue. He is my friend, a student of a friend of Teacher Wen's. He studies magic."

I smiling said: "Hello Miss Hua Lun, I am Zhang Gong Wei."

She also replied kindly, "Hello, I'm Hong Xue Hua Lun. It's a pleasure to meet you."

I said to Dong Ri: "Dong Ri I still have some things to do. You and Miss Hua Lun talk, I'll go ahead." I speedily slipped away without waiting for Dong Ri's reply. Haha, let's give this kid a chance.

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Volume 3: Chapter 17 – Orphan Dong Ri

As she watched me leave, Miss Hua Lun said to Dong Ri: "Oh, your friend is so considerate. He left so quickly."

Dong Ri complained in his heart, what kind of friend is he? He escaped without me. This time I've been ensnared by Hong Xue and won't be able to escape for a while.

Leaving aside how Dong Ri dealt with Hong Xue, I wandered around the main streets leisurely after I separated with them. As I wandered around the streets, I suddenly noticed that there were many people gathered ahead of me. What are they up to? I couldn't help but be curious with my juvenile temperament, so I walked over to take a look. It turns out it was an announcement. I squeezed to the front of the crowd. On the announcement it was written that next month there would be a nationwide grand tournament. They're inviting experts from all over to come and participate. It wasn't limited to martial arts, that is to say that magic was also allowed. The top 10 people can directly join the Earth Dragon Corps. I wasn't really interested in it since I already had a Five Clawed Golden Dragon. Naturally I wouldn't be interested in fake dragons.

I returned to the academy to discover that Dong Ri still hasn't returned. I asked Teacher Wen about the competition I read about in the announcement.

Teacher Wen asked me: "You're participating Zhang Gong? Ah, this is a great opportunity for you."

I shook my head and said, "I'm not participating. Everyone else is a knight and I'll be the only mage. What's the point? Besides, I don't want to join the Earth Dragon Corps. It would be better for you to have Dong Ri participate."

It was only now that Teacher Wen noticed that Dong Ri hadn't returned with me. "Where did Dong Ri go?"

I gave him a mysterious smile. "Him, ahhh. He's fine. He's on a date with that girl Hong Xue Hua Lun."

Teacher Wen knitted his eyebrows. "So it's actually that girl Hong Xue."

"You also know about her?" I asked.

"Of course I know. She's His Majesty's niece. The child of the king's younger sister. Ever since I attended a banquet at the royal household with Dong Ri, she would always come to bother Dong Ri. I feared that she would affect Dong Ri's studies so I made sure he avoided her as much as possible."

"This is where you're wrong. Both men and women have to marry. How could you stand in the way of other's love?" I said with a giggle.

"You brat. You're not the least bit serious at all, just like that old fellow Lao Yun. Hmph! Wait until I ask Dong Ri when he gets back." Ah, Dong Ri. You can't blame me. I didn't do it on purpose.

After an a little bit more than an hour, Dong Ri returned. As soon as he entered he was greeted by Teacher Wen's repulsive face. "Teacher, I'm back."

"Hmph! You still know to come back. There's nothing good to be said about your martial skill yet you still go and court girls. You've made me lose face."

Dong Ri wasn't acting like how I imagined at all. Instead of admitting his mistake in fear and trepidation, he faintly said: "I'm an orphan, and the other person is royal blood. What qualifications do I have to court her? I'm going to go rest now." (Dong Ri was picked up by Teacher Wen was he was small. Since then he has followed Teacher Wen.) After saying this, he turned around and went to his room, leaving Teacher Wen to glare at my small eyes with his big eyes. Teacher Wen said: "This child, how can he be like this? Ah, he's never contradicted me before."

I thought it over for a bit before speaking. "He is surely feeling wronged because he feels inferior. You can be relieved. I'll go console him. I must also accept some of the responsibility for this matter. I shouldn't have abandoned him earlier."

When I returned to the room, I discovered Dong Ri sitting in the corner staring into space foolishly. I walked in front of him and asked: "What's going on Dong Ri? Who's bullying you? It was my bad, I shouldn't have abandoned you there."

Dong Ri indifferently responded: "It's not about you."

"Then what's the matter? Don't be like this all right? I'm also a commoner, how about that? Let others say what they will." I used my strength to shake his shoulders.

Suddenly, Dong Ri violently pushed me away as he roared: "Even if you're a commoner, you still have a mother and father! What do I have? I don't have anything at all. I'm an orphan. Do you know what they say about me? They say I'm a mixed breed. A mixed breed. Did you know?"

At this moment, Teacher Wen rushed in from outside and tightly hugged Dong Ri. "Child, don't be like this. You still have me. I'm your closest relative now." It seemed Dong Ri found some comfort within Teacher Wen's embrace for he soon burst into tears. Embracing him, Teacher Wen couldn't help but release his tears too.

"Child, tell me. Who said you're a mixed breed? Tell me." Teacher Wen emitted an ice-cold murderous spirit as he said this. I was convinced that if a name came out of Dong Ri's lips, Teacher Wen would immediately pounce on that person and chop him up. Maybe Dong Ri also knew what would happen if he said anything, so instead he wept and said, "You don't need to ask."

"Tell me." Teacher Wen had tightly grabbed onto Dong Ri's shoulders. I immediately ran over from the side, grabbing Teacher Wen's hands and said, "Teacher Wen, you don't need to bother with this matter anymore. If you take any action people will say that you're the big taking advantage of the young. Let us younger people settle our own disputes. I will certainly go with Dong Ri to demand justice." I also had a monstrous fury bubbling forth within me. They actually dared to bully my friend, it seems they've lived long enough.

It was only due to this that Teacher Wen gradually became more and more calm. He said with a sigh: "Zhang Gong, then I'll request that you please do so."

I coldly answered, "You might not know, but before I arrived, my magic power has already reached the rank of a magister." If I want to increase his confidence in me, I can't conceal my strength from him.

Teacher Wen and Dong Ri were both stunned. Such a young magister! Who could possibly accept that?

Thinking that they still weren't convinced, powerful light elements surged forth as I brought out the transparent gold dan from my upper dantian. After revolving around me for a bit, it stopped at my upper dantian. This is one of light magic's most direct and powerful spells, a pure energy attack.

It seems Dong Ri had already forgotten about his shame when he said: "Ah, you're so powerful Zhang Gong."

I withdrew the magic and resolutely told Dong Ri: "Good little brother, tomorrow we'll go find those that bullied you and get your revenge. Are we not also people? In the future we will certainly be able to create a career for ourselves."

My words seemed to have allowed Dong Ri to pull himself together. He tightly gripped my hands. All of our words had been said.

After Teacher Wen left to go rest, I inquired from Dong Ri what the matter was. While clenching his teeth, he told me about what happened during their encounter.

It turns out that after I left, Hong Xue ensnared Dong Ri and forced him to accompany her for a walk. Not long after, they came across a noble's child. No matter if they were the son of a duke or an earl, they all tried to court Hong Xue. She truly is a femme fatale. It was only natural that they were extremely jealous of Dong Ri who was able to accompany Hong Xue. They immediately began spouting evil words at him. All sorts of vulgar words were thrown at him. From his childhood, Dong Ri had never had much contact with others and he also wouldn't strike back. It was only after Hong Xue retaliated on his behalf that he would angrily fought the nobles and run back, sulking.

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Volume 3: Chapter 18 – Taking the Initiative to Provoke

"Dong Ri, Rest assured. Tomorrow I will definitely go with you to seize justice from them."

I made us meditate together. Like this, we quickly entered the land of dreams. Tomorrow I will definitely speak out for him.

Early morning, when Dong Ri and I woke up and was just about to start our body strengthening exercises, Teacher Wen stopped us. Teacher Wen said, "Today I am giving you the day off. Rest well." Saying this, he turned around and left.

Dong Ri and I looked at each other with surprise. We both knew that Teacher Wen gave us this time in order to take revenge. This is great. I immediately urged Dong Ri to quickly change his clothes, so that we could go find that gang of despicable fellows and get revenge.

"Principal, Is Elder Principal here?" A familiar voice came from outside the room and I quickly ran out to look. It turned out to be the gate guard.

I smiled and said, "Elder Brother Guard, What business do you have? I think Teacher left to inspect the academy."

"Ah, so it's Zhang Gong. It's not good. Something big happened. Duke Bi Qi Zhu brought several Earl Elders to come see the Principal. It looks like something terrible is approaching. I don't know what's going on. They've brought their own clan's future generation. Altogether there are about a hundred or so in total. Their relentless demands is slowly eroding away the gate's guards." He said while panting.The guard looked very worried.

Ah? Impossible. We still haven't gone to take revenge. Unexpectedly they actually came to get revenge against us. Although they have infuriated me, I calmly said, "Elder Brother Guard, first go into the academy and find Teacher Wen. Dong Ri and I will go to the gates and take a look."

Dong Ri and I arrived at the academy gate with the speed of lightning. Damn! It was truly noisy, just like a market. A large group of people were crowding at the academy gate. Dong Ri pulled on my ear and quietly whispered into it, "Zhang Gong, look. Those brats over there are the noble children I hit yesterday."

I thought to myself, little brother, you can really hit. All those you hit were the children of government officials. It'd be useless to say anything now. Together, Dong Ri and I walked over. Dong Ri didn't dare to say anything, so I took the initiative to yell, "Everyone quiet down! What happened? What troubled you so much that you came to disturb the knight academy?"

A bloated fatty that could not have walked more slowly came over and said, "Who are you? Tell your principal to come out and talk. I am Bi Qi Zhu." Although he was very fat, , I sensed from the radiance in his eyes that the duke was not a simple person, but was actually a master.

I politely said, "Hello Duke Elder. I am a student at this academy. Bringing so many people to this academy's gate, I fear this has caused a rather bad disturbance. When Principal Wen is satisfied he will come out. Could you wait at the side of the road for a moment?"

He wrinkled his brow and frowned, saying, "What clan are you from? I've never seen you before. Are you a commoner?"

I nodded, "That's right. I was born from commoners." Without waiting for me to finish, he interrupted me, "So it turns out you were such a lowly peasant. You don't have the privilege to speak to me. Go off to the side."

Hearing his words, my anger immediately surged, "What's wrong with commoners? Are commoners not people? Are only you nobles considered people? Without us commoners, what would you nobles eat, drink? Is it not because of your ancestors that your names carry a bit of weight? What is so amazing about that? I will not move out of the way. What could you possibly do to me?"

My words made the commoners present let out a breath of their resentment. The commoners have suffered long enough from the bullying of the nobles. Behind me, Dong Ri continuously pulled on me. Later, I would know that this Bi Qi Zhu snobbishness was extraordinarily large.

My words clearly infuriated him. "Oh good. A filthy peasant dared to oppose me. Men, come teach him a lesson." This is a populated area. Can he not distinguish this? We have to find a desolate area away from the city. He prematurely called his men to come fight me. His subordinates knew their boss's intentions and prepared to cripple me for life in order to relieve their boss's anger.

Dong Ri suddenly came out from behind me and said, "What do you dare to do? This is the knight's academy. We do not tolerate the disorder you bring."

Not only did Dong Ri's appearance prevent me from escaping the trouble but contrarily had gotten himself into trouble. From within the duke's crowd yelled a person's voice, "It was him! Yesterday it was him that hit us!"

Bi Qi Zhu glared at Dong Ri and fiercely said, "So it was you who hit my son! Humph! I will give you an ugly death! Come! Surround them for me! Do not let them run!"

Bi Qi Zhu henchmen immediately surrounded us. Our situation was far from good. I sensed that Dong Ri behind me had cowered back a bit. Attentively, I responded to his feelings, "Afraid of what? Have you forgotten I am a magister?" My words greatly increased Dong Ri's confidence. With a magister, what could you possibly be afraid of? Even if you fought, it would be impossible to lose.

We were surrounded like water in a bucket, with three rows surrounding another three rows. You don't have to be this extreme. We are only two children. The fat duke sent out orders, "Go. Arrest them for me." It seems he wants to find a proper place to "punish" us. Although the masses were dissatisfied and infuriated by the conduct of nobles bullying commoners, but with Bi Qi's large forces they dared not to speak out.

"Who dares to try?" I am truly furious. My past temperament had always made me avoid conflict. Maybe it was because my current strength is exceptionally powerful and also because they've bullied us too much, that I was at the end of my patience. I've decided that I would no longer run but would instead battle of life and death.

I secretly chanted an incantation to protect Dong Ri and I from within. A layer of faint white light wrapped around us like a ring. Apart from Dong Ri, everyone had thought it was battle spirit. It was actually my spell, Divine Halo.

Bi Qi was very surprised, and thought to himself, these two brats are truly powerful. No wonder they could hit my son. It is a good that I've brought many people. "Everyone, together! I don't believe they can block all of us."

"Truly shameless. You have to use this many to defeat us?" I said with disdain.

Hearing my words, most of the men that Bi Qi brought had ceased their advance. It seems they still greatly value their honor. A knight's spirit is deeply rooted into their minds. It will be much easier this way.

I chanted, "Oh great light elements, my friends, I request of you to let out an endless radiance." This is a rank 5 light attack spell. Its appearance was exceptionally scary to others, even though the spell's attack potential was not every strong.

Following my chant, a dazzling white light burst out from my body, enveloping a range of 50 meters. The thugs approaching within 10 meters of me were thrown far away. A few of the weaker thugs suffered heavy injuries.

I coldly snorted, "Whoever no longer wishes to live, do not hesitate to come over. Let's see if us brothers can put this worthless lot into order."

The people present don't dare move. Bi Qi seeing this situation go amiss, swayingly walked to the front, his slender small eyes on his chubby face were already blinded forming two slits, "What you had just used was magic? Fine brats, it seems I have underestimated you. I will let you look at my strength. Know that my dukedom was not a product of coincidence. Humph!"

As his voice fell, I felt the pressure on my body increase. The Duke's small stature let out grandeur that reached to the sky. This is far too unthinkable. Don't tell me, could it be….?"

The Duke's words confirmed my notions. He proudly said, "You didn't expect that I was actually a radiant knight from my appearance did you? In Xiuda, strength is not limited to one's own appearance."

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Volume 3: Chapter 19 – Revealing the Enemy's Weakness

I composed myself. I was barely able to suppress the fear I felt within my heart. I felt that if I truly fought him, the outcome would be disastrous. The rank of radiant knight is on the same level as a magister. I definitely cannot be careless. I secretly adjusted my magic power so it was in peak condition.

Bi Qi saw a different scene before him. At first, Bi Qi smiled when he saw me turn pale under his pressure, thinking that evidently I wasn't able to resist it. Suddenly, a halo of faint white light emerged from my body, completely suppressing the pressure he had previously emitted. He couldn't help but think to himself: 'This brat. Could it be…. he actually has the strength to contend with me? Then doesn't that mean he has the strength of a magister? It's unimaginable for someone so young to possess such strength!'

At the moment, we were standing opposite of each other. I heard a sound coming from my side. The sound was different from the spiritual communication of magic, it was created by using a string. Therefore I was the only one who could hear it's contents. It was Teacher Wen's voice. He said impatiently: "Quickly stop resisting Zhang Gong. Don't let him sense your strength. Quickly!"

My heart jumped in alarm. That's right! It truly would be unwise for me to expose my strength. I gradually willed my magic power to withdraw into me. Once again, my face showed an expression as if I couldn't endure his pressure.

Bi Qi was relieved. He thought that my strength was short-lived and my real strength was far weaker. Right as I was about to act, his old foe appeared.

"Oh! What kind of wind could have blown the Duke all the way over here? Hehe. Ah, what are you doing here with such a large amount of troops?" Teacher Wen's words weren't at all like his ferocious outer appearance. On the contrary, they were unusually smooth.

After seeing that Teacher Wen had arrived, Bi Qi reluctantly withdrew his pressure. He cynically said: "I was wondering if this old ghost would come out. I'm here to get justice from you, not to idly gossip."

Feigning astonishment, Teacher Wen inquired: "Justice? What justice? Ah, I haven't offended you, the duke."

The fat on the duke's face began trembling before he replied furiously: "You don't know? Your disciple beat up someone yet you don't know? Today, you must give me an explanation for this. Your disciple beat up my son in addition to many other nobles yesterday. Tell me then. What is to be done?"

Awkwardly, Teacher Wen replied: "Right, it seemed like there was this kind of report. However, it was told to me differently. The disciple said it was the noble children who insulted him first. It was only after being insulted that he acted. Ethics would say that they provoked him first."

It seemed Bi Qi has calmed down a bit as not a single emotion was revealed on his face. Those who knew him well would know that he was truly angry now. He coldly said: "That is to say, you want to shield your disciple."

Teacher Wen still had a good temperament, so he could ask with a smile: "Can you let me see your son's condition first?"

Without even waiting for Bi Qi to speak, a luxuriously dressed youth came running out of the crowd. He shrewdly said: "You see, you see! He hit my face!" While saying so, he revealed his fat face to everyone.

Teacher Wen as well as all of the surrounding observers laughed. It turns out that this youngster had been slapped, thus leaving a palm print on his face. Ah, it looks like Dong Ri's hands were really light yesterday. Originally I thought he had beaten him up otherwise why would he bring so many people to carry out his revenge? I secretly tugged on Dong Ri's clothes and whispered to him: "Ah, your hands are so light!" He replied: "But I can't freely injure others either. It's enough to give them a lesson."

Teacher Wen said to Bi Qi: "I see that your esteemed son's injuries aren't that grave. Is it truly necessary for the Duke to muster such large forces for this matter? This is the Royal family's highest level of knight academy after all." Clearly, within these words was a hidden threat.

Bi Qi angrily kicked his fat son's ass back into the crowd. He hatefully said: "You scoundrel bastard! Who let you enter this world? You've actually made me lose so much face!" He turned his head to Teacher Wen and said: "You refrained from pressuring me today so if you give me an explanation for this matter today I'll leave it at that."

Teacher Wen restrained himself from smiling and coldly said: "Then what are you thinking of doing? Your son abused my disciple. Don't tell me… you still want my disciple to apologize? I didn't go looking for justice from you, yet you, the guilty party came to me. You thought I was easy to bully didn't you?" Following Teacher Wen's words, a mob of students led by teachers from every branch rushed forth from the academy. These students were all pillars that supported the kingdom. Not a single one of them was weak let alone the academy's teachers who were all at least earth knights. With such strength, I fear only the Earth Dragon Corps could contend with them. (Authors note: A rule of the Xiuda Kingdom. Every single noble may possess a military force in accordance to their rank. A prince can possess 5000 troops, a duke 3000, and an earl 2000 while all other nobles may possess 1000 troops at most. On the other hand, the knight academy possessed 8000 or so students. This was one of the reason why Teacher Wen wasn't afraid of Bi Qi at all.)

Bi Qi's complexion changed. "Fine. You're too cruel. We'll take this matter to his majesty to judge. What does it matter how many come to pressure me?"

Teacher Wen disdainfully replied: "You have less people. If you're going then go. I'm not afraid of you." Teacher Wen had already been conferred the position of "Teacher of the State". Within Xiuda, this position possessed incredible fame and influence. Because he undertook a project to provide the best education, the knight academy became an official organization recognized by the kingdom. Although the title he was granted fell short of Bi Qi's, within Xiuda he wasn't at all weaker than Bi Qi.

Bi Qi had all the nobles go back and wait for his message. Teacher Wen also dismissed all of the academy's people. Before he left, he used a voice string to tell me to not take any action if he didn't return and to watch after Dong Ri.

Actually, ever since we saw Bi Qi's true strength, me and Dong Ri had some laments. We didn't expect that a person like the duke had such profound martial skills. Who would have imagined that within the nobility there was such a capable person? Of course we wouldn't rashly go take revenge anymore. Of course, Dong Ri took some persuading before he gradually released his emotions. Other people said to let his words out. There was no need to be angry and suffer.

Bi Qi and Teacher Wen went to the Royal Palace to have judgement. Neither of them gave each other an inch. On the other hand, me and Dong Ri could only return to our rooms and wait anxiously. Even the gluttonous me didn't go eat. It was only when Dong Ri comforted that I felt better "Be at ease. With Teacher Wen's relationship with the kingdom, there surely won't be any problems."

Sure enough, after a little more than an hour Teacher Wen returned. However, he looked displeased.

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Volume 3: Chapter 20 – A Battle of Honor

I immediately went over and asked, "What is going on? Could it be that His Majesty had sided with the Duke?" With an anxious gaze, Dong Ri looked at Teacher Wen.

Teacher Wen sighed and said, "It will not be like that. His Majesty is a very wise monarch and very shrewd as well. If he were to hit fifty slabs, not one strike would be different.*

"Then why do I see you having such an unhappy appearance?" I inquired.

Teacher Wen replied, "Although His Majesty did not discriminate against any party, he has given me a difficult task. He will have me send a troop of students from the academy branch in order to compete in Xiuda's five year national martial competition. Bi Qi will also have to send a single rank of troops. In addition, this affair will be resolved by seeing which dispatched troop receives the higher ranking. The winning party will have the losing party apologize in public."

"Ah? So it's decided like that." That's a bit unreasonable. We truly were the just party.

"Zhang Gong, you wouldn't know. Bi Qi has an exceptional amount of influence in Xiuda. His Majesty had no choice but to yield to him to some degree. Furthermore, because of Xiuda's prevalent martial traditions, many affairs are decided based on the result of a martial competition." Teacher Wen said with significance.

Dong Ri interrupted, saying, "Then we won't have to worry. Our academy has many powerful students. How could we possibly be afraid of Bi Qi?" Indeed, because of our strength, we could even rival the nobles.

Teacher Wen wrinkled his brow and said, "That is exactly what I am worried about. Bi Qi was adamant on the two of you participating. He will also send his eldest son to participate in this tournament. Each team in the competition must have five members. Although the academy students' strength isn't weak, their age is comparatively young. It is impossible for them to have deeply cultivated their strength, but Bi Qi does not have that problem. It is said that his eldest son is awfully hard to deal with."

I curled my lips, "What good could that fat hog possibly produce? Take his young, idiotic son for example."

Teacher Wen gravely rebuked me, "Zhang Gong, you cannot look down on your opponents. You should know about Xiuda's most ferocious Earth Dragon Corps. His son is the second corps chief of the three Earth Dragon Corps. This isn't a position that can be obtained through bribes and influence. His eldest son this year is thirty eight years old and is already Xiuda's genius knight. At the age of thirty he was already a heaven knight. Second only to the previous Earth Dragon's third corps commander the Imperial Prince Qi Lu Xiuda, known as the Zhan Hu (War Tiger), Son of Jing Yun Xiuda."

Ah? Isn't that Big Brother? That being said, the duke's eldest son isn't any weaker than Big Brother.

Teacher Wen continued, "These past eight years, only the heavens know whether or not he was able to become a radiant knight. Although Zhang Gong has a magister's strength, in the end his cultivated experience is comparatively short. In addition, we don't know what other experts Bi Qi will dispatch. Therefore, I am truly worried about this competition."

In my mind, I felt nervous. Although becoming a radiant knight isn't an easy matter, nothing is absolute. But if the five people on the opposing team possesses Big Brother's strength, then we are determined to lose.

While I was waging war in my mind, Dong Ri started talking. He said passionately, "Teacher, be at ease. No matter the cost, we will surely obtain the final victory. We are the righteous party. It is unconditional; we cannot let them have their way."

Dong Ri's words influenced me, "Right, we will definitely win."

Teacher Wen smiled and said to Dong Ri, "Foolish child, what would you know of righteousness. Only the strong are just. To defeat the nobles is to defeat evil. Besides, from a fundamental point, Bi Qi isn't such a villain. It is only that he has many faults, nothing more."

Dong Ri and I looked at each other in dismay, I said, "He isn't regarded as a villain even with that behavior?"

Teacher Wen chuckled and said, "You two are still young and far too naive. In this world there are no absolute villains. Neither are there any absolutely good people. There are only those with different ideas. That is why regardless of how small a good is, don't forsake it and no matter how small an evil is, don't commit it. With regards to Bi Qi, it is only that he is somewhat obstinate. He has a strong notion of his clan and is somewhat protective. But when facing issues of right or wrong, he can still choose the correct choice. Can you still call him bad?"

Teacher Wen's words deeply moved me, establishing the future philosophy that would undertake.

"Those were words spoken before. If you are satisfied then participate in the competition. Even if you were to train it would be too late. I can select the three strongest students at this academy to participate with you. In these coming days I will have you five people get used to each other. I demand that you ensure yourselves to be in your peak condition. Fight to obtain a high rank. In fact even if you lose it wouldn't matter. At worst I would have to have to thicken my face skin and find Bi Qi and acknowledge I was wrong. He shouldn't bother me about it too much."

After finishing, Teacher Wen laughed at himself. When I heard a hint of bitterness inside his words. He clearly isn't very optimistic toward us. Dong Ri and I secretly resolved that we must beat Bi Qi's troop. Teacher Wen was at such an old age, and additionally he exceptionally valued face like most of Xiuda's people. We absolutely cannot allow this old man to suffer humiliation.

"It is done. Today was very tiring. Rest a bit earlier. Tomorrow morning, I will find teammates for you, and have you train and get familiar with each other. Dong Ri, who I am most worried about is you. Your strength is still comparatively weak to the opposition. Train with great effort." Saying this, Teacher Wen went back to his own room.

Finished eating dinner, Dong Ri and I practiced in the courtyard. I muttered to him, "Dong Ri, this competition will definitely be arduous. I believe you should fully display your advantage."

Dong Ri curiously asked, "I have an advantage?"

I smiled and said, "Of course you do. Your advantage is indeed ferocious. It is is your bow and arrow."

Hearing my words, he despaired, saying, "Bow and arrow? I am only accurate, my strength is not at all strong. It is of no use against an expert."

I said profoundly, "How could it possibly be useless? What I want is exactly your accuracy. We can use magic arrows." Saying this, I quietly whispered [sweet nothings] my plan into his ear. His wrinkled brows gradually unfolded.

Dong Ri smiled and hit me with a first, "Luckily you thought of that. Now we can handle them. In these two days we must diligently practice our coordination."

I nervously said, "Lower your voice. This is our secret weapon."

Dong Ri covered his mouth with his hand. His comical action made me hold my sides as I laughed. Only then did he know I was playing with him. He came over and noisily laughed with me.

Teacher Wen silently looked at us from the front window and couldn't help but faintly shake his head and said to himself, "Youngsters truly don't know the feeling of worry. I don't even know if they have any secret abilities."

After all, what kind of secret ability was it? Let us find out in the competition.

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