TOS: Reincarnated As Tao Tie

Chapter 44: The Distorted Long Xingyu

"Fly up?"

Not only Lin Ze, but even Cai'er and the old man Zara from the Warrior Temple were a little surprised.

After all, only Soul Masters above the sixth rank could fly.

The man in front of them was actually a sixth-level Brilliant Knight.

In a small, sparsely populated town like this, a fourth-level knight was already rare—who would have thought that the Haoyue Branch Temple would send a sixth-level Brilliant Knight here?

Cai'er only paused briefly before regaining her calm.

But Zara's eyes landed squarely on Long Xingyu. To him, a sixth-level Brilliant Knight was already a figure he could never hope to reach.

At that moment, Long Haochen continued excitedly, "Instructor Long will be my exclusive coach for the next three years!"

Seeing Long Haochen so elated, Lin Ze smiled. "Then congratulations, Haochen."

"Hehe."

Long Haochen wasn't showing off; he simply couldn't help but share his joy.

But after hearing Long Haochen's words, Zara's gaze shifted to him as well.

To be personally mentored by a sixth-level Brilliant Knight was something even many Soul Emperors dreamed of.

For Long Xingyu to pick Long Haochen… his talent must be extraordinary.

  …

Under Long Xingyu's lead, Lin Ze and the others entered a hall.

At the very back of the hall stood a pillar.

The pillar glowed with a soft blue halo.

"Long Haochen, you go first."

Long Xingyu crossed his arms and stood to the side.

"Yes, Instructor!"

Long Haochen responded immediately.

Zara from the Warrior Temple also watched Long Haochen with interest.

He was curious to see what kind of talent would earn the personal attention of a sixth-level Brilliant Knight.

Under everyone's gaze, Long Haochen first took a deep breath. Then he gathered the spiritual power within his body and rushed up to the test pillar in one step, swinging the wooden sword in his hand with all his strength.

Bang!

The wooden sword struck the spiritual power test column heavily.

Activated by the impact, the indicator bar in the center of the pillar began to glow with a blue light and started climbing.

At the top of the pillar was a crystal, in which the numbers began rising as the light bar climbed upward.

"12."

The final number displayed in the crystal stopped at twelve.

Seeing the result, Long Haochen clenched his fist with excitement, joy all over his face.

Great! A bit higher than yesterday!

With confidence, Long Haochen looked at Long Xingyu.

But the hall had gone completely silent.

"Only twelve points of spiritual power?" Zara muttered in disbelief.

In his opinion, if someone was chosen by a sixth-level Brilliant Knight, their spiritual power should be far higher than this.

Twelve points was barely a passing grade—not even close to excellent.

At that moment, Long Xingyu frowned deeply.

Too weak!

As expected… if he's the Demon God Emperor's son, then his talent must be trash!

Twelve points! Long Haochen was nearly nine years old, yet his spiritual power was only twelve!

How could the Long family, a lineage of Double Divine Seal Knights, produce such a weak bloodline? Impossible!

He was certain now—Long Haochen must be the seed of the Demon God Emperor, Feng Xiu!

Long Xingyu's mind flashed back to the battle seven years ago when the Demon God Emperor had stormed Yulong Pass, severely injured him, then vanished.

His heart twisted.

Hmph! Demon God Emperor, since you left your child among humans, I'll make sure that child grows up wielding the blade of justice—against you!

Even if his talent is pitiful, I'll raise him as my own son, train him into a real knight, and when the day comes that his hands are stained with demon blood…

I want to see the expression on your face when you learn that your son has become your greatest enemy!

That's the price you'll pay… for stealing Bai Yue!

As Long Xingyu swore silently to mold Long Haochen into a proper knight,

Long Haochen looked at him innocently and asked, "Instructor, how is it? I increased a little since yesterday."

Long Xingyu snapped out of his thoughts, a forced smile on his face. He reached out to rub Long Haochen's head and said, "Not bad. At your age, it's already promising to gain spiritual power steadily. Good job."

"Wait for me over there. I'll take you to your awakening ceremony soon."

"Awakening ceremony?"

Zara, who had been standing nearby, was startled by that. "Sir, with only twelve points of spiritual power, wouldn't it be dangerous to undergo the awakening ceremony now? The pain would be more than ten times greater than doing it later. Isn't this too risky?"

Cai'er instantly frowned, her impression of Long Xingyu dropping sharply.

In her eyes, this so-called instructor was clearly someone who would do anything to reach his goals.

The pain of undergoing the awakening ceremony early was something ordinary people could not endure.

She had experienced it herself and understood that kind of torment.

Lin Ze's impression of Long Xingyu dropped to rock bottom as well. In fact, he was beginning to feel repulsed by him.

He could see it—sense it.

The moment Long Xingyu saw Long Haochen's result, a twisted and sickening desire surged from within him.

Lin Ze didn't understand—if this man clearly looked down on Long Haochen's talent, why act so benevolent?

At that moment, Long Xingyu spoke again, "It's your turn. Strike the spiritual power test pillar with your full strength."

Lin Ze ignored Long Xingyu. Instead, he turned to Zara and said, "Senior, I'll begin now."

Zara was momentarily surprised, but nodded. "Go ahead."

Long Xingyu had already lost interest in Lin Ze's test. All he wanted was to get Long Haochen through the Holy Spirit Awakening as quickly as possible.

Besides, Lin Ze was a Warrior Temple member—and in Long Xingyu's view, people who ended up in the Warrior Temple were the bottom rung. He didn't need to pay attention to such people.

Zara, on the other hand, still held a bit of curiosity and anticipation.

After all, Lin Ze had kept pace with him during the run.

Even though Zara was wearing heavy armor, it was still rare for someone to match his speed.

Before Lin Ze, that had never happened.

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