Chapter 115: Han Qian: Long Xingyu is truly a disaster!!!

"Innate Internal Spiritual Power 98, Internal Spiritual Power 3,200 points."

As this sound emerged from the Testing Stone, upon hearing these words, Han Qian froze in place instantly.

His whole person was somewhat dazed.

The 3,200 points mentioned later did not exactly break any records; after all, it was not unheard of for those participating in the Demon Hunt Squad Competition to step into the Sixth Rank before the age of twenty-five.

However, that first number left Han Qian somewhat dumbfounded.

"Ye Ling, your name is Ye Ling, right? Do it again, test one more time." Han Qian's current state was as if he had consumed some kind of special product; his old face was flushed, and his eyes were locked onto Ye Ling, clearly anxious.

Ye Ling was even a little afraid that this old man would suddenly go berserk and pounce on him, so he immediately stepped forward, continued to circulate his Spiritual Power, and placed everything he had onto the Testing Stone.

"Innate Internal Spiritual Power 98, Internal Spiritual Power 3,200 points."

Everything within was revealed completely and clearly, falling into Han Qian's ears all at once. Although he had heard this sound countless times, hearing it now felt like the music of the heavens, and he wished he could engrave this sentence entirely into his own mind.

Extremely clear.

"Hahaha, Child of Light!"

"This is truly a Child of Light!"

"I never expected that one day, I would actually witness the birth of a Child of Light with my own eyes. Hahaha, is this the surprise that Hall Master Xingyu spoke of?"

"It really is a huge surprise!"

Because he had set up a Sound-Proof Array early on, Han Qian laughed wantonly.

Clearly, he did not know much about Ye Ling, having only learned of him through the brief words of Han Yu and Han Zhige, but he truly had not expected that Ye Ling would actually be a Child of Light with an Innate Internal Spiritual Power as high as 98! It was truly exhilarating!

"Hiss, Brother Ye Ling, has your Innate Internal Spiritual Power actually risen to 98 over this past year or so?"

"Although the Innate Internal Spiritual Power of a God-Favored One will rise continuously as their rank increases, isn't this a bit too fast?"

Long Lingxi looked toward Ye Ling's position with some surprise, appearing quite astonished.

"Isn't this normal?" Ye Ling laughed, then reached out to flick Long Lingxi's delicate nose, saying: "However, the threshold I finally managed to catch up to is only your lower limit, Lingxi."

"98 points; I don't know what level you have reached now, but it's higher than mine anyway."

"Not at all," Long Lingxi said, feeling a bit shy.

The two people's exchange caught the attention of the laughing Han Qian. A look of confusion appeared in his eyes, and after a moment, he turned to look at the two of them, shouting in shock: "What?"

"What did you say?"

"Long Lingxi is also a Child of... oh no, has the Bright Saintess Physique? And her Innate Internal Spiritual Power is also 98 points?"

"No, are you two joking?"

Han Qian was truly dumbfounded now.

No, was this something one could joke about?

"Do you think this is something that can be joked about?" Ye Ling said helplessly.

Hearing this, Han Qian fell silent. After a long while, he looked up at the sky, and a stream of clear, hot tears welled up in his old eyes. After a moment, he shouted to the heavens: "Long Xingyu, oh Long Xingyu, you old rascal have been a disaster since the very beginning!"

"I originally thought that after becoming a Divine Seal Knight, this point would finally improve, but I never expected that not only has this not improved, you've become an even greater disaster!"

"A Bright Saintess, oh a Bright Saintess!"

"How could you hand over a Bright Saintess just like that! And this child is your own daughter!!!"

Seeing Han Qian like this, the three of them were all somewhat bewildered, and Ye Ling even more so. Although he had never met him, from his memories, Han Qian had always been a polite person, a true Knight.

Although Long Xingyu was younger than him, he was his superior, and he wouldn't normally be able to curse Long Xingyu like this, but he had actually done it, which surprised Ye Ling.

He hurriedly asked: "Saint Knight Chief, what is the situation here?"

"And what do you mean by 'handing over a Bright Saintess'?"

This was the key question.

"Sigh," Han Qian let out a long, melancholy sigh and said: "Check your Registration Tokens and see if there is any difference."

"Registration Token?" Long Lingxi was somewhat confused and took out a token; Ye Ling and Li Xin also took theirs out one after another.

The siblings' tokens were two double swords, while Long Lingxi's token was a Priest Staff flickering with a powerful aura of life.

Everyone: "..."

They looked at each other in dismay.

"What is Teacher planning to do?"

"Why was Lingxi sent to the Priest Temple?"

Li Xin asked with some surprise.

"I don't know, but let's go over and see. Do you think someone with Teacher's 'daughter-slave' personality would sell his daughter? Anyway, I think it's impossible."

"It's probably related to the reform of this Demon Hunt Squad Competition."

Ye Ling pondered, then looked at Han Qian and asked: "However, Saint Knight Chief, what exactly is the reform of this Demon Hunt Squad Competition?"

"It will no longer be conducted using the traditional one-on-one arena duel system." Han Qian smiled slightly: "But the specifics are still kept confidential. Although absolute fairness cannot be achieved, the only thing the Holy Alliance can do is ensure that all participating contestants are unaware of the new competition system."

"Even the direct disciples of the Divine Seal Knights—not just you, but my grandson Han Yu and Alliance Leader Yang's grandson Yang Wenzhao—none of them know any of the rules for this competition reform."

Hearing this, Ye Ling expressed his understanding: "I understand. Thank you, Saint Knight Chief. In that case, I will take Lingxi to register first, so we don't miss the time."

Hearing this, Han Qian nodded. After watching the three of them leave, he couldn't help but ponder.

After a long while, he finally realized... "I understand, so that was Xingyu's intention..."

The Knight Temple registration office was not far from the Priest Temple registration office, and soon Ye Ling took Long Lingxi to complete a simple test.

At first, those Priest examiners were quite confused—why was a Knight bringing a Priest over to test? Although they didn't test the Innate Internal Spiritual Power—that was something Long Xingyu had Han Qian do on purpose—after testing that Long Lingxi's Internal Spiritual Power level reached 2,400 points, even the Vice Temple Master, who was the head of the Priest Temple and of the same rank as Han Qian, came out personally to investigate.

Upon learning their identities, they immediately agreed to the situation and let them return.

"Phew, it's finally over."

"All this back and forth is really quite troublesome," Li Xin said with a helpless expression.

"It's resolved, that's all that matters," Ye Ling smiled.

"I don't even know why Dad is making me go to the Priest Temple to train?" Long Lingxi pouted, and thinking that she would have to complete battles independently from now on, unable to be with Sister Li Xin and Big Brother Ye Ling, she felt a bit unhappy! Hmph!!! "Teacher Xingyu probably has some other ideas in mind."

"It's not a big problem, it's only for a few days anyway, and we'll all be coming back here to stay when we return; if it really doesn't work out, we can go over and take a look." Ye Ling laughed. However, he had a vague suspicion; although Long Xingyu's daily actions were somewhat unfathomable, he was definitely not someone who would do useless work. He guessed this might be related to the Demon Hunt Squad reforms he hadn't disclosed? Since he was here, he would make the best of it. Just then, the door to the side was suddenly knocked.

This made Ye Ling feel a bit strange. The place they were staying was the God Seal Knight Mansion, which wasn't a place just anyone could enter, and the God Seal Knight Long Xingyu never stayed in the Holy City.

Could it be that some big shot found out they were here and came to visit?

Ye Ling didn't think too much about it. He could feel that the person outside the door carried no killing intent, but instead, a faint sense of anticipation. He immediately stepped forward and opened the door.

Just as the door opened, he saw a girl with pink hair standing there. Upon seeing it was Ye Ling, she immediately stepped forward and hugged him, her whole body leaning tightly against him. She didn't speak, but the two were pressed very close.

"Ying Er, why is it you?" Ye Ling was somewhat surprised.

Indeed, if the person who came wasn't Chen Ying'er, then who else could it be?

"Long time no see, Ye Ling. What, you don't want to see me?" Chen Ying'er leaned in Ye Ling's embrace. Hearing this, her large eyes blinked, showing a hint of anger, though the slight redness around her eyes only added to her cuteness.

"Not at all, I was just truly surprised." After saying this, he looked up and peered outside the door, wanting to see if there were others, but there was no one there: "Eh, didn't Grandpa Chen come over?"

"How could Grandpa come over? This time, I wanted to see you." Chen Ying'er curled her lips, seemingly dissatisfied with Ye Ling's attitude.

What a little tsundere.

Seeing this, Ye Ling laughed, rubbed Chen Ying'er's little head, and said: "Come in and talk. It's been so long, you've become a big girl too."

"Just kidding, you have to call me 'Sister'! If I'm not a big girl, what am I? You're the one who's already a big young man now!" Chen Ying'er huffed.

Ye Ling: "."

He immediately turned around and said: "Sister, someone wants to snatch your brother away? What do you say?"

"Who?" Hearing this, Li Xin immediately stood up, taking out the twin swords in her hands, looking very much like she wouldn't let it go.

Chen Ying'er: "." She felt a bit intimidated; was the reaction that big?

"Ying Er," Ye Ling replied.

"Ying Er?" Li Xin was puzzled, but suddenly realized: "Oh, Chen Ying'er, that Soul Saintess. Then it doesn't matter, I'll give him to her; anyway, she'll return him to Sister very soon."

Ye Ling: "."

Is it really okay for you to be like this? I'm a Child of Light, after all; in any market, I'd be a hot commodity, okay? How could you just throw me away so easily?

Look at whether he'll return this good brother of yours or not?!

"Hahaha." Hearing this, Chen Ying'er couldn't hold it in and let out a laugh like silver bells.

She grabbed Ye Ling's arm, a hint of longing appearing in her eyes, and said: "Then? Can you accompany me for a walk?"

"After all, Sister Li Xin also said you're temporarily given to me."

Ye Ling: "."

Unable to resist Chen Ying'er, he was forcibly dragged out under her lead.

Leaving only Long Lingxi, who was somewhat bewildered, in place.

"Sister Xin'er, Big Brother Ye Ling was dragged out by Ying Er, aren't you going to do something about it?" Long Lingxi turned her head to look at Li Xin and asked.

"Dragged out?" Li Xin lay on the sofa, feeling very comfortable. She glanced over and said: "Then let him be dragged out; Chen Ying'er is fine."

"I can actually tell what her feelings are for Ye Ling?"

The corners of Li Xin's mouth pouted slightly, but she chose not to say anything more here.

"Feelings for Big Brother Ye Ling? What kind of feelings?" Long Lingxi blinked her eyes, clearly somewhat bewildered.

"It's..." Li Xin rarely stood up, her azure eyes staring intently at Long Lingxi: "It's... liking."

"Liking?" Long Lingxi was still confused.

"It's..." Li Xin didn't even know how to explain it to Long Lingxi, who was like a blank sheet of paper. After thinking for a moment, she asked: "Lingxi, do you like Ye Ling?"

"Like?" Long Lingxi was still confused: "What is that?"

Long Lingxi didn't understand what liking was, but she did indeed like staying by Ye Ling's side because Ye Ling respected her, and the two of them had great tacit understanding and coordination together.

But Long Lingxi truly still didn't understand what was meant by liking.

She just had an inexplicable reliance on Ye Ling.

Looking at Long Lingxi, who was like a blank sheet of paper, Li Xin only felt an inexplicable sense of guilt for telling her these things. She rubbed her little head, turned around, and said: "Adjust your state of mind; Sister is going back to sleep first. Call Sister if you need anything."

Having said that, she went into her room without looking back.

Leaving only Long Lingxi, who looked at the spot where Li Xin had left with a bewildered face, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"So, what exactly is liking?"

The Holy City is an extremely prosperous city.

For six thousand years, no matter which of the ten major cities it was, they all gradually declined. Even Aimei City, which was the Alliance's number one major city, only rose in the last five hundred years, and as for the previous one, it had long since vanished into smoke.

But only the Holy City, as the capital of the Alliance, had never experienced any decline.

It was not only because the Saint Alliance Leader and the six Vice Temple Masters were stationed here, but also because of its significant strategic importance. The distance from the Holy City to the Six Great Passes was almost identical, making it the best geographical environment.

It was precisely because of this that it was chosen by the Temple Alliance as the main city and was continuously developed.

Chen Ying'er also seemed to rarely come to the Holy City. That made sense; as the Soul Saintess, she spent most of her time training in the Soul Temple, which was at Wanshou Pass. Having trained since she was young, even with her excellent family background, how could she have much time to play? "Quick, Ye Ling, let's go play that."

"Come on, Ye Ling, that looks like it should be quite fun."

"Yes, yes, yes, right there, yes, yes, yes, it's really fun."

Chen Ying'er was very lively. For some reason, by Ye Ling's side, she was able to clearly display her true nature. Now she was walking along quite happily, looking very joyful.

Ye Ling also happily accompanied her to play.

But soon, they arrived at the lobby of the Sacred Alliance General Auction House. Chen Ying'er had never been inside, so she turned to look at Ye Ling and giggled: "Ye Ling, let's go, let's go to the auction house to have some fun."

"I'd like to, too," Ye Ling said somewhat helplessly: "But the money I brought out has all been spent."

Chen Ying'er: "."

After saying this, she took a small pink bag from her bosom and threw it directly to Ye Ling, which was accompanied by a faint, pleasant fragrance.

Inside were several Magic Crystal Cards, clearly given to her by Chen Hongyu before. She saw her wave her little hand, put her hands on her hips, and say in a delicate voice:

"This is my wallet, feel free to use it!"

(End of chapter)