Chapter 317

Gu Chen thought for a while and then looked up and asked: "What title is better?"

Varka pondered for a while before answering: "How about Dandelion Knight?"

"That's it." Gu Chen nodded, took the pen and wrote quickly. After a while, the promotion order had been written.

Varka took a look and signed and stamped it, just waiting for the martial arts competition between Mondstadt and Snezhnaya to officially grant Jean the title.

[Kaeya]: It's later than in reality, more than half a year later!

[Noelle]: If I remember correctly, Grand Master Jean was granted the Dandelion Knight title when she was fifteen!

[Azhdaha]: Normal. With the Sect Leader's influence, it's normal even if Jean is granted the title at eighteen. After all, the Sect Leader is sitting in the position of Vice Grand Master now, and his influence is too great. I estimate that after Mondstadt is stable for another two years and the Sect Leader is an adult, Varka will run away. (Funny)

[Kaeya]: The Grand Master who likes adventure might really have this idea. Once the Sect Leader is an adult, push him to the position of Grand Master, and then run away directly... Hmm, it's something he can do! (Hu Tao? Smirk)

[Diluc]: I hope my father in the video is okay. (Worried)

[Kaeya]: Rest assured, the Sect Leader invited his foster father to watch the martial arts competition, clearly to protect some important figures in Mondstadt. His foster father will be fine.

[Diluc]: I hope so.

Diluc was a bit uneasy.

Having watched so many episodes of the video, he naturally knew that Gu Chen's presence in the video would affect many, many things.

But in many videos, Gu Chen has been brilliant, has been in a trough, and sometimes has been helpless and unable to change some things.

Diluc knew very well that even someone as strong as the Great Profound Sect Leader still had regrets and was still forced to do things, let alone Gu Chen in this video?

The only good news is probably that Gu Chen in this video is a genius, an out-and-out genius.

Even Varka's evaluation of Gu Chen is a monster.

Now that he is still half a year away from being an adult, he has been on the path of martial arts for more than ten years.

With martial power stronger than Varka, Gu Chen is the anchor of the Knights!

Diluc looked at himself in the video.

He knew very well that he in the video was three months away from coming of age, but that high-spirited self had strength stronger than his current self!

That youth full of justice, heart full of passion, and body flowing with hot blood, could he change all of this?

Thud!

The bottom of the wine bottle hit the tabletop.

Diluc decided to believe in that former ‘self’, to believe in that self who had changed and become stronger!

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

The Knights of Favonius training ground.

The venue was spacious, and Farka had also arrived here.

Farka, Gu Chen, Jean, Eroch, Bishop Simon, and other high-ranking members of the Knights and the Church of Favonius were all here, as well as Dottore and other diplomatic envoys, all sitting in the viewing area on the high platform.

Further away was another viewing area, where Master Crepus, Lady Frederica, and the current head of the Lawrence family and others were sitting.

This duel was not just a confrontation with the Fatui; Gu Chen also intended to show off his martial strength to the internal factions of Mondstadt once.

On both sides below were the elites of the Knights of Favonius and the elites of the Fatui skirmishers.

And near the viewing area were some doctors, among whom were many nuns and priests of the Church of Favonius.

Although the Church of Favonius was a religious organization, the priests and nuns under its command did not only know how to pray.

Jean’s gaze fell on a petite girl with twin tails among the priests.

Seeming to feel her gaze, the girl looked up to meet her eyes and then immediately lowered her head, not daring to look again.

"Who is that?" Gu Chen asked curiously.

Jean came back to her senses, thought about it, and decided not to hide it, explaining in a low voice: "My sister, Barbara."

Gu Chen raised an eyebrow and nodded in understanding.

Glancing at Simon, who was sitting in the same row, Gu Chen did not speak.

Simon Page was an adventurer known throughout the continent. After coming to Mondstadt, he swept away the dust of the wind from his body, joined the Church of Favonius with a new attitude, and rose all the way to become the Director of the Church of Favonius, known as the ‘Cardinal of Dawn’.

He fell in love with Frederica, the eldest daughter of the Gunnhildr family in Mondstadt, and then parted ways with his wife when their two daughters were young, taking Barbara away to raise her.

Gu Chen did not understand the matter between Simon Page and Lady Frederica, and did not intend to intervene.

He knew Jean had a sister, but he didn’t expect the little girl, who was a few years younger than Jean, to become a deaconess of the Church of Favonius, and it looked like she was also medical personnel.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Gu Chen looked at Dottore and said: "According to the rules we set, we will compete in seven rounds, just like the seven elements. The Knights have already selected seven elite knights. How is your side prepared?"

"No need for the Vice Grand Master to worry; the Fatui have long been prepared." Dottore signaled with a smile.

Following his call of a name, a person with a huge, fat build walked out from the Fatui side, his whole body looking like it was edematous, and his open palm was probably larger than a human head!

Fatui Skirmisher - Cryogunner Legionnaire was the unified term for these fat guys.

Gu Chen only had to take one look to know that the situation with that guy was not right; he didn’t look like a normal person at all.

"Miles." Diluc stood up and called a name.

A person immediately walked out from the Knights.

Dottore looked him over.

Miles’s appearance was more robust than a normal person’s, but it hadn’t reached an exaggerated level; it belonged to a very healthy state.

From a hundred meters away, Dottore could feel the hidden power flowing like blood within the other party’s body.

With a slight smile, Dottore said: "Once the death waiver is signed, feel free to use your full strength."

Miles’s expression was resolute, and he signed his name without the slightest hesitation. The other party’s Cryogunner Legionnaire did the same.

After signing, both sides returned to their positions. No one spoke, and Miles launched the attack first.

The Knights of Favonius had standard weapons: Favonius Sword, Favonius Lance, Favonius Greatsword, Favonius Warbow, Favonius Codex, and other excellent weapons, as well as standard armor for self-protection. Miles used the Favonius Sword, which represented lightness and sharpness.

As the distance grew closer, the battle broke out.

Simon said softly: "The gunner is still a bit clumsy because of his body."

"In terms of agility, our knights have the advantage, unless that gunner has strength that transcends reason." Farka chuckled.

"How do you know without trying?" Dottore smiled.

Miles relied on his agility to suppress the Cryogunner Legionnaire. Seeming to know that he would surely lose if this continued, the Cryogunner Legionnaire emitted a fierce and ominous power. Following that, he discarded his cryo-gun, brandished his fists, and his figure became several times more agile as he attacked Miles.

"Such power..." Simon was somewhat displeased.

The Fatui member had clearly used some evil power, but the death waiver had already been signed and could not be changed.

After a brief shock, Miles had blood-red energy permeating his Favonius Sword.

"Oh? Is this the Knights’ blood-energy release?" Dottore asked.

"Only knights who have cultivated to a certain level can do this. Mr. Dottore, there is no need to be nervous." Farka waved his hand with a smile.

Dottore smiled without speaking.

After the blood-energy release was attached to the Favonius Sword, Miles’s offensive became even more fierce.

When the Favonius Sword stabbed into the Fatui member, that blood-energy seemed to drill into the other party’s body, destroying the blood vessels and internal organs within.

"Is it too cruel to treat an enemy like this?" Dottore asked.

"Cruel?"

Simon shook his head and said: "Since they are opponents, it must be a fight to the death. The kind of power your side uses seems even more evil and contrary to the right path, doesn’t it?"

Eroch did not say a word.

Farka smiled and did not speak.

Gu Chen took a sip of tea nonchalantly before saying: "Bishop Simon, since we all know the other party is the Fatui, there is no need to be surprised by anything they do, right? After all, the Fatui are just like that."

Simon reached out to adjust his glasses, nodded with a smile, and said: "The Vice Grand Master is right."

After some subtle mockery of the Fatui, Dottore’s smile remained unchanged.

Looking through the bird-beak mask at Miles, who had already struck the Cryogunner Legionnaire to the ground on the field, he was full of appreciation and said: "The blood-energy is thick; he is indeed an elite."

Although he had long known that body-refining arts could improve a person’s constitution, Miles was clearly not practicing ordinary body-refining arts.

Dottore knew he had come to the right place.

Such a person with a strong physique was the experimental material he needed even more!

"First round, the Knights win!" Jean stood up and announced.

Simon glanced at his daughter and then withdrew his gaze, turning his head to whisper to Gu Chen: "Vice Grand Master, does Jean have to go on the field?"

Gu Chen looked at him, saw a father’s worry for his daughter on his face, and nodded: "You still don’t understand her. Don’t worry, she is not weak."

A girl who could dismantle several Ruin Guards with her bare hands at a young age, how weak could she be?

Simon nodded and didn’t say much more.

Soon, the second round began.

The Fatui sent out a Electrohammer Vanguard, with a robust build, holding a large hammer that looked quite oppressive.

The Knights side also sent an elite knight onto the field.

After signing, the two rushed toward each other.

The Electrohammer Vanguard’s flexibility was much higher than the Cryogunner Legionnaire’s, and the hammer in his hand fell with great force.

But most of the knights of the Knights of Favonius had practiced body-refining arts for at least eight years, and the ones sent out were elites who had practiced the advanced version of the body-refining arts.

Being careless and taking a hammer blow, the Favonius knight only let out a muffled groan, his blood-energy flow stalled for a moment, but he quickly recovered.

Dottore’s eyes, hidden under the bird-beak mask, narrowed slightly.

Such anti-strike capability was quite impressive!

This meant that the Favonius knights had strong endurance!

Dottore’s smile grew even wider.

In this round, the Favonius knight pierced the Electrohammer Vanguard’s throat with a lance at the cost of a slight injury.

Soon, the third round began.

There was no suspense.

Then came the fourth round.

It was still the same.

The fifth round was also an Electrohammer Vanguard, only the oppression was stronger, at least twice as strong as the previous one.

After the Favonius knight killed the other party, his arm was trembling from being grazed by the hammer.

The sixth round.

The Fatui sent out a Fatui Agent.