Chapter 29: Pseudo Great Knight — Journey to the Odin Mountains in Search of Long Xingyu
Ye Ling swung his sword heavily against the testing pillar.
A moment later, the corresponding number appeared.
[350]
"Three hundred and fifty points of external spiritual power?"
"That means the first seal unlocked fifty points, and the second seal unlocked about a hundred."
Ye Ling pondered. That number was terrifying.
Normally, most newly advanced Earth Knights only had around that much external spiritual power—some even had less.
In other words, the Golden Dragon King bloodline had directly given Ye Ling a physique on par with an Earth Knight, instantly skipping two stages.
Of course…
That was just in theory.
After all, Earth Knights possessed at least two thousand points of internal spiritual power. Paired with their external strength, they could easily beat Ye Ling into the ground.
But it wasn't a big deal. Given time, the roles would reverse.
Soon, Ye Ling tested his internal spiritual power.
One hundred and seventy points—an increase of about twenty compared to a month ago.
Which was reasonable. For the past month or so, Ye Ling hadn't actively cultivated his external power and had only relied on the Seraphim Martial Soul to passively absorb the surrounding light elements.
Yep. The Seraphim—truly the best AFK cultivation tool.
"Still, based on total numbers—170 plus 350 equals 520—that's already at the Great Knight level. Yet the Seraphim Holy Sword still hasn't evolved," Ye Ling said helplessly.
Though he understood the reason. It was all about system compatibility.
The Great Knight level required a total of 500 points of combined power, but the Seraphim Holy Sword didn't accept boosts from external spiritual power. That domain belonged to the Golden Dragon King bloodline.
If he wanted the Seraphim Holy Sword to reach the Radiant Tier, Ye Ling's internal power alone would need to rise to the Great Knight level.
According to the Divine Seal system, Ye Ling was already a true Great Knight.
But by the Seraphim Holy Sword's standards, he was only a pseudo Great Knight—and unable to ascend in rank just yet.
Still, it didn't matter. He would simply follow the Holy Sword's system from now on.
"I really need to start focusing on cultivating internal power," Ye Ling thought.
He'd been forging too much lately and had indeed neglected his internal power.
For any cultivator, internal spiritual power was the absolute foundation.
Because of his Golden Dragon King bloodline, Ye Ling could cultivate both internally and externally. But internal power remained the priority. Even in forging, it was critical—especially for spiritual forging, soul forging, and eventually divine forging.
And to achieve divine forging, his internal power would have to reach the ninth rank.
That thought alone was daunting.
So Ye Ling decided to take internal power training seriously.
"To train internal power, the Moonlight Sub-Hall isn't the best place. I'll need someone else's help," he reflected.
Then, something came to mind.
"Let's go find Long Xingyu. At this point in time, he should still be training Long Haochen. If I go now, I can improve my internal strength while learning skills under his direct guidance. It's a win-win situation."
Ye Ling murmured to himself.
He had made up his mind.
Next stop: find Long Xingyu.
Once Li Xin finished handling everything on his behalf, Ye Ling would be free to head to the Odin Mountains to search for Long Xingyu.
Three days later.
At the base of the Odin Mountains, Ye Ling stood silently, gazing upward, as if contemplating something.
By now, he had already packed all his belongings and stored them inside the storage space of his Forget-Me-Not Ring before arriving here.
"According to the message Long Xingyu left for Instructor Balza, this should be the place. Just keep going straight until I see three thatched huts," Ye Ling murmured.
Then, he sprinted swiftly up the mountain path.
Ye Ling moved incredibly fast, occasionally flickering through space itself. Before long, he reached a small camp with three thatched huts.
Long Xingyu wasn't there.
Instead, Long Haochen was inside, vigorously swinging an alloy longsword. Each move was powerful and precise, his fundamentals clearly solid.
"Haochen," Ye Ling called out as he walked forward.
Startled at first, Long Haochen relaxed when he saw it was Ye Ling. A look of surprise flashed across his young face, but he didn't call out for Long Xingyu. After all, Ye Ling was a big brother he genuinely respected.
"Brother Ye, what brings you here?" Long Haochen asked.
"Didn't your teacher say before that if I ever wanted to train with him, I could come find him? So, I'm here," Ye Ling replied.
"I see! Wait here, I'll go get Teacher Xingyu!" Long Haochen said excitedly.
He soon returned with Long Xingyu in tow.
At the first sight of Ye Ling, Long Xingyu was stunned. He looked Ye Ling up and down with clear surprise, unsure of what to say.
'What's going on with him? Why is there such a strange pressure radiating from his body? And his external spiritual power... it seems to have skyrocketed.'
'No—it's not just a noticeable improvement. It's jumped to a completely different level. Even among high-level Great Knights, very few have this degree of external power. Could it be Earth Knight level?'
Unlike Long Haochen, who couldn't sense anything unusual, Long Xingyu instantly detected the extraordinary transformation in Ye Ling.
His external spiritual power had completely overshadowed his internal power.
It was a very rare situation.
But logically, that shouldn't be possible!
Unless Ye Ling's external power—after subtracting the original 200—still exceeded his internal power, such a phenomenon wouldn't occur.
And based on what Long Xingyu was sensing, Ye Ling's external power had thoroughly surpassed his internal power.
How was that even possible?
Wasn't it always internal power that dominated external power?
Even for dual cultivators of both, before the fourth rank, internal power would at least match external power. And beyond the fourth rank, internal power should be double!
Ye Ling's state was very strange. Long Xingyu had rarely seen anything like it.
With that thought, he hurried over to Ye Ling and asked seriously, "What's going on with your body?"
"Why is your external spiritual power radiating such overwhelming might?"
"I awakened a special bloodline. It's particularly aggressive in enhancing external power, so things ended up this way," Ye Ling explained truthfully. In the Divine Seal World, bloodlines weren't common, but neither were they considered some big secret. If it needed saying, he'd say it.
"Hit me with a punch. No holding back," Long Xingyu said loudly and firmly.
Long Haochen was dumbfounded. 'What's going on, Teacher Xingyu? Are you a masochist or something? Ye Ling just arrived and you're already asking for a beating?'
Ye Ling, however, immediately understood what Long Xingyu meant. Without hesitation, he activated the power of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
Golden dragon scales erupted across his body, rising into the air as a golden aura surged violently.
His right arm transformed into a gleaming golden dragon claw.
The pressure was so intense that Long Haochen turned pale on the spot. Even Long Xingyu looked slightly dazed as he braced himself to take Ye Ling's punch.
(End of Chapter)
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