Speaking, he picked up Long Haochen and handed him to Gao Yingjie. He could understand Gao Yingjie’s feelings. Clearly, this outstanding Holy Temple Knight had been specially assigned to follow Long Haochen. If it weren’t for Long Haochen, the Knights’ Temple would never have allowed ten Mithril Foundation Knights to lead this year’s new Demon Hunt Squads. There had never been such a precedent before.

In the eyes of others, this was because the Knights’ Temple had produced many outstanding talents this year, but only Sheng Yue knew that the root cause was Long Haochen, this child of light.

Therefore, he passed Long Haochen to Gao Yingjie first, to let him confirm Long Haochen’s safety, which was obviously the most important thing.

Sure enough, Gao Yingjie immediately examined Long Haochen’s physical condition after taking him. Apart from weakness, there was nothing seriously wrong, and he breathed a great sigh of relief.

When Long Haochen and his companions were fighting the demons on the city wall earlier, Gao Yingjie had been hiding in the shadows, and he would not easily intervene unless Long Haochen was in absolute danger. As Long Haochen and the others returned to their barracks, Gao Yingjie naturally went to rest as well. How could Gao Yingjie not be surprised to see him on the battlefield again at this moment? There were even demon gods there just now! However, no matter what, Long Haochen was fine, which calmed him down a lot. As for how he got to the battlefield, he could investigate it later.

After Sheng Yue gave Long Haochen to Gao Yingjie, his expression became even more serious. Compared with Long Haochen’s situation, Sheng Lingxin’s condition could only be described as terrible.

At this time, Sheng Lingxin’s face was as white as snow, but strangely, there was a hint of childlike innocence on his face. Just seeing this, Sheng Yue knew what his grandson had done. Coupled with the corpses of those demon god guards on the battlefield earlier, Sheng Yue couldn’t help but feel waves of heartache in his heart. However, no matter what, at least his grandson was still alive. Being blocked by three demon gods was already considered their luck.

The appearance of the three demon gods was originally intended to crush the Glorious Angel Knight Order in one fell swoop, and even if reinforcements arrived, it would have been too late. Once the three thousand-strong Glorious Angel Knight Order collided head-on with the three demon gods and their three hundred guards, the formation would immediately be disrupted, and there would inevitably be a large number of casualties. At this time, the demon army behind would attack, and the result would be self-evident.

However, Sheng Lingxin’s correct decision saved the Glorious Angel Knight Order from its originally doomed fate. A seemingly incomprehensible in-place defense disrupted the three demon gods’ plan, but if he couldn’t stop the three demon gods and buy time for reinforcements, the result would not have changed either. Yet Sheng Lingxin managed to do it with his seventh-tier peak cultivation.

The reason why the three demon gods chased him was because the power erupted by Sheng Lingxin’s attack was already comparable to that of an eighth-tier peak powerhouse. If they could kill such a powerhouse, its effect would not be less than destroying the Glorious Angel Knight Order. Moreover, Sheng Lingxin’s surprise attack also angered the three demon gods. In the end, with the help of Long Haochen and Hao Yue, Sheng Lingxin successfully completed his goal. However, he himself had completely fallen into a deep coma.

The Glorious Angel Knight Order had now withdrawn and returned to the Devil Expelling Pass under Sheng Yue’s order. The demon army’s siege war also came to a temporary end here.

When Long Haochen gradually woke up from his coma, he only felt weak all over, and the spiritual power in his body was stagnant, making it difficult to mobilize it.

“Haochen, how are you feeling?” Gao Yingjie’s low voice sounded.

Long Haochen’s eyes gradually regained their brightness, “I, I’m fine. Leader, where am I? Where’s the Commander-in-Chief?”

Supporting himself to sit up, Long Haochen immediately found the answer to his question.

This was a spacious room, the sky outside was still dark, the room was simply furnished, and there were many people here, including Gao Yingjie and the other leaders of the new Demon Hunt Squads. Sheng Lingxin was lying on a bed next to him, surrounded by Sheng Yue, Lan Yanyu, and seven or eight high-ranking generals from the Devil Expelling Pass.

“Grandfather?” Seeing Sheng Yue, Long Haochen couldn’t help but exclaim, and his call startled everyone present. Especially Lan Yanyu, she looked at Long Haochen in disbelief.

Sheng Yue nodded to Long Haochen, his expression very stern, “It’s good that you’re okay. Alright, now that Haochen is awake. Yanyu, you tell me, what exactly is going on? Why did Haochen appear on the battlefield with Lingxin?”

Lan Yanyu was clearly very afraid of Sheng Yue, her face became even paler. Looking at her husband on the bed, who was in a deep coma but had such a strange smile on his face, her body trembled violently, but she couldn’t say a word.

“Grandfather. I wanted to go to the battlefield with Uncle.” At this moment, Long Haochen suddenly spoke.

Sheng Yue was stunned for a moment, and Gao Yingjie and the others were also taken aback.

Sheng Yue asked suspiciously: “You wanted to go to the battlefield with him? I just asked, you had just retreated from the city wall defense battle not long ago, and Lingxin called you after you returned to the barracks. What reason do you have to go to the battlefield with him again? Doesn’t he know that you are a member of the new Demon Hunt Squad, and how dangerous it is to directly enter the battlefield of the plain battle with the demons?”

Long Haochen faced everyone frankly, with undisguised admiration in his eyes, “Because Uncle Sheng knew my identity, and Uncle Sheng knew my father. So he was very concerned about my situation. After the battle, he specially called me to the city to encourage me, and also wanted me to learn how to command an army from him.”

Hearing Long Haochen’s words, a look of astonishment appeared on Lan Yanyu’s face. No one knew better than her what Sheng Lingxin’s purpose was in calling Long Haochen to the city wall. But at this time, he said such words, and from his face, there was not the slightest artificial expression, as if everything was from the heart.

Sheng Yue’s face sank, and he said: “Haochen, although Lingxin is my grandson, if he has done something wrong, even if he has died in battle, it will still be investigated. You don’t have to cover up for him. Don’t say it’s him, even I don’t know who your father is. Your reason is not clever.”

Long Haochen shook his head and said: “Grandfather, I’m telling the truth. Because I used a skill created by my father, and Uncle Sheng happened to recognize this skill, and even learned it from my father. So he recognized me. That’s why he took care of me.”

As soon as Long Haochen said this, everyone in the room was shocked again. What was Sheng Lingxin’s identity? He was the only great-grandson of Sheng Yue, the ninth-tier Knight. With his status and cultivation, he actually wanted to learn skills from Long Haochen’s father? And it was a self-created skill. Who was Long Haochen’s father?

A look of curiosity also appeared in Sheng Yue’s eyes, “Who exactly is your father?”

Long Haochen took a deep breath, lowered his head, glanced at Sheng Lingxin who was still in a deep coma, and said: “I can only tell you alone.”

Sheng Yue nodded, raised his right hand, and a ray of light circled him and Long Haochen into it. After a while, the expression on Sheng Yue’s face became extremely strange. He even swallowed a mouthful of saliva. His eyes were full of shock.

“No wonder, no wonder… Alright, I believe you, continue to speak. Why did you step onto the battlefield with him.”

Long Haochen said: “I followed Uncle Sheng to watch the battle on the city wall, and he also told me about knowing my father. And he encouraged me a few words and let me go back to rest. I had just left the city when I saw Uncle Sheng also coming down from the city, preparing to lead the Glorious Angel Knight Order out of the city to fight. So I ran over and wanted to fight alongside Uncle Sheng. Uncle Sheng originally disagreed, but at that time the army was already on the verge of being released and could no longer delay time. At this time, he told me to follow him closely, and then always protect me.”

“Nonsense.” Gao Yingjie couldn’t help but shouted angrily: “How did I teach you? Obeying orders and listening to commands is the duty of a soldier, this is the battlefield. Do you know how dangerous it is to do this? You are not familiar with the Glorious Angel Knight Order’s fighting style at all, how can you rashly follow out. Whether you are in danger or affect the entire battlefield, it is unforgivable.”

Gao Yingjie was so angry that his whole body trembled. If it weren’t for the presence of so many people, he would have wanted to teach Long Haochen a lesson.

Long Haochen lowered his head and said, “I’m sorry, leader, I know I was wrong.”

Gao Yingjie looked at him coldly, “Show your merit badge, I want to deduct all the merit you have already earned.”

Long Haochen nodded, first took off the Sheng Ling Armor on his body. Just as he was taking off the armor, with a “pop” sound, a book fell out of his arms.

“Hmm?” Long Haochen was stunned for a moment, and picked up the book.

It was a seemingly ordinary book, but it had four gilded characters on it, “Shifting Flowers Connecting Trees.”

What is this? Long Haochen could absolutely confirm that this was not his thing.

Seeing this book, Sheng Yue and Lan Yanyu were both stunned for a moment. Originally, Lan Yanyu didn’t quite understand why Long Haochen would protect Sheng Yue so much, but when she saw this book, even she, the person involved, somewhat believed Long Haochen’s words.

Sheng Yue also looked puzzled, “Did Lingxin give you this book?”

Long Haochen scratched his head and said, “I don’t know! Maybe Uncle Sheng stuffed it to me after I passed out.”

Sheng Yue let out a long breath, “Until now, I have completely believed everything you just said. You kid, you are too disobedient, how can you follow the army to the battlefield? Do you know that if something happens to you, I am afraid that the old guys from the Knights’ Temple will come to me to settle the score.”

As soon as he said these words, Lan Yanyu’s face changed instantly, and the other generals were also horrified. What is the origin of this young man? Even if he is a descendant of a ninth-tier powerhouse, he cannot make the Holy Moon Knight so worried, right?

(To be continued)