“Sir, I don’t know.” Balza quickly bowed to the middle-aged man upon seeing him. This middle-aged man had only arrived at the Odin sub-temple a few days prior, and he wasn’t sure of the man’s identity or cultivation level, only knowing that he was a prominent figure from the Bright Moon City Knight sub-temple.

The middle-aged man retracted his gaze and said calmly, “Because he possesses extraordinary spiritual power. Otherwise, why do you think he could unleash such potential?”

Long Haochen was very happy, preciously holding the small glass bottle in his hand, and running excitedly towards home.

For other children, the liquid in the bottle was just nasty medicine, but for him, it was the reason to join the Knight Temple.

As he walked, he muttered to himself, “Brother Jiang Hu was right, this Nourishment Liquid is truly a good thing. My mother’s health has improved a lot since she started drinking a bottle of it every week. Mom, I’m sorry, you taught me that men don’t kneel, but if I can’t pass the assessment today, I won’t be able to bring back Nourishment Liquid for you. I don’t want to lose you. For my mother, I’m willing to do anything.”

If Balza had heard Long Haochen’s words, he would have been astonished.

Nourishment Liquid was a potion issued by the Knight Temple, which has the effect of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the yuan for children under the age of fifteen, used to assist them in their cultivation and build a good physical foundation. Long Haochen almost failed the assessment today because he had never drunk the Nourishment Liquid! He had saved it all for his mother. And a year ago, he was just a very thin little boy. Today, a year later, he passed the Spirit Power level of ten through his own unremitting efforts, supported by the persistence of wanting his mother to drink the Nourishment Liquid.

For a child of only nine years old, the difficulty in achieving this even surpassed the hurdle of becoming a knight from a pre-knight. What talent and effort was needed to accomplish this!

Sunlight shone on Long Haochen, glittering with a golden luster, just like his heart of gold.

Long Haochen’s home was located in a remote corner on the west side of Odin Town, requiring crossing a small river to reach it. Soon, he walked across the log bridge over the river. However, he didn’t go straight home, but walked along a small path directly into a forest on the west side of Odin Town.

Every time before giving the Nourishment Liquid to his mother, he had to pick some wild vegetables first, and then mix the medicine into the strong-tasting wild vegetable soup, so that his mother wouldn’t taste the medicine in it. He didn’t want his mother to know about it. Long Haochen clearly remembered that Instructor Balza had taught them that a man should shoulder everything.

Entering the forest, he quickly became busy. Over the years, Long Haochen and his mother had depended on each other for survival. Even in Odin Town, their family was the poorest. Poor children mature early. While many children his age still only knew how to play every day, he was able to share some of his mother’s burdens. Although the mother and son only lived on his mother Bai Yue’s meager income from tailoring clothes for others every day, he always felt very happy.

In a short while, a lot of wild vegetables had piled up on the ground. Long Haochen was very familiar with these. Although they were just wild vegetables, the taste was not bad. He had eaten a lot of these things since he was a child.

Just as Long Haochen was about to pack up the wild vegetables he had picked and go home, suddenly, a soft “puff” sound startled him. This forest was not peaceful, and occasionally some wild animals would appear.

Long Haochen looked up in the direction of the sound, vaguely seeing a petite figure who seemed to have fallen. Driven by curiosity, he walked over cautiously, but after only a few steps, he saw that what had fallen into the forest was not a wild animal at all, but a little girl.

The little girl looked only seven or eight years old, and her figure was very slender, with short light purple hair. There were many tears in her cloth clothes, and at least six or seven places had blood seeping out. Although she fell to the ground, she was still conscious, struggling to get up, but it looked very difficult.

Long Haochen quickly stepped forward and helped her up, surprised and said, “What’s wrong?”

The little girl also seemed startled, her body moved subconsciously, and she turned her head to look at him. At this time, Long Haochen saw the little girl’s appearance clearly.

Her pretty little face was stained with a lot of dirt, and there was a strand of blood hanging from the corner of her mouth. Although she looked very embarrassed, it was still easy to give people a stunning feeling. But her beauty was different from Long Haochen’s. Long Haochen’s eyebrows were very soft, making it easy for people to feel close. And although this girl was young, her eyebrows were full of stubbornness and coldness. Suddenly meeting her gaze, Long Haochen couldn’t help but shiver.

Seeing Long Haochen, the little girl also seemed surprised, but perhaps Long Haochen’s affinity was strong enough, she quickly calmed down.

“Are you okay?” Long Haochen asked again.

The little girl barely raised a hand and wrote a line of words on the ground, “I can’t speak, bad guys are chasing me, they will arrive soon. Sister, save me.”

Seeing the words she wrote in front, Long Haochen was startled, but when he saw the last few words, black lines couldn’t help but appear on his forehead.

“I’m a brother, not a sister.” After a very depressed explanation, driven by compassion, he picked up the little girl. Anyway, he had passed the Servent Knight assessment, and his strength was almost the same as that of an adult. The little girl’s weight was extraordinarily light, and he didn’t feel any weight at all when he hugged her.

After picking her up, Long Haochen returned to the wild vegetables he had picked and tied them up with a grass rope. The little girl pulled at his clothes anxiously at this time.

Long Haochen was stunned for a moment, and quickly put her on the ground. The little girl quickly wrote on the soil: “I can feel their breath, they are coming soon, they can smell my scent, you go quickly, otherwise it will be too late.”

Long Haochen frowned slightly and shook his head firmly, saying, “No, I am a man, I want to protect you.” Although he was only nine years old, when he said these words, his pretty little face showed a bit of firmness.

“Smell?” Long Haochen’s eyes moved slightly, quickly took out a few plants from his wild vegetables, rubbed them with his hands, and quickly smeared them on the little girl and himself, then hugged her and ran to the bushes on the side, carefully placing her in the bushes, and then lay down on top of her, supporting his body with his elbows, without touching the little girl, but completely covering her with his body.

He didn’t notice that while he was doing these things, the girl he was protecting had always been staring at him with a strange look, but she was very quiet and didn’t make any movements.

As soon as Long Haochen hid, he heard a series of piercing sounds of the wind outside. Peeking out from the gaps in the bushes, he saw a group of men in black. These men in black were all very tall, and there was a faint fishy smell coming from them. Several of them were breathing hard.

“Why did the smell stop here? Could it be that the little girl was rescued?” A hoarse and unpleasant voice echoed in the forest.