Chapter 12: The Miserable Divine Knight_1

Accompanied by the completion of the contract, Na Ye sighed in relief, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. Being the teacher of the prodigy of Luminosity! Could there be anything better than this?

"Teacher!" Long Kongkong saluted with a smile, "Our mentorship contract is now unrevocable, right?"

"Yes, my good disciple. Go home and pack your things. I will take you to Holy City's Spirit Furnace Academy, which is our Federation's top academy and the cradle of the strong."

Na Ye didn't realize the implied meaning in his disciple's words. He had already planned how to show off this genius disciple at the Spirit Furnace Academy. His mood was excellent.

"Teacher! Allow me to give a self-introduction," Long Kongkong beamed.

"What introduction? I already know everything. It's not necessary," Na Ye said reflexively.

But Long Kongkong shook his head and said, "No, you don't know. I am Long Kongkong, and my innate inner spiritual power... uh, is ten."

"What? What did you say?" Na Ye gaped at Long Kongkong.

Long Kongkong grinned, "I'm just introducing myself, teacher. My innate inner spiritual power is ten. But I've already signed the contract, so I'm your disciple now. You just said it's irreversible."

When the two brothers had just exchanged glances, they decided to tell the truth. They could not hide it from a 9th Rank knight. And Na Ye clearly defined that the mentor-disciple relationship was indeed very close.

Na Ye suddenly panicked, "No, it's impossible. How could your innate spiritual power be only ten, didn't you absorb the spirit furnace?"

Long Kongkong rubbed his nose and chuckled, "Well, I don't know how I absorbed it either."

Na Ye snapped angrily, "This is not a joke. Do you know how important this is?"

Long Kongkong hesitated, "Isn't it just a matter of mentorship? It's our affair, how important can it be?"

"Nonsense, this is about..." Na Ye paused, his heart starting to panic. The boy did not seem to be joking with him.

Na Ye quickly appeared in front of Long Kongkong, shoving a testing stone into his hand.

The next moment, a faint golden light radiated from the testing stone and, under Na Ye's increasingly dumbfounded gaze, a number gradually emerged.

Fifteen!

Na Ye stumbled. His mind went blank, and he murmured, "It's over... it's all over..."

What Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong did not know was that although Na Ye was a divine knight, he was a very special one in the Knights Temple. He was known as the weakest divine knight in history.

Na Ye was talented in his youth, but his personality was not suitable for being a knight because he was timid by nature and extremely nervous in face-to-face battles. Therefore, he had never won any assessments, tests, or battles. He earned the nickname: Cowardly Knight.

However, who would have thought that this Cowardly Knight Na Ye excelled in cultivation? His innate spiritual power reached as high as eighty, and in less than thirty years, he smoothly cultivated to the level of a 9th Rank divine knight.

For other knights, when cultivating to the 7th Rank, they would try to acquire the Temple's mithril cathedra armor to become more powerful at their level. When reaching the 8th Rank, they would compete for the Adamantine Cathedra battle armor. However, Cowardly Knight Na Ye did the opposite: he avoided these entirely.

In the records of the Knights Temple, he entered the temple at the 5th Rank and was assigned an ordinary job. When he was tested next, he had already reached the 9th Rank. Over these more than twenty years, no one paid attention to him. In this way, he reached the 9th Rank and became a divine knight.

For any divine knight, attempting to be recognized by God's Seal Cathedra Rex is the highest honor. But when he heard that there was a certain risk involved, he immediately backed down. Indeed, he is the only one in history who has never even tried to gain the recognition of God's Seal Cathedra Rex.

Safety first! In the eyes of the Cowardly Knight, nothing is more important than safety.

However, no matter how weak a divine knight is, he is still a divine knight, a true 9th Rank. Currently, in the Knights Temple, there are only nine 9th Rank divine knights. Naturally, Na Ye is ranked last.

There are some things you can avoid, but others you cannot. According to the rules of the Knights Temple, divine knights must take on disciples and have the responsibility of cultivating outstanding talents for the temple. A disciple can be either your own child or a student, but at least one is required.

Na Ye was all alone and had no offspring. However, the talented youngsters at Knights Temple Headquarters, children with innate spiritual power of over seventy, usually have a family legacy. And they understand him very well. Who would willingly be a disciple to such a mentor?

Nevertheless, in another six years, the Knights Temple will be conducting the Divine Knight evaluation. All disciples of divine knights will have to undergo a comprehensive evaluation by the Temple. If they fail, the divine knight will be punished. The punishment Na Ye finds most intolerable is financial. The divine knights who fail will be fined the earnings of the next ten years, which is his only source of income!