I rely on myself

Chapter 96 Test
At dinner, although the family sat at the same table, perhaps because of Lin's mother's complicated feelings towards her grandfather, the whole meal was very quiet and no one spoke. Lin Yuan didn't have any good solution for this.

But perhaps because they had eaten together, the atmosphere between Lin's mother and grandfather eased after dinner. It was no longer so stiff and the conversation became natural.

Now, late at night, Lin Yuan, lying on his bed and not yet asleep, was thinking about what his grandfather had said in the afternoon.

From this, Lin Yuan knew that he was no longer a student knight, but an existence that could shake the international situation, so he could no longer act casually like before, such as taking the initiative to challenge <Bi Yi> to a fight.

It would be impossible for Lin Yuan to say that he was not surprised by such a change of identity.

However, although he said so, Lin Yuan did not have a full understanding of his current identity and did not know what to do.

"It's really troublesome. Although I know that the improvement of strength may cause many effects, I never thought that it would cause me so much trouble as it does now. It's really enough."

Having said that, Lin Yuan has no regrets about everything he has done so far. After all, those were choices he made himself. Even if he had to do it again, Lin Yuan would make the same choice, and of course he would bear the consequences.

"But it's a pity. I worked so hard to help Ikki and Stella improve their strength, but in the end I can't enjoy fighting with them. This is a bit of a loss."

The reason why Lin Yuan helped Ikki and Stella to improve their strength, in addition to friendship, commission and other reasons, was actually that Lin Yuan himself had an expectation for this, that is, he expected Ikki and Stella to serve as a whetstone for him to improve his strength to a higher level.

From the original work, we can learn how high the potential of Ikki and Stella is. Although Ikki's magic talent is not very high, with his current upward trend in strength, Lin Yuan believes that he will soon be able to reach the limit of awakening. At that time, as long as there is a fierce enough battle, Ikki can immediately awaken into a demon. As for fierce enough battles, it is possible that there will be few situations like Ikki's.

Not to mention Stella, as the owner of the world's number one magic power, she is destined to bear a stronger destiny. Perhaps many demons nowadays can produce more magic power than Stella, but that is because Stella has not fully discovered her own talents. As a 'natural demon', her talents are unfathomable, and now she has only developed the tip of the iceberg.

Lin Yuan knew very well that if he wanted to climb to a higher level, he would definitely need an opponent, and Ikki and Stella were the two opponents chosen by Lin Yuan, so he helped them improve their strength many times, so that when he stagnated at a certain level, he would have a whetstone to hone himself.

Someone might say that if you are unable to defeat the opponent and are defeated by him, thus allowing him to improve, wouldn’t that be a loss? However, Lin Yuan doesn’t care about this, because this means that his ability, awareness, and will are limited to this level, so it’s no wonder that he would stop here.

"Forget it. Although it's a bit regrettable that we can't fight, it's not a big deal. After all, Ikki and Stella's strength is far from enough. It might be better to let them grow a little bit."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan no longer took the competition to heart. When he was about to fall asleep, a strange force attracted Lin Yuan's attention.

"Well, it looks like I won't be able to rest early tonight, but that's OK, this way I can make up for it a little bit."

There was a glimmer of anticipation in Lin Yuan's eyes, and although he spoke impatiently, his tone was full of interest.

After quickly getting up and changing his clothes, Lin Yuan didn't plan to go out of any door, but jumped out of the window of his room, following the direction of gravity. Lin Yuan's speed was very fast, and he soon left the town and came to a remote forest in the suburbs. There were trees everywhere without any traces of human activities, indicating that there was no one else here.

When Lin Yuan arrived here, he immediately noticed a figure who had been waiting here early. It was Lin Yuan’s grandfather Li Xingsheng.

Looking at his grandfather, Lin Yuan said without any surprise.

"Grandpa, you haven't slept yet so late, is it because of the jet lag that you haven't adjusted yet?"

Although he was speaking casually, Lin Yuan quickly summoned his spiritual weapon, the Sky Thread, and wove it into a long sword.

"Humph, I just couldn't sleep for a while, and you happened to be here too, so let's have a good fight."

Li Xingsheng on the other side also answered in a casual manner, but he also summoned his spiritual outfit without hesitation and grasped the extended horse-slashing sword.

The two of them confronted each other like this, and the atmosphere around them gradually became solemn at the same time.

Both sides focused their attention on each other, trying to find each other's flaws, but neither succeeded. This is not surprising. After all, Li Xingsheng is a real survivor of the battlefield. If his flaws were found so easily, he would not be able to survive the battlefield.

Although Lin Yuan was not as battle-hardened as his opponent, he had experienced many battles after all, and had even fought against "Bi Yi", so he was able to cover up his own flaws very well.

After a while of confrontation, Li Xingsheng looked at Lin Yuan who did not reveal any flaws, and nodded in his heart, acknowledging Lin Yuan's basic skills. You know, the mainstream of this world nowadays only pays attention to the ability of swordsmen, but disdains the knowledge of martial arts.

Although the reason why the Sword-Flayers can serve as a country's military force is indeed due to their own abilities, basically as long as they are powerful Sword-Flayers, they will never give up anything that can enhance their strength. Nowadays, the famous strong men in the world all have good martial arts.

Li Xingsheng had once worried that Lin Yuan only focused on developing his abilities and had not practiced martial arts. After all, Lin Yuan's combat was based on his own ever-changing weapons and abilities. Now, after seeing it with his own eyes, he was finally relieved.

"Yes, you didn't give up practicing martial arts just because of your ability, but that's not enough. Let me see your strength."

Thinking of this, Li Xingsheng raised the spiritual equipment in his hand, clenched his hands and swung it downward, drawing an arc. Suddenly, a slash composed of pure magic power was swung out and rushed straight towards Lin Yuan.

(End of this chapter)