Divine Seal: From a Heavy Sword to Slicing Through the Holy Demon Continent

However, despite honing his knightly skills for so long, he could only use the rudiments of those skills.

According to the system's training plan, he will not be able to start cultivating his inner spiritual power until his external spiritual power reaches 100 points.

Therefore, although he had 100 points of innate inner spiritual power, he did not master any method of cultivating inner spiritual power.

It's like having a treasure mountain but not yet having the key to unlock it.

"The system's training program is quite similar to my cheap old man's original training program."

"It seems that I will have to hone my external spiritual power in this anthill first."

Having rested long enough, Long Haoyu launched another attack on the ant swarm.

Let's set a small goal first: to cultivate our external spiritual power to 100 points.

At that time, there will be no need to wait a year for Long Xingyu to teach him how to cultivate inner spiritual power; he can get a head start.

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Outside the anthill.

Long Xingyu silently calculated the time.

It has been half an hour since Long Haochen was pulled out of the ant nest.

At that precise moment, he moved the boulder blocking the entrance to the anthill.

Just as he was about to investigate Long Haoyu's situation inside the anthill, Long Haoyu jumped out of the anthill.

"Time is up?"

Long Haoyu closed his eyes; he needed time to adjust after being in the dark for so long.

Long Xingyu looked at Long Haoyu with his eyes closed, listened to that casual remark, and especially saw the bite marks on Long Haoyu's body that were no less severe than those on Long Haochen's body.

Even as a Divine Seal Knight, his eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly. How could this child be so resilient?

“Training needs to be moderate. You should go to the hot spring to recover for a while, and then we should go home. Your mother is getting impatient waiting at home,” Long Xingyu said in a deep voice.

"Thanks!"

Long Haoyu replied coldly, still without opening his eyes, and headed towards the hot spring medicinal pool following the route he remembered.

Long Xingyu stared at Long Haoyu's departing figure, examining the wounds on Long Haoyu's body: "It was still unexpected. It seems that the method of sending divine soldiers from the sky is not reliable."

"Among these two children, is it possible that I can only raise Hao Chen, the little guy? Hao Yu's hostility towards me is going to be difficult to deal with!"

Throughout history, in the Knights' Temple, which weak knight didn't admire him?

He could say that if he offered to guide people in their cultivation, those young squires who had only recently become knights would be overjoyed.

But he couldn't sense even the slightest bit of joy from Long Haoyu.

"It seems a bit hasty. If I hadn't secretly observed them that night, or if I hadn't let those two little ones know that I'm their father."

"Perhaps if we keep this identity and create a surprise when the time is right, this little guy won't have this attitude, right?"

Thinking about these things, Long Xingyu followed Long Haoyu to the wooden house by the hot spring medicinal pool.

Long Haoyu was completely immersed in the medicinal pool, while Long Haochen had already woken up from his initial fainting spell.

Seeing that Long Haoyu had even more wounds than he did, and despite the stinging pain from the medicinal pool water, Long Haoyu didn't utter a single groan.

Long Haochen's eyes showed admiration, and his expression became even more determined. His brother had been working hard to support the family, and he had to work even harder too!

After soaking for about an hour, Long Haoyu's wounds began to scab over, as the medicinal properties of the hot spring pool repaired his injuries.

Having finished their training for the day, and having recognized each other, Long Xingyu led the two brothers home.

Bai Yue was preparing dinner at home when she saw the two brothers return and their wounds. Tears streamed down her face.

With a pained expression, Bai Yue held the two brothers in her arms and said in a tearful voice, "Yu Yu, Chen Chen, you must be in so much pain."

"Come back to the house with Mom, Mom will put some medicine on you."

Long Haoyu greedily inhaled the fragrance emanating from his mother and replied in a muffled voice, "Mom, Haochen and I are both fine."

At this point, Long Haoyu paused slightly, broke free from Bai Yue's embrace, and glanced at Long Xingyu out of the corner of his eye.

"We said we would become powerful knights, and we would protect you."

Long Xingyu almost choked on his breath, as he could clearly hear the hidden meaning in Long Haoyu's words.

I may not be a good husband, but is it really necessary to ridicule me like this?

Then she saw Long Haochen's well-behaved appearance and his completely different reaction from Long Haoyu's.

Long Xingyu felt a little sad, and for some reason had an urge to completely abandon his main account and focus on leveling up his alt account.

How can two children who grew up together become so different?

"Key, I've already had them take a medicinal bath; these injuries are fine."

"These are the things they must face in order to become a powerful knight."

Suppressing his frustration, Long Xingyu said in a deep voice.

Bai Yue didn't care what Long Xingyu said; her heart was now completely focused on the two brothers, and tears continued to flow.

In the original timeline, Long Haochen disguised himself when he returned, and Bai Yue didn't notice anything amiss.

But in the current timeline, Long Xingyu brought the two brothers back directly, and Bai Yue could not hide the scars from him.

Regardless of whether it was training or not, Bai Yue only knew that her heart was aching right now.

"Yue, I hope you can understand me!" Long Xingyu spoke again.

Bai Yue hummed in agreement. Although she felt sorry for Long Xingyu, she did not blame him. After crying for a while, she led Long Haoyu and Long Haochen to sit down at the table.

Unlike Long Haoyu, who only prepares three meals a day, Bai Yue prepares four.

After Long Haoyu sat down at the table, he told his mother and immediately started eating. Long Haochen then handed the chopsticks to Long Xingyu.

"Dad, come eat!"

"Thank you for guiding us in our cultivation!"

Long Xingyu took the chopsticks, feeling very comforted. He glanced at Long Haochen with appreciation, patted him gently on the shoulder, and the family sat around the simple table to eat.

An idea quietly took shape in his mind at that moment.

The training, which will proceed as usual tomorrow, has begun to show subtle changes.

Chapter 18 The Theory of Retribution Knights (Revised)

A quarter of an hour later.

The food on the table was completely devoured.

Long Haoyu helped his mother clean up all the dishes and was about to go back to his room to continue his shadow space training for the evening.

Long Xingyu appeared in front of him, along with Long Haochen, whom he had summoned.

"What's up?" Long Haoyu asked.

Long Xingyu nodded: "You have all completed a day's training, and you have also all passed the Attendant Knight assessment."

"Before it's time to rest, I'll continue to explain some other knowledge that you two brothers need to know."

This time, Long Haoyu didn't argue with Long Xingyu. He and Long Haochen followed Long Xingyu to sit down on a small wooden stool in the yard.

Long Xingyu stood with his back to the two brothers, his hands behind his back, gazing at the boundless starry sky.

"Haoyu, Haochen, do you think that for a knight, is offense more important or defense more important?"

Upon hearing what Long Xingyu said, Long Haochen was stunned, while Long Haoyu realized what Long Xingyu was planning to do.

After a short while, having not received a reply from the two brothers, Long Xingyu turned around and continued, "You two brothers are very honest; you didn't give me a casual answer to brush me off."

"Even the higher-ups of the Knights' Temple would find it difficult to give an accurate answer to such a question. This relates to the two branches you will need to come into contact with after you become true knights."

"These two branches are the Retribution Knight and the Guardian Knight. Do you know what a Retribution Knight is, and do you know what a Guardian Knight is?"

Long Haochen continued to shake his head obediently.

While studying in Odin's Palace, he only knew that to become a knight, one had to pass the squire knight test.

Only after becoming a squire knight is one qualified to become a true knight.

The question Long Xingyu is asking is clearly beyond his comprehension level.

"Dad, what's the difference between a Retribution Knight and a Guardian Knight?" Long Haochen asked.

Long Xingyu raised his hand and pressed it down slightly, signaling Long Haochen not to ask questions for the time being. His calm gaze fell on Long Haoyu.

"Haoyu, you said that night that you wanted to become an excellent Retribution Knight."

"So, you've already seen the division between these two branches in some of the archives of the Odin's Palace?"

"Now, can you tell me the difference between these two branches?"

When Long Haochen saw his father asking his older brother this question, his curious gaze fell on Long Haoyu.

He only remembered his brother briefly explaining the difference between a Retribution Knight and a Guardian Knight when he first entered Odin's Palace.

But it's been a year, and he remembers it very vaguely.

Faced with Long Xingyu's question suddenly, he was completely bewildered and couldn't figure out the specific difference between the two.

Long Haoyu hadn't expected Long Xingyu to suddenly ask this question tonight. When he met Long Xingyu's gaze, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Punishment Knights are primarily offensive, using two-handed weapons, mounts, and offensive holy spells. They are highly capable in single combat on the front lines, surpassing warriors and assassins."

"Guardian Knights are primarily defensive, wielding a shield in one hand and a weapon in the other. They excel at support and healing, making them the core of the team. While their individual abilities are relatively weak, their value to the team surpasses that of Retribution Knights."

"According to the records in the ancient texts, in our Knights' Temple, the ratio of Guardian Knights to Punishment Knights is about ten to one. This is the difference between the two branches!"

Listening to Long Haoyu's answer, Long Xingyu thought to himself that Long Haoyu was indeed very precocious, understanding the difference between the two branches.

Seeing how easily his older brother could answer the difference between the two, Long Haochen's eyes showed undisguised admiration.

"Since you know the difference between the two branches, and you also know that in our Knights' Temple, the number of Guardian Knights is ten times that of Punishment Knights."

"Besides, the Guardian Knights are more useful in a team, so why are you so determined to become a Retribution Knight?"