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

Long Haochen looked stunned, and his hand movements slowed down.

Upon hearing this news abruptly, he looked at Long Xingyu in disbelief, and then at Bai Yue.

Long Haoyu's movements did not stop at all. He continued to unleash a series of smooth small combos, including slashing, upward thrusting, horizontal slashing, and straight thrusting.

Long Xingyu had already planned to put away his bamboo sword, but seeing Long Haoyu's smooth attacks, he picked up the bamboo sword again to defend against them.

"Little guy, I'm your father, why are you trying to kill me?" Long Xingyu said, annoyed.

“My mother has had a very hard life these past few years!” Long Haoyu gave a curt reply.

Long Xingyu was speechless, his bamboo sword hovering motionless in the air, the complex expression on his face completely unconcealed.

Long Haoyu's heavy sword also slashed towards Long Xingyu, but stopped about a fist's distance from Long Xingyu's face.

He may vent his frustrations, but he wouldn't do anything truly outrageous.

"Are you really our father?" Long Haochen asked, somewhat dazed and astonished.

Long Xingyu hugged the two brothers, Long Haoyu and Long Haochen, and sighed, "I really am your father. Because of some things that happened back then, your mother and I got separated."

"Dad knows that he has been neglecting you and your two children all these years, but Dad will definitely make it up to you in the future."

"Haoyu, Haochen, are you willing to forgive me, your irresponsible father?"

With a hoarse voice and a sincere expression, Long Xingyu said, "Eight parts are true, two parts are false, and the truth and falsehood are combined."

Long Haochen was simple-minded, and his eyes immediately reddened. He longed for his father's love. From the love in his mother Bai Yao's eyes for Long Xingyu, he was certain that the man in front of him was his father.

"Dad~"

Long Haochen cried out and buried his head in Long Xingyu's arms.

Long Xingyu stiffened slightly upon hearing the word "Dad".

Long Haoyu, who was also being held in someone's arms, clearly felt all of this.

Unlike Long Haochen, she didn't burst into tears; she simply nestled calmly in Long Xingyu's arms.

He was quite certain that Long Xingyu had not yet fully accepted him and Long Haochen.

He is a very stubborn person; others cannot be sincere with him, and he cannot be sincere with others.

Even though Long Xingyu is his biological father, he is still unwilling to admit it.

After breaking free from Long Xingyu's embrace, Long Haoyu re-tied the heavy sword behind his back.

Seeing that his older brother didn't call him "Dad," Long Haochen looked at Long Haoyu with red eyes.

At this moment, both Long Xingyu and Bai Yue focused their attention on Long Haoyu.

"Yu Yu".

Bai Yue called out affectionately.

Long Haoyu put away his cold expression and looked at his mother gently: "Mom, I'm a little tired. I'll go back and rest first. I have to take the squire knight assessment tomorrow."

After saying this, Long Haoyu turned and headed back to the thatched hut without looking back.

Long Xingyu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Is this kid really that unique?

However, meeting Long Haochen's puzzled gaze—as if his older brother wasn't calling him "Dad"—he exuded a strong fatherly air.

"Chenchen, maybe your brother hasn't quite processed the surprise yet."

"Let's go back and rest first! Everything will be fine tomorrow."

"Trust Dad!!"

Chapter 6 Long Xingyu's Flag, Attendant Knight Assessment

The next day.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Long Haoyu got up and prepared breakfast for Bai Yue, Long Haochen, and himself.

As for Long Xingyu, who also checked into the thatched hut last night, he was selectively ignored.

After breakfast, Long Haoyu took Long Haochen straight to the Odin Palace, leaving Long Xingyu standing beside Bai Yue, bewildered.

"This little guy, he's still so grumpy after a whole night?"

Long Xingyu smacked his lips: "Last night I said those things in front of that little guy Haochen. Did I just contradict myself?"

Bai Yue sighed helplessly, "Yu Yu is a bit more precocious than Chen Chen. He started helping with housework when he was five years old."

"If it weren't for Yu Yu's ability to manage the family's situation all these years, this family probably wouldn't have been able to survive."

"Give it some more time, and Yu Yu will definitely accept you."

Bai Yue wasn't lying. Only she herself truly knows the hardships of raising one child versus raising two.

Long Xingyu was speechless: "Yue, don't worry, I will make this child accept me too, believe me!"

"I, Long Xingyu, have that much magnanimity. Gaining a child's approval shouldn't be too difficult for me!"

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the other side.

Long Haochen followed behind Long Haoyu.

He was simple-minded, but he was still good at reading people.

Before leaving home, he noticed something amiss, recalling the situation at home and what had happened the night before.

"Brother, do you not want to acknowledge our father?" Long Haochen asked.

Long Haoyu stopped, gently flicked Long Haochen's forehead, and said in a mature tone, "Little kid, why are you asking so many questions?"

Long Haochen hissed in pain and muttered, "Mom said I was only five minutes later than your brother."

Long Haoyu glared at him, then pressed both hands onto Long Haochen's face, which resembled his own and looked very feminine, and rubbed it vigorously.

"Today's trip to Odin's Palace is for the Knight Attendant assessment. For now, you should focus your attention on the assessment."

"You, as the younger brother, should stop asking me about my business, or I'll beat you up!"

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen joked around, but didn't mention anything about Long Xingyu, nor would they say anything about it.

It's best for the older brother to bear the frustration caused by impure thoughts, while the younger brother should just live a peaceful life.

"I understand. Instructor Balza said that you need 10 points of external spiritual power to become a first-class squire knight."

Long Haochen blinked his bright eyes and asked with a hint of worry, "Brother, you've never drunk the Qi-Nourishing Elixir before. What if something goes wrong during the exam?"

"You've drunk the Vitality Elixir, are you my match?" Long Haoyu retorted.

Long Haochen was speechless for a moment, then finally realized: "So, brother, just how high is your external spiritual power?"

"you guess!"

"I can't guess!"

"If you can't guess, just wait and see!"

Long Haoyu wouldn't give Long Xingyu a friendly look, but he was incredibly gentle with his younger brother Long Haochen, with whom he spent every day.

He had never thought about this feeling before. Only after becoming an older brother did he realize that these two words also represent a responsibility.

Chatting and laughing, the two brothers arrived at Odin's Palace.

Inside the inner palace, all the other children were already in place.

The burly Balzac stood before the group of children. Seeing Long Haoyu and Long Haochen join the ranks, his deep voice rang out:

"Tell me, what is the code of knighthood?"

"Humility, honesty, compassion, courage, justice, sacrifice, honor, perseverance, benevolence, and righteousness!"

Long Haoyu did not stand out; he answered in unison with the others.

Balza looked at everyone with satisfaction, then pointed to what appeared to be a wooden stump in front of him: "Today is your assessment day, and I have already told you the specific requirements for the assessment."

"Next, let me see how well you've studied this past year, and whether you can continue studying here for another three years!"

"The first one is Jiang Hu!"

Jiang Hu, who is quite tall, walked out.

Everything was proceeding just as Long Haoyu remembered.

One child after another stepped forward, gripping the wooden swords with both hands, and swung them around to smash the wooden block.

Soon, the assessment came to an end, and only the Long Haoyu brothers had not yet been assessed.

"Next up, Long Haochen!"

Long Haochen stepped forward in response, bowed deeply before Balzac with his right fist over his heart, and said, "Instructor!"

He has been drinking Peiyuan Liquid, and he is no longer as thin as he was in the original novel.

Balza's gaze softened considerably, and he said approvingly, "Let's begin!"

"Ah—" Long Haochen shouted, gripping the wooden sword with both hands and slamming it hard against the wooden block.

The stone bead trembled violently and then bounced high into the air.

"Spiritual power 18, passed!"

Balza looked serious as he watched the stone bead bounce to a height of 18 marks, a satisfied expression on his face.

"Next up, Long Haoyu!"

Balzac withdrew his gaze from Long Haochen and slowly turned it to Long Haoyu.

When Long Haochen heard his brother's name called, he quickly waved his fist at Long Haoyu and said, "Go for it, brother!"

Long Haoyu smiled slightly and walked up to Balzac just like Long Haochen had.

He clenched his right fist and placed it heavily on his chest, then bowed and saluted: "Instructor!"

"You two brothers..."

Instructor Balza smiled this time and gently patted Long Haoyu on the shoulder: "Let's begin! Don't let me down!"