Shen Yin Wang Zuo

Chapter 496: Golden Foundation Knight (III)

Not long after stepping forward, Long Haochen suddenly stopped in his tracks, took off his outer cloak, and revealed the Golden Foundation Armor.

An aged voice came out, “Greetings, honored Golden Foundation Knight. May I ask what you came for?”

In the fog of light, a tall silhouette could be seen moving forward. This elder was lacking his left arm and an eye: it was one of the elders guarding the Knights’ Saint Mountain.

“Greetings elder. I am here to pick a mount. The Alliance head gave me his authorization.” Long Haochen was extremely respectful toward this elder; he offered his respects as he stepped forward, and then stopped in front of him. It was due to sensing the presence of this elder that he had previously revealed his Golden Foundation Armor.

The elder was quite astonished by hearing the young timbre of Long Haochen’s voice. That was a Golden Foundation Armor of epic tier, but the voice coming from it seemed really inadequate.

The decree this young-sounding knight took out to show him could not possibly be faked. It had complex coded text inside exclusive to the Knight Temple. Very rapidly, the old knight gave the decree back.

The old knight looking respectfully at Long Haochen showed some uneasiness, making Long Haochen continue with haste; “Elder, my name is Long Haochen. Please call me that. There is no need to be so formal.”

“Long Haochen?” Hearing these words, the elder was startled, and then shifted his posture to look at him, “So, you are actually Long Haochen.”

Just then he realized how famous his name had become in the Temple Alliance. But since things that are already said cannot be taken back, he simply nodded in response.

The elder declared after a short pause, in a dignified voice, “Don’t disclose your name again in the future. Even if this is our sacred mountain, you are far too brash.”

“Yes.” Long Haochen also realized his own mistake. If his identity was leaked, things would really get troublesome. Who knew if demon spies were nearby.

“Come with me. Your Golden Foundation Armor is the twelfth so I will call you Twelfth Golden Knight.”

“Yes.” Long Haochen agreed and followed the elder onto the mountain.

“This shouldn’t be your first time coming here, so I will let you pick your road on your own. Do you need a probing tile to detect the grade of magical beasts?” the elder asked.

Long Haochen shook his head. There was no way he would be unable to determine the grade of a magical beast at his level of cultivation.

“Then, be careful.” The elder stopped walking and pointed out a certain direction for Long Haochen to take.

“Thank you, elder.” Coming here for the second time gave him a totally different impression from the first time. He sensed upon his arrival that the surroundings seemed to be highly restricted. And these restrictions were all very well concealed, to the extent that only a part of them could be detected even at his level of mental force. In other words, taking a wrong path would very likely result in triggering these restrictions.

The degree of power held by these restrictions was quite hard to determine.

Walking forward according to the direction pointed out by the elder, a new scene very rapidly appeared in Long Haochen’s view. Under the spray of the bright, beautiful, and warm sunlight appeared the images of ragged trees accompanied by sweet smelling vegetation, giving the area a very refreshing feel.

Breathing deeply, Long Haochen felt entirely free from worries. The rich light essence here made him feel like a fish in the sea. And his Golden Foundation Armor was filled up since long ago, but its dark golden surface carried a soft trace of golden gloss and a dazzling orange-colored luster.

Whether in regards to cultivation or combat, any powerhouse attuned to light would benefit from a huge boost in this place.

This time, he didn’t need to climb over the top of a mountain to distinguish directions. Relying on his great perception, Long Haochen easily found his way to the deep, central parts of the Knights’ Sacred Mountain.

With a golden flash of light, four wings came out as if piercing through the Golden Foundation Armor. Spreading out from his back, these wings were also protected by the dark- gold colored Golden Foundation Armor.

As his figure flashed, Long Haochen pierced his way through the sky, and shockingly found out that under the boost from his armor, his spiritual wings increased his speed by at least 30%. It only seemed to take a few flaps of his wings to reach the first mountain peak. Then he spread his wings out and started to glide his way deep inside.

Every time Long Haochen accelerated, it sounded like the air around him was ripping. Faintly, his body started to produce a golden barrier around him. This was not an ability he used on his own initiative, but a condensation of the light essence that he absorbed nonstop.

Long Haochen had a very clear goal for this trip to the Knights’ Sacred Mountain. He had long since picked the kind of magical beast that would become his companion. Although he really wanted to keep fighting alongside Haoyue, the latter’s existence was excessively sensitive! Only at the crucial times of destroying demon god pillars could he be allowed to come out.

During this past year and a half of cultivation, Long Haochen could sense through their blood vessels’ connection that Haoyue’s strength was also progressing well. But Haoyue seemed to be suppressing something, and going through a process of storing strength, so Long Haochen didn’t know very well what level his cultivation had reached right now. The Knights’ Sacred Mountain was very broad, and even at Long Haochen’s speed, he took half an hour to get close to the center of the mountain.

After that, he stopped traveling deeper into the mountain, because he knew that that was the territory of the tenth-ranked magical beasts, which were not his current targets.

Stretching his four wings, his body remained floating in midair. Long Haochen shut his eyes and focused on the surroundings, placing the forefinger and middle finger of his right hand on the space between his eyebrows. One could faintly see some transparent ripples form in the area surrounding his head.

These were pure waves of mental force. It was only because Long Haochen’s mental capacity far outstripped that of ordinary people’s that he could use such probing methods. After all, it wasn’t as if he was a powerhouse of the psychic attribute.

While probing the area, Long Haochen resumed his flight, and headed to the side, moving around while keeping the same distance from the center of the Knights’ Sacred Mountain.

This time his flight speed had become much slower. It took him approximately one more half hour to finally find his target, letting out an expression of pleasant surprise. Golden flames started spraying out from his back as his four wings were flapped at full strength, causing him to shoot forwards at full speed like a bullet.

After Long Haochen made his way through tall trees and finally landed on the ground, a water source came into his view. Currently, dozens of light elemental magical beasts were drinking this water, showing some vigilance towards Long Haochen.

A gentle and pure light essence was released around Long Haochen. He didn’t continue to walk forward but stopped here on his tracks. His armor also disappeared and revealed his original appearance.

Long Haochen recovered his Golden Foundation Armor and stood immobile, looking warmly at the magical beasts in front.

Gradually, they came to sense the fluctuations of light surrounding his body, and their expressions of vigilance disappeared gradually. Then, they started to let out looks of amazement and cordiality.

The first one coming out was a mouse-sized magical beast that leaped up and climbed on his shoulder.

Long Haochen smiled at that sight and softly fondled this little mouse.

The other magical beasts finally relaxed after seeing the carefree look of that little mouse, and slowly approached Long Haochen.

But one could see that as they approached Long Haochen, they appeared to show greater and greater appreciation for him.

This was only natural. Long Haochen was the Scion of Light, a god’s chosen one! The purity of the light essence he released far exceeded that of the Knights’ Sacred Mountain, and furthermore, due to his heritage as a god’s chosen one, Long Haochen held a strong attraction for the light elemental magical beasts. How could they show any kind of animosity towards him?

This place was already deep in the Knights’ Sacred Mountain. These magical beasts were of different sizes and kinds, but the lowest in cultivation was at the sixth rank, which corresponds to the human fifth step. And the higher they are ranked, the more intelligent they become.

“Do you know about my old friend? I’m looking for...” Long Haochen asked these magical beasts in a low voice, and immediately, a completely gold colored bird nodded and approached him, rubbing its mouth on Long Haochen’s body before spreading out its wings and heading on a certain direction.

The reason why Long Haochen chose this place was because it was a water source. Any magical beast would need to drink, so the odds of meeting someone that has met the magical beast he was searching for was a lot higher. But he did not expect that his exceptionally pure light elemental aura would draw out so many magical beasts.

That bird already gave him its assistance, so he only sat here waiting, not in a meditative state but not masking his aura either. These magical beasts naturally had no reason to leave, and simply gathered to Long Haochen’s side, filled with excitement and enjoyment. Even normally hostile magical beasts were very calm right then. No one was willing to disturb the calm atmosphere.

A short time later, from afar first a resonant sound, then a golden silhouette came flying forth at great speed.

Long Haochen’s eyes were lit with pleasure. He really came!