The moment Yun Qiaoqiao opened her eyes, Lu Chenxing knew it was his turn.
He held the child, and with a single swipe of his hand, his mental power, carrying a trace of the rule power of “Illusion,” flew out and entered Yun Qiaoqiao’s glabella.
In an instant, Yun Qiaoqiao’s expression froze. In her gaze, a petite fifteen-year-old girl appeared, with soft, snow-white skin, long golden hair draped over her shoulders, emerald green pupils, and a pretty face that needed no makeup.
She wore a blue dress completely different from that of a Saint Temple Knight, with silver-white armor engraved with blue patterns covering her chest, upper arms, skirt sides, and feet.
In her hand, she held a blue and gold knight’s sword, which looked extraordinarily beautiful.
This was Altria Pendragon, the King of Knights from the Fate series, whom Lu Chenxing had specifically chosen for Yun Qiaoqiao because she also had golden hair!
The moment Yun Qiaoqiao saw this young girl, her talent stirred, autonomously beginning to slowly change. At the same time, Lu Chenxing’s voice slowly resounded in her mind.
“Altria Pendragon was the legendary king of ancient Britain during her lifetime, also known as King Arthur, and was hailed as the Knight of Knights, the King of Knights.”
“In the 5th century CE, the Roman Empire suffered foreign invasions and increasingly showed signs of decline and fragmentation. The Britannian Isles, once Roman territory, fell into internal strife.”
“Uther Pendragon, one of the Britannian lords, was defeated by the Usurper Vortigern fifteen years ago.”
“Uther, who placed his Hope in the next generation, planned with his court magician ‘Merlin’ to create a new king who would be born superior to mortals. They combined the bloodline of the Britannian King, the ideological form of Britannia as the incarnate Red Dragon, and a noble female bloodline to perfectly fuse the two, creating a maternal womb.”
“And so, the legendary King Arthur—Altria Pendragon—was born silently…”
Lu Chenxing’s words were gentle and powerful, slowly recounting Altria Pendragon’s life, from her birth to being secretly taken away and raised at the age of five to avoid public scrutiny because she was a girl and could not directly inherit the throne.
Then, the entire process of her pulling the Sword in the Stone at 15 and becoming the new king was slowly narrated by Lu Chenxing.
“Altria knew very well that once she pulled the Sword in the Stone, she would no longer be the little girl who desperately studied and trained to become king in the past, but a true king.”
“To protect her people, her sword would inevitably be stained with blood. Even if she was abandoned, betrayed, or reviled, she would have no way back.”
“Without any further hesitation, Altria pulled out the ‘Sword of Promised Victory’ as if it were a matter of course.”
“From that moment, the river of time froze for the King; her body and appearance ceased to grow and age, remaining forever at the age of 15.”
Yun Qiaoqiao watched as the delicate, fifteen-year-old girl pulled out the Sword in the Stone under the blood-red setting sun. Her small figure now appeared incredibly grand.
For a moment, Yun Qiaoqiao’s heart trembled. How much determination must it take to choose to bear everything without hesitation!
Lu Chenxing’s narrative voice continued to slowly recount.
After that, Altria achieved continuous victories, winning twelve major battles for the kingdom within ten years, making the originally weak kingdom unprecedentedly strong. At this time, the King’s prestige was like that of a god!
Later, Merlin took Altria to a sacred lake, where she received the Holy Sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.
Merlin told her that she must always keep the scabbard of the Holy Sword safe, but it was later accidentally lost.
After that, came the tragic aftermath of glory. After a series of events, Altria, returning from a Roman expedition, suffered betrayal and died on Camlann Hill. The kingdom she had desperately fought to preserve ultimately perished in civil strife.
She, who had dedicated her life to the kingdom, simply could not accept such an outcome. At the brink of death, she made a contract with “the World,” Alaya, hoping to obtain the Holy Grail and make the wish to “return to the day of selection,” even at the cost of eternal reincarnation.
Finally, Lu Chenxing briefly recounted Altria’s experiences after becoming a Heroic Spirit and then stopped, because Yun Qiaoqiao had already closed her eyes, and the energy fluctuations emanating from her indicated that she had successfully established her patron deity and was currently in a state of enlightenment.
This made Lu Chenxing slightly relieved. Although he had some confidence, he didn’t dare to say it would definitely work until it was a sure thing.
Now that the dust had settled, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Chenxing stroked Xiao Longzhi’s smooth cheek in his arms. This little one was still asleep. Was this normal?
However, Probing Technique did not show any problems, and she herself did not show anything amiss. The little one was breathing evenly, looked peaceful, and was still sleeping soundly.
While he was checking on Xiao Longzhi’s condition, a gaze from the side steadily fell upon him. It was Yan Pingsha’s gaze. Although she said nothing, Lu Chenxing sensed her meaning: it was her turn now.
After looking at Yun Qiaoqiao, who was sitting in the middle of the training room in enlightenment, and confirming that there were no issues, Lu Chenxing walked over and sat beside Yan Pingsha, asking, “Sister Pingsha, what did Principal Bai tell you?”
As soon as he returned, Bai Yuntian had told Yan Pingsha to wait for him at his shop entrance with two auditor qualification cards. It was clear that Bai Yuntian had heard something when he was talking to Yan Pingsha earlier, given the wide range of a cultivator’s spiritual sense.
Yan Pingsha lowered her head slightly and reached out to touch the giant blade resting on her lap, her dark, smooth hair gently falling to the side of her face. “Teacher said to come find you. The general meaning is that without evidence, Teacher can’t do anything to them, especially since they are a guild composed of ordinary professionals.”
“Hmm, indeed.” Lu Chenxing nodded in agreement. “If Principal Bai intervenes rashly, it’s very likely to backfire and he’ll be accused of bullying the weak, inciting public anger. And those kidnapped people might be dealt with amidst the chaos.”
Yan Pingsha clearly knew these things, which was why her mood was a bit low at the moment. She was just a bit too trusting of others, but that didn’t mean she was a fool.
And for Lu Chenxing, this matter was also quite difficult because he hadn’t thought of how to approach it. But seeing Yan Pingsha’s dejected look, he still decided to help her.
No matter what, when his parents went missing, Yan Pingsha went with Bai Yuntian to search for them. For this reason alone, Lu Chenxing wouldn’t ignore her, not to mention that Bai Yuntian had also been good to him afterward.
