Chapter Twenty: Five Years of Flowing Light

  Before I knew it, five years had passed.

  After the early morning passed, Long Yan looked up at the sky. Five years had passed, and people could forget many things, but Long Yan never forgot his longing for Long Tianyu. His fourth daughter, Long Tianwei, had already found her true love and was far away from him. His third daughter, Long Tianling, was studying what she liked in the Imperial Magic Martial Academy. Now, only his eldest son, Long Tianao, and sixth son, Long Tianjie, were left by his side, cultivating in a remote courtyard, not allowing anyone to see him.

  Of course, it's not just Long Yan who misses Long Tianyu, but many people!

  Yes, to be precise, it's nostalgia. Last time in the Spirit Guardian War, Long Tianyu made quite an achievement, and with some added flair from the Empire, there was a vivid description of his sacrifice, saying that the Ninth Prince blocked the Blood Feather Empire's army single-handedly, fighting against overwhelming odds, and then disappeared from the world after a massive explosion.

  This adaptation has a lot of new ideas. Firstly, it exaggerates the image of Long Tianyu. Secondly, it gives the common people an imaginative space, and even in these five years, a legend spread that a group of mercenaries saw the golden armor of the prince in the deep forest of demonic beasts.

  But this mercenary corps' news was treated as a joke, and people would only mention it in small taverns with a smile.

  This propaganda still played a significant role, how many civilians remembered that clever boy, how many soldiers remembered that brave boy, and how many sentimental women took Long Tianyu as the standard object.

  But few people know that this wicked boy has been having wicked spring dreams every night recently.

  These things have gradually become like floating clouds in the sky over time.

  Spirit by the river.

  A delicate white flower emerged from a small wooden house, a young girl with green silk fluttering, her hair styled in a high bun, her face beautiful and refined, her emerald eyebrows slightly raised, making her look even more noble and elegant, exuding an aura of refinement.

  She is the second princess of the elves, Freina. Under her and her sister Kreya's leadership, the elven tribe repaired the Life Fortress, solidified the forest's defenses, and provided the empire with a 500-man elven battle squad.

  "Sister!"

  The elder princess Kreyah grasped her sister's hand, with tears sparkling in her eyes.

  Her slender white fingers gently wiped away her sister's tears, and she gave a light kiss on the cheek. Then, she put on her conical hat and cape, and left this beautiful forest! To fulfill her promise, the empire had given her six years, and now she only had one year left. She decided to spend that year studying at the Second Academy of the Tianlong Empire, the Lingtian Magic Dance Academy. After a year, she would have to stay alone in the imperial palace, leaving behind the lively and sweet atmosphere.

  …………

  Murong Mansion's Rear Garden.

  The backyard of the Murong residence was extremely large, a small forest in its entirety. This was something that Long Yan had specially rewarded and built for Murong Yu, as he and his family all liked the feeling of being in a forest. In their estate, they had set up gentle breeze magic arrays and faint mist magic arrays, giving people a truly forest-like feeling.

  The woods are green, the mist is thick, in the depths of the forest, there seems to be a slender and beautiful shadow, embroidered clothes like snow, surrounded by cold mist, as if wrapped in a thin gauze, revealing her slender figure, suddenly turning around, a chill on her face.

  Look at her own chest, beautiful eyes slightly frowned, too big, this is her pride, but... she would rather use a bandage to tie it up gently.

  Seventeen-year-old Murong Xueyi, with her stunning appearance that could topple cities and empires, shocked the entire empire and effortlessly took down the title of Empire's Number One Beauty.

  Although everyone knows that the Murong family cannot be offended, many young people try every means to enter the Murong Mansion just to catch a glimpse of the Empire's number one beauty. Some disguise themselves as delivery men, some dress up as women, some come to clean the toilets, and some even dig holes in the walls, but none of them have ever had a good ending.

  "Old master! Another young man has become an idiot under the wall."

  "Send me to that small courtyard nearby, just like you did before, no matter whose young master I am." Murong Da Guan replied with great impatience.

  "Old man! The small playground is already packed with young people who have come to see you off, and the family members of those young people seem reluctant to come forward to claim them."

  "What a hassle! Looks like I'll have to go into the palace and ask Yanba for help. The wall has been raised to ten zhang high, yet there are still people daring to climb over it... If they fall like this, all the young men of the empire will be killed by Xueyi that wench..."

  Five years had passed, and Murong Xueyi continued to hone her magical abilities. Her prowess in magic was now on par with her beauty, capable of astonishing the people of the Magic Guild to the point where they wanted to bang their heads against a wall until they died.

  A seventeen-year-old first-class water-elemental mage! To know that the youngest first-class mage on the continent reached it at forty-nine years old, and that person was already called a genius among geniuses, but compared to Murong Xueyi, they are completely equivalent to trash.

  "The power of terror!" This was how Rei Hyouga, the great demon commander, evaluated him.

  "The fastest and most perfect release speed!" This is the definition given by the great demon master Tuxuan.

  Only a few people know that Murong Xueyi's magical limit has approached that of a great demon master! The speed of magic release is also on par with the great demon master, it's just that the highest magic released is only at the eighth level.

  If Murong Yu'er were to be sent onto the battlefield again, she would be equivalent to a magical cannon tower! To know that a magician approaching a Great Mage's level of magic, as long as he is given sufficient time, his destructive power could rival that of 10,000 troops.

  As for Murong Xueyi, she didn't need sufficient time, her release speed was three times faster than that of an ordinary magician! Releasing magic was like a string of firecrackers.

  Five years

  The three empires were relatively peaceful, although the Blood Feather Empire and the Heavenly Dragon Empire had a standoff, with occasional small skirmishes.

  The Star and Moon Empire has recently been attacked by a large number of demons from the Blood Fog Forest, and they are now too busy to care about the affairs of the other two empires.

  …………

  The platform on the lone peak, Long Tianyu sat here, meditating to recover his magic.

  For five years he spent all the time on this solitary peak, once taking advantage of Xue Fei's outing, Long Tianyu climbed down the mountain relying on his "strong physique".

  As soon as they stepped onto the flat road at the foot of the mountain, they were discovered by a group of magical beasts. If Long Tianyu didn't have "Peerless Speed" and run as fast as lightning, he would have become meat in the mouths of the magical beasts long ago.

  However, his actions were seen by Zhao Yun, who was furious and humiliated. Years ago, he relied on this "peerless" skill to lead a large army of 100,000 soldiers in and out, but now it has been learned by the shameless rogue Long Tianyu, who is actually using it to escape with his life.

  "Snow sister went to the beastman tribe, should have returned by now!"

  Long Tianyu and Xue Fei have been living together for five years, and it's certain that they will develop feelings for each other, and it's extremely intense!

  Long Tianyu once pretended to sleep and saw a tired Xue Fei taking off his helmet.

  That mature and beautiful appearance made him forever unforgettable, it was the mature woman's appearance that Murong Xue'er and Fuliya completely lacked, paired with Xue Feierna's proud figure, even gods couldn't bear this kind of queen-level temptation.

  Long Tianyu often dreams of Xue Fei in his sleep, as for what he is doing or what is happening, that's not necessary to explain.

  "Xiao San! It's been five years! I can finally go down the mountain! I really miss my brother, and Father Wang, and Murong Xueyi that little girl, and also... that plump and lovely Fulianna..."

  "Master, don't mention it, from yesterday to today, Xiaosan has memorized the fish and wood radicals."

  "Right, Xiaosan, report on the skills I've learned in the past five years. Let me see if I remember them all!"

  "It's the master!"

  "Holy Light Spell, Level 5!"

  “……”

  What made Long Tianyu speechless was the fact that he had to spend 10 seconds to release a Fifth-Grade 'Holy Light Technique'! Even if it were a heavily injured Sword Sect expert, with his full magical power, just a few Holy Light Techniques would be enough to fully recover.

  "Soul's 'Devour' level 1!"

  "This can be ignored! What a broken skill, eating monster meat, increasing magic power value (not the upper limit)." This monster meat must be raw, Long Tianyu can't eat it.

  "Xiao De's 'Wind Lock' third level!"

  "This is a good skill!" "There's no reason to control skills poorly," said the Wind Tracker. Two whirlwinds were generated from under the enemy's feet, locking their feet in place for 0.6 seconds at level three, trapping them even if only for an instant, which can change the situation.

  "Hunter's 'Eagle Eye' level 3!"

  "This is a great scouting skill! With this skill, you can see 3 kilometers away within 10 seconds!"

  "War Stomp" level 5! Within a 50 square meter radius, the master considers all enemies as targets and inflicts full-body pain, causing dizziness for one second.

  This skill completely disregards the existence of big skills! Completely ignoring level constraints, large-scale dizziness! And can be based on the user's judgment, dizzying those in their own brain who are determined to be enemies, while their own people can only feel the ground shaking.

  "Flash Evasion" Level 2! There is a 5% chance of ignoring or reducing physical or magical attacks!

  This is a good skill, but the probability is too low.

  "'Fighting Nation' level 3! Increase arm and leg muscle by 15%!"

  "Power-Up" Level 2! Upper body muscle strength increased by 40%!

  With these two skills, Long Tianyu exerted himself and his upper body muscles bulged.

  "Warlock's 'Teleport' level 1! Teleports to any location within a 10-kilometer radius, consumes a large amount of magic power, cooldown time is one day!"

  "Hunter's 'Stop Trap' level 2! Consumes magic to stun all enemies within the explosion range for 1 second, with a 3-minute cooldown after use!"

  "Bucket of explosives level three,"

  Even the strongest Sword Kings would be blown to smithereens!

  "Two flashes," twenty meters apart.

  "Fatal Strike Level 3, 10% chance to deal 300% damage!"

  This is also a perverted skill, triggering it is unbearable! Triple damage! That is to say, when the first-level Sword King triggers, the damage is equivalent to the power of the fifth-level Sword King.

  ………

  What makes Long Tianyu most proud is his growth!

  "Musou" level 2! For 30 seconds, increase attack speed by 80%! Increase movement speed by 160%!

  In Long Tianyu's case, even if he were to use his peerless speed, he wouldn't be afraid of being compared to the 9th rank Wind System Sword King in terms of speed.

  "Hunter's Talent 'Piercing Arrow' level 1! Consumes magic, but for one hour, within a thousand meters, bow and arrow shots are guaranteed to hit!"

  This Long Tianyu had secretly tried it out before. No need for a bow, as long as it was a long spear or something, throwing it out would be like launching a guided missile!

  "Shaman's 'Venomous Sentinel' level 2! Consumes mana, summoning ten venomous sentinels!"

  Listening to Xiaosan's report of a basket full of skills, Long Tianyu was overjoyed. A figure floated in from afar, and the person who came was Xue Fei.