nownovels Chapter 54 Brother respects sister
Chapter 54 Brother respects sister
Silver Shield Manor.
That day, Luna excitedly came out of the training room. Thanks to her father's investment of resources, she cherished this opportunity and practiced diligently every day.
Finally, she successfully broke through to the early stage of the second tier. Back then, she was less talented than her brother Gareth, but so what now?
She has already reached the early stage of the second tier, while her brother Gareth is complacent and is still only at the late stage of the first tier.
Luna excitedly told her father about it, but Raymond simply replied that he knew and instructed the butler to host a celebration for her.
She thought she would finally gain her father's attention, but nothing changed, and her heart sank.
Luna dared not show it, feigning great joy while harboring even greater resentment within.
As the family celebration began, Gareth brought up the matter of that day concerning Chief Mage Maurice.
He said with some regret, "If only I had magical talent as strong as Lin Er, maybe Mr. Morris would have taken me as his apprentice."
Luna knew Morris; he was one of the top mages in Blackrock City, and she couldn't help but have designs on him.
"Isn't Lin Er supposed to have extremely poor elemental affinity? Why would Mr. Morris take him as his apprentice?"
Upon hearing this, Gareth shook his head and said, "Luna, you don't know, the day I sparred with Lin Er, his flying sword attacked, and I only managed to block one move. Fortunately, Mr. Morris saved me in time, otherwise I would have lost my head."
He was still somewhat shaken as he spoke, and then he kept praising Lin'er's object manipulation skills, saying that Lin'er's object manipulation skills were simply unstoppable, and that he was already very impressive for being able to block one of his attacks.
Luna knew perfectly well that Gareth was subtly praising her own abilities. She had witnessed Gareth's manipulation of objects that day, but she was trapped at the time and only saw that the flying sword was extremely fast and difficult to defend against.
After all, she had never personally faced Lin Er's manipulation technique. Judging from his battle record, Lin Er had let two bandits escape, so he probably hadn't reached the second level.
Luna snorted and said, "So what if he's powerful? His elemental affinity is poor. He probably knows that himself, which is why he refused Mr. Morris's offer to take him as a disciple, to avoid his true colors being revealed later."
Gareth instinctively wanted to refute something, but couldn't find a reason. Suddenly, he thought of something and said:
"I ran into Lin Er at the guild today. I saw he was wearing a silver badge on his chest, so he's now at the silver level."
Luna paused slightly, then asked suspiciously, "You're not talking nonsense, are you? How could he possibly have gotten a silver badge?"
Everyone knows the rules of the Blackrock City Guild: only those with an elemental affinity of A or higher, or at tier 2, can obtain the Silver Badge. Luna knows that Lin'er's elemental affinity is extremely poor.
"Has he reached the second tier? That's impossible."
His father had already confirmed that, given Lin Er's elemental affinity, he could never reach the second tier.
Now that Lin Er has reached the second tier and obtained the silver badge, doesn't that mean his father was lying to him?
Luna was overwhelmed with thoughts. She couldn't find a reason for her father to lie to her, but her silly brother didn't seem to be lying either.
But if Lin Er really reaches the second order...
Luna remained convinced that her judgment was correct; she needed to see for herself whether it was true or false.
When Gareth saw Luna suddenly fall into thought and stop talking, he originally wanted to tell his sister that Miss Ellie seemed to have taken a liking to Lin Er, and that the silver badge was most likely obtained with the help of the Raven family.
However, seeing that Luna seemed to disrespect him after breaking through to the second tier, he suppressed the warning in his mind.
Gareth changed the subject, saying, "Miss Ellie has been keeping a low profile lately. She specifically instructed me not to reveal her identity outside, and to treat her as a maid of the Raven family."
Luna snapped out of her daze and asked, "What are you trying to say?"
Gareth looked serious, and now, recalling Miss Ellie's "kind" gaze, he felt a chill run down his spine.
"This is a warning. I can't say anything carelessly, and you shouldn't either. Don't blame me if I don't warn you later."
Luna then took it seriously, sighing inwardly, "These high-and-mighty young ladies are so great; we have to do whatever they say."
After noting this down, she asked, "By the way, brother, do you know where Lin Er lives? I haven't seen him for a while, and I miss him a little."
Gareth was startled by the word "brother" and got goosebumps. He thought her change of attitude was too fast and that it must be about the silver badge. His sister probably thought that Lin Er had broken through to the second tier, which was why she suddenly became so attentive.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have ignored him for so long, and wouldn't even know where he lived.
"Miss Ellie has also taken a liking to the Lin Er brothers. If you go to fawn over them, you'll be in big trouble."
Gareth could tell that Luna had always looked down on him, thinking him stupid and only good for chasing women. Now that Luna was at Tier 2 while he was only at the late Tier 1, his sister's contempt had only intensified.
He thought to himself that it would be quite a show to have Miss Ellie teach his sister a lesson.
Gareth couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he revealed Lin'er's address. It was actually quite easy to find; it was in the residential area owned by the guild. Even if he hadn't told her, Luna would have found it quickly.
"By the way, Father said that the guild will be organizing adventurers to explore the outskirts of the Misty Forest soon. If you want to find Lin Er, why don't you wait until then and go and form a team?"
Luna's expression was a little strange. When did Gareth become so kind? She couldn't figure out what was wrong for a moment.
But it was indeed an opportunity, she nodded.
"I've got it. Thanks for reminding me, brother."
Suddenly, the family banquet became a time of brotherly and sisterly respect, with everyone caring for each other and enjoying a harmonious atmosphere.
……
After breaking through to the third level of Qi Refining, Lin Er felt refreshed and invigorated. The spiritual energy contained in his dantian had increased significantly, and the refined spiritual energy was even more concentrated. Looking into his dantian, the spiritual energy resembled a cloud of white mist, or a pure white cloud in the sky, flawless and pristine.
According to the records in the cultivation method, when you reach the middle and late stages of Qi refining, the refined spiritual energy will gradually liquefy.
He has now reached the third level of Qi Refining, and the fourth level will mark his entry into the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
Now that there is a Spirit Gathering Array, the difficulties in cultivation have been greatly alleviated, so Lin Er is very much looking forward to reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining.
Lin Er snapped out of his daze. After cultivating for so long, he was extremely hungry. He got up and headed towards Flora's house.
It was evening, and Flora had already prepared dinner.
Lin Er noticed that the flowers and plants in Flora's house were particularly vibrant and full of life today.
"I don't know why, but the wind element around here is inexplicably abundant today. I've accumulated a lot of wind element through my cultivation. Look at these flowers and plants, they're all growing very well."
Flora couldn't help but speak up as well.
Lin Er thought this was definitely the effect of the spirit-gathering array, but as for why it attracted wind elements, that was still unknown.
However, the wind element is useless to him, so it's good that Flora can use it.
However, these wind elements came from the spirit-gathering array and are somewhat scattered. Flora probably won't be able to use them all, and it wouldn't be good if others benefited from them.
"There might be a lot of wind element around recently. Do you have any methods to gather it up?"
Flora was quite surprised.
Are you sure?