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The intimate bond of familial love transformed into a profound, unforgettable romance, naturally and imperceptibly completed without the young girl even realizing it. As for Chen Xuanfeng, he wasn't entirely unaware, but this battle-hardened hero, though decisive in combat, was surprisingly cautious when it came to matters of the heart. While not to the extent of his former master Huang Yaoshi's obsessive love, Chen Xuanfeng still treated every emotional connection with great care. To him, love meant responsibility. Even if it meant betraying his master, his race, or the world, he would never betray his lover. This was Chen Xuanfeng's understanding of love. Therefore, when it came to handling Jin Luosha's feelings, he remained indecisive about whether to accept, suppress, or redirect them. If Chen Xuanfeng were truly a man of sixty years, he would never entertain any romantic feelings about the girl who was like a daughter to him emotionally. However, he was currently in his early twenties, a vibrant and flourishing young man, and if things went well, he might break through to the Sword Saint realm and live for several hundred years. This external situation gradually altered Chen Xuanfeng's internal emotions, with youthful passion intertwining with mature thoughts. To say that he was entirely unaffected by the love of a devoted and beautiful girl would be a lie. The entanglement of familial love and romantic love was a confusion that not even the "Divine Punishment Sword" could sever.

However, one thing was certain: Jin Luosha held an extremely important place in Chen Xuanfeng's heart, to the extent that he would fulfill any of her wishes.

Therefore, when Jin Luosha made a request to the silver-haired wolfman lord, Chen Xuanfeng skipped the process of deciding whether to agree and went straight into figuring out how to achieve the girl's wish.

The girl's request was both simple and difficult.

"Jin Luosha wants to become a Sword Saint!" That was the sentence.

The reason was equally straightforward—"Jin Luosha wants to stay by her brother's side forever."

Unless something unexpected happens, once Chen Xuanfeng advances to the "Sacred Domain," he will have a lifespan five times that of a normal person. For a young girl in love, the thought of her beloved watching her grow old, with wrinkled skin and falling teeth, while he remained a youthful young man, was unbearable. Thus, this request was made with righteous determination.

Three years ago, this would have been an impossible task. Although the blonde girl was brilliant in magic and divine arts, her talent in martial arts was only mediocre. Even with innate true energy, Chen Xuanfeng's secret teachings of Peach Blossom Island martial arts had only brought her to a second or third-rate level. As for battle aura, despite the support of a large amount of innate true energy over four years, she had yet to break through to the Sword Hero level, remaining within the bounds of "Star Battle Aura." While purely in terms of progress, reaching Sword Hero level at thirteen was an astonishing achievement, but considering her progress alone revealed that the likelihood of her becoming a Sword Saint through her own efforts, even with the possibility of "Divine Weapon Embodiment," was still zero.

However, the girl would never make an unrealistic request of her beloved, and the situation was different from three years ago. The emergence of the "Saint Emblem," a kind of cheating super treasure (which many readers have pointed out), had changed the path to becoming a Sword Saint. As long as one had the special constitution suitable for a Sword Saint and the ability to control energy to prevent massive explosions, along with the battle aura cultivation of a Sword Master, there was a chance to step into the "Sacred Domain" by sealing a "Saint Emblem" divine weapon within oneself. The only difference was the time required.

Of course, there were still many stringent conditions, but for Jin Luosha, who possessed numerous resources and power, the only real limitation was "attribute."

Weapons had their own attributes, and if the attributes were incompatible, the weapon would not recognize its master, let alone allow "Divine Weapon Embodiment." The "Saint Emblem" also had attributes. Although it did not require the successor to have trained in the same battle aura as the original Sword Saint, the greater the difference between the two, the greater the energy shock the successor would endure. If a person who cultivated in Cold Ice Moon battle aura attempted to inherit the "Saint Emblem" of the Flame Saint Levis from the "Ten Realms Crimson Lotus," certain death would be guaranteed. Therefore, among all the "Saint Emblem" successors, only the Orc King Samanda, with his formidable courage and strength, dared to bear the power of a human Sword Saint's "Saint Emblem" across attribute challenges. Even Lady Katherine of the Lion Tribe, if not for her cultivation of the "Emperor Martial Overlord Art," might not have successfully inherited the "War Saint" Leimen's "Saint Emblem."

Jin Luosha's battle aura attribute was "Sacred."

There were countless types of battle aura in the world, but those that truly stood above the rest could be counted on one hand. Coincidentally, the Fontainebleau Territory held some of the most powerful. The "Emperor Martial Overlord Art," which multiplied combat power tenfold and was honed to perfection, was considered the best of its time. Lady Katherine, the territory's ruler, was one of only two who had mastered it. However, the entry requirements for this art were too high for humans. Therefore, the blonde girl practiced the unique martial art created by the wolfman lord himself, the "Holy Grail Battle Aura," which was claimed to match the "Emperor Martial Overlord Art." Although there might be a bit of self-praise in this claim, the exclusive Moon attribute "Saint Ice Thorn Aura" was undeniably powerful and, crucially, well-suited for human practitioners. Especially with its sacred attribute, it was ideal for Jin Luosha's natural light affinity. Otherwise, the young girl, who wasn't very diligent in martial arts, might not have reached her current level.

Jin Luosha's request was to obtain the only light-attribute "Saint Emblem" weapon among the six human "Saint Emblem" divine weapons—the "Holy Lance Quenelion." In other words, to hunt down the "White Night Knight," Heinz, who had just escaped.

Of course, the blonde girl understood the difficulty of this request and had already prepared a preliminary plan. During the earlier clash between the two sides, she had already applied a "Sin Mark" on the "Holy Lance Quenelion."

The "Sin Mark" was an original low-level divine art created by Jin Luosha. It could be branded onto a target object or living being, allowing the caster to roughly track the target's position from a distance, and the target could not remove it. This divine art had no equivalent in the Radiant Temple's system, so even though it was only a初级神术 (fǎ shù), it represented Jin Luosha's qualification to independently develop divine arts and laid the foundation for her to establish her own school in the future. Although this mark lacked the precise locking ability of the "Great Judgment Art (Dà Pàn Fǎ)," it had a lasting effect for up to half a year and, unless the target was familiar with this spell, could not be detected at all.