Way of the Knights

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Chapter 764

"Master! I'm so glad!" 

In front of a Raven, a man knelt down with tears streaming down his face. The man has a long black hair, haggard face and wore a dusty black robes. There's a nasty scar on his face staring from his left eyebrow down to the corner of his lips. This man was Kyle, Raven's first disciple, he returned from the nightmare-ish place that is the Divine Guards' mansion, saved by Raven and Luna's associates. 

"Welcome home, Kyle." Raven nodded with a thin smile on his face. "It has been hard on you." 

Kyle wept bitterly as he nodded his head. He was feeling myriad of emotions right now but overall, he's just relieved. The presence of his master made him feel safe. He knew that so long as Raven's was around, no harm shall befall him. 

Raven reached out to Kyle and his disciple grabbed his hand. Light coalesced on Raven's palms, a couple of seconds later, Kyle fell asleep. Raven assigned some servants to take care of him and they brought him to the spare room to rest. 

He sighed as he watched the servants carry his disciple away, it truly had been hard on Kyle. He was met with one bad luck after another, his experience in the Divine Realm isn't so pleasant. But now that he's back here, at least he can rest. Raven thought that Kyle would be in slumber for a while. 

"The Divine Realm has traumatized the poor guy." Luna sighed, "You should've told him to stay away." 

"It's not like that can stop him." Raven muttered, "The kid's too eager to prove himself. He wanted to chase after me even if I told him no. Well, not like it matters now. He's back and safe at least. Whether he returns there or not will depend solely up to him." 

"You're not going to have him guard this place in your stead?" Luna asked. 

"No." Raven shook his head, "It won't be wise to do that. Just let him do as he pleases, this is his life after all. I wouldn't be nice to interfere too much. The only thing I can do for him is to guide him and give him options. As for how far that's going to take them, it'll be completely up to him." 

"…yeah. I guess you're right." Luna sighed as the two of them enjoyed a warm cup of tea. 

The two of the, are currently relaxing on the Sky Palace, their temporary home in here. The palace is far away from the Empire and cannot be seen unless Raven wanted it to. 

Despite being far away though, the two of then can still see the Empire from where they are thanks to their cultivation realms. 

Currently, a major event is taking place at the Empire. Every Knight was gathered at the Imperial City to attend the Law Discussion hosted by the Legendary Six. Ellen was already there, waiting for everyone to gather around so that she can start the discussion. 

After a couple of minutes, the loud sounds of a gong rang throughout the empire. This was a signal that the event was starting, the crowd sat down and waited patient.

On top of a tall platform overseeing the crowd, a spark of flame emerged, catching the attention of many. The spark danced in rhythmical fashion, growing bigger and bigger until it turned into the visage of a crimson-haired and dressed lady. It was Ellen making an elegant entrance for herself.

"I'd assume that everyone's here so let's not waste time." Ellen stated with a plain voice, currently she's the center of the attention. 

"For those of you who doesn't know me, my name's Ellen Redcrest, if you don't want to refer to me using my name, I'm fine with Princess Vermillion or Phoenix Child. Up to you, I don't really care." 

"Hoho, how smug." Luna chuckled as she heard her words. 

Her chuckled went to a laughter when she felt Ellen's gaze landing on them despite the distance, it carried a trace of annoyance. Luna just waved at her causing Ellen to sigh and shook her head. 

"Anyways, this is the Law Discussion. Raven's Idea. Here, we six will be guiding to the path of Knighthood. Each session will last for seven to fourteen days, I plan on going for the whole fourteen days." 

"This area has been modified, some of you may receive varying levels of Enlightenment during the session, some may not. Do remember that Enlightenment is something that you cannot seek. It'll come to you by chance so don't worry if you didn't get your chance. It's not something worth stressing about anyways." 

"For those lucky one's who gets their chance. Make the most out of it. Like I said, the venue is modified for this event. If you can't suppress your breakthroughs anymore, let it happen, any commotion will be suppressed by the formation in order to not disturb anyone in the middle of the discussion."

"Additionally, do remember that your path is yours alone to take. The things that we will be discussing here are based from Divine Realm's common knowledge and our personal experiences. It'll be good to use as a reference but under in no circumstance that you are allowed to follow the same exact steps or else you'll reach a dead end."

"None of us will be responsible for your bottlenecks since we warned you. Is that understood?" 

Ellen saw heads nodding, satisfied she nodded as well and began the discussion. 

"Now that all of that's out of the way, let's start this thing." Ellen shifted her position, a throne of blazing lotus emerged behind her, she sat down on it and said: "In order for everyone to relate to the discussion, we will be starting at the initial stages cultivation all the way to the known peak. After that. I'll talk about personal experiences and my specialties. Make sure you absorb as much as you can." 

"The path of Knighthood starts at the…" 

"…"

"Wow. I never thought that Ellie can talk this much without cursing." Luna chuckled while eating some snacks. 

The two of them already tuned out the Law Discussion that's happening at the Empire. They already knew what Ellen is currently discussion so there's really no need for them to listen. 

"She just grew up." Raven chuckled himself: "Actually, I prefer her to be more like this." 

"Yeah, back then she can't even say a sentence without cursing at least once. Divine Realm really did change us huh?" Luna mused on her own thoughts. 

"Indeed." 

The two of them went back to watching the Law Discussion continue. Hours passed and they can already see that some people are entering a special state. 

Ellen's profound wisdom as well as the way she enunciated her words caused people to be entranced. Their eyes were losing focus and their auras were surging. True to her words, the commotion was suppressed by an invisible formation. 

Those who currently have no control over their auras weren't disturbing others thanks to the concealment of the formation. In the venue, only Ellen's voice can be heard, she went through each topics at a considerable pace, making sure that she's neither going too fast nor too slow. 

The situation was a bit weird since right now, Ellen's still discussing about the initial stages of cultivation and yet many people are already entering the state of enlightenment. 

People had varying expressions as they listened to her. Some were confused, some were enlightened, some remained neutral. All in all, it was working how it intended. 

More hours passed and before long, Ellen has been talking for 24 hours straight without pausing or even drinking. It's also around this time that she finished discussing about the cultivation realms. 

"…with that out of the way, let's move-on to Laws." She said, "Laws are the governing factors of existence. It's influence can be seen everyone and in everything. It'd be more accurate to say that everything that exists are influenced by the Laws, this includes even concept of 'death' itself." 

"I specialize in Fire Laws." Ellen stated as flames erupted around her, turning into various shapes and sizes. "Fire Laws are considered as one of the basic laws there is but it's neither weak nor strong. Law Cultivation is about compatibility." 

"Most of you here haven't had the chance to encounter the existence of Laws. Again, don't be in a hurry. There's no rush. Actively seeking out Laws might just lead you to a dead-end, if you want to reach the peak, patience is key. Aside from Fire Laws there are different kinds of Laws out there…" 

"…"

"Alright, I think she'll be fine." Raven stated, "Ellen knows what she's doing. In fact, I'd say that she clearly experienced at this. Not the first time probably."

"Very likely, yes." Luna nodded, "I guess we're worried for nothing."

Luna and Raven stood up from their seat and entered the Sky Palace. Ellen would be fine on her own so they decided to leave it to her. This session is going to last for quite some time and there's no need for them to monitor her.

They went towards their room to spend the next couple days relaxing.