Chapter 51

Duke Gels spoke about one thing after another.

The matters that need to be considered in governing a country are too numerous, especially when one intends to be a good duke, making it even more challenging.

The deans of the academy wore heavy expressions.

However, Duke Gels maintained a calm demeanor.

"Your Grace, are you... unable to bear it?" one of the deans asked with concern.

Duke Gels smiled, "My Gels Principality is the first country on the continent to have a noble with the Sunflower Emblem. No matter how many difficulties there are, just thinking about it fills me with fighting spirit and strength, because the spirit expressed by the sunflower is..."

"Pressure may be immense, but we still grow towards the sun." All the deans stood up straight, proudly declaring.

Although the emblem was not theirs, its presence in the principality made them feel proud as well. Moreover, those two children didn't seem weak.

It was said that they appeared from the desert, a gift from the goddess of luck to the principality.

"Therefore, you don't need to worry about the affairs of governing the country. You need to change the training methods for the combat disciplines in the academy.

We can no longer be as gentle as before. We need to teach them what combat truly is. From today on, each academy's combat discipline will allow for fatalities.

Fight for the principality."

Duke Gels stood up and said solemnly.

"For the principality." The deans stood up, solemnly responding.

******

Gongsun Murong led Nalasha back home.

They didn't know that their battle footage had influenced the duke.

They didn't realize that their疯狂的攻击 and indomitable fighting spirit had touched a chord in the duke's heart.

This changed the entire principality's combat discipline training methods.

As soon as they returned, they started discussing their seclusion.

Nalasha decided to spend three days stabilizing the Fuxi Technique at the upper first rank with Gongsun Murong's help.

Then, she would spend two days learning the principles of battle qi, emitting a bit of battle qi, and then bursting with mental energy before sleeping.

Gongsun Murong would learn mental energy control and study battle qi.

He couldn't improve by sleeping like Nalasha; he had to practice continuously.

After discussing, they announced their seclusion.

Princess Lucia could only practice with Moses and the other guards, and some great mages were brought from the palace to participate in real combat.

They formed a composite battle formation for Princess Lucia to break through.

Princess Lucia used to be carefree. With her high talent and innate magical fluctuations, she didn't need to work hard.

Now, she was stimulated. Her only good friend was so strong in battle.

If she didn't improve quickly, her good friend might not want to play with her anymore.

Moses and the other guards also felt the pressure and were training and improving desperately.

If they couldn't keep up with their master, they had no face to stay by their side. A strong person wouldn't want a group of useless people as subordinates.

For the happiness of their families and their own life goals, they had to work hard.

The same went for Princess Lucia's guards. For them, honor was sometimes more important than life.

******

After two days of seclusion.

Nalasha stabilized the Fuxi Technique at the upper first rank and spent half a day emitting battle qi.

Then she said, "Battle qi is just a method of energy application. There are different substances in the world, each accompanied by different energies. Once you understand them, you can use them. It's simple."

When Nalasha emitted battle qi, Gongsun Murong followed suit. The two of them spent nine hours directly advancing their battle qi to the first level of the third rank. Further advancement became difficult.

"Teachers are indeed great." Gongsun Murong was grateful for the knowledge he learned at the academy. Without a teacher, he wouldn't have figured it out on his own.

When they demonstrated their skills to the family's best guard, Kailisel, he didn't know how to react.

He even felt like banging his head against the wall.

Heaven, gods, did you see that?

Talents, can't you leave a path for others to live?

How are ordinary people supposed to cope with this?

"Yes, talents are sometimes unreasonable and lack a sense of public morality. They never consider others' feelings, never!" Moses muttered, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Nalasha glared, "What are you muttering about? Don't you allow me and Brother Murong to study? Do you know the dangers we faced the past two days?

That guy had no equipment, and we were just picking things up when the surrounding magical fluctuations were suddenly controlled.

Fortunately, we escaped quickly. If we had delayed for a second, a large earth spell would have landed on us. My heart was pounding with fear.

You think it's unfair, but I feel bullied and have nowhere to complain.

If we don't learn more survival skills, where will we buy regret pills when we face even greater dangers?

Come, Brother Murong, follow the method described in the book, and I'll help you sense the magical fluctuations of different elements."

"Okay." Gongsun Murong agreed, becoming serious.

He relaxed himself, imagining that something like a thread was emanating from his brow.

Closing his eyes, he searched for a point of light in the darkness guided by the thread.

If he couldn't concentrate, he would repeatedly chant, "Under the guidance of the god of magic, the spirits that permeate the world, heed my call."

He had to be devout, believe in the existence of the gods, and feel that he was communicating with something.

Gongsun Murong didn't chant; he didn't believe in any gods. He thought it was a psychological suggestion to achieve self-hypnosis.

So, he used another method to self-hypnotize, focusing his mind on a single point.

The process was difficult, and many people gave up at this stage, failing repeatedly and losing faith in themselves.

After two hours.

When the guards were on edge.

Gongsun Murong's lips curled into a gentle smile.

He succeeded. He felt the energy around his body, just like when he first tried to mobilize his inner strength.

It was the feeling of encountering something new, a tremor in the heart, an endless yearning for the unknown, an understanding, and a touch.

Such beautiful light points, of various colors, they were alive, not static.

Is this the magical fluctuation? Are these the spirits people praise?

They were moving, and he could separate them or combine them to dance, more exciting than playing with a remote-controlled car, more thrilling than the first time he could swim without touching the bottom.

This is flying. I want to fly, to soar without relying on inner strength, but following them.

At that moment, Gongsun Murong was like a child who had received a toy, his smile becoming more innocent.

He naturally spread his arms, his black hair dancing, his eyes closed, his face serene.

Then his feet left the ground.

Nalasha was flying with him.

Nalasha gathered numerous elements of magical fluctuations. When she realized her Brother Murong had successfully connected with the elements, she immediately confined the fluctuations around him.

Within a five-meter radius around Gongsun Murong, the elements of magical fluctuations were so dense they were almost liquid.

That's why he felt so moved and so relaxed.

Princess Lucia watched from a distance, finally understanding her good friend's approximate strength.

A first-rank earth mage, yes, her good friend felt pressure when facing a second-rank earth mage, indicating she was not as strong as a second-rank earth mage.

But she could now condense elements, indicating she must be at the level of an earth mage.

So, her good friend was a first-rank earth mage.

No wonder she could instantly cast large spells so easily. Now it was clear.

From then on, the principality would not have five earth mages but six, yes, six.

Nalasha was her good friend, belonging to the principality, and no one could take her away.

The guards watching, including Moses, felt their hearts turn cold.

With such a powerful master, would he still need a clumsy servant like them? Had they lost their value?

The butler was also watching.

He felt he was the one favored by the gods.

How did he end up with the current young lady and young master?

What did he experience during that time?

His master was not just strong but insane.

He was the butler, the butler of the Gongsun family, wearing the Sunflower Emblem.

He was the only butler.

He held great power.

And all of this was because of the young lady and young master.

What more could he ask for in life?

******

Seeing her Brother Murong successfully fly, Nalasha carefully withdrew the gathered magical fluctuations.

The moment the fluctuations around Gongsun Murong returned to normal, he felt his control weaken.

His body wobbled.

But he quickly stabilized himself.

It didn't matter that there were fewer light points; as long as there were some, he wouldn't give up.

Gradually, he realized that the light points seemed to be related to his mental state.

His thoughts inevitably caused certain changes.

Whenever he reached a certain frequency of vibration, the number of light points approaching increased, and their speed also quickened.

This discovery made Gongsun Murong happy.

He began to try changing his emotions, seeking the one he felt was the best.

Then he maintained the same frequency.

Sure enough, the speed and number of light points increased.

Is this magic? Is this the influence and guidance of energy?

Gongsun Murong felt he had entered a new world, where he was a god-like existence, able to fly freely and make the light points dance to his movements.

With his eyes closed, he extended his left hand, feeling relaxed and comfortable.

Then a small flame appeared, growing into a fist-sized fireball in a second, and then into a large fire column swirling around his body.

His right hand also moved, creating a large water droplet that turned into a water ball and then a water column swirling around him.

"Wind rises." Gongsun Murong softly said two words, and snowflakes danced within a kilometer radius.

"Clouds gather." Dark clouds appeared in the sky, converging above his head.

"Silent snowfall." He softly recited four words.

The wind stopped, and snowflakes began to fall gently from a 500-meter radius above his head, so leisurely and softly.

Even with his eyes closed, Gongsun Murong could feel the scene, moved to tears by the harmony of the fluctuations.

He then recited, "I am in the world, where the world has changed. One change, the wind rises; two changes, the mountains are hidden. Three changes, the clouds are distant, the sea turns to fields. The struggle of a thousand years never stops, the battles of a hundred years."

He paused, then shouted, "Stars and moon chase the light."

Suddenly, countless Gongsun Murong's appeared within a kilometer, each clear and moving.

Due to his perception of magical fluctuations, Gongsun Murong's Fuxi Technique advanced to the middle fourth rank, directly skipping the lower fourth rank.

This is what geniuses are like.

He was happy, but he didn't think about others.

Everyone around, except Nalasha, had vacant eyes, wandering gazes, and wooden expressions.

After a while, all the figures disappeared.

Gongsun Murong opened his eyes, looking around with joy, then flew to Nalasha and said, "I've learned magic, I've learned it."

He turned and went to Moses and the other guards, "See? I've learned magic, I've learned it."

Then he ran to the butler, "Stover, you look so handsome today, look at your clothes, so neat."

"But, but, young master, my clothes, clothes were always, always neat," Stover the butler stammered, still in a daze.

"No, they're neater today." Gongsun Murong insisted.

Leaving Stover, he went to Lucia, "Princess Lucia, you look even prettier today."

Lucia pouted, rubbing her feet on the ground, muttering, "You can't bully people like this. Lucia is a magic genius, a once-in-a-century magic genius."

"Yes, yes," Gongsun Murong nodded excitedly, "Whoever doesn't admit Princess Lucia is a magic genius, I'll beat them up."

"Then what about you? Why can you do that just by learning, when Lucia can't?" Lucia said with a sense of injustice.

"Oh, because I'm older. When you grow up to my age, you'll be even stronger. Think about it, isn't that true?"

"Really?"

"Ask others if you don't believe me." Gongsun Murong looked around.

Immediately, a chorus of agreement followed.

"Young master is right. Princess Lucia is already so strong at her age, she'll be even stronger when she grows up."

"I think the princess is already great now."

"The princess is the smartest. As long as she works a little harder, she'll surpass everyone."

"I saw Princess Lucia cast a spell, a terrifying attack, affecting a large area."

"This is because Princess Lucia doesn't train regularly. If she did, what you saw wouldn't be much."

"This is the glory of the capital."

"This is the pride of the principality."

Lucia blushed, smiling shyly, "It's okay, I'll work harder in the future, yes! I'll work harder and be even stronger."

Everyone sighed with relief.