The Knight of Light plants the sun in the eternal night.

As dusk fell on White Night, Leo took the old butler, Dirk, for a walk around the manor to inspect his territory.

Wherever he went, the serfs who were busy working would bow down in respect to him.

Kudos to Leo!

Or give a shout-out to the fluorescent mushroom family.

The fortified village is four kilometers long in total. Currently, the main construction is on the northwest side of the fortified village, and the construction site is bustling with activity.

Tents of all sizes were pitched densely nearby.

The able-bodied serfs were all working on the construction site, while the female serfs were responsible for starting fires, cooking, washing clothes, and doing odd jobs. As for the children, they had been gathered by Knight Commander Rhodes and were practicing exercises together in the open space of the square.

Compared to the tranquil manor of the past, the Swamp Manor is now filled with a lively atmosphere every day.

More than 150 sunflower seedlings, like more than 150 LED lights, illuminate the fortified construction site. The linden tree seedlings in the square are responsible for illuminating the entire living area, keeping it lit day and night.

"I really hope the fortified village is finished soon." Old Butler Dirk sighed as he walked. "The supplies in the castle have been flowing out like water lately, and the food in the storerooms won't last for many more days."

"If we have the money, we'll buy more," Leo chuckled.

There are currently more than 1,600 serfs in the territory, who consume an average of one and a half cartloads of grain per day.

In addition, there are knights who are all big eaters.

Two cartloads of grain a day are a necessity.

Leo managed to obtain forty cartloads of food from the Glowing Fungus Castle and its guests. Combined with the manor's original food reserves and the food he purchased from the Glowing Town, it was only enough to last for three months.

Three months later, the manor will be able to harvest a new crop.

If we go to the fluorescent town to buy another batch, it will last for another six months, which will allow us to make it until next year.

"The fortified village should be completed in two months at most. The expansion of the castle and the spring-fed magic crystal fields will take another month. After the new grain is harvested, the serfs will be assigned to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land, so that planting can begin next year... In short, there shouldn't be any major problems."

With the Glowing Mushroom family as his backing, Leo is not worried at all.

Moreover, even if the Fluorescent Mushroom family fails to profit, the Countess remains his strongest supporter.

There's really no need to panic.

Before I knew it, I had strolled around the manor and returned to the entrance of Sunflower Castle. In the pool at the entrance, swamp crocodiles were lazily basking in the sunlight of the linden trees.

It has grown even bigger.

It went straight up to five meters.

"Tsk tsk, we need to get someone to come over and dig the pool bigger and deeper, otherwise there won't be enough room for the swamp crocodiles to lie on." Leo walked over, and the swamp crocodile immediately raised its head and rubbed against Leo's boots.

Like a lapdog.

It was only because it seemed so intelligent that Leo didn't kill it; otherwise, it would have been a real waste to keep such a big guy alive.

It would be better to slaughter them and eat their meat.

Even so, Leo still hadn't figured out what the point of keeping swamp crocodiles was.

You can ride the Light and Shadow Warhorse, hunt with the Holy Light Cats and Dogs, and eat the Holy Light Rabbits and Pigs. Even the black ants you harvested before can be raised to collect some highly toxic formic acid.

Raising a Holy Light Crocodile... you can't exactly ride a crocodile across a river, can you?

"Never mind, it's just a crocodile. Let's keep it for now." Leo stopped worrying about it.

the next day.

After having breakfast and doing morning exercises, Leo cast a Holy Light spell and returned to Sunflower Castle. The warmth in his palm guided him to the third floor.

And it was the guest room that belonged exclusively to the Countess.

"Is it a sunflower with no leaves, or a hyacinth with no leaves?" Leo guessed, but when he pushed open the door, he knew it was a sunflower with no leaves.

The original wild sunflower plant was bare.

"This is the fourth time you've triggered the flower language, isn't it?" Leo stood in front of the sunflower pot, smiling slightly. "The first three times you said the same old nonsense over and over again. This time, you'd better think it through before you speak."

Leo made a "threat".

Only then did he reach out and touch the not-so-bright flower head of the sunflower plant; the light from wild sunflowers is very dim.

The next moment, a passionate and enthusiastic voice rang out.

Amidst the enthusiasm, there seemed to be a hint of regret in his tone: "My sunflower seeds can't germinate, perhaps I'm infertile, but when a knight eats my sunflower seeds, their holy light aura surges up rapidly."

"Oh dear!" Leo exclaimed.

It's hilarious that a sunflower is infertile.

However, the second half of the flower language made Leo's eyes light up: "Eat your sunflower seeds, and your Holy Light Battle Aura will skyrocket?"

This time, the sunflower plant finally didn't waste any words.

Its dull flower head has already produced plump sunflower seeds. Because there are already many second-generation sunflower plants, the sunflower seeds of wild sunflower plants are no longer treated as seeds of wild sunflower plants.

Leo simply let the sunflower seeds grow on the flower head.

But now he decided to pick these sunflower seeds off, and soon he had picked up a handful of black and gray sunflower seeds with a faint glimmer.

Then I ate sunflower seeds as I went downstairs.

They didn't throw away the sunflower seed shells, but put them in their pockets. These were all part of their food supply, even the sunflower seed shells.

Sure enough, after eating sunflower seeds for a short while, I felt my stomach start to warm up, and a warm feeling rose up from my abdomen, spreading to my entire torso, and then to my limbs and neck.

"It's Holy Light Battle Aura!"

Leo got more and more into it, and soon he had eaten all the sunflower seeds, leaving only a bag of shells.

Sunflower seed shells are hard to eat.

However, in order to generate Holy Light Battle Qi, he still frowned and chewed quite a lot of sunflower seed shells, but after swallowing them, he did not generate any more Holy Light Battle Qi.

"If it's not working, then we don't need to eat it anymore... Let's feed the sunflower seed shells to the Light and Shadow Warhorse later."

Holy light and fighting spirit no longer emanated from his stomach.

However, the burst of holy light and battle aura that had just erupted had settled and converged back into the original battle aura channels.

If his fighting spirit was previously like a few thin threads, after this transformation, it has been twisted into a rope, thicker and fuller. There has been a leap forward in both quantity and quality.

Leo simply walked into the courtyard, drew his sword, and practiced his martial arts skills.

After careful consideration, I estimated the effect of this "sunflower seed eating": "Conservatively speaking, my Holy Light Battle Aura has tripled! If I was previously at the 'early stage of Tier 1 Knight,' I am now at the 'mid stage of Tier 1 Knight.'"

Based on his original cultivation speed, it would have taken him at least one or two years to improve this much.

He was surprised and bewildered that simply eating sunflower seeds saved him one or two years of arduous training.

To my surprise, the sunflower plant finally produced a "gold coin".

It's surreal that I don't need to practice diligently every day anymore. All that hard work and exhaustion is not as rewarding as the occasional flower language experience.

"No, I can't think like that. While cheat codes are important, personal diligence is also essential. I'm not one to aim too high!" Leo quickly reflected on himself and realized that his hard work in training wasn't just for improving his battle qi.

It was also for the sake of mastering martial arts skills.

Only when both fighting spirit and martial skills are improved can a knight truly walk on two legs and unleash his full potential.

but.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the secret technique - Heart of Steel: "Actually... I can also unleash martial arts techniques using the language of flowers..."

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