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

Before lunch, Leo met with John Jr.

There were no children's clothes in the castle, so Ramos dressed little John in a boy's servant uniform for a young boy.

It looked baggy on John.

"Young Master Leo, John greets you." Upon entering the study, John hurriedly bowed to Leo in the manner Ramos had taught him beforehand, his words slightly stammering and his legs trembling.

"Don't be nervous, sit down, little John," Leo said with a gentle smile.

On his desk lay a jade box containing the spirit insect Maokai. With the help of the spirit insect, he could sense that the little John in front of him indeed possessed an exceptionally strong affinity for the holy light element.

This is talent.

If Baron Lenard found out, he would definitely start training Little John immediately, even if it meant cutting in line to let Little John contract the spirit insect first.

Only with such talent can one break free from the shackles of a 1st-tier priest and advance to a 2nd-tier bishop.

The Firefly Wilderness has produced many Tier 1 Priests, but has yet to promote a single Tier 2 Bishop—the Bishop's bonus to the Light Plants in their territory is far superior to that of a Priest, and they are also adept at combat.

The priest's casting speed is too slow, which is quite disadvantageous in fighting the shadow monsters, but the bishop can cast Holy Light spells instantly, making him a veritable human turret.

In terms of rank, a 2nd-tier bishop is equivalent to a 2nd-tier grand knight.

However, in terms of combat power, a Tier 2 Bishop is roughly equivalent to a Tier 3 Phantom Beast Knight. In terms of the difficulty of advancement, a Tier 2 Bishop is even more difficult than a Tier 3 Phantom Beast Knight—there are more Spirit Insects than Phantom Beasts, but the number of Flower Fairies evolved from Spirit Insects is far less than that of Phantom Beasts.

Only a priest with good talent can help the spirit insect and increase its chances of evolution.

For a trainee priest like Leo with such poor talent, without the help of some kind of cheat code, being able to break through to the first rank of priest in this lifetime would be a stroke of good fortune.

It is almost impossible to be promoted to the second rank of bishop.

Of course, with Leo's cheat codes, anything is possible.

"Little John, I've called you here because I have good news. I see an excellent affinity for Holy Light elements in you."

John looked completely bewildered by Leo's explanation.

He was just a seven-year-old child.

Leo continued, "You may not understand what this means yet, but the Holy Light has favored you, and your destiny will be changed. Little John, I intend to take you as my student and teach you meditation."

"Ah!" Little John was stunned.

He didn't understand cultivation, but he understood that the lord wanted to take him as a student, though he couldn't digest it for a while.

After all, his ultimate goal was to become a male servant at Sunflower Castle.

Becoming a student of young master Leo—what level was that? He couldn't understand it yet, and he didn't know how it compared to the treatment of a male servant.

At this time.

There was a knock on the study door, and Ramos entered with a nervous serf couple.

They were John's father and stepmother.

"Greetings, Master Leo!" The serf couple hurriedly knelt and bowed, and after standing up, they did not dare to raise their heads.

The aristocratic majesty might not be apparent in the children, but it was vividly displayed in these adult serfs. Little John was merely a little nervous, while they were genuinely afraid.

"What should I call you?" Leo asked.

Ramos answered on his behalf: "Young master, this is John with the red nose, and this is Mrs. Bonnie."

Serfs did not have surnames, but only a name that was frequently repeated.

Therefore, nicknames were given to distinguish them. The local serf steward was called John the Beard, so John the Younger's father was called John the Wine-Nosed. As for John the Younger, he might get a nickname when he grew up.

For now, he'll be called Little John.

"John, Bonnie, you are very lucky. Little John has an affinity for the Holy Light element, so I will take him as my student... As for you, I will have the castle provide funds for little John's food, clothing and shelter."

Unlike Camille, John Jr. did have a biological father.

Therefore, it's difficult for Leo to get past his opponent.

He then offered a sum of money to let John with red nose raise little John himself: "This money can improve your lives, but the majority must be used for little John, understand? I will have Butler Ramos supervise this. If you dare to mistreat little John, I will execute you!"

Before calling the other party over, Leo had already inquired about Little John's treatment at home through Ramos.

The seven-year-old child already has three or four years of work experience.

Life has been too hard.

"Young Master Leo, we would never dare to mistreat little John! He's John and my son!" Stepmother Bonnie beamed. "Young Master Leo, although little John isn't my biological son, he's just like my own!"

"Remember your words, or else..." Leo said coldly.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Alright, Ramos, take them out and collect the first grant while you're at it," Leo instructed. "As for little John, he'll stay at the castle and have lunch with me. This afternoon, I'll arrange for Rauff to teach him meditation."

The students are just nominally accepted.

Leo didn't have the time to personally teach students, especially since it was just a meditation method that any novice priest could teach.

The real lesson for little John was to provide him with a fairy insect in the future.

Without the Spirit Insect, even the most talented trainee priest cannot advance to the Rank 1 priest; this is an absolute insurmountable barrier.

In a daze, young John enjoyed a lunch with a nobleman amidst the tense atmosphere.

White bread, oatmeal, roast pork, cured beef, fresh rabbit meat, carp soup, pea puree, cabbage soup, fried eggs, cheese... most of these dishes were ones that Little John had never even seen before.

For example, in front of Leo, there was food that Little John had never even heard of before, which he enjoyed alone.

That's scrambled eggs with tomatoes and braised pork. These are Chinese dishes that Mrs. Nicole, the cook, devised following Leo's instructions.

As for the tofu that Leo has been longing for, he's still figuring it out.

Considering that locals might not be used to the food, Leo always enjoys it alone, neither forcing others nor planning to promote it.

Mrs. Nicole was his personal chef.

After lunch, Leo went up to the third floor, not to take a nap in the master bedroom, but to check on his sunflower bonsai in the guest room.

Thanks to the diligent magic of the two gardeners, Rauff and Claire, the flower head of this wild sunflower plant was once again covered with new sunflower seeds, which matured without anyone noticing and emitted a faint fragrance.

"It tastes just like before, not bad!" Leo carefully picked out all the sunflower seeds.

Then they ate while walking.

As the melon seeds entered his stomach, the familiar heat quickly rose from his stomach, spreading throughout his body before settling and flowing into his meridians, strengthening the Holy Light Battle Qi that had already been twisted into a single rope.

"It really works!"

"pretty!"

"Perfect!"

Leo smiled broadly. There was no more enjoyable upgrade experience than "Dark Blue Points," and his own "Sunflower Seeds" were just as good.

"I wonder how many more times this sunflower stalk can be propagated... A normal sunflower stalk can only be propagated three or four times... Doesn't that mean each harvest is one less?... Who knows, what if another one becomes infertile?"

With the mark of the sun, nothing is impossible.