Divine Seal: Child of the Elements, starting with a contract with Gu Yuena.

Mount Knights is located in the northeast of the Alliance, adjacent to the Temple of Knights, while Brahma City is in the south-central region of the Alliance, spanning almost half of the Alliance.

Within the Knights' Temple, anyone who breaks through to the third rank before the age of twenty is eligible to travel to the Knights' Holy Mountain upon recommendation from their respective branch temple.

On the gravel road, Gu Ao rode a fast horse, galloping at breakneck speed.

Originally, Palace Master Ouyang Cheng wanted to personally escort Gu Ao to the Knight's Holy Mountain. He had a mount, and his speed was faster than that of ordinary horses.

However, Gu Ao dissuaded him, since the Palace Master still had matters to attend to. Ouyang Cheng, considering that Gu Ao already had a fourth-level cultivation, felt at ease letting him go alone.

Gu Ao joined the Knights' Temple behind Yu Lao's back, all for the sake of a mount.

He discovered that the Magic Temple, or rather the Temple Alliance, had gone astray.

Why can only knights have mounts?

Just because they're called knights?

The proper term for a mount is actually "monster companion." Mounts are a specific term for knights, while summoners call them "summoned beasts."

But why can't magicians, priests, warriors, and assassins have their own "mounts"?

Especially the first two, who are physically weak and need the protection of a "mount", don't they?

Contracts aren't only for knights.

Gu Ao could certainly ask Old Yu for a mount, and Old Yu would definitely grant his request.

With Old Yu's abilities, it would be a very simple matter for him to help capture and tame magical beasts.

However, his goal could only be achieved at the Holy Mountain of Knights.

It wasn't that Gu Ao didn't want to use his relationship with the Magic Temple to climb the mountain, but during his three years of training and living in the Magic Temple, he deeply felt how deep the gap was between the Magic Temple and the Knight Temple, and how much the Magic Temple disliked the Knight Temple.

Once he reveals this idea, accusations of ingratitude and fickleness will follow.

The sound of hooves stopped abruptly, and a golden glow appeared before us. We had arrived at the Holy Mountain of Knights.

Suddenly, an old figure slowly walked out from the front. He had only one arm and one eye, and a huge scar on his face that stretched from the top of his head to his jaw, as if his skull had been split open.

"Common name."

"Gu Ao from the Brahma Branch Temple has come to the Holy Mountain to select a mount companion."

"certificate."

Gu Ao handed over a scroll containing all the details of his life after joining the Brahma branch temple, though the content was rather limited.

"Hmm?" The other person had clearly noticed something amiss. The content was short and could be read at a glance. "Huh?"

"You, come forward."

A withered, twig-like hand rested on his shoulder, and a faint spiritual energy entered his body.

At the location of the Tongyuan Spiritual Furnace on his chest, a seven-colored vortex formed from inner spiritual energy slowly rotated around it.

For every six rotations of the spiritual energy vortex, his spiritual energy would increase by one point, and even without activating it, it would rotate ten times or more on its own each day.

With a focused mind, suddenly, the vortex of seven perfectly harmonized colors began to change. Gold rose to the top, while the other colors sank to the bottom, and in an instant, the vortex turned completely golden.

The foreign spiritual energy quickly withdrew from Gu Ao's body after entering, and the old man looked at him as if he were examining a rare treasure.

"Thirteen years old, fourth rank, eighth level. Do you have any thoughts about going to the main hall? This old man who's about to die still has some face."

If Gu Ao hadn't known the other party could assess both bone structure and spirit, he would definitely have disguised himself, at least not appearing so extraordinary. Gu Ao could only politely decline the old man's offer; for a fake knight to go to the Knights' Temple would be like walking into a trap.

"Senior, the Temple is good, but I intend to participate in the Demon Hunter Team selection competition two years from now."

The old man pondered for a moment and said, "Fine, I won't concern myself with these mundane matters anymore. Just keep it to yourself."

After saying that, he handed over a long, dark-colored token.

"The token will turn different colors depending on the level of the monster you encounter. Red means..." the old man explained the function of the token, and finally instructed, "The time limit is thirty days. If you fail to find a suitable monster within thirty days, the token will turn reddish-gold and you will be teleported out in twenty seconds."

"If this situation really occurs, you will have an additional privilege if you break through to the Great Knight level before the age of twenty: you can enter the teleportation array at the top of the Holy Mountain and randomly obtain a magical beast from another plane as a mount."

"Furthermore, under no circumstances should you cultivate on the sacred mountain. It's fine for your internal spiritual energy to circulate on its own, but remember, you must not meditate to cultivate."

Because of Gu Ao's outstanding talent, the old man spoke more.

"Yes."

After bowing, Gu Ao stepped into the light and mist.

Gu'ao had no expectations for the monsters on Knight's Holy Mountain.

They felt ashamed in front of Long Haochen, let alone him.

He will stay on this sacred mountain of knights for a month, and he will not be able to cultivate.

Moreover, this place may not be suitable for his cultivation. Although the light element is abundant here, Gu Ao is not solely of the light attribute. He values ​​the balance of the seven elements more.

Go take a stroll around the center of the Holy Mountain. Even if you don't find any suitable monsters, it's good to broaden your horizons.

With that in mind, Gu Ao determined the direction and began exploring towards the core of the sacred mountain.

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A month later.

Seeing that Gu Ao had been teleported out by the magic array and that there was nothing around him, the old man frowned.

"No results?"

Gu Ao nodded and recounted the dozen or so level-nine magical beasts he had encountered, but none of them were satisfactory.

Upon hearing the names of those level-nine magical beasts, the old man confirmed that Gu Ao had indeed traveled all over the Holy Mountain, and knew that he couldn't be blamed.

"What's your choice now? Either go hunt monsters on your own from now on, or try your luck with me. However, to lure monsters using the teleportation array, you must first form a contract. Although this will definitely allow you to find a suitable monster, its strength is hard to say, and it might even be a level one monster."

"While we knights can change our mounts, the only way to break the contract of equality is for our mount to die. I can help you with that, but if you do, it will definitely leave a shadow in your heart and will be very detrimental to your future cultivation."

Gu Ao naturally chose to try his luck; to be precise, that was precisely why he came.

Moreover, he really liked the phrase "I'm sure I can find a suitable monster," and there was some truth to that.

Are Long Haochen and Austin Griffin an incompatible match?

Why did he come to the Holy Mountain of Knights? It's because it's truly difficult to find a magical beast that matches him, the Son of the Elements.

If there really isn't a suitable match, he'll just accept his bad luck. As for psychological trauma, would someone with the mental age of decades be afraid of that?

When he was teleported to the summit of the holy mountain by the magic circle, Gu Ao looked at the cave covered with ancient elven script and an excited smile appeared on his face.